Every Sabbath day, in particular, many former WCG members, and their hireling misters think they are appearing before the Lord. But what is required of a person, for him to be accepted, when he appears befoe the Lord? Cain and Abel appeared before the Lord. Abel's sacrifice was accepted by the Lord, but Cain's was rejected. Why?
The prophet Micah was inspired to ask: "Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God?"(Micah 6:6). What is the inspired answer? "He has shown you, Oh man, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"
So to come before God, and be accepted of Him, we need to bring with us three sublime virtues. Justice, mercy and humility. If we cannot define, and explain each one of these virtues, how do we know that we possess them? These virtues were never understood in WCG, so to believe that they are now understood among the divided churches of God, would be to teach that Christ is divided, and God is the author of confusion. So what is:
justice?
The prophet was inspired to write: "None calls for justice..(Isaiah 59:4). Of course, the moment those words are uttered, the hirelings start to think of politicians, and especially those in foreign countries. For how could the hirelings conclude that Britain and America are not nations of justice. But what about the hirelings themselves? Are they just men, who are welcome before the Lord?
The principle of justice was first revealed to Moses thus: "You shall not respect persons in judgment..(Deut.1:17). What is the fundamental principle upon which justice rest, that was revealed by the God of justice? That fundamental principle is impartiality. Just as God is no respecter persons, we must be the same to be just. Without impartiality, justice ceases to exist.
Hence, Solomon was inspired to write: "These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment"(Pro.24:23). Also, it is often said, the final words of great men are worth noting. King David was one off the greatest men to walk on earth, and his final words are these: "He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of the God"(2Sam.23:1-3). In the Chosen Vessel's penultimate charge to Timothy, he admonished him thus: "Doing nothing by partiality"((1Tim.5:21)
In my 22 years attending services with WCG, those that ruled over the church were patently unjust. Yet, they believed that they were coming before the Lord on the Sabbath days, holy days, and especially at the Feast of Tabernacles, where they behaved like the Pharisees. They booked the best caravans, the best hotels; and those whose job was to pray and pay, were left to scrambled for what were left.
These men have got some frightful surprises coming. They do not understand the God of justice.
If the hirelings don't understand justice, how on earth will they be able to understand mercy and humility? Will they be able to understand how "mercy rejoices against judgment," or what Jesus means when he says: "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice?"
mercy?
and humility?
To be continued
