WHY ARE "CHRISTIANS" DECONSTRUCTING?

TEXT:  GENESIS 3:1-4

UNIFIED - ONE PURPOSE, ONE FAITH

TEXT:

PSALM 133

1   Behold, how good and how pleasant it is

For brothers to live together in unity!

2    It is like the precious oil on the head,

Running down upon the beard,

As on Aaron’s beard,

The oil which ran down upon the edge of his robes.

3   It is like the dew of Hermon

Coming down upon the mountains of Zion;

For the Lord commanded the blessing there—life forever.

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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THIRTY ONE DAYS OF BIBLE TRUTHS - DAY 9 (CHOICE)

BIBLE VERSE: For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death (2 Corinthians 7:10)

TRUTH: We have been talking about Light, standing firm and resting on the promises of God. But what if someone grows up their entire life in church; or walked some aisle; or raised their hand when some preacher gave an invitation etc. Then one day, this same person looks in a spiritual mirror and notices that everything we have spoken about these past several days comes up “not applicable”. What then?! What is obvious at that point is there was never a conversion. That is, the person was never saved from darkness to light. This verse gives us the only two options from God Himself. Either there is sorrow over the realization that such a person is lost, lost, lost and faces eternity AWAY from God at it leads to a “change of mind and direction” (definition of Repentance) or the person becomes a complete rebel at that point. There is absolutely no middle road. There are only those who are with God and those who ain’t. Which choice will it be?

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AMERICA GONE WILD, PART 4 - ACCURATE1964 PROPHESY FROM PAUL HARVEY

"If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?"....Psalm 11:3

America is in a deep spiral into a pit of its own digging, allowed to slide into the spiritual wasteland it has become, by the same God Whom the country has rejected. Scripture warned, but no one listened. 
Romans 1:18: "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness"
Romans 1:21-22: "because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools "
Romans 1:24a: "Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness."
Romans 1:26a: "For this reason God gave them up to vile passions".
Romans 1:28b-29: "God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness."

Here is the result of people without the Hand of God directing them, in a land with the biggest and richest churches in the world:
- the spread of violent islam across America.
- the spread of deadly viruses and unknown diseases.
- the endless drought in California where the culture spits in the Eyes of Holy God.
- the rise of violent swings in unpredictable and extreme weather patterns.
- the wars and rumors of wars.
- the rise of false religions and promotion of it by America's leaders in society and politics
- the eternally dangerous compromises of the Church, which undermine the Power, Purity and Position of the Gospel in daily life.
- the corruption of the education system by godless liberals, atheists and pagans.
- the lack of any leadership from the corner house to the church house to the state house and beyond,

Because God's undershepherds and His people have abandoned their posts to Sheol, we are left with the horrid panorama of direction less youth and listless adults. Fifty years ago, the great and late American radio host, Paul Harvey had a prophetic statement on his radio show, which has stood the test of time.

Paul Harvey spoke of things in this 50 year old audio clip, which did not even exist at that time in 1964, yet he was more than prescient, he was prophetic, as if the Lord Himself gave Paul those words. Listen to it and you will find motivation to try and effect transformation, rather conformity, in our own corner of our world. Good day!

READ:

America Gone Wild Part 1

America Gone Wild Part 2

America Gone Wild Part 3

THE OSTRICH SYNDROME PART 3 - CONTRA MUNDUM....OR PREACHING PABLUM?

STATUE OF ATHANASIUS, BISHOP OF ALEXANDRA

Contra Mundum is not a Nicaraguan freedom fighter of the 1980’s against the Marxist Sandinistas. Contra Mundum are the two Latin words which preserved Biblical Christianity during the 4th century against the creeping heresy which almost won the hearts and minds of the people of that day.  Contra Mundum means “against the world” and is associated with the great hero of the Faith – Athanasius, the powerful Bishop of Alexandria, Egypt (296-373).

Before he became Bishop of Alexandria, Athanasius was the second in command of this powerful church under Bishop Alexander. The Christian church had just come out of the great persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian and Constantine was now in power. After Constantine came to faith in Christ, the persecution of the Body of Christ stopped, but the war was on for the soul of the Christian Faith. One of those who fought against Biblical Orthodoxy or Accuracy, was a minister named Arius.  Arius was like the Gnostics of old, or the modern day Jesus Seminar crowd; Jehovah Witnesses; Mormons or others today, who questioned the Deity of Jesus Christ – the God Who became Man. 

