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.
