ETERNAL
SECURITY, GOOD WORKS, & FALSE TEACHINGS
According to Scripture, preaching of
the Cross is foolishness to those that are perishing, and this is the view
taken by the lost concerning the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ
Jesus.1 True believers know that the work of
Christ is the Power of God unto Salvation; they also know that it takes the
Power of God to save and to keep men saved.2
The saying, once saved always saved is a
misrepresentation of Scripture. It is a demonic tactic that keeps believers
straddling the fence being neither hot nor cold for Christ Jesus.3 The Bible clearly states that Salvation
can be lost.4 Only the power of God
can keep believers free from the shackles of sin. The theory to this statement
is that when we believe Christ Jesus as our Savior, Salvation is guaranteed no
matter what an individual does. This is not true only unless three major
conditions are understood:
Ø First, those who accept Christ's
atoning blood for the remission of their sins remains faithful in their
commitment to the faith because faith that saves is a living faith. Living
faith works to produce spiritual evidence of manifest fruits within the person
having it
Ø Second, those who accept Christ Jesus
as Savior must be growing in Grace, maturing with evident changes in character
and lifestyle, and
Ø Third, those individuals must be living this
life as more than conqueror in Christ Jesus
This concept is not Scriptural and
should be taught with Scriptural conditions attached. Once saved always saved,
simply makes Salvation a mental agreement because nothing in a man is changed.
Contrary to Scripture, old things remain the same and nothing is made new. This
teaching is false because it totally destroys the reason and purpose for
Salvation. If once saved always saved is the case, then Christ did not have to
die for man’s sin, why, because sin would not be of any consequence to God. Sin
would simply not matter. Eternal Security is achieved by doing the things that
please God. We will be sentenced by the intent of the heart. God has a purpose
in all that He does. There is great purpose in Christ sacrifice, His callings,
in His leading true believers into repentance, and His converting us by the
power of the Holy Spirit that we can
one day live in His presence free of the isolation and contamination that sin
brings. Daniel the prophet received a captivating prophecy from
the archangel Gabriel, known as the Seventy Weeks Prophecy.
In this prophecy Gabriel gives a
seventy-week time frame for the first coming of the Messiah. He divides the
first sixty-nine weeks into two periods:
Ø The first of seven weeks and
Ø
The
second of sixty-two weeks (Daniel 9:
24-27)
.
This prophecy shows that the Messiah
would come and die, “but not for Himself.” This is in perfect agreement with
the sacrificial death of Christ Jesus. He gave Himself to redeem us from out of
Satan’s slave market of bondage to sin and death (Galatians 1: 3-5; Ephesians
2: 1). The prophecy goes on to say that He would “confirm a covenant with
many.” Christ Jesus became the Mediator of a New and better Covenant than that
of the Old Testament Dispensation (Hebrews 9: 15). When Christ instituted the
new symbols for the Passover, He said, about the wine, “This is the New
Covenant in My Blood, which is shed for many for the remission of sins”
(Matthew 26: 28; Mark 14: 24). Then Gabriel prophesied that the Messiah would
bring to an end to the need for ritual animal sacrifices and offerings. “For it
is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins”
(Hebrews 10: 4).
Christ Jesus’ sacrifice is much more
effective to take away sin, not with the blood of goats and calves, which only
covered a man’s sin; but with His own Blood He entered the Most Holy Place once
for all, having obtained eternal redemption (Hebrews 9: 12). The death burial
and resurrection of Christ is essential to the New Birth and how a person live
his life after Salvation is the factor that determines his position and
destiny. Once believers take hold of the promises God makes to believers in His
Word:
Ø
Victory
can be achieved over sin
Ø
Satan’s
worldly bondages, and
Ø
Our
flesh
Believers will always struggle with
battles from the world, the flesh, and the devil because the devil wants to
deceive believers and if it takes for them to believe they are eternally saved
regardless of performing ungodly behaviors, this is what he will use to keep
man spiritually blind. The way the believer will overcome the world is if he or
she surrenders his body to the Lord as a living sacrifice. The Holy Spirit is
the only One capable of
carrying this work out in a believer (Romans 12: 12). Only a holy body/temple
is acceptable to God and when looking at Christ’ accomplishment at Calvary –
this is a reasonable request. Everything is furnished to believers by faith and
our faith will be put to the test in meeting the requirements that are laid by
Christ Jesus. The Holy Spirit is attempting to bring out of believers the
Christ-like mind. If we don’t allow the Holy Spirit to do His job – we are in
fault and to blame.
