SALMONELLA ASSEMBLY

“The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going” (Proverbs 14:15).

In days marked by deception, we would do well to take heed to what we hear. The modern church is increasingly obese from the intake of cotton candy doctrines and a new desert called “Devil’s Fudge.” These modern delights are causing a pandemic of spiritual food poisoning.

One of the common causes for food poisoning is improper preparation. Eat a hamburger with pink in the middle and you will “run the risk” at the toilet! Proper temperature is vital both in cooking and storage: Make sure the fire is hot enough and the fridge sufficiently cold.

“The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times” (Psalms 12:6

Woe to the pastor at “Salmonella Assembly” who serves undercooked “meat of the word”. This pastor constantly offends God because he dare not offend the chicken: Expose a drumstick to an old fashioned “Fry Daddy” and they are sure to never come back! This is all in keeping with Salmonella’s vision statement: “At all costs keep the back door shut—it may be necessary keep the toilet door open.” Never mind the cramps, diarrhea, vomiting, fever, chills, and lack of appetite: there are funds set aside for the escalating “Pepto Dismal” bill.

The true Word of God is prepared in an oven: “Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction” (Isaiah 48:10). This fire consumes that which is of the flesh: “Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is” (1 Corinthians 3:13). This fire is not averse to burning up the “wood, hay, and stubble” of mans genius. It offends the temporal in order to reveal the eternal weight of God’s glory.

B.H. Clendennen says tares have to be entertained and saints challenged. Fire does not offend true Christians. It reveals within them the “gold, silver, and precious stones” that is the presence of Christ.