My premise is that every n’ga has the opportunity to pick up a Bible and read it for 15 minutes a day. There’s Bibles everywhere we go, in our homes, at our parents and grandparents’ houses, libraries, bookstores, churches, hotels, the Word is all around us here in America.
The Bible is readily available, but yet, few people are reading it. Some people may have a ‘kinda general’ good idea of who Jesus is and what the Bible says about Him, but they don’t really know. They can be hoodwinked and bamboozled and led astray by any slick n’ga with some game The, Reverend I.B. Janky’s of the world, if you will.
Some may think Rev. Daddy Rich from Car Wash is a funny dude, but what you don’t realize is that jankiness is very much real and very much alive throughout our churches today. There’s a LOT of folks that’s following somebody who’s completely janky.
Let’s examine that word..janky.
Rhymes with cranky, but it kinda sounds like junky.
Fred Sanford was janky. Anytime you see a n’ga living in a junkyard that’s always just sitting around on his az?? Then chances are he’s trying to get over on everybody he comes in contact with. Janky n’gaz are always trying to stick somebody else with the check.
Earlier in my life, I would have made the erroneous presumption that most janky n’gaz are lazy, but I’ve found that to be untrue. There’s janky lazy people and there’s also janky hustlers. People out there on the grind trying to get it like no other. They’ll do a lot of business with you and then screw you as much as they can before the authorities and an impartial judge have to come into the relationship on the back end. I’m just saying, it’s janky out here in the world mane.
I’m sure it is this theory of jankiness which fuels the reasoning of most opponents of organized religion. Priest molesting little boys. Preachers taking extra love offerings every week and driving a Rolls Royce in a neighborhood full of old folks on fixed incomes that are struggling to pay for their medication every month. Janky Pastors sleeping with women and/or men who they give marital counseling. In some churches, Marital Counseling should be better described as ‘Come See if You wanna give some up to the Pastor’ hour.
So since most people associate religion with the actual church’s structures of organization; the priests, the pastors, the deacons, there’s much fuel made available for daily consumption by the media to stoke that fire of reasons why you don’t affiliate with any church.
“I don’t go to church because church is all about religion and religion is made by man and you know that man is janky. So I ain’t with it.”
“Well..there ARE a lot of janky preachers and ministers who are preaching some real throwed off doctrines and theologies.”
“Right!! See, they just caught that pastor in Houston on tape talking about going to that club where them lil boys be dancing on tables!!”
“Yeah..but that’s just one that they caught. I’m sure there’s others who go to those places and a lot of others too.”
“So you agree with me!!?”
“No..I didn’t say that. I mean, I USED to be that n’ga that agreed with you. Especially when I found out that going to church every Sunday is NOT a requirement for salvation.”
“It’s not?”
“No..you don’t have to go to church to be saved. That’s in the Bible.”
“It is?? Really? Most of them Bible thumpers be talking about observing the Sabbath and keeping it holy and if you don’t go to church, you’re going straight to hell”
“It’s not a requirement for salvation, but if you truly believe in Christ, you will not forsake the fellowship of other Believers. I am part of a worship community myself, I like it. It’s good to go recharge your batteries regularly and get your praise on.”’
“Recharge your batteries?? Everytime I go to church, it just makes me sleepy.”
“Well, maybe you just haven’t found the worship environment which best feeds you.’
“Feeds me? You talking about serving lunch after church?”
“Naw, I’m talking about feeding your spirit. That’s one of the benefits of praise and worship services, it feeds your spirit. You have the opportunity to fellowship with others who believe in worshipping and praising God.”
“Oh, you mean like one of those non-denominational churches??”
“It could be or it might be a Baptist church or Methodist church..it’s mainly just wherever you know they are a Bible based community. A place where people believe, study and follow the Word of God.”
“Don’t all churches use the Bible?”
“Not all of em..and what’s even worst than that, are the ones who use parts of the Bible but they’re waay off in left field on some of that other ‘drink the Kool-Aid’, Jim Jones type stuff.”
“Well..how are you supposed to know who’s real and who’s janky?”
“You have to develop a personal relationship with the Lord, through prayer and daily worship.”
“Whoaa..’daily’?? I ain’t about to go to church everyday!”
“That’s what I’m trying to tell you..once you TRULY believe in God, you realize that there is an indwelling of the Holy Spirit within you. God is with you always, He’s in your heart. So when you pray and meditate on His Word, it’s your own private church service with the Lord. You HAVE to have that relationship for yourself, more so than just going to a physical building that they call a church every Sunday.”
“But everytime I try to read the Bible, I get kinda confused, I don’t understand all of it.”
“That’s why you need a good Bible teaching environment. A community of faith where you can listen and learn.”
“But how do I know if they’re janky with it or being real?”
“First and foremost, you have to strive to know Jesus for yourself by studying the Bible. Find out who He really is and what He’s really about. Cuz anybody who’s presenting themselves as a man of God, or as a teacher of His Word? And they’re leading someone down a wrong path? Giving them valet service to the depths of hell? Preaching and teaching a false doctrine? Then all those people’s blood who they lead astray will be charged against their soul. God ain’t playing.”
“Well if that’s the case, why would God even allow those janky kinda people to have that position and power??”
“I don’t know. All I know is that all things work together for good for those who love God. To those who are called according to His purpose. And when you love God, you will study that Bible for yourself daily, even if it’s just 10-15 minutes a day reading Proverbs or Psalms. And the more you study, the more God will open your spirit to discernment. Kinda like having those X-ray goggles, you’ll be able to spot a janky n’ga in a minute when your spirit is truly in tune with the Lord and His Word.”
”So I guess it just ain’t no getting around it..I gotta read the Bible for myself.”
“Not just read it, you have to study it. You have to become a student all over again. Humble yourself and learn something from the God of ages. That’s the frame of mind you need to get into when you read your Bible.”
“But most of the time I hear people talking about the Bible and what it says, they’re arguing and talking loud and ready to fight.”
“That right there should let you know that they haven’t bowed down to what that same Bible they’re arguing about says. Because the Bible doesn’t stir up strife, people who KNOW it and follow it know how to speak to others out of love. And if a n’ga just don’t want to hear what you gotta say about Jesus..then you ain’t even supposed to argue about it. Shake that dirt off yo feet and keep stepping. It ain’t no need to argue and fight, Jesus already took care of all that there.”
Soooo, to all ya’ll still riding that, “I’m down with God, but I’m not down with religion” tip? Wazzup? What is you saying? What is your worship service like? Are you spending time with the Word?
Show ya tattoos, show ya tattoos, where yo faith at? It’s in the Word trick!!
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