These three enemies are ever-present
in the life of believers, but victory can be won over them by:
Ø Utilizing strong faith
Ø Studying and knowing Truth, and
Ø By believing only the Word of God5
We become more than conqueror over the
flesh by surrendering to the Lordship of Christ, confessing that our old sin
nature was crucified with Christ, and that sin has no power over us.6 Defeating the devil is easy because the
Holy Spirit lives in all of God’s children and when we are filled with the Holy
Spirit we have the power to say no to sin and to resist the devil.7 Listening and hearing the voice of the
Holy Spirit is the key. If not corrected, these enemies will keep believers
living in a sinful state that will ultimately lead to their destruction or
loss. When a professing Christian is convinced that they are saved no matter
what they do, that is a spiritual problem of dominance caused by these enemies.8 The desires of the flesh prevail
because the flesh is allowed to be the strong man. The devil has convinced that
individual that the sin in their life is not sin at all, or its minor sin that
don’t really count. Sin is sin and it all will count against the committer in
the end with God.
Salvation is something believer’s work
at daily in order to keep their record clean. Salvation includes dying daily to
the flesh, not satisfying it.9 For an
individual to think Salvation sets him or her in an eternal secure place in
Christ is adhering to a satanic lie that is leading them down the path of
self-destruction. Eternal Security is a padded cushion designed by Satan to hold
weak believers in bondage keeping them under satanic control.10 Persons believing that once they are
saved they will always be saved are allowing the god of this world to mold them
into defeated Christians. Satan wants both men and woman to believe this lie
because it keeps them under his power. Believers must work out their own soul
Salvation with fear and trembling.11
The defeated Christian has trusted Christ as Savior but has not allowed Him to
be Lord of their life. The defeated Christian allows Satan to keep him or her
carnal and spiritually immature.12 Satan uses unbelievers and carnal Christians
to bring division and confusion into the church ruining its testimony of unity
and love.13
The Holy Spirit is the only
Power that can release carnal believers from spiritual blindness, but the
individual have to want to be free.14
Defeated Christians have little, to no joy, and they feel empty of purpose,
they are slaves to sinful desires and habits. This person is much appreciated
by Satan but grieves the Holy Spirit.15
The person in this condition should begin to fast and pray; they must give up that
something to receive something from God. Satan has had control too long and he
will try to hold on to this power as long as he can. This control was given to
him willfully and he will fight to keep it. The believer seeking restoration in
Christ must:
Ø Rededicate him or herself to Christ
Jesus
Ø Ignore the voices that they use to
obey
Ø Listen to hear the voice of the Holy
Spirit, and
Ø Verbally denounce Satan and all of
his devices16
The Gospel message is powerful and
when it is deeply planted in the soil of the heart one escapes the devices of
Satan because his or her goal is to please God.17
Everyone seeking Salvation and Deliverance must believe the finished
work of Christ.18 It is the finished work
that brings deliverance, Christ Jesus led captivity captive! When the meaning
of this statement is understood the chains of bondage fall off of the oppressed
believer and deliverance come. When deliverance comes, this person can no
longer reject the reason and purpose for Salvation or the finished work of the
Cross.
