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Have you been deceived by Satan through your church?

This shouldn't astonish us. After all:

  • Pro 5:14 -> "I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.".
  • 2Co 11:13-15 -> "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."
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Happens all the time.

The deceptions, and there are many, are hidden in smooth words and partial truths. There are 10's of thousands of Christian denominations so the cornucopia of deceptions are all covered and one can get their fix of the deceitful message that best suits them.

 

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On 8/31/2017 at 8:00 PM, ZacharyB said:

Please tell me why NT passages such as these do NOT apply to you?

 

“… wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to (eternal)  

  destruction … narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which

  leads to (eternal) life, and there are few who find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14)

  The truth of the narrow way has not at all been taught in its full reality.

  There are many NT verses which prove how narrow the way really is!

 

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’, shall enter the kingdom

  of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven …

  I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you (approved of you); depart

  from Me, you who practice lawlessness (sin)!’ ” (Matthew 7:21-23)

  There’s much more to doing God’s will than merely believing in Jesus!

  Yes, sin keeps you out of the kingdom … see the NT “sin lists”

  (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21, Ephesians 5:3-6).

 

“You will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures  

  to the end (until his death) will be saved (eternally).” (Matthew 10:22)

  There are about 15 NT verses which teach us … the believer must

  endure in the faith until death to receive eternal life (and some are below).

 

“But if you want to enter into (eternal) life, keep the commandments.”

  (Matthew 19:17)

“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me.”

  (John 14:21, also John 14:23 & John 15:14)

  Does anyone get into heaven who does NOT love Jesus and obey Him?

 

“If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.  It is better for you to enter

  into life maimed rather than having two hands and go to hell” (Mark 9:43)

 

“For whoever desires to save his (worldly) life will lose it (eternal life)

  but whoever loses his (worldly) life for My sake will save it (eternal life)

  For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is

  himself destroyed or lost (eternal death)?” (Luke 9:24-25 and John 12:25)

 

“And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh” (Galatians 5:24)

For if you live according to the flesh you will die (eternally)” (Romans 8:13)

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows,

  that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh

  reap corruption (eternal death)” (Galatians 6:7-8)

 

“… the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received

  ... by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which

  I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.(1 Corinthians 15:1-2)

 

“Then when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;

  and sin, when it is full grown, brings forth (eternal) death.

  Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.” (James 1:15-16)

 

“But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare,

  and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in  

  destruction and perdition (eternal death) … Command those who

  are rich … that they may lay hold on to eternal life.” (1 Timothy 6:9-19)

 

‘My righteous ones will live by faith. But I will take no pleasure

  in anyone who turns away.’  But we are not like those who turn

  away from God to their own destruction (eternal death).  We are

  the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.” (Hebrews 10:38-39)

  Paul says some believers turn back to their destruction, but in fact,

  he has NO idea who will remain faithful to the end, or who will turn away!

 

“In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest:

  whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God” (1 John 3:10)

“He who practices righteousness is righteous” (1 John 3:7)

 

He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God

  and he shall be My son.  But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable,

  murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars

  shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone,

  which is the second death (eternal death).” (Revelation 21:7-8)

  The “cowardly” include believers who fall from the faith when persecuted

  for their Christian faith, or later submit to taking the mark of the beast.

 

“But there shall by no means enter it (the New Jerusalem) anything

  that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those

  who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.” (Revelation 21:27)

 

He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and

  I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life” (Revelation 3:5)

 

Jesus gives His definition of who the victorious “overcomer” is …

To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne,

  as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.” (Revelation 3:21)         

Just what did Jesus overcome?  Primarily: the world, sin, and the devil.

We today are the deceived church of Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22).

 

“If you refuse to forgive others, your Father won’t forgive your sins.” (Matthew 6:15)    

  Unforgiveness blocks you from heaven and also blocks you from being healed!

 

“Fear the Lord and keep His commandments … so that you may be saved.

 … So have faith in Him and fear Him and by that fear exercise self-control.

 Keep these commandments.  If you do, you will put on the strength of

 righteousness, and cast all wickedness from you, and live to God.”

 (“The Shepherd of Hermas” -- most popular Christian “book” during 100-400 a.d.

