Unwanted Offers

""Your Best" May Be an Abomination to God!

Much is said about "first love," that point in Christian life when we begin our relationship with the gospel and are, regardless of chronological age, true babies in faith: enthusiastic about glimpsing eternal life, eager to share such great good news, and willing to do anything and everything in our power to promote this sublime reality and consolidate it in our lives… including offerings that are completely incompatible with biblical precepts!

False Leaders and Vulnerable Newcomers

Unwanted offers have become common in religious settings because, unfortunately, it has become normal to find scoundrels who forge leadership positions, both inside and outside church organizations, to take advantage of the natural inexperience of enthusiastic newcomers, exploiting and taking undue advantage, which can range from financial fraud to sexual abuse.

For this type of wolves, it is more convenient that the biblical knowledge of the masses be kept at the level of "I heard" or "my pastor said," without ever being encouraged to seek the help of the Holy Spirit to study and understand the Scriptures for themselves. They are even threatened with losing their "spiritual covering" if they come to understand that their leadership is behaving improperly, and accused of "touching the Lord's anointed" if they dare to even question such actions!

Biblilliterates: Outsourcing Life with God

I can affirm that, at least here in Brazil and regardless of age, the vast majority of those who call themselves Christians do not have sufficient biblical knowledge to individually defend the gospel of Christ simply because—in the name of a false, politically correct “goodness”—they have given up exercising their authority to, out of convenience and laziness, pay people who supposedly should replace them in their daily communion with God, to share, on weekends, in summary (the faster the better) everything that would take much longer to experience and learn…

We have a multitude of conservatives who don't even know what they're trying to conserve, always making concessions to the putrid ideologies highlighted by the media: no matter what's being spewed on TV, they are people incapable of resisting and who simply open their souls, consume, and reflect on any agenda imposed by the principalities and powers that govern the world.

In the face of established apostasy and the evil days we are witnessing, many rumors of "revival" are heard, but this multitude of biblilliterate people proves to be increasingly enslaved by an irrational mysticism that leads them to practices as anachronistic as, for example, seeking the reestablishment of sacrifices in the Temple of Solomon... as if Christ's sacrifice had not been the last and sufficient one!
Therefore, as always, I will repeat and act as if the words of the apostle Paul were my own:

In this regard, we have much to teach, a subject difficult to explain, especially since you have become indolent in learning.
Although by this time you should already be teachers,
You still need someone to teach you the elementary principles of God's Word once more.
You need milk again, when you should already be receiving solid food!
Now, anyone who needs to feed on milk is still a child and has no experience in learning about justice.
However, solid food is for adults.,
who, through constant exercise of faith, have become capable of to discern both good and evil.
(Hebrews 5:11-14 – KJA)

TRUNCATED OFFERS

Once—back when I still viewed churches as temples and gave talks there under the illusion that apostasy could at least be delayed—I participated in a "music clinic" where I had the opportunity to personally meet the late Sister [name missing]. Eudora Pitrowski Sales — musician, composer, and witness to the evolution (or degradation?) of praise in ecclesiastical institutions — who even gave practical demonstrations of how, in 1991, she "evolved" from the traditional Christian Hymnal (CC) to the strange HCC (Hymnal for Christian Worship), the major keys of the triumphant hymns were altered to minor keys, making them "old," melancholic...even repulsive to new generations!

Looking back on this now, in 2021 and in the face of the apostasy stemming from progressivism, I realize that this true implosion that propelled the disassociation between ecclesiastical franchises—not only Baptists, but all so-called “traditional denominations”—and the Church had been orchestrated for a long time: it is superficial to think that this deconstruction was promoted only to boost the gospel industry… it may have been the secret pretext, but Satan has a long-term plan to be enthroned!

Although this is an interesting topic, I will focus on another peculiar episode that Sister Eudora shared with us, involving one of her relatives whose daughter worked at "Rio de Janeiro Refrescos"—aka Coca-Cola—and, during a summer trip, urgently needed some documentation that, far from the current "digital age," could only be obtained at the company's headquarters, across from Botafogo beach.

The mother received the phone call and offered to retrieve the papers—which were already prepared on the president's desk, just waiting to be picked up—and send them by mail that same day. However, since she lived relatively close and given the heat, she chose to wear shorts (below the knees) and a simple t-shirt to carry out her mission.

