Exposing the Hoax
When we first encountered God, many years ago, we knew very little if anything about Christianity. Other than you should seek out a Bible Believing Church and join yourself in fellowship with other Christians. Through a series of events, while still attending school and recently engaged to be married, we ran across a man who worked nights at a convenience store. He claimed to be a ‘Christian’ but admitted he was in a back-slidden state (as he called it) and not attending a church at the time.
During this time I worked part time driving a delivery truck on the grave yard shift which gave me plenty of time to stop at night and talk with this man about God. We were during the course of this, constantly searching the Scriptures in our homes, studying, praying and meeting together with our friends to discuss the Bible. The man directed us to a local non-denominational church pastured by a old friend of his from the singing groups he had ministered with. It was a medium size church, probably 100 or so people, mostly families and friends of families spanning various generations.
Naturally we were welcomed by everyone and introduced as friends of the Pastor’s singing partner. He himself was an excellent singer and often did solo hymns on Sunday. We attended Weekly services for awhile and started in adult Sunday School classes. The pastor taught the main class, made up mostly of the younger people, married and single. We immediately began talking an active part in the study, asking questions, making comments, quoting passages. That anything was wrong or unusual about our actions we failed to notice at the time. We were merely searching for Truth and thought he as a man of God could enlighten us in the right direction.
We also began to notice a lot of discrepancies between what the Bible was saying and how the people were acting toward God. But we could not answer any of there objections at the time due to our lack of learning. So although the Standards being accepted seemed anything but ‘Christian’ according to the Bible, we remained relatively silent and kept searching the scriptures for answers. We knew something was wrong, but couldn’t at the time, rightly identity the problems.
We remained faithful to the church and even had the pastor perform our wedding. Yet although we attended, it was with a constant anticipation or ‘waiting’ for something to break out and radically change the presentation of the Gospel Message to the people. Something about the whole setup just didn’t seem right to us and we detested the obvious adoration of Television Ministries and the common ‘Christian’ hype of the day. In the interim I began to contemplate Writing a huge Piece called, ‘The Hoax’ to expose what was really going on with all the money grabbing and watered down approach to the Gospel.
At the time I did not realize that we were in a System of Error, Corrupted to the Core, dead and spiritually bankrupt. God had NOTHING to do with it! My explanation at the time was that MOST of them were probably never saved to begin with, but no one in leadership positions was willing to admit it. It seemed to me and the rest of us, that if someone was REALLY a Christian they would Love God, Love His Word, have a Deep Sense of Urgency to reach others with the Truth and a Desire to Refute Error. But the people, including the pastor had a million excuses why complacency was common place and the people lukewarm.
We just couldn’t understand why the Pastor, who agreed with us on most things about Scripture, was unable to SEE what was going on! It was ‘Take the good and leave the bad’, or ‘Chew up the meat and spit out the bones.’ But he would NEVER expose these phony TV Ministers to his congregation for what they obviously were. In fact, he supported them by allowing his church to sponsor trips to their headquarters! It just didn’t make any sense to us and was a constant source of contention.
We kept pushing, asking questions, pointing out truths, rocking the boat. In time I was asked to teach as a substitute in the young adult class. That’s when the real fire works got started. It didn’t take long before I was called on the carpet by the pastor and told to calm down. Again I protested but to no avail, even my mentor (an elderly gentleman named Jim) sided with the church and cautioned me to curve the zeal. But it was too late to turn back now. The further we got into the Word and the more we learned about Church doctrines and the status quo of our day, the more urgent we became. Still no one seemed to share our burden or even see what we were seeing!
Why didn’t anyone care? WHY was the Church FULL of long time Christians, Pillars of the faith, who were somewhere between Dead and lukewarm? WHY couldn’t we get anyone to Study the Word, discuss the deeper things of God and feel anything toward winning others to the Truth? They all loved the activities, the dinners, the fun and games, sports, camping and other things, BUT wanted nothing to do with KNOWING about God any further than ‘believing’ in Him, as the devils!
