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officialyourdailyinspiration · 1 year

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The Plain Truth of False Doctrine

by J.C. Ryle

The plain truth of false doctrine has been the chosen engine which Satan has employed in every age to stop the progress of the Gospel of Christ.

Finding himself unable to prevent the Fountain of Life being opened, he has labored incessantly to poison the streams which flow from it. If he could not destroy it, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction, or substitution. In a word he has ‘corrupted men’s minds.

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pugzman3 · 1 year

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Hello, thanks for sharing what you do. I just don't know where you get your sources from. How do you form your opinion on stuff? How did you come to these places of calling out JM? What blog do you read etc? I need more information my friend. I want the truth too but i need more details. How is Voddie bad etc? where can i read more about it please?

I form my opinion based on the Words of God, plain and simple.

When he woke me up, I realized I knew I needed to know his words. I didn't want to rely on a preacher. So I got a Bible, I prayed to be shown the words, and I read it. And when I was done, I read it again, and then again, and then again, and then again, and still. I pray each time before I read. Everyday, I make time for it, I will adjust my day around it. It makes zero sense to me for someone to say they love Jesus, but the only time they open the book is when their preacher says to, but that's what happens. And I say the KJV, because I understand the history, I understand the connections between what certain people did in the 1800's and the dispensational teachings, I understand the long term game.

So when it comes to people like John MacArthur and Voddie, and even the local pastor, I hold what they say up to Jesus' words. BUT!!!!!!! when you do that, you can never let your guard down, because they are well trained in what they do. They will speak truth 9 out of 10 times. But the 10th time will be the one that gets you. But we are lazy, hence the convenience of listening over reading, we live in a cult of personality society, so we are always looking to follow someone that tickles our ear, and we are creatures of comfort, so even when we hear that poison, we choose to stay, because it's easier to stay rather than explain to family friends that preacher why you are walking away.

As far as blogs, no particular blog, I pic things up here and there, then check it, and when verified, I look and see who they associate with, then peak at them to see what they say. And to me, it only takes one false doctrine. Because if you can't preach the words of Jesus 100% without fear of society, if you can't call out other preachers for not doing the same, if you teach doctrines that came from ungodly apostates and have to twist scripture to "legitimize" what you're saying, if you have no problem doing tours with other apostate preachers, what good are you?

Galatians 1:9

“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.”

So if you want more truth, get back into the Bible.

Jesus is truth. It is why I say it so much. Get back in the Bible.

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hiswordsarekisses · 2 years

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When false teaching is embraced it means that a person is rejecting the plain words of Christ is in exchange for someone else's word. This is blatant spiritual adultery and idolatry.

If we chase goosebumps the devil will surely provide them. He never appears evil and obvious - he appears spiritual and beautiful and goosebumpy. He knows exactly what we are looking for and he knows just how to slip it to us so that we think it that it just has to be Yahweh because it’s just so wonderful.

It won’t seem bad - he may even lure us in with what sounds scriptural just like he tried to do with Jesus in the wilderness. It may even seem holy and anointed as he pulls us in where he wants us.

The first false teacher, Satan, gave us insight into how false teaching works. Satan denied reality, denied negativity, and denied God’s promises of punishment for disobeying Him, “You will not surely die״ - he used the Word to try to deceive The Word Himself by clipping it out of context and twisting it… you think he won’t do the same with us?

He puts everything in a positive light. Satan only ever offers positive blessings as a result of choosing His ways. Drink that drink so you forget your problems. Let your anger rage so you feel relieved of letting them have it. Divorce your wife to find someone that meets your needs.

This is Satan’s destructive approach because he comes to steal, kill, and destroy. He makes everything look wonderful and gives goosebumps on top of goosebumps to deceive those who are ignorant of, or have forgotten God’s Word... And unless we are abiding in it as commanded, we are forgetting it even if we do not realize it. Every time we walk contrary to God we open the door to deception and the thief snatched the Word away.

We are being transformed by whatever it is we behold the most. That is why we were instructed to abide in God’s Word, because He knew this is how we would stay safe - to love His truth and abide in it, so that we could not be deceived by goosebumps.

“Teach and urge these things. If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing.” (1 Timothy chapter 6)

- DJK (His Words Are Kisses)

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Apostles Were Convinced Jesus Would Return Soon Graphic 08 NOTE #1: In Acts 2:16-18, the Apostle Peter -- who had just been filled with the Holy Spirit -- is clearly saying two things: Joel's prophecy was being fulfilled at that time during the First Century, and that period was also the Last Days. The phrase “last days” does NOT mean from 30 AD to the 21st Century, as some modern, Futurist-leaning Bible teachers erroneously teach. That is a false doctrine of men. NOTE #2: The fact that in 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18 the Apostle Paul includes himself by saying “we” is clear proof that he was expecting Christ's soon return, and he was hoping to still be alive to witness it. NOTE #3: In Hebrews 1:1-2, the phrase "lasts days” refers to the very end of the Prophet Daniel's 70 weeks -- or 490 years -- prophecy. It has nothing to do with our modern times, as Futurists claim. NOTE #4: In Hebrews 10:37, the phrase "a little while" does NOT mean 2,000 years in the future as the Futurists claim. NOTE #5: In James 5:2-3, 7-8, the Apostle James is likewise confirming that it was the Last Days, and he was convinced that Jesus would be returning soon. NOTE #6: 1 Peter 4:7 confirms the phrase "in these last days" mentioned in Hebrews 1:1-2 above. NOTE #7: In 1 John 2:18, not once, but twice, the Apostle John tells his readers that it is the Last Time, or the very end of the Prophet Daniel's 70 weeks prophecy. Conclusion: Peter, James and John -- who were Jesus' inner circle -- as well as the Apostle Paul, were all convinced that Jesus would return during their lifetimes, exactly as He had promised them in these verses: In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I WILL COME AGAIN, AND RECEIVE YOU unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also . . . I will not leave you comfortless: I WILL COME TO YOU." John 14:2-3, 18, KJV How can so many modern, Futurist-leaning Christians continue to resist the plain truth of the Scriptures? "Apostles Were Convinced Jesus Would Return Soon" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse661.html "I Come Quickly" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse629.html "Jesus Returned During the First Century" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse659.html "Jesus's Unexpected Return" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse394.html Article: "Jesus Christ's Return: Have We Been Deceived?" https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/deceived-1.html https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/apostles-were-convinced-jesus-would-return-soon-graphic-08/?feed_id=153021&Apostles%20Were%20Convinced%20Jesus%20Would%20Return%20Soon%20Graphic%2008

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yhwhrulz · 2 months

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Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for February 24

Tozer in the Morning Man - The Dwelling Place of God - How to Try the Spirits

THESE ARE THE TIMES that try men's souls. The Spirit has spoken expressly that in the latter times some should depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron. Those days are upon us and we cannot escape them; we must triumph in the midst of them, for such is the will of God concerning us.

