THE EAST FROM THE WEST ... ARE YOU A "SO WHAT" OR A "WHAT IF" PERSON?

THE EAST FROM THE WEST ... ARE YOU A "SO WHAT" OR A "WHAT IF" PERSON?

I seldom warn the east or reprimand them, because persecution and the threat of death and bodily injury has matured them to a point beyond reprimanding. The east has no lukewarm  Christians, just billions of people that are either hot or cold. In the eastern nations the luke warm are  quickly tortured  back into cold. It is rare that anyone backslides in nations where it is legal to abuse Christians. When these people decided to follow Me, they already knew it could mean death and most definitely would result in beatings and imprisonment. "Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also." John 15:20 (KJV)

In the west preachers sugar coat everything. Making following Me, to sound like a vacation, they say, "from this day forth everything will begin flowing your way". They provide comfortable seats, air conditioning, promised favor in high places, all the amenities to make your new life in Me feel good. There is someone to watch your kids, coffee and snacks and a complete stage show, strobe lights, 30 pc orchestra, smoke machines, a sound system set to perfection. You can even catch a rerun of the service on the Internet, if there is a conflict with your favorite team and the game of week.   "The time is coming when people will not tolerate (endure) sound and wholesome instruction, but, having ears itching for something pleasing and gratifying, they will gather to themselves one teacher after another to a considerable number, chosen to satisfy their own liking and to foster the errors they hold, [4] And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions. [5] As for you, be calm and cool and steady, accept and suffer unflinchingly every hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully perform all the duties of your ministry."      2 Timothy 4:3-5 (AMP)

In the east, even going to service is covert, accessible only by foot under cover of darkness, for fear of being arrested. Before accepting Me they are warned to count the cost, excommunication from your family is sure to follow, loss of job, public beatings, mocking, and imprisonment and even execution. I told you, ..."If any man (wants to) come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. [25] For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it." Matthew 16:24-25 (KJV)      They willingly make the choice to follow Me, fully expecting big time trouble. For surely trouble comes the moment they return home and find they no longer have a family.

They are disowned after their first testimony to those they love the most. ... "Some are tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: [36] And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: [37] They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; [38] (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." Hebrews 11:35-38 (KJV)

The two conversions start with one offering torture to the easterner and to the westerner, the life of a sweepstakes winner. One promises acceptance and favor and the other rejection and homelessness. The western luxury conversion is entered into half hearted, reluctantly and with a lot of "WHAT IFs".  The eastern homeless conversion is entered into whole hearted, fully persuaded, and with a lot of "SO WHATs".  How is it possible to compare the two mindsets. ... "the time has arrived for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not respect or believe or obey the good news (the Gospel) of God? [18] And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the godless and wicked?  1 Peter 4:17-18 (AMP)

Seated here in heavenly places this is what I see, from this prospective; I see the one day old easterner, praising Me, while he is beaten bloody for his decision, and the westerner claiming a  25 year conversion, yet cursing and swearing over a  broken air conditioner, considering it a serious test of faith. The western Christians for the most part are ... "still unspiritual, having the nature of the flesh under the control of ordinary impulses. For as long as there are envying and jealousy and wrangling and factions among you, are you not unspiritual and of the flesh, behaving yourselves after a human standard and like mere (unchanged) men?" 1 Corinthians 3:3 (AMP)

This is My final word to all My western mindset followers:
"I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. [16] So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. [17] Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: [18] I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. [19] As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. [20] Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if (you) hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to (you), and will sup with (you), and (you) with me." Revelation 3:15-20 (KJV)
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Jim Hammerle

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