THEY COME TO DESTROY by Robert Soto

March 28, 2010

THEY COME TO DESTROY by Robert Soto

Jude 1:12-13 "These men are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm--shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted--twice dead. They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever."

Recently I heard my lawyer say the following during our court case with the Eagle Feathers. He said something this: "They have been dividing us from the beginning of time, Indian against Indian." This statement came as the lawyer of the Department of Interior tried to divide our case from another feather case, knowing if they did, they would have had a better chance of winning the case. The white man has been coming among us and causing division from the time they first came into contact with our people. I look at the history of a lot of our nations when the U.S. government has come in and caused enmity among people of the same tribe. They came with flattering words and convinced some of the people that one was wrong and they needed to get rid of the other.

Sad to say, this is not just history, but it is also our modern times. The devil has influenced the lives of many to come among us and pit brother against brother. The devil has been using the hearts of others to destroy the unity we need to survive as a people. He has brought in people who desire to be like us but in the end, they bring division and destruction to our people. Jude wrote of such people. He said, "These men (or women) are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm--shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted--twice dead. They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever." God the Creator warned us of such people. They did it in the past and they are doing it today. He is warning us that when someone comes with flattering words and promises of prosperity, beware, destruction might be near.

Robert Soto, Lipan Apache and pastor of:

McAllen Grace Brethren Church
The Native American New Life Center
Chief of Chiefs Christian Church