Strange as it may seem, the danger today is greater for the fervent Christian than for the lukewarm and the self-satisfied. The seeker after God's best things is eager to hear anyone who offers a way by which he can obtain them. He longs for some new experience, some elevated view of truth, some operation of the Spirit that will raise him above the dead level of religious mediocrity he sees all around him, and for this reason he is ready to give a sympathetic ear to the new and the wonderful in religion, particularly if it is presented by someone with an attractive personality and a reputation for superior godliness.

Now our Lord Jesus. that great Shepherd of the sheep, has not left His flock to the mercy of the wolves. He has given us the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit and natural powers of observation, and He expects us to avail ourselves of their help constantly. "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good," said Paul (1 Thessalonians 5:21) . "Beloved, believe not every spirit," wrote John, "but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world" (1 John 4:1) . "Beware of false prophets," our Lord warned, "which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves" (Matthew 7:15). Then He added the word by which they may be tested, "Ye shall know them by their fruits."

From this it is plain not only that there shall be false spirits abroad, endangering our Christian lives, but that they may be identified and known for what they are. And of course once we become aware of their identity and learn their tricks their power to harm us is gone. "Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird" (Proverbs 1:17)

It is my intention to set forth here a method by which we may test the spirits and prove all things religious and moral that come to us or are brought or offered to us by anyone. And while dealing with these matters we should keep in mind that not all religious vagaries are the work of Satan. The human mind is capable of plenty of mischief without any help from the devil. Some persons have a positive genius for getting confused, and will mistake illusion for reality in broad daylight with the Bible open before them. Peter had such in mind when he wrote, "Our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction" (2 Peter 3:15,16).

It is unlikely that the confirmed apostles of confusion will read what is written here or that they would profit much if they did; but there are many sensible Christians who have been led astray but are humble enough to admit their mistakes and are now ready to return unto the Shepherd and Bishop of their souls. These may be rescued from false paths. More important still, there are undoubtedly large numbers of persons who have not left the true way but who want a rule by which they can test everything and by which they may prove the quality of Christian teaching and experience as they come in contact with them day after day throughout their busy lives. For such as these I make available here a little secret by which I have tested my own spiritual experiences and religious impulses for many years.

Briefly stated the test is this: This new doctrine, this new religious habit, this new view of truth, this new spiritual experience how has it affected my attitude toward and my relation to God, Christ, the Holy Scriptures, self, other Christians, the world and sin. By this sevenfold test we may prove everything religious and know beyond a doubt whether it is of God or not. By the fruit of the tree we know the kind of tree it is. So we have but to ask about any doctrine or experience, What is this doing to me? and we know immediately whether it is from above or from below.

1) One vital test of all religious experience is how it affects our relation to God, our concept of God and our attitude toward Him. God being who He is must always be the supreme arbiter of all things religious. The universe came into existence as a medium through which the Creator might show forth His perfections to all moral and intellectual beings: "I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another" (Isaiah 42: 8) . "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created" (Revelation 4:1 1).

The health and balance of the universe require that in all things God should be magnified. "Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable." God acts only for His glory and whatever comes from Him must be to His own high honor. Any doctrine, any experience that serves to magnify Him is likely to be inspired by Him. Conversely, anything that veils His glory or makes Him appear less wonderful is sure to be of the flesh or the devil.

The heart of man is like a musical instrument and may be played upon by the Holy Spirit, by an evil spirit or by the spirit of man himself. Religious emotions are very much the same, no matter who the player may be. Many enjoyable feelings may be aroused within the soul by low or even idolatrous worship. The nun who kneels "breathless with adoration" before an image of the Virgin is having a genuine religious experience. She feels love, awe and reverence, all enjoyable emotions, as certainly as if she were adoring God. The mystical experiences of Hindus and Sufis cannot be brushed aside as mere pretense. Neither dare we dismiss the high religious flights of spiritists and other occultists as imagination. These may have and sometimes do have genuine encounters with something or someone beyond themselves. In the same manner Christians are sometimes led into emotional experiences that are beyond their power to comprehend. I have met such and they have inquired eage rly whether or not their experience was of God.

The big test is, What has this done to my relationship to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ? If this new view of truth-this new encounter with spiritual things-has made me love God more, if it has magnified Him in my eyes, if it has purified my concept of His being and caused Him to appear more wonderful than before, then I may conclude that I have not wandered astray into the pleasant but dangerous and forbidden paths of error.

The next test is: How has this new experience affected my attitude toward the Lord Jesus Christ? Whatever place present-day religion may give to Christ, God gives Him top place in earth and in heaven. "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased," spoke the voice of God from heaven concerning our Lord Jesus. Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, declared: "God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ" (Acts 2:36). Jesus said of Himself, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." Again Peter said of Him, "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved&quo t; (Acts 4:12) . The whole book of Hebrews is devoted to the idea that Christ is above all others. He is shown to be above Aaron and Moses, and even the angels are called to fall down and worship Him. Paul says that He is the image of the invisible God, that in Him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily and that in all things He must have the preeminence. But time would fail me to tell of the glory accorded Him by prophets, patriarchs, apostles, saints, elders, psalmists, kings and seraphim. He is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption. He is our hope, our life, our all and all, now and forevermore.

All this being true, it is clear that He must stand at the center of all true doctrine, all acceptable practice and all genuine Christian experience. Anything that makes Him less than God has declared Him to be is delusion pure and simple and must be rejected, no matter how delightful or how satisfying it may for the time seem to be.

