Preaching the Lie

Chapter 1: Another Gospel!

Today the Gospel consists of your sins forgiven in advance, God can’t see you sinning and Christ Obeyed for you. The result of this message on our society has been devastating to say the least. The moral decay in our churches is overwhelming and it has spilled over into all facets of family life, politics and social behavior. Although a form of success appears to exist in the modern Evangelical movement, it has no substance of true spiritual life and certainly no evidence of genuine faith that works by love and purifies the heart of sin.

The people converted under this system are destitute of heart holiness and obedience to the truth. They are inundated with a message that condones sinful behavior, carnality and loose living. But at the same time many of them, including the preachers and teachers who dispense the message, are convinced what they believe is the ‘right’ thing and such behavior is normal under Biblical standards of Doctrine. Therefore no hard, fast rule of a genuine Christian Conversion can be defined or agreed upon by the churches. Thus they adopt formulas and methods that promise results in number of members and an overall appearance of success. Whether or not people are actually being redeemed from the corrupting influence of sin in their lives is secondary to the status quo.

The moral dilemma that has been created by these methods is overwhelming and the ‘converts’ are far removed from any Biblical Description of a Christian or even a reasonable facsimile of a Divine Nature.

Yet no one really seems to care about their spiritual well being in light of Scripture because no warnings are issued and little urgency exists to rescue them from their sinful addictions. As long as they have been assimilated into the ‘System’ by the approved methods, it is assumed that their eternal habitation is a foregone conclusion and nothing they do or don’t do, can effect the outcome.

The prescribed method of Salvation under this system goes something like this:

1)       The emotional appeal usually accompanied by some soft music and lighting to created the atmosphere of concern. ‘You are a poor miserable sinner and you need Jesus to Save you!’

2)       Then you are generally told that God requires perfect holiness and perfection from you in order to come into His presence, otherwise He can’t look on you in your ‘sinful’ state.

3)       Before you have time to throw in the towel, since this ‘perfection’ is something you certainly don’t have, will never have and is impossible to have, they spring the trap!

4)       Merely TRUST that Jesus is that Perfection, accept that by FAITH, repeat some words and you have it made in the shade!

The Transaction has taken place! Although nothing has really changed between you and God in reality (you certainly don’t feel any different than before) He has just Pronounced you SAVED, Forgiven and Justified because you have TRUSTED in Christ’s finished work on the cross that includes: ‘Perfection, Obedience, Righteousness, and Redemption!’ He did it all for you in ADVANCE and now you have RECEIVED His accomplishment by this ‘Transfer of Trust’ and your eternal well being is signed, sealed and delivered.

Although this experience may occur in a variety of ways and places and be accompanied by some emotion, tears and sounds of praise, the by-product remains the same. The Convert has no basis of soul saving faith within the heart and therefore no RULE or LAW exists to govern the so-called conversion. The heart has received the Word with gladness (who wouldn’t if convinced such a thing is true as described above!) rejoices in the euphoria of the moment, but is without Foundation. NO element of the True Substance and Evidence of Bible Saving Faith has taken place! The heart is left hallow and empty without ROOT for a Newness of life to Sprout upward.

The status of this so-called conversion is that God has somehow CHANGED the nature of sin toward you because you now ‘believe’ in His Son. Sin no longer brings Death (the wages of sin is death! Rom6:23) but for you, LIFE! God has magically placed all your sin on Jesus and now no longer holds you accountable for it. Although you will CONTINUE to sin daily in thought, word and deed for the rest of your life, it will never effect the outcome of your final salvation in Jesus.

Positionally you are declared Righteous and Pure in Christ because the process of this so-called Salvation has provided you with a Transfer of Christ’s Perfect Righteousness ‘wired’ into your account (so to speak) to insure that NOTHING you do or don’t do from this point forward can negate or cancel out the Gift so richly provided by God’s Love and Mercy.

The very nature of this Message is profoundly seductive and captivating. The Psychological effect, accompanied by the smooth sounding words creates a strong desire within to ‘believe’ that this mysterious transaction has somehow taken place and you are now a ‘Saved’ person on you way to heaven guaranteed!

That your vile affections still remain is of no consequence because you are convinced that taking up a new leaf will provide an ‘improved’ version of your life and a better class of people to associate with.

To give the Delusion even more creditability the teachers and preachers in the spotlight of popularity produce massive amounts of material promoting their systems of self-improvement, success and better living. The Message is always upbeat and positive, non-confrontational and designed to keep the people contented and coming back for more. Any focus on the Scriptures only promotes what they have already been told is the Gospel. That Jesus has provided everything required to get you into His Kingdom and you need only to have Trusted in Him for it to happen.

How, you may ask, do these teachers and preachers avoid detection if the Bible is so Clearly opposed to what they are promoting? Honest question, worthy of consideration. The reasons are numerous, but can generally be blamed on apathy among professing Christians who would rather not get involved in a debate over doctrines. Most church goers are fairly satisfied with their limited knowledge of Scripture and have no desire whatsoever to challenge anyone’s belief or weed out teachers preaching ANOTHER Gospel than the one contained in the Bible. This makes them easy prey for the smooth presentation and highly polished expositions of modern day Evangelism.

It’s difficult to resist the gala performance of professional sounding bands. The soft lighting and golden throated speakers cracking their anecdote and telling clever little stories to illustrate their message. Like a elegant pageant these things are designed to excite certain emotions in you, prick at your heart strings and cause a teary eyed response. How could such a Celebration done in the Lord’s Name be wrong! God MUST be pleased with the effort of so many offering up their praise and ‘receiving’ His Son.

Yet according to the Bible, the Majority is on the Wide Road to Destruction. (Matt7:13-14) Seldom in the Scriptural record is the Religious System Approved by God. Rather it is corrupted to the core and opposed to almost everything Jesus came to Teach. The Present Day church is no exception. Its Apostate State is a DIRECT result of the Message being preached. And the people fully reflect the dismal condition of what they have embraced as their Gospel. It’s a rarity to find any professing Christians even making a TOKEN attempt to live according to the dictates of the Bible. Most of them are so far removed from Scriptural Believers that the ENTIRE New Testament has to be explained away to justify their counterfeit life style.

You would be hard pressed to find anyone in the churches who actually possesses the Divine Nature or Newness of life described in the Bible. The professed converts could care less if their personal behavior is pleasing to God or an abomination in His sight. They flock into the churches, sing, praise, cry out, lift their hands to heaven and bow before the Image of Christ that condones their carnality, double-mindedness and Divided hearts! The Preachers and teachers maintain the delusion and keep up the appearance of success. While millions perish into the dark abyss for eternity ‘BELIEVING’ they were saved forever because they Trusted in a LIE.

This modern day delusion is NOT Difficult to uncover. Nor is it a mystery that few can understand. The Apostles were engaged intensely against this spirit of error from the beginning and left behind a detailed record in the Scriptures refuting the Lie. It was the GRACE of God that came under attack then by lawless men who would turn it into a License for immorality and it’s the exact SAME spirit at work today CONTROLLING the Platforms and rendering the Gospel null and void! (Jude3-4)  But these teachers no longer have to sneak in among us to pervert the message, because NO ONE is Refuting them! Therefore their message has spread like gangrene, unabated, into the books, schools, study bibles, tapes, CD’s, etc. Until it has now become UNIVERSALLY ANOTHER Gospel effecting EVERYTHING in its wake.

The following is a Perfect example of this Deception in action.

The Bible Clearly States who will and who will not inherit the Kingdom and Why. Scripture gives a detailed and concise description of the type of behavior that is Guaranteed to DISQUALIFY you from entering the Kingdom.  Note the follow passages closely:

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 1Cor6:9-10

The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Gal5:19-21

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a man is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient. Therefore do not be partners with them. Eph5:3-7

Examine the Empathic Language used in these Passages:

1)       Of THIS you CAN BE SURE!

2)       LET no one DECEIVE you with empty words!

3)       I Told you MANY times before!

