2 Timothy 3:5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.(ESV)
⚓ Floatie: A Broken System That Feeds on the Broken
The enemy doesn’t need to possess you to control you. He only needs to keep you dependent.
God heals what we surrender. The enemy sustains what we tolerate.
God calls us into wholeness. The enemy teaches us to cope with dysfunction. And the longer we cope, the more we accommodate. Accommodation leads to normalization. Normalization breeds loyalty—not to God, but to the very thing that’s killing us.
Churches, businesses, and entire nations are now structured around sustaining brokenness.
People don’t need healing—they need subscriptions. People don’t need wholeness—they need coping mechanisms. People don’t need truth—they need content.
This is how hell builds infrastructure. Not with pitchforks. With policy. With programs. With platforms that reward compliance over conviction and status quo over sanctification.
Churches that feed off brokenness become spiritual vampires. Sermons turn into sedation. Worship becomes spectacle. Pastors become celebrities. And the people—God’s people—don’t get equipped for war. They get fitted for coffins.
✒️ Forge: Cures Are Bad for Business
God respects free will. He waits to be invited into our broken places. He stands at the door and knocks.
But the enemy? He finds the unlocked doors you never even noticed and moves in without asking. Not to heal. Not to help. But to build systems that ensure you never realize how sick you are.
- Big Pharma thrives on lifelong treatment—not healing. The longer you hurt, the better their margins.
- Big Church thrives on shallow engagement—not depth. The less equipped you are, the more dependent you remain.
- Big Business thrives on cheap design and constant replacement. Quality means you won’t come back.
Every one of these systems is built on planned obsolescence. The lie is simple: “You’ll always need us.”
Jeremiah 6:14 They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.(ESV)
God is a surgeon. The enemy is a pharmacist. One cuts to heal. The other sedates to sustain.
And what’s worse? We often prefer the enemy’s solution. Because true healing hurts first. But we’d rather feel better than get better.
⚒️ Anvil: Starved by Design
Let’s call it what it is: a lot of churches aren’t failing by accident. They are succeeding in exactly what they were built to do—retain crowds, generate revenue, and keep people coming back.
But returning is not the same as repenting. And repeating is not the same as growing.
- Does your church teach you to walk with God—or just to show up?
- If your pastor disappeared, would your spiritual life collapse?
- Have you confused spiritual motion with spiritual growth?
Hebrews 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food,(ESV)
God expects disciples to become mentors. Not just pew warmers. Not just volunteers. Mentors.
The Church was never supposed to be a performance venue. It was a forge for making warriors. And if your spiritual life depends on weekly inspiration from a stage, then you are not being forged—you’re being farmed.
Farming keeps things alive just enough to harvest them later. That’s what vampires do.
🔥 Ember: The Gospel Doesn’t Need Repeat Customers
You weren’t saved to be a spiritual consumer. You were called to be a kingdom builder.
But consumers are profitable. Builders are dangerous. So the modern church creates programs instead of purpose, cycles instead of callings.
Jesus gave power and authority to those He discipled. He sent them out. But most Christians today don’t even know how to pray without a guide on the screen.
“Go, therefore, and make disciples…”
Not gather fans. Not build an audience. Not create a brand.
The biggest fear of a wealthy church is not losing the Spirit—it’s losing its donors. So it coddles. It flatters. It preaches just enough truth to not offend, but never enough to transform.
Because true disciples eventually leave the building—not in rebellion, but in readiness.
🌿 Covenant Triumph: Sent, Not Stored
Jesus didn’t build an empire. He built a movement. He didn’t say “Stay.” He said “Go.”
Ephesians 4:12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,(ESV)
If your church doesn’t equip you to stand on your own, walk in truth, and teach others—it’s not feeding you. It’s feeding off of you.
You were never meant to be a spiritual dependent. You were meant to become an ambassador. A soldier. A servant.
You weren’t saved to sit. You were saved to be sent.
So if you find yourself trapped in a system that keeps you just hungry enough to come back, but never strong enough to leave—run.
God doesn’t create customers. He creates sons and daughters.
Disciples who never make disciples aren’t disciples at all. They’re victims of a system designed to drain them.
Break the cycle. Call it what it is. And choose to be forged instead of farmed.
[⚓ Floatie] [✒️ Forge] [⚒️ Anvil] [🔥 Ember] [🌿 Covenant Triumph]
This post follows the Forge Baseline Rule—layered truth for the discerning remnant.
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