Christless Christianity sounds contradictory but it exists as a real phenomenon in our day. Much that is being done in Christ's name is false to Christ in that it is conceived by the flesh, incorporates fleshly methods, and seeks fleshly ends. Christ is mentioned from time to time in the same way and for the same reason that a self-seeking politician mentions Lincoln and the flag, to provide a sacred front for carnal activities and to deceive the simplehearted listeners. This giveaway is that Christ is not central: He is not all and in all.

Again, there are psychic experiences that thrill the seeker and lead him to believe that he has indeed met the Lord and been carried to the third heaven; but the true nature of the phenomenon is discovered later when the face of Christ begins to fade from the victim's consciousness and he comes to depend more and more upon emotional jags as a proof of his spirituality.

If on the other hand the new experience tends to make Christ indispensable, if it takes our interest off our feeling and places it in Christ, we are on the right track. Whatever makes Christ dear to us is pretty sure to be from God.

Another revealing test of the soundness of religious experience is, How does it affect my attitude toward the Holy Scriptures? Did this new experience, this new view of truth, spring out of the Word of God itself or was it the result of some stimulus that lay outside the Bible? Tender-hearted Christians often become victims of strong psychological pressure applied intentionally or innocently by someone's personal testimony, or by a colorful story told by a fervent preacher who may speak with prophetic finality but who has not checked his story with the facts nor tested the soundness of his conclusions by the Word of God.

Whatever originates outside the Scriptures should for that very reason be suspect until it can be shown to be in accord with them. If it should be found to be contrary to the Word of revealed truth no true Christian will accept it as being from God. However high the emotional content, no experience can be proved to be genuine unless we can find chapter and verse authority for it in the Scriptures. "To the word and to the testimony" must always be the last and final proof.

Whatever is new or singular should also be viewed with a lot of caution until it can furnish scriptural proof of its validity. Over the last half-century quite a number of unscriptural notions have gained acceptance among Christians by claiming that they were among the truths that were to be revealed in the last days. To be sure, say the advocates of this latter-daylight theory, Augustine did not know, Luther did not, John Knox, Wesley, Finney and Spurgeon did not understand this; but greater light has now shined upon God's people and we of these last days have the advantage of fuller revelation. We should not question the new doctrine nor draw back from this advanced experience. The Lord is getting His Bride ready for the marriage supper of the Lamb. We should all yield to this new movement of the Spirit. So they tell us.

The truth is that the Bible does not teach that there will be new light and advanced spiritual experiences in the latter days; it teaches the exact opposite. Nothing in Daniel or the New Testament epistles can be tortured into advocating the idea that we of the end of the Christian era shall enjoy light that was not known at its beginning. Beware of any man who claims to be wiser than the apostles or holier than the martyrs of the Early Church. The best way to deal with him is to rise and leave his presence. You cannot help him and he surely cannot help you.

Granted, however, that the Scriptures may not always be clear and that there are differences of interpretation among equally sincere men, this test will furnish all the proof needed of anything religious, viz., What does it do to my love for and appreciation of the Scriptures?

While true power lies not in the letter of the text but in the Spirit that inspired it, we should never underestimate the value of the letter. The text of truth has the same relation to truth as the honeycomb has to honey. One serves as a receptacle for the other. But there the analogy ends. The honey can be removed from the comb, but the Spirit of truth cannot and does not operate apart from the letter of the Holy Scriptures.

For this reason a growing acquaintance with the Holy Spirit will always mean an increasing love for the Bible. The Scriptures are in print what Christ is in person. The inspired Word is like a faithful portrait of Christ. But again the figure breaks down. Christ is in the Bible as no one can be in a mere portrait, for the Bible is a book of holy ideas and the eternal Word of the Father can and does dwell in the thought He has Himself inspired. Thoughts are things, and the thoughts of the Holy Scriptures form a lofty temple for the dwelling place of God.

From this it follows naturally that a true lover of God will be also a lover of His Word. Anything that comes to us from the God of the Word will deepen our love for the Word of God. This follows logically, but we have confirmation by a witness vastly more trustworthy than logic, viz., the concerted testimony of a great army of witnesses living and dead. These declare with one voice that their love for the Scriptures intensified as their faith mounted and their obedience became consistent and joyous.

If the new doctrine, the influence of that new teacher, the new emotional experience fills my heart with an avid hunger to meditate in the Scriptures day and night. I have every reason to believe that God has spoken to my soul and that my experience is genuine. Conversely, if my love for the Scriptures has cooled even a little, if my eagerness to eat and drink of the inspired Word has abated by as much as one degree, I should humbly admit that I have missed God's signal somewhere and frankly backtrack until I find the true way once more.

Again, we can prove the quality of religious experience by its effect on the self-life.

The Holy Spirit and the fallen human self are diametrically opposed to each other. "The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would" (Galatians 5:17). "They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit . . . . Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be" (Romans 8: 5,7).

Before the Spirit of God can work creatively in our hearts He must condemn and slay the "flesh" within us; that is, He must have our full consent to displace our natural self with the Person of Christ. This displacement is carefully explained in Romans 6,7,and 8. When the seeking Christian has gone through the crucifying experience described in chapters 6,7 he enters into the broad, free regions of chapter 8. There self is dethroned and Christ is enthroned forever.

In the light of this it is not hard to see why the Christian's attitude toward self is such an excellent test of the validity of his religious experiences. Most of the great masters of the deeper life, such as Fenelon. Molinos, John of the Cross, Madame Guyon and a host, of others, have warned against pseudoreligious experiences that provide much carnal enjoyment but feel the flesh and puff up the heart with self-love.

A good rule is this: If this experience has served to humble me and make me little and vile in my own eyes it is of God; but if it has given me a feeling of self-satisfaction it is false and should be dismissed as emanating from self or the devil. Nothing that comes from God will minister to my pride or self-congratulation. If I am tempted to be complacent and to feel superior because I have had a remarkable vision or an advanced spiritual experience, I should go at once to my knees and repent of the whole thing. I have fallen a victim to the enemy.

Our relation to and our attitude toward our fellow Christians is another accurate test of religious experience.