This was Standard Operating procedure through out the Christian community, we found. Everywhere it was accepted as Normal and NO ONE questioned it. If you did, you were looked upon as strange, over zealous, trying to be perfect. Anything but Contending for the faith as the Bible Commanded. The people were crazy about Mega Television evangelists of the time and could care less that NONE of these were preaching anything that resembled the Gospel. Their stuff was rampant in the churches and a disparaging word against them was equal to attacking God’s anointed.
Our burden increases with our knowledge, we grew further alienated from the pastors and church leadership. We hoped for someone to come along and call for Massive Repentance from the roof tops, but every visiting preacher was the same. He preached a user friendly message designed to make everyone feel good and go home happy. Although we kept after the Pastor he never really understood where were coming from, just that we were making waves in his church and that wasn’t good.
In the meantime we visited other type churches, Some Denominations others independent. We couldn’t find anything where the message focused on Sin, Righteousness and Judgment. For some reason everyone seemed to a Carbon Copy of everyone else. They had various doctrinal beliefs based on certain portions of Scripture, but the under laying theme was always the same. ‘Repeat’ these Words and ‘Receive’ Jesus as your Personal Savior.
The Spirit was slowly opening our eyes to the System of Error we were involved in When we finally turned our backs on the church and went out to the streets with out Message, we REALLY began to understand what we were up against! Immediately we encountered the Phenomena that ‘EVERYONE Was Saved!’ The worst Reprobates in the gutters were 100% Convinced they were ‘CHRISTIANS’ on their way to Heaven no matter what! You couldn’t talk them out of it. No matter what you showed them in the Bible it didn’t’ matter. The pastors had prayed them into the kingdom and told them God is Love and all they had to do is Believe in Him.
Now we could see clearly the Massive devastation the User Friendly Gospel had brought about in our society. Many of these people were supposedly saved at Missions or in Prison Ministries, or by the latest evangelical outreach sweeping the country. ALL based on the ‘Receive’ Jesus message and Nothing to do with Repentance. We dwelled into the past and read about old time Gospel ministers who preached a fiery message of Repentance that sparked great revivals and awakenings among the people. It seemed hopeful that if we could imitate them in some way, we could expect similar results. But finding anyone in the churches in agreement turned out to be impossible. They all had an axe to grind or some agenda. Their idea of Evangelism was adding numbers to the church role, NOT seeing people Repent with godly sorrow for sin and be made Pure by faith in Jesus.
We finally reached an impasse with the church and were forced to leave. NOT a single person called us or tried to persuade us to return. Obviously they were glad to see us go. After visiting a series of churches in the area, we decided to open a store front on Main Street in our town. Still naive to the wiles of the System, we were drawn into an alliance with the local Salvation Army Mission. But their pastor, who seemed to respect our courage of preaching in the streets and radical evangelism, had ulterior motives. He wanted us to Sign up with the Army as Pastors! At the time he had us preaching and teaching in his church core and was even taking part in our open air outreach on the weekends. When we made it clear that wasn’t our intention the whole thing fell apart and were on our way again.
Since this was all before the Age of Computers or the Internet (as we know it today) our outreach was limited to what we could print up and hand out or actually preach on the side walks. Radio was expensive and out of the question back then and we knew nothing about shortwave broadcasting. Of course we grew further and further alienated from the churches the more we leaned and saw first hand. For a while we thought the whole problem began and ended with the Doctrine of Eternal Security. If you could defeat that with Scripture (which wasn’t too difficult to do) you could effectively tear down Satan’s Strongholds and make people see the fallacy behind it all. But little did we know at the time that the OSAS Doctrine was only a SMALL portion of the Lie and only lead to what was called an ‘in-house’ debate that had been raging for Centuries among the churches.
