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Authors of Confusion Pt. 2 – Norman Geisler

click on photo for more info — This comparative study shows that Protestants and Catholics are not as separated theologically as they may think.

Norman Geisler (PhD, Loyola University) is president of Southern Evangelical Seminary and author or coauthor of over fifty books including Decide for Yourself, Baker’s Encyclopedia of Apologetics, and When Skeptics Ask. Geisler is a highly respected author among evangelicals. However, he also affirms Roman Catholicism as though it were Christianity. The photo above is a link to Geisler’s book, which is highly spoken of by Roman Catholics. The proof is in the reviews written about the book by Roman Catholics on amazon.

But is Roman Catholicism even close to Christianity???

Roman Catholicism has a long list of heretical doctrines and practices that disqualifies it from being accepted as Christianity.

Some of which are…

The belief that Jesus Christ came to earth to make men gods. Which is a different gospel.
The belief that the Roman Catholic church has authority over Christ, who must agree with all of the religion’s’ added doctrines, because the church is reigning in his place here on earth.
The belief in worshiping and praying to dead saints.
The belief that salvation is attained through human excursion. Which is a different gospel.
The belief that the church has the write to practice forced conversions; even through torture.
The belief that the Pope is Christ veiled in human flesh. Which is a different Jesus.
Affirms all faiths and practices as legitimate for attaining salvation. Which is a different gospel.
Has practiced the persecution and murder of Christians and Jews throughout it’s reign as a political super power over the kings of Europe. Which makes it a false church.
The belief that it’s Eucharist and wine become the literal blood and body of Christ, and therefore, teaches a different Jesus. This Jesus is encased in sun-rays, which symbolizes Baal, the Sun god.
The belief that Mary is the “Queen of Heaven”. Thus equating Mary with the universal goddess worship of Ashera, the wife of Baal, the Sun god. Thus making Jesus the son within the ancient mother/father/son trinity.

Yet, Geisler affirms this religion as Christian. This man is a deceiver and a wolf, who is using his influence to bring Protestants under the influence and leadership of Rome. The link above contains a number of book reviews, by Roman Catholics, praising Geisler for his depiction of Catholic doctrine.

This type of book invites both Protestants and Catholics to a ecumenical discussion where Scripture is not an authority. The result of this book will be for Christians who are fans of Geisler to let their guard down when dealing with this deceptive, false, church. Their thinking will be that if Geisler says Catholicism isn’t so bad, then it must not be so bad after all.

But what does God’s word say about deceivers who’s doctrine is contrary to the gospel?

2John 1

8   Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
9   Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
10   If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
11   For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

Galatians 1

8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

The Universal Doctrine

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What does the New Age religion, Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, Kenneth Copland, Kenneth Hagin and Paul Crouch all have in common?
They all claim that men are gods and can create their own reality.

They are all apart of the same religion.

It is the universal doctrine of the Occult.

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These “Word of Faith” teachers are teaching the ancient doctrine of the serpent; that we can be like God.

Genesis 3

4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

They are teaching temptation.

2Corinthians 11
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

2John 1

8   Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.
9   Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.
10   If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him;
11   for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.

Freemasonry in Seventh-Day Advetism

The photo below is a link to an online documentation of masonic quotes from the writings of Ellen G. White. Ellen G. White was the major pioneer of the Seventh-Day Adventist religion.

After looking up the various quotes listed in the document, the claims made in it were found to be true. Ellen G. White’s books can be found online simply by typing in her name and the titles of her books in a search engine.

Seventh-Day Adventism is a cult that claims to be the true Christian religion. What makes this religion a cult is its redefining of who Jesus Christ is, as well as his gospel. Ellen G. White taught that Jesus was the Arch Angel, Michael, and that believing in his work of atonement for our sins was insufficient to bring salvation to anyone. Adventists are required to keep the Old Covenant law as well as other laws that Ellen G. White introduced, such as abstaining from eating meat. The Apostle Paul called this a different gospel, since it claims that salvation through believing in Jesus Christ, and his work of atonement and resurrection, is not enough for salvation.

