BEWARE, BIG BROTHER YAHOO is WATCHING (2006) by Vanderkok
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10/15/06
BEWARE,BIG BROTHER YAHOO
IS WATCHING
First, let me say congratulations to the Detroit Tigers
for winning the American League Pennant ! They
deserve it after many years of suffering indignity and
shame. I hope they can keep up the momentum and
take the World Series championship rings home with
them as well !
Lets begin the service with some songs and a prayer:
Song: Almighty Spirit, Now Behold !
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/s/asbehold.htm
Song: Oh God of Light !
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/g/o/ogolight.htm
Song: All the World for Jesus !
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/l/allthew4.htm
Prayer: Dear God, I come to You with my heart open. I
come to You seeking the Word for today. Give me the
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thoughts to think, the feelings to feel, the words to write.
Let me be an inspiration to othersto instruct, edify, and
inspire. Give me the TRUTH to saylet it be
ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL, not mine. You are theLIGHT! Let this World become ONE IN YOUR NAME !
LET US ALL BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT !
And bless my E-Congregationlet them believe in my
message being according to YOUR WILL. Let them have
the confidence to support me not only through prayers
and encouragement but financially as well. Let this
ministry grow if it is according to YOUR WILL, God ! In
the name of Jesus, Your Son, Amen !
Dear Friends, I am going to start talking and will incorporate the
Scripture into the message:
First, let me tell you, I dont try, in any way, to be secretive about how I
transmit the Sunday Message. Anybody can figure it out. I compose the
message at one site, and then I send that message to four or five otheralternate e-mail addresses I have and use. And then I forward the
message to you from these alternate e-mail addresses. Why do I do it
this way? Because if you transmit the Sunday Message directly from the
composing e-mail address it takes more time to transmit. As it is, going
the faster way, it already takes a few hours to transmit to all my E-
Congregation.
Last week, I used Yahoos new Photo Mail (new to me anyways)
which allows you to incorporate the photos right into the text message.
There were a few glitches and for some reason two of the alternate e-mail addresses to which I transmitted received it in error. I could not
forward the message from my primary alternate e-mail addresses. So I
used a secondary alternate e-mail address, This is an e-mail address that
I used to store addresses and also had a news folder, as well as some
messages from Jim which I forwarded for storage to this address.
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That was Sunday, October 8, 2006. Today is Sunday, October 15, 2006.
On Monday, October 9, 2006 I noticed that I could not log in to the
email I had set up. . I tried several times and thought maybe it was just
something temporary. But I came back to it later and still couldnt get
on so I contacted yahoo.help the customer service they provide by e-
mail. They did not respond.
Ive had other e-mail accounts temporarily and inadvertently go down
but after contacting Yahoo Customer Service they are usually restored
with an apology from Yahoo. This time I got no response from Yahoo. I
tried getting a new password and I was told by a pop-up that the
account had been deactivated. Hmm?! I thought to myselfthere must be a mistake. I didnt think I had violated the TOS (Terms
of Service). None of my other accounts had been deactivatedand Itransmitted the same messages from these accounts.
This was one day after I transmitted the Mark Foley Message (my
condemnation of his actions, and a condemnation of the homosexual
agenda as well). In that message I talked about the dangers of sexual
predators and segued to mention various other ways people prey on
others. I mentioned a few specific names in so doing, but dont believe
the message crossed any boundaries into a violation of the TOS. But if
Yahoo thinks so, you would think they would let me know, specifically,
how they believed I violated the TOS. But they didnt. Yahoo wontcommunicate about it. The olba1234 account is
simply gonemany questions asked, but no questions
answered.
Its very disconcerting. It seems un-American. Sure, if Iwas transmitting inappropriate contentthe kind which seems to be all
over the internetI would understand, but I am speaking for America
the true Americansthose who agree that the actions of Mark Foleyare preposterous and harmful. I am speaking for those who agree that
homosexuality undermines the fabric of our society. I am speaking for
those who believe in Jesus Christ as Savior and know that there are
certain standards our society must abide by if we are going to remain a
meaningful, purposeful, progressive, and Christian country.
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I couldnt believe I actually got a e-mail response shortly after the
Mark Foley Sunday Message in which somebody called me self-
righteous. I was addressing an obvious problemone which Foley has
confessed to and he obviously understands why it was wrong. He
resigned immediately. Are there actually some of you out there who
believe that what Foley did was okay? If so, go away. I dont want you
in my E-Congregation.