A thorough understanding of what the
Cross represents for believers and embracing it brings New Life in Christ Jesus. With New Life comes deliverance, and depending upon how faithful one
is to the Word of God, satanic
deceptions may never occur again.19 Old
things pass away and all things become new. Another saying in Christendom that
is leading people astray is, taking Christ Jesus in as ones personal Savior. This
is not quite right unless this is done based on the Truth of Scripture. One
cannot merely say, I take Christ in as my personal Savior and Lord, and waaah-lah
is saved. The truth and criterion for receiving Salvation is:
Ø
Believing
Christ is the Son of God, and that
Ø
He
was God who became flesh and dwelt among us
Ø
He
was baptized for our forgiveness
Ø
He
went to the Cross, shedding His Blood for our redemption
Ø
He
died for my personal sins, was buried, and rose from the dead on the third day
as it is written in the Scriptures (I Corinthians 15: 1-4)
These are the
Truths that must be confessed and believed before anyone can take Christ Jesus
in as Lord and Savior.20
Believers must know exactly which Jesus we are placing our trust and confidence
in. We must know exactly what we believe about Him and if:
Ø
We
are placing our faith in the Jesus who walked the earth preaching in a
three-year earthly ministry
Ø
The
Jesus who performed miracles to prove His identity to the Jews
Ø
The
Jesus who walked on water and fed five thousand with two fish a three loaves of
bread, or
Ø
The
Jesus who ministered to Israel, excluding Gentiles from their teachings (II
Corinthians 11: 4; Mark 14: 62; Luke 11: 16; Mark 8: 11)
If this is the Jesus your faith and
trust is in as the Born-Again Christian, your faith and trust is misplaced.
Believers have to know that there is a huge difference in placing faith in the Jesus
that came before the resurrection and the Christ who came after it. Grace Age
believer’s faith, and trust is to be in:
Ø
The
Christ who went to the Cross and died for the sins of the world
Ø
The
Christ who was resurrected for our Salvation and deliverance
Ø
We
must believe in the Christ who sent the Holy Spirit to be our comforter and
teacher
Ø
The
Christ who defeated Satan and led captivity captive
Ø
The
Christ who hold the keys of Death, Hell and the grave
Ø
The
Christ who took the sting out of death, and the Christ
Ø
Who
is interceding on our behalf to the Father at this very moment (I John 2: 1)
Christ Jesus
is keeping believers free from allegations brought by an accusing devil whose
sole purpose is to destroy believers. Without believing these events actually
happened as Scriptures says they did - no one would be saved. The only reason
any individual can have Christ in our hearts is because we believed in the
Christ who shed His Blood, died
on the Cross, and rose from the dead for all of our sins.21 Don’t be led into a false security by
unknowingly taking shortcuts that were designed as pit falls and stumbling
blocks by Satan. Quoting clichés that have been pasted on by others because
they sound right does not make them Scriptural. The acceptance of false
statements is what leads to false security. The natural spirit of man
continuously searches for answers to questions
they have about their future eternal abode. This is a life or death
search and no one can afford to place their eternal existence in the hands of another.
It is up to
each of us to search the Scriptures for ourselves to find full truth, which
will make us free.22 The Power of God’s Word cleanses us, the
power of the Holy Spirit makes us strong, and we mature spiritually by
investing in faith:
Ø
Hearing
Ø
Believing,
and
Ø
Studying
the Word of God will increase faith23
Every
believer who has been sitting under a man or woman of God for some time should
be confident in their ability to go out and win souls.24 The new convert should be Scripture
ready and equipped to open the Bible and lead individuals to Christ
through their own learned knowledge of Him from the Word.25 Salvation
Scriptures as well as power
Scriptures should be taught and memorized immediately by new converts. When we
are discipling new converts correctly, we will pass on to them a love for
winning the lost. Souls will be our first and foremost passion. Why, because it
is God’s.26 The believer’s example
for winning souls is the Apostle Paul. He was the first soul winner under Grace
– and he is still being credited for souls that are won today.27 God trusted Paul to deliver the Gospel
message to the Gentiles; this was his assignment.28 After the Gospel goes forth from the
mouth of the messenger to the hearers:
Ø
The
Holy Spirit begins to draw that one by opening their heart to receive His Word29
Ø
The
Holy Spirit causes that hearer to grow spiritually30
Whenever there is an opportunity to
witness as believers, we should use that opportunity to share the Gospel of Grace. It is important for
believers to testify to the lost world what Christ can do for them by sharing
with them what He has already done for us. Simply sharing how He saved and
changed our life can make a world of difference in the life of a lost soul.
Only God knows what will touch the heart of the lost and He will work through
any willing believer to win the lost. Even though the phrase once saved, always saved; and, take
Christ in as Savior cannot be found in the Scripture, these phrases are used
quite often regarding Salvation.