  Quoted as Scripture by such as Irenaeas, Clement, Origen, Codex Sinaiticus.

  The Shepherd calls himself: “the Shepherd and messenger of repentance”.)

 

“Fear God, who has the power … to throw you into hell” (Luke 12:5)

“… unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” (Luke 13:3 and 13:5)

 

“… beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh

  and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God … your sorrow

  (over his first letter to them) led to repentance … For godly sorrow

  produces repentance leading to salvation.” (2 Corinthians 7:1-10)  

  Yes, ALL sins will be forgiven through deep and sincere repentance!

 

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins

  and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)

“When the Lord saw that their repentance was good and pure, and that they

 were able to remain in it, He ordered their former sins to be blotted out.”

 (“The Shepherd of Hermas” – he’s not nearly as tactful as the earlier Epistles)

 

Has Satan deceived you? ... Has he deceived your church?

 

Satan hates God, and he hates you! … He and his demons work

tirelessly to succeed in having you spend eternity in hell with them.

“the god of this world” (2 Corinthians 4:4)

“the ruler of this world” (John 12:31)

“the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world” (Revelation 12:9)

“he is a liar and the father of it (lies)(John 8:44)

“evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world” (Ephesians 6:12)

 

Have you been deceived into believing in “once saved, always saved”,

and that your sins (past, present, and future) have all been forgiven?

(Also, have you been deceived into believing in a pre-tribulation rapture?)

Heads-up!  The dozens of warnings in the NT are there for a purpose!

For example: “… you are that one’s slaves whom you obey,

whether (slaves) of sin leading to (eternal) death, OR

(slaves) of obedience leading to righteousness … now present

your bodies as slaves of righteousness for holiness.” (Romans 6:16,19)

 

Born-agains have been given a new nature and the indwelling Holy Spirit

to free them from their bondage to Satan – and from their slavery to sin!

Shalom! I know that you wrote this some years ago, but I just read it and it is so true! Thanks for the share! May the Lord bless you and keep you in Himself to the end! 

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On 8/31/2017 at 2:00 PM, ZacharyB said:

Please tell me why NT passages such as these do NOT apply to you?

 

“… wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to (eternal)  

  destruction … narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which

  leads to (eternal) life, and there are few who find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14)

  The truth of the narrow way has not at all been taught in its full reality.

  There are many NT verses which prove how narrow the way really is!

 

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’, shall enter the kingdom

  of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven …

  I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you (approved of you); depart

  from Me, you who practice lawlessness (sin)!’ ” (Matthew 7:21-23)

  There’s much more to doing God’s will than merely believing in Jesus!

  Yes, sin keeps you out of the kingdom … see the NT “sin lists”

  (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21, Ephesians 5:3-6).

 

“You will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures  

  to the end (until his death) will be saved (eternally).” (Matthew 10:22)

  There are about 15 NT verses which teach us … the believer must

  endure in the faith until death to receive eternal life (and some are below).

 

“But if you want to enter into (eternal) life, keep the commandments.”

  (Matthew 19:17)

“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me.”

  (John 14:21, also John 14:23 & John 15:14)

  Does anyone get into heaven who does NOT love Jesus and obey Him?

 

“If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.  It is better for you to enter

  into life maimed rather than having two hands and go to hell” (Mark 9:43)

 

“For whoever desires to save his (worldly) life will lose it (eternal life)

  but whoever loses his (worldly) life for My sake will save it (eternal life)

  For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is

  himself destroyed or lost (eternal death)?” (Luke 9:24-25 and John 12:25)

 

“And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh” (Galatians 5:24)

For if you live according to the flesh you will die (eternally)” (Romans 8:13)

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows,

  that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh

  reap corruption (eternal death)” (Galatians 6:7-8)

 

“… the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received

  ... by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which

  I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.(1 Corinthians 15:1-2)

 

“Then when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;

  and sin, when it is full grown, brings forth (eternal) death.

  Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.” (James 1:15-16)

 

“But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare,

  and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in  

  destruction and perdition (eternal death) … Command those who

  are rich … that they may lay hold on to eternal life.” (1 Timothy 6:9-19)

 

‘My righteous ones will live by faith. But I will take no pleasure

  in anyone who turns away.’  But we are not like those who turn

  away from God to their own destruction (eternal death).  We are

  the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.” (Hebrews 10:38-39)

  Paul says some believers turn back to their destruction, but in fact,

  he has NO idea who will remain faithful to the end, or who will turn away!

