POLY ~ Nasty!!!

I really didn't want to do any more articles prior to my book release November 10th, but it seems that the alleged church is EXPLODING with all kinds of unrighteousness, and I must let someone know my position on the issues. Yes, while I prepare to release this powerful word through a written narrative, I am also engaged in doing my best to combat this RANK DEGENERACY that is appearing as something normal among the church. 

Yes...believe me...I have no stone to throw. I am unworthy to attempt to "straighten out" the Body of Christ and certainly don't intend to do that, however, I must abide in my calling as long as I am in this skin and do what I am called to do...and that is to PREACH THE TRUTH even if that truth finds me, my friends, my family or anyone else, without reservation, because only through TRUTH can we be made free (John 8:32) and only truth will last. 

For all those that hate bloggers and especially those, like me, who have been at this for quite some time...(I feel kind of a Grandfather to some of the more popular Youtube and Social Media expositors)...part of that call is to sound the alarm against sin and evil, pronouncing the word of God:

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. ~ Isa. 58:1

YES, those of us who are the true servants of Christ and actually engaged in standing against the tide of sin, advancing the Kingdom of God and calling this lost generation to Christ, have an obligation, to not only preach the WORD to them that are lost, but to preach the truth without reservation to the Church, if not, the church will continue to slip into the abyss of sin and shame with the world and degenerate at an exponential rate. 

I mean look at it...we have ministers teaching magic and magic words to their congregations like "abracadabra"...We have ministers who have dedicated their whole congregations and ministries to sexual sin and perversions such as homosexuality, transexuality, and now even a resurgence of polygamy and polyamory, as I will point out shortly. Leaders now cheer for murder and assassination, as if  life were a video game, and the utter confusion of doctrine and Biblical illiteracy is at an all time high. Yes, these are dangerous, or as Paul told Timothy, "perilous" times! Then there is this...

Renewal of POLY~nasty

Like a terrible sitcom, as many of us thought it was an Ai spoof, a particular set of alleged church leaders rose up to announce their polygamous or better yet, polyamorous relationship. In what was a fiasco the ages, a particular pastor/prophet, Isaiah Ford, allowed his pastor wife, Lydia Ford, to present to the congregation her "sister wife" Shakayla Terrell...

Now, yes, this type of stuff has been around for quite some time within the old Mormon church and some offshoot branches of the Mormon church even in modern times. Yes, we have some folk that claim that the practice of Islam permits a man to have 4 wives (Quran 4:3) as long as he can supply their financial need and treat them "justly" under the law of Adl'. 

Blind Alleged Christian PROPHETS

Well, it seems that these modern day heretics, who call themselves prophets, but who can't seem to see how to tame and or curb their passions and lust in front of their congregation at least, are trying to convince themselves and others that they are being led by God into a new polyamorous relationship where they can lead God's people and continue, without remorse and or behavioral modification, to pastor and lead a church.

First, STOP...Who didn't know that when OC Allen of Atlanta, GA. married a man and presented him as "first gentleman" of the church in an openly and encouragingly gay ministry and now reformation that polygamy and polyamory wasn't next? Yes, pedophilia is on the way and we can see all kinds of perverts aligning themselves to champion that sexual deviance as well. 

The Story

It was a Sunday, and the weather outside was...forget about that...this is what went down:

We enter the scene when Lydia Ford, was at the mic. Lydia, otherwise seemingly a pleasant lady, standing fairly close to her husband, prophet/pastor Israel Ford, seeming like they were going to encourage their congregation to reach higher for the Lord, decided that this message was going to be a little different...prophet Lydia, took the time to introduce to the congregation, for the first time, "openly", in other words this THANG been happening for a minute...her new "Sister In Wife" minister Shakayla Talley...now, Shakalya Ford.