Does any of this sound as though the Apostle is merely ‘suggesting’ that you avoid these things, but if you don’t, no consequence will befall you? That due to stress, trials and personal struggles with addiction, that God will somehow overlook your weakness and cut you some slack in these matters? Yet as clear cut as these passages appear in the pages of Scripture, the False Teachers will cast their dispersions and try to

Explain them away by suggesting the following:

1)       Perhaps these things are written to the unsaved or those never saved to begin with…

2)       Or they could be speaking of a ‘Continued’ or ‘Life Style’ of sin, not an occasional slip up

3)       Since you are Already forgiven in Advance for ALL you sin, past, present and future, this cannot be a list of things that will disqualify you from the Kingdom, because NOTHING can cancel the gift.

Thus the element of doubt has been introduced. “Has God REALLY Said thus and thus??” Many begin to doubt that such things will indeed bring about spiritual death and loosely indulge in these sins without fear. The Apostle CANNOT possibly be speaking about ‘Christians’ who do these things, (because everyone does them, including the preachers) and God will not hold them accountable for something Jesus has already died for.

In this manner no warning is issued and the people assume that spiritual death is NOT a possibility. The dynamic of this delusion extends to all facets of the Gospel Message. Jesus warned us in Luke8: 18

“To take heed, or be extremely careful, in WHAT MANNER you are hearing something!” The Presentation of the Gospel message is no exception. In Scripture the WAY into the Kingdom is Clearly defined. Jesus Himself gave us this vital Truth in Mattt7:14-23. The Way is Narrow, Few Find it, Many do not, Strive with all effort to enter in, beware of false teachers who come to you in sheep’s clothing, telling lies. At the Judgment MOST people will assume themselves ‘saved’, claim mighty works in His Name, but be unapproved and sent away because they refused to Build their house on the Rock of Christ’s Word by DOING what He said to DO!

In what MANNER do the present day preachers and teachers present the Gospel Message? In Capsule  form. ‘Believe’ on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved! As though NOTHING else is required.

No warning that the ‘devils also believe’ or that ‘believing’ without DOING is self-deception. And NOTHING about the Narrow Gate that Few Strive to Enter. Repentance is a mere apology for being ‘sinful’ and Faith is Trusting that Jesus did everything for you in advance and your inheritance into the Kingdom is guaranteed.

This is refereed to as ‘Receiving Christ’ and is almost universally accepted as the Salvation method in today’s churches. Perhaps you have seen the huge rallies and crusades where an invitation is given and thousands of people respond. Marching forward like so many automatons to ‘go’ and repeat the magic words that will seal their eternal well being in heaven. The Atmosphere is usually one of emotion driven tempo where thousands of curious seekers flock the platform smiling, talking to their friends and waiting for a glimpse of the famous evangelist as he leads them in the ‘Prayer’.

Certainly a RADICAL departure from what occurred in the Book of Acts when the Apostles presented the Gospel. Scripture declares that thousands were ‘Cut to the heart!’ and THREW themselves at the Mercy of God, after they heard a scorching message of Repentance, Wrath, Judgment and Faith! (Acts2:37-39) THEN they were told to ‘BELIEVE’ on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved! When their hearts were prepared to ‘RECEIVE’ His Mercy and FOLLOW Him in faithful Obedience to the Truth.

They weren’t repeating words, or standing in front of a platform acting as though they were out on a Sunday stroll. They were Pressing through that NARROW Gate, with all effort and diligence, crying out to God for Mercy, to be spared His Wrath, they so richly deserved. The EFFECT was Immediate. (Acts2:40-47) Teaching and Preaching SOUND Doctrine, according to godliness and holy behavior. Steadfast endurance in the faith. Worship and Praise from PURE hearts, WASHED in the BLOOD of Jesus! Redeemed from Darkness to Light, from the Power of Satan to GOD!

In Contrast the Convert Today:

1)       Is a sinner and remains a sinner, saved by Grace

2)       Declared Righteous by ‘faith’ but continue in sin

3)       Forgiven in advance, past, present and future, sin everyday in thought, word and deed

4)       God not Sees or holds you accountable for your sin

WHERE is this Gospel Declared in the BIBLE? Where does it say that you can Love God and Rebel against Him at the same time? Where does it say that you can be a servant of God and of sin at the same time? Can a corrupt tree bear good fruit, or a polluted stream produce useful water? A Tree Planted by the Lord produces GOOD FRUIT or else it is CUT down and thrown into the FIRE! (Matt7:16-20)

Despite the fact that many preachers and teachers hold to what they ‘think’ is SOUND Doctrine and preach a ‘holiness’ message, in their estimation, this LIE has affected EVERYONE without exception. As long as your churches are convinced that the Lie (Package Gospel) has some redeeming value to it and is NOT ANOTHER Gospel entirely, little hope exists of grasping the scope of what we are up against in the spiritual whelm. The Lie undermines ALL your efforts to preach ‘sound’ doctrine. By embracing their methods, themes, books, tapes, concerts, etc you Nullify any progress made by supposedly preaching your sound doctrines.

For example, you teach your young people the Right thing about Obedience to the Truth, holy living, chaste behavior and then send them off to some concert where they are guaranteed to hear the Lie. Or you use material in their classes written by the exact same teachers who preach sins forgiven in advance, God can’t see you sinning and you are eternally secure. You even refute the once saved always saved message at times and then RECOMMEND the VERY authors whose books promote it! Worse, you praise the efforts of the large ministries, by name, lauding their success and clever style that draws in the masses.

These things are of no concern, you claim. The people are hearing a sound message and will sort the truth from the fiction. Take the good and leave the bad! BUT the RESULTS Speak for themselves! The Condition of the average church is abominable in the Sight of God. The people are complacent, lukewarm and loose in their conduct.

Converts remain addicted to vile affections, smoking, drinking and cussing is common among them. Their defense is that ‘no one is perfect’ and Salvation is ‘not of works!’ They abound in Jealousies, selfish contentions, anger, strife, backbiting and bitter rivals. The Fruit of the Spirit is NO WHERE to be seen! But instead of attributing the problems to the accumulative effect of the Lie they are exposed to, you rely on your ‘Doctrine’ to make up the difference. Hoping that all these issues will somehow ‘take’ care of themselves if you just stay on track, do what you are doing and maintain the status quo.

But things just keep worse and worse, year by year and the problems multiply. What most of you fail to realize is that YOU also have been affected by the Lie. Much of what you ‘believe’ is tainted by it and hinders your methods and presentation to the point that you are practically preaching the SAME message.

If you are not, WHY then are the RESULTS you’re getting EXACTLY the same as those produced by the Lie? The Average Convert is NOT conformed to the Biblical Standard of conversion, but that of the Lie.

Here’s an Example:

1)       Can your recent Converts testify to a season of godly sorrow for sin, broken within and a through repentance, change of mind and heart before God?

2)       Can they then give evidence of a genuine SINSE of Pardon from God? NOT what someone has told them is true according to a passage in the bible, but a Real Witness of the Spirit within?

3)       Where is the Joy unspeakable, Full of Glory! Peace that Passes Understanding, Love of God Shed abroad into their heart?

4)       Have ALL THINGS become New, the Divine Nature of Christ taken hold, is their Faith WORKING by Love, Purifying the heart of sin and giving Victory over the world, flesh and devil?

You immediately protest and defend your low standard of conversion with the common appeal that no one is perfect, God isn’t finished with them yet, they are merely ‘babes’ in Christ. He will clean them up later. The important thing is that they are now coming to church, hearing the Message, and associating with a better class of people than before. However the problem is that NONE of these arguments are supported by ANYTHING in the Scriptures. (What is listed above is) Which is Correct?

