An Apology To Those Who Have Been Hurt By The Church

I see your pain, and it hurts me. The cause of this pain is one of the very hardest things for me to bare. I know that man is imperfect, and not all aware of the damage they do...
So, I want to apologize... for all those who have hurt you. For those who have sat beside you in worship, with their hands lifted high, but who never extended a hand to you when you were in need.
For those who said things about you that weren't true, for those who told you you were a freak and shunned you, because you were different. For those who claimed to be followers but did not follow. For those who ignored you, back stabbed you, or gossiped about you.

The love inside me weeps to see what's it's done to your heart. People have pushed you away from the truth, because of selfishness. They have been hypocrites. And I have not part of hypocrites. I have told you before, and I shall tell you again, hypocrites will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. He who does not love his brother, no matter how much he calls upon the Father will never receive the prize.Only he who has clean hands, and a pure heart. He who loves.

"Not everyone who calls out to me, 'Lord! Lord!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter." Matthew 7:21


My enemy wants you to doubt this love, this love that goes deep. The pain of this earth is the way he injects his lies. If this earth were without pain, suffering, persecution, it would not be temporal, and you would not need the blood I shed for you. Nor would I have died so that you can live one day in a world without the pain caused from the original sin. Eternity is the promise of no pain.

Child, I've seen everything you've been through.
When I walked down the stone paved road holding that heavy tree, I sacrificed - acceptance, comfort, my relationship with friends, my connection with the Father... my heart felt your pain. I know how it feels to be scoffed at, to be rejected, to be ignored, to be spit upon, stabbed, beaten, accused of being a heretic. I know what it means to thirst, to have nothing, to lose loved ones to death. I was God in the flesh, and yet my earthly father died, my best friend died, my disciple denied me, and my own betrayed me for 30 pieces of silver.  Did I turn against my Father? No, this is the curse in the place where man dwells. I and my Father never created things to be this way for you. The curse brought death, sickness, pain, rebellion. I warned Adam about this...I asked him not to eat of the tree.

My child keep your heart from offense. Don't let the pain turn into anger. Forgive, or else you will be eaten alive by bitterness. I am a God who loves you, not a God who forsakes you. I ask you to forgive my people, forgive those who spitefully use you, forgive those who have spoken ill of you, love your enemies, do good to those who curse you. If a man slaps you, turn to him the other cheek. By doing so you will be the stronger one, you will turn a heart to the Lord.

I ask nothing but that you love. I loved you enough to endure the harshest of treatment. As a man sacrifices for his family, for his country, I have sacrificed for you. When I was put to death, I spoke these words "Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do". Forgive those who have accused you, or done you wrong in my name, just as I forgave them who murdered me in the excuse of their religion. For they were blind, as are many.
 Forgive them, for they know not what they do.

And remember, that even when I walked the earth there were those who strutted about in the temple, and seen themselves as godly men, but they misrepresented the truth. How?  They chose only religion, but did not love their fellow man, live righteous lives, or love Me in their hearts.

So, has your heart been broken? Have you been told you don't fit in? Have you been ignored, back stabbed, gossiped about? You have no idea how much my heart hurts that people represent "the body" and don't "live it".

I love you.
More than words can possibly say.
Don't forget how I lived, and what I gave to tell you so.

Forgive, and you will be set free. Forgive, so that I can forgive you also.
I am not a building, a label, a denomination. I am not other people, I am He who gave everything for you. Believe in this love. Do not be offended.
I love you. I accept you. I want you.
Don't focus so much on the pain of this life. Just like the soldier who doesn't focus on the trench he dwells in, but the cause he fights for. Grumble and complain not. I will provide for he who trusts me. He who forgives his offenders.

Accept my love. Seek me. Find me.
Beyond the lies, beyond the eyes, beyond the religiosity of man.
I am, that I am.