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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THE SECRET TO LOVING GOD
Hosea 6:3
The key to coming to love God is coming to know Him. It is impossible to know God without loving Him, and the only reason anyone, anywhere, does not love God is ignorance. Only they who do not know God's heart and His ways do not love Him.
This emphasizes the importance of God's people being taught the truth. If God's people are taught wrong ideas about their heavenly Father, they may struggle, sometimes desperately, to love Him. In their hearts, none of God's people love the god of Christianity, but because they have been taught that the god of Christianity is their God, they strain to love him, and they feel ashamed of themselves when they cannot.
Because of the fearful weight of guilt attached to such a confession, it is an extremely rare thing for any child of God within Christianity's white-washed walls to admit to himself how he really feels about that god. They try, but they cannot really love his cold ceremonial rites; they cannot love his conflicting statutes and doctrines and his ofttimes proud and ignorant ministers. But Jesus is setting his people free from that oppression. The light is coming to us again.
When Jesus takes from his people's hearts the fear of admitting that they hate Christianity, they will begin to gain knowledge of their heavenly Father that is so true and so good that they will respond the only way one can: by loving Him deeply and faithfully. This renewed knowledge of God that deliverance from Christianity brings, also brings with it a renewed love for our heavenly Father. It is a kind of love and a depth of love that is impossible for saints to offer to the god of Christianity because that god lacks the goodness to inspire it.
If the children of God do not give up hope and resign themselves to serve the god of Christianity, if they will cling to their original hope that there is one truth that can be known, the Spirit of God is coming to the rescue! Let us labor to get the truth to them before they become discouraged! Let us work with Jesus to let them know that they can be happy and free now before they give up hope and surrender completely to the demons of Christianity. They want to love the God that touched their hearts and called them out of sin. May God help us show them the way to know Him so that they can.