If you are preaching sound doctrine, why are you so willing to accept a Standard of Conversion so opposed to the Bible? If Salvation is ‘Not of works’ as everyone so joyfully proclaims, WHAT does it mean to have a WORKING Faith? And if Grace is merely the ‘unmerited favor’ of God bestowed on sinful mankind out of Divine Love, WHERE do the exceeding Great and Precious Promises of a Changed Life come in? Grace is either the POWER of God to Purity and godly behavior or the Bible is in error!! (Titus2:11-14)

But according to the LIE Grace is bestowed through faith alone and NOTHING the person Does or Does not DO has any effect on the Transaction. As though God will Judge imparity according to what a person ‘Believes’ NOT what he DOES with what he believes! Scripture CLEARLY Testifies that a person is Justified by what he DOES, NOT BY FAITH ALONE, (James2:24) And that God Judges in that manner, imparity According to each one’s WORK! (1Pet1:17) 

WHY do you keep insisting that it’s ‘NOT of Works’ and NEVER explain what it means to be SAVED by a WORKING Faith instead of the WORKS of the Law? The Apostle was speaking of a Boast made by those who thought that 'Keeping’ the Law would make them Righteous before God. (Rom3:17, 23) NOT Casting away the Working Dynamic of Faith itself! The LAW OF FAITH, he called it, Rom3:27. That Upholds and Establishes the Law in the heart. (Rom3:31)

Therefore once a person actually receives true Salvation through genuine faith, (Eph2:8-9) in Christ, GOD expects him to EXERCISE that Faith by WORKING TOGETHER (2Cor6:1) for the Outcome to final Salvation. Faith is NOT a ‘done deal’ but a PROCESS that is begun in the soul by this Divine Favor to perform a WORK to MOLD you into the IMAGE of Jesus through Obedience to the Truth! (Rom6:16-17)

By preaching faith as ‘Trusting’ in Jesus you allow the people to draw the conclusion that they can ‘believe’ in God WITHOUT OBEYING Him! And such faith, according to the Scriptures, is inoperable. (James2:22-24)

We RECEIVE Grace for OBEDIENCE to the Faith! (Rom1:5) NOT for ‘Trusting’ that Jesus obeyed in our place and has forgiven us in advance. That defeats the PURPOSE of Faith and renders the Gospel of no effect. Therefore to Preach Repentance and Faith, according to the Scriptures, you must REJECT this notion that a person can be truly Saved by Repeating some words and ‘asking’ Jesus into his heart, rather than OBEYING FROM HIS HEART as the Scripture declares. (Rom6:16)

This is the Radical Departure from Mainstream Evangelism FEW are willing to make. It would drastically reduce the ‘success’ factor in amount of supposed ‘conversions’ immediately. If the people were told they had to Deny their flesh, repent and forsake their sins, flee the wrath of God and fall on the Mercy of Christ in Obedient Faith to be saved, the WHOLE Religious System would come apart at the seams. If the preachers and teachers were crying out against the sins of the flesh and pointing to the corruption in men’s hearts, they would be despised, rejected and probably persecuted.

Instead most church pastors are loved and adored by the people who call themselves Christians but don’t Obey God. They operate in the spotlight, so to speak, popular among men, well received, with a comforting message of a positive nature. ‘God is love!’ ‘He has a wonderful Plan for your life’ ‘Receive Jesus now and find this peace, joy and freedom from guilt.’ It sounds good and draws in the people, BUT it’s nowhere to be found in the Bible! That’s because it’s NOT the Gospel preached by the Apostles and our Lord and the By-product is NOT the Salvation of Souls from the corrupting influence of sin!

Until you recognize the Lie in its entirety and begin to refute it the influence remains and you are compromised. Whether you want to accept it or not, the evidence speaks for itself. If the Message convicts the people to the slightest degree, its immediately stifled, lightened up, the blow cushioned. God forbid anyone suggests that their behavior may disqualify them from the Kingdom! Brow beating and stepping on toes is avoided at all cost. Sin is a result of stress, addiction, the natural weakness of the flesh. God understands and knows you are ‘doing’ your best and that’s all that matters.

Even if someone cries out against sin for a season, it’s always tempered with the Peace, peace message. The resultant guilt that may come is unfounded, to no purpose. God has already forgiven you and you’re still on your way to heaven even if you DON’T OBEY Him and Continue to Practice the sins listed in Gal5:19-21, 1Cor6:9-10. The matter is NEVER Conclusive, so the Warnings have no foundation. It’s ALWAYS sedulity implied that ‘somehow’ you will escape the Judgment of God and avoid His Ultimate wrath because you ‘believe’ in Jesus.

Many church pastors ‘THINK’ they are Teaching the Right thing and are VERY Sincere about what they do. But they fail to realize that the spirit of error has introduced a ‘STRONG DELUSION’ into our midst and the effects are Universal. It’s not merely an in house debate between brothers in the faith over the finer points of Doctrine. It is what the Apostle refereed to in Gal1: 6-8 as ‘ANOTHER Gospel! And it has Rendered the TRUTH of Scripture null and void. The battle is Not Against flesh and blood and the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but SPIRITUAL for PULLING down Satan’s STRONGHOLDS!

Allowing this Lie to go unabated in your churches has created an Atmosphere of Delusion very cleverly disguised as a ‘degree’ of success. The large ministries who promote the Lie boast tens of thousands of ‘decisions’ for Christ and mass appeal of their methods and formulas for evangelism. The smaller, local churches follow suit and use the same hype to help increase membership and appear as though they have God’s approval on all their activities. The end result is what we see today in every congregation ‘almost’ worldwide without exception.

1)       A Standard of Conversion that has NOTHING to do with Bible Truth.

2)        Converts destitute of heart Purity and Righteousness of life

3)       Continued Sinning daily with impunity

4)       And no FEAR of God’s Judgment whatsoever

As a pastor or teachers you can continue ignoring the situation and convince yourself God approves of what you are doing. Or you can WAIT and take your chances at the Judgment and hope none of this matters and God will not hold you accountable for the blood of lost souls.

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Chapter 2  They Love to have it so!

The Ancient Prophets said it best, ‘The People LOVE to have it so!”  (Jer5:31)  Iniquity is always abounding when the False Teachers strengthen the hand of the wicked. Today is no exception. Our entire society is suffering a moral dilemma unparalleled in history as a DIRECT result of the Christian Church failure to Confront the issues with an unrelenting Message of Repentance toward God and Faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. (In the manner described in the Scriptures!)

Instead they Preach a Gospel designed to pacify instead of convict, a message that soft peddles God’s warnings and removes any Fear of impending Judgment. Collectively the church pastors and teachers ‘believe’ whole-heartedly that they are on the right track and it’s a forgone conclusion that FEW (one in thousands!) will do ‘anything’ to stem the tide.

“The Shepherds have become dull-hearted!” Said the Prophet, (Jer10:21) They have Dressed the Wound (sin) of the People as though it was not serious, crying Peace, Peace when there is no Peace!” (Jer6:14)

The Gospel is no longer preached to Redeem man from the Corrupting influence of sin and see his heart made PURE by Faith, but to assure him that God is love and is only concerned about comforting him in his infirmities. Thus the pastors are nursemaids, not heralds of Truth, cutting to the bone and marrow with the Word of God to Convict and Convince the world of Sin, Righteousness and Judgment.

Now the Gospel is you come to Him promising nothing, making no commitments to follow in His Steps, UNCHANGED, believing that you will be ‘Saved’ by a Faith VOID of WORKING Principle! But reformed theology insists Luther was correct, it’s ‘Faith Alone’ plus nothing more that Justifies, even though the BIBLE Declares otherwise! (James2:24) 

Does anyone care that this is the Message going unabated in our churches, over the air waves, in the study Bibles, books, tapes, Videos, over the Web? Your Lip Service falls flat on its face when you examine the evidence! Every Pastor has his ‘Cause’ for doing what he is doing and feels perfectly justified in his methods. (otherwise he would change) But finding anyone willing to address these problems and expose the Lies is next to impossible! It’s as though the ENTIRE clergy has become weak kneed and limp wrested. WHERE are the Preachers and Teachers NOT under this Delusion, to some degree, and who still have a trace of discernment remaining in them?

The Vast Majority of Professing Christendom has been TOTALLY taken Captive by this LIE and is worshiping an IMAGE of Jesus created in the likeness of sinful man. Although this Image Walks, talks and usurps eccleastical authority over the churches, it represents the Great Dragon or Rev13 who makes war on the Saints of God and Overcomes them! With an Army of False Prophets, the Lie spreads like a plague and the faithful remnant of God is reduced in strength and numbers. Elijah had to face the False Prophets of Baal alone because the ‘faithful seven thousand’ would not make themselves KNOWN! (1Kings19:10,14, 18, Rom11:3-5) But the Present Day ‘Baal’ has taken on a new IMAGE and the Silent Remnant isn’t certain WHOSE side they are on!

