Just in case some
might wonder why such a strange
sounding title, I
will attempt to offer the following
explanation.
Regardless of whether
one is writing a book, a
short story, a song
or a teaching article such
as this one, you may
want to consider the following
fact.
Nothing can be accomplished
or gained unless
'something' prompts
people to read or listen
to the words offered.
Curiosity would seem
to be as good as anything
could be for that
purpose.
Often people have
a general idea of what the actual
meaning of certain
words are, but I prefer making
certain that the strange
title of this writing is
understood as intended.
Let us begin by examining
the words of this title
according to Webster's
definitions of same.
Without going deeper
than what is necessary
let's go with the
'long story short' version.
After close examination
of Webster's I was rather
surprised to learn
that the word 'mime' and the word
'mimic' are both 'rooted
in', but slightly
different forms of
the same word.
One could accurately
say that they are cousins.
Both can be used as
either a noun or a verb depending
on how they are used.
The main difference
between these two is simply
that to 'mime' something
is usually done without
sound and the word
'mimic' most often includes sound.
Hence something mimed
denotes the appearance of,
and to mimic something
means to 'SOUND LIKE'.
For the purpose of
this article however, the point
not to be overlooked
is that BOTH are but
IMITATIONS, SIMULATED
or PRETENDED.
To sum up everything
thus far' let's boil everything
said thus far, down
to these words, 'NOT REAL OR GENUINE'.
Hopefully the definition
of the word CLOWN will
require no explanation
other than to say that all
three of our words
in question are normally
thought of to be,
primarily, for the 'purpose' of
ENTERTAINMENT.
Now let's move ahead
to the place “where the rubber
meets the road”,
another very old but useful saying.
Let us continue by
stating that, more often than not,
that which is amusing
in the eyes of man, is 'seldom'
viewed that way by
God at all.
The greatest threat
to THE CHURCH, The Body of Christ
comes 'not' from outside
itself, but from WITHIN.
Even Satan himself
is NO PROBLEM for a genuine
believer.
Jesus overcame this
world, the evil in it,
and the prince and
god of this world 'for us'.
He broke the power
of sin and the 'fear
of death' which had
held mankind in
bondage since the
day that Adam chose
to love SIN more than
he loved God.
Jesus has 'made us
to be' (IN HIM), more than
overcomers. He has
given us his NAME and
the right to use his
NAME to become victorious
in 'every' area of
our lives.
Jesus' victory over
sin, hell, death and the grave
has made it possible
'for us' to escape God's
eternal TRUTH, “The
wages of sin is death.”
Having said all that,
we have come full circle back
to the subject of
this article, THE MIMES, THE MIMICS
and THE CLOWNS.
THE CHURCH, The Body
of Christ in the earth
is filled to overflowing
with those mentioned above
and it 'would be'
amusing' were the consequences
not so serious.
The word CLOWNS as
used here
only applies because
the 'very
thought' that men
can fool God and that he can NOT
see them for what
they really are, is ludicrous.
Now, we are left with
only the MIMES and MIMICS
but keep in mind,
that while appearing to be
exactly what they
claim to be, they are often
very good imitations,
but, 'as far from' REAL
as anything or anybody
could possibly be.
Has anyone reading
these words ever seen
advertisements such
as this one?
“GENIUNE
'faux' pearls.”
Have you ever wondered
about the contradiction
contained in those
three little words?
Many people fail to
pay much attention
to contradictions.
Consider that the
word GENIUNE can only mean
REAL but the word
'faux' can only mean
imitation (fake or
phony).
How many people spot
the deception contained in
that little contradiction
or even wonder why
that ad is worded
as it is.
Millions of sales
have been made from advertisements
worded in this deceptive
manner and I can NOT
help but wonder how
many by comparison would
have been sold had
they worded this same
sales gimmick 'Genuine
FAKE pearls'.
Far too often I find
myself saying 'as the old saying
goes' . My only defense
for that is often
many old sayings do
contain many elements of truth
'hard to deny', yet
easily seen and understood.
So, once again, there
is a very popular 'old saying'
“If it
walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and waddles
like a duck, it probably
is a duck.”
Much truth to that
one, but, very often UN-true when
it comes to Christians.