Among giggles and cackles, and seemingly surprised to some extent, but not short on words, Shakayla introduced the "elephant in the room" as the "cat was out of the bag" (both analogies used at the same time) those cats were chasing these mice, to the ooh's and aah's and wow's of the man at the center of attention. Israel Ford (pastor/prophet not withstanding) only was the MC  and looking like the "cat that stole the canary" was wholly in tune with the alleged minister and alleged prophetess of the benefits of this new fangled-dangled relationship, and that God, by his spirit, was at the center of all they were doing...

BUT WAIT...NEWS FLASH...There is a new dimension of this terrible and horrific HALLOWEEN, "Nightmare on Church Street" story arising out of the dust as it seems that pastor/prophet Israel has a dirt trail of alleged abuse, grooming and otherwise sexual abuse and manipulation looming. It seems that his step daughter is claiming that he was sexually perverse with she and her sister and was not and has not been a good example...all those things are ALLEGEDLY...

OK...Back To The Heart Of The Matter

We can see plainly, that these folk DOTH find themselves in the hollow thralls of infamy (Google that)  and CANNEST NOT find their prophetic way to the door...What makes it even worse, they seemed to have a whole line of cheerleaders, at least on the internet, ready to twist, pervert and turn scripture so far left that you would think having one spouse is against God, his kingdom and all that he is...

THE END

Rather than deal with a deep dive into what these polygamous pulpit perverts wanted to perpetuate on the public and impose on scripture, let's just look at a couple of ways to give a Biblical retort against this new wave of  TRASH doctrine. 

The first polygamist in the Bible was Lamech. In Genesis 4. He was the Great, Great, Great Grandson of Cain. This whole lineage was a lineage of rebellion against God. Cain was the first murderer and the first city builder. He trained his son to build cities also even naming the city he built after his son Enoch. Can's rebellion was a perpetual practice as displayed by his act of city building. This act of city building was an act of rebellion in order to replace and or eliminate the rule of God, replacing it with the rule of man and mankind honoring and venerating humanity or himself. This became a deeply engrained cultural value system only generations after Cain was banished from God's sight after he murdered his own brother Abel. 

Cain's 3 times, Great Grandson Lamech would echo Cain's actions taking it to an even greater depth and low of sin, by killing a man in what seems to be some sort of conflict in which the man had hurt him, but he (Lamech) went to the extreme exchanging murder for being beaten or at least receiving licks in battle. In other words Lamech was out of control. He brought a gun to a fist fight and when he was hit, he murdered.

Then, Lamech took things even further, basically writing a song about it, claiming to his wives, that if Cain (his 3 times Great Grandfather) was to be avenged 7 times for any who would kill him, [This was a strong indicator that he knew the realness of God, but refused to honor him] that retaliation for anyone who would even approach him with the idea of bodily harm, he would be avenged 70 times. This was abject rage, hatred and disdain for humanity. Interestingly, this was the exact backdrop of Jesus teaching on forgiveness, echoing the 70 times 7 motif (Matthew 18:21-22) condemning the posture of total disdain, hatred and revenge to a new posture of total love, concern and restoration.

Prior to all that, according to scripture, Lamech was the first to marry multiple wives. Adah and Zillah (Gen. 4:19) His actions in this was a further display of open rebellion against God. Although Adam and Eve were yet alive, Lamech was not impacted to admire his 4 times Great Grandparents and used his life as a monument against God, his way and his order.  

So we observe that polygamy was birthed out of rebellion against God and was a violation of God's order and his plan for mankind. It was clearly and still is a sin...

PUSH BACK: Pastor...All those Old Testament greats had multiple wives...Even Abraham had 3...How is it evil?

Glad you asked... Here is the answer:

God's people were told not to multiply wives as the "heathen" did (Deut. 17:17) but as you see, found a way to be in rebellion against God. In the New Testament Jesus addressed the issue while addressing marriage and divorce within the scripture. Building on Genesis 2:24, where God created Adam for the Eve and vice-versa, Jesus said this: 

4-And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5-And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? ~ Mt. 19:4-5

There was only TWO that were to become ONE flesh within the marital union. Not, three, not four or five...only TWO.