Therefore at the grass root level of our society, where morality is shaped, we have NO STANDARDS! The Pulpits not given over to the Prosperity, self image, positive thinking and purpose driven non-sense, remain mute and refuse to make a Clarion Call against sin and for Righteousness. They rest on the laurels of past glory and adorn the monuments of their prophets, but are WITNESSES against themselves for turning their backs on the Doctrine Which is According to godliness! What further proof is required to awaken these foolish sleepers and re-oil their lamps before it’s too late? Reality is often painful and difficult to deal with, but our losses now will pale in comparison to the Great Judgement Throne of Christ when you face those Flaming Eyes that penetrate every fiber of your being!

Will it matter then that you were a ‘nice guy’ and always preached a positive, upbeat Message. While the people wallowed in their sins unable to escape the bondage of their flesh, you ministered to their needs and desires allowing them to believe that the Low Standards were acceptable to God and He understands their weakness. (And NO ONE took responsibility for the Mess!)

The True Gospel of Jesus Christ MUST Rescue man from the Corrupting influence of sin and Purify his heart by Faith Working by Love so he can OBEY the Righteous Requirements of God’s Law. The Blood of the Covenant MUST have the Power not only to forgiven sins previously committed, but also to PURGE those sins from the conscience mind so the recipient is no longer trying to Serve God by Dead Works, Ceremony or Ritual. Grace then MUST be the POWER of God unto this Salvation from sin, WORKING godliness and self-control into the heart, creating a NEW MAN Pleasing unto God in the Present Age.

Thus the Scripture Teach WITHOUT Question! NOT as a matter of opinion or by conjecture, but SOLID Experiential & Divine Truth handed down through the ages to man for the Purpose of Restoring him into the IMAGE of Christ Likeness he has lost through the ravages of sinful living. From the beginning Satan has done everything within his power to pervert and nullify the effects of this message and offer man an alternative means of Salvation that would Deceive his heart into believing that he could SIN and NOT die!

The Present Day system is very cleverly designed to ‘appear’ as correct and garner the support of MOST professing Christian ministers because it has achieved a degree of success. (at least in numbers, hype and overall appeal.) It doesn’t seem to matter that the Converts being produced are wholly ignorant of godly sorrow, repentance and working faith that purifies their hearts by love. They can’t explain the basics of Salvation by Faith, according to the Scriptures, nor can they testify of anything more than what the Minister has told them supposedly happened when they ‘received’ Jesus as Savior.

But they are coming to Church and associating with a ‘better’ class of people than before that’s what counts. Eventually they may produce ‘some’ Fruit of the Spirit, but the important thing is they have ‘received’ Jesus and regardless of any ‘Standard’ they are pronounced Saved and part of the group. This is evident on all sides of the Doctrinal debate. Whether your church is ‘holiness’ based, non eternal security or Preaching the Lie all the way, this Standard of Conversion is accepted almost worldwide as true Salvation. Even though it can EASILY be Proved from the Scriptures that MOST of these Converts DO NOT even meet the rudiments of BIBLICAL Salvation or a New Birth.

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In the Following Summary we will examine what Scripture has to say about the Gospel compared to what the Lie has proclaimed is the Gospel. MANY will be deeply offended when exposed for preaching the Lie.

WHO Preaches this Lie? (The list would be exhaustive!) Log on to an Internet Domain named: ‘OnePlace.com’ and you will find an extensive host of Teachers who Promote it. Here the Apostle’s Prophecy will come to life before your eyes and ears! (2Tim4:1-5) As you find HEAPS and HEAPS of ear tickling preachers TURNING the people away from the TRUTH for popularity and gain.

WHY hasn’t the local Clergy banded together to refute his awful distortion of the Truth that is ruining their churches? Unfortunately a through consideration would require an exhaustive study into the psychology of Delusion. But it’s enough to say for this discussion that MOST of them simply do not grasp or understand the scope of this Lie nor do they care enough what’s going on to do anything about it. Collectively they have accepted the Lowered Standards as Biblical and are Satisfied that their ‘Converts’ will somehow make it in even though they don’t quite ‘measure up’ to what the Bible says about genuine Christians.

But choosing sides is never an easy task and God has DENIED man the option of neutrality, without suffering the consequences of his actions. Therefore it is essential to DECIDE WHO you will Serve! (Deut30:17-19) If God has Said that you Must Follow and Obey Him to inherit eternal life, but man insists that you need merely to ‘believe and trust’ in order to be saved, WHO is Correct? Remember, you are entitled to your opinion ONLY in that you ACCEPT the Consequence of your error! God WILL NOT be Mocked, you will Reap what you Sow with finality.

The Basic Fundamental Principles of the Gospel Message have been abandoned and distorted by the vast majority of Christendom today. The Facts cannot be ignored. By adopting the Standards that accompany this Lie, local pastors are Defeating their Purpose of ministry! Many of them sincerely desire to help people spiritually and give them hope in a hopeless world but their efforts fall far short of True Redemption from sin and a Salvation that Works! The Converts remain entangled in their ungodly passions and vile affections. They are full of Jealously, strife, envy, covetous , selfish ambitions, anger and malice. Many are even addicted to unclean behavior and immoral conduct.

It is common, even for News Journalists to find Professed Christians engaged in the most heinous sexual prevision, addicted to pornography, drugs, sex and alcohol. When exposed many of these supposed Christians will Justify their behavior on camera and claim Salvation in Jesus because they have bought into the Lie and ‘THINK’ God will take them to heaven when they die in spite of their perversion.

Of course most local pastors would be appalled by this type of behavior and see it as the extreme fringe of professing Christianity and therefore not be in the least bit concerned about such things in their own churches. But are these things any worse to God, according to His Word, than people in their congregations who treat others with selfish contempt, covet their neighbors goods and live careless complacent lives that bring contempt to the Name of Jesus? The Murderer may hate and despise the child molester, but they are BOTH going to hell, unless they repent! Here too, you can downplay the ‘shortcomings’ of nicely spoken, well groomed, civilized people who call themselves ‘Christians’ under this Lie, and PRETEND they are of a better class because they abstain from certain things. BUT such Behavior will KEEP them OUT of the Kingdom as well!

That’s what makes this LIE so far reaching and prevailing over everything done in the churches.  Because the preachers are ignoring the deeply engrained implications the people are getting from listening to it in the religious world, it has created an aura of ‘acceptance’. Sine NO ONE tries to undermine or refute that sin is forgiven in advance, God can’t see you sinning and behavior doesn’t count, the Standards remain arbitrary. People come to Jesus not REPENTING and Forsaking their sin with any diligence to reform, but ‘Apologizing’ for them with the UNDERSTANDING that Salvation is END OF GUILT, NOT the END OF SIN! (Imagine the impact this is having on their behavior.)

Under the Lie people are not told they have to STOP Sinning to RECEIVE Jesus, Just ‘Receive’ Him and all is well. THIS is the Reason NO ONE is Repenting or being CONVICTED of their sin! The LIE disregards Conviction and downplays the exceeding sinfulness of sin. The Gospel is simply that God Loves you so much, He provided His Son to ‘CHANGE’ the Nature of sin toward the sinner! Now sin is no longer the issue because it’s paid for in advance by Jesus and God can’t see your wicked heart anymore, only Christ’s perfect heart.

The Character of a professed Convert can no longer be impugned under this System because they have already been persuaded that all sin is forgiven in advance. Therefore whether they sin or not (and they will all the time) is no evidence of a false conversion. The ‘Christian’ committing adultery, telling lies, cheating, addicted to pornography, is COVERED for his transgressions because he has ‘Received’ the Package Deal that includes forgiveness in advance! The non-Christian committing the same sins or worse,  hasn’t yet made his arrangement with God and it going to hell, NOT for the sin itself, BUT for NOT RECEIVING the Package! Both are identical in Conduct, but ONE can now ‘sin with impunity’ and be Free from Guilt, while the other remains under condemnation until he receives the Package and is saved.