When it comes to 'CHRISTIANS'
there are two
varieties. There are
REAL Christians, and
there are FAUX Christians.
It is extremely difficult
to tell the difference
and therein lies the
'rub', the catch as it were.
If we took every person
in this earth who CLAIM
to be 'Christians'
and did a head count it would
add up to a most sizable
number.
The Catholic church
alone boasts of members
in excess of 1 and
½ billion members. A sizable number
to be sure and they
all 'call themselves' 'Christians'.
Unfortunately the
largest majority of these
have been deceived
into believing that joining some group
or organization is
a guarantee of Salvation
and ETERNAL LIFE.
Sadly to say, this
is in fact, opposite, a contradiction,
to what God actually
said on this subject.
This deception is
but a manifest token of exactly the opposite.
God's TRUTH teaches
that it is ONLY by Faith (trusting
in Jesus) 'thru which'
Salvation comes.
How many people have
been lied too concerning
this MOST basic Truth?
My first thought is,
A LOT.
Nowhere in God's Word
is it written that
a man can be saved
by JOINING anything.
No CHURCH, no GROUP,
no ANYTHING,
but by 'trusting in
Jesus', and by trusting in him alone.
'All' who believe
otherwise are only those who
have based what they
believe on the words of,
Mimes, Mimics and
Clowns.
Add to that number
all the members of the more than 38 thousand
protestant denominations
and you end up with
a 'great number' of
'PROFESSING' Christians.
A far better word
choice instead of saying 'great number',
would be the word
MULTITUDES.
Anyone who sincerely
desires to believe 'ONLY THE
TRUTH', according
to God, had best take
the time and effort
required to learn what
God himself said.
Consider the fact that
eternity is a long,
long, LONG time and that once it
begins for anyone,
it is irreversible.
Understand that these
numbers mentioned
represent only men's
'estimates'
arrived at by some
mathematician somewhere and un-named.
In a recent poll conducted
by NBC last year their
results showed that
SUPPOSEDLY, 70%
of Americans 'claimed
to be' CHRISTIANS.
Using today's population
estimates of these
United States of America,
that poll would translate into
210 MILLION Christians
in America, but , remember
that this number is,
'at best' ONLY an estimate.
The REAL TRUTH of
the matter is that
the vast majority
(well in excess of 90%
of this number) are
Christians 'in name only'.
In God's eyes they
would have the word 'faux'
preceding the word
CHRISTIAN.
In the case of our
article and it's strange title
we could well say
that a perfect
description of a 'faux'
Christian is actually nothing more
than a Mime (all the
right moves and appearance,
or a Mimic, ( sounds
like )
and a 'Clown as well'
because they believe that if
they can deceive men
they can deceive God as well.
As a missionary once
said, “I could go to a
barn every day of
my life, and that still would
NOT make me a cow.”
I have often thought
about that man's statement, and
never do but that
I also think about
how wonderful that
illustration 'was' and 'still' is.
Millions, upon hundreds
of millions, of professing (faux)
Christians, who have
NEVER known God and have
NEVER been known 'by'
God, have been DECEIVED
into believing that
they are indeed and
in TRUTH a Christian.
Is it any wonder,
then, that Jesus said in Matt. 24: 4
“Take
heed that NO MAN deceive you.”
Have you ever given
the time to wonder
why he described the
deceivers as MEN?
In the very next verse
he even describes the
'vastness of their
numbers' with the word MANY.
Keep in mind that
it was God who gave his only Son,
it was Jesus who gave
his life for us, so therefore
it is God's right
to say what is required to make
a REAL Christian,
not some MIME, MIMIC or CLOWN.
The multitudes who
have chosen to believe and
follow these 'deceivers'
rather than God
have in reality become
only 'clones' of the same.
False prophets, false
teachers and deceivers
can only bring forth
others like unto themselves.
The most difficult
people to reach with the TRUTH
are those who believe
they already know the TRUTH.
Jesus described these
as 'blind leaders of the blind',
and then, went on
to say that both would fall into
a ditch.
It seems to me that
a wise man would prefer to
follow The One who
made it all the way and
is now seated at the
right hand of God.
Now back to our story.
