Beware of false teaching

I have read several articles lately dealing with proliferation of false doctrine. False doctrine has been around since the dawn of human history. However, today we have a deceptive insidious form of false doctrine that is creeping into every aspect of our lives. From public schools to churches, from military doctrine to banking laws; every aspect of life is under the attack of the enemy. In a nutshell, this form of false doctrine does two things.

1. It convinces us that deep down, we are good and don't really need God.
2. It promotes a different form of thinking away from freedom and absolutes; and toward community and relativity.

According to this teaching, all men are good. We are not really sinners in need of a Savior but actually can achieve a god-like status by discovering our inner self and then developing that self by way of harmonizing with those around us and with the universe. If this sounds familiar it is. It is a more exotic form of mysticism. The Biblical truths of sin and good vs. evil are watered down to the point of non-existence. God becomes whatever you want him to be.

This false doctrine also promotes a different from of thinking. In school I was taught reading, writing, and arithimetic. All these subjects require known facts and rules in order to work. Literally, 2 + 2 = 4, you don't end sentences with prepositions etc.. Today, the trend is toward holistic thinking. Holistic thinking involves your perception of things not facts. However you perceive something to be then that is what it is for you. If in your perception the holocaust never occurred then that's ok, because you are exercising your perception.

This form of false teaching involves famous T.V. personalities such as Oprah Winfrey (google what she is teaching on her daily XM radio broadcast). World leaders, media moguls and famous church leaders are in on the gig. Many churches who call themselves Christian have bought into this deception lock, stock, and barrel.

This deceptive form of thinking will be the perfect tool for the antichrist. At some point, he will step onto the world scene and easily take the reigns of the world and drive it to destruction. The concept of globalism and unification is rampant the world over. He will unite the world and give it exactly what it wants.

God calls us to live as free individuals. It is true that we are to support and love one another. To look out for each other and to worship together. But our unity is based completely on the person of Jesus Christ. It is He who unifies us as a body of believers. It is the presence of the Trinity in our lives that makes us "one in Christ". As the rapture approaches, we will see more and more people falling away from the true faith. The deception will become world wide and millions will want nothing to do with Jesus Christ. For His teaching of absolutism and the narrow way to eternal life will not fit into their "perception" of reality. He will become too harsh and too unforgiving. And that means that you and I who are true believers, advancing to maturity will become hated as well.

But thats ok, because we know the outcome.

Harpazo

The word "harpazo" is a Greek word that means "snatched away, saved from imminent danger". The word appears a handful of times in the New Testament. One of the passages in which it is used is 1 Thessolonians 4.17. The passage promises that Christians will be "caught up" and saved from imminent danger. The imminent danger from which we will be saved is the tribulation. The church will not go through the tribulation, period. We who are believers in the church age will be caught up into the clouds and meet Jesus Christ face to face. This is a promise found in the New Testament.

There are some who believe that the church will be raptured halfway through the tribulation. Others believe that the rapture will occur synonomous with the second coming of Christ at the end of the tribulation. Still others believe that Jesus will not come back until mankind makes it all right for Him to do so. However, when one interprets the Bible dispensationally and literally it becomes clear that the rapture will indeed take place 7 years prior to the second coming of Jesus Christ. The 7 years between the rapture and the second coming will be the tribulation. The tribulation will be the absolute worst time in all of human history. Billions will die and the earth will be ravished beyond comprehension. Jesus promised that if those days had not been shortened, no one would surive.

If you are a Christian and disagree with what I have said please write back. If you are a Christian and agree with what I have said please write back. If you are an unbeliever the only issue for you is to exercise faith in the Son of God, Believe, nothing else.

The moochers

Recently, my son who is a freshman in high school, was accused of being a racist. The accuser was....his teacher. The discussion in class that day revolved around illegal immigration. At some point my son made the statement, "all the illegal immigrants crossing our southern border are moochers". His teacher immediately called him a racist in front of his classmates. Was I upset, you bet; did I want to confront the man..uh YEA!! but then a superior of mine made me realize that my direct involvement would appear that I was the "hammer" behind my son's statement. So I will probably say nothing except to tell him to quit accusing my son of being racist.

On to the real issue. Illegal immigrants who cross our borders are just that, "ILLEGAL immigrants". Certainly, many of those who cross contribute to the work force in a big way. I have seen Mexican nationals working like dogs and doing an excellent job at what they do. But crossing our borders without going through the proper channels is wrong. I have no problem whatsoever with people from other countries entering the U.S. as long as they beocme U.S. citizens. But alas, when we have a congress that encourages illegal entrance, well, that problem speakes for itself.

Anyone who uses our health system and other government services free of charge is a moocher. Therefore, it is not only some of the illegal immigrants who are mooching but a vast majority of our own citizens.

You want to live in our country, great. Do it legally and get a job.

Choose this day whom you will serve

If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, a battle rages within you every moment of every day. It is a battle between your OSN (old sin nature) and the indwelling Holy Spirit. Before you were saved, you were a dichotomous person. That is you possessed two parts, a body and a soul. After salvation you became a trichotomous person possessing a body, soul, and a spirit. Your spirit was "regenerated" by the Holy Spirit and became the Divine receptor organ to learn and apply Doctrine. But the old man, the old sin nature is still there. Your OSN will be dealt with at physical death, in the mean time, the battle rages.

Life is about choices. Every day we are faced with myriads of them. And it always boils down to making good choices or bad ones. If we are under the leadership and yielded to the Holy Spirit, we make good choices; if we are under the influence of the OSN, we make bad ones. So choose this day, whom will you serve? The OSN or the Holy Spirit.