Hebrews 6: 4-6 gives Scriptural proof
that anyone who has been saved can fall from Grace. The verse says: “For it is
impossible [to restore and bring again to repentance] those who have been once for all enlightened, who have
consciously tasted the heavenly gift and have become sharers of the Holy
Spirit, and have felt how good the Word of God is and the mighty powers of the
age and world to come, if they then deviate from the faith and turn away from
their allegiance--[it is impossible] to bring them back to repentance, for (because,
while, as long as) they nail upon the cross the Son of God afresh [as far as
they are concerned] and are holding [Him] up to contempt and shame and public
disgrace.
To believe that once we are saved we
will always be saved is a misrepresentation of the Word of God. Those of us who
have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit to New Life were made so not because of
works of righteousness we have done, but our Salvation was accomplished according to God’s mercy. Because of His mercy on us, our natural spirit
has been washed and renewed by the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:
5). This Gift of Eternal Life is awarded after a
continuous right standing relationship with God by an unfolding process. Salvation is not a fixed state of
being as in once saved always saved.
Persons who have given themselves to Christ Jesus and have truly repented of
their sins have assurance of the Eternal
Covenant because God cannot lie.31
That is not to say we, as mere mortals cannot make the choice to walk away from
Him, placing ourselves once again in a lost state by our own volition.32
The finished work of Christ Jesus is Eternal and will never be annulled on
God’s part. Humans on the other hand are people who change their minds daily.
The greatest assurance any Christian
has of Eternal Security is his
or her own day-by-day witness. SIN IS SIN – its definition or consequence has
not changed in God’s view, He is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. In
another dispensation, King David made this request to God asking that He, “Take
not thy Holy Spirit from me.” The taking of the Holy Spirit was possible back
then due to the truth that the Holy Spirit, under that dispensation did not
abide continuously in believers as He does under Grace. The Holy Spirit’s
presence was given back then as a special favor of God, and could be lost by
sinful acts. This is not true today under the Dispensation of Grace; believer’s
body construct the temple for
the Holy Spirit to reside (I Corinthians 6: 19). Unified believers serving the
Lord together in spirit and Truth are building a spiritual house. The Holy
Spirit’s presence in our lives assures each believer that we are the children of God.
His daily presence in our life causes
the believer to see how he or she is being molded and shaped into the likeness
and image of Christ Jesus.33 Real
security is found in the things of God. Christ Jesus said, My Father, who has
given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of
My Father’s hand”.34 When
we are secure in Christ we only need to rest securely in Him confident of our
Salvation. Believer’s contentment comes from knowing:
Ø
The
Holy Spirit lives in us as our Comforter
Ø
Teacher
Ø
Instructor,
and
Ø
Guide
We
have the Father’s written Word to
instruct and cleanse us while Christ Jesus works as our Advocate constantly making intercessions on our behalf to the
Father. An advocate is someone
who takes on accusations for another person representing his case. He stands up
and pleads for believers as friends using his influence on their behalf.35 This is what Christ does for those
believers who are trying to live godly lives. Believers know that Satan is our adversary, and that he accuses us of
sins before the Father night and day.36
This is the evident truth that
lets us know that sin does matter to God after Salvation. The
devil continually tries to make believers look guilty before God. This is why
believers have a need for a worthy Advocate
and because Satan is the accuser of the brethren, daily confession of sins is a
necessity. We are up against an unjust
adversary and Christ Jesus is the only One
powerful enough to shut his mouth, and wash away the guilt from crimes Satan
lays to our charge before God.37
God has charged His Angels to watch over us, keeping the
fiery darts of Satan away as a defense.38
Considering all the promises God has given to believers, we are to rest assured
of Eternal Life and eternal security,
simply because we belong to Him. Salvation comes through faith, and Salvation
stays because of faith. As you know we will all be held accountable for our
words, as well as our actions; which is why believers should correct their
terminology in regards to Salvation. All regenerated believers are sanctified
and set apart. This means that they have an eternally perfect standing before God on the basis of Christ’s
death, burial, and resurrection. Christ paid for all of our sins up to the very
end of our lives. God laid our sins on His Son and He will not punish believers
for them; unless, we don’t confess our sins and repent daily; or unless we make
the choice at some point to walk away from Him, turning back to a sinful
lifestyle. This is when sin will count against a believing individual.
