Church and Christianity
To virtually all the world the words "Church" and "Christianity" are synonymous with the people that profess to believe in and follow Christ. Amazingly, the word "church" does not occur in the Greek of the New Testament but is a mistranslation.
At the end of this age, in the book of Revelation, we find God calling to His people to come out of a place he calls Babylon and the Great Whore to avoid the plagues she will receive for her sins. Where is this place that God's people find themselves that is a "habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit" (Rev. 18:2).
The apostle Paul told us that "such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works." (2Cor 11:13-15). Where are these false, deceitful ministers who claim to be sent by Christ? Where is Satan's influence to be found posing to be a source of light to those seeking God?
They can only be in places that claim to be of Christ! Christian denominations! As you read these articles prepare to be surprised and shocked. Satan deceives the whole world. He is hiding in a place that seems to be above suspicion but Paul also wrote that the one who "as God sitteth in the temple of God" will "be revealed in his time" (1Thess 2:4,6). As we draw nearer to the events that will herald the return of Christ the truth about the antichrist spirit and where it is hiding will be revealed.
New Birth Teaching Series
"You must be born again"
Three hours of audio teaching (transcript available) from Pastor John Clark, Sr. on the subject of the "New Birth".
When is a person born again and how do you know? The Bible contains clear revelation from God about when a person is born again. Learn what had to occur before the new birth was available to man. Listen as Pastor John covers these topics and more:This is perhaps the most important issue for a person to understand.
Have you been born again?
Thought for the Evening
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Not The Beginning
In spite of what we have often heard from Christians, the way of Christ Jesus that is recorded in the New Testament is not the beginning of their religion, Christianity; rather, it is a way of life in the holy Ghost that Christianity has historically opposed with all its worldly power; and it will continue to oppose the true faith until that Whore and her "daughters" are destroyed.
The spiritual life described in the book of Acts has no home in any Christian sect, and never has. Jesus did not come to start the religion of Christianity; he came to suffer and die to make the power and purity of the holy Ghost available to sinful men. But that power is a threat to all of man's ways of worship, including the way of Christianity, and that is why they all oppose the truth when it is revealed and deny the power when it is demonstrated.
Don't be fooled into thinking that what you are seeing when you read the New Testament books is the early form of Christianity. It is not. The early form of Christianity is found in the Roman and Greek religious ceremonies and traditions and in the ceremonial rituals of Old Testament Israel. What you see when you read the New Testament is the precious faith of Christ that the demons of Christianity fear and abhor, "and few there be that find it".