Tear down the Altar of Baal

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“Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovahshalom:

unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy

father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and

throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the

grove that is by it:

And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in

the ordered place, and take take the second bullock, and offer a burnt

sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said

unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and

the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, Behold, the

altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it,

and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

And they one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they

inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this

thing. Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he

may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he

hath cut down the grove that was by it.

And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal?

Will ye save him? He that will plead for him, let him be put to death

whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because

one hath cast down his altar.

Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead

against him, because he hath thrown down his altar,”

Judges 6:24-32 KJV 1611

So lets look at that great man of God, Gideon. How I pray each day for men

with even half the back bone of Gideon. Alas, still we seem to be lacking men,

especially those behind the Pulpits are the biggest cowards of all.

Gideon, despite all his people against him, he did what God asked of him,

and cast down that altar of the false god Baal. He threw it all down, and

despite his own fears he chose God. Despite facing death the man did what

God told him to do. How many of us would do that?

Right now we are not facing that kind of choice, at least not yet.

Let's get into the message I am going to talk about altars.

Lets start with at Church, now as practicing Catholics will tell you, upon

approaching the front of the Church, they bow themselves down facing the

altar.

Bowing themselves to a graven image before them. Just so we are clear on this

Turn to Exodus 20:4,5

“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of

anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that

is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them,

nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the

iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and forth

generation of them that hate me.” Exodus 20:4,5

Note to Catholics, A priest cannot absolve you of your sins. Neither can

your Pope as both your Pope and your Priest are men of sin, as we are all

born into this condition, with only the blood of Jesus which can make us

whole again.

By coming into Church and sprinkling last weeks tap water unto your

head and bowing down to that graven image, remember your automatically

breaking the second Commandment listed in Exodus 20

For all the Statues around with Candles and collections and previous Jesuits.

Where is the message of God? Where is the gospel message?

Most Catholics I have met are not even aware what Baptism is, they think

its pouring a wee bit of water on a babies head. Yet they wear all the

parifanlia. Say the rosary and what ever else.

Oh I can hear all the A-Men's from all you Baptist's and Judah-Christian

heretics. However you are as bad, your no different at all!

At the end of each service your Minister of Satan asks if anyone feels the

spirit. *spirit with a small “s” as you are worshiping a different god and have

received a different spirit* your spirit is the love of lies, see

2nd Thessalonians 2:10-12

“And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;

because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should

believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believe not the truth

but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” 2nd Thessalonians 2:10-12

At the end of your Preachers message typically you are asked to come to front

and “get right and do some business with God.” This involves coming down to

the front and yes that's right, bowing down at the alter and praying, all the

while Paster Judas is there looking down, you never see him bow down.

So whats the difference in what the Catholics do and what these Evangelicals

are doing, confessing your sins on your knees at the Altar in front of the Paster,

or in the cupboard with the Priest. You see I could go on and on. I myself am a

former Baptist, I left because what they were saying just didn't line up with

Scripture. I saw a likeness with the Catholic Church that was very similar,

far to much like mummy church I would say.

Now turning to ourselves as individuals, what kind of Altars do we have?

Is it the Sports stars we bow down to, when they score that game winning goal?

Do we like to bow down and do nothing but watch, follow, and talk about

celebrates like some crazed stalker? Come on now ladies be honest!!!!!

Is it the television?

Let me say plainly, that we must cast aside anything that we hold above God.

“Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in

their shame, who mind earthly things. Philippians 3:19 KJV 1611

Christ said we must not lay treasure to our selves that doth rust and can be

stolen, we must lay up our treasure in Heaven. Seeking not earthly

material, but seeking the Kingdom of God and all these shall be added unto

you. See Matthew 6:19-21 and Matthew 6:33

Our individual altars are worldly lusts that we seek, whether it be money

riches or otherwise. We are a worldly people, are we not? Are we not men of

worldly minds?

We ought not to be, It is my own Spiritual goal taken with careful thought and

prayer to be shaken lose from the ways of this world. I would urge you to do

the same. Tear down the alters people!

A-Men

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