(About the Photo)
Rev. Arthur L. Hunt, Jr., Dedicating First Bible Honoring Rev. Dr. MLK as a Prophet and Biblical Rights Leader: April 3-4, 2018, at MLK Memorial with The College of Aspiring Artists along with Ministers, DC Mayor Muriel Bower, Congressional Leaders and others.
The 'Hypocrisy' of the Bullet, the Use of the Bible, and the (so-called) Believers... The Supreme Choice 2024 — JUST GOD: No Brands... No Labels...
'When the Culture is Corrupt... So Are the People.' See
previous article for Culturicity reference.
Hy·poc·ri·sy is defined as the practice of
claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's behavior does not conform;
pretense.
As you look at the title of this blog, think about this word
(hypocrisy). Think… hypocrisy must end, and it must end, NOW! Here are the three
areas that we see it and at the end of this post, you and I will know when it
has ceased.
- The
Bullet, though deadly, it has no personality. It flows to a target
given aim by a person/group/team/army who is guided or misguided when
triggering such action or actions. The bullet can be discharged with
guns or tongues. Both
have the power to kill. Most often we kill one another with our tongues.
The hate, the lies, false witnessing, etc., are killing us daily at the
highest levels, but who's reporting this? Not the news media. Today we are
saying political violence, tomorrow it's domestic or other descriptions.
Violence on any front is wrong, must be called out, and mitigated.
So often we question the
motive of the shooter(s) and leave out the cause which is mostly based on the
culture that a person lives in. When the culture is corrupt and contaminated,
most often so are the people. The hypocrisy of the bullet too often focuses on
the direction and person(s) from whence the bullet came and not the cause(s)
that ignite the motive to kill, harm or endanger.
- The
(misuse of) the Bible: The Bible is what people in the USA recognize
as the book that contains the holy writings that convey the Word of God
for those whom He created. In
short, persons who profess to be Christians and Believers of the God of
the Bible say that his Word is a lamp unto their feet and a light unto
their pathway. This same book references the God in whom this nation
vows to be under His will, laws, and government. When
we become hearers of the Word and not doers of the Word, this is
hypocrisy.
- The
(so-called) Believer(s). These are those who confess a
relationship/commitment to serve/obey the laws and practices contained in
the biblical outline. Up front, the main law is to love. It is the law
that God is defined by in scripture. God
is Love. It
further adds that we are to love our neighbor as we love ourselves.
The (so-called) Believers are the people who also find ways to detach and
dismiss these same laws and principles when it's convenient to disconnect
when personal, corporate, class, prejudice, and supremacy along with all
other motives and benefits provide gain, status, greed and
self-preservation of sustaining lifestyles. These (so-called) Believers
simply house themselves inside political parties as well as denominational
doctrines that allow them to deviate from biblical adherence at their
leisure. This is hypocrisy.
Today we are seeing yet another bullet mass shooting moment
in our nation. Yes, it's the time when such tragedies bring a people, a nation,
and a world to a screeching halt. But why? How much of this is hypocrisy?
And sadly, this is where hypocrisy gets its licensures.
This post challenges all of US(A) to look at the long-term
hypocrisy when we talk about the bullets (whether guns or tongues) that we continue
to fire at one another. It happens.
But why is it that only when it hits certain people at
certain times do we pause and start the prayer calls and assemblies? I say
this is hypocrisy. Yet,
God is still talking using the foolish things to confound the wise. We
come together for a time in unity rally’s, etc. But so short-lived. I say it’s
time to end the hypocrisy. Yes, a God-transformation back to true love.
WHY IS REV. DR. MLK IN THIS POST?
56 years ago, there was a bullet that landed on the face of
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which led to his death. Was it the bullet
that killed him or was it the corrupt culture of this country and its country
men who created the environment for such a tragedy to come forth? Have we rectified
the wrong by changing the culture? Who can get cleaned in dirty bath water? The
tank and culture of America needs a cleansing from God.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is the only
Pastor/Minister with a National Monument on the National Mall. All other
Memorials are Presidents and War Memorials. He is the only minister with a
Federal Holiday. His role as a minister is significant as we talk the hypocrisy
concerns and matters. We must gather in DC for a GOD Cleansing as a Nation.