It's worth mentioning here that Coca-Cola is a company that seems to make a point of presenting itself as totally youthful and relaxed, but that mother, upon arriving at reception, ended up having an unpleasant surprise: she was scrutinized from head to toe by the employee who, given the location she needed to access to sign the forms and obtain the documents, simply prevented her entry and informed her that THOSE CLOTHES WERE NOT APPROPRIATE, forcing that woman to return home to dress in a manner "compatible" with the place and only then complete her task.

Seeking the "Rational" in Current Cults

That was the title of the lecture I gave right after hers.
I believe it is important to emphasize that, after years of studying and observing events, I no longer see the Church being represented by ecclesiastical businesses, especially after the Lord separated me from them by allowing me to become deaf.

I try to avoid conflict with those who fail to understand that God is not restricted to any particular building since the veil of the Holy of Holies was torn from top to bottom at the time of Christ's death, but the problem is that some of these people, in addition to ignoring the pestilent apostasy that prevails, promote a behavioral paradox that is incomprehensible upon careful analysis:

  • IF THE BUILDING IS THE TEMPLE Therefore, they should behave as if it were the "company president's office," where everything should be done for His benefit and solely to please Him, according to several biblical passages, some of which I will highlight:
Therefore, since we are inheriting an unshakable Kingdom, let us be thankful.
and in this way, let us worship God with an acceptable attitude.,
with all reverence and awe,
Because our “God is a consuming fire!”
(Hebrews 12:28-29 – KJA)
  • IF WE ARE THE TEMPLE Through the fullness of Grace, the priority becomes our worship in spirit and truth, an attitude far more complex than a simple transcendental mystical attitude or, as some do, mixing what should be the act of worship with irreverence or indecency.
Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, I implore you, by the mercy of God,
that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God,
which is your spiritual worship.
Do not conform to the pattern of this world.,
but be transformed by the renewing of your minds,
so that you may prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.
(Romans 12:1-2 – KJA)

Both hypotheses demand reverence and solemn respect, but the folly of our era is revealed when, at the same time as they want to "meet God"—as if His full manifestation were restricted to ecclesiastical enterprises—they also want to convert Him to their own conveniences, thinking they can widen the narrow path, force Him to accept any kind of insane act as an offering, and that, since they won't be burned alive at the end of the spectacle, this is more than enough and they will have "a blessed week"...

Down the throat: When intention isn't enough…

Towards the end, when I gave the floor for questions, two young women who were sitting at the back of the hall spoke up indignantly: they were from the dance “ministry” and argued that rational worship could never be the way I had presented it, because THEIR INTENTION was to glorify and praise, and for that they GAVE THEIR BEST…
I admit that I feel great sadness at my obligation to present only the Truth of the Scriptures to those who live in illusions, but in response to the questioning I could not help but cite to them the episode of Nadab and Abihu:

Nadab and Abihu, Aaron's sons,
They each took their censer, put incense in it, lit the fire, and presented it as an offering to the Lord.
However, they did not do this according to God's laws.,
And that is why He did not accept their offer.
Suddenly, a flame came out from before the LORD and consumed them.,
And they perished right there, where God was.
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord declared when he said:
‘'Those who approach me must honor my holiness,',
And before all the people I will demonstrate my glory!'’
Aaron, however, remained silent.
(Leviticus 10:1-3 – KJA)

I could also have cited Cain's offering, because in both cases the big problem wasn't the quality of the offerings—there's no record that Cain's vegetables were bad or that the fire lit by Moses' nephews was anything out of the ordinary—but their complete inappropriateness: they gave WHAT THEY WANTED TO GIVE and not what had been previously established by the Lord God…

Similarly, today we find dances, theater, women dressed as prostitutes… other gospels and countless “modernities” being introduced into a supposed “worship” that is increasingly ceasing to be offered to the Lord God and serving only to be attended by creatures seeking to satisfy the needs of their ego and reinforce their self-esteem.

GOD'S "GRANDCHILDREN"

Everything's over: goodbyes, hugs, handshakes… then a sister, a long-time acquaintance, comes along to inquire—even without biblical arguments to defend her “loving” politically correct position—about my resistance to the use of dance during services, resorting to her strongest argument… her “secret weapon” to try and convince me:
— It's because my son is part of the group of prophetic dance And he told me that if he can no longer dance in church, he'd rather go back to the world!

I really don't know if she expected to cause a stir, but that phrase only served to make me even more disappointed with her son, who at the time was already over 23 years old and, not working, lived off a pension he received from his father.
Without fear and based on the Scriptures, I could only answer:
— If your son depends on dancing to stay in the job, it's because he has never truly known or even converted to the Lord God: it would be better if he were already in the "world" than classifying his lust as ministry and encouraging other young people to follow the same path!