This is the Reason you NEVER hear local Preachers or Teachers WARNING anyone about the type of behavior that will KEEP them OUT of the Kingdom. Although the Bible is Clear about such things and warns in several places, the EXACT conduct that will Disqualify you from the Kingdom, it is NEVER brought to the attention of anyone engaged in such behavior. Except in the manner that an ‘impression’ can be given that God understands your ‘weakness’ and by Grace is ‘Tolerating’ your Divided heart in kindness and mercy. The problem with this predominant attitude among professed Christians in the churches is that they have Mistaken the Patience and Long suffering of God, He bestowed on ALL mankind, with His actual APPROVAL! (Rom2:4-8 explains this Truth.)

God is KIND to the Wicked, in that He has given them TIME to turn from their sins and Serve Him. But that doesn’t mean He approves of their behavior. The longer you remain Divided and Rebellious, the greater the store of Wrath that awaits. But this Concept is UNKNOWN to the present day church and as a result people ‘THINK’ God is blessing them, when in reality He is COUNTING DOWN the days they have left to Repent.

The Lie has removed any Convicting Power of the Holy Spirit for the following Reasons:

1)       You Don’t have to STOP Sinning to be saved, just Apologize

2)       You Don’t have to be GUILTY for your Continued sinning

3)       And you Don’t have to abandon ANY sin to Remain saved!

Therefore the Convert has no incentive whatsoever to forsake his double-mindedness and Divided heart to Serve God in singleness of Purpose and Devotion. The platitudes of the teachers and preachers may give the ‘impression’ of service and obedience, but the bottom line remains. You are forgiven in Advance for all sin, God no longer holds you accountable for anything and NOTHING you do can rescind the ‘Transfer of Trust’ that has taken place by faith.

Here the despicable state of the churches comes to light. With no incentive to Repent or abandon sin and no Conviction to produce any godly sorrow, the supposed Converts are operating solely in the flesh! Being psychologically persuaded they have ‘RECEIVED’ Jesus, they remain DESTITUTE and DIVIDED inside. The Holy Spirit Cannot possibly indwell an unclean vessel (according to Scripture) so they are destine to FAIL from the start. Thus the Romans Chapter Seven LIE unfolds. The ‘Wretched man’ who wishes to do right, but can’t because of the sin that ‘dwells’ in him, taking him captive. Eventually they are persuaded that it’s normal to remain in this wretched state and the die is cast. Finally they accept it as FACT and the conscience goes numb, no longer convicted of anything and incapable of reformation.

Size doesn’t really matter for the most part. Regardless how large or small a church is the structure remains pretty much the same everywhere. The function of the church is run by deeply entrenched groups of people under the influence of the Lie. These groups usually consist of long time members or family members, operating mainly in the flesh who ‘Protect’ the mediocre standards and see that no one comes along to rock the boat. If a Real Convert does somehow slip in among them and begins to raise the alarm, they are quickly subjected to the lie, labeled a trouble maker and told they have ‘no love’ for the brethren.

Thus the churches produce after their own kind. Carnality begets more carnality. Disobedience is common place. The System then adopts to these Standards and everyone consents that it’s NORMAL to operate OUTSIDE the Biblical mandate. The Lie then BECOMES the Truth! And FEW have any inclination to buck the trend. The teachers in the spotlight control the agenda and ‘everyone’ follows the party line. We can expect no real progress in a system rotten to the core. God is calling His Faithful OUT! (respond now!)

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Chapter 3: Exposing the Lie

As for you, son of man, your countrymen are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, 'Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD.' My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express devotion, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice. "When all this comes true—and it surely will—then they will know that a prophet has been among them." Ezk33:30-33

Nothing has changed in the attitudes of the people over the centuries. They continue to refuse the Lord’s Commands and invent systems that exempt them from Obedience. Presently this abandonment of Truth has reached mammoth proportion among Professing Christians, resulting in an Apostasy unparallel in the history of the church.

It is as though Ezekiel’s words are ringing through the annals of time and resounding off the walls of our churches! But NO ONE is hearing them. Thus they gather, Divided in their hearts, greedy for the things of the world, clamoring NOT for a Word from the Lord, but for the soft tongues of False Teachers speaking Lies and turning the Grace of God into a License for immorality. WHERE are the Prophets who will DIG into the Walls and expose these abominations, destroying the False Image of Christ within!? (Ezk8:8-9) Instead the standard operating procedure at most churches is ‘teaching’ people to cope with their sins, not abandon them. Even on initial Salvation the convert is NOT expected to forsake his sins!

The Common mantra is that ‘God’ will clean you up when He is ready! Some even consider it a False Doctrine of Demons to tell people they must clean up their own act when they come to Christ. Yet Scripture DECLARES that VERY Truth! (James1:21-22, 2Cor7:1, 1Cor6:11) STILL pastors insist that people can be Saved and filled with the Holy Spirit by merely Apologizing for their sin and asking Jesus into their hearts. Then as their addiction continues and worsens, they recommend books, tapes and study guides written by those who promote the Lie. Soon the Conscience is numbed of the sinful Guilt and they Learn to discard the warnings of the Spirit. Many become stanch defenders of the Lie and overthrow the faith of others.

Therefore it’s no surprise that the churches are Filled up with ‘Converts’ who know NOTHING about godly sorrow, true repentance or broken hearted Obedience to the Truth. Rather they are self-seeking, full of confusion and every evil thing. The Wisdom from above is unknown to them. They are NOT easily entreated by the Truth, but resist it. They came to the Lord with a Divided heart and Double-minded they remain! The Fruit of Righteousness is merely a ‘Positional’ pipe dream, something they imagine that has been Done for them in advance.

In True Repentance the Will of man is Broken or (Yielded up to God) Otherwise YOU remain in Control of your life and try to Serve God and yourself at the same time. That’s what’s happening with today’s Converts. Because no one is genuinely repenting of their sins and experiencing the ‘godly sorrow’ that works a transformation of nature, (2Cor7:10-11) they are RECEIVING Christ (or so they think) into a Vessel still darkened by the corrupting influence of sin. The Eyes of their Understanding remain closed to the Truth and Faith becomes God’s Approval of their rebellious heart.

Like a Wild horse that refuses to be saddled, their Will has NOT been broken. Any attempt they make to adapt to the Standards of Scripture results in utter failure because the effort is purely carnal, not spiritual. Soon they fall prey to the slick talking Teachers who ‘explain’ the impossibility of resisting sin and keeping His Commandments and convince them that when they RECEIVED Christ, they also ‘received’ His perfect accomplishment ‘credited’ to their account! And now it’s NOT a matter of DOING anything to achieve an end, but TRUSTING that it’s ALREADY been Done for you.

This is why Nothing is EVER Done, according to the Scriptures, and NO ONE is getting Saved!

The Following is a Comparison of Bible Repentance and the Repentance of the Lie:

The Bible Clearly Defined True Repentance and Faith and the manner in which it should be preached. But in the face of Solid Divine Evidence most Pastors CONTINUE to ignore the Standards laid down in Scripture and restore to Modern, formula driven Salvation methods based on the Lie. Therefore no hard Fast Definitions exist from church to church of Faith, Obedience, godly sorrow or coming out of sin. The people naturally Draw their own Conclusions about these things and ‘assume’ they have eternal life because they have ‘Received’ Jesus and apologized for their sins.

The Gospel preached today appears successful because it Demands Nothing, insists on Nothing and Produces Nothing! The unregenerate are told that God loves them, has a wonderful plan for their life and will take them as it, unchanged, if they will but ‘admit’ being a sinner and ask Jesus into their hearts. Although this sounds feasible, given the fallen state of man, it’s NOT the GOSPEL of the Bible! And it is Defeating the Purpose of the Real Gospel by creating masses of unconverted church members still in bondage to their sins.

For the first sixty plus years of Apostolic history the Message to the unregenerate was REPENT and FLEE the Wrath of God! You Murdered Christ, You are GUILTY Before heaven. Submit your Life to Christ and let you DEEDS PROVE your Repentance! (Acts2:36-39, 26:20) The Unregenerate heart cannot Receive or Comprehend the Love of God or His Mercy UNTIL it is BROKEN in Genuine Repentance! WHEN the Present Day Churches LEARN THIS & Begin to PRACTICE it, we MAY have some hope.

