tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10745335554529374332024-03-13T14:57:50.764-06:00Deception in the Last Days: BC MinistriesWe are living in the Last Days before Christs return, and in these last days the enemy is active on many fronts. This blog will address many areas of Christianity. Many of which are under attack, by: watering down, whitewashing, and plain deception.
Luke12:37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-31601171599577873652012-03-15T13:54:00.000-06:002012-07-26T06:55:02.987-06:00Chrislam a road to the One World Chruch<br />
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It seems the destruction of the Christian faith is continuing on schedule, watering down of the faith in order to change it is the goal of Satan and man being incredibly flawed is assisting him. </div>
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Chrislam is the mixing of Islam and Christianity together to make us all united in one large love in. After all spreading the message of love instead of the message of Christ is what is important, isn’t it? I hope you recognized the sarcasm in that statement. </div>
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The message of love, ……… sounds like I am in the sixties with the eastern mysticism and new age teachings, oh wait that is exactly what this is. The only problem is now the “Christian” churches are teaching the same thing. Christians have learnt nothing over the past 3 decades, well let me correct that they have learnt a great deal about how to embrace trendy and secular ideas but have learnt nothing about standing up for Christ. Even Peter learned from his mistake of denying Christ when push came to shove and died for that stance.</div>
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9 years ago I wrote an article about how Rick Warren’s goal was to destroy Christianity and pastors threatened me and called me down for saying that their god (Rick Warren) would do anything like that. Many pastors worship Rick Warren like a god, they would become hostile at any mention that Rick may not be teaching God’s word. </div>
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The problem I see is that these same pastors still support him and have been so blinded that they cannot see the truth.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">“Before we “shake your hand” in responding to your letter, we ask forgiveness of the All-Merciful One and of the Muslim community around the world.”</span> – Rick Warren in a speech to Muslims.</div>
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Rick didn’t say God or Lord in heaven but used a generic term that means nothing. He could have meant God, or Buddha or Allah or even the sun and moon, maybe even the lamp post outside.</div>
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Rick Warren with his own words prays to another god, do you arrogant, prideful pastors see the truth yet? Do you wicked pastors see that Rick is the John the Baptist for the anti Christ and his message. Wake up, change and fix what you have broken, all the people that you have led astray, all the people that you have hurt in the name of Rick Warren. Repent.</div>
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What you have preached is heresy, a local pastor insisted that I leave the alliance church for saying the Rick Warren’s teaching were in error, this pastor wanted a church of Rick Warren and today he has it. It’s those that I made friends with at that church over the years that I fear for most. Because of a slick talking pastor they also believe in the “new message”, the message of the anti Christ. </div>
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Pastors would email me and threaten to report me for what I said, to whom they would report me to is unclear. Maybe their new god Rick, I recognize the raving and incoherent words of those who are demonically influenced, and I must say some of the responses I received for my article in 2003 sounded very much like that. Pastors influenced by demons, no small wonder that there is no longer any discernment of God’s word anymore.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Isaiah 5:20</span></div>
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The true teachings of Christ are now called evil, and the message of the anti Christ is called good. I never thought I would see the day that “christians” would call God’s word evil or by inaction and silence be ashamed of God’s words. </div>
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<span style="color: red;">For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and <i>in his</i> Father's, and of the holy angels. Luke 9:26</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Mark </span><span style="color: red;">8:38</span><span style="color: red;"></span></div>
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When you are silent about the issues that are changing the world into the dominion of Satan you are saying to God that you are ashamed of His word and hide it. </div>
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Being politically correct is not an option, however being biblically correct is the only option. BC before PC, remember it.</div>
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Rick Warren and Robert Schuller are the biggest proponents pushing the new age agenda which leads us to Chrislam. I even hate saying that word or to put it in writing, the very word is blasphemy. </div>
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Many churches around you have already had the ground work laid and the social engineering done for the next phase.</div>
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Through Rick the new message is proceeding nicely, refer to my 2003 article, “New age and Rick Warren.”</div>
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-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>all symbols of Christianity have been removed from our churches</div>
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-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>the music is now contemporary and up beat</div>
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-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>the bible is preached with a “new” understanding of our modern culture</div>
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-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>the message of love (not of Christ) is what is preached</div>
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-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>works are emphasized not faith</div>
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Christ is now nothing more than a prophet, not the son of God, but only a prophet as the Muslims believe. The bible is no longer the inerrant message of a living God, but the message of a wise and knowing prophet, on the same level as Mohammed, Gandhi, Buddha. </div>
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What once would have been shouted from every pulpit as blasphemy is now preached as love. Since they also removed the pulpits I suppose that no longer applies. </div>
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The flood, creation, virgin birth and the list goes on, are only good stories meant for learning, not to be taken literally. The word of God is now on the same level are eastern philosophy, new age legends and native spirituality. </div>
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As I write this my heart is heavy, we are now no longer turning from God but running from God at a pace I fear will have many lost forever.</div>
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Chrislam is entering our churches subtlety, it is using the platform of love to convince the uneducated, I say uneducated because the scriptures are no longer taught. A version of scriptures mixed with man’s desires and greed are now taught. A new age love, a love without discernment, and love without scriptures, a hippy era love based on philosophy and not he word of God. After all who can argue with love, love now trumps everything Christ had to say except when He said to love your neighbor. That seems to be the only important thing that Christ said, it is no longer the message of salvation through Christ and righteous living that are important but only a small portion of what Christ taught, love.</div>
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Jesus in the Quran is not only-begotten Son of God nor the Messiah who was divinely appointed to restore the House of David. He is viewed as a prophet who was appointed by Allah to prepare mankind for the coming of Mohammad.”</div>
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So Christ, our savoir isn’t our salvation after all, He is only preparing the way. Again I hope you recognize sarcasm. This is blasphemy and anyone who says that we must embrace and join with them is in error.</div>
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Under the rule of love thy neighbor, the destruction of Christianity is here. </div>
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The “Crescent Project” is popping up in many churches, this is the beginning of the conditioning of the faithful Christian to stray from the path of Christ. Let me say here, if you do not read your bible daily and dwell on the words of God you will be fooled by the new age teachings and now Islam. </div>
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There can be no compromise between Christian and Islam, most importantly Allah is a false God, a man made God and cannot be joined with the God of the bible. Islam teaches that Allah has no son and condemns any that believe that he does, Surah 18:4-6; 23:91. Isa (Jesus) of the Qur’an is not God; he is simply a prophet of Allah (4:171)</div>
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This is only the beginning and already you can see that combining Islam and Christianity is absurd. This is no different than combining witchcraft with Christianity (which I have seen as well). </div>
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If you don’t know your bible you will be fooled, you will be told you are not Christ like if you don’t embrace the teachings of Islam, and you have no love of Christ in you. </div>
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What does the bible say about embracing false religions? I find this passage very important and just a little funny, I like the way Elijah handled the situation.</div>
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I am going to quote the entire passage because it very clearly shows God’s thoughts on other religions and you could easily put Allah in the place of Baal.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"> <sup>20</sup> So Ahab sent word throughout all </span><span style="color: red;">Israel</span><span style="color: red;"> and assembled the prophets on </span><span style="color: red;">Mount Carmel</span><span style="color: red;">. <sup>21</sup> Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"> <sup>22</sup> Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the LORD’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. <sup>23</sup> Get two bulls for us. Let Baal’s prophets choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. <sup>24</sup> Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire—he is God.” </span><br />
<span style="color: red;"> Then all the people said, “What you say is good.” </span><br />
<span style="color: red;"> <sup>25</sup> Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.” <sup>26</sup> So they took the bull given them and prepared it. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;"> Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till </span><span style="color: red;">noon</span><span style="color: red;">. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;"> <sup>27</sup> At </span><span style="color: red;">noon</span><span style="color: red;"> Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.” <sup>28</sup> So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. <sup>29</sup> </span><span style="color: red;">Midday</span><span style="color: red;"> passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;"> <sup>30</sup> Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which had been torn down. <sup>31</sup> Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Your name shall be </span><span style="color: red;">Israel</span><span style="color: red;">.” <sup>32</sup> With the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs<sup>[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+18&version=NIV#fen-NIV-9374a" title="See footnote a"><span style="color: red;">a</span></a>]</sup> of seed. <sup>33</sup> He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.” </span><br />
<span style="color: red;"> <sup>34</sup> “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;"> “Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time. <sup>35</sup> The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;"> <sup>36</sup> At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. <sup>37</sup> Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.” </span><br />