She turned pale (I don't know if from anger or surprise), but before she could say anything, I read the following passage to her:

We see, therefore, that the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the wicked for punishment on the Day of Judgment.,
especially those who follow the immoral desires of the flesh and despise all constituted authority.
Bold and arrogant!
Such people are not even afraid to insult the glorious celestial beings;
(…)
Therefore, if after escaping the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
They are once again influenced and overcome by them.,
His final condition became even worse than the first.
For it would have been better for them not to have known the Way of righteousness.
rather than, after knowing it, turn their backs on the holy commandment that had been given to them.
In this way, the truth of the proverb that says is confirmed in them:
“"The dog returns to its vomit."”
And more:
“"The washed sow returns to wallowing in the mud.".
(2ⁿᵈ Peter 2:9-10 / 20-22 – KJA)

Knowing firsthand the arrogant and inappropriate behavior of that young man (even towards his own family), I ended up upsetting that lady, but I believe that despite my apparent harshness, I would only be wicked and despicable if I lied and distorted the Word of God to comfort her through a lie.

Promises out of context

Unable to find a word that would soothe his son's itch, he finally formulated a new question intending to "collect" on a famous "promise," invented by taking a phrase out of its original biblical context:
But isn't it written that if we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, we and our household will be saved?

I took a breath, leaned against the wall, and calmly read the passage with her. Acts 16:16-40.
At the time, I had already published, and anyone who had read the study "Chronology" could understand, that such a phrase was never a broad and unrestricted biblical promise: it was said by Paul and Silas to the jailer who, at that specific moment, feared for his safety—and that of his family—since he awoke to find the prison doors wide open.
This natural impulse of parents wanting to save their children through their faith is by no means a biblical constant; otherwise, David would have saved Absalom… not to mention all the generations of Jewish kings where there was always a rotten apple in the middle of the story!

My heart was heavy, but… what more could that mother do?
He made sure his son attended church from a very young age, and even as a newborn, he was presented in front of the church!

He grew up attending Bible school—both Sunday and vacation classes—with impeccable regularity and winning every Bible quiz… he had absolutely everything to be a Christian, but at some point between adolescence and young adulthood he ended up being led astray: first by the “renewing ideas” of spiritual movements, then by political ideologies, and finally, he rebelled and distanced himself from everything!

He went out into the “outside world” and even got involved in demonstrations by people with sexual orientations different from the original biblical specifications: now he was in the “dance ministry,” and I could understand all the worry this mother felt about the possibility of her son returning to that “outside world”…

It would be so easy to have each mother take a photo of her children, anoint it with oil boiled in the holy bonfire, and keep it for seven weeks inside a pillow made of angel wing feathers, and say that this "proof of faith" would save their souls... but only after a deposit: 30% of everything in my account, of course!
I could see hope sprouting in their suffering lives, and without a doubt, everyone would think I was the nicest guy in the world!

Then, when their beloved children went down the path of drugs, prostitution, sexual depravity, murder, and general evil... all they had to do was blame them, saying it was "lack of faith," but that if they did the campaign of the 318 blind men in the castle... this time everything would be alright!
Teóphilo Noturno
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Denouncing religious idolatry

But, despite the pain and conflicts, I was not called to have an easy life, and my mission is to present only the truth of the Scriptures, starting with all the mystical aberrations I invented and listed above: despite everything being done with the best intentions, not only are they absolutely useless for the benefit of the loved one, but they are also nothing more than pure witchcraft and idolatry… things that, incidentally, God hates, does not accept as offerings, and much less forgives!

But as for cowards,
the unbelievers,
the depraved,
the murderers,
those who practice sexual immorality,
witches and occultists,
idolaters and all liars,
Their portion will be in the lake of fire, which burns perpetually with sulfur.
This is the second death!
(Revelation 21:8 – KJV)

Indeed, it is very sad to see someone who has strived their whole life to secure the greatest good that exists—eternal life—for their child reach a point where it is no longer in their hands, and where the choice made by that young person was not to follow the narrow path, but rather to tread the liberal, joyful, and seductive path of this world.
To these people I can only recommend that they continue praying and, above all, conduct themselves in such a way that their own lives are a Christian testimony, in the hope that one day these rebels may have their eyes opened to the Truth.