Galatians 1
6   I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,
7   which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
8   But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
9   As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.

Galatians 3
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?

10   For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.”
11   But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.”
12   Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.”
13   Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),
14   that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Galatians 5
4   You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
5   For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
14   For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Seventh-Day Adventist leaders are deceivers who try to gain converts by telling Christians that God requires his people to keep the Old Covenant Law. They use Christians’ lack of knowledge about the sabbath day against them. Since most Christians have a shallow understanding of the gospel and how it relates to the law, they are easily confused about the significance of the sabbath day. Many are still under the impression that it is about the rest from their 9 to 5 jobs, and do not realize that the sabbath day is a type and foreshadow of the rest that would be provided for us through Jesus Christ’ work of atonement on our behalf. And this is the rest that we now labor to enter. That is, to learn to cease from our work to justify ourselves before God, and to instead, place our faith in Christ’ righteousness provided for us through his death, burial and resurrection on our behalf.

Hebrews 4
1   Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.
2   For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
3   For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: ” So I swore in My wrath, ‘ They shall not enter My rest,’ ” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4   For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;
5   and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.”
6   Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience,
7   again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: ” Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”
8   For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.
9   There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
10   For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.
11   Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.

Colossians 2
11   In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
12   buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
13   And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
14   having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
15   Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
16   So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths,
17   which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
18   Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19   and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.

1Timothy 4
1   Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,
2   speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,
3   forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
4   For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;
5   for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

The masonic terms used by Ellen G. White in her writings gives us a better understanding of the god of Seventh-Day Adventism. The god of Seventh-Day Adventism is the same god of Freemasonry.

And who is the god of Freemasonry???

“Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!” [Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, p. 321, 19th Degree of Grand Pontiff]

2John 1
8   Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.
9   Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.
10   If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him;
11   for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.

Ephesians 5
11   And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
12   For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
13   But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.
14   Therefore He says: ” Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”

Roman Catholic Mysticism Creeping into Reformed Camps

Roman Catholicism Creeping into Reformed Camps — John Piper shares a time of Transcendental Meditation with, Christian Mystic, Beth Moore

The photo, above, is a link to “Apprising Ministries'” website. And there, it has posted an article to inform believers of the deceptive approach to synergising Christianity with New Age practices. It is proof that the New Age religion not only targets unorthodox churches, but all denominations. Therefore, we all must practice discernment. Reformed Theology is not a shield to protect us from deception and error, but God’s word is. It speaks to every matter of faith and practice. Therefore, Scripture is what we must meditate upon, day and night.

2Timothy 3

16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Can Astrology be Trusted?

Can Astrology be trusted? To find the answer to this question, lets first understand both its definition and origins.

Astrology is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs which hold that the relative positions of celestial bodies and related details can provide information about personality, human affairs and other “earthly” matters.

Astrology originated in ancient Mesopotamia after the biblical flood account described in Genesis. Civilization had its second beginning in this region. That includes the religious beliefs, practices and mythology. One of which is astrology. Astrology can be found all over the world because these same people took their religion with them as they spread throughout the world.

But how was the craft invented? Or more specifically, “Who invented it”?

When God created the Heavens, he had a purpose for the various planets and stars.

Genesis 1

14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years;
15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

But this isn’t the same as astrology. Also, God specifically speaks against astrology and other forms of religious practices by calling it divination and prohibits his people from practicing it.

Deuteronomy 18

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.
13   You 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.

Deuteronomy 4

19 And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them, which the LORD your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage.

Jeremiah 10

2 Thus says the LORD: ” Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven, For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.

So far we see that God is not the one who invented or handed astrology down to mankind. But we do see, from these passages, that God is actually against it. Therefore, whoever invented or handed astrology down to mankind is not a friend of God, nor a servant of God. On the contrary, such a one must be God’s enemy.

Question;

Who in the Bible, does God acknowledge as his enemy?