It really boiled down to being in One Camp or the Other. Few if any, looked at it as heresy damaging the church. The Debate did nothing more than reinforce the System of Lies everyone was caught up into. Because everyone remained ‘Brothers’ preaching the Same Jesus and believing the same error. Still the entire scope of this remained hidden to us and we continued to make the fatal mistake of assuming many in the churches were really saved, but needed vital instruction in the truth. The Dynamic we failed to see was that IF any of these people REALLY were Christians, Filled with the Spirit, they would be AWAKE and Contending against the Errors! NO ONE would have to show them. As Jesus said: ‘If the Light in you is Darkness, how GREAT is that Darkness!’
Darkness and Light Cannot Mix. The Tree either Produces Good Fruit or it is
Corrupted to be Burned!
In time it seemed as though we were up against the very Gates of hell itself. The Whole world was Given over to some kind of false Gospel that had them mesmerized and numb to the Truth. Everyone was Saved already and not the slightest bit concerned about sin in their life, no matter how flagrant it was. The church especially were hotbeds of immorality, preachers and evangelists involved in all kinds of horrible behavior, some even indicted for crimes. It was La La Land personified. No one cared for anything but the maintaining the status quo.
We threw in the towel and walked away from the mess, disgusted with the lack of caring. However Many years later through a series of events, the Lord gave us an opportunity to return to the fight. Reluctantly and cautiously we started back on the Narrow Track, somewhat wiser than before, but still naïve to the System of Lies at work around us. At this point the Computer revolution had taken place and the World Wide Web was starting up. That opened new doors to outreach and research. Through these means we found new horizons and others contending earnestly for the Truth. An author, whose book I purchased on the Web, seemed to be exactly the kind of Maverick Preacher we had been looking for. He had written a huge volume against Eternal Security, citing his opponents teaching and exposing their errors.
This was like opening Pandora’s Box! He seemed to be right on the mark, identifying the problems and the reasons behind why the churches were such a mess. We immediately contacted him and even met up with him and his wife soon afterward. We thought his teaching was top notch and really focused on the issues at hand. It wasn’t long before we financed his debut on Radio, which we thought would definitely kick up a fire storm in the church community where it was heard. But again, NO ONE Cared! It turned out to be a complete wasted of time and money, although we expanded it on to Shortwave and other Stations.
Among the many perils faced by God’s Saints as they sojourn here on earth ministering His Word, is not only the persecutions, alienations, hatred, misunderstandings, but the perils of FALSE BRETHREN! To be injured by someone you THOUGHT was your Brother in Christ is more than a disappointment, it can be exceedingly devastation to your faith! We are Constantly warned to Test the Spirits, Try them, Don’t be Deceived, Watch, be careful, but when the attack comes from within it’s difficult to be prepared. Especially when you have trusted someone supported them and even worked with them in ministry.
This author, although well versed in Scripture, proved to be a bitter, disgruntled person, distrustful of everyone around him and full of deceit. If he perceived something against you, whether true or not, he would Cut you off in a heartbeat with no explanation whatsoever. As though you were some kind of reprobate unworthy to speak with him again. And no one could approach him on the subject or that person would be black balled as well. He had a REAL Problem with relationships and obviously knew nothing about True Forgiveness or Christian love. He cut us off flat and never said thanks for anything we did for him. Needless to say it wasn’t a pleasant experience and we still don’t understand his motivation.
After that I stayed on Radio for a while and put up a Web Site. We ran across several more false brethren and were burned again by them before we just closed down the radio show and went back to home studies and working on the Web Site. Our efforts had appeared to reach another impasse and we were nearly at the end our rope again when a Certain man contacted me on the phone from Colorado asking about my radio program. His name was Dan. I briefly explained to him what had happened and he concurred that the author has series problems, also black balling him for no reason. After that he began to call me frequently to talk about God and getting something going again on the air or Web. But I was ill at the time.
As I recovered from my illness, he kept contact with me, always encouraging me to do something and keep digging into the Word for answers. It wasn’t long before he persuaded me to try doing a Video sermon for publication on the web. I had archives of Audio messages from my radio shows and audio teaching posted on the site. Cautiously I gave it a try and produced a Video Message called ‘According to Godliness’ with my Digital Video Camera. Soon afterward everything started to fall into place and the Lie began to unfold before our very eyes!
