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. . . But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you; whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgment;
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly;
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked;
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished;
Bt chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness , and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusations against them before the Lord.
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls; a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children;
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
But was rebuked for his iniquity; the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet.
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire . . . 2 Peter 2:1-22
A few reasons that can keep a person from going:
1. To Heaven
2. Taken to the Lord prior to the tribulation
3. Caught up to the Lord at the end of the tribulation
4. Being "Raptured" at any point.
(There is disagreement amongst christians as to just when/if this will actually occur.)
- Some of the Reasons are:
1. Spiritually asleep
2. Sin (unrepented/unresolved)
3. Do not believe or consider themselves to be saved. (Saved = Born Again)
4. False doctrine
5. Unbelief
6. Commandment breaking
7. Being spiritually immature (worldly)
8. Are uninvolved and/or uninformed (lukewarm)
9. Not believing in Satan or that he exists.
10. Wrong attitudes and perceptions, unwilling to change, denial, indifferent, unethical, selfishness and deceitfulness.
11. Evil, murder - killing (unjustifiable to God) ending the life of another human being - violence, aggression, being a worker and/or making a living of iniquity, and criminal activity.
12. Promiscuity, lasciviousness, depravity, deviance and indecency.
13. Any and/or all of the above.
1. And God spoke all these words:
2. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3. You shall have no other gods before me.
The Bible cannot be changed to reflect the ever changing tones, or feelings, in this world. You cannot pick and choose scripture to suit your feelings or reasonings. If scripture makes you uncomfortable then it's doing it's job. Altering scripture - revising - doesn't change it in God's mind. He is the Living Word, and his thoughts don't change on stuff.
Too many Christians are believing interpretations from other people on their view/interpretation on what they believe the Bible says - or ought to say, or on some other foreign material - or on outright false doctrine, or using questionable theories. (Depending more on others, and not being as inclined to read the Bible themselves.)
For example, Bible codes, etc. Bible codes have been researched for awhile, but on it having concrete accuracy has yet to surface. I saw a TV show on this topic, and they said there was one study they thought showed promise. I believe that the study of Bible codes would be an interesting one. They are inconclusive however.
4. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
5. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
6. but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
A good church stands on scripture. A good pastor encourages his congregation to bring their Bibles to services, and encourages them to actually read what it says. A good pastor sets the example on asserting active Bible reading, and tries to help the congregation on getting used to doing that.
Any involved Christian can encourage the same thing with the people around them. Have you checked to see if your family and friends have a decent Bible? Try to hand out, at least, one or two Bibles a year - Yes, you might have to spend your own money. Maybe support a Bible ministry. I like American Bible Society. If you are uninvolved in the world around you from a Christian standpoint - that is a faith red flag.
Jesus was far from being uninvolved.
7. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
If a person actively reads the Bible they will be able to spot, and see the depth of, the errors and catch when interpretations - a person's opinion/view of the Bible, use of foreign material, or outright false doctrine, are being presented.
The Bible warns that many false teachers, christs, prophets, and messiah's will arise in this latter day. I've seen several. People are deceived mainly by being uninformed, and believe those who tell them what it is they in reality want to hear.
1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 1 Timothy 4:1-5
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1. The Bible is not archaic or outdated, and is in it's entirety relevant. No part of the Bible is to be dismissed, thrown out or avoided.
2. Sin has not been done away with.
3. The truth does not lie in man/woman, or any one man/woman. All are sinners and fall short of the glory of God, and if they say different the truth is not in them.
4. Christ is not physically manifest on the Earth. He is not cloaked in any flesh and blood man or woman. He will return at an undisclosed date at a later point and all shall see him, and He will be Himself.
No man knows - or can accurately predict - the time or date.
It is not true to dismiss Jesus, and to instead replace Him with any mortal man or woman. Jesus does not annoint any person in this way.
God is no respecter of persons.
Jesus is not about money. He is not about prestige. He is not about grand manors. He is not about worldliness.
Jesus is not out to take anybody's money or property. If you do not wish to freely give something then you should simply keep it. Jesus does not wish for you to give anything to something you do not believe in or would begrudge them to have.
