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Gerry Gutierrez' Update
Chasms and Walls, Part II Intro: She said:
ÒLet us PrayÓ. I say, ÒYESÓ
When Nathan the
prophet confronted David the king about his adultery with Bathsheba, a married
woman, and the subsequent assassination of Uriah her husband to cover up his
sins; Nathan did it in such a way that he seemed to be
beating around the bush until he, like Senator Dirksen, said directly to David,
ÒThat man is you.Ó Good old days of
straight talk, where have they gone? In our effort to
sound, Òpolitically correctÓ to please people and not offend anyone, we have
end up offending God and people. When a man is too
concerned with the ÒForm and not the content,Ó he could lose both ÒForm and
content,Ó that is when the proverbial saying must come from Òthrowing the baby
out with the bath water.Ó ÒIf diplomacy is
the art to stand over someoneÕs shoe without ruining its shine,Ó how can anyone
keep the toes from hurting? Confrontation sometimes can be painful, but the
counsel from scripture said, ÒBetter is open rebuke than hidden love.Ó Otherwise, the
truth will be the first casualty in relationships by being suppressed by
silence and choke to death inside with no outlet to air out things. Then gossip
enters and apart of separating friend, runs through wrong channels to the wrong
ears and instead of irrigating, it will contaminate others. Water is good in
the grass but not in the rug of living rooms. Let us make it as
personal as we can in our lives as some of us do not have the luxury of time
and keep procrastinating with the pretext to keep peace that when in reality is
ÒFear of men over the fear of God.Ó I should know
this, because I have been one who sought to please man. I have tried to please
God and men at the same time. I had become a champion at inventing excuses of
noble and honorable nature, but in essence I was self preserving. I have wasted so
many years in silence in fear not to offend people and suppressing and drowning
in religion instead of being a changing agent for God in Jesus. You may question
my theology, my grammar and spelling, but one thing you cannot question is my
testimony, because I am a witness of Jesus and as such I only have a Òword of
testimonyÓ, and I alone are responsible for that in whatever I do, say or even
think. Let us keep this
subject as personal as we can. "She said
"Let us Pray and I said "YES" Faith is to take
Jesus at his word. This has led me to believe in one thing and one thing only
very deeply. That is ÒPrayer,Ó which is agreement with God. No matter what you
hear from me even after my death, remember, ÒI will be speaking about Prayer by
only teaching the whole world to say, ÒYESÓ to
God. All of creation and redemption requires of me one thing and that is
expressed in one great, small word from me to God. ÒYES!Ó When Jesus taught
us to pray by repeating after Him the Òso called LordÕs PrayerÓ, our part in that
prayer is to say ÒAmen!Ó or ÒI agreeÓ or ÒSo be itÓ or ÒGreatÓ or ÒOkayÓ that
equals to ÒYES.Ó A life in
alignment with God is a life in oneness with God. A life of oneness with God is
a life in unity with God. A life in unity with God is a life without a personal
will of its own. Therefore the only prayer worth GodÕs ears is ÒYesÓ Before
we even know the specific will of God to a particular situation, our answer
should be ÒYes.Ó
In fact, there is no need to know any specifics of any particular situation
to act in GodÕs behalf and according to GodÕs will. Once the will of
God is our will, there is a bold relief from the anxiety or distress that is
caused by the competing will of self and GodÕs will. The personal
understanding of what has been said is something that cannot be taught in words
but only by personally obtained by taking Jesus at his word and let him make an
experiment out of our life for the common good of the body. This ÒmiddlemanÓ
does not desire to usurp the role of the Holy Spirit in anyoneÕs life. I love
to leave room for self-discovery so a person may develop ownership on the
vision and truth revealed. Going back to
Òchasms and wallsÓ, fixed separation, and straight talk;
we see in the Lazarus and the Rich ManÕs account, that there is no record of
Lazarus talking to the rich man, neither is there a record of the man talking
to Lazarus. It is therefore safe to conclude that the Òchasm of separation is
silence as a tall wall between them.Ó Beware of silence! Lazarus as a man
