Pipers In The Marketplace...

Luke 7: 31-32;

7:31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

7:32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

In the verses above, Jesus was painting a picture

about the Pharisees and Lawyers who were

always looking for His faults. These disobedient

folks always wanted to control and manipulate.

We see the same traits in the so-called 'men of

God' in our churches and local congregations

today. They are pipers in the marketplace, who

want men to dance to their religious tunes.

Control is all they crave for, manipulating things to

their gain! They make merchandise of the souls of

men in the name of getting them to heaven! They

have gone astray as they follow the error of

Balaam! They are "Wells without water", "to whom

the mist of darkness is reserved for ever" (2 Peter

2:17). They draw many into their evil ways very

fast because they know their judgement

and damnation draw close. They and their

followers, together, are gullible "children" who got

played by Satan.

The Vain Builders...

Psalm 127: 1a;

127:1a Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it.

The Spirit is talking about a spiritual house here,

the same one Apostle Peter reffered to in 1 Peter

2:4-7;

2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner.

These men are building a spiritual house in their

eyes using stones they feel can fit into the edifice.

They erred when they disallowed and rejected

Him! But Jesus quoted: "the stone which the

builders rejected, the same is become the head of

the corner" (Matthew 21:42).

There is a spiritual house built of "lively stones" in

which acceptable sacrifices are offerred to God

and Christ is the cornerstone!

Conspiracy, Robbery and Oppression...

Ezekiel 22: 25-29;

22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

This is exactly the situation. There is a conspiracy

among the church overseers to rob and oppress

their unsuspecting followers. They prey on them

to shed blood, destroy and make gain! Their

congregations do not know this because they

have been charmed and pulled into the darkness.

Prophet Isaiah saw this coming when he declared:

"For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth

and gross darkness the people..." (Isaiah 60:1).

This is the "mystery of iniquity" and "only he who

now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the

way" (2 Thessalonians 2:7). The time is near!

And The Voice Of The Pipers Shall Cease...

Revelation 18:22;

18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee.

A time will come that the voice of the brute beasts

shall no longer be heard, who trade in all sorts of

expensive merchandise including the "souls of

men" (Revelation 18:13) when God's judgement

rains down "in one hour"! We should, therefore,

tread carefully.