It was like someone had Pulled Back the Curtain and exposed the Wizard! We could finally hear what they were REALLY Saying, the code was broken. Of course we had no idea how deep the Rabbit hole went at the time or how far reaching the entire fallacy had become. But when we pilled back that first layer of deception and could see the System as it truly was, the house of cards collapsed and we were set into motion on a journey that would unravel the GREATEST Satanic Deception of all time.
I wish to add here that I attribute much of this work to the diligent efforts of Brother Dan. Had it not been for his constant digging into the Word of God, exhaustive research and dedication none of this would have been possible. He Uncovered the lie from top to bottom and Proved beyond question that the Entire System was Rotten to the Core. The Pastors and Teachers themselves False Prophets to the last, Promoting a Lie of MEGA Proportion! Step by step he unveiled each aspect of their horrible Doctrines and the fallacy behind them. Like ascending a Pyramid every lie uncovered showed the necessity of another lie to support it. Until finally he Reached the TOP, going full circle, and staring Dead into the face of the Doctrine of ORIGINAL SIN! THAT was the Head of the Beast and where the Serpent derived his power over the church!
The Chief Corner Stone of all False Teaching that held the LIE together. NOW we could see WHY we were not able to get anywhere for all those years in the churches. WHY All the preachers agreed with one another regardless of doctrinal differences. WHY we met with such opposition to the Word of God, WHY NO ONE preached against Sin as to convict them or compel real repentance! WHY there was no many False Brethren in the churches. NO ONE was Preaching Real Repentance! And if they were using the Word ‘Repent’ they had it backward or twisted to mean ‘Confession’ and a Change of Mind. The Universal Message in the church was you are BORN INTO SIN, COME in your Sin, and are SAVED in your Sin! NO Exceptions.
This Explained everything, answered ALL our questions, tied up all the loose ends. When I Finally realized that the WHOLE SYSTEM was Preaching this message, I knew it was time to shake the dirt off my feet and LEAVE THEM ALONE! As the Lord said, ‘They are the blind leaders of the blind!’ It was like a Huge Light turned on inside my head and I could see the futility of trying to wake up the churches. NOTHING mattered to them! You could debate with them all day long on doctrines, Silence them if you will, but they will Come away STILL BELIEVING THE LIE! It’s wasted effort and could early lead to your own demise
We were dealing with people who had come to Christ under False Pretense! Many of them had NEVER Repented and some were partially reformed. BUT ALL were operating in the Old Man, believing it was God’s Job to Clean them up in time by changing their desires. They had NEVER Truly Crucified the Flesh with its passions and desires. That happened in Principle only. In reality they continued to sin! Our biggest Mistake had been assuming we had entered a ‘Christian’ System, of godly people serving the Lord.
You can’t toy with a Viper or Pet a Savage wolf! Jesus referred to the Religious System in this Manner for a reason. These people may appear as harmless lambs, but they are NOT your Brothers. Like the Viper they will strike you with lightening speed to inject their numbing venom. They are preaching a Deadly lie, designed to destroy men’s souls. They are under a Strong Delusion of error and self deceived. NEVER think for a MINUTE that being in their churches, sitting under their teaching, reading their books, listening to their sermons, is NOT severally affecting your Soul!
The MOST Important thing you can do, if you have Really Repented and encountered God, is GET this LIE Figured out. FIND out HOW it Works, what makes it Tick. Learn the Code these people speak, read between the lines, KEEP Yourself Awake to the Deception. OVERCOME ! You may not understand the entire scope of the Lie right now, but don’t hang around in the System thinking your safe. I know it feels good to be there and the so-called ‘fellowship’ is tempting, hard to give up. Nevertheless you are at GREAT Risk the longer you stay and the LESS you comprehend.