in need may have asked help from the Rich Man. It is likely to assume that
Lazarus was an annoyance to the Rich Man having who was having such a good time
on a daily basis. Lazarus to him was a Òregular party pooperÓ by witnessing
with his presence and causing guilty feelings. A needy man begs,
knowing that he has no right to demand for help. His best rehearsed humble
daily cry without dignity and self worth would sound in his own ears so
humiliating. But the pain of his needs was greater than his pride and begging
became a way of life. Lazarus was not
related to the Rich Man who had no responsibility or duty to feed him, though he
heard his daily plea. Being wealthy and ignoring the poor has to qualify for
some sort of felony! But suppose that
they are related by blood as family! Could silence and neglect be qualified as
illegal Òchasms and walls?Ó Will the Lord
have for innocent, he who has lived in silence without communion with his
family as if Jesus did not die for communion? Preachers and
teachers please tell me not what I should do, but what do you do? As
someone said, ÒI rather see a sermon than to hear one.Ó Is it not the
fellowship of the saints our inheritance on earth? Are we saving our
inheritance to expend it in heaven where we will have unhindered
fellowship? ÒAh! The
FellowshipÓ for which Jesus, my wife, and my mentor gave their lives! It is
time to stop talking about prayer and really pray. What about honoring Jesus
and loving one another so people may honor Jesus by seeing our love and
fellowship with one another? Look! How they love each another. If the Òchasm or
wallÓ of silence rules life on earth, do not wait to have fellowship in the
hereafter. The Dean of
Heaven who is the Father of the elect and non-elect as he is the father of
Ishmael and Isaac with the authority given by God he will not beat around the
bush but talking straight talks and say properly to the Rich Man and address
him as ÒSon.Ó Son, remember? Yes,
my son, remember how you live on earth having good times daily and how Lazarus
had bad times. Now my son, Lazarus is confronted and you are in agony.Ó Besides, there is
a ÒchasmÓ between here and there that is
impossible to go from here to there and
from there to here. The ultimate
reality of the Here and There are the twins of Chasm and walls. Yes. Remember!
The divorce on earth is not marriage in Heaven. The Òchasm of
silence on earthÓ is not communion in Heaven. What you tie on earth remains
tied in heaven. As some say Òwhat is born round, does not die square.Ó What you
ignore on earth should also be ignored in heaven. The needs are on
earth. The opportunities to help and serve are in this life. The lack of
comfort on earth for the lonely suffering servant of God will be taken care in
heaven by angels and Abraham and the hand of God himself will wipe every tear
caused by the memory of times of pain that are so deep that led to despair. The
whisper of Jehovah in heaven will be softly spoken, ÒItÕs okay my child, you
are home now, home at last. It is so good to have you finallyÓ. Those words
will cause to replace old tears of pain with bursting tears of joy. There will be
weeping in heaven, but only the kind of weeping to clean and clear the vision
to behold new beauty of the once frowned face because of our sins now an
eternal smile for us as the author of the divine smile. Remember that God
can and is able to have a monogamous relationship with each one of us all at
the same time, because he is God and is above the Law and to him there is no
sis. How could this be? This is for you to find out! I can only say ÒIt will be
so and in no other way.Ó I will only tell you his words whether you listen or
fail to listen. But a prophet would have been among you. While I do not add to
revelation or take away from revelation, I have no need to apologize or brag
but in my weakness. In a sound bite
mentality society as ours, people seek to say many things in few words thinking
that this is communication at its best. But in fellowship where God is King and
not ÒchronometerÓ the tyrant, pagan, god of time; we
can take our sweet time to say few truths but explained in many words as not to
lose the train of thought. May the Lord open your eyes to notice the care and
urgency of my words and writings as to compensate the lack of grammar and
spelling of your language. My brothers and
sisters, I have lost many friends to death, separation, rejection and silence.