In this way, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
(Romans 14:12 – KJA)

REAL OFFERS

There are so many imitators of Nadab and Abihu who make their "best" offerings out of improper practices disguised as singing, dancing, acting... just as there are also those who are simply living under the illusion that it is enough to regularly attend some ecclesiastical institution—even without ever having proven sincere repentance or dedicated themselves to learning the precepts that God inspired men to record in the Scriptures as instruction for his children—to win a piece, like a puzzle, of the ticket to heaven...
Teóphilo Noturno
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Without criticizing those who frequent or do not frequent ecclesiastical establishments, the problem is that people need to decide where their God is, because if it is in the temple, they should go to offer a rational sacrifice focused exclusively on Him, according to what He established in the Scriptures: nothing of changing the discourse to "God dwells in me" as a pretext to satisfy lusts like those of many women who go dressed as seductive prostitutes or people who go to, through exposure, insert other gospels such as the "“Gospel of the Tattooed“The Gospel of the Motorcyclist“gospel of the curse”or "prosperity gospel"...

From the time of the Temple, the Lord had already revealed his feelings toward those who behave in this way:

When you come into my presence, who asked you to trample my courts?
Enough of bringing me meaningless offerings: they are like abominable incense to me!
New moons, Saturdays, and celebrations!
I cannot stand any of your meetings and assemblies, they are always full of wickedness.
Your new moon celebrations and your appointed feasts I detest.
They became a disgusting burden to me;
I'm tired of putting up with such attitudes!
(Isaiah 1:12-14 – KJA)

Regularly attending a church institution used to increase the possibility of acquiring some biblical knowledge, but it was never a guarantee of salvation: access is only guaranteed to those who know and apply the Word practically to their lives… these are the true Christians whose rational offerings will be accepted!
These are the true children of God!

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God.
If we are children, then we are also heirs;
heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ,
if indeed we share in his sufferings so that we may also share in his glory.
I am absolutely convinced that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Nature itself eagerly awaits the revelation of the children of God.
Because creation was subjected to futility,
not of their own free will, but because of the will of the one who subjected them,
in the hope that created nature itself will also be freed from the captivity of degeneration in which it finds itself,
receiving the glorious freedom granted to the children of God.
(Romans 8:16-21 – KJA)

CONCLUSION: DISCIPLINE THAT SAVES, GRACE THAT TRANSFORMS

I do not write these words to promote destruction or sadness, but I urge you while it is possible, hoping that whoever can benefit from such knowledge will do so while there is still time, because the night of the world is coming and nothing more can be done: nowhere in the Scriptures is there any mention of grandchildren, nephews, or friends of the Lord God… the only valid option is that we be children of God.
Everything else is useless and a direct path to hell.

“"For the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and educates everyone he receives as a son.”.
Endure difficulties, accepting them as discipline;
God treats you as children.
Now, what son doesn't go through correction from his father?
But if you are without guidance, in which all have become partakers,
then you are not legitimate children, but bastards.
(Hebrews 12:6-8 – KJA)

Our generation needs, with love and courage, to discern strange fire, reject unwanted offerings, and return to rational worship… not to empty the beauty of worship, but to give back to God what is God's: hearts, minds, and lives captive to His Word.

May the Lord grant us reverence, sobriety, and holy joy, so that our offerings—words, gestures, songs, silences—may be pleasing to Him.

NOW, IN 2025…

Ready to engage in a heated debate after updating this article, I asked ChatGPT to analyze it using the same parameters as the first experiment and, I confess, I was frustrated by the mildness of the conversation—AI highlighted in yellow—which unfolded as transcribed below:

Far be it from me to think I'm "converting" AI, but I was so convinced I was going to defend the "Nutella" generation, progressive and woke, with all the intensity of infernal arguments... that I was even stunned by this analysis where the "worst thing" was discovering that artificial intelligence is already capable of identifying my "authorial style"...
What to do?
Pretending to turn into a sweet treat?!?

Oh, for goodness sake: this here is “THE WORST "Gospel" because, even though I have softened my famous harshness from the old days, I have no intention of softening the Truth of Scripture to make my discourse more flowery and palatable to this generation full of frills!
I am aware of my shortcomings, and I know that they don't qualify as "sin," and that I depend entirely on the Lord Jesus Christ—and not on some improbable and unattainable "personal perfection"—to achieve salvation!

Thank you for reading this far, and I truly need any help you can offer: comments, shares, and reactions help spread this content, which was produced with the intention of contributing to the edification of the Body of Christ in the world.
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Assinatura oficial de Geovane Souza, autor e apologista sob o pseudônimo Teóphilo Noturno, fundador do projeto O Pior Evangelho.
Inabalável na Fé, Implacável na Crítica
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