Considering the facts
with which we have to work,
“IF”
this poll number were correct, then
America would be THE
MOST Christian NATION
on earth percentage-wise.
Based solely on the
number of abortions
performed in this
nation annually, this
is the 'most' UN-CHRISTIAN
NATION ON EARTH.
It is IMPOSSIBLE to
be 'both' a Christian and a
justifier of MURDER,
and/ or, MURDERERS.
I repeat, I said 'IMPOSSIBLE'.
This
fact is pointed out very clearly in Gal. 5: 21.
Here we find a very
lengthy list of sins, the
doers of which it
plainly states SHALL 'NOT'
INHERIT THE KINGDOM
OF GOD.
Included in that list
is the sin of murder.
If the taking of a
human life is murder, this would
certainly include
taking the life of a defenseless
unborn child. Otherwise,
there would
be 'no such sin' as
MURDER.
Well, God said there
is such a sin as murder
and then went on to
say that NO MURDERER
has eternal life in
him.
Using America for
our example, this nation
is pretty much equally
divided between
'Pro-Abortion' and
'Pro-Life'.
America's government
has slowly
and methodically been
taken control of by
the ungodly, the murders,
and the whoremongers.
Seeking not to stray
far from the subject of this
teaching, let me say
that a great majority
of these 'elected'
or appointed leaders call
themselves 'CHRISTIANS'.
You will
find many of those
sitting in churches come
Sundays.
They are but men (and
women) who go to
the barn believing
that they are indeed cows.
They may look like
cows, they may sound like cows,
but that will 'never'
make them COWS.
Like manner Americans
turn out in elections
by the millions and
put these CLOWNS in
office and so, we
are now a nation controlled
by MIMES, MIMICS and
CLOWNS.
Those who put them
in power are but 'their'
offspring and equally
as guilty of the blood
of the innocent.
For anyone 'to elect'
into public office some
ungodly politician
who promotes and
passes laws declaring
Murder to be lawful, while
claiming to be a CHRISTIAN,
is just as guilty
as the politician
who calls himself a Christian
while enacting laws
justifying this abomination.
Both will suffer the
same punishment and NEITHER
will inherit the Kingdom
of God.
What we have then
in America is a nation of 'goats'
who believe that if
they call themselves 'sheep'
that they are indeed,
God's 'sheep'.
They are not sheep,
they are not cows, and,
MOST importantly,
they are not CHRISTIANS.
They are MIMES, they
are MIMICS, they are CLOWNS.
The entire point of
this article is NOT based on
what 'men's ideas'
are of what constitutes a 'Christian',
but the 'real truth'
as viewed by God.
Having the 'appearance
of Godliness' (MIMES), or
'sounding like' (by
quoting God's words) MIMICS,
or even a combination
of both, MEANS NOTHING.
NOT TO GOD !!!
Some of the worst
of false prophets alive today
are the most proficient
WORD QUOTERS of
the Bible this earth
has ever seen.
I might point out
at this juncture that
Satan is THE most
proficient WORD QUOTER of all.
Would that make him
a Christian?
Could it?
That answer should
be obvious to all.
Let us return for
a moment to the warning Jesus gave.
In Matthew 24: 4 Jesus
warned of 'a multitude
of deceivers among
men' and even numbered
them with the single
word, 'MANY'.
This word MANY could
mean many different
things to many different
people.
One person might think
it means simply,
A LOT. Another might
describe it with the
words 'a really LARGE
number'.
In reality this word
MANY means the LARGEST
PART of a whole. The
majority. Our question then
becomes 'the largest
part of WHAT WHOLE.
That answer is found
in the very next verse.
Verse 5 – Here
Jesus describes the GROUP
'out of which' this
multitude of deceivers will come.
“For MANY
shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;
and shall deceive
MANY.”
Many have taught that
this verse is speaking
of men like Charles
Manson, Jim Jones and on
and on and on.
Now look back at this
verse 5 and apply that understanding
to exactly what Jesus
said.
Can you see Charles
Manson (or anyone else) come
and say “I come
in 'the name of Jesus', and 'I am' Jesus.”
That does not even
make 'walking around sense'
and even a goose is
smarter than that.
NO, Jesus is describing
a particular group
of people. The group
he is describing are those
written of in this
article.