I am willing to pay the cost of separation by straight talk if by doing so I
could lift Jesus and his grace and power. There is only one
pain I shy away from and pray the Lord never allows me to suffer. That pain is
the bitter cup of his separation from me. I rest in that Jesus was separated
from the Father so I will never be separated from Him. I have lost many friends
where intention from my part was absent. Some I have lost for taking Jesus at
his word and purposefully becoming, even at seventy, childlike. Some I have
lost by disqualification of not being as they are. I find hard those
who take themselves too seriously and refuse to be childlike and color blind.
Some have no room in the Inn of their hearts for me because I like to pray and
play. I am against organization when it comes to limiting the sovereign
intervention of God in the daily affairs of life. When one
organizes things too much, then only one can get results only in direct
proportion to their organizational capacities and nothing more. But if one
leaves room for God to intervene and surprise, there is no limit of what can
accomplish in GodÕs terns. When Jesus is
taken at His word and one settles for a childlike life, one will have such a
good times that ÒworkÓ is endless joy. ItÕs like loving what is closest to the
heart and being paid for it. One becomes like Jochebed
the mother of Moses, who was paid by the daughter of Pharaoh to take care of
her own son Moses. When in need, I
invest in others in greater need of help. I do so, taking the Lord at His word.
ÒHe who gives to the poor lends to the Lord.Ó The Lord pays
back on time a hundred fold using his elect who are greatly blessed in turn. It
is not that I believe in the worldly saying ÒWhat goes around comes around,Ó
But with David I say, ÒI have been young and now I am old, yet I have never
seen righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.Ó To invest in the
poor is to be rich in God. When Lazarus was
in great need of help, the rich man did not care to invest in Lazarus except
crumbs that fell from his table. Once in Hell, the rich man seemed to feel
entitled to a little water, enough only to wet his lips. After all, he must
have figured it out the crumbs that fell from the rich manÕs table bought him
that much. You will notice
that the rich man has no moral authority to ask for more and directly to
Lazarus. He must have remembered that on earth Lazarus asked from him for his
needs, but the rich man ignored LazarusÕ need of food and water. Even the dogs
were friendlier to Lazarus than the rich man, because the dog licked his
wounds. It is also
inescapable to notice that the Òchasm of silenceÓ between Lazarus and the rich
man goes on in the hereafter. The rich man is a people user who is used to
ordering around and does not extend the courtesy to ask Lazarus for water
himself. He asks Abraham to order Lazarus to bring him water. Now the rich man
is poor, hungry, thirsty and in agony. Lazarus on the other hand is as wealthy
as he can be above anyone on earth. The roles have
been reversed. Lazarus has all he needs and wants and the rich man has nothing
for his needs and wants. It is here that Abraham in perfect state of
righteousness answers to the Rich Man, ÒHis sonÓ free from passion with bone
chilling words: ÒRemember SonÉÓ It is not someone
unknown but the Jury of our peers that will judge us. Those who know us best
will judge on the basis of what they know of us. Who better than a father to
know a son as Abraham to the Rich Man? Who like a father
who was willing to sacrifice His own life, country, family, and son to please
God? Would being a Father blind Abraham to do justice? Would nepotism take over
the heart and mind of the friend of God and contradict the God who fixed the
chasm? Opportunity, grace, compassion and mercy are nothing but a distant
memory. And just as no one will marry or be given in marriage, so no one will
beget a son or intercede for a son or a father. Earthly relationships and
practices are over forever. Perfect Justice and perfect King in a perfect
kingdom of perfected servants is the unchangeable reality of the new
Land. Knowing this then
the revealed reality of the future, there should be no room in our hearts but
to live as ÒonesÓ who are destined to died and after that the Judgment. May the
fear of the Lord reign in our heart to the point that there is no fear left for
anything or anyone but God whose name is Holy, Revered, Respected, Adored,
Exalted, Worshiped, Praised, forever and ever amen. YES! Gerry Gutierrez
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