5. The Devil/Satan exists, and is a real individual. (and is a legion or collective)
6. Eternal damnation is a true concept, and can happen - and be a sentence - to someone.
7. Most churches do not deliberately lie.
(I personally do not know of any. Misguided and deceived maybe.
There are pastors, priests, teachers, prophets or ministers where the truth is not in them, or would not be in them, and are corrupt. Not surprisingly this would, or does, influence or corrupt their church or ministry.)
8. Homosexuality is carnal in nature, and is a way of this world.
Flesh and blood mortals are easily confused by Satan/demons/evil spirits/Earth bound spirits - working on, and attacking, children as well as adults.
8. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
9. Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10. but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates.
11. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Many churches are accepting and teaching false doctrines or untruths. They are giving into public feelings and views on stuff, and are not taking the strong position. They are weak on speaking out and confronting social problems and wrongs. A feel good type of faith is being presented and encouraged - a faith where you don't confront or offend anyone (possibly presenting a "politically correct" message).
If a person speaks out on something biblically wrong it is being turned around that the person is intolerant or bigoted - out of line -and wrong. Christians are retreating being fearful. Fearful of speaking out, and being berated into silence by aggressive individuals - and fearful of violence.
Which, of course, isn't anything new.
Some of the unthinkable comments, for example, coming out of the muslim world of late come to mind.
12. Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Some "New Age" church or ministry thinking seems to only want to focus on Jesus' teaching, and excluding or avoiding Old Testament and/or apostolic teaching. As a result many concepts and ideas can be justified or embraced that are in direct contrast to the entire teaching, or tone, of the Bible.
There have been quite a few of these "New Age" churches or ministries developing or springing up, and established churches are starting to accept, or incorporate, this new age thinking as well, of late.
13. You shall not murder.
One problem, I noticed, is that a strong main focus is on the love of God, and not what it should be on the consequences of sin and of personal responsibility.
The Lord IS in fact a loving God. He does love us no matter what. He does not accept evil or sin however. He challenges a person to change. (and real change can be a difficult and sometimes painful process.) Sin would then need to be defined, explained and confronted to a person in order for them to change in order to be acceptable to God and his standards.
14. You shall not commit adultery.
If a church does not do that - or is not giving a strong and clear message explaining sin, personal responsibility and/or what is right and/or wrong according to what scripture says - they are not adequately preparing a person to go to heaven.
Deciding to not adequately confront a person's wrong or evil behavior, or trying to, does not ultimately help them. Not wanting to risk hurting a person's feelings, risking offending someone or deciding to take the "politically correct" route will not end up helping them in the long run.
For a church to take this New Age (and I believe it is. New Age stuff has been around for awhile. I remember when some of this thinking started to manifest in the late 60's - leavening with 'eastern' thinking and/or teachings - a spin on a love and we can all just "Be" or "Enlightened" message.) track of thinking would not be really helping someone to be in right standing with the Lord. All they will end up accomplishing is just being comfortable here on Earth, and would not ultimately help a person for the Lord to be actually happy with them.
Other New Age churches/ministries are leavened/warped in with the occult, sex, laughing/slaying in the spirit, shouting out the Devil, love bombing, oneness, prosperity, conspiracy, pass the ammo, ufology, and the newly gaining in latter day popularity 'we all worship the one and the same - doesn't matter what we refer to him - all faith's simply just have a different spin on - and all routes eventually end up with - god'.
15. You shall not steal.
If you are not in right-standing to begin with - simply put aside the notion of some kind of "rapture" happening for you. You have other priority things of importance to consider - or reconsider - and to repair with the Lord.
16. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
One of Satan's favorite things to say is that all things are relative, and that everything is simply a matter of perception - and in Satan's thinking it is, and it works for him. (Which most things do.)
17. You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
There is a difference of belief in the Christian Church, Judaism, and Islam. Two are not Christ believing and affirming faiths. Islam worships a different god that is foreign to the one the Christians and Jews don't agree on. (And I'm skeptical. I think this god is foreign to the one they do agree on as well.)
One interesting comment I read was in the book "The Good Heart" where the Dalai Lama cautioned against people calling themselves "Buddhist-Christians," just as one should not try "to put a yak's head on a sheep's body." Saying that we all basically worship the same "god", and that our faiths are basically in agreement, is trying to do just that I believe.
