PASTOR JOHN COLLINS DAILY THOUGHTS: AMBITION

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, EVANGELIST: DESTRUCTIVE AMBITION

Ambition has smothered humanity by the desire of people to become powerful.  Pastor John Collins of Love That Cross Ministries and Pastor John Collins Ministries shows us that ambition has kept mankind from the relationship that God intended for us when He sent Jesus as our Savior.  Ambition controlled the Dark Ages-Medieval times-and kept humanity ignorant and in poverty, ambition drove men to enslave other men and women and keep them oppressed in the bonds of slavery for millennia, today’s slavery is human trafficking that is a criminal industry affecting 20.9 million people around the world…an industry  of oppressing humans, historically Hitler oppressed the Jews in the Holocaust, the list is long and unfortunately continues even though we consider ourselves “modern”.  

There is nothing new under the sun.

Equal opportunity isn’t equal, preaches Pastor John Collins.  Ambition of power over people gets in the way and chokes out the opportunity for knowledge and growth.  There are locations around the world, from ISIS to small villages in Africa, to the drug lords on the streets of the United States that threaten people with their lives on a daily basis. Governments try to impose themselves on other governments to intimidate or impress.

Churches which should be the center of community and pastors who are more enamored of the almighty dollar oppress those who are members of the congregation-the promise of prosperity is not one of money, but a promise of salvation, of hope that only comes from a relationship with Jesus Christ and God our Father and Creator says Pastor John Collins.

We must be honest about the ambition of man, whether it is in those running our country, our corporations or our churches. We must be able to see through the illusion of power; for all power on earth is merely temporary and is but a fool’s fantasy of truth. We must look to the creator of our lives and choose to become knowledgeable in His word so that we may choose for ourselves whether we want to be obedient servants or not.  Pastor John Collins, February 2018.

We need to keep ourselves in the Bible, keep our focus on God, and work on our faith and trust in His Son Jesus Christ as our salvation.  The ambitious of this world will have justice one day, it is up to us to be diligent in our walk toward eternal life –paraphrased, Pastor John Collins.

Pastor John Collins writes:

“Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” James 1:21 (NKJV).

Ambition is a beast that is wily and cruel, hard to kill and like a fire that consumes without mercy can be seemingly impossible to put out. There is a rotten seed that finds fertile ground in the hearts of ambitious people that chokes out any good seed that may have been planted alongside the bad. When you study the history of this world, the history of Israel, the history of the church and the history of our nation you will find ambition trampling over decency, destroying knowledge and removing all barriers that stand it its way. How do you control a people? You dominate them, you deny them true knowledge and you limit their power and resources in order to keep them beneath you. Think of the poor of this world, the women who have been denied the honor that God intended for them, the holocaust victims, slaves of all nations and all colors and all throughout history up to this very day, as well as the masses of too many countries that are suffering because of the battles of those who would seek to feed their ambition all while they wrap up the cause and justification in persuasive arguments.

Equal opportunity is not equal anywhere at any time in history; not even today. The ‘church’ was built by denying the masses the word of God for themselves. There was a time that bibles were not available or legal for the masses and the church made every effort to keep the Holy Scriptures in Latin and deny the common man to come to know the word of God without the interference and instruction of a ‘priest’. The ‘church’ held too much power and was corrupt due to the ambition of man. Is it any wonder why there was rebellion, reform and protestation? Women used to be denied schooling and many boys as well. When you take away the basic needs of man then you will in time have civil unrest on your hands. Reform comes because it is needed and yet history keeps repeating itself for all of the knowledge that is today so easily achieved and taken for granted.

Ambition leads men to cause the destruction of many in order to further their own power. Institutions that are headed by those who have collaborated in order to consolidate their power and further the ambitions of those in charge are no less prominent today than they ever have been. It seems that we have come full circle. God brings revelation and men use that revelation to further their own power over men which leads to corruption that brings about further revelation from God which perpetuates the cycle. Here we are, looking back at a past that is shameful and full of destruction, looking around and seeing that things have not changed at all and looking ahead for God’s revelations to come.

We must be honest about the ambition of man, whether it is in those running our country, our corporations or our churches. We must be able to see through the illusion of power; for all power on earth is merely temporary and is but a fool’s fantasy of truth. We must look to the creator of our lives and choose to become knowledgeable in His word so that we may choose for ourselves whether we want to be obedient servants or not. We cannot allow the ambition of others to poison our desire for a true relationship with God. We cannot allow the ambition of others to deny us our rightful inheritance of salvation which was purchased on the cross by our Lord Jesus Christ. There will always be ambitious men who soil the reality of our environments and we must search diligently for our faith within ourselves and trust that for all of the ambitions of greedy people they will be brought low, whether in this life or the next and it is our duty to see to the humility of our own souls and not allow any seeds that are rotten to be fertilized in our own hearts.

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James 1:22 (NKJV).

LOVE THAT CROSS PASTOR JOHN COLLINS

Pastor John Collins is an evangelist with a heart for God and Jesus Christ.  If we put Jesus Christ in our hearts, we will have a better world, preaches Pastor John Collins.  An enthusiastic old style revival type preacher, Pastor John Collins will reach your heart and soul and bring you to the foot of the Cross and open you to the salvation offered by Jesus.  We as a nation can get our self-confidence back, our self-esteem back, if we turn back to God, get on our knees, pray and repent is a message that Pastor John Collins brings us.  Pastor John Collins has preached hope and revival of faith across the country for over three years, becoming an influential pastor living in the United States today.  Pastor John Collins preaches and teaches and has charisma for God, he gives all the glory to God.  Pastor John Collins encourages us that the Holy Bible has answers for every problem in our lives, all we need to do is open it and read it, get back to the truth that those pages hold for us. 

Pastor John Collins can be heard every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. on Heaven’s Country Radio, www.heavenscountry.com, with a message that is preached from the heart that will “grab you by the britches” as Pastor Collins says.  Pastor John Collins also posts daily thoughts and messages on Facebook and Twitter for inspiration and hope.  Pastor John Collins reminds us that God is in the business of saving souls, that God demands humility from us, and that we need to work on our salvation every day with fear and trembling-our God is an awesome God, but He is not in the business of granting wishes like a genie in a bottle.  We have work to do, and Pastor John Collins is determined to bring God back to the United States, redeeming the Gospel and spreading the teachings of Jesus Christ as it was taught over 2000 years ago.  Pastor John Collins can be reached for prayer and discussion at jc65777@yahoo.com, and is available for revival and guest preaching.  Pastor John Collins is in it to win it for God.