SIMON'S

Right here in the Denver area there is a church called

The Christian Fellowship of the Rockies. This particular

church sponsor's a music hall called Simon's. What is

Simon's? Simon's is a place for people to go to listen to

heavy metal rock bands such as Zuriel, Halo, Vengance, and

many others.

I went to Simon's to see just what it was all about.

I went to get a firsthand account of what goes on there and

this is what I found...

A C H R I S T I A N O R G A N I Z A T I O N ?

Simon's is supposed to be a Christian oriented place.

A place where young people can go on a Friday or Saturday

night to listen to heavy metal rock and roll under the

guise of Christianity. That's right, it's supposed to be a

holy place, doing all in the name of Jesus. So I went to

see just what makes this Simon's place so different from

any other worldly place that kids go to on the weekends.

The answer: NOTHING.

Simon's is just another place to fulfill the desires

of the flesh ... in the name of Jesus. Just another place

to fulfill the following passage ...

II Peter 2:18-19 For they mouth empty, boastful words and,

by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature,

they entice people who are just escaping from those who

live in error. They promise them freedom, while they

themselves are slaves of depravity--for a man is a slave to

whatever has mastered him.

Simon's claims to be an alternative to the worldly night

life scene. Maybe they don't have as much in the line of

drugs or booze, but it can't be looked at from that angle.

The question is how much of Jesus are they really offering

people? And the answer is simply, how much of what they do

is in line with the Word of God?

I N O B E D I E N C E T O G O D ' S W O R D ?

Well, I went to Simon's and the answer is a resounding

NOT MUCH! As II Peter says, they are trying to win people

to Jesus by proclaiming that they can keep their long hair,

worldly dress, make very few changes if any, and somehow

come into a relationship with the Holy One of Israel. The

messgage that rang out loud and clear there is that Jesus

accepts you where you are and all you have to do is believe

in Him and continue on your merry way and someday you'll be

with Him in Paradise. If they were really wanting to call

the world into a life of OBEDIENCE in Jesus, they would be

setting the example by living in obedience to the following

passage themselves ...

I Corinthians 11:14 Does not the very nature of things

teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to

him,

But the majority of the men there claimed to be

Christians and at the same time had extremely long hair.

The music was so loud the words couldn't even be uplifting

to someone who didn't already know the words. Basically,

Simon's is just a place to go and indulge in the pleasures

of this world, to keep the sinful nature and somehow lay

claim to Jesus at the same time.

Psalms 73:9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their

tongues take possession of the earth.

Or somehow to worship what they want and worship Jesus

at the same time.

Exodus 32:5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in

front of the calf and announced, "Tomorrow there will be a

festival to the LORD."

Simon's claims to hold these rock concerts as a

"festival to the LORD." But they are really just times of

pleasing the flesh disguised under the name of Jesus. What

an utter abomination in the sight of God!

G O S E E F O R Y O U R S E L F !

In short, I left Simon's not the least bit encouraged

in the faith, but rather with an empty feeling and one of

indignation at the so-called "ministry" they claim to have

there. If you find this hard to believe, perhaps you

should go and see for yourself, and you will surely get

indignant with what you see happening there ... but, then

again, maybe you won't. Or perhaps you've already been to

Simon's. Maybe you're a regular. Maybe this article

offends you. It should. It is intended to offend all who

would be attracted to such a false gospel call as the one

put out at Simon's, which is no gospel at all.

Galatians 1:6-9 I am astonished that you are so quickly

deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and

are turning to a different gospel-- which is really no

gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into

confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a

gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be

eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say

again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than

what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!

L O O K F O R O B E D I E N C E !

Remember, if you do go, don't look at the emotional

hype for confirmation of a true gospel, nor at the fact

that there are no drugs, alcohol, etc. Just look and

honestly ask this ... Are they in obedience to the Word of

God. For as much as Simon's is in obedience to the Word of

God, that is as much as they are putting forth the true

Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the reverse is true, as much as

they are in disobedience to the Word of God, is as much as

they are a false gospel. Don't make a judgment based on

your own opinion, ask the only True Judge to reveal the

truth to you, the truth as is found in His Word.

Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do

not speak according to this word, they have no light of

dawn.

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