It is true that Christ said for “...
him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out” and He won’t; but He also
said, “No one who puts his hand
to the plow and looks back [to the things behind] is not fit for the
kingdom of God,” and He meant that (John
6: 37; Luke 9: 61-62).
It is a normal thing for believers to fear falling or being unpleasing to God
at some point in their Christian walk. Paul condemned those who taught that a
person could sin boldly so that God’s Grace could abound.39 We all are going to sin at one time or
another; it is staying in that sinful place and not confessing those sins to
God that causes our circumstances with God to change. Being dead to sin true
believers are unable to live in sin. Our aspiration is to serve God by walking
in reverence of Him, and doing those things that are sure to please Him.40 Believers should never take God for
granted by following demonic doctrines of eternal security. Hearing false
assertions cause individuals to enter into false security that lead to becoming
cast off, rejected and eventually lost.
Choosing to take the easier way is to
make the choice to resist the truth.41
Anyone believing Salvation
frees believers to do whatever is pleasing to their flesh is seriously mistaken
and misled.42 Salvation makes believers free from sin; not free to sin.43 God does not regret giving His gifts
and callings to man (Romans 11: 29). He’ll never change His mind and take back
the gift of Salvation or
rescind the calling that brings us to Him, man’s choices does that and God
permits their choices (Romans 8: 30; II Timothy 1: 9). When we really love God,
things that once:
Ø Captivated
Ø Attracted, and
Ø Distracted us in the world disappears
from our life
This happens when we have made up our
minds to be led by the Holy Spirit and have made the decision to allow our
inward desires for truth and God to prevail. When our desires change from
craving the things of the world toward the things of God, God is glorified and
the visible result is change evidenced in the believer’s lifestyle.44 Humans are comparable in many ways:
Ø
We
all commit acts of sin
Ø
We
all procrastinate when it comes to doing what God wants us to do45
When we belong to God, the Holy Spirit
helps us to see our error and He helps us to get back on track.46 Remember, we must always ask for His
help, He is gracious and will not intrude in our earthly affairs. We must show
Him how important and valuable Salvation
is to us by cherishing it. The problem with false and misleading teachings is:
Ø
When
believers are not devoted to studying the Word of God, they are sure to fall
victim to false teachings along the way
False teachings are near at every
turn. They were prevalent during the time of Christ Jesus and during the time
of our Apostle. False teachings
are designed to take the believer off course. When our day comes to give an
account to God, there will be no excuse for being deceived by false teachings,
especially if we did not study God’s
Word for our self. Not studying for our self according to the Bible,
does not make the individual a victim of deception, it makes that individual a
willing participant.47 It is
a well-known truth that Christianity has been bombarded with false teachings,
and not one of those teachers teaches straight error. 48 Some of what they say may be on point,
but altering any point of Scripture is sufficient enough to
blemish the true meaning and message making that speaker a false teacher.49
When we have the Truth, we must hold on to it not
being persuaded to go back into error, but continuing in the Scriptures
studying for ourselves believing only what they say.50 “For the time is coming when [people]
will not tolerate (endure) sound and wholesome instruction, but, having ears
itching [for something pleasing and gratifying], they will gather to themselves
one teacher after another to a considerable number, chosen to satisfy their own
liking and to foster the errors they hold, and will turn aside from hearing the
truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions.51
This Scripture is being fulfilled as I
am writing this work, and you may be a victim, or know someone who is. As
followers of Christ Jesus our aim is to seek and find truth from the Word. We
are to use discernment as we watch out for deceptive people who are
perpetrating unbiblical teachings on God’s people. Jesus warned us to, beware
of false prophets, who come to us dressed as a sheep, but inside they are
devouring wolves. He said that we will fully recognize them by their fruits.52 Christ Jesus as well as our Apostle
declared that the fruit of life
will reveal Truth or inaccuracy of one’s character. Learning to examine fruit
is what believers must do in order to not be deceived. Believers have to
constantly examine our self and the Christian status of those we choose to
follow as our leader; especially now a day because false prophets or teachers
are succeeding at merchandising, and deceiving the people of God by claiming to
represent the True and Living God.