There can be no allowance for Foleys actions or for persons like him
who prey on others in less obvious ways. I mentioned names last week
about people who violate others in more subtle ways than Foley. I stand
by what I said. and if you go back to last weeks message, youll find it.
And I am concerned about Yahoos ability to be judge, jury, and
executioner in terms of their right to judge what is a violation of theTOS and what is not. Sure, if I was spamming people with obvious
inappropriate contentthat would be one thing, but I am speaking
against that which should be automatically abhorrent for any godly
nation, and for any thinking and conscientious person.
Yahoo was founded by two Stanford graduates, Jerry Yang and David
Filo, in 1994-95. According to Wikipedia it has over 412 million unique
users. Their headquarters is in Sunnyvalle, California
Also according to Wikipedia,
In February 2006, Yahoo! also announced their decision (along with
AOL) to give some organizations the option to "certify" mail, by paying up
to one cent for each outgoing message, allowing the mail in question to
bypass Yahoo's and AOL's inbound spam filters.[7]This decision is
opposed by many who see it as a "tax on speech", which would eventually
restrict freedom of speech as companies implementing similar decision
would be tempted to increase the amount of mail classified as spam in
order to encourage users to pay, thus among other things preventing non-
profit organizations from freely communicating with their members.
Yahoo claims that a number of non-profit organisations, such as the Red
Cross had signed up for this program.[citation needed]
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Is the long-term danger of these giant e-mail service
providers the loss of free speech and communication?I
am concerned. And I know there are some of you in my E-Congregation who are not so much supporting me as much as you are
watching me. Respond with vigor. Feel free to take a position and
defend it. But remember, I am a Christian and speak freely IN CHRIST
and via the power of the HOLY SPIRIT ! I am not making a political
argument for or against something. I am PRONOUNCING THE WILL
OF GOD FOR ALL MANKIND. And that is GOOD! It is
UNARGUABLE. I do not apologize for being right.
"The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD."
Luke 4:18-19
Some of you have been so indoctrinated by secular
humanism and a form of democracy that you believe
that everything is arguable and debatable and always
room for compromise. Thats the devil talking. There
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are some truths that are not negotiable and can be
stated without equivocation.
But not everybody wants what is right or good. Not everybody, even
some pastors, agrees with GOODNESS. In fact the church and
seminary can be a very attractive destination for those who are intent
on teaching UNTRUTH. To get in a position at a seminary or large
church where you can propagate your own personal agenda is very
tempting. And seminary positions are often LIFETIME positions.
Once a person/professor gets in and get tenure, it is virtually impossible
to get them out, minus commission of a felony or something very
obvious.
But as I was saying last week, there are a lot of predators who prey on
people in less obvious ways than the Mark Foley way. I mentioned
several. And I stand by that. We are in a time where positive
change must happen ! Theres no alternative. If it does nothappen, America becomes another wasteland (no allusion to T.S.
Elliots Wasteland intended).
A wasteland is a land of the living dead where there
is no true lifeno true spirit, no true happiness, joy,
peace, love. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to see a film, with
a classroom of high school kids, entitled Harrison
Bergeron.
I recommend that you watch it. It is the hypothetical world of the
future in which our brains are controlled by the superior intelligences
(other human beings who deem themselves superior) via bands that
they fit on every persons head from birth to death. These bands control
the brains so that nobody becomes too intelligent. Nobody thinks too
much and excellence is frowned upon.
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But we have this treasure in earthen
vessels, that the excellence of the power
may be of Godand not of us. 2 Cor 4:7
In this world a young man by the name of Harrison Bergeron
almost happily average, suddenly wakes up and becomes awareof what is happening. He is invited to become part of the superior
intelligence community and does so but subsequently rebels against the
machine. He locks himself up in a video transmission booth (TV is
called the fabric of society by one of the superiors and every averageperson watches it incessantly) and begins transmitting classic
music and classic film that the average people never
get to see or hear, because the superiors fear that if they were to beexposed to excellence and comedy and the notion of freedom of
expression that they might become uncontrollable or we would return to
a time of war and violence.
You see, the superiors believe that by keeping people
average (i.e. dumbing them down) they also prevent
violence, wars, hatred, killing, etc. And there may be sometruth to that. If we were all mentally retarded we would just sit around
and twiddle our thumbs with a false sense of peace and happiness.
