I don't think just because one talks "too much" about the false prophets, ideology, deceptions, and exploitation that are done in the name of the Church, Christ, or God makes that person in error or wrong. I believe that Isaiah 58 and many other Scripture shows that there isn't any such thing as "too much" when it comes to warning about and revealing false prophets, ideology, deceptions, and exploitation. If those people who spoke on such things didn't exist, then half of the New Testament would not have been written; there would be no writings of Jude (Jude 1), of Peter (2 Peter 2:1-11, 2 Peter 1), of Paul (Acts 13:1-10, Acts 20:22-33, 1 Timothy 4:1-8, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-10, 2 Timothy 3:1-13, Galatians 1:1-11, 1 Timothy 6:3-5), of John(1 John 2) and last but certainly not least the acts and words of Jesus (Matthew 7:14-20, Matthew 24:20-28, Matthew 21:12-14/Mark 11:15-19, Mark 13:20-22, Matthew 23) Luke 6:20-30 in this passage Jesus speak of the oppressors and the oppressed, it is the actions of what should be taken in the Gaza Strip (just my off-topic person insertion.). But to stay on topic, there are many more scriptures warnings about false prophets, ideology, deceptions, and exploitation that are done in the name of the Church, Christ, and God, and if these warnings and rebukes were taken out of Scripture, we would be reading at a much smaller New Testament, not only a more miniature New Testament but on that leaves sheep vulnerable to the wolves, and shepherds ignorant of Satan's devices. And we would be looking at a much smaller Scripture if we leave out the warnings by brave leaders of the many false prophets, ideologies, deceptions, and exploitation committed by those in the Old Testament.
Conversely, does a person who talks about and boasts about the good things like praising, worshipping, and abundance make that person truly at peace with themselves, or are they genuinely experiencing the peace that passes all understanding? Granted, we should make a boast in the Lord so that others can hear and share in, but my answer to the question is _No. Too often, believers make an outward boast about a peace that they are not experiencing inwardly. Such peace is not that which is evident in peaceful times but is proven in times when there is no peace. Such peace does not require abundance but shows up in times of scarcity. Such peace doesn't need the affirmation of multitudes but is affirmed and confirmed in solitude. This celestial peace is not a peace that is satisfied with being in a state of mediocrity but a peace that doesn't allow the lack or possession of corporeal things to define what mediocrity is. Those who possess such peace are not easily persuaded by falsity. One's definition of peace and how one views happiness will determine how accessible and susceptible they are to these opportunistic infections and how open their wounds, wants, and desires, or the lack of them, become mechanisms of transmissions for these false prophets, ideology, deceptions, and exploitation to enter in.
It is never "too much" when so many lives are at stake.
Ray
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