Genesis 3

1   Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
2   And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3   but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ “
4   Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
5   For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
14   So the LORD God said to the serpent: ” Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life.
15   And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”

Revelation 12

7   And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
8   but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer.
9   So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

From these passages we can clearly see that the enemy of God is Satan.

Now that God’s enemy is identified, lets see if we can also learn…

Who exactly is Satan?

And why did he invent astrology for mankind to live by?

Ezekiel 28

12 You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13   You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
14   ” You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
15   You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you.
16   ” By the abundance of your trading You became filled with violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as a profane thing Out of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery stones.
17   ” Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor

Isaiah 14

12   ” How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!
13   For you have said in your heart: ‘ I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north;
14   I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’
15   Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit.

Isaiah 42

8 I am the LORD, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.

John 10

10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.

John 8

44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

Based upon these passage, Satan is…

A fallen angel
Wise
Majestic to look upon
A thief; He tries to steal worship from the true God by deceiving angels and mankind to worship him instead.
A liar
A murderer
One who desires to be like God
One who desires to be worshiped
The one who exalted himself above the stars of Heaven.

So where is the connection between what we know of Satan and astrology?

Remember that Satan said this in is heart…

I will ascend into heaven,

I will exalt my throne above the stars of God

I will also sit on the mount of the congregation

On the farthest sides of the north

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds

I will be like the Most High.’

Therefore, Astrology was invented by a lying, murdering, thief. His goal is to deceive the nations and lead them to destruction.That is why Satan invented astrology as well as the other occult religions of the world. In astrology, the stars and planets are gods. This is one of the major ways in which Satan receives worship, because he, as leader of the fallen angels, is honored as the most high god among all of the gods of the cosmos.

But is astrology even needed???

Remember,

Jeremiah 10

2 Thus says the LORD: ” Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven, For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are futile

Matthew 4
4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ “

Therefore, astrology is futile. But the word of God abides forever.

And what word/teaching does God want us to know and live by.

John 3

14   And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15   that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
16   For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
17   For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18   “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Romans 3

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 5

12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned

18 Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.

Romans 5

John 14

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Mark 1

14 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

1John 2

2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

1John 1

8   If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9   If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10   If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

John 8

12 “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

31   Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
32   And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
34   Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.
35   And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever.
36   Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

1John 5

18   We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.
19   We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
20   And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
21   Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Columbine Child of Darkness

Groping in the dark

this child doesn’t know that the lights are out

He’s feeling and touching

Creeping and crawling

He doesn’t know that the viper might strike-out

It’s a lonely dark room

And he has nothing to do

How could he even know

that he needs to be found

So he stumbles and play

He’s come a mighty long way

Going nowhere

so no difference does it make

His toys are his friends

and some of them are benign and cute

But if it weren’t for the dark

the others would bring terror

Because they’re less toys, than they are spooks

They crawl

They climb

They’re covered in slime

They’re full of venom that can paralyze

And some can kill with one bite

But that won’t be the fate of this little one’s demise

He’s in for a much darker surprise

Because although this child is in the dark

he is anything but alone

Hovering over him is a beast from Sheol

That’s hungry for his soul

He has a devious plan

for this lost son of limbo

That is a spectacular show of terror

To inspire all those like himself

who thrive on darkness’s power

Condemned to rejection’s black isolation

They shall shine in their darkest hour

Chanting the death lullaby

The nursery-rhyme of terror

It’s pain internalized

Turned into evil

Climbing new heights

Knocking down doors

Shooting from the tower

Their persecutors are running for cover

It sounds like murder

It smells like blood

They’re crying out in anger

“Our generation is lost”

Beware of the danger

Take heed to the cross

Christ, the “Risen Savior”

has paid the high cost

For the child who sits in darkness

He is the chief cornerstone

whom the builders cast off

For all of those rejected and isolated

He was stricken and afflicted

Nevertheless he was innocent

Being led like sheep to the slaughter

Even his disciples abandoned him

In isolation he carried our sins

where none would dare to wander

He paid the price for transgressions

He was the “Chief of Martyrs”