When you tell people of God’s Love and Mercy, without FIRST breaking up the fallow ground of their hearts with Conviction and Judgment, you create stiff necked hearers much like the Prophets encountered in ancient times. They love the sugar coating, the pageant like atmosphere and smooth sounding words, but their hearts are focused on what ‘feels’ good, NOT bringing others out of the Bondage of sin. Truly the Modern Gospel is like the sound of your Favorite love song, designed to appeal to your emotions, but have no LASTING effect on your heart.

Consequently these false converts gather into support groups that promote the Lie and assure them that any Guilt they may be feeling over their continued sinning is unfounded! (Because they are forgiven in advance and God doesn’t hold them accountable anymore) The Lie gains in creditability as they learn to compare themselves among themselves and the Delusion is reinforced by the Teachers and pastor who make excuses for their own sin from the pulpit. Assuring everyone that they TOO are not perfect, fail God often and disobey Him frequently. Thus the Standard is established.

Since God loves you, has provided everything you need to inherit the Kingdom in ADVANCE. Forgiven you Past, Present and future and COVERS you will a Magic Cloak of Righteousness! You need make NO EFFORT Whatsoever to attain Final Salvation. So it is NOT likely you will be motivated in the least to Work out your Salvation in fear and trembling, Make your calling sure, or Run the race with endurance. You Came to God under False pretenses, are Serving Him According to the Lie and your heart is still FIRMLY attached to the things of the World in iron will resolve.

Generation after generation the System grinds on, churning out the Lie, perfecting it to an art form and millions of Professed Christians live their self-centered existence without fear of God’s Wrath or Judgment. The Blessings He has poured out freely upon mankind are mistaken as His APPROVAL of their selfishness! His Providence has provided freedom, comfort and ease for millions who remain entrenched in their sins. That translates into His Mercy and Grace for Most of them. HOW could something that feels so good and garners the Support of the Majority be WRONG?

Yet the Churches are not God Centered (although they claim to be!) but ‘man centered’. The Standards they have adapted are anything but Biblical and the people have Absolutely NO Sense of Spiritual Discernment between the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of error. If they Truly were God’s People they would be DEEPLY Concerned with Bringing others OUT of their sin and Refuting this horrible LIE that has decimated the Gospel Message! The Lack of Urgency in the present day churches for the dreadful moral decline in our society is EVIDENCE of its downfall.

The Pastors would rather maintain the status quo than make an attempt to awaken the sleeping masses. Surly they are as ‘Dumb Dogs’ unable to bark, with dull hearts, feeding on the ignorance of the people. Many make Merchandise of men’s souls, selling them books, tapes and study material that keep them in bondage to their sins. They fear confrontation and loath disapproval. Every Sermon or Lesson seems Crafted within the Guidelines of a ‘Workless’ faith and a careful consideration to spare the ‘feelings’ of the hearers. If something is said about inappropriate sinful behavior it is NEVER in the Context of ‘disqualifying’ anyone from the Kingdom. Only that God would rather have you ‘doing’ the Right thing instead. But actually DOING it is never mandatory to final Salvation.

The church answer to every moral crisis in the World is PREACH THE LIE! Go to the Downtrodden and provide their material needs, setup Missions, outreach centers, soup kitchens. Bring them in, feed and cloth them, try to improve their lives and ‘feel good’ in the process because so many have come and so much is being done. BUT they remain addicted to their drugs, alcohol, immorality, laziness, etc. Still the support is rolling in! And the appearance of success keeps the System in motion.

No one seems concerned about warning the professed converts of inappropriate behavior or false doctrines that will lead them astray and shipwreck their faith. Just keep things warm and fuzzy, ‘love’ centered and they will KNOW you care! It doesn’t matter that they are exposed to every wind of doctrine on the planet and hardly have a clue what it means to Believe in and Follow Jesus in Truth. If you preach a nice SAFE message to them, they can sort out the mess on their own. Undermining Satan’s Strongholds and pulling down his arguments isn’t important enough to get involved in and may cause more problems than it’s worth.

Despite what the preachers ‘SAY’ they Believe about the Bible, they incessantly avoid the parts of the Gospel that require Obedience, personal sacrifice, or involve cost to the individual. Instead they focus on themes that tend to sooth the conscience and create a ‘comfortable’ atmosphere in the church. The method is designed to get the people in, persuade them to ‘receive’ Jesus as Savior and then ‘hope’ they will somehow assimilate into discipleship by taking part in the church programs.

However instead of producing ‘followers’ of Christ who have denied self, taken up their cross, counted the cost and forsaken their sins, they are created an Army of false converts who have Refused His Yoke and resist His Word. But in order to keep them as active members of the church, contributing time and money to the system, they accommodate their worldly interests with functions and activities that appeal to the flesh. Even the so-called ‘Worship’ Service is designed to keep them pacified. Aimed mostly at their emotions and sense of ‘religious’ fervor, with a contemporary style it is structured to fill the need, but not effect the heart.

The People go through the motions of Christianity (form without power) and suppose they are serving God in an acceptable manner. They Pray, Praise, Sing, fellowship, even cry adapting to standards ‘preferred’ by the majority, rather than the Bible. Instead of Sharing in His Sufferings, identifying with His Cross, they do what is pleasing to themselves, calling it religious. Believing that God will approve, although NO ONE has any urgency to bring others out of the corrupting influence of their sins.

God wants them to have fun, not suffer for Righteousness sake or Guard their hearts against evil. The focus of their Christianity is to ‘feel good’ enjoy prosperity, health and happiness. Tell nice stories, relate their experiences, laugh, and have a good time. NO ONE is concerned about bringing the Lost to True Redemption from sin, taking them from darkness to light from the Power of Satan to God! It’s enough to invite them to church and get them into a group activity, what they Believe about sin, righteousness and Judgment is of no matter. If they ‘Receive’ Jesus another convert has been won.

The Pastors keep everything on a light psychological level that works successfully to persuade the people they are saved, God loves them and is tolerating their ‘occasional’ slips into carnality. They NEVER impose the rigors of discipleship on anyone or tell them that their self interests must die and be crucified with their fleshly desires. No one is EVER told of the absolute necessity of SINGLE EYE Devotion to Christ or the consequences of NOT plucking out the Lustful eye of the flesh and casting it from you. These are subjects NEVER Discussed from the pulpits and part of the reason why Ministers won’t preach against the sins of the flesh DIRECTLY under their observation!

How could a church pastor denounce Selfishness or covertness when MOST of the people in his congregation have NEVER Repented from these things? Dare he mention the rampant sexual immorality present in the hearts of many without stirring up more TROUBLE than he could handle? God Forbid he actually draw a line in the sand and tell them that SUCH Behavior will KEEP them OUT of the Kingdom! Many are likely addicted to internet pornography or have ‘friends’ (and family members) in compromising immoral situations. Couple that with all the ‘re-arranged’ marriages, broken families and inappropriate filtering going on in the church and is it any wonder why NOTHING is ever said to expose these things least membership dwindle and donations fad away.

The pastors are compelled to adapt a standard far removed from Biblical precepts. They must ‘persuade’ themselves that what they doing is acceptable to God and well pleasing to the people. The Vein of their existence is based on what new method is sweeping the churches. Whose new book or Video presentation is most popular. Overall they tend to mimic one another or use some technique expounded at the latest pastor’s conference. Using the fundamental principles of Bible Faith and Repentance to present the Gospel is OUT of the question. Time and circumstance won’t allow for extended periods of godly sorrow for sin or a through house cleaning in order to CLEAR one’s conscience and reconciles them with God.

The present age calls for a quick fix and an easy Way. Could you imagine a pastor admonishing his congregation on the dangers of accumulating riches in this world or going after worldly gain? The Rich Young man of Parable fame would be a Pillar member of the church board today, not sent away sad because he was holding out on the KING.

