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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WHERE DO WE GO?
With hardly an exception, the first question asked by someone when they realize that God is calling His people out of Christianity is, "Where do we go?" It is a Christian question, inculcated into the fabric of their thinking by the devilish spirit of Christianity. That religion indoctrinates its members to believe that they must "go somewhere" and/or "do something for the Lord".
When many of the children of God hear His voice to "Come out of her, My people", they ask, "Where do we go?" My answer is this: If you have heard the Father's voice and obeyed it, then you are there! You have arrived. Where else do we want to go but into the path of obedience?
If our father Abraham had refused to follow God's call to leave Ur of the Chaldees until he knew where God wanted him to go next, we would have never heard of him. He would be buried somewhere beneath the southern sands of present day Iraq. But father Abraham "went out, not knowing where he was going." But what did Abraham know? He knew God had called him out, and he went. Where he would go after he went out was not his business, but God's. That is the faith of Abraham, and it is only those with like faith who will leave Christianity when they hear God's call.
If you have obeyed Christ and come out, then you need not go anywhere. Instead, you yourself have become a place to which others may go for comfort and knowledge. God promised through Isaiah (58:11) that He would make those who obey His word "watered gardens, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not." In other words, by obedience to the call of God, YOU become a place where other pilgrims can be refreshed and fed. You yourself become a refuge, a shadow of that great rock in a blistering desert, and God can use you to encourage other struggling saints to have faith in God and do His will.
The spirit of Christianity is like a drug, and it has been very difficult for some to "kick the habit". A few of the saints who meet at my house have been through times of withdrawal pains in spirit after they obeyed God and abandoned the Christian religion. But full recovery always follows steadfast obedience, for God Himself is the rewarder of our efforts.