Unfortunately, or fortunately as it may be, we do have brains and we do
have thinking abilities and we can strive for excellence and we are free !
We have the freedom to do good!
Free Will is the FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETY, not television,when the Holy Spirit is governing the hearts and minds and souls of
our people. The answer is not dumbing people downit is inspiring
them to live IN CHRIST, FOR CHRIST! Thats where the CHURCH
COMES IN TO THE EQUATION ! In the moviereligion and church
was never mentioned, although God was mentioned. The Bible was
quoted.
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There was the belief that coveting was one of the problems with
society and one of the roots of violence and war (which may be true).
But the superiors believed that by dumbing people down they would
make the people content and artificially satisfied and they would not,
subsequently, covet, thereby eliminating a lot of conflict. They would
not wanti.e. new cars, better houses, thy neighbors wife, etc.
And this may be trueby eliminating FREE WILL you can eliminate
potential or actual sins, but for SOME REASON GOD GAVE US
FREE WILL. The answer is not to eliminate that which
God gave us but to evoke the GOOD WILL in all of us!
And that will come only from Jesus Christ and the
Power of the Holy Spirit !
Therefore if the Son makesyou free, you
shall be free indeed.
John 8:36
The film, Harrison Bergeron, tends to move in the direction of
humanism more than eternal life and purpose in Christ but it still does
a good job of exposing the need for freedom and FREE WILL. Harrison
plays great music, lets the average people hear amazing composers of
old (i.e. Beethoven et al) and plays funny films such as the Three
Stooges for the peoplethat which they never saw before. And he
invites them to take of their bandsto think freely and not be afraid.
Some of them begin to do so.
Meanwhile, he is locked in this TV broadcasting booth and the
Superiors have ordered security to cut through the steel doorswhich
requires laser power. It takes them several hours to get through the
doors but finally they do. Bergeron is taken into custody and the band is
put back on his head. But he resists. The one who recruited him,
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however, convinces him to go on TV and tell everybody that the whole
thing was a hoax. He agrees.
But when he gets on the show he surprises everybody once
again. Watch the movie and find out what happens. Once you haveexperienced FREE WILL and TRUE FREEDOM, you will never goback to mundane, average, living. The Power of TRUTH and JOY is
intoxicating.The power of Jesus Christ and the Holy
Spirit within the heart, mind, and soul, is the
strongest, most powerful, and most purposeful
drug in the world.
It cannot be quenched. Even death will not take away the high of theChrist-Filled life. In fact, death is the beginning of an even greater,
higher purposeful lifelife in eternity with the Masterthe Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit !
But the fruit of the Spirit is love,joy, peace, longsuffering,kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control. Againstsuch there is no law. Gal 5:22-23
Yahoo gave me a taste of Big Brother watching (and for
those of you who don't understand what I mean when I say
"big brother" I am referring to the George Orwell book, 1984,which predicted there would come a time when government or
other large institutions would become so prevalent that it
would monitor our every move.
Maybe they think they are doing what they do for good purposes.
Censors often think they are. And sometimes they are, in fact, doing
something good by quashing certain types of speech which is harmful to
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society or to others. But too often it becomes oppressive and knows no
end. Those who think they are doing good end up quashing people,
never allowing them to experience GROWTH, and to live up to their
potential of being in the Imago Deo (Image of God).
Wikipedia mentions that for a while Yahoo would not allow usernames
that had contained Allah or Osamabecause they had potential
terrorist potential. This meant that even a name such as Linda
Callahan was forbiddenbecause allah was contained within the
name Callahan. The ban only lasted three days because of the uproar
and media exposure. And Yahoo may have had good intentionsthe
only problem is that we cannot legislate the spirit. No matter
how many laws and regulations and rules and walls we make and buildthe Spirit cannot normally be quashed. Our aim should be to direct
the spirit of man to be IN THE SPIRIT that is the Holy Spirit and to
do that which is good and positive !
There is spirit or soul in each human that is born. If there were
not, we would have a society of robots. That spirit has free will. That
spirit can become good or evil. It can go in a positive direction or
negative. What we should be striving to do is to instill a
Higher Purpose in to young hearts, minds, and souls
when they are most impressionableand that is the presenceof the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus Christthe Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost. That can be impressed on persons directly or indirectly.
That is why I can teach in the public schools and transfer my
knowledge of Jesus Christ to kids without directly proselytizing.