(I do support Israel. I believe that Christians and Jews have something very real and good in common. Scripture indicates that Israel will eventually see what is true. They will be deceived by the ways of this world - and those who seek to be subversive. Worldly ways and real faith are opposite poles. They will eventually repent, see the truth, and become believers around the tribulation. I was happy to read that.)
18. When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance
19. and said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die."
20. Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid, God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning."
21. The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
Exodus 20:1-21 The Ten Commandments The Holy Bible (NIV) New International Version. http://christiananswers.net/bible/exo20.html
A Christian cannot claim to worship the same god such as the one worshiped in Islam. To do that says their faith is hollow and not of substance. To honor this foreign god at the altar of our Living God is blasphemous. (I read an article that a Catholic Priest did just that. I have absolutely no clue as to what some of these priests are thinking, and how they can justify the evil and shame in some of what they have been doing.) This would also be representative of the "New Age" latter day church that claims to encompass all faiths.
It's difficult to really respect a doubleminded person.
Also, worldly people do NOT understand people of real faith, and I don't expect that to change.
28. One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"
29. "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
30. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
31. The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."
32. "Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.
33. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."
34. When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.
Mark 12:28-34. The Greatest Commandment The Holy Bible (NIV) New International Version. http://christiananswers.net/bible/mark12.html
Christians have been influenced by the occult - or sometimes by things that have to do with idol worship - in the past as is now. Scripture warns - and talks about - against adopting, or being influenced by, the foreign ways of others, the worldly and/or pagans. It is not a new problem.
Scripture concretely frowns on the many practices of the occult. With very good reason.
Spiritually immature - worldly - Christians tend to fall into much of this thinking.
I was like that at one time too, and liked, and was fascinated, by things of the occult. I still have to watch as far as that is concerned. Being moved by the opinions and feelings of others - which is still a stumbling block. I'm being moved away from a lot of that in my spiritual growth - once the Lord started to help me to start to recognize the truth.
The Lord has been really patient with me.
Reaching and dealing with unbelievers can be a tricky one, and there is a fine line of what can be utilized in responding or witnessing to them.
"What would be the harm in it - this or that?" would creep into a persons mind. Hmmm - a moment of pondering.
14. Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
15. What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
16. What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
17. "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you."
18. "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 Do Not Be Yoked With Unbelievers The Holy Bible (NIV) New International Version. http://christiananswers.net/bible/2cor6.html
Jesus says in scripture that being a Christian and following him is NOT an easy thing. Don't expect people to like you or accept what you might say. People HATE IT when their sins - or anyone else close to them, or like minded people's sins - are pointed out or exposed. People also HATE IT when they are told they are wrong about something - especially their life choices.
My dad said to me once - in reference to me - "You cannot save a person from themselves". I knew in my heart, and found out through life experience, that he was telling me the truth.
This is sometimes to my dismay when you can see, or lucid in seeing, or know someone, who is on a totally self-destructive path and refuse to listen, or think they have everything all figured out.
60. On hearing it, many of his disciples said, "This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?"
61. Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, "Does this offend you?
62. What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before!
63. The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
64. Yet there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.
65. He went on to say, "this is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him."
66. From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
67. "You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve.
68. Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
69. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God."
70. Then Jesus replied, "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!"
71. (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)
John 6:60-71 Many Disciples Desert Jesus The Holy Bible (NIV) New International Version. http://christiananswers.net/bible/john6.html
....It has to be accepted that MOST people will NOT go, or be able to go, to Heaven - at least not right away or at all. It has to be accepted that MOST people will end up where they did not intend to go.
Of course, there ARE people who really do intend to go - or so they may think. There are those who think demons are cool and should be consulted on stuff - fountains of untapped wisdom they might be considered, or reasoned, to be.
There WILL be people surprised at their ending up, and might NOT understand how they are in the situation they are in. Scripture says that MOST people will not find their way to heaven.
Scripture also suggests that there are people - possibly many people - who don't, or will not, change their minds - or ways - either.
I believe what the Lord said however, when he said, that with God all things are possible.
One of the biggest challenges I'm finding is dealing with those who don't want to hear, or reject, the truth - or do not have a willing spirit.