Not only was Arius like some of the ‘cultural Christians’ we have today, his teaching was more dangerous. What made it dangerous to the souls of many was his easy “tickle the ears” so-called “doctrine”. Arius popularized the teaching that “sure Jesus was Divine (or from Heaven) but Jesus was not one in substance with God the Father”! This is a direct contradiction of Scripture where Jesus Himself said “I come from the Father, if you have seen Me, you have seen the Father as well” (quote verse). Arius’ heresy went further to say that Jesus was simply “A Son of God”. That indefinite article “A” makes a tremendous and potentially fatal difference to the soul who believes in the Arian theory!

For, if Jesus was just “A Son of God”, it means He was created and not the Creator. This is the essence of Mormonism, which teaches the fatal error that Jesus and Lucifer were both created. Jehovah Witnesses say something similar. Liberal mainline protestant churches also deny not just the Deity of Christ but they deny the Virgin Birth and some, go even further, by denying the Resurrection. Arianism is alive and well today and not just in the liberal “churches” but in the Emergent Church as well.

Athanasius fought Arian tooth and nail, in defense of the Gospel. This was important as Emperor Constantine had just lifted the persecution of Christians, so Sola Scriptura was the next battle up. The Apostle John warned the Body of Christ that the spirit of anti-Christ, two hundred years before, was already in the world and Arius exhibited this to the max.  While this heretic was winning over multitudes to his side, Athanasius stood strong, along with his senior Bishop Alexander (of Alexandria!). It had gotten so bad, even the Emperor Constantine had to get involved.  Even Constantine saw this was going as the Roman Empire was heading into a danger zone, whereby, Biblical Christianity was at stake.

As he fought and argued against Arius, Athanasius was told by a close friend by a close friend that it seems that the entire world was against Athanasius. When a man of God stands firmly on the Word of God, and follows the Holy Spirit to proclaim the truth of Christ, he usually goes against the culture and congregations of the so-called church.  So, being the authentic man Athanasius was, when told the entire known Roman Empire world was against him, he replied “THEN IT IS ATHANASIUS AGAINST THE WORLD”!!  In the language of the day – Latin – he said “CONTRA MUNDUM” (against the world).

Do we have men and women today who will stand for the Truth, CONTRA MUNDUM? We do….and most of them are paying a heavy price in the underground church of China and in the Islamic countries of the Middle East.  In the western world, the so-called “civilized west”, the remnant is a lot smaller than you would think.  Survey after survey has shown that less than 10% of people who call themselves Christians are Biblical Christians (i.e. saved!).  It gets worse every time George Barna or the Pew Research Foundation comes out with a survey. We already saw that over 90% of American pastors (Barna, August 1, 2014) care more about marketing; attendance and tithes than teaching Truth.  So if they are more “CON MUNDUM” (with the world), what in the world are they preaching and teaching?

Well, given the lack of true Disciples of Christ in the modern North American evangelical church, it is obvious Pablum Preaching is king. Even so-called “bible-teaching” preachers who say they’re preaching from the Bible are doing surface preaching aimed primarily at self-help and “feel-good-the-rest-of-the-weekism”.  I have seen it myself. The lack of going deeper into the wonderful riches of the Word of God seems to be an anathema to most of these well-trained seminary grads, who know better and have no excuse. But the fear is so strong of either losing their 501 C3 Tax status or losing attendees to the church down the street, they hold back. After an extended period of holding back, Pablum preaching eventually becomes second-nature.

