In this world, looming behind any consideration of what it means to be a Christian is the Catholic Church, with her audacious claim to being the sole authority representing Christ on earth, with all power of God vested in her. Does this claim hold up to the Light of Day? Here, in simple terms, you have the opportunity to have a look and see for yourself.
"Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils..." (I Timothy 4:1).
Nominal Christendom is filled with that which most take for granted as being sound Biblical doctrines, but which are, in fact, doctrines of devils. These doctrines are introduced with spurious Biblical support, but the Bible does not substantiate them at all. This writing takes a cursory look at many of the doctrines taught as Biblical truth in most churches today, which many are deceived into thinking are God's gospel, pure and holy. The purpose of this writing is to briefly point out what are the more prominent and harmful of these doctrines of devils and why they are so.
His back to the wall, Satan repairs to his final refuge, where he is invulnerable
except to the children of Light, who perceive his number and correctly identify
it. His number is that of a man; how can man usurp God’s position except
to affect God’s Nature, which is love? So man comes in love, his own,
more accurately called charm, which fools the simple and unbelieving
into accepting his person and institutions - the beast, who rules over them
unmercifully.
In these writings and correspondences, we expose Satan and the beast, and
break the power of their charm, that the simple might be made wise,
and the foolish, faithful. Satan’s power is not so much in his false love,
as in his convincing us that it is the true love of God.
“My son, if sinners lure you, do not be willing. If they say, Come with
us, let us lie in wait for blood, we will watch secretly for the innocent without
cause; let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those who go
down into the pit; we shall find all precious goods; we shall fill our houses
with plunder; cast in your lot among us, and let us have one purse. My son,
do not walk in the way with them! Keep back your foot from their path, for
their feet run to evil and make haste to shed blood. Surely in vain the net
is spread in the sight of any bird” (Proverbs 1:10-17 MKJV).
What a debate there has been from the very beginning on this matter of free will, ever since Adam and Eve exercised a choice contrary to God's command that they not eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil! As it was demonstrated, the desire and demand for free will is the expression of the very essence of sin. In this section we address the false teaching that man has a free will, and can exercise it for good.
Islam comes with violence and murder throughout
the world, as explicitly required of Muslims in the Koran (as herein proven),
declaring itself to be the true representation, and in the true service of
God, the Creator of all things, Whom they call “Allah.” Islam comes
contradicting the recorded and crucial declarations of the Lord Jesus Christ,
Who is none other than the Creator and the Truth.
Jesus Christ or Yehoshuah
HaMashiach, the Prince of Peace, has come, has personally made Himself known
to us, as He has to many, and has empowered us to declare that He lives and
reigns as Lord of all. He has revealed the veracity of the Holy Scriptures
to us, both Old and New Testaments, and has also made known to us, as to
many, the utter falsehood of the Koran and its misrepresentation of Him, as
well
as the falsehood of almost all of nominal Christendom and its ungodly interpretations
of the Holy Scriptures and misinterpretations of Him. Jesus Christ do we
now declare to you, in truth, as He is, to the world, as its only hope of salvation
through faith in Him, His shed blood on our behalf, and in His victory over
death:
“Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the
Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom you crucified, Whom God raised from
the dead, in this Name does this man stand before you whole. This is the Stone
which you builders have counted worthless, and He has become the Head of the
Corner. And there is salvation in no other One; for there is no other name
under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:10-12
MKJV).
Here is a collection of letters that deal with the works, tenets, and beliefs of those adhering to that presumptuous and fanciful false religion called Mormonism.
We receive well-meaning mass circulated stories meant to inspire, but which, through sheer artificiality, misplaced affections, mistaken notions, and contrived meanings, provide us, and now you, with abundant material for other valuable lessons not intended.
Does proclaiming the seventh day as the Sabbath, even naming
yourself after this true gift from God, make you right with Him? Did not the
Pharisees have the right day, too? Adventists, despite what they think, are
just another sectarian group teaching self-righteousness and divisiveness over
doctrine.
Lest anyone should think otherwise, we do believe in the reconciliation of
all things by the Lord Jesus Christ. What we address is a lawless attitude
in the Name of the Lord, and in the name of "universalism." We say (as does
the Bible), "work out your salvation with fear and trembling," to which universalists
cry, "Work! Work!" They say that because "Christ did it all," therefore there
is nothing more for the believer to do. See our answers within these pages.