Shinning in his darkest hour

Bringing an end to the reign of terror

And redeeming those who thrive on darkness’s power

And the “Gospel of Peace”

for pain morphed into evil

Secluded to the confines of the lonely dark tower

It sounds like redemption

Is it the end of deprivation

It smells like a new creation

For all those who sit in darkness

The Lord and his Christ

Has become their salvation

Modern Day Idols

It’s easy to mock ancient cultures for their love of carved images and the mythology that surrounded them. But do we understand why the ancient civilizations were so passionate about their false gods? Or are we too quick to pass judgment upon those who we are not able to understand? Do we really know what made these ancient idols so alluring? And are there any objects of love and devotion in our own lives that we may not have compared to the archaic forms of idolatry?

First, “Why the ancient civilizations were so passionate about their false gods?”

The answer is the same for them as it is for us.

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,
21   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.
22   Professing to be wise, they became fools,
23   and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man — and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
28 …they did not like to retain God in their knowledge…

So according to Scripture, the reason for the ancient people’s love for their idols, started with their rejection of the true God and everything that they knew about him. They took him for granted by not being thankful for his life sustaining grace.

They also thought they were wise enough to reinvent God. This made them fools since true wisdom is found in the fear of the Lord, and their rebellion was the exact opposite of the fear of the Lord. The result was a love for the work of their own hands, opinions, imaginations, and high-mindedness, which exalted itself about the wisdom and knowledge of the true God.

And what was the result of these sins?

Romans 1

24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves

28   And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
29   being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
30   backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31   undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful;
32   who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

Now that’s was the ancient world. But what about us today?

Understand that the love of false gods is rooted in the rejection of the true God.

Do we reject the knowledge of the true God?

Are we ungrateful and take him for granted?

Are we wise in our own eyes, and even think that we are equal with God?

Do we love the work of our own hands?

Do we exalt our own opinions, imaginations, and high-mindedness above the knowledge of God?

Has God delivered us over to all uncleanness?

And do we delight in, and praise, those who do the same?

And do we idolized them, saying, “He’s my idol” or “She’s my idol”?

All of this is modern day idolatry.

But is idol worship really all that bad? After all, it comes so naturally to us!

How does God feel about idol worship?

Exodus 20

3   ” You shall have no other gods before Me.
4   ” You shall not make for yourself a carved image — any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
5   you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
6   but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

1Corinthians 10

14   Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
19   What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?
20   Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
21   You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.
22   Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Therefore, behind every idol is a demon.

So when we worship idols we’re actually worshiping demons.

1Corinthians 6

9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

1John 5

Can Christians Live the “American Dream”?

First, what exactly is the “American Dream”?

The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence which proclaims that “all men are created equal” and that they are “endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights” including “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

According to Scripture, life and liberty came from God as a gift to mankind. Man did nothing to earn this “life & liberty”, but it was simply given out of the goodness of God’s heart.

Genesis 2
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Genesis 1
26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Therefore, Scripture supports the idea that man was created to have life and liberty.

But what about the fact that Christians are now in Jesus Christ and are no longer living for themselves. Does life & liberty still apply in this case? And what about the “pursuit of happiness”? Did Jesus come down to earth as a man, die, rose from the dead and ascend into Heaven so that we can live the “American Dream”? Is the “American Dream” Christian living???

Lets see what the Bible has to say about all of this.

Concerning the right to “Life”

Genesis 2

15   Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.
16   And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;
17   but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Genesis 3

6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

17   Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: ” Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.
18   Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field.
19   In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”

Romans 5

12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned

So God gave mankind life. But Adam, our forefather sinned, causing everyone who was born through him to have the sentence of death upon them. Therefore, we all have the right to die. As it is written,

Hebrews 9

27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,

And this is why Jesus came into the world.

Romans 5

6   For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7   For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.
8   But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
18   Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.

Luke 19

10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

So what must we do to receive this gift of justification and life from Jesus Christ?

Acts 16

31 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved

Acts 2

Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins

So every follower of Jesus Christ is given eternal life. But what about “Liberty”. Is a Christian still free to do whatever he or she pleases with there life?