No pastor in his right mind would EVER exclude anyone from going to heaven based on their behavior. Such preaching would alienate people, create controversy and label him among the fanatics. He cloaks himself in a banner of love, tolerance, compassion for the hurting. Anyone who may come along in the church and pointedly admonish sin and spell out the consequences, is immediately tagged as ‘extreme’ having ‘no love’ for the people, and NOT preaching Jesus! Although the pastors would NEVER openly admit of condoning sinful behavior, they allow it to go unchallenged by omitting the more severe warnings of Scripture and never concluding anything in a definite manner.

What is conveyed to the people is that God has somehow ‘changed’ His mind about sin, because of Grace and now even ‘willful’ sin is easily forgiven, although it’s repeated on a continual bases daily. This Presumption hardens the heart against conviction and soon the conscience can violate God’s law with impunity and not FEEL the slightest twinge of condemnation. Then all the preaching in the world won’t penetrate the soul! For if the person can trample the Blood (whereby the heart is made pure through faith working by love!) treating it no more than the blood of an animal (that cannot take away sin) he has most certainly ‘crucified’ the Lord afresh and held Him up to open shame. Repentance is rendered impossible because the heart has rejected the ONLY means whereby it can be made PURE! (through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ!)

Your favorite love songs sound good coming from the church pulpits and they sooth your conscience with a false peace based on vain imagination. But if the heart remains vile, FAITH has NOT taken hold! The Standard in Scripture is that FAITH PURIFIES the heart in New Birth, wipes the slate clean in Repentance and sets the soul ablaze with godly Zeal to Please the Lord. The New Convert is no longer a wallowing wretch, but a NEW CREATION in Christ! (Not in Position only, but in REALITY!!) The Behavior is instantly transformed and the sinful conduct STOPS! He Grows, yes, but not by ‘sinning’ less and less but becoming MORE AND MORE like Christ.

The Converts being produced in the present day church hardly measure up to the Evidence of Faith, but in Repentance they have FAILED Miserably to Bring them OUT of their sins. In their attempt to make the Gospel Message ‘Relevant’ they have REMOVED the WORKING Principle behind Redemption! In its place they have Substituted an ‘Apology’ for being sinful that leaves the heart unchanged and the Holy Spirit EXCLUDED. Now instead of the Gospel being demonstrated in the POWER to Transform a human heart and MOLD it into the IMAGE of Christ the people Flounder in their sins and PRETEND they are Christians because the LIE says so.

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Chapter 4: Sowing Among Thorns!

They will sow wheat but reap thorns; they will wear themselves out but gain nothing. So bear the shame of your harvest because of the LORD's fierce anger." Jer12:!3

No farmer would expect a harvest of Wheat unless he FIRST Plowed up his fallow ground and planted GOOD seed in soil free of Weeds. Only a sickly crop would grow among thorns and thistles. Any Life that sprung forth a spout would be quickly choked out if the weeds remain in place. The Ancient Prophet saw this as the result of ‘Dull Hearted’ Shepherds who labor in Vain for a ‘corrupted’ harvest.

The Lord said in Luke17:26-28, that End Times Judgment would be Preceded by a Repeat of the Days of Noah. Wickedness would again permeate the earth and its inhabitance and Destruction would come unexpectedly without remedy on the sinning masses. But the PREDOMINATE Feature of these Days would ALSO be ‘MASS DECEPTION!’ Strong Delusion would be Almost Universal. Noah Preached Righteousness to his generation for 120 years WITHOUT a single Convert, while he constructed the Ark.

The WAY of Escape was Placed DIRECTLY before the EYES of the people and they still rejected it!

Today the harvest is being sown among Thorns. The Shepherds are all wearing themselves out but producing a CORRUPTED corp. Sin has become the FOREGONE Conclusion of the Message.

1)       You are eternally Secure IN your sins

2)       You are Declared Righteous while remain a sinner

3)       God Can’t see sin

4)       AND you REPENT IN your sin!

Since Repentance (the forsaking of all sin and clearing of conscience before God) is the Foundation Stone of the Gospel Message and it has been Corrupted to its very core by the LIE, STOPPING sinning is OUT of the question in the minds of Converts. God MUST forgive you ‘IN’ your sins! Thus the Seed (Word of God) is Being Sown among THORNS into the hearts of the people, defiled from the Start.

Sin is therefore ‘unavoidable’ an inevitable conclusion in the believers life. Done in thought, word and deed daily without remedy but to ‘confess’ and move on. ‘If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves!’ is the mantra of modern converts. ‘No one is perfect’, so the unspoken truth of the Gospel (strongly implied in almost every sermon and teaching) is GOD will forgive your sins in spite of you constantly repeating them, even ‘willful’ sin. Righteousness or (Right Conduct) is not an option because ‘everyone’ sins all the time and anyone who says they don’t is a lair.

With sin as the foregone conclusion of the Message, even in Repentance, Heart Purity is not achievable. (only in a ‘positional’ sense) The Convert cannot help but sin, God has ALREADY forgiven the sin, so there is little hope that the person will EVER have Victory over his sin. This is why Converts are NOT being lead into all Truth (as the Spirit has promised) And Why the WORD of God Doesn’t come into their minds in critical situations or times of temptation and so easily fall prey to every Wind of Doctrine expounded by the false teachers.

Lacking any REAL Spiritual discernment to ‘Judge all things’ (1Cor2:13-14) comparing Scripture to Scripture, they remain ‘Carnal’ and the things of God are foolishness to them. They cannot see that anything is Wrong with the System around them or that false teaching has the upper hand in their churches, because they cannot understand the BASICS of Spiritual matters. Thus when something as ‘simple’ as 1John1:8 is shown to state (as verse 10 in the passage also states) ‘If we say we have NEVER sinned, we make Him a lair and His Word is not in us.’ They cannot grasp the vital truth conveyed.

They came to Christ admitting their ‘sinfulness’ not Repenting and forsaking any sin and were told that are now saved and possess the Holy Spirit (to help clean them up) The eyes of their understanding remain darkened against the Truth, because in their mind, they remain sinners, ‘sinful’ till death, forgiven in spite of it (Saved by Grace!) and SIN becomes automatically the ‘FOREGONE’ Conclusion of their existence!

How could such people utilize the Exceeding Great and Precious Promises of God to Cleanse themselves from all filthiness and overflow of wickedness or Add to their faith to Make their Calling Sure, WITHOUT the aid of the Holy Spirit?

To them Faith has NOT Cleansed and Purified their hearts through a broken, submitted Repentance with godly sorrow for sin, but merely added a new dimension to their lives by joining the church, associating with a new class of people and going through the motions of Christianity. Nothing really changes inside them (although they are told it has) so ‘PURITY’ remains something that the Scripture speak of, but NO ONE actually possesses. (in this life) (Even though it is the Purpose of the Commandment! 1Tim1:5)

Having ‘Received’ Christ without a forsaking of all sin opens the door to EVERY form of evil and corruption. The Soul Convinced of this LIE will NEVER Yield to the Word of God, even when entreated face to face! That’s why so FEW ever change or come out of this mess. Viewing the Word from a darkened perspective, defiled in their understanding, EVERYTHING is in question. NOTHING is Black and White, but Subject to every man’s ‘opinion’ or (private interpretation) The WORD says what you WANT it to say! It is as though Jesus was asking ‘you’ to offer your understanding to His Divine Decrees, not OBEY Him.

With a defiled understanding of Repentance forgiveness becomes a ‘Cover, Cloak or a Filter’ NEVER does it include a Purging of sin, Purifying of the heart and a reformation of Conduct! The Blood of Christ doesn’t PURGE away the consciences of sin from the soul, as Scripture Declares, but merely COVERS your ‘sinfulness’ and allows you to ‘Continue’ sinning and no longer feel GUILTY about it. (the guilt is removed, but never the sin!)

Why isn’t anyone in Church leadership concerned about these things? (even when confronted vividly with the evidence) Simply because the WHOLE System is based on this LIE! To admit their error would mean that ENTIRE ministries would be exposed as false and corrupted and overwhelming numbers of people have been brought into the Kingdom unsaved! The effects would be devastating to say the least. WHO would take responsibility for MILLIONS of unsuspecting souls deceived and hardened against the Truth?

