It is long past time for pastors and ministry leaders to speak out against the evil infecting culture today, and when voices such as apostle Alton R. Williams speak the truth of the Word out loud, people listen.
In a now-viral message at World Overcomers Church in Memphis, Tennessee, Williams issues a stern warning about the dangers of modern-day idolatry and replacing the Lord as the most important figure in our lives.
According to the World Overcomers website, “Apostle Alton R. Williams has served as Senior Pastor of World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church since 1981.”
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Williams’ message tackled two of the biggest idols infecting American culture today: the worship of race, and gender and sexuality.
“This is the tough part, [and] y’all ain’t going to like this part, but there are two gods that the Black church, and I don’t like to say Black church cuz God don’t divide His church black and white. We all are part of the church, but I’m saying it to give reference to the African-American churches. Two gods that many are bowing to today and that’s the god of LGBTQ and the god of Blackness,” Williams reveals.
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“People have made a god out of color, in other words, ‘I got to be with my color. I got to stand with my color.’ Meaning I’ll reject Christ,” Williams continues.
“[The] church is bowing to this LGBTQ thing, yes they are, I’m seeing it happen all the time. What they did here, they pushed LGBTQ on Black people and now in order for you to be in line with Black folk you got to almost accept LGBTQ,” Williams warns, pointing to how this lifestyle and acceptance of it runs contrary to the righteousness of God.
Taking his sermon one step further, Williams identifies the origin of how these two false gods were pushed upon Black Christians in America, and how the compromise made its way into the church.
“When [Barack] Obama put the [Pride] colors on the White House acknowledging this nation honors LGBTQ, I saw Black folk and Black preachers compromise. We got to accept it cuz our Black president goes along with [it]. I don’t care what color he is, if you ain’t in line with God I can’t stand with you,” exclaimed Williams to a church on its feet.
Hammering his point home, Williams reminds us that it is only with God that we can live a righteous life, and Williams cannot, and will not, vote for a political party who rejects the tenets of God.
“I can’t support a party that wants to remove God from its party platform,” says Williams. “You in trouble when the nation forgets God….y’all got to make a decision: it’s either God or the devil. And when you vote, you’re trying try to ignore it and say it ain’t no big thing, but when you vote for people with these convictions and they get in office and they start doing these things you got a responsibility for it. If you’ve compromised in any way, you need to repent.
“…You can’t separate your politics from your biblical worldview. It’s my biblical worldview that determines my politics.”
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James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