The religious world is filled with worldly wisdom concerning the things of
God and of Holy Scripture. Man can be ever so clever in refuting the truth
and authority of God. He does so because he is possessed by the cause of that
disposition of refutation, that being the arrogance and independence of the
sin nature. We reply to the cynical and contradictory questions people have
proudly asked in refuting the legitimacy of Jesus Christ/Yahshuah as Messiah,
Lord and Savior of the Jews and of the whole world.
A series of questions were circulated on the net to ridicule the notion of
modern-day use and validity of laws cited in the Book of Leviticus, which
were applied to Israel from the time of Moses to the time of Christ. The
apparent purpose for this was to prove or demonstrate that if those laws were
no longer
in effect, unless bigots were to enforce them, then laws against homosexuality
were equally silly. We have answered those questions, without charge, contrary
to CRI (Christian Research Institute, headed by Hank Hanegraaff and company)
whose sin of worshipping at the altar of mammon in the Name of Jesus Christ
is no less than that of homosexuality, which they condemn. Jesus had harsher
words for hypocrites than for outright, self-confessed sinners. It is no
wonder.
There are so many people who believe the lie that Christ is but one of
many ways to God. They believe that the major religions of the world are in
agreement and harmony with Christ and the Bible. There is nothing farther
from the truth. Herein is addressed Buddhism in particular, with reference to
the philosophical assertions of Deepak Chopra and Robert Thurman.
Neale Donald Walsch has stormed the world with his book, Conversations With God. How amazing that when God speaks, nobody listens, but when devils speak, everybody listens! (The Bible calls it "the mystery of iniquity.") Everybody, that is, but those who know and love God. I reply to someone who has taken another road to fulfilment, a tragic one, and who, at the time I responded, believed Walsch's experiences and declarations to be legitimate in God's sight.
The world is filled with the humanistic philosophy that says we can do anything we put our minds to doing, if only we believe, and are persistent and committed. Many are the "motivators" who presume to better their pocketbooks and society, invariably in that order. This philosophy, in savory ways to the ego of man, brushes aside all recognition of God and His sovereignty. It brushes aside the concepts of sin, of the consequence of breaking God's laws, of the supremely needful sacrifice of the shed blood of Jesus Christ for our deliverance from bondage, and of repentance from sin, the wilful independence from God. In essence, the preaching of the innate power to do whatever we will if we choose, apart from Jesus Christ, renders Him a fool and His work nothing better than a good example of "positive thinking." In considerable detail, we refute this philosophy.
Do you, as a believer of the Lord Jesus Christ, celebrate Christmas? What
fellowship have believers with infidels? You ought to be thoroughly ashamed
of yourself and here's why.
Deborah from “Discerning the World” claims to have been delivered from demons
and given a walk with Jesus Christ. Her actions, however, tell a very different
story about what happened to her. You do not get evil fruit from a good tree.
Reviewing her testimony, we show how Satan comes as an angel of Light in
his new daughter.
Many today presume to keep the Levitical feasts, such as Passover and Tabernacles.
Do they? Can they? What does the Lord and the Scriptures have to say about
such “feast-keeping”?
Man, is God ultimately after your prepuce, with which He created you? Many
are the aspiring teachers of the law. As the Scriptures declare:
"But the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and a good
conscience, and faith unfeigned, from which some, having swerved, have turned
aside to foolish talking, desiring to be teachers of the law, neither understanding
what they say nor that which they affirm" (1 Timothy 1:5-7 MKJV).
And: "For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish
their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness
of God. For Messiah is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone
who believes" (Romans 10:3-4 HNV).
There are those who believe only in the King James Version of the Bible. They declare that all other versions but the KJV are corrupt or fall short in some way. Most of these declare that the KJV is perfect, to the letter, without error. Such a notion is the result of nothing more than ignorance and pride, which serve to breed idolatry. I will prove, in this writing, that those who worship the KJV as being the perfect Word of God are in error.