Sometimes an earnest Christian will, after some remarkable spiritual encounter, withdraw himself from his fellow believers and develop a spirit of faultfinding. He may be honestly convinced that his experience is superior, that he is now in an advanced state of grace, and that the hoi polloi in the church where he attends are but a mixed multitude and he alone a true son of Israel. He may struggle to be patient with these religious worldlings, but his soft language and condescending smile reveal his true opinion of them-and of himself. This is a dangerous state of mind, and the more dangerous because it can justify itself by the facts. The brother has had a remarkable experience; he has received some wonderful light on the Scriptures; he has entered into a joyous land unknown to him before. And it may easily be true that the professed Christians with whom he is acquainted are worldly and dull and without spiritual enthusiasm. It is not that he is mistaken in his facts tha t proves him to be in error, but that his reaction to the facts is of the flesh. His new spirituality has made him less charitable.

The Lady Julian tells us in her quaint English how true Christian grace affects our attitude toward others: "For of all things the beholding and loving of the Maker maketh the soul to seem less in his own sight, and most filleth him with reverent dread and true meekness; with plenty of charity to his fellow Christians." Any religious experience that fails to deepen our love for our fellow Christians may safely be written off as spurious.

The Apostle John makes love for our fellow Christians to be a test of true faith. "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him" (1 John 3:18,19). Again he says, "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love" (1 John 4:7,8).

As we grow in grace we grow in love toward all God's people. "Every one that loveth him that begot loveth him also that is begotten of him" (1 John 5:1) . This means simply that if we love God we will love His children. All true Christian experience will deepen our love for other Christians.

Therefore we conclude that whatever tends to separate us in person or in heart from our fellow Christians is not of God, but is of the flesh or of the devil. And conversely, whatever causes us to love the children of God is likely to be of God. "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another" (John 13:35).

Another certain test of the source of religious experience is this: Note how it affects our relation to and our attitude toward the world.

By "the world" I do not mean, of course, the beautiful order of nature which God has created for the enjoyment of mankind. Neither do I mean the world of lost men in the sense used by our Lord when He said, "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved" (John 3:16,17). Certainly any true touch of God in the soul will deepen our appreciation of the beauties of nature and intensify our love for the lost. I refer here to something else altogether.

Let an apostle say it for us: "All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever" (1 John 2:16,17) .

This is the world by which we may test the spirits. It is the world of carnal enjoyments, of godless pleasures, of the pursuit of earthly riches and reputation and sinful happiness. It carries on without Christ, following the counsel of the ungodly and being animated by the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that works in the children of disobedience (Ephesians 2: 2) . Its religion is a form of godliness, without power, which has a name to live but is dead. It is, in short, unregenerate human society romping on its way to hell, the exact opposite of the true Church of God, which is a society of regenerate souls going soberly but joyfully on their way to heaven.

Any real work of God in our heart will tend to unfit us for the world's fellowship. "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him" (1 John 2:15). "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" (2 Corinthians 6:140. It may be stated unequivocally that any spirit that permits compromise with the world is a false spirit. Any religious movement that imitates the world in any of its manifestations is false to the cross of Christ and on the side of the devil and this regardless of how much purring its leaders may do about "accepting Christ" or "letting God run your business."

The last test of the genuineness of Christian experience is what it does to our attitude toward sin.

The operations of grace within the heart of a believing man will turn that heart away from sin and toward holiness. "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ" (Titus 2:11-13) .

I do not see how it could be plainer. The same grace that saves teaches that saved man inwardly, and its teaching is both negative and positive. Negatively it teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts. Positively it teaches us to live soberly, righteously and godly right in this present world.

The man of honest heart will find no difficulty here. He has but to check his own bent to discover whether he is concerned about sin in his life more or less since the supposed work of grace was done. Anything that weakens his hatred of sin may be identified immediately as false to the Scriptures, to the Saviour and to his own soul. Whatever makes holiness more attractive and sin more intolerable may be accepted as genuine. "For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity" (Psalms 5: 4,5).

Jesus warned, "There shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they should deceive the very elect." These words describe our day too well to be coincidental. In the hope that the "elect" may profit by them I have set forth these tests. The result is in the hand of God.

Tozer in the Evening The Root Appears

Now everyone knows that moisture is necessary to the germination of seeds, to the swelling of buds and to the sprouting of the root buried there in the ground. Where there is no water, life lies suspended in sleepy inaction. Even the desert plant must have a minimal quantity of moisture before there can be any growth at all. No slip of vegetable life has yet pushed up out of soil that was totally arid. No root has yet sprung out of the dry ground.

Yet Isaiah saw a tender plant grow out of ground where no moisture was; that is, he saw it in prophetic vision, and he knew a miracle was at work. Nature could not have wrought this wonder by herself. The arm of the Lord had done this, and let all the world marvel and be still. As certainly as the dry soil must remain barren, so must apostate Israel be fruitless, so must a virgin maid be childless. No root could grow out of a dry ground.

The prophet had said before that His name should be called Wonderful; and His very first wonder was to be born above nature. We do not wish to read into Isaiah's strangely beautiful words meanings that are not there; but the believing heart that sees the Bible an organic spiritual unit will have no trouble finding here the truth long held sacred by all Christians, the truth of the virgin birth.

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kjbv · 9 months

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They Are Descendants Of Devil's Cursed With The Devil's Seed And Were Send From The Devil To Destroy The Nations, Pretending To Be Christian Men And Women Leading People To Salvation, And The Government Of The United Nations Are Both Stupid Thinking They Can Compete Against And Change The Truth What Was Written In The Bible.

Is just plain stupid, because the bible was written based on ancient histories what people did in that time in the bible, as of this day and from generation to generation. This post is not about a person personal opinion, this is about the truth based on the bible and the whole world was cursed with the knowledge of good and

evil because of Adam and Eve mistake here centuries ago in the bible and people are in a delusional mind being manipulated by entities and cannot discern the difference what they are thinking in their mind if it is for real are not and a person thought in their mind comes from the knowledge of good and evil and people is not

aware this was a lie told here long time ago and not the truth what happen here centuries ago in the bible and the real gospel were written based on prophecies people are bringing to pass and the prophecies in the bible is based on ancient histories written about people in this time and their ancestors and God

commandments and the future. And people are not aware this was a lie covered up here long time ago, by the government and worldwide church leaders pretending to be Christian men and women and this lie still exist today. The real gospel was written based on prophecies people are bringing to pass and what was written in

the bible is coming to pass here, and a person can believe whatever they want in their mind cannot change and stop what was written in the bible from happening here and people was not aware of this lie told long time ago and it doesn't matter what a person want to believe in their mind and were told all their life cannot