Those who 'CLAIM'
to be Christians and compass
the earth saying “I
come 'in the name of Jesus'
saying that 'I (Jesus)
is the Christ'.
How MANY Muslims,
Buddhist, Hindus or atheist
have you ever seen
preaching that Jesus is the Christ?
My best guess isn't
'NOT MANY', but 'NOT ANY'.
One of Satan's most
successful deceptions
ever bought by the
Body of Christ is simply this;
Anyone and EVERYONE
who comes preaching Jesus
was sent by God and
every word they speak
is FROM GOD and is
indeed speaking THE TRUTH.
What kind of human
reasoning would one
use to believe that
the DECEIVERS Jesus warned
of would come saying
that they are deceivers?
(Another useful old
saying, “Less sense than
God gave a goose.”)
In the 7th
chapter of Matthew, beginning at verse 15,
Jesus said, “Beware
of false prophets, which come
to you in sheep's
clothing, (disguised as Christians)
but inwardly they
are ravening wolves.”
Question. Why would
Jesus warn you to beware of
men (false prophets)
if you had no way of recognizing one
when you saw one?
Don't settle for being
a goose. Read on.
Verse 16 - “Ye
shall know them by their fruits. Do men
gather grapes of thorns,
or figs of thistles?”
Verse 17 - “Even
so, EVERY GOOD TREE bringeth
forth GOOD FRUIT;
but a corrupt tree bringeth
forth evil fruit.
Of course, you need
consider that a ministry of
false prophets have
their proof' of the fruits
they have BROUGHT
FORTH.
You might notice however,
that 'their' proof of
that will only be
'their' own testimony.
Would not that be
something left to God
to judge?
Bragging on their
impressive numbers seems
FAR more like 'self-exaltation'
than it does 'humility'.
As with all lies and
deceptions of course, they do
often contain 'SOME
TRUTH'. Many of the largest
worldwide ministries,
have and ARE, producing fruit.
Problem with that
is simply this. If they are but
corrupt trees, then
likewise, the fruit they have
brought forth, is
corrupt also.
Not exactly something
to brag about. What was
that Paul wrote of
concerning fruit?
1st Corinthians
3: 6 “I have planted, Apollos watered,
but (But, BUT,) God
gave the increase.”
Question time. Who
does it sound like Paul
is exalting? Sound
to me like all the Glory
belongs to God and
to no man. How does this
compare to when you
hear large worldwide
ministries BOAST of
'their' tremendous
accomplishments for
God?
To describe these
in two words or less, they
are simply 'GLORY
GRABBERS'.
Vanity has 'NO PLACE'
in the Kingdom of God. I said,
'NO PLACE'.
Should anyone reading
these words find their
heroes to be only
men, you need to go back to
the beginning and
get to KNOW the only
real Hero in God's
eyes. His name is Jesus, and
should that last statement
come as a shock to
you, you would do
well to go back and re-evaluate
WHY you believe WHAT
you believe.
If you have been deceived
into following one
of these vain white-washed
sepulchers please
know this; You will
end up wherever that man
(or woman) does.
If however, you have
heard the voice of 'THE ONE'
True Great Shepherd
JESUS, and have followed him
and him alone, you
can be equally as certain, that
you will end up exactly
where he did.
At this juncture,
I would be remiss if I did not say the following.
If the words of this
short article turn out to be true,
you will be expected
to believe and receive them.
If not, then God will
expect you to reject and
to cast them aside.
That choice is yours and
only the SPIRIT OF
TRUTH will be able to make
it known to you. He
will. but you'll have to ask,
you'll have to believe
that God sent Him for
a reason, and that
reason is so that he
'can' lead and guide
you into ALL the TRUTH.
John 16: 13
You can be absolutely
positive beyond a
shadow of a doubt
that God did NOT send Him
to lead and guide
you unto some MIME, some MIMIC
or some CLOWN.
In either case, you
will never again be able to say,
you were 'not' warned.
The Mimes, Mimics
and Clowns described in this
article, and described
by Jesus with the word
“MANY”,
are more plentiful in 'the CHURCH',
(The Body of Christ),
today than ever before.
That number is not
diminishing but every day
increasing.
Deceivers today are
thicker than fleas on a dog.