<span style="color: red;"> <sup>38</sup> Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;"> <sup>39</sup> When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The LORD—he is God! The LORD—he is God!” </span><br />
<span style="color: red;"> <sup>40</sup> Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!” They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the </span><span style="color: red;">Kishon</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Valley</span><span style="color: red;"> and slaughtered there. </span><br />
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Diakonos.</div>Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-5389025478063481652011-06-16T19:58:00.003-06:002012-04-15T06:56:28.191-06:00New Age and Rick Warren Part I Purpose Driven Life? ... What happened to Spirit led???<br />
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I have had a great concern over the emerging church and sum up many of the false teachings in the church today and call it "new age". I wrote this article in 2003 and received many negative responses to it from pastors. Some went so far as to curse and threaten, it was then that I truly saw how lost the christian faith is in the world.<br />
I see Rick Warren along with others, but Rick is the most powerful of them leading us to the one world church. I consider Rick Warren as the John the Baptist for the Antichrist, paving the way for the "new message".<br />
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In his article, The Gospel According to Rick Warren, Gary E. Gilley makes this astute observation about the Saddleback pastor:<br />
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I have to say that Rick Warren says some good things, don’t listen to Gossip, support the leadership, and more, if the underlying theme wasn’t so destructive it might have been a good book. I am seeing churches take Warren’s book and model their church after it, I think we should be very concerned when we see a church modeled after any book other than the BIBLE. The book might be better named “The Purpose Driven Bible”. Warren’s gospel seems to be one of purpose. He teaches that man’s greatest problem is purposelessness and this book will remedy that situation by helping the reader discover his purpose. Needless to say, this is not the gospel as taught by the Bible. The Bible teaches that man’s greatest problem is that he is a sinner and is alienated from God. Purposelessness is insignificant compared to the possibility of an eternity in hell.<br />
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I have had a burden for churches and the problems that they face for many years and what I have come up with is that in North America we have become lead by the enemy being misdirected into many different directions and missing the right one. Warren would like you to believe that wide is the gate that leads to heaven, but God tells us narrow is the gate. <br />
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Rick Warren very much believes in the Church Growth Movement, (Seeker Church, Ecumenical Movement, Emerging church, easy believism). This movement is to change church to suit the culture in which we live and to make all denominations basically the same. This not only paves the way for the ecumenical movement and One World Church spoken of the in bible, but also changes God. No longer is God a jealous God, nor are there consequences to sin, it softens the word of God until it becomes a feel good, flowers and pink bunnies world were nobody is wrong and we can use situational ethics (right and wrong depends on the situation) to live our lives.<br />
If you want a taste of this read “The Message”, a paraphrased translation of the bible that changes the Word of God. In many instances it will drop half a verse that might talk about God’s wrath and how we should fear him and only mention that God is love. This is true God is love, but that is not the only side of God and we cannot preach only part of the bible.<br />
To minimize sin is the goal and not let anyone feel guilty, this new age feel good, no guilt and no reality thinking is growing in the Christian community. This movement has taken methods from some of the most questionable people around and in history and is using them in the church for control and conformity. These are not tools God would use, they are deceitful, manipulative and man made but none the less pastors and churches are falling in line with the One World Church. \<br />
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Taken from a sermon titled Apostate Church in Prophecy, preached 11/26/89 (Gil Rugh)<br />
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<i><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">"... Part of the ministry and message of Jeremiah was one of condemnation because Israel had adopted the corrupting influence of the worship of the Queen of Heaven [Jer. 44:17,18] ... Important to note -- people are concerned about what works. One of the things destroying the church today is pragmatism. We find even believers looking to see what works and that becomes the standard for what they want to adopt, rather than looking to the Word of God and building upon that. And this is the foundation for why the people of Israel were worshiping the Queen of Heaven ... It's just a pragmatic approach; things worked better.</span></i><br />
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<i style="color: #6fa8dc;">"And that's the way some Christians look at it. They look around and see what's going on in some churches and they say, 'Well, that's what we ought to do -- it works!' But that's never a fair test or standard. The question is, 'Is it Biblical?' not 'Does it work?' Because here the testimony of the Jews [Jer. 44:17,18] was, 'We were better off; we had less misfortune when we worshiped the Queen of Heaven then we do now, so Jeremiah, you can't change our mind.'"</i><br />
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In the Purpose Driven Church Warren has learned from some of the most questionable sources, ones that I would not use in a church.<br />
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- One is <a href="http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/05/drucker-futurist.htm">Peter Drucker</a> a legendary secular management guru began teaching large corporations, now using secular tools to grow churches, since numbers is all that counts. Warren uses his secular knowledge on Corporation growth to grow a church.<br />
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- Another is a manual titled “Leading Congregational Change” (LCC HANDBOOK), promoted by Bob Buford's Leadership Network, offers a well-used plan. "This is a book you ought to read before you change anything," said Rick Warren in his hearty endorsement. The methods in the LCC are what Warren uses to base his church on. As you will read this book brings methods in manipulation and control, in order to take a church in a direction that the leader wants. Isn’t that the Holy Spirits Job? Why do we need secular methods of church direction if we have the Holy Spirit guiding? Warren would probably say the Spirit is guiding, and told him to take lessons from the world because God was out of ideas.<br />
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- On day 13 Warren mentions a book by a friend of his, the book is Sacred Pathways, in the book it states that Gandhi, a Hindu loved God as a naturalist. Last time I looked Hinduism was not the same as Christianity. Warren takes lessons from this book that tries to lump different beliefs in with Christianity. But this is in keeping with Warren who seems to follow the path of The One World Church. Understand this people, to have a One World Church would mean that Christianity would no longer exist!! Nor would its morals and values! And if anyone asks you is that a bad thing, run away!<br />
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Pragmatism (if it works do it) permissiveness: if it works (i.e. brings people into the church), it's okay! "God loves variety!" (A theme that Rick Warren seems to use continually)<br />
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Pragmatism: Meaning that the ends justify the means. I think Moses learned something about doing things the right way, not just the way he felt or the way his people thought. Imagine if Moses conducted himself to suit his people, he wouldn’t of been much of a leader. This implies that it doesn’t matter how you get people into the church as long as you get them in. <br />
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Post Modernism is the term used for a supposedly changed culture that God’s word is out of touch with so we must change His word and the church to suit the culture. But the scriptures seem to contradict this new age based belief:<br />
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Wow, I guess God did see it coming maybe He’s not out of touch.<br />
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The New Testament preaching of Paul kept back nothing (Acts 20:20) and involved reproving, rebuking and exhorting with patience and doctrine, bearing in mind a future time when people would no longer <span style="color: red;">“endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers and they will turn their ears away from the truth” (2 Tim 4:2-4)</span>.<br />
That day has surely come. No longer are we to even hint that someone might be wrong or even hold up the scriptures and stand firm. Since the Holy Spirit uses God’s word to convict, how will anyone change if it is wrong to preach the word? Oh excuse me not wrong but insensitive to preach God’s word as it is.<br />
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The Purpose Driven Life<br />
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We will start off with one of Pastor Warren's "rules for growth" which tells us to "never criticize what God is blessing." Implying that church growth and changed lives prove God's delight in our human methods, but if we are never to test the fruits, it cancels God’s call to "be on guard" and watch for false prophets. Using these words to make sure no one ever criticizes him is twisting God’s words to suit Warrens own purposes, but he is after all “purpose driven.”<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. </span><br />
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In the Purpose driven life (PDL) Warren makes reference to <a href="http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/05/drucker-futurist.htm">Peter Drucker</a>. <a href="http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/05/drucker-futurist.htm">Peter Drucker</a> is a legendary management guru began teaching large corporations decades ago, has now applied the secular methods and ad campaigns to God's churches as well as to communities and governments around the world. Since the new methods seemed to "work" equally well for churches as for corporations and since the measured results offer statistical "proof" of "success" pastors from countless nations have embraced and implemented Drucker's marketing approach to "doing church." Doesn’t using the tools of the world (Satan) to do God’s work strike you as wrong? Just because a corporation grows doesn’t mean that it is blessed by God. By this way of thinking Nazi Germany was blessed by God, Hitler was a success he had most of Europe under his control. But I don’t think anyone would say that he was blessed by God. Taking lessons from the world to grow a church doesn’t mean it’s blessed by God either.<br />
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From the beginning, The Purpose-Driven® Life and the 40 Days of Purpose campaigns have been designed for ecumenical appeal. Ecumenical movement is a movement of joining all churches together regardless of the very profound differences and outright biblical incorrectness and join together and become the One World Church as mentioned in the bible. In order for various churches to join together we must accept sin and idolatry in order to keep peace in the Christian community, and not speak out against it. That doesn’t sound very biblically correct (BC) to me. In the last days the church becomes so changed that it no longer is pleasing to God and the church in essence has turned away from God’s teachings. We are closer than you think, but not yet too late.<br />
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In the book Warren focuses on the felt needs of unbelievers rather than the true needs of God's family. Doesn't this strategy turn God's principles upside down? Yes, and it also attracts the spiritual diversity needed for the thought-changing dialectic process (the dialectic process is a process of changing the truth to something more tolerable for everyone whether it’s right or wrong) Meaning that the word of God is watered down in order to be politically correct. Of course the people promoting this NEW way of church will deny the word of God is watered down, but you decide. Satan has been doing this for centuries, to deny that he still is trying is unrealistic. This is the heart of today's transformation in churches as well as in business, education, government and other organizations<br />