Proselytizing is formal indoctrination of young hearts and minds tobelieve in a specific doctrine and usually a denominational or
institutional mission statement. It is what I got when I went to
Catechism as a youngster at 1st CRC. We read the Heidelberg
Catechism and memorized certain parts of it, and recited it in frontof our pastor (who later was excommunicated because of an extra-
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marital affair). That is an obvious form or proselytizing. And it had its
effect.
But what had a much greater effect on me was places where I felt theSPIRIT---a certain sense of freedom and liberty-where I could express
myself, positively. That is much more inviting to me than any sort of
formal proselytizing experience. I did not feel that freedom at Fuller
Seminary (where I attended from August 1997 to 2001 or thereabouts).
I did not feel that freedom at a church I observed for several years when
I first returned to Southern California. I did not feel that freedom all
the time around Calvin College (from which I graduated in 1989 and
got a second BA in 1994). I did not always feel that freedom around
Calvin Seminary (where I attended for a year 1996-97).
I felt that freedom when I was youngin a few different places.
Sometimes I felt it around our home on Griswold Streetas I was
learning to play music, and was taking piano lessons, and playing the
cornet and going to Millbrook Christian Junior High. I felt the Spirit
sometimes during that period of life. And I felt it when I was a little bit
younger. I remember walking through Alger Park one day and feeling a
direct communication from GodHe told me I was one of His children.
I felt that Spirit sometimes when I was doing my paper route on
Merrifield and Hazen Street.
And I am starting to feel some of that Spirit and Freedom again
around Southern California. I am finding small pockets of it, here and
there. And that is good ! Our formal church and Seminary too often
becomes institutionalizedwith salaries and benefits and rules and
regulations too often the governing force.
The seminary president fears any sort of scandal and becomes very
inhibited.Seminary administrators fear scandal and retreat. Large
mega-churches become afraid of a Jimmy Swaggert (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart ) or Jim Bakker (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker ) type scandal. Their size and
scale gives them awesome potential FOR GOOD but with it sometimes
comes TENTATIVITY for fear of scandal.
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I am inclined to believe that many small pockets of Christians all over
the world can be just as strong or stronger than some of the mega-
churches and worldwide televangelism efforts. Small churches and
ministries have more community. The media and judicial system is less
interested in them as well. In fact, sometimes the media and judicial
system becomes jealous of success in the world and large churches and
ministries attract their microscopic attention, unless they submit to
them (the media and judicial system).
And thats exactly what we do not want to happenacquiescence to being averageeven in the form of a
mega church. Mega churches can acquiesce too. And then theybecome nothing more than a large, civil institution, repeating a
humanistic chorus that encourages good but it lacks that extra sparkthat comes from independence in the Holy Spiritthe Spirit of Christ
in the HEART, MIND, and SOUL !
Ive resisted coming on board at a church because ofmy fear of
routinizationor whereby the Spirit is transformed into spirit(lower case). Theres a qualitative difference in the two. The Holy Spirit
has a spark that is different than good spirit. Good spirit can be found
in a lot of institutionscheerleaders at a football game have good spirit.
They are inspirational and usually happy. And thats good spirit. But it
is not the TRUE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT !You will know the presence of the Holy Spirit when you see itif you
are not in denial and if you are not a counter-reformer.
And that is a problemwhere the counter-reformers dress,
act, talk, and look like reformers but are wolves in
sheeps clothing (and they might not even know they
are) .
They are owned by their real estate and their fear of failure. They are
not truly progressive but are tied to defending the status quo. Thats
counter-reformation. Thats a church or seminary that is saying all the
right things, appearing to do the right things, and appearing to have the
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Spirit but what they have is good spirit not the HOLY SPIRIT !
Maybe thats the appearance of wisdom.
Such regulations indeed have an appearance of
wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their falsehumility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they
lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.Col 2:23
I was hoping to enlist my brothers and sisters from the Christian
Reformed Church into helping build up Mustard Seed Ministriesandhave gotten responses from CRC pastors by e-mail and even a U.S.
Mail letter recently from a Paul Bakker in Sioux City, Iowa.
But so far they have resisted truly engaging with me and my ministry
by offering gifts and financial support. And that may be because there
are a lot of churches, including churches in the CRC, that have good
spirit but lack the Holy Spirit. Some of you pastors can afford to give
but you will not do so. I get more from a homeless person than I get
from some of you.
