Pharisaical

 He had served in various venues, degrees and times as a student minister.

Called to preach many times, he spoke of the Liberty of Christ,

We weren't bound to either ritual nor place.  Church wasn't once a week.  It was always.  We lived our faith every minute, everywhere.

This ran afoul of the then bishop and some of the pastors.  How odd the student thought.  The previous bishop had been just the opposite, a true follower of Jesus.  

There are those who outwardly profess Jesus but underneath they served themselves.  Control was their god.

Support for the student grew.  Many sought to help him.  This offended the bishop and his followers.

They simply pulled rank and forbade the student to preach.

Now one congregation in particular was contacted.  The student tried to explain he could no longer serve them.  He was even asked to become their pastor.  He told them he couldn't til he was ordained.  Some wanted him to lead anyway.  He declined, not wanting to cause any further fracturing.  The congregation was divided because of collectivist incursion.  

The student sent 3 letters.  One to the pastor's office, another to the Council and a third to the congregation.

He never received a response.

A pastor finally was chosen.  He contacted this person.  When the pastor was asked what happened to the letters, he told the student he disposed of them.

The following Easter the pastor specifically asked the student to assist him.

In the vestry he told the student that certain people in high places didn't want the student to succeed.

Instead of speaking of Jesus' triumph the pastor spoke of Sisyphus who in Hades rolled a huge rock up only to have it roll down repeatedly.

Obviously it was directed at the student who, though never expelled was cut off from any duties.  It was a warning not to defy the bishop.

The commie campus pastor at the student's school told him to not let the Church destroy his faith.  Such hypocrisy!

The student entered other work but always proclaimed the Liberty of Christ and has healed and led many to the Light.

Woe to those calling good evil and evil good.  Woe to those using Jesus as a front and professing communism.

Do not succumb.  Raise up and be free of the pettiness and hatred simmering in self righteousness.  

Happy Easter!

PS

Before he was censored, the student had an opportunity to preach before the former bishp.  This great servant of God was suffering from dementia, but still able to attend church.  As the student made to leave, the former Bishop sought him at the coat rack.  ''Very..good'' he managed to say.   The student said it was an honor to deliver God's word that he could hear.