After composing the article about the pastor who cursed those who testified against him when receiving his prison sentence, I thought about the last part that I wrote where I stated

If you still really believe that charismatic witchcraft works (and based on what they say in church, they convince people that it does), I want to challenge you the next time you get a speeding ticket, tell the police officer that by giving you that ticket, he’s touching God’s anointed King’s Kid…. The next time a teacher gives you an “F” on your math test, tell that teacher that he or she is going to get weird and incurable cancers… The next time you are passed up for that promotion, tell that HR guy that his next child will be born retarded and his current children are now ‘permanently cursed’ for the next ten generations… The next time the fast food worker shorted you of your fries, tell that fast food worker that he is forever cursed with poverty, addiction, and homelessness…

Tell me what happens…. If you are man or woman enough to practice it in the church because you believe it, you should be man or woman enough to practice it in the real world.

More than likely the police officer is going to warn you, call for backup, and if you persist, show you who is really anointed by taking you to jail.

More than likely, the teacher will get you kicked out of school and may pursue criminal charges of communication of threats.

More than likely, you will not only get fired, but treated as a workplace terrorist and find it very hard to gain employment by another company.

More than likely, you will get your fries plus a coupon for a free value combo meal the next time you visit and that employee will be taken into the back office and scolded. But you will lose respect and no one will want to help you.

This led me to another coast to coast phone conversation with the always thinking “Triple-P” about our experiences in this realm where these mega Christians, super Apostles, and hyper prophets always used to brag with glee about not only getting to say this stuff, but always had some testimony of whatever happened to the person that did ‘touch the anointing’ and ‘disagree with the pastor’ and we both came to the same conclusion…..

Q: The Kings Kid Mindset Only Works Where?

A: Inside the church culture.

Besides the diner after church on Sunday mornings where Dominionism Might Work, have you ever noticed that this stuff never works in the “real” world but only works in the church world? How does this compare to the Scriptures that instruct Christians on how to be Christians not only within the four walls of the church, but also outside those same four walls?

Look at Acts 6:1-4

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

In the King James, the term “of honest report” was used. The Gree word used here is “martureō” meaning:

to be a witness, that is, testify (literally or figuratively): – charge, give [evidence], bear record, have (obtain, of) good (honest) report, be well reported of, testify, give (have) testimony, (be, bear, give, obtain) witness.

It is where we get the word “maturity”.

It did not say seven men with successful businesses. It did not say seven men of nepotism to the disciples. It did not say seven men with theopolitical influence. It did not say seven men consisting of lawyers, stock brokers, and real estate agents. It did not say seven feminized butterfly-kissing home-school “family-focused” dads.

It says seven men of good reputation and reputation here was not limited to inside the church. It meant both inside and outside the church. Plus, they also had to be full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom.

The reputation had to go beyond the four walls of the church. Let us look at Timothy 3:1-7

This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop,he desires a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

In addition to all those things in verses 1-6, an elder also had to have a good reputation outside the church with the general public. In fact, the Greek word used for “outside” is “exōthen” which literally means “outside”. How many times do we see elders get elected on this requirement in addition to the other requirements listed previously? Very few. Most are known for their deeds within the church instead of their behavior outside the four walls.

In reality, the hyper charismatics who brag about telling people not to “touch them” and practices “charismatic witchcraft” knows deep down from within that it does not work. If they really believed that it worked, they would have already used the tactics on bill collectors, waitresses, the tax man, traffic officers, etc. instead of the “little Christian laity” sitting in the pew beside them on Sunday morning.

The teachings of the Bible were designed from the very beginning to be applied in the church in reference to laity and government as well as being the standard of how to live right and holy at all times and to go out into the world via the Great Commission and reach the lost and instill the same teachings. It was never designed as a “schizophrenic spirituality” where we live as one personality amongst church people and a different personality within society and culture while claiming to be culture warriors.

And the un-churched wonder why many Christians can’t act like Biblical Christians? They know that the duality mindset is at work. They know that in the church the self-professing Christians with their t-shirt theologies are the “spiritual superhero” Spider Man and outside the church they are Peter Parker. They understand that the Christian life is not Religious programming at church and then HBO after church. They see the hypocrisy and inconsistency and they see how consistent we are at being inconsistent.

It is time to be consistent at consistently living out the Christian life.