"Truly I say to you that this poor widow has
put in more than all; for all these out of their
abundance have put in offerings for God, but
she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood
that she had." Luke 21:3-4
There are shrewd pastors who are part of the CRC hierarchy which is
sometimes more about climbing a ladder to personal success than
spreading the Word of God and discovering the power of the Holy
Spirit ! The lack of financial offerings tells me more than anything else
its an intention to control. There are those in ministry and seminary
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positions who are more into controlling for personal, self-serving
reasons than they are into liberating people for CHRIST ! Thats an
entire different task.
Likewise, people in different institutions: Educational, Military,
Medical, Judicial, etc. there are people working for good in these
institutions and then there are people working for
GOOD !
At Fuller Seminarywhen I recently announced my candidacy for
LAUSD superintendent I got an e-mail from Glenn Stassen
saying Please Unsubscribe. It was an obvious chosen momentto try to belittle me. He could have asked to unsubscribe long before this
announcement, or later on, but he chose that specific moment in the
middle of the week.
Stassen showed his true colorsa controlling color. Iwould have liked and hoped for encouragement from my Alma Mater,
and from professors whom I obediently sat under their tutorial for a
quarter or more at the seminary. But they are a institution asmuch intent on controlling the spirit as they are an
institution intent on helping people discover the Holy
Spirit. And Ive mentioned other names at Fuller Seminary as well inprevious messages. Not all is well at the seminaries.
And that is because of FEAR. FEAR is the biggest obstacleto FAITH ! It will always get in the way. And too often fear is due to the
fact that people put God second. First they secure their way of life
they think about a house, clothing, cars, having childrengettingestablished. Then they think about God. Oh yeah, they say, after
realizing their fears of failure were overblownnow we must think
about serving God.
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But seek first his kingdom andhis righteousness, and all thesethings will be given to you aswell.Matt 6:33-34
Unfortunately, their first allegiance was FEARand FEAR IS of
the DEVIL ! And whatever your first allegiance isthat willbecome your ruler. And Im not talking about FEAR OF GODthats
a good fearbut even that is detrimental if you do not
progress to FAITH IN GOD, and LOVE OF GOD. God
wants you to be more guided by LOVE OF HIMthan FEAR OF HIM ! There are plenty of exhortations to fearGod in the Bible
But I will show you whom you shouldfear: Fear him who, after the killingof the body, has power to throw you
into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.Luke 12:5-6
But that is more often directed to unbelievers than believers!
For believersthe exhortation is to LOVE GOD,
more and more !
But take careful heed to do the commandment and the
law which Moses the servant of the LORD commandedyou, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways,
to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to
serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul."
Josh 22:5
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Yet some of these people whose fear is their first allegiance are trying to
play catch up and get some good marks with Godsuddenly realizing
how short this life isbut their only TRUE HOPE at this
point is to ABANDON their WAY OF LIFEto GIVE
IT ALL AWAY!THEY cannot keep one foot in the door of FEARand the other foot in the door of FAITH ! Its all or nothing ! You
cannot have DUAL ALLEGIANCES !
God does not want lukewarm believers !
'These things says the Amen, the Faithful and
True Witness, the Beginning of the creation
of God: "I know your works, that you are
neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were
cold or hot. So then, because you are
lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will
vomit you out of My mouth. Rev 3:14-17
Seminary professors or presidents who have never truly been pastors
or tried to be pastors are going to be more critical of the church and
Christian pastors because that is the only way they know how to
control. They are controlled more by fear than faith. They are
impressed more with the form of things than the actuality of life,
liberty, and the Power of the Holy Spirit (not the pursuit of material
happiness).
Seminary is alluring just as the judicial system is alluringtheres anallusion of control, of law and order. The seminary which is too much
aligned with the judicial system in terms of thinking they have a
responsibility to maintain law and order may be living an
allusion like that of the superiors in Harrison
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Bergeron; thinking they have to dumb people down tomaintain order.
We do not need to be dumbed down by the Superior
Court or the Police Department or the Seminary ! We
need to be given freedom that freedom which is given to allthose who are in the Imago Deo and have the ability to actualize via the
power of the Holy Spirit in Christ.
Yet the seminary, police department, and judicial system will say that
they are governing those who have no special revelationthose who do
not know the Spirit whatsoever. And there are those certified crazypeople out therewe hear stories about them in the news too often. But
again, Im not sure law and order or the allusion of law-and-order is
the answer as much as positive reinforcement for GOOD !