False teachers appear to be committed
to Christ and many of them hold self-appointed positions as ministers within
local churches.53 They present themselves
as innocent while robbing the truly innocent people of the stuff necessary for
them to live and survive daily, their finances. They start out as admirable
examples, but with the passing of time, it becomes apparent that their fruit is
not coming from the right source. When our lifestyle lacks a testimony and
witness of true Salvation and
spiritual growth, it is time to re-evaluate our methods and motives to see whom
our life is glorifying. New converts
should always have a note pad when they go to church; writing down Scriptures
and quotes that come across the pulpit to compare and examine at home by the
Word of God.
Our eternal life
depends on knowing and receiving truth,
as it relates to God’s Word, not the words of men. The Bible calls false teachers wolves. The wolf by definition is a
ferocious, nocturnal beast that always attacks the sheep and lambs.54 There is a future peaceful time spoken
of in the Bible, called the Millennium.
During this time, the Bible says that a wolf will dwell peacefully with
the lambs, but this perception is yet future. Human wolves in the church of man
are brutal beasts, which is why Christ warned His Disciples way back then concerning them.55 The Disciples had the Gospel of the
Kingdom that was being preached to Jews only, and the Jews were not accepting
Paul’s Gospel. When Paul saw that the Jews were not going to receive his
message of Truth, he released himself from them saying:
“And now, observe, I perceive that all of you,
among whom I have gone in and out proclaiming the Kingdom (Gospel), will see my
face no more. Therefore, I testify and protest to you on this [our parting] day
that I am clean and innocent and not responsible for the blood of any of you
(Who did not receive the Gospel of Grace). For I never shrank or kept back or fell short from
declaring to you the whole purpose and plan and counsel of God. Take care and be on guard for yourselves
and the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you bishops and
guardians, to shepherd (tend and feed and guide) the church of the Lord or of
God which He obtained for Himself [buying it and saving it for Himself] with
His own Blood”.
Paul continued to say, “I know that
after I am gone, ferocious wolves will get in among you, not sparing the flock;
Even from among your own selves men will come to the front who, by saying
perverse (distorted and corrupt) things, will endeavor to draw away the
disciples after them [to their own party]. Therefore, be always alert and on
your guard, being mindful that for three years I never stopped night or day
seriously to admonish and advise and exhort you one by one with tears. And now
[brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to
His protection and care].
And I commend you to the Word of His
grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is
able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all
God’s set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul)”.56
Paul understood that the purpose of the wolf is to consume, and devourer
and his warning is to all believers.57
The human wolf is a parasite that feeds off of the generosity of others; this
is how Paul identifies false leaders. Their desires are:
Ø
For
position and
Ø
Financial
income
Ø
They
are primarily concerned with accomplishing their own purposes and
Ø
They
achieve their purpose by pushing their erroneous thoughts , practices, beliefs
onto those gullible enough to follow and accept them58
The way to escape these doctrines of
demons that are being perpetrated on believers by false teachers is to embrace God’s Word, and be made free by Truth.
If believers can be deceived what is it that can be said for the lost?
Believers are to educate them self in the Word so those who endeavor to deceive the people of God are not
successful. The issue with false teachers and preachers is they have not put
off the old man of the world, neither have they put on the new man in Christ
becoming a new creation.59 Christ
also gives believers a warning against false teachers, He said, “be careful and
on your guard against the leaven (ferment) of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”60 If we are to avoid falling into the
hands of deceivers of the faith, we must pay attention to these warnings. False
teachings come from those who are deceived.61 They have followed for centuries and listened to
individuals who have built upon another man’s foundation. These people don’t care that Christ calls whom He will
into the ministry. They take it upon themselves to go; mostly for the benefit
of finances never giving a thought to the consequences they will face later.