change what was written because the bible was written based on prophecies people are bringing to pass and people in this time was not aware this was a lie, they covered up a long time ago was because many people in that time in the bible forsaken God's law and did not keep his commandments and God turned

them over to their enemies as of this day and when more people came into generation, they were not aware they were told lies here in this time by worldwide church leaders pretending to be Christian men and women leading them to salvation and people were deceived by demons teaching false doctrine. The

government and worldwide church leaders think they can cover the truth up and what was written in the bible and hide it from people will blow up in their face and people should know by now they are not real Christian men and women send from God to lead people to salvation, they are people cursed with the devil's seed because

of the enmity God put between the devil seed and Eve seed here centuries ago in the book of Genesis because of Eve disobedience and what happen in that time in the bible doesn't ends there and still continues as of today in our time and people in this time are facing the same problems, people had in the bible and still do not

know as of this day they are turned over to their enemies because of worldwide church leaders and the government lying. The stories in the bible are real ancient history written about people in this time and their ancestors and God commandments and we are tribes of their bloodline and people is still believing

their lies as of this day. The government and worldwide church leaders are being use by the devil to destroy the nations, made themselves look like a damn fool, like a pissy child telling the whole nations lies, like their lies can change the truth what happen here long time ago in the bible and

what made them thought they could cover this up in the first place and they are not real church leaders and Christians send from God and the government of the United Nations, they are descendants of devil's cursed with the devil's seed send to destroy the whole nations and what they made the whole nations thinking nothing

is wrong here cannot change what was written in the bible from happening here and this can be very dangerous for people because many of them are in relationships with people cursed with the devil's seed pretending to be their husband and wives and children here in this time and when people come to realize they were told lies,

the demon pretending to be their husband and wives and children, may tried to kill and destroy the person if they can and a person would have to proceed with cautious, and because of the curse God put between the devil seed and Eve seed here long time ago in the book of Genesis because of Eve disobedience, people are

cursed with the devil's seed. The details written in my posts will tell you what people did here in that time in the bible and the present and the future based on the bible. This whole generation can be destroyed because of evil and if people continue living here in sin will not survive this way and will perish. I hope people in this time

do not make the same mistake people in the bible made and think this is not for real because God is not with this whole nation because of our forefather's mistake forsaken God commandments, and we are tribes and descendants of people in the bible and God's chosen people here in this time because of the covenant he made

with our forefathers here centuries ago in the bible and this whole generation can die and be destroy because of our ancestor's mistake and the stories in the bible are real and we are at war and what a person think in their mind is not real to them cannot change what was written in the bible from happening here.

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Excerpts from Brad East's book "The Doctrine of Scripture" on the topic of Biblical Infallibility

(for context, Brad contends that "rightly interpreted scriptural teaching regarding theological matters" is without error, not that the Bible is inherently or completely without any kind of inaccuracy)

First, it is not the uninterpreted text, but the text understood to be making determinate claims, that is or is not without error.

Even the status of the question, “Does the canon err in its assertions?” is imprecise, constituting at best a moving target and at worst a shell game. For if we say, “The canon rightly interpreted does not err,” such a claim opens the possibility to certain seemingly evident errors being read out of the text, perhaps against the plain sense of the text; such a strategy might then preserve the text’s truth at the potential expense of what the attribute of veracity wants to secure: the objective truth of Scripture. [That being said,] this is only a problem (a) when the plain sense is equated with a prima facie historical reading or (b) in the absence of an authoritative teaching office, which recognizes the underdetermined nature of much of the text (and its “assertions”). The trouble arises, in other words, in the Protestant need for a clear canon apart from interpretive authority. Whereas the catholic view presupposes that the Bible admits of non-self-evidently false readings that would, on their face, entail textual errancy—on matters both indifferent and essential.

Second, the claim of inerrancy does not pertain to the authorial intentions of the text’s human authors and redactors but only to the text as it stands as authored and intended by God. Doubtless ancient Israelites both maintained and intended scientifically false assertions about, say, cosmology, and assertions along those lines saturate the scriptures. But neither the presuppositions nor the intentions of such factual assertions are themselves spelled out: what we have is just the text.

Finally, even apart from the distinction between sense and reference, historic Christian exegesis distinguishes between what God may be intending to communicate in, with, and through the biblical texts—then and there or here and now —over against their human authors and tradents. The question of the texts’ proper interpretation, therefore, is not settled by what the available options for meaning were at the time of their original composition.

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Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 57 Believe Not Every Spirit I John 4:1-10 We’ve come all the way up through the Scriptures, pretty much chapter and verse, and now we’re in I John chapter 4. Now I’ve been emphasizing, ever since we came into the little letters of James and Peter and John, that if you watch the language (don’t go by what I, or any other preacher or any Bible teacher says, just watch the language of what your Bible says that there’s nothing in these little Jewish epistles that is pertinent to the Body of Christ or the Age of Grace), this is all written to Jews. Now granted there are a lot of things in here that are still appropriate for us and we can make application, we can feed on it - but we always also have to be aware that these things are not totally church oriented, or Grace oriented. And I’ll show you here (if not in this first lesson, we’re going to see it in the second one for sure) how there is absolutely nothing of Paul’s Gospel that you can use here for Salvation. It’s an alarming fact and yet most people are not aware of it. Now with that, let’s just begin with verse 1, and notice John begins with the word "beloved," because he calls his flock "little children." I John 4:1a "Beloved, believe not every spirit, (what a warning, even for today) but try (test) the spirits whether they are of God:…." Is it truly the Holy Spirit that is directing what someone is saying? Or is it some other spirit? Now you’ve got to realize the world has been pummeled with false teaching ever since Paul was beginning his ministry. Even before he passed off the scene, he wrote to Timothy "All they in Asia have turned against me." Why? Because they were rejecting the truth of the Apostle’s doctrines that God had given him for the Body of Christ. And so it’s been with us now for 1,900 + years and it’s compounding, especially in this day of mass communication. My, when people write and tell me what they’ve picked up on the Internet or what they’ve picked up off of television, it is utterly frightening. And the only way you can determine if it’s truth is to line it up with the Book - and how Paul deals with it - if it doesn’t line up, then shut them off! I would tell them to do the same thing to me. If they can see that I am teaching something that is not scriptural, turn me off – I’m not worth your time. All right, so he says to test the spirits because so many false prophets, or as we saw earlier in II Peter, false teachers, have gone out into the world. Now let’s come back to Matthew 24, and in the words of the Lord Jesus Himself, it is so plain to see how these false teachers that are out there are coming faster and faster all the time. Now we’re not there yet, as all of Matthew 24 is Tribulation ground, but we’re getting close. We’re going to start right at verse 1 and, of course, Jesus is addressing the Twelve - but what I what you to see is the warning. And it’s just as appropriate for us today as it was when Jesus spoke it. Matthew 24:1a "And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple:.…" Now the Temple is still operating. The Jews are still connected to Temple worship, even those who have been followers now of Jesus and the Gospel of the Kingdom. They’re still part and parcel of the Temple operation. Matthew 24:1b-2 "...and his disciples (the Twelve) came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down." And of course He was making a reference to 70 AD, another 40 years in the future when the Romans would do just exactly that. Now verse 3. They leave the Temple complex and they’ve crossed the valley of Kedron up to the Mount of Olives. Matthew 24:3 "And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, (the Twelve again. No press of the crowd, just the Twelve) saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? (age)

