Thursday, July 21, 2011

Ye Shall Not Surely Die Part 4 - Unbiblical Christianity



Once Saved Forever Saved? The bible says you lie!





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The doctrine of eternal security goes so far as to say that once a person has been saved, by sincerely saying the sinner’s prayer, he cannot lose his salvation ever.  Even if he denies Jesus or continues to commit adultery blatantly or practice sorcery, God is able to keep him by his power of salvation.  And those that the Father gives to Jesus, Jesus says nobody can snatch any out of his hands.  Really?  Let’s look at the bible for examples.

1)      Judas

Judas was definitely a believer.  Judas was handpicked by Jesus to be one of the 12 apostles.  Together with the others, he was anointed with the power and sent out by Jesus twice to preach the gospel of the Kingdom.  He was able to perform healing and cast out demons by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

The bible clearly says that Judas has been lost, even though he was given to Jesus by the Father

Joh 17:12  While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled

Does this not clearly show that once a person denies Jesus, he has removed himself out of the will of the Father, and off to hell he goes. A believer can turn into a son of perdition! This is by far the clearest example of a believer, an apostle even going to hell.

2)      Hermeneus, Alexander and Philetus

These 3 were very probably teachers and leaders.  And they were leading people astray with their words, vain babblings and teachings to the extent of shipwrecking their faith.  Let see these few verses :

2Ti 2:17  And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; 2Ti 2:18  Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.  2Ti 2:19  Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

1Ti 1:18  This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;  1Ti 1:19  Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:  1Ti 1:20  Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Weren’t they believers?  They were!  And does Paul sound like he is saying they can still be saved despite their erroneous ways and blasphemy? Surely being “delivered unto Satan”  can only mean condemnation.

3)      Diotrephes

Diotrephes was a believer and a church leader of whom we do not know much, save for what John tells us about him:

3Jn 1:9  I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 3Jn 1:10  Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.  3Jn 1:11  Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

John urges the other believers not to follow the evil ways of Diotrephes because he that is evil has not seen God.  Again, does it look like Diotrephes is going to heaven, unless he turns away from evil?

4)      Ananias and Saphira

Luke relates to us the record of this husband and wife couple in Acts 5, where they sold their property and brought the money to the feet of Peter, to support church life.  So, they were definitely believers, committed enough to sell their property and give the money for the benefit of believers.  However, they did not give truthfully, pretending that they had given all when in fact they had kept back a part of the money.  For this sin of deceit, they died at the words of Peter who said they had lied to God. 

Shall we argue that they are going to heaven to be with God?

And while on these 2 persons, I cannot resist the opportunity to mention that the false teacher Joseph Prince definitely has not read Acts chapter 5.  On page 57 & 58 of his book “Destined to Reign”, he revealed his ignorance of the bible by asking the reader to prove that God had ever punished any New Testament believer who is under grace.  Big names often speak nonsense and write nonsense; which is why I always tell people “Stop reading books that explain the bible, read the bible!”

5)      Saul

1Sa 11:6   tells us the Spirit of God had came upon Saul.  And 1 Samuel 16:14 tell us that the Spirit of God departed from Saul. A person anointed by the Holy Spirit can still lose the anointing and the Spirit leaves him!

Do you think Saul is in heaven after showing himself so disobedient to God?

We can still talk about Adam and Eve, and their son Cain.  In the same vein, they were worshippers of the great Creator God.  The bible clearly says that death came through Adam.  If Adam’s death is purely bodily death, does Jesus need to come to die and live that all may live?

How do the “Once Saved Forever Saved” proponents respond to the above?  There are 2 common ways, the most popular of which is:

“Oh, these people were not really saved from the beginning”, and the other is to ignore these scriptures and continue to push to you their “proof verses”.

As I often countered the Jehovah Witnesses who come to my house, “If you can only push your explanation for your proof verses, while you are being unable to explain, or choose to ignore the other scriptural verses that run counter to your proof verses, something is surely wrong!  Either your explanation is wrong or the bible is self-contradictory, inconsistent and unreliable!”

Jesus made it very clear when He explained:

Mat 7:21  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  Mat 7:22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?  Mat 7:23  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

These people call Jesus “Lord”, meaning they are believers and followers. These people were empowered by the Holy Spirit to perform miracles and signs and wonders.  These believers were expecting to be received by Jesus to enter into the Kingdom of God, but were rejected.

So,  do you still want to hold on to your belief that you can be a sinful, lying, disobedient, unrepentant follower of Jesus and still enter into his Kingdom?

And did not Jesus say:

Joh 8:32  And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free


                                                     

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

The Egoistic Love For High-sounding Titles In Order To Deceive


Are You an Reverend?  Are You An Apostle?

The bible warns us of a false religion that will dominate the world, and will work hand in hand with a "one world government".

The bible also warns Christians of false prophets and false teachers who will be part of that false religious system generally known as the Babylonian church.  We will know them by their fruits; not by what miracles they can do or how good their preaching sounds.

