Not a good place for thieves to be but they were there. Matthew, Mark and Luke recorded that Jesus said they the religious leaders of that day had made the temple a den of thieves. Pretty well hide away, nobody would recognize them as thieves. A good place to hide away figured nobody would find them.

You might say well that was in Jesus ay and so it was but don’t deceive yourself, that there’s more today, there is in more ways then one

Jesus said all that ever came before me are thieves and robbers but when Jesus changes a persons life they are no longer considered or should be called thieves and robbers. I’m going to deal with this subject in a little different way then you would assume.

A few days ago I walked into the largest bookstore in the world, so I was told. Having looked over some of the books that might interest me one caught my attention, “thieves in the temple” So a few thoughts began to form in my spirit. I did not buy the book, I did not read it, so I want to let my readers know should there be any that is in that book that I mention here I did not obtain it from that book. I’m just going to take time to expose some of these thieves and let them be caught.

Jeremiah 23:30

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord that steal my Words everyone from his neighbour.

Verse 31:

Behold I am against the prophets saith the Lord that use their tongues and say He saith

There is a trend today across our land when someone says I got a word for you and say thus saith the Lord. When it is not from the Lord. I am not advocating that there is no such thing as a word from the Lord but a lot that I have heard in this area is nothing but garbage. When you steal words from Gods’ Word and use them to glorify yourself then you are nothing but a thief and robbing people of the very blessing that God has for that very person – I know what I’m talking about.

Churches have been robbed of the blessing that many times been theirs through singing the old hymns of the Church and have put the hymn book out and brought in something that does not and can not and well not take it’s place.

Taking out the Blood, the Cross, Salvation and replaced it with something that sounds alight but it’s not!

The devil don’t like songs about the Blood, the Cross, Salvation but sure would like a counterfeit gospel song. Come on friend! Bring them back!

What can wash away my sin, nothing but the Blood of Jesus. To the old rugged Cross. Jesus the name high over all. Songs that when sung the Holy Spirit moved upon it and souls came to the alter and gave their life to Christ. I have listened to a lot of that, the new age has brought in and so far I have not yet recognized the Holy Spirit upon it, very much.

I have been in other parts of Canada and have discovered that the thieves have made a visitation also. In Newfoundland the lack of people in church is blamed for out migration but how would you reconcile the fact that in a community having a population of 112,000 people and on a Sunday night only 2 in the congregation. That don’t sound like people are out migrating, that sounds like the Holy Spirit has left and nothing to draw people in the church. The devil has stole the desires of the people and robbed them because leadership have so desired to go that way.

I just picked up a supposed to be a Christian magazine, in it I read that God invented Rock and Roll. It made reference to and when God rolled away the stone from the tomb of Jesus, what an insult! Listen friend, God did not roll away the stone to let Jesus out, He rolled away the stone to let the disciples in. Rock music has no place in the worship of a mighty God, creator of Heaven and Earth.

As I said earlier, I have listened to a lot of the new age singing, there is very little inspiration, it’s a way that the devil has to counterfeit and he’s doing a good job, just the same as he’s bringing in a counterfeit gospel, it looks so nice but look into it and you will discover it’s not what God wants.

Man, leadership has robbed us of the true worship of our Creator in the way that brings glory to God by accepting and adopting such ideas. Someone may say, you are a very close minded person, not at all! But I’ll tell you what, when someone can tell me that this reflects on Mark chapter 16. and you see the power of God working in the midst of it, I’ll only be to glad to accept it.

When they make room for the super bowl in the church something important is robbed from what the church intended to be. So I would say thieves get out because just as sure as you operate in some of these circles, Jesus will sooner or later upset your programs.

If you pay close attention to these songs there is very little mention of the Blood and the Cross. Some churches mention very little about the Blood of Jesus or the Cross because the devil don’t want it mentioned.

Bring back old time singing, preaching, praying and out churches will fill up and everything that goes with it!