In Matt. 23: 15, Jesus
gave an excellent description of those
written of in this
article. Remember now, Jesus
warned of MANY deceivers
and said very plainly that
they were 'of a group'
who came saying that He, Jesus,
was THE CHRIST.
In order for their
disguise to be effective, they will
give every appearance
of being 'Christians' but
when all is said and
done, they are nothing but
MIMES, MIMICS and
ClOWNS. They will have every appearance of
being Christians.
They will sound like what you
think a Christian
should 'sound like'.
Their true motives
however will be kept hidden.
Their true motive
is however revealed by God in
HIS Word.
Verse 15 - “Woe
to you
scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For ye compass sea
and land to MAKE ONE
PROSELYTE, and when he is made,
ye make him twofold
more the child of hell
than yourselves.”
In this short article
Jesus has given you warning
to beware of THESE,
he has called them by many
names and told you
exactly what they would come
saying.
Well guess what? He
was exactly right, of course,
and he expects those
who love him, TO BELIEVE
HIM, and NOT some
deceiver.
The fact is, these
deceivers have 'all' the appearance
of real Christians.
They are NOT.
The degree of success
achieved by any particular
type of deception
is dependent upon the skill of
the deceiver and in
particular the amount of
God's Word they use
as their proof.
The best example I
can think of to include here
would be those who
are most proficient at
using God's own Word
to nullify or cancel his
Word somewhere else.
For our example, you
would do well to study
the entire 10th
chapter of John but in particular
verse 4. “And
when he (speaking of Jesus) putteth
forth his own sheep,
he goeth before them, and
the sheep follow him,
FOR THEY KNOW HIS VOICE.”
Also consider that
7 times in the book of Rev. chapters
2 & 3 Jesus says
in slightly differently worded forms,
“He that
hath an ear, let him HEAR what the Spirit
saith unto the churches.”
The most proficient
deceivers of all will simply
stamp 'EXPIRED' and
'NO LONGER IN EFFECT'
on these scriptures
and every one similar.
In short, and in today's
language, they will
seek to convince 'believers'
who simply take
Jesus at his Word
that GOD 'NO LONGER' SPEAKS
TO MEN. The cannon
has been closed and blah,
blah, blah.
These who do this
very thing are simply seeking to pass
God's Word away. They
are simply those whose
ONLY knowledge of
God is from the HEAD
rather than the HEART.
Bad news for any and
all who are guilty of doing
this very thing.
God takes a very dim
view of those who do
this.
These deceivers are
the most difficult to spot
unless you remember
a few simple truths.
God's Words are ETERNAL.
God does not CHANGE.
Neither do his Words.
These Clowns will quote
out 'one side of their
mouth' these LIES
and at the same time,
out 'the other side' will
quote Hebrews 13:
8 - “JESUS CHRIST the same
yesterday, and to
day, and for ever.”
Those who do these
things are Word changers,
Word Adders, Word
Twisters and Word passer-
away-ers. They are
not on your side, they
are the worst of the
deceivers. They are only
Mimes, Mimics and
Clowns.
They are counting
on the fact that they have
more of God's Word
in them than you do.
They are 'of those'
who creep into houses to
deceive the Simple
(concerning evil).
They are those who
are 'ever learning'
but NEVER able to
'come to' the KNOWLEDGE (to KNOW)
of the TRUTH. Jesus
is THE TRUTH.
A good example of
this is as follows.
One
who sincerely is seeking the TRUTH
might find it on the
Internet at what first appears to be a
wonderful work of
God.
The first time you
visit this site, you notice
NO MERCHANDISE for
sale there. You think,
“Well,
that's a good sign.”
Then as you begin
studying the articles, teachings,
and etc. there you
find that everything seems to
be in perfect agreement
with God's Word.
Slowly but surely
you find yourself trusting these
people more, and more
and more.
As your trust begins
to build, it is only natural to
begin to let down
your guard.
Then, just about the
time you have decided that
these 'people' are
trustworthy, Wham !! Here comes
the deceptions of
men.
Satan is a most patient
of devils. He will quote chapter
and verse, and chapter
and verse, and on and on.
Then, when you are
at your least guarded moment
he will execute his
real plan.
