Sermons → Will Curtis
Termites In Our Foundations
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It's like when a parent says to a child, "IF you mow the grass, straighten your room and do the dishes then I will take you to get a new motorcycle." What did they hear? "I'd like you to do a few things but if you at least do some of it then I'll get you a new motorcycle." They go and mow a little of the yard. Toss the mess in their rooms in the closet and under the bed and then they come in and say, "Hey, lets go get that bike!" The parent says, "What about the rest of the yard? You didn't touch the dishes." They give the excuse, "I'll get around to that stuff another time. Go ahead and bless me!" SEE THE IRONY?
At first most people deny that they're angry at GOD, but eventually it comes out one of MANY past hurts that were blamed on GOD. They can go clear back to childhood or recent events. Possibly AFTER they were 'saved' and then they hit rough times and blamed GOD. Here are a few examples:
- Their marriage failed. In some cases, they state they PRAYED before they got married. Trouble is, most of the prayers were ungodly and GOD doesn't answer those kind of prayers but SOMETHING will! So, the man/woman who is sent that 'fits your shopping list of qualifications'... it isn't GOD's perfect choice. Often I get people who say that GOD told them they were supposed to marry some guy but it wasn't. OFTEN it is a person who is already married. Many times a month I get letters from women complaining that they are finding signs of occult activity or manifestations in their husbands yet the truth was they KNEW the man served his flesh (liquor, porno, drugs, cursing or other things) and they STILL MARRIED THEM!
- Someone died who they loved. Parent, child, spouse or even an Idol. (Another message in that) GOD GETS BLAMED FOR 'TAKING THEM'...but HE did not have ANYTHING to do with it. It hurts GOD's heart when a soul that HE sent to earth returns without getting to live and fulfill HIS plan on earth for them. Read the teaching 'THE ENEMIES LEGAL RIGHTS AGAINST CHRISTIANS and see the DOORWAY FOR CURSES CHECKLIST)
- Jobs failed. Businesses failed. Finances a shambles and everyone has abandoned them. GOD gets the blame. There can be MANY reasons for this to happen and it is NEVER that GOD does not want to bless them or that GOD IS PUNISHING THEM.
- Read about GENERATIONAL CURSES and SINS OF THE FATHERS and THE ENEMIES LEGAL RIGHTS AGAINST CHRISTIANS)
- Sickness, disease or pain...either themselves or someone they care about. Whether they did sexual sins or abused their bodies to cause it is irrelevant. In most cases GOD gets the blame. They often say they are trusting GOD for a miracle/healing but in the same letter they expose their DOUBT, FEARS and ANGER AT GOD! Most attend churches where HEALING and MIRACLES are not taught and there is nobody to teach them FAITH or to STAND WITH THEM IN AGREEMENT.
- Someone in authority over over them molested, raped or physically/emotionally/verbally abused them. GOD GETS THE BLAME AGAIN! Satans main plan to divide the future generations against GOD...is to get those in authority over them to ABUSE them in some fashion. So many people who contact me were abused by their FATHERS, MOTHERS, PRIESTS or someone in a position of authority over them at church.
See? IF a person cannot trust his/her EARTHLY FATHER, HOW can he trust his/her HEAVENLY FATHER?? IF they have bitterness against those in authority over them and they OPEN UP FOR SPIRITS OF REBELLION, UNFORGIVENESS then their HEARTS WILL BECOME MORE HARDENED and will have a VERY hard time ACCEPTING THE LOVE OF GOD!!!
Anger at God is the Foundation for Rebellion Against God
We see in the youth the results of of feeling ignored or rejected by their parents. Most families for the last 20 years are more focused on making money or social enjoyment rather than RAISING THE FAMILY. Babysitters, day-care centers, pre-school are replacing the teaching and nurturing that was once done by the parents. THE KIDS KNOW WHEN THEY ARE SECOND RATE CITIZENS IN THE LIVES OF THEIR PARENTS!
The rebellion the youth today are exhibiting is a CRY FOR ATTENTION! As young children they did bad things to get attention. SURE, they got spanked or punished ...and it wasn't pleasurable BUT it was ATTENTION! This was their cry for love. In their pain and rejection as young adults they do EVERYTHING they can think of to SHOCK and 'get even' with those in authority over them. Still a cry for attention, but driven by DEFIANCE, STUBBORNNESS and REBELLION.
Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity. Acts 8:22-23 (NKJV)(verse 22) Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
(verse 23) For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and [in] the bond of iniquity.Acts 8 (KJV) verses 22-23
Carrying the steps of rebellion even further, they see GOD as an authority figure LIKE THEIR FATHER and MOTHER, therefore they rebel against GOD. This is why SO MANY KIDS are turning to the occult. Their parents CLAIM to be Christians but only give them a small portion of their time. Those parents may go to church and claim to love GOD but NONE OF THE FRUIT is evident in their lives. They see NONE of the LOVE GOD is supposed to be pouring out nor do they see any of the POWER the Bible speaks of. The enemy gives them some power quickly. The power to GET EVEN with all those who hurt them either EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY or SEXUALLY.
People today look to RELIGION to lead them to GOD but they find nothing that satisfies. THEY FEEL REJECTED SINCE THEY CANNOT FIND GOD! Like a snowball they open up for spirits of self-pity, rejection, fear of rejection, fear of man, anger (and other spirits) to manifest and THEN this continues to grow and fester until they allow in spirits of unforgivness and bitterness and anger at GOD.
Most 'Atheists' or occult people I've spoken with EVENTUALLY ADMIT (if you keep pushing them long enough) that they were MAD AT GOD somewhere in their lives and THAT is why they decided to DENY HIS EXISTENCE. It's their way to 'get even' for the things they blame HIM for.
The others who claim to be an 'atheist' but don't fit into that description I have found to ACTUALLY be DEEPLY involved in the occult and they use the title 'atheist' to avoid confrontation and exposure. THE CORE PROBLEM FOR THESE PEOPLE ARE ANGER AT GOD!!! The ULTIMATE rebellion and sin ...read the following scripture:
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. 1 Samuel 15:22-23 (NKJV)(verse 22) And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.
(verse 23) For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from [being] king.1 Samuel 15 (KJV) verses 22-23
In turn this opens doors for murder, rage, violence, vengeance and possibly death or suicide. Remember, giving into these ungodly feelings/sins is serving the enemy... and his ONLY GOAL is sickness, pain and death. This will eat up the person who gives into the issues of the heart.
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