The Enemy has managed to Neutralize all opposition through the LIE. He has placed the ‘Man of Sin’ on the throne in the Temple of God! (2Thess2:3) While the church clamors for ‘end times’ teaching, the Great Apostasy is taking place in their hearts. They look for a physical Temple that the ‘anti-Christ’ will defile, when in reality the TEMPLE is themselves! (1Cor3:17)  And the defilement is within their own hearts, given over to the Strong Delusion of error.

Now NOTHING is ‘Holding back’ (or restraining) this Mystery of Lawlessness (License for immorality) because the Church itself has TAKEN Him OUT of the way by Preaching the LIE! The HOAX has been perfected in that it is Universally agreed upon that ‘Forgiveness’ is granted by God WHILE you remain IN your sins! It is an extraordinarily clever deception that has been exceedingly successful in undermining the nature of True Repentance.

Here’s why the Deception works so well:

1)       Man is exceedingly sinful by nature, wretched and selfish

2)       He is Dead in his trespasses and sins, walking in darkness, taken captive by sin

3)       He is easily persuaded that his addiction to sin is inherent and as a result he can do nothing Right.

4)       Therefore his only solution is to Trust that God will somehow accept him as he is, overlook his faults and not hold his conduct against him.

How difficult is it then to convince a fallen creature that he is indeed ‘fallen’? All have sinned and ‘fall short’ of the Glory of God! (Rom3:23) And how hard would it be after he recognizes his fallen state to persuade him that he is ‘incapable’ of DOING anything about it? Therefore imagine the relief he will feel when you tell him that all God requires is for him to ‘Admit’ his sinfulness and ask Jesus into his heart.

He doesn’t have to DO anything because God has ALREADY done it for him!

The following quote from a Wesleyan holiness preacher summarizes this perfectly:

“In fact, it would be impossible for a person to stop sinning before receiving Christ. The wonder of it all is that he accepts us as sinners, then gives to us his own righteousness. then the process of sanctification begins. This process involves God freeing people from the control of sin, changing their desires so that they don’t want to sin.”

Notice that this happens SUBSEQUENT TO Salvation, according to this pastor, COMPLETELY ignoring the Biblical Precedent of REPENTANCE. Although man is indeed a sinful wretch he has NOT been Rendered incapable of REPENTING of his sins! He possess FREE WILL, the Ability to make a CHOICE!

Otherwise WHY would GOD Demand that his DEEDS PROVE his Repentance! (Acts26:20)

Repentance, then, implies that a measure of Divine wisdom is communicated to the sinner, and that he thereby becomes wise to salvation. That his mind, purposes, opinions, and inclinations, are changed; and that, in consequence, there is a total change in his conduct!  

It need scarcely be remarked, that, in this state, a man feels deep anguish of soul, because he has sinned against God, unfitted himself for heaven, and exposed his soul to hell. Hence, a true penitent has that sorrow, whereby he forsakes sin, not only because it has been ruinous to his own soul, but because it has been offensive to God.

HEREIN lays the NATURE of True Repentance that is LOST under the LIE. Sin STOPS DURING the Process of this godly sorrow, brokenness and confession. That is WHY the Conscience is CLEARED, Sin Purged and the heart is made PURE. God CANNOT DO this for you! The GIFT of Forgiveness is free provided under Grace BUT the Means whereby we ACCESS it REQUIRE OBEDIENCE!

Repentance of itself implies OBEDIENCE. How else could the ancient writers (Apostles) come to understand its Compounded Nature in Translation and communicate it to the heathen world? GOD Cannot (will not) Change your desires or conduct unless your ‘mind, purposes, opinions and inclinations’ are CHANGED First! Giving someone the impression that stopping sinning is a matter of ‘waiting’ on God to change your Desires, is not only a LIE, but DEADLY to the soul.

Because if a person is persuaded that he can do nothing but sin daily in thought, word and deed, while God is ‘Sanctifying’ him, that is EXACTLY what he will CONTINUE to do! With the ‘foregone Conclusion’ sin, all the Pleading this side of heaven WON’T Change the inclination. The FLESH never died in Repentance and godly sorrow, the Will was Never Submitted to Christ and the Heart is still Serving another Master, namely ‘sin’. 

The Old Man survives under the LIE. He is not Crucified with Christ and done away as the Scripture Declares, but has imagined himself ‘subdued’ (to some extent) and co-existing in the heart of the believer. In this State he (the old man) is waiting on God to Change his desires from evil to righteous by some ‘magic’ formula of Grace. But it never happens. Because the carnal mind is God’s enemy, it is not subject to God, nor can it be. (Rom8:7-8) The Flesh then must be deprived of life and that is done by the BELIEVER USING the MEANS of Grace to Put to Death his ‘Passions and Desires’ and Perfect Holiness in the Fear of God! (Gal5:24, 2Cor7:1)

God Commands YOU to Add to Your Faith, Make your calling sure, Work Out your Salvation and not let sin reign in your moral body to obey its lust! He Freely Gave you the Means to do so, but the LIE Neutralized the means. People are being offered forgiveness without the REPENTANCE described in the Bible! As Professing Christians (still in bondage to their sins) they come to Christ under the assumption that it’s His Job to Clean them up (change their desires) WHILE the very Scripture they claim to believe Commands them to DO IT!

The VERY Behavior that will disqualify you from the Kingdom is CLEARLY Shown in Several Scriptures. (1Cor6:9-10, Gal5:19-21, Eph5:5-7) But Professed Christians CONTINUE to practice these things, Believing they are SAFE because God isn’t finished with them yet.

This is also the reason the Preachers won’t condemn the sinful behavior happening right under their noses. How can they indict anyone for sins they ALLOWED into the Kingdom in the first place? After all, the Clean up process is taking place and WHO are we to interfere with God’s work? Preaching too harsh against sinful conduct would discourage them, impose unfounded guilt and make them feel unloved.

Another Means by which God has Ordained to Convict and Convince the world of ‘sin, righteousness and Judgment’ is neutralized. How can you be ashamed of your former conduct (Rom6:21) if any GUILT you are feeling about it is unfounded? Under such a system there is NO incentive to forsake any of these things. No wonder the churches are overrun with carnality and gross hypocrisy. The Pastors dare not speak too harshly against sin. Preaching Real Repentance and faith would turn their churches on its head and likely clear out MOST of the congregations who have become seared under the LIE.

The Scripture says that God will Send them Strong Delusion that they should Believe the LIE. (2Thess2:11) This is the Result of Refusing to ‘Receive’ a LOVE for the Truth. The Message of True Repentance has been Rejected from top to bottom in the Present Day Church and CLEARLY Replaced by ANOTHER Message entirely. Unrighteousness has the upper hand and NOTHING is holding back the Lawless onslaught in our society.

The Forces at Work behind this Mass Deception are within our very midst! The Corruption has come from the inside out. While the Church pointed toward rock music, devil cults and false Messiahs, the ‘Ministers of Righteousness’ were taking over the platforms with the LIE. They expected the spirit of error to appear in obvious form, but JUST as the Scriptures have Warned, he rose up AMONG you, in Sheep’s Clothing, in the appearance of a Lamb, speaking perverse things and Rendering the Gospel to no effect….right under your noses!

Now Satan is running the show and he is the POWER behind the IMAGE erected by the Army of False Prophets who promote the LIE. Collectively they are Dispensing the Mark of the Beast through a Message that retains the ‘evil eye of the flesh’ (which is this Mark) and Promises Forgiveness IN your sins!

The far-reaching effects of this LIE have influenced every aspect of church life today and have taken us far beyond the ‘possibility’ of reformation. The Churches abounds in Works, Love and Service, but they have known the Depths of Satan! They are Corrupted to the very core of their existence. Although they provide a multitude of charitable deeds, worldwide, that will pull at the heart strings of all human emotion, society remains in BONDAGE to Sin. (and is getting worse!) NOTHING is Holding Back the Gates of hell in our Governments, Communities and even in our homes!

The Salt is LOST its Savor. The Ability to preserve (stem corruption in the heart of man!) is GONE! True Biblical Repenta