Contra Mundum means preaching Jesus Christ the Creator, from Genesis to Revelation.
Pablum Preaching is …er…well, “we believe in God, but also in evolution”..
Contra Mundum means preaching six actual days (Yom=1 day) of Creation
Pablum Preaching says well, “He didn’t really mean one 24-hour day. One day could have been days, or months or even years….”
Contra Mundum means preaching repentance before forgiveness of our sin.
Pablum Preaching says nothing about sin “because we don’t want to talk about anything negative”
Contra Mundum means preaching the Holiness and Awe of God.
Pablum Preaching says “it’s not really about God, it’s about YOU and how you feel, then makes God happy”!
Contra Mundum means preaching the Virgin Birth, sinless life, Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Pablum Preaching says “Jesus is a good moral teacher and only said “judge not less ye be judged”.
Contra Mundum means standing for God’s definition of family, marriage, an orderly society and righteous living.
Pablum Preaching says we have to be tolerant of any configuration of relationships and forget what some old Book says…because “Jesus never said anything about xyz….”
Contra Mundum means preaching the Full Counsel of God that a person must be born again to be allowed into Heaven.
Pablum Preaching says “a ‘Good God’  will never send anyone into hell….so quit judging me.
Contra Mundum means being a Disciple of Christ is taking up your Cross and living a life committed to the Life and Teachings of Christ
Pablum Preaching says “God wants you to have the best of everything now – best house, best car, best of health…and all your bills paid. So just think positive, name it and speak that prosperity into being”.
Contra Mundum preaches about the Coming Day of the Lord, the approaching Judgment and the Sign of the Times.
Pablum Preaching says “ignore those whacko fundamentalists. None of that is true. You deserve the best and love is all you need….imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try!”
Contra Mundum means what the Bible says – that JESUS IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
Pablum Preaching and 57% of young ‘evangelicals’ say there are other ways to heaven besides Jesus, and who are we to question another person’s faith….as long as they are sincere.

There is coming a day when the current dividing line will come to a head, in one place – in front of the Throne of Christ.  Scripture warns that those who teach will be judged at a much higher standard than everyone else. Woe to those who not only neglect the Full Counsel and preach pablum, but ignore the Persecuted saints because their persecutors belong to a favored religion of the western elites. At the same time, the rewards at the Bema Seat of Christ for men who stood against the world – Contra Mundum – like Athanasius; Patrick of Ireland; John Hus; Luther; Wycliffe and Tyndale; Wesley; Whitefield; Tozer; Zacharias; MacArthur...and men like David Wilkerson, Paul Washer, Johnny Hunt, Ronnie Floyd, Franklin Graham and Pastor Saeed will be great!

Glory to God! The Lord reigns!

THE PERSISTENT SERVANT....FROM THE PLUMBLINE TV SHOW

From my Plumbline TV Show on 1 Timothy 4: 10- 16 (NASB)

10 For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. 11 Prescribe and teach these things. 12 Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct,love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe. 

13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching. 14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the presbytery. 

15 Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all. 16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you.

HORROR: U.S.CLERGY RANKED # 8 IN INTEGRITY!

PASTORS RANKED LOWER THAN COLLEGE TEACHERS!

CHECK OUT THE LATEST SURVEY BY GALLUP BELOW.... THEN WEEP!

Survey above courtesy The Gallup Organization

"Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach..." 1 Timothy 3:2 (ESV)
The word for overseer above, in the original language of the New Testament, translates into elder. Every pastor is an elder of his church and the qualifications of this position are, without question, directly from the Mind and Mouth of God. He spoke it and we had better believe it. So what part of that don't we get? 

Why are pastors...and the rest of "clergy" listed by Americans lower than College Teachers, who are corrupting our young people with pluralism, evolution and alternate lifestyle glorification - thereby minimizing and even pronouncing hatred of the Word of God? Why? Why are only 52% of Americans seeing American pastors/clergy as being men of integrity, honesty and NOT 100% or close to it....as it used to be when men like Billy Graham and David Wilkerson were in their forefront?

Could it have something to do with Congressional investigations of "Health and Wealth" Prosperity gospel "preachers"?  
Could it be these same guys with their "Word Faith" theology telling people on late night TV to sow their $1100 into these people's ministries and "shazzaaam" - all your bills will be paid and $10,000 checks will show up in the mail and you will drive a BMW i740..."because God wants you to"?
Could it be folks went to church and Sunday School all through living at mom and dad's...even youth group...then even raise their hands or said a prayer....but it meant nothing to them?
Could it be they sit in...or used to sit, in a pew Sunday after Sunday and listen to a nice sounding Bible lecture, technically correct from the text, but it had absolutely NO relation to their lives or what they have to face at work or school on Monday morning?
Could it be somebody like Rob Bell telling them there is no place like hell, so live and believe what you want, because ....well, you know the rest of the claptrap!
Could it have something to do with one high profile sex scandal after another - from biblically unqualified men like Eddie Long to Jack Schaap over in Indiana?
Could it be calls and requests for money week after week for this worthwhile project after another - all good things - but they see no leadership from the pulpit or change in the conditions of the heart of society?