His Word stealers
will reveal how God has changed,
how His Word has passed
away, expired, or does not apply
to Christians. They
will begin to quote and exalt
'men' and their doctrines
rather than God's.
Without realizing
what has happened, the lies,
the doubts, the unbelief
will begin to do it's
deadly work.
This can be summed
up with one word.
BEWARE !!!!
There are hundreds
if not thousands of inmates in mental
institutions who believe
themselves to be George
Washington, Napoleon
or some other great historic
figure, but, their
believing that, and saying that,
is far from making
it so.
God has even warned
us of a 'man' who would come
claiming to be God
'himself'.
Now just 'where',
should one suppose, would a mere man
get that idea?
Did I say from where?
I should have more
correctly said, 'from
whom'.
The origin of that
vain thought is written in Isaiah 14: 13-14.
My only point in mentioning
this is to say, that thinking
something, and saying
something, 'DOES NOT MAKE IT SO'.
In the very next verse
(15), God says exactly what the end
will be for this Clown
of all Clowns.
Should it come as
any surprise if the Father
of all Clowns would
also ('like God'),
have a Son of 'his
own', and, Satan's
son (the son of perdition)
would be exactly
'Like' his father?
How vain would a 'man'
have to be to declare
himself to be 'GOD'?
My first guess would
be 'just about as vain
as his father Satan'.
Jesus himself described
Satan as “the thief
who comes but for
to kill, to steal and destroy.”
Be on watch for one
like this. Remember those
great old sayings.
“Like father, like son.”
Watch for the sudden
ascension of a man
of these characteristics
(those of Satan),
and WHEN you do, LOOK
UP, for the coming
of the Lord is very
near, even at the door.
God's judgment for
Satan and Satan's son
has already been written.
It can NOT be changed
because once God speaks
his Word it is ETERNAL,
it is FOREVER. It
can NOT be changed or altered.
This judgment applies
not only to the originator
of this vanity, but
to 'ALL' who follow and serve him.
This includes, therefore,
all the MIMES, MIMICS AND
CLOWNS masquerading
as Christians.
If you claim to be
a Christian but believe any part
of God's Word has
passed away, you are nothing
more than a MIME,
MIMIC or CLOWN.
If the things you
believe turn out to be only
what you have learned
from deceivers, then
you in turn have 'become'
a deceiver.
If you find yourself
among those who have
never heard the voice
of THE GREAT SHEPHERD,
JESUS, then you need
to go back to square one
and meet the ONE who
died in your place.
It is written in Rev.
19: 20 that the beast and
the false prophet
will be cast alive into the
lake of fire. Then
in Rev. 20: 10 it says that
the devil that deceived
them will also be cast
there.
So far, it doesn't
sound as if that should be
of any concern to
anyone else. That is of course
unless you go ahead
to verse 15 of this same
20th chapter
where we read, “And whosoever
was not found written
in the book of life
was cast into the
lake of fire.”
Should someone, anyone,
be wondering what has
these facts have to
do with MIMES, MIMICS
and CLOWNS I'll answer
that question as
simply as possible.
There are no, No,
NO, MIMES, MIMICS or
CLOWNS whose names
are written in that book.
That should be sufficient
for the wise.
Should there be any
'geese' here, perhaps
they should be 'getting
used to hearing' the saddest
words any man will
ever hear,
“Depart
from me, I NEVER KNEW YOU.”
There is but ONE way
out for any man,
woman, boy or girl.
That one way has a
name.
It is the name which
God himself has exalted
above 'every' name
that is named.
That name is JESUS.
He is the Son of the
Living God.
How much time remains
for your eternal Salvation?
How much time remains
for the MIMES, MIMICS
and Clowns to repent?
If you place any value
in God's answer to
these questions, his
answer for YOU
is simple.
It can NOT be misunderstood.
You need NOT go to
any man to find that answer.
Simply open up God's
Word to 2nd Cor. 6: 2
“For he
(God) saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted,
and in the day of
salvation have I succoured thee:
BEHOLD,
'NOW' is the accepted
time;
BEHOLD,
'NOW'
is the day of Salvation.”
My prayer is that
YOU will allow
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH
to lead and guide
you
into ALL TRUTH.
AMEN
and
AMEN