The significant thing to remember is that we did not arrive at this conclusion lightly. It was through a long process of searching, digging, never giving in to the lie. It unfolded a in Steps and eventually we were able to Connect the Dots. It wasn’t just a disagreement over interruptions or Doctrinal preferences. Although everyone was Preaching Christ Crucified and Risen the SYSTEM was based on a Lie. By Necessity they had EVERY major Tenant of Scriptural Teaching WRONG! It was BACKWARD! People were being ‘SAVED IN THEIR SINS!’ NOT OUT of Them! That explained the deplorable conditions we had seen the churches since our early days. Repentance had been Rendered Null and Void and Faith Passive.
Instead of the Atonement Designed to Rescue Man from the Corrupting influence of sin, Purify his heart by faith and forgive his sins by the blood of Christ. It is an appeasement of the Wrath of God, Demanded by Moral Government as a Substitute to take our place and our beating. Jesus had to BECOME Sin and God had to Pretend that He was Mankind and punish Him accordingly. Salvation happens if you TRUST in this arrangement and confess to God you’re a sinner. In this manner you are Covered and Declared Righteous, even though you continue to sin everyday in thought, word and deed.
Therefore Redemption has NOTHING to do with Real Repentance or a Clearing of Wrong doing, forsaking of sin. Confession takes care of all that and the sin NEVER Stops. Since you are Born a Sinner sin isn’t a Crime against God, but a madly, something you have no control over, part of your Nature. NO ONE, including God, expects you to STOP Sinning, you Can’t! You MUST get Saved ‘IN PROCESS’ that way the OLD MAN Comes into the Kingdom with you!
Under this scheme whether or not your ‘Eternally Secure’ or Can lose your Salvation really doesn’t matter. HOW could you be Secure if you were NEVER Saved to begin with and have NEVER Repented of your sin? AND WHAT Possibility is there of Losing anything if you were Saved DOING the Same thing? The Adulterer can be Saved in his sin, therefore if he commits adultery afterward HOW is he accountable? The FALLACY falls apart! You CAN’T Make People DO the Right thing WHO have NEVER DONE the Right thing to begin with!
The Entire Lie is Standing on a False Foundation. No Single Part of it has any redeeming value, the whole thing is Rotten. It’s NOT an argument between Calvinism and Armenism, they are BOTH WRONG! You are no better off following after John Wesley than you are Charles Spurgeon. (or any teachers of the past in either camp) Present Day is no different. You can admire the celebrity preachers, buy their books, study their sermons, attend their churches, but they are ALL Preaching the LIE! NO EXCEPTIONS. Including YOUR Little Local church pastor you had over for Sunday dinner last week.
Until you can admit that the entire System is Corrupted and you have been duped by some aspect of the Lie, then you will REMAIN Part of it. You can’t compromise with evil. The Spirit of Truth and spirit of error cannot abide together. You Can’t be on Safe ground and still be following this System. You are COMING OUT of it or you are PART of it. You Can’t Change the System But the System CAN Change you! Remember this System has been in place since 4th Century Rome and MANY have tried to oppose it along the way. When everything has been said and done, the lie Silenced by Truth, the Strongholds torn Down, they will STILL BELIEVE THE LIE!!! (otherwise they would come out of it!)
What happened in the Great Reformation? They broke away from the Tyranny of the Catholic church and formed MANY more churches, all Based on Some Portion of the LIE! That is all Denominations are about and non-denominations. Some aspect of the Original Sin Fallacy based on an erroneous understanding of Repentance and faith. Certainly you can find one that you prefer over the others, everyone does, but they all have the Gospel in Reverse! You are NOT going to find a Pastor or Church anywhere who thinks the System is a problem. You may run across some Cults, off the wall groups, wackos, but I highly doubt you will find anyone in the System Preaching that the Sin Must Stop in Repentance.
There may be a glimmer of hope with some who you can persuade to reject the Doctrine of Original Sin, but I wouldn’t count on it. Usually some other aspect of the lie has them bogged down and you reach an impasse at that point. So don’t waste too much time with them if you sense resistance or get a flurry of trick questions from them. Their tactic is to CHANGE you, not you them. That could be the Only reason they started a dialogue with you to begin with. Beware.