They were wondering about the fulfillment of all these things that He’d been talking about and the bringing in of His earthly Kingdom. There’s not a hint yet that the 7-year Tribulation, and His Second Coming are going to be totally interrupted. So they say, "...when shall these things be and what shall be the sign of thy coming?" Now they had an idea that there would be a coming of sorts to set up the Kingdom. Not that they were aware that He was going to die and leave and then come back, but they still knew that there was something that had to transpire that would bring about His setting up this earthly Kingdom - because everything has been pointed in that direction since Genesis chapter 12. All right, so "…when shall these things be, what shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the age?" This "age of the curse" is the best way I can put it. Now verse 4. Matthew 24:4 "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man (underline that next word. That no man does what?) deceive you." Deception. See that’s the devil’s bag. Oh how he loves to deceive. And you know the master plan for deception? Give people about 80% of truth and then slip in 20% of abject error and it’ll win every time. And this is what we’re seeing. It is so hard to discern how much is truth and how much is in error; and again our only recourse is to know the Book. You’ve got to know how to rightly divide the Word, to know what is for the Body of Christ. You know I gave the illustration years ago and I hope it’s still appropriate - that when folks are hired by the Treasury Department to work specifically on counterfeit money, for the first six month’s of their employment they do nothing but study legitimate American bills. That’s all they do. So that they just see it over and over. What’s the purpose? Well, if you see something that’s true and it’s just so imprinted on your mind, the minute you see the least bit of a change in that, the bells ring – it’s a counterfeit! Well this is what we have to do with the Book. We’ve got to be so ingrained in the Truth that when you hear a bunch of this garbage you can immediately say, "Hey, that’s not true."In fact, I had a fellow call Monday morning (and I’m not going to point my finger at the professional clergy just for the sake of pointing the finger, but it gets alarming when someone calls with what their preacher has been ranting and raving about for thirty minutes from the pulpit, and it is all contrary to the Book) and this guy caught it. And on the way out of his church, he said he told his preacher, "Pastor, you are totally wrong. You are not according to the Scripture." Well, you have to do this because too many people have just got the idea, that as long as the words come, they can spit them out with no reference to the Word of God. Well, that’s satanic-powered false teaching - I don’t care who’s doing it. All right, now let’s show you how Paul warns us in II Corinthians. And again I may come back to this before the afternoon is over because it is so appropriate for the day in which we live. II Corinthians chapter 11, and what a warning! And it all fits. Jesus said, "Don’t be deceived." Because there are going to be many false teachers. John says, "Test the spirit" so that you know you’re not listening to a false or a counterfeit spirit. Now here’s how Paul puts it. Drop down to verse 13. II Corinthians 11:13 "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, (same word Jesus used in Matthew 24, don’t be deceived) transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ." These are the deceivers, and the world is full of them today. They’re easy to spot, especially if you line them up with Paul’s epistles. II Corinthians 11:14,15 "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works." Now analyze that a minute. What’s he telling us? What are these false teachers going to do? Oh they’re going to talk about Jesus.

They’re going to talk about the cross. They may even talk about the resurrection. But they are false deceivers using just enough of the Truth to get your attention and then they’re going to slip you the poison. That’s the typical format. And Paul is warning us. Now how are you going to know? Do they line up with the Scripture from front to back (not just 80% of the time)? Do they line up with Scripture constantly? Are they on track? Or are they throwing in stuff that is extra-biblical? Or as one fellow put it, "There are a lot of things that are biblical, they’re scriptural, but they’re not dispensational. And that is the key." What does that mean? Well, you’ve got a lot of things that were written to the Nation of Israel under the Law. They’re Scripture. They’re biblical. But they’re not for us in this Grace Age, so it’s not dispensational. Now the one that I always like to use is in Leviticus. This is just a good example of how something is biblical, it’s Scriptural - because it’s in our Bible - but it’s not dispensational. And anything written to Israel is not for this dispensation of Grace (and the reason God separated the teaching of Paul from the rest of Scripture)!Chapter 5, and let’s just drop down to verse 2. Now I trust you all know that Leviticus is a part of the what? The Law. Leviticus is part of the first five books of Moses. Leviticus 5:2 "Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase (that is a dead animal) of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty." Because he has touched something that is unclean. All right, come on down to verse 5. Leviticus 5:5 "And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, (including touching something dead) that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:" And as he confesses that he has sinned, this is what he has to do. Now this is biblical. This is what the Bible says. Leviticus 5:6 "And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin." Now goodness sakes, that’s biblical. It’s Scripture. But are you going to do that today? Well of course not! That’s not for us. It’s not in our dispensation. This was for Israel under the Law, the same as Jesus and the Twelve disciples’ ministry under the Law. All right, now this is what we have to understand - that so much of what we’re hearing preached today may be biblical, but it’s not for us. And that makes all the difference in the world. God doesn’t expect you to keep something that He has not said to us. And that’s why I’m always emphasizing Paul’s apostleship - that he is the one that has given us all of the information we need for salvation, for the Christian walk, and for the hope of our end on earth – it’s all in Paul’s epistles. All the rest of Scripture is profitable if you use it in the right way, but you can’t just open a verse of Scripture and say, "Well, that’s what the Bible says, and that’s what I’m doing." You’ll get in trouble real fast because it doesn’t work that way. But when we come back to what the Apostle Paul teaches and we lean on that, rest on it, then we’re on solid ground! All right, back to II Corinthians so that you see how the Apostle Paul is writing to his Gentile believers. II Corinthians chapter 11 and verse 14 is the key. The "god of this world" as Paul calls him in chapter 4 in this little book. The "god of this world" is an expert on confusing the issues. He’s an expert at using the Word of God to send people off in the wrong direction. I think I used the example in maybe the last taping, in one of our last programs, that if you know anything about target shooting, you know there’s a bulls-eye and then the outer rings. Well it really doesn’t count unless you can hit the bulls-eye.