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Dr. Robert Klenck summarizes it in his report on "The 21st Century Church:";<br />
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<i style="color: #6fa8dc;">"it is imperative that unbelievers are brought into the church; otherwise, the process of continual change cannot begin. There must be an antithesis (unbelievers) present to oppose the thesis (believers), in order to move towards consensus.(compromise), and move the believers away from their moral absolutism (doctrine (word of God) based belief). If all members of the church stand firm on the Word of God, and its final authority in all doctrine and tradition, then the church cannot and will not change."</i><br />
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<u><b>con·sen·sus</b></u>: noun Definitions:<br />
1. broad unanimity: general or widespread agreement among all the members of a group<br />
2. view of society in equilibrium: a concept of society in which the absence of conflict is seen as the equilibrium state of society Encarta Dictionary<br />
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Consensus tells us that we must compromise in order to keep peace. Is that what Jesus taught? Jesus taught peace but He did not teach tolerance of sin nor was Jesus for changing the Word of God. The very word consensus is a agreement (compromise) with both parties, those following God and those who do not believe. It seems the push for peace among the brethren in the church today over rides the need for Biblical Correctness.<br />
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Klenck's quote states that those that stand firm on God’s word are in the way. Since when did it become wrong to stand firm on the morals and values of God. I was told I was dogmatic for doing so and that I had no place in the church. This was a church that was preparing to base itself on Rick's book and is today doing so. I saw what was happening and said something about it, you will read later on how Warren teaches to handle “resistors”. There was a time when strong men stood firm and were unwavering, but in a time that firmness opposes satan, even our churches seem to fall in line with this demonic rule. There is no room in satan’s domain for one who will not bend to his ideas or rule. <br />
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This is a Common Faith Belief (ecumenical movement). The Ecumenical movement is the Catholic version of the Evangelical Emerging church movement. Both have the same goal of destroying Christ's message and we will soon see these two movements join forces. Soon, we will see why these “change agents” (the Label used to described leaders, be it secular or Christians that make changes for the New World Order) are pushing so hard for change to occur in the church. Rick Warren believes “<i>There is no "one-size-fits-all" approach to worship and friendship with God.</i>” Day 13.<br />
He says this in context of that everyone worships God in a different way, really opening the way for other belief systems. Warren goes beyond Christianity and heads in an area that includes beliefs outside of Christianity as worshiping God. Example of this:<br />
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<i style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Activists love God through confronting evil, battling injustice, and working to make the world a better place.”</i><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Rick Warren</span><br />
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Rick mentions the word activists, which is a reference to environmentalists or could even mean Wiccans who are just worshiping God in their own way. Even though Warrens work could be taken in a Christian sense there is the underlying theme to his whole book that paves the way for the New Age Movement/Ecumenical Movement to start the <u>One World Church</u> where all belief systems are just pursuing God in their own way and are not wrong. A view point that I strongly disagree with. The words chosen in the book can sometimes be interpreted in different ways, leading the reader to vulnerability in understanding in ways that lead outside the bible and are more prominent in the Common Faith Belief system. Satan always hides his lies under many truths, we must see a larger picture. God gave us wisdom and discernment but its useless if we ignore it.<br />
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Warren tries to change Christianity at every step so that it is no longer recognizable to us or the outside world.<br />
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<i style="color: #6fa8dc;">“Try Praising God without using the words praise, hallelujah, thanks, or amen. Instead of saying, "We just want to praise you," make a list of synonyms and use fresh words like admire, respect, value, revere, honor, and appreciate.” </i><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Purpose Drive Life p. 104</span><br />
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<b> And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven saying, Alleluia, Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: Revelation 19-1</b></div>
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When you strip these words away, that are synonymous with Christianity, along with the countless other changes he suggests to make to a system that has worked for thousands of years we begin to see a pattern. Strip out everything that makes you a Christian and then we can fit in with the rest of the world. Then no one would have to feel guilty or feel a need to repent. Taken individually this might not seem too wrong after all we are still worshiping God, but look at the overall direction, small pieces make a puzzle.<br />
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Saddleback's study guide and Teaching Video for the 40 Days of Purpose, unbelievers are led in a prayer. They hear Pastor Warren speak these words: <br />
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<i style="color: #6fa8dc;">"Do you have a relationship with Jesus Christ? If you aren't sure of this, I'd like the privilege of leading you in a prayer to settle the issue. Let's bow our heads. I'm going to pray a prayer and you can follow it silently in your mind: </i><br />
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<i style="color: #6fa8dc;">'Dear God, I want to know Your purpose for my life. I don't want to waste the rest of my life on the wrong things. Today I want to take the first step in preparing for eternity by getting to know You. Jesus Christ, I don't understand it all, but as much as I know how, I want to open my life to You. I ask you to come into my life and make yourself real to me. Use this series to help me know what You made me for. Thank you. Amen.'</i><br />
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<i style="color: #6fa8dc;">"If you just prayed that prayer for the very first time, I congratulate you. You've just become a part of the family of God."</i><br />
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“I invite you to bow your head and quietly whisper the prayer that will change your eternity, ‘<i>Jesus, I believe in you and I receive you</i>.” “If you sincerely meant that prayer congratulations! Welcome to the family of God!” The Purpose Driven Life p. 58</div>
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<span style="color: red;"></span> Is this a response to the gospel? Where is repentance, acknowledgment of need, or confession of personal sin? Where is the cross? Nothing about Christ rising from the dead.<br />
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Rick Warren doesn't seem to have a issue with speaking for God, he seems to be rewritting the bible.<br />
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<b><i> </i></b><span style="color: red;">Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in there at: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matthew 7: 13-14</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. Revelation 22: 19 </span><br />
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The Bible tells us that saving <span style="color: red;">"faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." [Romans 10:17-18] </span>But none of the Scriptures that show the gospel are mentioned in this first lesson. Biblically illiterate friends and neighbors who join the group would pray this prayer without any real knowledge of the cross, of the Savior, or of God's view of sin. In fact, the concept of salvation isn't included in the first lesson <br />
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Here’s what the bible says<br />
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<span style="color: red;"> Luke 13:3 ...unless you repent you will all likewise perish.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"> Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.</span><br />
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The shift of focus in the book from God, to purpose is a subtle one but very distinct, but we can only focus on one thing at a time and only pay lip service to others. Repeatedly the bible tells us to focus on God.<br />
<span style="color: red;">Psalm 91 </span>tells us to dwell on Him, the armor of God only works when we focus on the Lord. But now we are to slightly shift our focus to purpose in our lives or to me, ignoring biblical truths and welcome everything into the church where there is no longer any right or wrong.<br />
Anything that tells you to shift your focus on anything but God is a False Doctrine. There must be a belief that God didn’t know as much as we thought because everything are areas of gray in the world, no longer right or wrong anymore. It's not surprising. Today's "positive" gospel emphasizes love, minimizes doctrine and ignores divine justice. The essential Biblical truths that prepare hearts for genuine conversion no longer fit. A postmodern "believer" may be full of self-confidence but woefully short on spiritual awareness. But they're all coming together under the worldwide ecumenical umbrella of the Church Growth Movement (One World Church). In the false gospel of the church growth movement the sinner is told that Christ died for him because he is so valuable to God. But this is a denial of grace. There is nothing in us to merit God’s love. Again, the idea that the sinner is friendly towards God but just turned off by the church is a denial of human depravity. Man is an enemy of God, alienated in his mind by wicked works <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Col 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled</span><br />
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Yet the false gospel says, <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">“</span><i style="color: #6fa8dc;">You may not believe in God, but God believes in you and you need to believe in yourself.</i><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">”</span> To believe in ourselves is to worship man and yet even Christ who loved us knew better.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">John 2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,</span><br />
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Stated in the book “Re-Inventing the Church”, <i style="color: #6fa8dc;">the 21st century vision of global oneness is drawing diverse churches and people into vast "Christian" networks that provide trained leadership and management consultants</i><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">. </span>Rick Warren's communitarian management guru, Peter Drucker, described it well. Quoting him in a 1994 report, the "Leadership Network" wrote, <br />
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<i style="color: #6fa8dc;">"The Spirit is moving.... there is a substantial critical mass of people and churches that are already moving.' ... While acknowledging that there are still many unhealthy churches [those that don't conform to the new, all inclusive pattern], there is a justified change in basic premises, basic attitudes, basic mindset... on the whole, we are on the march...."</i><br />
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As you saw earlier, this "diversity" is essential to the thought-changing dialectic process that Drucker has helped establish in organizations everywhere. Remember from page 1 Robert Klenck's words: <br />
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<i style="color: #6fa8dc;">"...in this movement, it is imperative that unbelievers are brought into the church; otherwise, the process of continual change cannot begin. There must be an antithesis (unbelievers) present to oppose the thesis (believers), in order to move towards consensus. (compromise), and move to believers away from their moral absolutism (resistance to change)." If the church member continues to resist change, they may be asked to leave. </i><br />
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Pastor Warren does try to define sin. Before introducing his salvation prayer, he wrote, <br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">"All sin, at its root, is failing to give God glory. It is loving anything else more than God. Refusing to bring glory to God is prideful rebellion, and it is the sin that caused Satan's fall--and ours, too. In different ways we all lived for our own glory, not God's. The Bible says, 'All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." </span><br />