And theres too much potential for corruption and abuse within these
systems that purport to be there just in case things get really crazy and
just for those persons who are obviously dangerous. There are times
when we do need them for such purposes. But anytime you legislate
power and control you run the risk of abuse and corruption. The HolySpirit works in surprising waysnot subject to the law. It is the
POWER OF GOODLOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS,
GOODNESS, GENTLENESS, AND SELF-CONTROL. AGAINST
SUCH THINGS THERE IS NO LAW!
Ive been outspoken in recent weeksnaming actual names and thats
been purposefulit was the only way I knew how to go back and
address injustices from the past that happened before I knew how to be
assertive. Those who abused and oppressed people by virtue of being
blonde and self-proclaimed beauties. I mentioned L.K. last week.
I also mentioned those who led others astray and may still be in position
to do sowolves in sheeps clothing. Beware! They are
dangerous. They will allure you with their baby face and
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appearance of innocence.The devil is not dumb.. Hes notgoing to attract you by wearing little devil horns on his head.
Be careful, but do not fear. Fear is the enemy of FAITH.WE need to keep progressing in the right direction. I sometimes have to
keep urging my own parents to come on up here to my side of town.
They live in Bellflower. I live by the foothills. I keep telling them this is
my mission up here. This is my home so to speak up here. They
keep telling me to come there.
I finally got them to make the trip up here yesterday (Saturday) but wefailed to connect. I couldnt keep track of where they were or when they
were coming or if they were actually coming but at least they apparently
made an attempt. Its only a 30 minute drive but they think of the short
drive as much more tedious than flying across the country to visit their
two oldest children in Michigan, or driving an hour or so to Redlands to
visit their youngest son.
And part of that is due to me not having lived up to the FAITH
FORMULAthat is a formula that is part of the Christian ReformedChurch tradition. You go to Calvin College. You marry a Dutch-
American (white) girl. You go into a professionteaching, law,
medicine, seminary. You establish yourself. Ive taken a
circuitous routewary of the routinization of the Holy
Spirit, whereby good spirit is present but not so much the HolySpirit. In fact, Im not even included in the family picture that is in my
dads office at the Crystal Cathedralan office the size of a football
field.
I keep telling my dad that he has to come up here, that he has to get
involved, that he must observe and experience in actuality what I am
doingand takes a little time and effort. He will spend weekends and
weeks and holidays with his other children and the grandchildren but
not with me. Thats a fear that must be overcome by the Holy Spirit and
I am working on it and ask for your prayers about it. Pastors have fears
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and phobias too and the congregation can help them become greater
persons of faith through prayer and encouragement.
And part of the problem is due to a long-standing notion of
turf that many communities learned while growingup. IN the case of my dad, Jim Kok, his notion of turf is Bellflowerand Orange County . He grew up , in part, in Bellflower, and has
worked in Orange County since 1984. He consciously or unconsciously
thinks of the Orange County side (or southern Los Angeles county side)
of southern California as more of his turf than the Los Angeles
County (or northern Los Angeles County). I keep saying
FORGET TURFthats not of the HOLY SPIRIT .
I remember one time when I was going to CalvinCollege for the second time (1992-94) and one of my
roommates worked as a medical intern at Blodgett
Hospital (now Spectrum Health) in Grand Rapids. He
gave us a few meal ticketsso we could get free meals
(ones he had left over after he left the internship). So
one day I went over therea poor studenteager for a
free meal and there was my Aunt Ani Peters(actually my half-auntmy moms sister from her
dads second marriage).
Her husband, Adam Blickley, was a medical intern, on
his way to becoming an OB/GYN. And their house at
750 Plymouth was only a block away from Blodgett . So
they felt it was their hospital growing up. She was
nice enough but kept asking me What are you doing
here? And I kept telling her that I was eating lunch,as if only patients, doctors, and hospital staff can enjoy
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a meal at the hospital. I was on what she perceived to be
her turf. Theres no turf, IN CHRIST !
Anyways, my mission is to keep expanding outward fromthe seminary --where I spent so many years studying and workingon my Masters-in-Divinity. There are some good things about the
seminary, minus some of the bad experiences Ive had. The seminary is
a little bit of a safe haven (although it didnt feel very safe for me the
first few years I was there). And thats because of the mistaken
impressions or false impressions that aboundedand the
recommendation system that is flawed because human nature is flawed.
