FALSE SHEPHERD

By Rick Mathes

John 10:11 (NASB77) ¹¹  ” I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

How can you tell who it is in the pulpit? Most that I have questioned have never sat down with their pastor and really nailed down what he really believe. Many ministers including myself estimate that seven out of ten are agents of Lucifer! This is a conservative guess. What are we to do?

First, look to see if your minister looks out for his self-interests above all else. He is inclined to be consumed with salary, days off, vacations, home, and retirement plan and other perks the wealthy believers are sure to spoil him with.

The false shepherd will shun those who don’t have the good looks, money, influence or skills to advance his personal goals. He ignores the sick as weak and useless and He turns His back on the questioning lost. It takes too much effort and time to argue with ignorant people about their salvation and the importance of tithing their wages to the church.

The only answer to those who rise up against him is to scatter the sheep any which way he can. If they are fighting among themselves that takes the heat off of him. This leaves him weak to his enemies instead of strong because the Lord is not with him. When you spit in the wind it falls back on you.

His day of accounting is when this self-serving phony will meet His Maker and have a whole lot of explaining to do. He will be punished severely here and later in the furnace of flames he made his reservation for. He should be removed from office immediately. The best way to fire him is to leave and join a healthy church. When his pews and the treasury are empty, he’ll get the message.

He must be constantly focusing on new members and preaching a watered-down sermon. He needs to be pumped up for as long as the devil in him has the energy and skill to keep the balls in the air at the same time: then the crash! But when he drops his arms, and he will, those not fed by the Word of God will be too skinny and worn to start over again. The church will die.

This scoundrel will be judged and destroyed in Go’s timing. If you take time with Ezekiel chapter 24, you will get into the Lord’s mind and realize what a serious matter this is as the church, as we know it, disintegrates before our very eyes!