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Rebuilding the Tower of Babelin Our Hearts
by Priscilla Van SutphinThe Tower of BabelBy Dutch painter Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569)
Introduction p. 2The Arms Are Disconnected from the Body p.2Building the Tower of Babel in Our Hearts p.5Cases of Idolatry, Counterfeit Religion p.7Hannah & Samuel, Eli & Sons p.14Ahab, Jezebel & Elijah p.26Jezebel Never Apologizes p. 45The Floating Axehead p.50Gideons p. 53Idolatry Scriptures with Comments p .64The Pleading of Hosea p. 81Jesus on Ambition: Another Kind of Idolatry p. 113Covetousness vs Contentment p.116Others May, You May Not p.121Related Prophecies p.122© Copyright 2008
Introduction
“When anything that God made comes between man and his Creator, it is idolatry.Materialism is idolatry. Humanism is idolatry. Adulating some great gift or some giftedminister that God set in the Church to edify the body of Christ, is idolatry. God hascreated good things for man, and continues to give him wonderful gifts and blessings,that through these things he might discover God, and come to know Him better. "Hearye Him" is the voice of scripture, as well as the voice of nature. What He made hadits origin in the realm of the invisible, but it is not to be venerated as God. "Through
 
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faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that thingswhich are seen were not made of things which do appear" (Heb.11:3).”George Warnock [ From The Garden of God ]http://www.georgewarnock.com/ "Cursed is the man who trust in man and makes flesh his strength, Whose heartdeparts from the Lord." Jeremiah 17: 5The Night before 9-11 occurred I received the following prophetic word from theLord:
The Arms are Disconnected from the Body
September 10, 2001[ night before 9-11 disaster]tearsofthefather@comcast.net For a couple weeks, my shoulders have been what feels like dislocated. Sometimes ithas been very painful, especially at first. Then of late it seemed to wane, then tonightagain it seemed worse. I went to lay down and read, and suddenly I heard," The armsare disconnected from the body "And I began to picture all the times I tried to gethelp when I was disabled and having to live on AFDC and the lack of help in thechurch. No one wanted to help, but a very few close friends. The help usually did notcome from the church I was attending.There is one woman who stuck by me through the whole time and, who has shown methe value of loving people even when they are not fully healed. She is like a surrogatemother to me; someone I desperately needed in my life. She did inner healing with me.She is a licensed Christian counselor/psychologist with 20 years of experience in thishealing of the emotions. She helped not only with inner healing in prayer for me andcounseling. But she and her husband supported me, financially with $400 a month whenI was walking on water, when I had no income, and was on housing and medical.She would bring me food. She bought me herbs when I needed them and didn't havethe money which were a big part of my physical strengthening. She stood by methrough thick and thin when no one else seemed to have the heart or time. I alsothought of the many people I've known among the poor who have never seen Christianshelp them or each other. Then I thought of those who have helped others, most out oftheir poverty. In fact it seems to me that those are the ones who have had thebiggest hearts; those who know what it is like to suffer and be in need - Those whoknow what it is like to have to say NO to your children so many times - Those whoknow what it is to cry yourself to sleep at night because you can't get decent medical
 
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care through Medical programs. Although they provided help, it was not quality helplike for those who pay and it costs people who are poor - some with their lives.The body is quite dysfunctional if it's arms are disconnected.It means you can't touch someone when they need a touch. It means you can't lift to carry groceries to a neighbor. I am having trouble loweringmy water bottle so I can pour water into the pitcher. It causes me pain when I do it.The Lord's heart is broken over those who need to see a powerful church, a lovingchurch, and when they come, instead they often see selfishness, backbiting, jealousy,competition and pride. Our healing comes through HIM - being with Him, worshippingHim, talking to HIM, study of His Word. It comes through the many counselors,pastors and church workers who pour themselves out to others, who impart theirwisdom and kindness and love to us.We don't have to be perfect to help others, we just need His grace and to be healedenough ourselves, that we don't snap at others with our words, and injure them more.And there are those who already help, who are the arms of the church, who have beensecretly, quietly doing what God has wanted the whole church involved in, but they aredisconnected.Then there are those whose literal arms seem disconnected. They go to church. Theywarm the pews. They read their bibles. They tithe. They give to others. They evenpray and worship the Lord. But they don't reach out to others the way HE would reachout to whoever sought HIM. There are people everyday that we walk by who needprayer, who need encouragement, who need to know their value in the eyes of theever-loving God. If everyone in our congregations would reach out to ONE person in athree or even 6 month period and disciple them - imagine how our churches wouldgrow !Jesus said to love one another as I have loved you !
 
Then the Lord said to look up "complacency"Websters has this definition: The quality or state of being satisfied, a calm sense ofwell being and security; Especially satisfaction or self-satisfaction accompanied byunawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. Another is self-satisfaction, vanity.And yet another is passive acquiescence which I think says it the best.One of the qualities of complacency is a self focus, not caring what is wrong withothers, or their problems, but just being satisfied that you don't have those problems. It is always easy when life gets easier to become complacent about the plight ofothers, to be so busy with life (your own), that you become numb to the needs ofothers around you. It can happen in the best of friendships, in marriages, in businessrelationships, in church relationships, and in families.It takes effort to reach out. Reaching out is done with the ARMS. One principle ofthe kingdom, Jesus taught was that if you reach out to others, he will reach out toyou. Where does it say this ? Well, first HE demonstrated it. He was always reaching
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