Well, it’s the same way with God. God is particular. God is an exclusivist. And we’re going to be seeing that before the afternoon is over. And God will not allow you to shoot for the outer ring of the target - just a little ways from Paul’s Gospel of salvation. Oh it might sound good, but you’re going to miss the mark. God expects us to hit the bulls-eye. That’s why we have the Word of God. That’s why we have the Truth. And we have to make sure that we’re right on or we’re going to miss it. All right, so come back here again. Satan is a master at getting people to miss the bulls-eye. That’s why I say, he can bring in 80% of Truth and can sound so good. But it’s that other 20% of error that is going to lead people to their eternal doom. And nothing pleases Satan more. All right, so read it again. II Corinthians 11:14-15a "And no marvel; (don’t be amazed) for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. (that’s why he can get their attention. Sounds so good, but it’s deception) 15. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers (those people under his control and they’re legion. He’s got far more in his employ than the Holy Spirit does - that’s always been the case) also be transformed as the ministers of (what?) righteousness;.…" That word just throws a curve at us. That they can actually be promoting good things. I can remember years ago I was teaching a college and high school class up in Iowa and we had about 50 of those kids sitting on the floor out in front of me and I was bringing home this very thing - that Satan and his emissaries can promote a lot of good things. See the average person’s got the idea that all Satan promotes is wickedness and sin and drunks and all. No. Satan will promote the most beautiful things on earth if it will get people’s attention to come his way instead of God’s way. And the great corporations of the world will funnel millions upon millions into so-called ‘good things.’ Beautiful buildings. Libraries. Parks. Zoos. You name it. But does that do anything spiritually for people? No. But it just simply gets their attention, the glamour of this world, and there is nothing Satan likes better. Now, there’s nothing wrong with a beautiful park for goodness sakes. There’s nothing wrong with a nice library. But when all that is used to keep people’s attention from the Truth of the things of God, then the devil’s the winner. Now you may not believe that, but that’s the real world. That’s where it really is. All right, and so they use good things. Things that you cannot point from Scripture and call them wicked. But the end result – Satan’s the winner. He’s causing us to miss the bulls-eye. Okay, back to I John chapter 4. Verse 1 again. I John 4:1a "Beloved, believe not every spirit, (oh just because something sounds good. Just because somebody is gifted with words, don’t you buy it. Line them up with the Book) but try (or test)the spirits whether they are of God:…." Test the spirits whether they are of God. John is writing to these little synagogues of Jews, I think primarily back there in Western Turkey. That’s where I picture them whenever I think of it. And so to these little congregations of Jews he says: I John 4:1b-3 "...because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3. And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of anti-christ, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world." Now you remember that I mentioned in one of the programs that I think John is the only writer of Scripture that uses that term. I’m not aware of anyone else, but he speaks of the anti-christs – plural – and then back here in chapter 2, I think in I John, he speaks of the singular – anti-christ. But you remember the word I was using several weeks back? What is the true anti-christ? He’s a counterfeit!

And that’s why they can do such damage. The world out there gets taken in thinking that they’re the real thing, and they’re not. They’re counterfeit. They’re anti-christ. See? All right, reading verse 3 again. "And this is that spirit of anti-christ whereof you have heard that it should come (and not only that) and already is in the world." Now that reminds me, of course, of II Thessalonians chapter 2 where Paul is (as I’ve always made mention), for just a few verses, lining up with the Old Testament prophecies concerning this man of sin, the anti-christ. II Thessalonians chapter 2 and come down to verse 7. II Thessalonians 2:7a "For the mystery (that is the secret, the things that aren’t well understood) of iniquity doth (what’s the next word?) already work:.…" It was already out there doing its work, even in Paul’s day. And it has never stopped. And consequently the billions and billions of people have been mislead and they’ve missed heaven’s glory because of a deception. All right, come back once again to I John and I had to read both of these verses because they’re tied together. In verse 2 he’s speaking of the positive side, those who have recognized that Jesus is the Christ - they are of course being influenced by the true Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit will make it manifest that Jesus of Nazareth was the Son of God. And then as you have seen already, when we read verse 3, you will see the negative side. "Every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is that spirit of anti-christ…" All right, now you have to realize that - especially after Pentecost, after Christ has gone back to Glory, whether it’s the Jewish congregation there in Jerusalem or whether it’s a few years later (Paul is starting his congregations amongst the Gentiles) - false teachers are coming in from every direction. And their whole job is to confuse the issues. Not with blatant opposition necessarily, but underhandedly deceiving the people. And that’s the way Satan likes to work. And so you have instances of that throughout Paul’s letters - and even Peter had to confront some of the false teachers of his day. And so the whole criteria now according to this portion of Scripture is we have to determine – what spirit are we listening to? Are we listening to the Holy Spirit? Or are we listening to one of Satan’s spirits? And how are you going to know the difference? Well, it’s getting harder and harder. I know it is. With this wealth of information that is just flooding the planet, over the Internet and radio and television and the bookstores. My, I think these bookstores are getting about as bad as anything. And it’s just simply overwhelming people with a lot of false information. But it sounds good. Even some of the stuff people send me; they want me to look at it. And up front it sounds pretty good. But as soon as you get into about chapter 2 or chapter 3 here comes all the garbage. Well, that’s the Devil’s way of doing it. So the only admonition I can give you is to get skilled in the Scriptures so that when you see something that is far a-field from what Paul is teaching, leave it alone, because it’s not for the Church Age. Every day people are calling, and I have to tell them to run from that false teaching! Don’t go back to that place. They’ll just hook you and draw you in deeper and deeper, and the day will come when you’re not going to be able to get out of it. I mean the cults are masters at brainwashing. We’ve known that over the years. And once they get brainwashed, it’s almost (not totally) impossible to bring them out of it. So what’s the best remedy? Don’t get hooked in the first place. Just simply search the Scriptures, and when you hear something, see if it lines up with Paul’s teachings. For example the salvation message is a good test. Are you hearing from the pulpit that, for salvation, you must believe in your heart that Jesus died for your sins, was buried and rose again, plus nothing else, as we see in his writings? If not, run from it.

