Daily Deprogramming

Ardith Keef begins her Daily Devotional with, “The asking of why must come to an end.” Hopefully someone is still asking, “why?”    

Why would a family who has served and loved their church, some for up to 20 years stand against the wrongs the leadership is committing against people, and has committed for over 14 years now?   Why in the world would a young husband and father speak out against a pastor and his wife who have broken up his family and become surrogate parents to his wife and  “adopted” grandparents to his children?  Why would his wife’s Christian  Missionary parents  and siblings be severed from their daughter, sister, and grandchildren?   The answer is that the Anchor Missionary Fellowship Church has lost it’s way and has now become cultish and is far away from the Truth!

Why would normal, loving,  faithful , honest Christians be taken to court by Christian leaders,(against the Word of God)  for standing up for their family?  Why would a pastor and his wife bring false charges against them rather than sit down and discuss the matters at hand?  Why are four small innocent children , brothers ,being kept apart when they are six miles from one another?  Why would a Christian pastor be in favor of a divorce of two Christian people without any grounds?  Why would the leadership shun and slander folks who try to tell them the truth?The answer is that the Anchor Missionary Fellowship has lost it’s way and has become cultish and is far away from the Truth!

Ardith says, “We are not equipped to understand.”  “Is there piercing pressure to do something?” To find a reason?” “ To deal with the issues?”  

To the first question my response is, We are well equipped to understand sin in our lives. We are well equipped to  ask forgiveness for abusing the Lord’s people. We were equipped with the Blood of Jesus if we are converted!  We have a God given conscience that loses it’s sensitivity when we  are merciless, and abuse over and over again.

To the second question, “Is there piercing pressure to do something? ”  Something should have been done long ago!  Listen to people who tell you the truth!   Don’t hide from  your sin of neglecting and abusing His  sheep!  Even His little children!  Perhaps it is the Holy Spirit putting on the pressure with conviction for sin. 

The last questions, “Is there piercing pressure to find a reason?”  “or to deal with the issue?”  When you refuse to own up to  the hurting and dividing of  His sheep, thinking yourself too wise to be deceived ,the Holy Spirit sometimes puts on the pressure to turn you from sin. Those he loves He disciplines and chastises.   When living in sin, and stubborness you  lose your sense of reason and become blinded to the Truth.  You ask, Why?” because you cannot see or hear the Truth. 

Often in Ardith’s writings she calls something “the issue.”  My response to this is, “the issue” before you today is will you repent and turn from your dead works?  so that Jesus can heal your land?  Asking “why” of God  and putting on your listening ears might not be a bad idea!

Ardith knows that a Christians job is  “To love, to obey, to reveal Jesus, to lay down your life for the brethren, to run the race, to love God.”  Before any of this  can truly happen, one must be going in the right direction, or these are just  words, dead works, leading nowhere,  with a false spirit  behind them.  The results are disastrous!

Ardith Keef’s last question today is, “Is there anything else?”   To this I respond,  When you have lost your way,  are going in the wrong direction into deeper darkness, and cult activity,  there is a better way!   The right way!!  The way of Truth, humility, repentence,  where there is Light , Life, and love!  God’s way!  If you  have an “issue” and are asking ,”Why?”  all of the Yes answers are in Jesus Christ!