13. "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
14. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
The Holy Bible (NIV) New International Version. Matthew 7:13-14 The Narrow and Wide Gates. http://christiananswers.net/bible/mat7.html
What a Christian - or any person - needs to start with is a Bible, and actively reading it. Once a Christian - or any person - gains a strong biblical understanding, then they can WADE through figuring out finding a like minded church - or not.
Taking communion, hearing the inspired Word, being in the environment, and fellowship are very important.
I believe deciding to not find, or go to/or to, any church, is not the best decision a person can reach. Shunning a church, or churches, should only be when it is determined - by active Bible reading - that the church is in fact corrupt due to false or antichrist doctrine. I have seen several churches in the world with a corrupt message, but I don't find this to be blanketly true. It takes effort to find a biblically sound church, but it is good effort.
If you are in a church that is promoting a corrupt message due to false or antichrist doctrine - leave promptly. Leaving a church such as this does not mean, or equate, you are leaving God. It would hurt your walk with God to try and stay.
There are basic fundamental principles, or the foundation, of the Christian faith that cannot be compromised on.
Here are some of them:
. Saved by faith, and by grace, not by works. . The Bible Is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. . God The Father - "I AM", Son-Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit-All in one, but also separate, person(s). . Jesus was fully God, and fully man. . Christ died a mortal death on the cross. . Jesus Christ rose from the dead, and in the flesh. . Christ will bodily return.
. Human life begins, and a living spirit/soul is present, at conception, and each person is a unique, fearfully and wonderfully made creation of God.
. Not, or avoiding, taking communion is not an option
. Confession (For Forgiveness Of Sins)
. Commandment breaking is not ok. (There are actually 12 of them, but you can hang 10 on two of them.)
. The Kingdom of God is, and dwells, among us - and is at hand.
Site of interest I gained info from: Five Fundamentals Of The Christian Faith
To put it simply, and what it mainly comes down to is, if a person has the Lord, a Bible and prayer that is all they really need - THAT would be, IS, and should be their foundation.
I want to point out that there are problems with many churches scripturally. There isn't anything really perfect amongst unperfect people. Without the Bible a person is unable to distinguish the errors, and the depth of those errors, that they are presented with.
Now if you do not believe in the being of Satan, I want to point out you have a major problem in your faith belief. Satan counts on you not understanding or actively reading the bible. He is hard at work causing as much chaos in Jesus' churches as he can, and frankly everywhere else as well.
The first thing that he will try and do is remove a Bible from someone's home or possession - or he will try real hard to keep a person from reading it - or even remembering if they even have one or what they did with it. He also works best covertly. He does well when a person doesn't believe he exists - or that he can even have an effect on them.
Not all Christians will go/be taken at the beginning of the tribulation due to their faith problems and/or sin. Scripture does not support the belief being promoted at times that all Christians will be taken in the beginning of the tribulation, or caught up at the end "raptured". (I believe the term "rapture" is a more coined term. Not that I believe that using the term really hurts anything. I learned that it is a relatively new term. "Coined terms" basically irritate me.)
There are churches that don't really teach this idea at all, or like they should. SO, people are not going to know what is going on. They may have read a "Left Behind" book or saw the movie. This at least introduced the concept into their thinking. It isn't entirely scripturally accurate I find though. It is really wonderful Christian writing and suspense however. I've seen all three of the "Left Behind" movies, and I like them a lot. (I hope they continue with that movie series.) If I wanted to explain the tribulation though it wouldn't be the first material I would recommend or choose to explain it however.
Pick up a Bible - dust it off - and put the time in reading it. It really is worth it to read it. There are some really good internet Bible sites as well. You can find the bible on CDs which would be convenient to take around. I prefer the Authorized King James Version of the bible truthfully.
The Bible is written to be in a chronological order from the beginning of the book to the end/conclusion of the book. The entire Bible has meaning, and the Old Testament and the New Testament relate to one another and are interconnected. I once heard that the Old Testament is just history, and to only focus on the New Testament. I found out that it was an untrue statement.
I also learned to be wary of some of the different Christian internet sites, and there are many - including content on video sites such as YouTube. I discovered individuals promoting false or outright hate doctrine, untruths, interpretations of the Bible, or of foreign material, using or promoting questionable theories (For example, bible codes, etc.) or are just off-color scripture wise.