Ask the Holy Spirit for special wisdom and knowledge and He’ll give it.

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Religious instruction in morals

It is nearly impossible for an American, accustomed to see education lift up a people, to realize how much of this result of education is due to moral and religious environment. In our public schools pupils receive no religious instruction in morals. But the very atmosphere is so permeated with the essence of the moral teachings of Jesus as to be poisonous to the ease of any who openly repudiate truthfulness, honesty, purity, and self-sacrifice for the sake of duty. It is not left to the Church to denounce unmitigated selfishness or lack of consideration for others. Moreover, if any young man would set at defiance the teachings of church, Sunday school, and home in elementary morals, he is speedily brought to his senses and made to go into his own class. For merchants, bankers, railroad managers, manufacturers, builders will give no place of trust to the dishonest, the false, the unclean, and the self- indulgent.

In Asia the highest ideal of moral attainment is that some men may perhaps “ pay great attention to ” some elementary points of moral conduct. A triumph of principle once for all, which permits advance in character, is not even dreamed of. Under such circumstances the utmost accomplished by the school at Constantinople, to use the Turkish phrase, is, to make men “ have holes in their ears bulgaria tours.”

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It is an achievement to train ears to hear. But when those steeped in self-coddling are turned loose after being trained to hear, what they hear is that the religious forms and ceremonies of their fathers rest on no Divine revelation, that self-restraint is ascetic folly, and that probably there is no God. Talk with one of the professors of the public schools of Turkey about those of the schools of the Ulema, and if he knows you well enough to dare express his real opinion he will say, “ Do not pay attention to them. They are a lot of big-headed asses! ” Ask one of these Ulema about the public school system and its teachers, and he will reply, “ These are not schools, but places where our good young people are sent, for the purpose of having their minds corrupted by a lot of infidels! ” The head of one of the great branches of the Eastern Church said to the President ol Robert College at Constantinople not long ago that among all his people the only young men who really believe in God and Christianity are those who have been educated in Robert College.

The graduates of schools which have no faith in the possibility of changing and developing character might shine in the train of Robespierre. They might be towers of strength to municipal rings for the private exploitation of the revenues of a city. On occasion they might serve as apostles of social reform through anarchist methods. Too many of them receive atheism and libertinism as the chief of the gains of study. The fact that schools of this class also endow students with “ holes in their ears ” is not going to regenerate the people of Asia. Education in obedience to the Power that makes for righteous-ness is what is needed to produce leaders in a steady moral progress on the part of the people.

This is the common sense ground for the establishment by missionaries of schools at Constantinople. The question of the wisdom or the need of educational work by missionaries is not one of sectarian prejudice or doctrinal divergence of opinion. Covetousness is idolatry, and selfishness, paganism, whatever the creed or the crass unbelief with which they would fain be cloaked. The question is that of cultivating in the young such elementary moral sense as the pagan cannot have but which the ordinary business man of England or America will insist on having in the man whom he is to trust. The missionary teacher uses for such culture of the moral sense the instrument which served in his own case—the teachings of Jesus Christ. He uses these teachings, also, as Jesus Christ used them—in the form of plain statements of duty which every conscience must and does approve, whatever its religious citizenship.

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Apostles Were Convinced Jesus Would Return Soon Graphic 08 NOTE #1: In Acts 2:16-18, the Apostle Peter -- who had just been filled with the Holy Spirit -- is clearly saying two things: Joel's prophecy was being fulfilled at that time during the First Century, and that period was also the Last Days. The phrase last days does NOT mean from 30 AD to the 21st Century, as some modern, Futurist-leaning Bible teachers erroneously teach. That is a false doctrine of men. NOTE #2: The fact that in 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18 the Apostle Paul includes himself by saying we is clear proof that he was expecting Christ's soon return, and he was hoping to still be alive to witness it. NOTE #3: In Hebrews 1:1-2, the phrase "lasts days refer to the very end of the Prophet Daniel's 70 weeks -- or 490 years -- prophecy. It has nothing to do with our modern times, as Futurists claim. NOTE #4: In Hebrews 10:37, the phrase "a little while" does NOT mean 2,000 years in the future as the Futurists claim. NOTE #5: In James 5:2-3, 7-8, the Apostle James is likewise confirming that it was the Last Days, and he was convinced that Jesus would be returning soon. NOTE #6: 1 Peter 4:7 confirms the phrase "in these last days" mentioned in Hebrews 1:1-2 above. NOTE #7: In 1 John 2:18, not once, but twice, the Apostle John tells his readers that it is the Last Time, or the very end of the Prophet Daniel's 70 weeks prophecy. Conclusion: Peter, James and John -- who were Jesus' inner circle -- as well as the Apostle Paul, were all convinced that Jesus would return during their lifetimes, exactly as He had promised them in these verses: In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I WILL COME AGAIN, AND RECEIVE YOU unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also . . . I will not leave you comfortless: I WILL COME TO YOU." John 14:2-3, 18, KJV How can so many modern, Futurist-leaning Christians continue to resist the plain truth of the Scriptures? "Apostles Were Convinced Jesus Would Return Soon" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse661.html "I Come Quickly" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse629.html "Jesus Returned During the First Century" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse659.html "Jesus's Unexpected Return" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse394.html Article: "Jesus Christ's Return: Have We Been Deceived?" https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/deceived-1.html https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/apostles-were-convinced-jesus-would-return-soon-graphic-08/?feed_id=137367&Apostles%20Were%20Convinced%20Jesus%20Would%20Return%20Soon%20Graphic%2008