I've recently seen dozens of pictures of FOC members. It is amazing to see how
things have stayed the same – the inside of the church building, the
full-coverage homemade formal dresses, the perfectly coiffed young ladies. I
saw some pictures of people I knew twenty years ago – hey, you have aged pretty
well (clean living)! It made me feel bad and sad. I’ve spent a lot of time
writing about this group of people who really just want to be left alone. I
should leave them alone, right?
I was thinking they
look happy – man, some of them look so much like their parents, aunts, uncles,
and cousins whom I grew up with! But, are you happy? It’s none of my business
if you’re fine with what you’re settling for.
But, you are settling.
You are settling for an unbiblical life. You are settling for legalism. And do
you know who the legalists of the Bible were? The Pharisees – those guys were
always trying to trap Jesus with their laws. And, Jesus didn’t like them.
I was told by my
parents and other adults in the group that we were the only people who followed
everything in the Bible. We did everything the New Testament said to do:
greeting with a holy kiss, laying on hands, praying for the sick, faith
healing, preachers who are called by God. But wait – hold the music. What
preachers? None.
What teaching? None.
You are paralyzed.
Do you know the great
commission? Go and spread the good news among the Earth! How can you do that
if you’ve already decided the entire world outside your closed off little sect
is damned? You can’t. It’s not right; it’s not a biblical life.
I don’t want to hurt
anyone or invade anyone’s privacy (I'm not mentioning any names or showing anyone's pictures or personal information). But, I do want to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with
you.
Please make a decision,
take action, before it’s too late.