As a Christian be prepared to be on the defense. There are some strong minded individuals around the net.
Most of the Christian sites I'm finding are very good however.
Off-color stuff is usually due to interpretational problems or simply in the delivery of what is being presented - the person is just not explaining him/herself in quite the right way which can actually be sometimes insidious. (You have to be very well read, or informed, in scripture to see through and catch some of this insidious stuff.)
In Conclusion:
If you die and find yourself in Hell, or figure out that you were not taken in the first taking up of Jesus' worthy to go church:
....One, it is NOT God's fault.
....Two, There is something faith wise you need to fix. TRY and fix it. It's fixable with Jesus.
....Three, If you figured out, or find out, you were not taken in the first taking up of Jesus' church you will unfortunately have to go through the tribulation - read other points. . .
And there will be much work to do.
Note: Remember the Lord has His own time in stuff. He doesn't work on our timetables. Remember to be patient. He can take awhile to answer, or show you the answer, due to a variety of different reasons, and he may not answer in the way you would have liked, expected or wanted Him to.
Especially when you wake up at some point and find yourself in Hell-If you don't find yourself in Heaven, and you'll know - you're most likely in a dimension of the kingdom of Hell - It could take awhile for your situation to change - read above points. That is if you desire to REALLY change your situation - It won't if you don't.
All things are possible with the Lord.
....Four, you trusted in the wrong source.
....Five, If you are still in the mortal world - DUST OFF YOUR BIBLE.
(Unless the tribulation Antichrist, society, and/or Satan took it away from you. It CAN happen. It PAYS to be well read in it before something like that might happen.)
If you are a Pastor/Minister/Priest:
(or for anyone for whom this might pertain to)
If you DON'T believe in the Bible - or uphold the entire Bible - believing it to be, or presenting it to be archaic - presenting it to be somehow needing to be updated, reinterpreted, changed or revised for today's new and so called "enlightened and/or educated" world - the Divinity of Christ or His Resurrection - Repent. If not then I think you should retire from the pulpit. Believe me you are not helping yourself - or anyone else.
One question I have is that if you don't believe in any of that why be a minister for Christ in the first place? It just doesn't make sense. Unless of course you really are trying to help Satan - which, of course, you would be and are. Oh, you might not believe in that concept either?
A Pastor/Minister/Priest is MORE accountable than the laity. Be Warned. You are not doing ANYONE any favors by preaching your unbelief or doubt - And/Or interpretations, views, agendas, intellectualizing, or false doctrine.
The Lord knows exactly who you are too.
13. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
14. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
15. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 Paul and the False Apostles The Holy Bible (NIV) New International Version. http://christiananswers.net/bible/2cor11.html
A Tree and It's Fruit
15. "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
16. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
17. Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
19. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
21. "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22. Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'
23. then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
Holy Bible (NIV) New International Version. Matthew 7:15-23 http://christiananswers.net/bible/mat7.html
The Day and Hour Unknown
36. "NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THAT DAY OR HOUR, NOT EVEN THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN, NOR THE SON, BUT ONLY THE FATHER.
37. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
38. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
39. and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
40. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.
41. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
42. "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
43. But understand this; If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
44. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
45. "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?
46. It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
47. I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
48. But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'
49. and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
50. The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.
51. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Holy Bible (NIV) New International Version. Matthew 24:36-51 http://christiananswers.net/bible/mat24.html
Additional Scripture Reading:
. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 . 5:1-11
. 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 . 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
. 2 Corinthians 11:1-15 . Philippians 4:10-20
Site of interest:
Sin - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin
Sin (mythology) - He was named Sin in Babylonia and Assyria and was also worshipped in Harran. Sin had a beard made of lapis lazuli and he rode on a winged bull.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_(mythology)
I have a friend named Jesse. I met him several years ago, and we had several wonderful christian conversations. I lost track of him, and think about him and wonder how he is doing. He was of the opinion that he could knock on any-didn't matter which one - church door - poll the congregation or even the pastor - and they wouldn't know any or all of the ten commandments or have even read them. Jesse believed that this basic point was not taught like it should be - to his dismay. He said that his ministry main focus alone could be to just simply teach this basic point. I have to admit that at the time we discussed it I didn't know all of them - and didn't read it in scripture - like I should have.
Hello Jesse.
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