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“And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? For when one says, ‘I am of Paul,’ and another, ‘I am of Apollos,’ are you not mere men?” (1 Corinthians 3:1-4 NASB1995)
If we who profess faith in Jesus Christ become followers of men and women, and of church denominations and their creeds and goals and objectives, then we cease to be the followers of Christ that our Lord desires. For we are not to identify as “Baptists,” “Methodists,” “Lutheran,” “Presbyterian,” and/or “Episcopalians,” and the list goes on. We are to be followers of Jesus Christ, and of him (of God) alone. And denominational theologies and creeds and statements of faith are not to usurp authority over the Word of God ever.
For, humans are not to be our gods. They are not to be the ones directing our lives. We are not to be looking to them to be our Saviors. And church denominations in the USA are largely partnered with the government and with the world, which God forbids. And so many of them are marketing what they call “the church” to the people of the world in order to attract the world to their gatherings, so they are human-based businesses, which God also forbids. And God is calling his people to come out from among them.
[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]
So many people claiming faith in Jesus Christ today are followers of other humans over and above being followers of Christ. Their allegiance is to their pastor or to their “church” denomination, or to some famous TV preacher and/or evangelist who they often raise to God-like status. For they do not question them or their character or what they are teaching against the truths of the Scriptures, but they just follow them and their teachings blindly, as though they are God and the Scriptures themselves. God forbid!
And so many of these “church” denominations are beholding to the government, and they even teach government worship via the pledge (vow) of allegiance (worship) of the government, with hand over heart. And they teach worship of the military, teaching us that they are our saviors, that they are the ones keeping us safe from our “enemies.” And they teach government worship via the singing of national anthems and songs of worship of the government, some of which are in our “church” hymnals.
“My Country ‘Tis of Thee” and “America the Beautiful,” are both in the hymnal that I sang out of in the church gatherings I attended from birth on up to mid adulthood. And I grew up singing songs of praise and worship of my government also in our public schools where I was also taught to pledge (vow) my allegiance (fidelity) to my government, and taught that our military were the ones keeping us safe from our “enemies.” And so I did as I was taught to do until I heard God say, “NO!” And then I obeyed God.
But are we to obey our government heads? Yes, we are to obey them, but with biblical exceptions, and never in the sense of giving the government our worship and praise and loyalty and devotion which should be reserved for God and for God alone. For example, the government is never to usurp authority over God and over his word. We must always obey God rather than men if other humans, whoever they are, command our worship and undying devotion and obedience to them, in all things, rather than to God alone.
Zeal for Your House
Based off John 2:17; Psalms 69:9
An Original Work / August 1, 2016
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.
Lord, I love my times with You.
I love to worship You and sing Your praises.
Time in Your Word brings me closer to You,
List’ning to You speaking to me,
Gently guiding me in truth.
Lord, You are my life’s example,
Showing me how I should live.
I love to walk with You where’er You lead me.
No greater joy have I when serving You.
Loving, giving, resting in Your strength,
I’m yielding to Your will.
Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.
See the church turned upside down:
Marketing ventures taking place of worship,
Men of the gospel turning into clowns.
Gospel message made appealing,
So the world will feel at home.
Lord, we need a great revival.
Turn their hearts, Lord, back to You.
Open the blind eyes, turn them all from darkness,
Lord, to the light. May they return to You,
Turn from their sin, forsake idols,
Be restored to God again.
Worship God, Not Human Flesh
An Original Work / February 3, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