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That's true. But this general sin which applies to all of humanity will hardly cause postmodern unbelievers to sense any genuine guilt or a personal need for the cross. Few have been taught the basic truths about our Biblical God and His moral standards. Many simply dismiss the notion of "sin" as old-fashioned legalism and shut their eyes to its corrupting power in their own lives. When faced with today's non-offensive teaching on sin, many translate it into a more comfortable half truth: "Sin is a normal part of life, and I'm just as good as everyone else -- maybe a little better. Besides, God understands and loves me as I am." In other words, there's no sense of guilt, fear or brokenness before our eternal Judge! Like ancient Israel, <br />
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This "positive" gospel will surely meet man's "felt need" for affirmation, identity and a sense of belonging. But it will do nothing to truly convert one to Christ. The masses are more than willing to believe in this new tolerant, non-judging God who fits their postmodern culture. But God doesn't promise to make us comfortable and pamper our feelings. While He does promise the resources needed to meet each day's challenges, some of those spiritual resources have little to do with today's "felt needs." Instead His path for us may be lonely and rough, full of steep climbs and "impossible" challenges. Yet, as we persevere in faith, we will hear His sweet voice whispering,<br />
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<span style="color: red;">"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in your weakness." 2 Cor 12:9</span><br />
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Did you hear that? God will use our weakness, not our strengths! No need for management consultants and surveys that measure our natural abilities in order to discover our spiritual gifts and God's purpose for us! The Shepherd will lead us along His chosen ways, narrow and winding paths that may differ radically from our human plans and purposes! But those who have not yet been "crucified with Christ" and filled with the Holy Spirit will neither hear the Shepherd nor "comprehend the Scriptures." That's one of the reasons why today's spiritual diversity demands simplified Bibles that have been paraphrased, reinterpreted and made appealing to the natural mind.<br />
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<u><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Softening God’s word</span></u><br />
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Doesn't His Word suggest we be led by our wonderful Shepherd, not driven by standardized purposes or questionnaires which are now being used around the world to define and assess our spiritual gifts, our spiritual growth, our spiritual devotion, our spiritual fruit and our group fellowship? Yet, man's incessant quest for "new, fresh ways" has always made us vulnerable to temptation. From the beginning, Satan has offered both pleasure and wisdom to those who would rephrase or revise God's timeless Word -- blending lies with truth that hide the deception. Back in the garden, it led to Eve's disobedience and the alienation of humanity. Through the middle ages, it led to horrendous heresies and cruel persecution of those who took their stand on God's unchanging Word. In our times, the rise of pragmatism and post modernity has led to another round of revisions. And with the postmodern rejection of unchanging absolutes, there is no end in sight. To be "spiritually minded" means that, through the Holy Spirit not though programs or erroneous trends, the believer's mind has been opened to understand Scriptures. God's life-changing Truth has renewed his heart and enabled him to know and love God. It has given him the joy and endurance needed to follow the Shepherd -- not along that spacious highway that draws the crowds -- but on the narrow unpopular way which draws us ever closer to Him.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Matt 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in there at: 7:14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. </span><br />
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The issue of purity is replaced with the more contemporary issue of personal relationships. Thus feel-good relational guidelines become more important than the spiritual need for repentance and holiness in Christ. In the context of Peter Drucker's management and marketing philosophy, Pastor Warren's emphasis makes perfect sense. The new relational guidelines are designed to build group loyalty, teach "respect" for all opinions, and block unpopular truths that expose error and corruption. The latter are simply too divisive. "Fellowship" between spiritually different people is all important, even if it clashes with God's Word [<span style="color: red;">2 Cor 6:14-17</span>] and forces believers to compromise. That's why many committed but heartbroken Christians are leaving the "seeker-friendly" churches they have faithfully served. They simply cannot agree to discard "offensive" Biblical guidelines in order to pursue the new vision of unity and community.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">II Cor 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? </span><br />
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God's people must heed their Spirit-taught conscience. If we claim His name and promises, we had better follow His ways rather than our feelings or popular marketing schemes. If our worship is an expression of our human nature rather than His truth and Spirit, it is worthless. It's all too easy to "quench the Spirit" and become blind to His light. Trying to make Christianity more acceptable to the world, we may forget Jesus' sobering warnings to His disciples:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">"If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you...." John 15:19-21</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">"Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it." 1 Thessalonians 5:19-24</span><br />
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<u><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Forgetting "the fear of God"</span></u><br />
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Long before David wrote his treasured psalms or King Solomon penned the Proverbs, Job knew the secret of wisdom and friendship with God. In the midst of excruciating pain and loss, he said, <br />
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<span style="color: red;">"Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.” Job 28:28</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," Psalm 111:10, Proverbs 9:10</span><br />
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Centuries ago, God's rebellious and presumptuous people thought they could follow their own sensual inclinations, participate in the rituals of their idolatrous neighbors, and sacrifice their children to gain personal favors -- without losing God's favor and protection. Even the priests thought they were following His ways. They were wrong. Our holy God, who is the same "yesterday, today and forever," warned His foolish people, <br />
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<span style="color: red;"> Because, when I called, you did not answer; When I spoke, you did not hear, but did evil before My eyes, and chose that in which I do not delight.” Isaiah 65:12</span><br />
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Pastor Warren has little to say about such godly fear -- the blessed fruit of a deep awareness that God is our Judge and Avenger as well as our Father and Love. God's anger and wrath don't fit into today's affirmative, seeker friendly church environment. The word "fear" clashes with today's attempt to market God to the postmodern masses. To a lesser degree, so do the words "righteous" and "merciful." Both remind us of our sin and inadequacy. They bring the discomforting suggestion that God indeed is "holier than thou" -- an unpleasant notion for those who prefer to believe that God is and thinks like me. Instead, Pastor Warren introduces a more likeable God -- a smiling father who resembles today's permissive parent rather than the righteous and merciful God of the Bible. Whether you are part of God's family or not, Warren speaks confusing half-truths that assure you that: <br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">· "the moment you were born into the world, God was there as an unseen witness, smiling at your birth... your arrival gave him great pleasure."</span></i><br />
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<i style="color: #6fa8dc;">· "God enjoys watching every detail of your life, whether you are working, playing, resting, or eating."</i><br />
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Do you feel good about yourself yet? Do you feel comfortable before your holy God? Perhaps we feel too comfortable. Maybe our holy God doesn't "enjoy watching every detail" of our lives. Although His Word assures us that He delights in us when we trust and follow Him, it also shows us that He grieves over our foolish choices. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Ephesians 4:25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. 26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27Neither give place to the devil. 28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 30And <b>grieve not the holy Spirit</b> of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.</span><br />
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And if we indeed have been "born again" of His Spirit, we would grieve with Him whenever we obey our own lusts rather than His Word! We would repent -- turn around and run back into His arms! Yes, He waits for us. Yes, our patient and merciful Lord continues to love us deeply and eternally. Yes, in Christ, all our sins were nailed to the cross. But He doesn't minimize our natural rebellion as we do. Instead, he tells us to <br />
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<span style="color: red;">"work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." Philippians 2:12-13</span><br />
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But God's standard for holiness among His people is far higher than we are led to believe in our churches today. He wants a purified Body, a holy Bride -- washed and cleansed by His shed blood. Seeker-services that bring the world into His churches compromise His revealed purposes. So does consensus (compromised)-based fellowship between believers and unbelievers, between His purity and the world's profanity. We are to reach out to the unsaved but not at the expense of God’s word, have we not added enough stripes to Christ’s back? The problem is not that Pastor Warren left out the "the fear of God." He can't possibly teach all God's instructions in one book. The problem is lack of balance. By emphasizing God's delight in "every detail of your life" through most of the book while rarely mentioning God's anger, holy standard or judgment, he virtually denied the less comforting side of God's nature While God's love is unconditional, His promises are not. Most are linked, often in the same passage they appear to guidelines and conditions for their fulfillment. But those conditions and warnings are generally left out. As presented in this book, many of God's promises to those who -- by His grace and Spirit -- follow Him become, instead, universal and unconditional assurances to everyone who reads the book. No need to "mourn" our sin, "tremble at His Word," or repent of our addiction to contemporary thrills, for everyone is okay in the eyes of Him who "passionately" loves all of us as we are. <br />
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But God calls us to know and follow His ways, not ours -- and to deny ourselves and let the "flesh" be put to death. In our weakness, He will enable us! Our goal must be His goal: that we would be holy as He is holy. Pastor Warren affirms that truth, but by softening God's revelation about Himself and His ways, he distorts our understanding of holiness. By trivializing the authority of God's Word, he bends our view of God's high standard for our lives in Him. Finally, when he quotes God's promises while ignoring His warnings, he builds presumption, not genuine obedient faith. Many readers would hardly even know what to obey!<br />
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</div>Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-24171922272196455212011-06-13T11:30:00.001-06:002012-07-29T21:32:20.168-06:00Tattoos and Piercings <span style="font-size: large;">Graffiti or defacing God’s Image? </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Leviticus 19:28 “Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.” </span><br />