It could be (and is) a myriad of things. But no matter what the combination of factors, this is really a foul odor before the Lord. We have persecuted Persians risking their lives to preach and reach and lead thousands to Christ in Iran and the rest of the world...beaten and jailed. We have Chinese saints beaten, blinded and jailed for not being part of the official church there, because they want to follow the REAL Christ of the REAL Bible. The result of that is there are over 300 million Christians underground in China....I can go on and on, but we know all of this.

I have been reading some troubling in depth surveys by Barna in the past few years and it is getting worse out there. People wonder how Hitler and other dictators can capture the minds and even hearts of normally sane people. Well, how would you explain the coming rise of Anti-christ?! Well for one thing, it is easy to be intellectually lazy and then use the term "Spiritual" to define any so-called "relationship" one has with God. It is also easy to be biblically illiterate when you have well-known seminaries pumping out pastors who just teach enough to say a prayer, pass the plate, shake hands and see you next week, while building their resumes and tenure...it is easy because "that's what we pay you for"!!!!

Just two days ago, I had a conversation with a gentleman from a well known Missionary Baptist church, whose pastor just got up and walked out...then moved to Louisiana to, as they found out, "pastor" yet another church for more money! You wonder why people think we have no integrity? I know of another senior pastor of a politically active liberal congregation whose wife caught him in Las Vegas with another woman and then divorced him. He was also misusing a church credit card....and on and on....it is no wonder Clergy is ranked just higher than chiropractors and psychiatrists in occupation in the Gallup poll above!

What can we do about this? What can we do if the church leadership and committees do not demand accountability from these guys in the pulpits? Well, we walk out and find a church which does that! Don't feed the beast which is helping the culture destroying our future generations. Above all, pray for all pastors, clergy and church leadership here and around the world. We have more than anybody else, at anytime in history....with less and less to show the Lord for it! Oh, the horror of it all.....

THINK OF THESE THINGS - SATURDAY

TLC TV'S 'LONG ISLAND (NY) "MEDIUM" THERESA CAPUTO

APOSTASY, ABOMINATIONS & MEDIUMS...BUT GOD, HE HAD MOSES!

Apostasy, stupidity and lack of discernment are growing by leaps and bounds in these last days! We have reality TV shows for years like Crossing Over with John Edward and now the latest "sensation" for the lost - TLC's  "LONG ISLAND MEDIUM" - Theresa Caputo.


These are the people who claim to "see" dead people, communicate with them, as well as conduct seances and divinations. The Learning Channel (TLC) even showed her praying to Satan before she was due to meet a group of women just as stupid as she is. Is calling people like Caputo and her "clients" stupid a harsh thing? No.

Here is what HOLY GOD warned, and when God speaks, you had better listen. Do not think this warning in Deuteronomy 18:9-14 is Old Testament and you do not have to obey it. Your eternal soul is in real danger if you follow this garbage with mediums; psychics; tarot cards etc without remorse and seeking God's forgiveness
Deut 18:9-14 NKJV "⁹ “When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. ¹⁰ There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, ¹¹ or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. ¹² For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you. ¹³You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. ¹⁴ For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not appointed such for you." (emphasis mine).


MOSES


Continuing on, into our 6th week of the Hike through Hebrews 11, we have the following verses: "²⁷ By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. ²⁸ By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. 
²⁹ By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned."

Moses left this kind of system behind when he left Egypt which is still steeped in paganism.  He left this perversion behind, which Americans have picked up in their biblical ignorance, because he felt the Call of God in His Life. You see, my friends, the Holy One speaks with Clarity, Simplicity and Unity of purpose. His Spirit does the speaking for Him here on earth and dwells in the spirits of those who are redeemed and saved. This is all God needs. 

His clear and powerful Creation testify to Who He is. You don't need some conman or woman talking to a demon, who already knows who the dead person is, to relay a "message from beyond". You need revelation from Above...i.e. "A Fresh word as it were. Therefore take a look at what Moses did in Faith and BY Faith as we began the last 40 years of his 120 years here on earth and let it inspire you:


Moses felt the Call
Moses followed the Invisible
Moses fulfilled the Impossible
Moses crossed the impassable (sea)
Moses saw the incredible
Moses consecrated the immutable
Moses worshiped the Improbable
Moses marveled at the Indescribable
Moses wrote the indisputable
Moses reigns in Glory with the Unmistakeable....


That unmistakeable One is Jesus! Jesus, the Author and Perfector of our Faith Who has the answers to any question of the Life He created. No loudmouthed psychic, demoniac or horoscope book can hold a candle to my Jesus. Any questions?!

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