It's my tribute to God's use of him as a biblical
rights leader, I illustrate by referencing athletes who have sneakers and
jerseys to represent their sport. Dedicating a Bible in honor of Rev. King,
represents him as a servant of God as a pastor/prophet. The Bible points us to
the genesis of his calling. He was activating God's Word.
As the producer of the first three years of the MLK Federal
Holiday from Memphis, beginning in 1989, honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., included the Opening Tribute for the National Civil Rights Museum. (I have
been around long enough to know hypocrisy when I see it.) No, not so that I
can be happy to call it out, no more than a medical doctor enjoys giving a
diagnosis of a critical disease or condition to a patient. It is to bring
attention so that knowledge and treatment can bring about transformation and
remedy.
Rev. MLK was assassinated on April 4, 1968. The day
before he was assassinated, he delivered his final Prophecy on April 3,
"I've Seen the Promised Land." He was not talking about Heaven. He
was talking about a land in the USA that flows with milk and honey. This means
a land well-nourished and with sweet/pleasant and delightful communities. A
place and culture of love. 56 years later... are we there yet? Can we possess
it? Can we make it demonstrative and not hypocritical? April 3, 1968, was the
most powerful moment of his final days. Can we be the ones who work to bring
the prophecy to promise fulfillment? This was the most powerful moment of his
final days. Can we be the ones who work to bring the prophecy to promise
fulfillment?
Each year on the third Monday in January, people (less now
than in the nineties) put on a one-day show/tribute and then go right back to
the same segregated and cultural dysfunctions.
This post is to take us deeper into what happens in these
moments but not without a cure/remedy to get us our hope and healing.
What Do We Do? Start Here:
- Be
true to the Bible. No matter what your Political Party or Denomination,
Corporation, etc., has to say about a subject matter, if it deviates from
biblical laws, then so do you/we/us. If we are going to be
Believers... Be one on Sunday-Sunday and not only in the houses of
worship. Be willing to go the distance and not just through term limits.
Just God: No Brands… No Labels.
- Leave
the denominations, brands, and labels outside of the 'Sovereign Space'
that belongs to God. There is no Black Church, White Church, Hispanic,
etc., Church. In the beginning, there were no denominations. It was God
and His Creation. His Church, the Church that Jesus built. When 'We the
People' (of God) all come together as ONE, it will surprise the nation
what this strength and POWER OF ONENESS could bring forth. We may see the
emergence of a President who puts God above country, political party,
denomination, etc.
- HOW
DO WE KNOW WE HAVE DEFEATED HYPOCRISY?
We don't need to pretend during
crisis moments that we love God, and that we love one another, etc., to pacify
ourselves, protecting our brands and labels thus exposing the true
characteristics of our cultural dysfunctions. The prayers are
important, the speeches can be too. But do not do them for show or
self-aggrandizement.
The
Bible teaches that there is One Lord, One Faith, and One Baptism. Why
is it taking so long for US(A) to figure this out and make the move to unite as
ONE?
Let's get out of these
constructs/parties/denominations that delay and hold us back from being the
true expression of the prayer we pray so often.... "Thy Kingdom Come...
Thy Will be Done... In Earth as It is in Heaven.”
HOW DO WE KNOW HYPOCRISY HAS
ENDED?
When we see the denominations
uniting and dropping the brands and labels, when we see political parties and superPAC’s
giving millions of dollars (instead of asking people who don’t have it to give)
to poverty-housed people and neighborhoods, national days of prayer and
community uplift and initiatives that directly transform the culture from poverty
to prosperity, from hate to love for all mankind, only then will we no longer need to say…
The Hypocrisy of the Bullet, the Use of the Bible, and
the (so-called) Believers... Cultural Hypocrisy Must Cease — JUST GOD: No
Brands... No Labels
Let's all meet up soon in DC this fall at the JUST GOD:
No Brands... No Labels... Declaration Day. Stay tuned at: www.justgod.today.