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There are many ways in which the world is turning to Satan and not the least of which is tattooing. Pastors and Christians from all walks of life are getting tattoos in order to fit in with today’s society. Just like we are changing scriptures so that Christ is more of the world than of God, we are changing what is right and what is wrong. <br />
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God relates tattoos and piercing with death, should a Christian do something that relates him or her with death?<br />
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100 years ago or more we saw pictures of tribesmen in Africa and in those pictures we saw the evidence of what god’s they worshiped. We saw them covered in markings and piercing and shuddered at the sight and it reminded us how close the enemy is in this world. Piercing and tattooing go back thousands of years. Now we are entering a period of Christian tattoos, that’s like saying Christian Satan worship. It just isn’t right. <br />
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African tribes and in many other pagan beliefs around the world tattoos were used for religious worship. Female mummies had tattoos to worship the god of fertility. Men were found to have tattoos worshiping gods of warriors. Male mummies have also had tattoos to worship the sun for a good harvest. This permanent visible allegiance to pagan gods was soon adapted by Arabia, China, Persia, and Greece. Mostly in tribes in Africa such as Egypt and Ethiopia, piercing was used for a sensual beauty mark or religious purposes. A piercing that was used to keep away evil spirits is the ear piercing. Many African cultures believed that the material in an earring helped the spirited from entering the body. A simple pierce on the ear lobe kept the spirit from entering the body through the ear. Some practice pagan ritual of piercing for beauty and for sexual pleasure. It’s no coincidence that every pagan tribe has some form of piercing or tattoo ritual, and in the same tribes worship spirits gods. It’s clear that these practices are not of God and yet Christians align themselves with the world instead of setting an example and standing apart for God as we are instructed to do. The church growth movement (Emerging Church) is to blame for leading many away, no matter what anyone tells you the only person that benefits with compromising true Christian beliefs and aligning ourselves more with the world in order to make them more comfortable is the enemy. Christ made people think and change their ways, His messages were not always uplifting, they were honest and straight forward, but now we seem to know better than God, and have a “better way of doing church.” <br />
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This is another aspect of the emerging church, in which we attempt to blend the church and the world to make the church more successful. Careful our idea of success may not be God’s. We are called upon to be the salt of the earth: <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Matthew 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. </span><br />
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Being salty is likened to a believer salting the unbeliever and changing that person as salt changes the flavor of food, but the trend today is to act and think more like the unbeliever and change ourselves instead of the other way around. The non believers seem to have more of an impact on Christians than the Christians do on them. By this action we lose our saltiness, we are no longer effective in preaching the whole gospel and the bible is clear then we are to be trodden on. <br />
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History of Piercing <br />
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<u>TONGUE PIERCING HISTORY </u>- Tongue piercing was practiced in a ritual form by the ancient Aztecs, Mayas of Central America and the Haida, Kwakiutul, and Tlinglit tribes of the American Northwest. The tongue was pierced to draw blood to propitiate the gods, and to create an altered state of consciousness so that the priest or shaman could communicate with the gods. <br />
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<u>EAR LOBE PIERCING HISTORY </u>- Ears were probably first pierced for magical purposes, very many primitive tribes believe that demons can enter the body through the ear, because demons and spirits are supposed to be repelled by metal, ear-piercing prevents them entering the body. <br />
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<u>LIP LABRET PIERCING HISTORY </u>- The piercing of the lips for the insertion of objects into them is very widely practiced throughout the world, however only two tribes pierce the lips with a ring; the Dogon tribe Of Mali, and the Nuba of Ethiopia. Among the Dogon the piercing of the lip has religious significance, they believe that the world was created by their ancestor spirit "Noomi" weaving thread through her teeth, but instead of thread out came speech. <br />
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<u>SEPTUM PIERCING HISTORY </u>- The piercing of the septum is probably the second most common piercing among primitive peoples after ear piercing, it's even more common than nostril piercing. The septum piercing is particularly prevalent among warrior cultures, this probably has to do with the fact that large tusks through the septum give the face a fierce appearance. The Septum piercing was beloved by the Aztecs, the Mayans, and the Incas. <br />
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This marking a person to show belonging to a god or as the Hebrews adopted to a family or individual.The book of Exodus 21: 5-6 describes how Hebrew servants that pledged allegiance to their master would have their ear held to a door post and pierced with an awl. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Exodus 21: 5And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: 6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. </span><br />
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Tattoos have always had an important role in rituals, Tattoos around the wrist and fingers were believed to ward away illness. Like piercing tattoos are used for rituals practices and to show owner ship. <br />
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1. <b>Graffiti</b> In genesis we are told that we are created in God’s image and I find it abhorring that someone would consider walking up to a picture of God or Christ and graffiti it and yet that is what we are doing to God’s image with tattoos or piercing. We are now the temple of God would you graffiti a church? <br />
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To take part in a practice that started with pagan worship, even though we may have deceived ourselves into thinking that its not the reason we are doing it so its ok, or that its how we use it that matters, is wrong. This form of “expression” may very well mean something to the demons that started it and therefore it is a stand against God whether we believe it or not. Even if we don’t believe in such things evil does and this may open a door that’s difficult to close <br />
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2. <b>The Mark of Blood</b>. The tattooing procedure involves cutting the flesh with a sharp needle or instrument in order to carve out or make designs. The result is something called “blood-letting”. Blood-letting has both occultic and demonic origins and it is considered a power source that is supernaturally unleashed. Many pro-tattoo sources describe tattooing as having a magical, occultic connection with blood and blood-letting as being normal. Several pro-tattoo historians indicate the connection with scarification and blood-letting associated with religious practices. We read in 1Kings 18:25-28 the account of the prophets of Baal who met with Elijah to find out who was the true God. These were Satanists who were attempting to unleash supernatural power by cutting themselves. Blood has been a sacrifice to God, and in pagan cultures they too let blood for a sacrifice to whatever god they choose. So who are we bleeding for when we perform this ritual? <br />
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Not Yahweh. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">1 Kings 18 25And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. 26And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. 27And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. </span><br />
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3. <b>The Cup of Devils</b>. Historically, the origin of the tattoo is associated with paganism, demonism, Baal worship, shamanism, mysticism, heathenism, cannibalism and many other pagan beliefs. The tattoo has never been connected with Bible believing Christians. But today in the 21st century, the trends are reverting from paganism practices to include the modern Christian.<br />
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Satan is the god of this world and his agenda is to deceive as many Christians as he can, especially in the last days. But the fact remains that the tattoo has its roots in beliefs and practices that are demonic and pagan. Many pro-tattoo books indicate that tattooing is a magical rite and the tattooist is respected as a priest or shaman; it is connected to a religious ceremony and performed by priests or priestesses; it is intended to put the human soul in harmony with supernatural forces. <br />
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In other words, it is connected with the spirit world and a tattoo is really much more than simply a form of body decoration. They are strongly connected with channels into spiritual and demonic possession. Many pro-tattoo artists and historians can attest to this by saying things like, “tattoos have a power and magic all their own”. <br />
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<i>Ronald Scutt, in his exhaustive book, Art, Sex and Symbol, covers a lot about the history and culture of tattoos. He documents that most of the time tattoos are associated with spiritual, religious and mystical purposes; linking it to mystical significance, sun-worship, serpent worship, and the sun-god Baal. </i><br />
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<i>Author Steve Gilbert, of Tattoo History: A Source Book, p. 99, records, “The Spaniards, who had never heard of tattooing, recognized it at once as the work of Satan.” Yet today’s gullible Christians are out there in droves “marking themselves for Jesus”! </i><br />
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<span style="color: red;"> 1Cor. 10:21 says, “Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be </span><br />
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Yet today we are so arrogant as to believe that we can walk the line between worshipping Satan and worshipping God and still enter heaven. We are no different than the people of Noah’s time or Sodom and Gomorrah. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"> Luke 17: 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"> Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. </span><br />
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4. <b>The Mark of Rebellion</b>. The Bible condemns all rebellion throughout its pages and declares that rebellion is as bad as witchcraft.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"> 1 Samuel 15:23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.” </span><br />
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It is clear that the tattoo has always been an indication of a spirit of rebellion and deviancy on its wearers. <br />
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All the tattoo books make comments about tattooing being rebellious. <br />
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<i>One tattoo book, “Art, Sex and Symbol”, 1974, by Ronald Scutt, pg. 179, says “In a society that considers nudity as dirty, indecent, and subversive or morality … - it is not surprising that decorations to the body are allocated to the same category.” </i><br />
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Since tattooing is in the same category as sexual immorality how long will it be until we accept that as well, or maybe we are already there! <br />
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Quotes from Pro-tattoo books <br />
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"Tattooing is often a magical rite in the more traditional cultures, and the tattooist is respected as a priest or shaman." (Michelle Delio, Tattoo: The Exotic Art of Skin Decoration, p. 73) <br />
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"In Fiji, Fromosa, New Zealand and in certain of the North American Indian tribes, tattooing was regard as a religious ceremony, and performed by priests or priestesses." (Ronald Scutt, Art, Sex and Symbol, 1974, p. 64) </i><br />
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<i>"The actual tattooing process, which involved complex ritual and taboos, could only be done by priests and was associated with beliefs which were secrets known only to members of the priestly caste. . . Hambly concluded that historically tattooing had originated in connection with ancient rites of scarification and bloodletting which were associated with religious practices intended to put the human soul in harmony with supernatural forces and ensure continuity between this life and the next." (Gilbert, Steve, Tattoo History: A Source Book, p. 158) </i><br />
