But the churches have left, they have become harlots, they are no longer working for the Lord Jesus Christ. In name they say, "We work for Jesus!" But take a look at their fruit.63 Matthew 7:16-20 "You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them." Look who they really seek out for their permission to exist. They're all incorporated in the State, they're not incorporated in Jesus. And the pastors - they've been deceived. As one of our Church members puts it, "These pastors are pimps!" They go out of their way to have us commit adultery with the world. They turn us into prostitutes. They are supposed to be helping us, saving us, keeping us from the world, keeping us in the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ, keeping us in the Kingdom of Heaven - yet they have actually become pimps. They've handed us over to the world.64 Jeremiah 23:14 Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies; They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one turns back from his wickedness. All of them are like Sodom to Me, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Return, depart from iniquity. Leave these pastors who are no longer barking. A dog never barks at his own master, and these pastors are not barking at Satan.65 Isaiah 56:10-11 His watchmen are blind, They are all ignorant; They are all dumb dogs, They cannot bark; Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yes, they are greedy dogs Which never have enough. And they are shepherds Who cannot understand; They all look to their own way, Every one for his own gain, From his own territory. Ask a preacher, "Where's Satan? When do I know when he's around? When do I know I'm supposed to flee from these strangers?" How many pastors do you know who bark? "WOOF! WOOF!" They don't bark! Again, a dog never barks at his own master.66 Matthew 6:24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon." Therefore they are one with their master. They are harlots, they're pimps. The churches are not the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. They only name our Lord with their tongues, but their hearts are far from Him.67 Matthew 15:8 "'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.'" They are full of iniquity.
But you say these people are "good" in these churches. They're "nice" people, they do good things, they live righteous lives. But I pose a question. You have two houses. They're both good houses, well-constructed houses, beautiful houses, furnished well. But one of them was built on sand and the other one on rock. It is immaterial how the house was constructed, it is immaterial how well it was furnished, because the one on sand will fall when the storms come, but the one that was built on the rock will stand.68 Matthew 7:22-27 "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall." The storms will beat against it and it will remain. Storms! That's important. We cannot tell by looking whether it is of God or not.69 1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." It is by the storms, the fire, the sifting that we find out. Peter was a good example, "Lord, I'll follow you anywhere. I'll follow you to prison and to death!"70 Matthew 26:35 Peter said to Him, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" And so said all the disciples. Jesus said to Peter, "You don't know what you're talking about! You will deny me three times."71 Matthew 26:34 Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." Peter hadn't gone through the fire. He hadn't been sifted yet. But the Lord was going to allow him to be sifted, and when he overcame and was refined, then Peter was to pass on everlasting life to future generations.72 Luke 22:31- 32 And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren." That is what we have today.73 Matthew 16:18-19 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."