"James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting."
Yes, that James. As I read these five chapters this morning I couldn't help but notice the admonishments to the twelve tribes. "Knowing that all scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness," Oh sorry that's from a different letter and must not apply to the ntcc because they sure do not live by it. I could not help but notice the contradictions between what was said throughout the book of James and what the ntcc preaches, practices and lives by (or doesn't live by).
"Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: But the rich, in that he is made low:"
Who is the "brother of low degree" that is being talked about here? So many times we witnessed the brethren of low degree being trampled on by the rich in the ntcc. Oft times the brother of low degree was run off because he wasn't able to give to all the offerings in addition to paying his tithe. The brother of low degree was ridiculed by the leaders of the ntcc for sending money home to help his or her family, which in some cases were widows and fatherless. Oops, I'm getting ahead of myself. We've heard it all, forsake family and friends, cut all ties with the world, let the dead bury their dead and so on. I remember who got the crumbs from the table and who was given the keys to the Cadillac. It was never the brother of low degree that was exalted or even regarded as a brother by the leadership of the ntcc.
The rich however were not made low in the ntcc. The rich were the highly esteemed and the poor were dregs of society: "Don't invite that beggar or that homeless person, or that drunk out to church. We can't help them. We are not set up for that." What? Not set up to help sinners? Not set up to lead these of low degree unto Christ? How many times have we seen the ntcc leadership helping the poor? When is the last time we have seen anyone in the ntcc doing anything for their community? Do they really preach a living Christ to a lost and dying world? Only if the audience is young, impressionable, employed, and able to be manipulated into a life of servitude to the rich, snobbish leadership of the ntcc. Oh, yea, you also have to be able to give your unwavering loyalty to these rich, lofty, high minded and self absorbed individuals.
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Do they bridle their tongue when they lash out from behind the pulpit at folks and call out their names to humiliate them? Or do they deceive their own hearts? Many in the ntcc are looking for praise from their 'leaders' and peers, and looking to be highly esteemed among each other. While they love their own and seek riches here on this earth, they have no respect for the common person. These rich religious hypocrites live on a compound and are unapproachable to the average citizen and even to many that give their life savings to them. This is vain religion; and these people are so far from living the book of James that James himself would not be allowed on their compound. If James, went up to rdub's fortress and rang the bell at his gate, an angry mob of preachers would be dispatched to throw him off of their property.
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Did James really say this? Here we go. Where do we start? Does the ntcc leadership care for the afflicted? Do they do anything for the widow? Do they visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction? Not that I've ever seen in the years that I've been involved with "that bunch". They do not care about anything but money. I'm talking about your leadership. They have no concern for the widows and fatherless. They want to be a father figure to many only so they can control them and get something out of them. There is a motive behind everything they do. Yet they say, "Oh, you are just bitter and everything is sour grapes with you X-ers. Never anything positive to say." "SHOW ME" positive and I will speak positive. As long as they keep trashing people we will have nothing good to say about them. James said let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. Does this describe the ntcc? Was rdub swift to hear, slow to speak and slow to wrath when he gets in peoples' faces and points his finger at them, blasting them for what? Many of the people he runs off are faithful and loyal to him above all others on this planet. Is this Christianity? Wake up ntcc! This is pure hateful and divisive behavior from an old crotchety dude that has no tenderness of heart towards those that got him where he is today. rdub is going off the deep end and is destroying his own organization from within. If someone does not reign him in he will continue to run off the ones that love God the most; and the kekels' empire will crumble before their own eyes.
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring in goodly apparel and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment: and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
What does James have to do to get your attention? Does he need to come back from the dead and start calling out names? When was the last time any of you ntcc'rs invited someone to church in vile raiment? We were specifically told not to waste our time talking to them because they could not be reached. If they did come to church they were shunned and definitely not allowed to sit next to the pastor in fellowship. The ntcc doesn't even give the poor a chance. If they are not potential tithe payers time is not wasted on them.
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
But ye have despised the poor.
Next time you go to conference, look around you. Look at the leaders which you adore and ask yourselves, Do these people care about anyone but themselves? Are the poor despised in your ntcc church home? Oh we care about them and we even invite them to church every once in a while. Then they pray for salvation; but are they really treated like a brother or sister in Christ? Which leads us to this next admonition:
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; not withstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Never have I seen this process take place in an ntcc church; nor have I ever heard of it taking place in an ntcc church. Most poor people are considered unreachable. But the people that are reached (the military) have reasonable means; because they are enlisted. But they become poor lackeys; so rdub and his cronies can be made rich. That's how things work in the ntcc. How many people do you know that have been in the ntcc for a long time and actually have anything saved or put aside for their future? Very few. There are a few tightwads that survive the ntcc financial gauntlet; but they can be run off in a New York City minute also. What is the phrase that we heard so many ntcc pastors say? GOD WILL BLESS YOU, BROTHER OR SISTER. And then they send them off with nothing except a condescending comment about if you paid your tithe or gave in offerings you would be blessed.
They have their own doctrine; and only those that fall in place and subject themselves to their policies and doctrines can consider themselves to be saved.As I said this is a lengthly letter by James; and so far we've only covered two chapters. Although we could finish this letter by James, it would probably not go very far to open the eyes of the elite and the rich of the ntcc; so we are going to wrap this up now. We're not going to read the whole bible to these people and break it down for them; because they already know what it says. The problem is that they won't listen to James, John, Peter or Jesus. They have their own doctrine; and only those that fall in place and subject themselves to their policies and doctrines can consider themselves to be saved. Please do not get mad at us for posting this letter. Take it up with the author; or the One that inspired him. As we have said before and would like to re-emphasize, we are not the enemy here. We point out true occurrences and give accounts of what we actually experienced in the ntcc. If you think we are bitter and hateful because we speak the truth, then so be it; but we hope you can put your preconceived ideas aside long enough to see and realize that the ntcc and its leadership is leading you down a dark and deceitful path; and you are in for many years of abuse and hurt if you continue down that path. We pray for you and the ones that will be hurt in the future by the harmful and destructive teachings of the ntcc.