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<i>Famous witch and author Laurie Cabot writes of the tattoo: "The origins of tattooing came from ancient magical practices. ."(Laurie Cabot, Power of the Witch, cited in Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated by Dr. Cathy Burns, p. 301) </i><br />
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"According to Amy Krakow in her chronicle The Total Tattoo Book, ‘tattooing has had well-defined roles: marking a rite of passage at a stage of life, calling the spirits, proudly, defiantly or sneaky showing who you are via body art." <br />
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"Many native tribes practiced therapeutic tattooing. The Ojibwa, for instance, tattooed the temples, forehead, and cheeks of those suffering from headaches and toothaches that were believed to be caused by malevolent spirits. Songs and dances that were supposed to exorcise the demons accompanied the tattooing ceremony."(Gilbert, Steve, Tattoo History: A Source Book, p. 90) </i><br />
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<i>"Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it. . . Tattooing therefore, is a way of keeping the spiritual and material needs of my body in balance."(Michelle Delio, Tattoo: The Exotic Art of Skin Decoration, p. 8) <br />
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"When the designs are chosen with care, tattoos have a power and magic all their own. They decorate the body but they also enhance the soul."(Michelle Delio, Tattoo: The Exotic Art of Skin Decoration, p. 13) </i><br />
<i>"Burmese tattooing has been associated with religion for thousands of years. Tattooing among indigenous North American groups including the Arapaho, Mohave, Cree, and Inuit (Eskimo) is rooted in the spiritual realm as well."(Laura Reybold, Everything you need to know about the dangers of tattooing and body piercing, p. 15) </i><br />
Over and over again those knowledgeable in tattooing declare it is pagan in nature and yet modern Christians say that it is alright. How far down this road to hell will we go before we realize and repent? <br />
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<b>Tattoo's greatest enemy. . . The Lord Jesus Christ</b><br />
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In the pages of history, whenever and wherever "tattooing" pagan tribes were converted to Christianity, without exception, tattoos were one of their first pagan practices to "pass away" Why? Because, unlike today’s "tattooed" Christians, the converted pagan knew the tattoo was against the Word of God. The Holy Spirit quickly "told" the converted pagan – no tattoo. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! </span><br />
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Quotes from books on tattooing <br />
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<i>"Just as occurred in other cultures with tattoo traditions, when these pagan tribes were ‘converted’ to the Christian religion, their spiritual and cultural rites (which included tattooing, piercing and scarification) were outlawed. . ."(Jean-Chris Miller, The Body Art Book : A Complete, Illustrated Guide to Tattoos, Piercings, and Other Body Modifications, p.9) </i><br />
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<i>"When Cortez and his conquistadors arrived on the coast of Mexico in 1519, they were horrified to discover that natives not only worshipped devils in the form of status and idols, but also had somehow managed to imprint indelible images of these idols on their skin. The Spaniards, who had never heard of tattooing, recognized it at once as the work of Satan." (Gilbert, Steve, Tattoo History: A Source Book, p. 99) </i><br />
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<i>"These tattoos act as protective and empowering talismans for the wearer. There are even some body artists who perform ritual tattoos, piercing, brandings and cuttings. They may suggest you consult your astrological chart to pick the right time to get your body art. They will burn incense, light candles, . . ."(Jean-Chris Miller, The Body Art Book : A Complete, Illustrated Guide to Tattoos, Piercings, and Other Body Modifications, p. 29) </i><br />
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"Some tattooists in the West are experimenting with ritual tattooing. This method of working incorporates doing a ritual to create a sacred space in the area where the tattoo is positioned. Often incense is burned and the gods invited to bless the proceedings." (Michelle Delio, Tattoo: The Exotic Art of Skin Decoration, p. 75) </i><br />
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All of the books on tattooing acknowledge the pagan meanings and ritual that are the art of tattooing, and yet many Christians ignore truth for a fantasy belief of their own. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"> 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; </span><br />
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How do the Christians that tattoo get around Leviticus 19:28? <br />
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<span style="color: red;"> Leviticus 19:28 “‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord. </span><br />
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A lot of Christians when confronted with Leviticus 19:28, scream, "Hey dude, that’s not for today. Man, that’s the Old Testament. I’m under the New Testament". <br />
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Did you know that "bestiality" was only forbidden in the Old Testament Levitical Law? Only in Leviticus 18:23 and Leviticus 20:15-16. Dude, only in the Old Testament Law. Does that mean a Holy God now – under the New Testament, approves of bestiality? <br />
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By the way, have you ever read Leviticus 19:29? The verse immediately after Leviticus 19:28? <br />
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<span style="color: red;"> Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. Leviticus 19:29 </span><br />
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This is the only place in the Bible that God directly forbids someone to prostitute their daughter. And since, it’s only in the Old Testament Levitical Law – it MUST be ok by the Lord for a parent to cause their daughter to prostitute. Clearly that is ridiculous, but this is the same reasoning we see in interpreting the word of God today. <br />
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Same reasoning. . . Same disobedience. . . Same perversion of the Word of God. <br />
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IT’S ONLY "FOR THE DEAD” <br />
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But by far the Christian tattooists favorite excuse for disobeying Leviticus 19:28 is the <br />
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Is it ok to practice satanic bloodletting, self mutilation or cutting of the flesh as long as it’s not for the dead? <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:28 </span><br />
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Merrill F. Unger's, very popular and authoritative, Unger's Bible Dictionary under the definition for "Mark" includes the following reference for Leviticus 19:28: <br />
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"In Lev. 19:28 we find two prohibitions of an unnatural disfigurement of the body: 'Ye shall not make any cutting in your flesh for the dead, nor any print any marks upon you.' The latter (Heb. qa aqa, incision) refers to tattooing, and has no reference to idolatrous usages, but was intended to inculcate upon the Israelietes a proper reverence for God's creation."(Merrill F. Unger, Unger's Bible Dictionary, 1974 ed., p. 696) </i><br />
Notice that Unger teaches that tattoos were forbidden without any reference to pagan, heathen, or idolatrous usages. In other words, the tattoo itself, regardless the reason, was forbidden. <br />
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Wycliffe’s Bible Encyclopedia under the definition for TATTOOING distinctly says: <br />
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<i>"While ‘cuttings in the flesh’ have reference here to mourning customs [for the dead], the tattooing does not appear to pertain to such practice."(Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia, 1975 ed., p. 1664) </i><br />
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Jameison-Faussett-Brown Commentary and Explanatory on the Whole Bible writes under Leviticus 19:28 <br />
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<i>"nor print any marks upon you–by tattooing, imprinting figures of flowers, leaves, stars, and other fanciful devices on various parts of their person. The impression was made sometimes by means of a hot iron, sometimes by ink or paint, as is done by the Arab females of the present day and the different castes of the Hindus. It is probable that a strong propensity to adopt such marks in honor of some idol gave occasion to the prohibition in this verse; and they were wisely forbidden, for they were signs of apostasy; and, when once made, they were insuperable obstacles to a return."(Jameison-Faussett-Brown Commentary and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Leviticus 19:28) </i><br />
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James M. Freeman in his excellent book, The New Manners & Customs of the Bible, says of Leviticus 19:28: <br />
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"Tattooing Forbidden Both cutting and tattooing were done by the heathens, and so God forbade His people from doing so in imitation of them." (James M. Freeman, The New Manners & Customs of the Bible, 1998 edition, p. 157) </i><br />
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Coffman's Commentary on the Old and New Testament under Leviticus 19:18 says: <br />
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<i>"The cutting of one's flesh also characterized pagan worship as attested by the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel in the contest with Elijah. Tattooing was also a device of paganism. . . Christians generally disapprove of tattooing, despite the fact of the widespread use of it by many even today. In the light of what God says here, and in view of the history of it, it seems strange that anyone would pay someone else to tattoo him."(Coffman's Commentaries on the Old and New Testament, Leviticus 19:28) </i><br />
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Charles R. Erdman in his commentary on Leviticus 19:28 writes: <br />
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<i>"The custom of tattooing was forbidden, while among all the nations of antiquity it was common." (Charles R. Erdman, The Book of Leviticus, 1951 ed., p.93) </i><br />
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Naves famous Topical Bible puts it best. Under the topic "Tattooing", Nave’s simply and bluntly writes: "TATTOOING, forbidden, Lev. 19;28" (Nave's Topical Bible, p. 1312) <br />
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It’s clear that the experts in studying the word of God all agree that piercing and tattooing are forbidden and not of God. Why are we allowing the flesh to guide us instead of the spirit of God? <br />
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What about Isaiah 44:5 and Ezekiel 9:4? <br />
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I've seen several references by "Christian" tattooists who claim Isaiah 44 and Ezekiel 9 are examples of God-ordained tattoos in the Bible. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Isaiah 44:5 One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Ezekiel 9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. </span><br />
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The following excellent explanation of Isaiah 44:5 and Ezekiel 9:4 came from a Jewish web site: <br />
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<i>1) In Leviticus 19:28 the term used is "k'thoveth qa'aqa." "K'thoveth" means "writing or inscription." "Qa'aqa" comes from a root whose meaning is "to insert or to stick in." Together, "writing that is stuck in"(see Rashi's commentary on the verse). Jewish oral tradition explains that the verse is talking about what we refer to today as tattoos, i.e. scratching or piercing the skin and filling it in with pigment.(see the tractate "Makoth" 21a). <br />
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2) Isaiah 44:5 uses the word "yichtov" which means "will write" without the word "qa'a'qa" "to insert or to stick in." Isaiah is not talking about tattoos. What he is saying is "...and he will write with his hand to the L-rd..." like someone who signs a contract to express his utmost commitment and obligation(see Metzudath David's commentary on the verse). <br />