One prevalent phenomenon in the world today is that there are people who aspire to be Jewish in custom, tradition and language, thinking they will, thereby, draw closer to, and please, the Creator. It would appear that in the forefront of these things is the "proper use" and even pronunciation of the "true Name" of the Creator. Many believe the correctness of the verbal Name to be so important as to determine one's eternal destiny. We know not just His Name, but Him. Those who presume to know the "correct" Name do not know Him. Indeed, in their stance they prove they do not know Him. Many have confronted us on this matter, and this paper is a sampling of some of those confrontations and our responses.
Here we review not so much the movie, but the man who made it. We address where the man who conceived this film, through his religious experiences and subsequent bitterness, is coming from, and thereby the content, which we rate PG - Perfectly Godless.
What is wrong with joining together with others who profess Christ and mutually
promise to commit themselves to doing good? In the sight of God, everything.
Let us show you why and how.
What are we to make of The Purpose Driven Life? Is this a book that can help you live a useful and fulfilling life as a follower of Jesus Christ, preparing you for eternity? Those are its implied and stated objectives. The answer, simply, directly and emphatically: "Not in the least!"
While God prohibits making or having images in a context of worship, cults, as those who do their own thing outside of Him, often make or have them. Whereas these things are seen by man as godly, and indicative of piety, they are a sure sign of false religion and a continuation of pagan traditions and practices dressed up as "Christian." These are the very things the children of Israel were told to completely destroy, a command that is indicative of how truly odious to God, and dangerous to man, these things are.
Shinji Shumeikai is a Japanese religious organization whose name means “divine
love” and “supreme light.” Its founder, Mokichi Okada, has
the honorary title, Meishusama, meaning “Master of Light.” Only
the Lord Jesus Christ, however, Who is the incarnation of Divine Love, can
be called the Master of Light; He alone can, will, and does save unloving and
sin-darkened mankind.
Creatures presume to take their Maker and use Him any way they will to accomplish their desires. It is as ridiculous as clay forming the potter, even while the clay is on the wheel and the potter is in his chair. Theophostic prayer is just another one of those many religious fads and fantasies we address as presumption and wickedness before God.
The greatest "secular" lie of our times, imposed upon the world at large, is that of evolution. While the entire world indulges in this deception, it is more than secular; it is spiritual as well, because in its essence, it denies the existence of God as He is. I say, "as He is," because there are those who think they can reconcile evolution with God the Creator. To do so is to deny the Scriptural testimony He has bestowed on mankind concerning His Nature, Character and mode of conduct. Denying the Book of His Authorship is to deny Him, for the theories of evolution are not compatible with the God of the Bible. Any reasonable person can know that. Either we believe the Bible and therefore God, or we do not.
This article was written in response to a letter sent to the Lethbridge
Herald in August of 2005. We also include a regularly updated commentary on the responses of others, for those who wish to follow the debate.
Many are the definitions and descriptions of a "cult." The determination of what or who is a cult is invariably subjective. We have taken the term as it is commonly meant and used today (as a condemnation of religion not perceived to be true or legitimate), and have identified the essence of it by contrast to the lives and examples of the Lord Jesus Christ and His disciples, as recorded in Scripture. This is a true definition and legitimate determination of the religious manifestations of good and evil in the world.
Man, in his self-righteousness, thinks to serve God in many ways. One of those is in his false conception of love and humanistic endeavors. Many are those believing that unity is a good thing. They do not recognize the attempt at unity at the Tower of Babel, God's recorded disapproval, and do not recognize the words of the One they presume to serve, Who said:
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to
send peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and
the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
And a man's foes shall be those of his own household" (Matthew 10:34-36).
Unity in Christ is wonderful, and inevitable, but are not rebels against God
the ones seeking "unity" in corruption?
This course, contained in a large volume, is alleged to be dictated by Jesus
Christ, yet it directly contradicts His words and the testimony of the saints
in the Scriptures. In this correspondence with one who brought us the book,
we show how this is not the voice of God, but of devils.
What do you think when a pastor of a Baptist Church prays, "Surprise me, God!" in front of 800 church attendees, and the next minute he is electrocuted in the bapistry? Did God answer him? If not, where was God when that happened? If He did answer, does that not say something about approaching God in such a flippant manner? We have the answers, from God.