That’s a good question. But lets first address something that was skipped. We’ll let Jesus address it.

John 8

34 Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

Therefore, sin a the master of every person. And there is another master which the world has to contend with.

Genesis 3

4   Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
5   For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6   So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Romans 6

16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

Matthew 4

8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

Ephesians 6

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

1John 5

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Therefore, America and its “dream” belongs to Satan. The “American Dream” is Satan’s temptation.

In others words, no one is free to do whatever they want. Therefore, Jesus Christ came to give us a different type of liberty. The liberty from our slave masters called sin and Satan.

John 8

31 f you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

Everyone in Christ has a new master.

John 13

13 You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.

John 14

23 If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words

Since Jesus is our master, what does he have to say about the “Pursuit of Happiness”?

Luke 9

“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
25 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?

Luke 14

33 So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

Mark 10

23   Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!”
24   And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!
25   It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

So if we can’t live according to our own desires and pursue the things that make us happy, how in the world, are we supposed to live???

Mark 10

28   Then Peter began to say to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You.”
29   So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s,
30   who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time — houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions — and in the age to come, eternal life.

2Corinthians 5

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Philippians 1

21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

‎2 Timothy 3
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

John 15

12   This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
13   Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
14   You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

1John 3

16   By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17   But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
18   My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
19   And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

Is this kind of life synonymous with the “American Dream”?

No. Not at all. It is much better!

It is belief in the one true God.

It leads to eternal life.

And it is the pursuit of pleasing the one who freed us from our sins.

As for the “American Dream”…

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1John 2

Have you come across a different Gospel and a different Christ?

Here are the signs of…

…A different gospel and a different Christ

First, it is the doctrine of the occult, which teaches

You don’t need to seek God.

Just look within; to the christ in you.

We are all little christs

You can create your own reality with the words you speak, your heart felt desires and the power of your will.

You are responsible for everything that has happened in your life, whether good or bad.

You determine your own destiny.

Man is god.

Christ came to earth to make men gods.

God’s desire is for you to be a winner in this life, and for your earthly dreams to come true.

Jesus Christ never claimed to be God.

God, the creator, is the biggest failure in the universe.

God cannot do anything in this world without our permission.

We give him permission through our prayers and positive confession.

However, this isn’t the God of Scripture.

That “god” sounds more like a fallen angel; namely Satan.

But according to the occult’ doctrine, the god of the occult is “Satan”.

And the occult’ “christ” is the antichrist.

Therefore, this shows that these TV preachers knowingly worship Satan, since they teach all of these doctrines, as shown in this video.

1John 2

15   Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16   For all that is in the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life — is not of the Father but is of the world.
17   And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
26   These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you.
27   But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.

1John 5

19   We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
20   And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
21   Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

2John 1

7   For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
8   Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.
9   Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.
10   If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him;
11   for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.

Trojan

After trotting under foot

They multiply and spread

Resistance is futile

So the war must finally end

A foe unstoppable

What is a king to do?

For a doctrine, other worldly

It’s death over life they’ll always choose

Mock, exile and torture

Will only make them stronger

Hunt, entrap and slaughter

Their faith will never falter

Now take a different course

Brute force will not prevail

Go down into their dungeon

And free them from their jail

Tell them all is well

And that you have seen the light

Elevate their position

Let them spread their wings in flight

Lavish on them wealth

Merge your power with their craft

Make of them kingly priests

Forsaking their lowly pass

Harness their beliefs

Shape them to your purpose

Let them preach it to the masses

And the teachings make conversions

A confederacy of kings

Once divided, now united

Anointed by the father

It’s Caesar reemerging

Garbed in holy vestments

Trading toga for Triple Crown

The unstoppable foe is conquered

He has cast them to the ground

Stomp them down at last

Other worldly doctrine deposed

Thinking him to be their savior

He’s become their little horn.

2Thessalonians 2

3 “…the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”

Daniel 7

“…Shall persecute the saints of the Most High…”