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3) Ezekiel 9:4 uses the word "tav" which means "a mark or a sign." The man clothed with linen is going to mark the foreheads of the righteous with ink, not tattoo them! </i><br />
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Someone who read the verses Isaiah 44:5 and Ezekiel 9:4 in the original Hebrew would never dream that they are referring to tattoos or the condoning of tattoos. <br />
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Defiling the temple of the living God<br />
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Most Christians, would never desecrate or defile the local church building. Even among most lost people there is a reverence and sacredness to the church building. <br />
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If you are truly born again the Holy Spirit of God dwells within you; <br />
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<span style="color: red;">John 14:17; “the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you” </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Romans 8:9; “You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.” </span><br />
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1 Corinthians 6:19-20 makes this very clear. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 6:19 “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” </span><br />
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The Lord warns several times of the seriousness of defiling the temple of God – your body! <br />
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In 1 Corinthians 3, the Lord clearly and sternly warns against defiling your body – the temple of God. If any man defiles the temple of God – HIM SHALL GOD DESTROY! <br />
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<span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. </span><br />
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My Christian friend, you’d better watch what you do with your body. It is the temple of a Holy God. You’d better not defile it with pagan, devil-worshiping tattoos! I don’t think we can quote this too often; <br />
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<span style="color: red;">". . . If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy. . ." 1 Corinthians 3:17 </span><br />
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In the last days in which we are living there is a great deal of deception put forth by the enemy, we must recognize the signs of the times. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">2 Peter 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. </span><br />
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If you won't listen to me then listen to someone that was once involved: <br />
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This person was involved in tattooing world and came out of it <br />
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<i>"This is just another tactic of unregenerate/carnal Christians trying to marry the world to the Church. (referring to Christians accepting tattoos) I personally have come out of that type of lifestyle, even apprenticing as a tattooist. I have in my past, seen professing christians giving tattoos at "biker rodeos" and all I could think about those individuals was "yeah, right... hypocrites". Mind you, this was before I was saved. Now however, by the grace of God, I have been called to be a child of God instead of a child of disobedience and wrath. God makes it perfectly clear in the Scriptures that we shall not do these things to our bodies i.e. Leviticus 19:28, also in I Corinthians 3:16-17, 6:19-20. We should honor this temple that God has given us and not defile it with graffiti. As a christian I would not even give an idle thought to the notion of being seen at such an establishment and hopefully those that are propagating this practice, that it is acceptable to the Lord Jesus and His body, be reproved for their error and restored to the true faith. Posted by: Trinity Cuningham at December 8, 2005 05:25 PM </i><br />
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I understand that people make mistakes and regret them after becoming a Christian and that there is little they can do to change them. This is not what I am talking about in this article; we are all forgiven for past mistakes and should not hold the past against anyone. It’s the Christians that should know better that are finding these pagan rituals acceptable and are partaking in them that need to be ashamed and repent.<br />
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Leaders in the churches are called to be the watchmen, alerting the flock to the dangers that are approaching or already here. They are called to hear the voice of God and discern the signs around them to warn the followers of God of the dangers and to guide them on the straight and narrow. It seems the pastors of today are using their own judgment in teaching the word of God and not the leading of the Holy Spirit. Christians and most importantly pastors no longer have discernment, of course I speak generally here and do not mean every pastor or Christian out there but speak of the majority. They no longer know what it means to have a true relationship with God. Christ spoke of this in Matthew</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">God knew in the last days many very well meaning Christians will be using their own judgment and not the discernment of the spirit.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> I am old enough to remember what real men were, and I say “were”. My great uncle fought in World War II, I remember him speaking about of evil that he fought, this is evil that I see in world everyday, and worse than that it's evil that is now called good, or at the very least accepted and not opposed. Unfortunately he wasn’t a Christian, but he stood up for what was right and against what was wrong better than any Christian in the last 40 years. He didn't stop to think that he might be labeled or called a name for standing up for what was right, he just did it. He wasn't afraid of his own shadow, today I would have tough time finding another like him. Even though he wasn’t a Christian he was a man that deserved respect. </div><div class="MsoNormal"> Most of my relatives came over from Europe in the 1800’s, they came to escape persecution and tyranny. I have many of their journals and I have to say what we call faith today is nothing in comparison to how they lived their everyday lives. The focus on God in all that they did daily humbles me. When they came here they came to build a country and contribute to Canada, take part in the culture and fit in. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"> We are told we will be called names and worse.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> The pastors of today do not have discernment or the ear of God, they talk at God but don’t hear Him respond and use their own judgment in how to instruct the men and women of God. </div><div class="MsoNormal"> There was a time when “Preachers” spoke the word of God boldly, as we are instructed in the word of God to do, without thought as to how it would be received or if it would fit with today’s culture. They were men that stood firm on the inerrant word of God and didn’t water it down to fit with today’s culture. A.W. Tozer stated that <b>“Any evangelism which by appeal to common interests and chatter about current events seeks to establish a common ground where the sinner can feel at home is as false as the altars of Baal ever were” </b>Today's pastors are guilty of just that but have been so blinded by the enemy that they can no longer tell right from wrong.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"> How can we be worried about being called self righteous? We are preaching the word of Christ, how does His message where He instructs us to preach His word boldly make us self righteous. I once led a small group and had a concern with seeming self righteous, I talked to my Preacher (I call him a preacher because he was a preacher not a pastor) about my concern. He looked at me a stated <i>“you are not preaching your own gospel your teaching the gospel of Christ”</i> That hit me, he was right I am only instructing others in God’s word for their benefit, I am not saying I am perfect, only telling others what God says. We fear too much as Christians today and the enemy is using that to turn well meaning Christians into weak soldiers of Christ. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Preachers didn’t stop to worry about if someone would be offended by the word of God they just preached it as instructed. They were men that stood with faith in God and were not concerned with a popularity contest as the so called men of God are today. Today they would have been labeled “lonewolf” Christians and considered divisive. I call these men preachers because there is a drastic difference in the message they spoke and the watered down message spoken at the pulpits today.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Today pastors tweak the message of God saying that they are not changing the message but the method, this is a deluded line of thought. The message and the method are intertwined; you cannot change one without changing the other. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">When pastors take into consideration the feelings of people, how comfortable the message makes them feel, how up lifted it makes them feel and design the message to achieve one or all of these goals they are in essence ashamed of God’s word as it stands and try to improve where God failed.</div><h2 style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">Mark </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">8:38</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;"> (King James Version)</span></h2><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="color: red;"> <sup>38</sup>Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Christ spoke about the pastors today, many are ashamed of God’s words as they are written and change the impact to suit the times. Today they believe that God’s words are too harsh so they toned it down, they believe that God’s words are too judgmental so they ignore certain passages, they believe that God’s words can’t reach the culture of today, I guess because we are too special, so they change the methods. All this adds up to someone that is ashamed of the words of God so they change them, tone it down, watering it down, ignore certain passages is changing the word of God regardless of how much you tell yourself you aren’t.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">As Christians we are to stand up for what is right, we are to protect those that can’t protect themselves. We are to stand against what is wrong in the world. The disciples certainly did, they preached against the evils in the world, this they learned from Christ's example. We are told that God is in control and that the evil that is happening is God’s will. I often wonder if some of them even have read the bible. In the bible how did God accomplish His will? Through men obeying His instructions, God is in control when we give Him the control, but by not obeying His word, we are in essence giving control to the prince of this world.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Today Christ is painted as a weak pacifist, that is the furthermost from the truth that one can get. The reason that Christ is now portrayed that way is to squelch any resistance that the enemy may have. If Christians are taught to be pansies and to lay down at the slightest resistance or command then the enemy will walk right in and take over and he has. We don’t have to stand up and fight a scary fight, we can smile and whistle and say God is doing it and take no responsibility. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I strongly object to Christ being shown as weak, He was anything but weak. He stood up against the rulers of the day, the government, the church at the time, and any and all false religion. Christ didn’t mince words, He told all that either they follow Him or they will go to hell. Such action today would be described as divisive, fundamentalism, dogmatic and out of touch with today’s culture. I hear pastors say that Christ was not judgmental; meaning that He didn’t tell people they were sinners. I have do ask are they reading the same bible I am? Christ told the blind man go and sin no more or worse will happen to you, isn’t that judgmental by today’s standards? He spoke in parables that in the terms of the day told everyone that they were sinners and had better change their ways or go to hell. Maybe His ways were different than ours but non the less we are instructed not only to teach but to rebuke, and correct, be accountable one to another.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><h2 style="margin-left: 27pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">Matthew 10:34-37 (King James Version)</span></h2><div style="margin-left: 27pt;"><sup><span style="color: red;">34</span></sup><span style="color: red;">Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. <sup>35</sup>For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. <sup>36</sup>And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. <sup>37</sup>He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 27pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It is now judgmental to speak against false religions, alternate lifestyles or sin of any kind. We are not to speak of the evils found in many cultures or we are labeled racist. Even in Christ's time they had walls to protect the cities and it was every mans duty to help protect the city against the enemy.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">What I see happening in the world is an attack on Christianity, now this is nothing new, the bible speaks of the opposition that Christians will face. But when the weak pastors tell us that its not true, or that we should whistle a happy tune, put an smile on our faces and ignore what is happening. Or even worse yet when they tell us its God’s will or God is in control so we should do nothing and accept it. Acceptance to the evil in the world through weak pastors who are no longer knowledgeable with the word of God. This is because the bible has been rewritten, by individuals, by the emerging church and by the secular world. The reason they changed it was because it didn’t fit with the world. But that is what we are called to be, misfits in a world of evil.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Biblically correct Ministries.</div>Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-26208491055998194972011-04-05T17:51:00.000-06:002012-04-15T07:05:48.116-06:00The Price of Tolerance<br />