It will take me years to get known by others according to who I truly am
rather than according to the self-serving gossip and recommendation
system of academia.
Academia, even the Christian academy, is not a full-
fledged system of faith. It is partial, and that means you will findlukewarm believers in the system. And thats an oxymoron. You
cannot be a lukewarm believer .
So then, because you are lukewarm, and
neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you outof My mouth. Rev 3:16-17
The movie, Harrison Bergeron, highlights the problem
of being lukewarm. It means the loss of excellence and perfectionand goodness. It means the loss of soul. Sure there might be good
spirit present but thats not the same as the Holy Spirit. The movie
makes me think of a society that is overly medicated.Imagine a society that just tries to numb itself---whether it be legalmedication, alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs. That is not Gods society.
And some seminaries, unfortunately, cater to the pharmaceutical
industry. Some pharmaceutical companies such as Eli Lilly have made
inroads with churches and seminaries by offering scholarships and
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grants to them, in exchange for the pastor or seminary presidents
endorsement of them (informally of course). Money controls. Some
schools or school districts also cater to the pharmaceutical industry---
overly eager to label somebody ADHD (attention deficit hyperactive
disorder).
Theyve chosen a new LAUSD Superintendent (and its
not me). Will he be a good one? He does not have any personaleducator experience although apparently everybody in his family has
had some educator experience. Thats not the same. Hes had military
experience (which is a controlled setting). Will he be good for the
district? I guess we will find out.
I still believe that the schools will experience the greatest performance
gains when they invite the Holy Spirit to be in control.Thats an informal activityit cannot be legislated, and we dont want
a public school district allowing religious proselytizing (if so, the
Muslims will have a potential stronghold). It has to be a matter of
involvement and engagement by the Christian community on an
informal basisprayer, interaction and participation in the secular
society. Thats the church in action.
The church is not so much a building as it is a
community of believersthe believers are the building.
We are the BODY. When too much emphasis is placed on thebuilding itselfproblems arise. The focus on the need for a templea
building of bricks and stonein the Old Testament attests to that
danger. The need for a brick and stone building was so alluring to the
Jews they lost sight of the purpose of the temple, itself. They forgot
about God.
Later in the New Testament we are told very clearly that we, theBody of Believers, (plural) are the temple of Christ.
Don't you know that youyourselves are God's temple and
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that God's Spirit lives in you? Ifanyone destroys God's temple,God will destroy him; for God'stemple is sacred, and you are thattemple.1 Cor 3:16-17
The actual temple the Jewish temple of the Old Testament days was
destroyed not once but twice : On the 10th of August, in A.D.
70 -- the 9th of Av -- in Jewish reckoning, the very day
when the King of Babylon burned the Temple in 586
B.C., the Temple was burned again. (seehttp://www.templemount.org/destruct2.html ).
I believe the destruction of the temple was a lesson for
Gods peopleto not place such an emphasis on a
particular place or location or buildingbecause that is
perishable and will not last, whereas the Body of
Christ is eternal, and will endure even after death.We are not wood and bricks, we are hearts, minds, and
souls. And together we shall not fearwe shall
move forward in FAITH, knowing that we have
the POWER OF CHRIST with us, here and now,
and FOREVER !
We must strive to become better. We must allow
for excellence and reward it. We must pray to
Godthe Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for His
abiding presence. We must worship Him and
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please Him, because we love Him, more so than
because we fear Him.
Song: Father, Make us Loving !
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/f/a/fathmake.htm
Song: How Shall we Answer Terrors Cry?
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/h/s/hswatcry.htm
Prayer: Dear Lord, Hear my prayerthank you for
the Words this morning. Thank you for YOUR WORDto usrevealed in Your Living Son who died for usto
show us the way to liveto trust in You and to follow
His Footsteps. You are our leader, God. In You We
Trust. Let us never acquiesce to Fear, but let us become
more and more courageous because of our LOVE OF
YOU ! And let nobody censor that which is good and
for Your HOLY PURPOSE, Lord. Let JESUS CHRISTBE MENTIONED EVERYWHERE WITHOUT
FEAR ! Hear our prayer, God. Amen.
Thank you for your continued support, my friends.
Your encouragement and prayers and gifts are
tremendously helpful. I hope to keep hearing from you.
Vander KOKJOHN THE EVANGELIST FOR CHRIST
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