The bible is full of warnings.  Christians, however do not like to listen to warnings.  Christians like to feel good, and deceive themselves feeling good.  Which is why Jesus says, the road to heaven is straight and narrow; many will look for it but will not find it.  Instead, they will find the broad road to destruction.  Many are now on that broad road, feeling good about themselves, having been lured there by false teachers and false prophets.  And many of these false teachers and prophets are easily recognized by their fruits, and the lust for high sounding titles is one of the fruits to watch out for. 

Let me today talk about a few titles church leaders take on for themselves, to facilitate their ability to deceive.  In the secular world of Malaysia, we see many con-men assuming titles of "Datuks" for themselves and using these titles to deceive others.  ( For the benefit of  non-Malaysian reader, “Datuk”-ship is equivalent to the “Lordship” title handed out by the British royalty to certain people).  People easily fall for titles.  So, even in the church, Christians also easily fall for people with titles.


Reverend is whose name?

Let's start with the title "Reverend".  The word reverend means "worthy of adoration or reverence". 
 
You see, in all bibles, there is no mention of this word as a job or role.  It does not exist in that form.  In fact, in most bibles, you cannot find this word at all.  However, in the King James Bible you will see this word appearing only once as an adjective, and here it is:

Psa 111:9  He sent redemption unto his people: He hath commanded His covenant for ever: holy and reverend is His name. 

Clearly this adjective is reserved for use with Yahweh’s name only.  Only Yahweh's name is REVEREND, and nobody else’s name can be reverend.  But today, you have so many Reverend So and So. So, to that certain Reverend Chan Kow Chye, reverend is his name, just like reverend is Yahweh's name. Not content with making themselves equal with Yahweh, vain church leaders have even upgraded it to Very Reverend, Most Reverend, Right Reverend.  So you see, they even consider themselves more reverend than Yahweh!  Most Reverend indeed! Even more reverend than Yahweh.  My! My!

So, senior pastors are not content being just senior. They would love something higher than being a senior.  ( As we say in Malaysia, "Where got "senior pastor" in the bible, wan! ).  But indeed they have made their own names reverend as well.  Reverend not only is the name of Yahweh, but so also are the names of Reverend Timothy Sing, Reverend Edmund Kandasamy, Reverend John Doe and the likes of them..  Is your name really reverend, as the name of Yahweh is?  O sinful and pompous man, are you worthy of adoration and reverence as Yahweh is?  What Blasphemy!

You an Apostle, too?

Let us look at another title "Apostle".  There are now many apostles.  But admittedly, not all churches have the temerity to adopt that title for some of their leaders.  Some churches love to do it more than others. You find them in Malaysia, and also in the West.  But what does the bible tell us about who can be an apostle?

Let us study the passage at the end of Acts 1.  The disciples had gathered themselves and decided that the Lord must have 12 apostles.  With the death of Judas, 11 were left.  So they spoke godly words among themselves and took it upon themselves to appoint another person.  They picked 2 names, Justus, and Matthias. Not knowing who should be the finalist, they decided that they can twist a decision from God by drawing lots.  The lot fell on Matthias. Matthias thus became the apostle appointed by men. These men thought that they have forced God's hand to confirm his appointment by drawing lots.  But did you notice that Matthias' name was never mentioned again in the bible from that point on?  Now, what does bible teach you here? God DOES NOT RECOGNIZE Matthias as an apostle.  We cannot do God's job for Him.  And so, in His own time, in Acts 9, God went on to appoint Saul as the 12th apostle, the one to replace Judas.  If God had recognized Matthias as an apostle, the book of Revelation would say that there are 13 instead of only 12 of them!  But no! there are only 12:

Rev 21:14  And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
 There will always be 12 apostles. Period.

You see, every Apostle was personally appointed by Jesus.  That is the only way.  But today, the church institutions that are supposed to understand the bible are doing exactly what the 11 apostles did with Matthias.  They know the word, yet they offend the word.  They think they can usurp the power of Jesus and appoint apostles. And very senior pastors ( would they appoint a junior to this title?) hungry for high sounding titles grab this man-appointed apostleship.  And Christians foolishly fall for this title, and pander to anyone having it.

And, see what Jesus says to the church at Ephesus in the book of Revelations about some apostles:

Rev 2:2  I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars
No! Man cannot appoint apostles.  Only Jesus can.  So if any "apostle" tells me that his Apostle title has been given to him by Jesus in a vision or a dream, I would first give him the benefit of the doubt, at least.  I would then observe his ministry to confirm it through the correctness of his teachings, and his other fruits to see if he is one of those liars.  But if he says that his apostleship comes from this and that Christian body ...... that is a fake apostleship, the apostleship of Matthias.  He is definitely a liar.  So who appointed that apostle in your church?


Other man-created Titles

So, there is no need for me to talk about the other titles like Pope, Cardinal, Arch Bishop etc, etc.  They are not biblical. Just high-sounding man-created titles for the purpose of religious deception, power, and control. 

Are you a fool for titles because you do not read the bible properly?

Jesus says,
John 8:32  "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

( If you consider this article erroneous in any way, do correct me and defend yourselves in the comments below.  I will not edit a word of your response.  If you do not, it is only because you know you have no defense. And yet, knowing your inequity you would not repent, but choose to continue in it.  )