Influencing others in the System by sitting in on Bible Studies or attending Classes is temping and something most us are easily drawn into. What could be wrong with these people hearing Truth, you ask, perhaps someone will respond. Unfortunately my experience has been ‘SHOW ME’ Someone who has! I’ve seen a lot of people who will pat you on the back for quoting Bible them and act as though they appreciate what you’re doing in the church. BUT will they CHANGE what they believe? That’s the real question. They Continue to follow the Pastor and hold to the Lie. They Won’t Contend with you or even try to find out WHY you’re saying the things you say.
In time they will resent you and when the chips are down, DON’T Ever expect any of them to stand with you for the Truth! They Believe the LIE, Hook, line and sinker and they DON’T understand what’s behind it. If they did you would NOT have to be telling them, the Spirit of Truth would be Leading them. So although it’s temping to go into the churches to contend or try to wake up the people and you definitely feel compassion for them being deceived, my advice (based on long experience) is Tread CAREFULLY! Ultimately I Can’t tell what to do. Just Remind you what you up against.
EVERY Attempt to reform the System, though out history, has brought nothing more than another splinter group that formed into another church or denomination. Where do you think the holiness movement came from? The Lukewarm, watered down Calvinism churches teaching cheap grace! Why can you still find tiny little local churches holding to past traditions and teaching? Because certain people despise the country club atmosphere of the huge mega churches! While most love it. But they ALL Preach the LIE.
I’ve found that the more you try to stay on a friendly base with these people and the church leadership, so you can keep your foot in the door, the more Vexing it becomes to your soul. It drains you of your strength because inside you are compromising with evil and you know it. Read the Prophets and you will see what I mean here. They were deeply stirred by the moral decay of the System, it burdened their souls. But they NEVER Backed down, no matter what happened to them. They were hated and despised, not loved and admired! There are no exceptions here, so don’t try to invent one to justify what you want to do. If you want to Contend in the System, DO SO, But DON’T Try to make any allowances for yourself, it won’t work. I’ve seen Brothers and Sisters get worn down to a nub doing this and nearly fall away themselves!
If you find yourself in the System, popular, well received, everyone is happy to see you around…You HAVE a Problem! You’re on Enemy territory here, don’t forget it. What happens in battle when you drop your guard? You become an instant causality, another statistic. This is SIMPLE Math….IF you are NOT making them angry you’re tap dancing around the Truth! I’m not saying to be mean or sarcastic with them or purposely disrespectful. But Truth is Truth and MANY of them are going to end up in hell by following the Lie. You don’t have time to be playing word games with the pastor or trying to please the people with some clever presentation of scripture.
Chances are you’re not going to around long anyway, if you are Really Contending. Because as I said, the Danger is you Dying with them, MUCH more than one of them coming out of this mess. Believe me IF someone does wake up and come out to contend with you, All the Angels in Heaven will be rejoicing in songs of Praise! This Lie goes DEEP with ancient roots. The Apostle were fighting against it! Many of them with their final earthy breath Warned the Brethren to beware, lest they be Deceived. What makes any of us think we can take this lightly or kick back and relax while the Lie holds the Platform? LEARN from past Mistakes and DON’T Repeat them! Use your time Wisely. Stay on your feet, Keep Strong, Pray, Dig and NEVER Compromise with sin!
Several years ago we embarked on this
journey for Truth and had no idea where it would lead us. God has chosen this
time to Reveal to us, (Babes) the Scope of this thing. He has taken us to the
Mountain Top and shown us the Mystery. What has been hidden to past generations
because of their pet doctrines, is exposed. The Ugly Lie lurking behind their
Message is being brought into the Light of Truth and exposed! We Tread on sacred
ground among that Great cloud of witness in times past, who gave their all for
this Truth. God has entrusted us with this Revelation in these final days to
call His Holy Remnant together. The Great whore church is about to be Judged,
they stand poor, blind and naked before God! Time is running out.
Don’t get caught wrapped up in the System, sleeping. Fight the Good Fight!