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 Today
Oct. 29
"NATIONS AND DENOMINATIONS"
Billions of people accept Christianity's claim to represent Christ, in spite of the fact that it is splintered into thousands of conflicting sects and doctrines. The tower of Babel, with its mass confusion after God cursed its builders, is the perfect prophetic picture of Christianity and its thousands of sects. Those ancient builders, having been cursed with different languages, could no longer work together to construct that access to heaven to which they were committed. They all still felt in their hearts that getting to heaven was the goal, but they now spoke different languages, and the co-operative effort was frustrated. In the end, they had to resign themselves to go their own ways, divided into groups defined by the languages they spoke. Those groups then developed into the nations of earth into which God later scattered His disobedient chosen people, Israel.
Similarly, all Christians believe that getting to heaven is a desirable goal. But they cannot agree as to how to do the work to get there, they cannot understand each other, and they do not follow the same voices. Christians are divided into groups defined by conflicting doctrines, just as the ancient builders were divided into groups defined by conflicting languages. And the saints of God are now scattered among those many Christian groups.
In the Old Testament, God's chosen but rebellious people were eventually cursed to wander among the divided "nations" (Hos. 9:17), while in this New Testament, God's chosen but rebellious people have been cursed to wander among Christianity's denominations. Christianity is itself the curse with which God long ago cursed His stubborn people, when they forsook the truth and power of the gospel of Christ and began to work with the world to build another way into heaven. Thankfully, in the Old Testament, there came a time when God mercifully called His beleaguered people to their homeland again. That, to, was prophetic, for now God is calling His New Testament saints to "come out of her, My people!" He is calling us out of the mass confusion of Christianity! He is calling us home again! Do you hear the call?
One of Israel's courageous and wise prophets asked, "How can two walk together except they be agreed?" They cannot. That is why God is calling His children out of Christianity, so that they might at long last be united in Christ and "serve Him with one consent" (Zeph. 3:9).
As long as the people of God remain inside Christianity, unity among the sanctified will never be realized. Believers in Christ Jesus must come out of Christianity if they are ever to be united in Christ. May God give us the faith to obey His loving call to "Come out of her, My people!"