 

“In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest:

  whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God” (1 John 3:10)

“He who practices righteousness is righteous” (1 John 3:7)

 

He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God

  and he shall be My son.  But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable,

  murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars

  shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone,

  which is the second death (eternal death).” (Revelation 21:7-8)

  The “cowardly” include believers who fall from the faith when persecuted

  for their Christian faith, or later submit to taking the mark of the beast.

 

“But there shall by no means enter it (the New Jerusalem) anything

  that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those

  who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.” (Revelation 21:27)

 

He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and

  I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life” (Revelation 3:5)

 

Jesus gives His definition of who the victorious “overcomer” is …

To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne,

  as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.” (Revelation 3:21)         

Just what did Jesus overcome?  Primarily: the world, sin, and the devil.

We today are the deceived church of Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22).

 

“If you refuse to forgive others, your Father won’t forgive your sins.” (Matthew 6:15)    

  Unforgiveness blocks you from heaven and also blocks you from being healed!

 

“Fear the Lord and keep His commandments … so that you may be saved.

 … So have faith in Him and fear Him and by that fear exercise self-control.

 Keep these commandments.  If you do, you will put on the strength of

 righteousness, and cast all wickedness from you, and live to God.”

 (“The Shepherd of Hermas” -- most popular Christian “book” during 100-400 a.d.

  Quoted as Scripture by such as Irenaeas, Clement, Origen, Codex Sinaiticus.

  The Shepherd calls himself: “the Shepherd and messenger of repentance”.)

 

“Fear God, who has the power … to throw you into hell” (Luke 12:5)

“… unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” (Luke 13:3 and 13:5)

 

“… beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh

  and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God … your sorrow

  (over his first letter to them) led to repentance … For godly sorrow

  produces repentance leading to salvation.” (2 Corinthians 7:1-10)  

  Yes, ALL sins will be forgiven through deep and sincere repentance!

 

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins

  and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)

“When the Lord saw that their repentance was good and pure, and that they

 were able to remain in it, He ordered their former sins to be blotted out.”

 (“The Shepherd of Hermas” – he’s not nearly as tactful as the earlier Epistles)

 

Has Satan deceived you? ... Has he deceived your church?

 

Satan hates God, and he hates you! … He and his demons work

tirelessly to succeed in having you spend eternity in hell with them.

“the god of this world” (2 Corinthians 4:4)

“the ruler of this world” (John 12:31)

“the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world” (Revelation 12:9)

“he is a liar and the father of it (lies)(John 8:44)

“evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world” (Ephesians 6:12)

 

Have you been deceived into believing in “once saved, always saved”,

and that your sins (past, present, and future) have all been forgiven?

(Also, have you been deceived into believing in a pre-tribulation rapture?)

Heads-up!  The dozens of warnings in the NT are there for a purpose!

For example: “… you are that one’s slaves whom you obey,

whether (slaves) of sin leading to (eternal) death, OR

(slaves) of obedience leading to righteousness … now present

your bodies as slaves of righteousness for holiness.” (Romans 6:16,19)

 

Born-agains have been given a new nature and the indwelling Holy Spirit

to free them from their bondage to Satan – and from their slavery to sin!

Anyone who follows the pagan tradition that corrupted the early church is being deceived, and thankfully God winks at our ignorance, but there will come a day in which we must choose, Gods truth or that which comes from evil....

Acts 17:29-31 King James Version

29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

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Well...I might put it this way.

2 Timothy 2:12 If we deny him, he will deny us.

What more important place to stand with God or deny him is there than the VOTING BOOTH?

Cast your ballot

Satan                                                         Jesus

FOR                                                         AGAINST

____  Murdering Babies/Abortion          ____

____           Legalized Drugs                    ____

____        Legalized Gambling                ____

____   Bible thrown out of classroom    ____

____   Evolution taught in classroom    ____

____        Homosexual behavior             ____

What church have you been attending...What side have you been voting for?

Whose side are you on?

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