In many cases they are totally unaware
that they are blind and being used by the devil.62 Believers
are warned to test ourselves to see if we are remaining true to Christ Jesus;
we are also warned to test the spirit that dwell in those we sit under for our
spiritual knowledge.63 We are being examined daily by others and
this should give us more reason to examine ourselves.64 The
Holy Spirit speaks Truth; therefore, every teacher who has the Spirit of God will articulate the
same Truth. When anything other
than Truth is expounded, the
spirit within the speaker is not the Spirit of God.65 Christ said that He went away to
prepare a place for believers.66 Our
eternal abode that Christ is preparing will be a perfect place that would not
remain ideal if God allowed imperfection to enter.
False teachers are imperfect, and true
believers if studying to show them self approved to God; should well know if we
are sitting under one, and if so, we should respond according to Scripture
guidance.67 If we allow ourselves
to sit under ministries knowing we are not being fed spiritually, we deceive
ourselves and are willingly following demonic spirits becoming a partaker of
that evil.68 Many sincere people are
sitting on church pews of false teachers all over the world unaware that they
are being led astray. Christ is the Root
of the Gospel and false teachers happily deliver the agenda of Satan to
the people of God without a concern for their own soul.69 One can see how far away from God
believers have come when they give a standing ovation to a man accused of sin
by more than two witnesses.
1(I Corinthians 1: 18)
2(I Corinthians 1: 18)
3(Revelation 3: 15-16)
4(Galatians5: 4; II Peter 3: 17-18)
5(Romans 10: 17; I John 5: 4; Matthew
4: 3-9)
10(II Timothy 2: 26; Colossians 2: 8-9)
11(Philippians 2: 12)
12(I Corinthians 3: 2-3; Hebrews 5: 12)
13(I Corinthians 3: 3-4, 14: 33;
Ephesians 4: 1-3)
14(II Corinthians 4: 4)
15(Ephesians 4: 30; Romans 6: 12)
16(I Corinthians 15: 1-4)
17(II Timothy 2: 25-26)
18(Galatians 5: 24)
19(I John 1: 7; Hebrews 3: 14)
20(Romans 10: 9-11)
21(I Corinthians 15: 1-3)
22(John 8: 32)
23(Romans 10: 17)
24(Mark 16: 16)
25(II Timothy 2: 15)
26(Luke 15: 7)
27(I Corinthians 11: 1)
28(Romans 1: 1)
29(I Corinthians 3: 6-7)
30(I Corinthians 3: 7-10)
31(Romans 11: 29)
32(Hebrews 6: 4-6)
33(Romans 8: 29)
34(John 10: 29)
35(Romans 4: 25, 8: 33-34; I John 2:
21)
36(Hebrews 7: 25; I Peter 5: 8)
37(Zechariah 3: 2; Romans 8: 33)
38(Hebrews 1: 14; I John 5: 18)
39(Romans 6: 1-5)
40(Romans 6: 1-2)
41(II Timothy 3: 8)
42(II Timothy 3: 1-7)
43(Romans 6: 18)
44(II Corinthians 5: 17)
45(Romans 3: 23)
46(John 16: 1-8)
47(Jeremiah 14: 16b)
48(II Peter 2: 1)
49(I Corinthians 5: 6)
50(Acts 17: 11)
51(II Timothy 4: 3-4)
52(Matthew 7: 15-16)
53(II Corinthians 3: 1)
54(Ezekiel 22: 27; Matthew 7: 15)
55(Matthew 10: 16)
56(Acts 20: 25-32)
57(Ezekiel 34: 2-3)
58(I Timothy 6: 1-6; II Peter 2: 1-10)
59(Ephesians 4: 22-24; Colossians 3:
10; II Corinthians 5: 17)
60(Matthew 16: 6)
61(II
Timothy 3: 13)
62(II Corinthians 4: 4-5; II Timothy 3:
1-15; I Timothy 1: 12-14)
63(II Corinthians 13: 5; I John 4: 1-3;
II John 7)
64(II Corinthians 3: 2-3)
65(Isaiah
7: 14, 9: 6; Luke 1: 31; John 1: 14; I Timothy 3: 16;
Hebrews 2: 14-15)
66(John 14: 2-3)
67(II Timothy 2: 15; II Corinthians 6:
17)
68(II John 1: 11)
69 (I John 2: 18-23)
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