Later in Ephesians 5:31, Paul goes on to draw the parallel of marriage between Christ and his bride, the Church, using the same Genesis 2:24 reference to explain the "mystery" of the Church. 

In other words Jesus teaching on the issue was clear, two people would become one flesh, not three, four, or six...Paul's teaching was clear on the issue that there was ONE church (the Bride of Christ), not multiple churches, and Christ. The one church would become one with Christ. This was the plan. The unity of two was the aim and example. The marital relationship that God instituted was the archetype of the union of Christ with his people aka: the Church.   

Interestingly, in Jesus's answer to this question, which you also find in Matthew 19:6b and in Mark 10:9, Jesus delivers somewhat of a pinpoint caveat that states:

"What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."

The "What therefore God has joined together" refers to the union itself. This was not to be broken, "put asunder" by man or mankind. It was not to be changed and or modified out of convenience. Jesus places a capstone on the issue, pinpointing the exact meaning of the scripture on the marital union and ultimately upon divorce. 

The Allowance of Moses

In this narrative, Jesus refers to God allowing "divorce" due to the hardness of men's hearts (Matthew 19:8) but does not endorse divorce as God's plan and or will. As stated, it is clear, that when marriage was referenced and affirmed by Jesus it only included 2 people. A male and a female and a husband and wife and not 3 or more individuals.

We could go further into the requirement for church presbyters which, according to scripture were told to not have multiple wives, but to be responsible within their families and relationships. I will not take a deep dive into that at this point.   

PUSH BACK: So what are we to make of OT heroes of the faith with multiple wives?

Look at every one of them...Every OT character that had multiple wives had multiple problems. There was all kinds of things that happened. Yes, even in marriages where there was no additional spouses there were problems. I am sure both Lot, Aaron, Eli, Job and Samuel could testify to those things, but violation of the marital order was not one of their issues. OT heroes, as great as they were, were used to display what we would come to know in a greater way, that we need JESUS in this life! The power of sin needed to be overcome and they were OT heroes because they lived for the promise that was to come through and by Jesus, the King of Kings. 

God set boundaries around polygamy because of the hearts of men and mankind. Polygamists had no power to overcome the flesh such as we have today...ALLEGEDLY! The OT character, though full of faith and virtue, were not the epitome of our New Testament value system or the value and strength that would be presented through the power and sacrifice of Jesus. 

Working with and through flawed and even sometime rebellious men, God was able to allow the savior of the world to come to break the power of sin and reverse the curse of satan. Polygamy was most certainly delivered to the world under and by sin and rebellion against God. There is no way to sanctify it. It must be forsaken...Its power must be broken. Its appeal to our sin nature must be denied. It is fools gold and filled with mental trauma for everyone, even children. 

No matter how many million of sperm a man has, (and yet that is another foolish argument for a man to have multiple wives) or how many women outnumber men in modern society, or how much money one has to take care of multiple women and families, God has set boundaries and parameters around us sexually and those boundaries aren't to take our fun away, it is so that our lives will be full of his joy and to increase the wealth of his spirit upon us. 

Don't Be Cheated By Sin

Unfortunately, I have learned and observed that unrighteousness cheats everyone in its path. Rebellion causes a loss of relationships, friendships and opportunities that would not otherwise be lost or compromised if there were a Biblical commitment to doing righteously and obeying the word of God. To free one's self from sexual sin may take a lifetime of repair both mentally and physically. All of that says nothing of the loss of ministry opportunities and the risk of losing one's soul. I would only say, if you are unwilling to pay the ultimate cost, don't do it. Righteousness is fulfilling and lasts a lifetime. Whereas, the joy of sin is not only temporary but its wage is long lasting if not permanent death.

Blessed!