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<span style="color: red;"> "I will perform against Eli all the things which I have spoken concerning his house… because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not." (1Samuel </span><span style="color: red;">3:12</span><span style="color: red;">-13)</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 18pt;"></span></div>
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Eli was punished for tolerating the sins of his children and doing nothing to correct them, how many pastors are Eli today? How many don't want to speak the truth to men and women, instead adopt a New Age love that does nothing against sin but embraces it and calls it loving to do so.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"> And among the prophets of </span><span style="color: red;">Jerusalem</span><span style="color: red;"> I have seen something horrible: <br />
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Over the last 5 decades tolerance has taken its toll on not only North America but Christianity. Before we go any further I want to state that because I have a problem with the way the word tolerance is twisted today, it doesn’t mean that I don’t love my neighbor as God has instructed. We are told to hate sin, it is the sin and watering down of Christianity that I have a problem with. We have taken loving our neighbor as an excuse not to oppose sin in the world. </div>
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All of the above is sin, to be politically correct is opposite what Christ was on earth, the desire to have everyone think well of us puts peoples opinion before Gods changing our whole belief system, Christ said that there will be conflict not only between nations but also between family members there will never be unity on earth until Christ returns. We are trying to unify people but through man’s efforts and leaving God out. </div>
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After World War II nationality was strong, which today would be racism, Christians stood for what was right and were ready to declare it regardless of the consequences. I think that Christians are hated more for our trying to appease everyone; if we stood our ground Christianity would have more respect and grow. God tells us to stand for the word of God and not let evil creep in, but once again man knows how to do church better.</div>
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Preach the word, the basic English adds “at all times”. The new age teaching in the church instructs us to only preach the word if the timing is right, and if it won’t offend anyone, and if it makes people feel good, and if everyone agrees with it, (can you imagine Christ not preaching out of fear of offending the pagans, His ministry would have been over before it began). </div>
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Rick warren a leading pastor pushing the New Age agenda tells us that in his P.E.A.C.E. program that it’s our job to help people but not to preach to them. Rick believes proselytizing our faith will hurt our ability to help on a global scale. Well, I guess I would agree if I only had my eyes set on this wisp of a life but I am more concerned about man’s eternity.</div>
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2 Timothy continues with rebuke, or say sharp words; this is definitely against the politically correct crowd who don’t want to be told they are wrong. The New age mega churches certainly do not believe in rebuking. Out of fear that their coffers may not be filled, or out of a delusion of grandeur of being a mini god in front of not only a 25,000 congregation but being published and important in the world.</div>
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Exhorting, then comes a time to lift up, but again everything in it’s time. We need to be careful to obey God’s word in a balanced way. </div>
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Be patient and teach doctrine, referring to God’s word, in other words <b>PREACH. </b>Not as we think it should be, but as it is written. Jesus didn’t pull punches, he spoke as the Father instructed, he didn’t hesitate in case some were offended. Better to offend now than allow a sinner eternity in suffering.</div>
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Rick’s way of contradicting God’s word and relying on man’s efforts will fail.</div>
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I think this is a clear example of where the “new way of doing church is taking us. According to scriptures this is a false message given by a false prophet it makes me wonder if Rick Warren and the 10’s of thousands of preachers following Rick (not God) have ever read the bible.</div>
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North America was a Christian continent and stood out in the world. A light to the pagan beliefs of the world, a light that stated we are God’s children and that Christianity was the one true belief system. The cold war came and the Russians wanting to separate us and put us against each other introduced clandestinely eastern mysticism, environmentalism, and the idea of Intolerance. We have grown fat, greedy, and selfish. We want instant gratification, a better car than our neighbors, a bigger house, an excess of food, drink and pleasure has led us down Satan’s path and we can’t even think or see straight anymore. Many Christian leaders can’t see right and wrong. God blessed us for many years but as we drift further from Him things will become harder in North America. We, right now are being tested as to whether we will go with the world or will we sacrifice everything and stand with God. What kind of grade will you get? </div>
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As I see it now Christians are going with the world in a wholesale way. It seems Christians cannot agree with world quick enough. </div>
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The hippy movement with free love and anti establishment sentiment was the easiest place to start. The hippies were against everything that the establishment did. Yoga, martial arts, Buddhism, Hinduism, all was bought into by the hippies easily. These ideas taught meditation, God is in everything, be at one with nature, and God is in every one of us and we all have access to the one consciousness which will reveal the secrets of the universe to us if we only get in tune with it. They believed that there are many Gods, but all roads end in the same place and all are acceptable according to the place that we are in at the time. </div>
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Suddenly calling one idea wrong and one idea right was intolerant, anti social, and even racist if it were against the beliefs of another race. Some where it became the norm that everyone was right, there is no longer areas of black and white but only of gray. Everyone is now special and can believe what they want, we can all demand special rights and anyone who says actions (sin) is wrong is dogmatic and out of tune with the universe, a person full of hate.</div>
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Free love with multiple partners, orgies and mind altering drugs all served Satan’s plan. Today children as young as 8 and 9 talk about “friends with benefits”, sport sex, and what new things (sexually) they tried over the weekend. Governments are insisting that our children are educated in sexuality, who’s purpose are they serving?</div>
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Adults are no better the divorce rate is climbing over 50 percent, but more important is that many don’t bother getting married they just live together as husband and wife. Being a single mom is something to be proud of, guys brag about how many kids they have and how many women they had. This is becoming common even in the church, these very people are unrepentant and being placed in positions of authority in our churches.</div>
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Homosexuality came out of the closest so to speak; to the point that today it is normal and protected with special laws that only apply to the select few, even in our school system. Now pedophilia is being pushed as art, next it will be called loving. What's the next step, will it be bestiality, man and animal joining in marriage. </div>
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The bible knew that all these things were coming, in the days before the flood the world was not too different. The eastern philosophy was a large influence in the Middle East and even Israel. The story of Sodom and Gomorra spoke of the homosexual and depraved sex that was acceptable at the time. This should not be new to people and more should see the depravity that is taking over, but history is being rewritten and good is now evil and evil is now good.</div>
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The Gnostic belief was largely influenced by the eastern teachings with the secret knowledge. Gnosticism was an ancient belief that was tied to Christianity but quickly seen as not of God and outlawed. We are now seeing Gnostic beliefs being introduced by the Emerging church leaders. Its being toted as ancient Christianity that was lost in the annuls of time. The emerging church is including greater amounts of Gnostic teaching in its preaching every year.</div>
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All the while we talk of tolerance we are turning on each other with bickering and in fighting. We are being confused and divided in order for Satan’s plan to come to fruition.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> Foreign cultures mostly have their beliefs tied very closely with their culture as we in </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">North America</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"> used to. To accommodate foreign cultures most of the time means that we have to accommodate and accept a belief system that is contrary to the Christian beliefs that this country was founded on. Christ never asked us to cater to pagan beliefs and the fact that North America is facing the crisis it is today makes me believe that God’s blessings on us is running out due to our constant desire to be loved by all even those who wish to kill Christ repeatedly. </span><br />
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When I was young every morning in school we would say the Lord’s prayer, sometimes a Muslim or other would leave the class when we prayed but never did we stop praying. But today we stop praying, we hide our Christian symbols, we don’t preach the true word of God. So where are our priorities, certainly not with God?</div>
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What the politically correct call intolerance I call a religious battle, the only question left is what side are you on. Either you stand up for God, or you lay down and submit to Satan, there is no in between. As Christians we talk almost every week of the hard ships of believers in other countries, being killed for believing and wonder what I would do in that circumstance. I think we have our answer, most would submit because that is what is happening here. Here in Canada with our so called “freedoms” we are surrendering to Satan and not only in one area. </div>
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Our celebration of Christ’s birth is being attacked, and we say nothing, Christian symbols are being attacked, and we say nothing, prayer is being attacked and, we say nothing, we are told that we must preform marriages that are considered wrong by God and we submit, we are told that we must accept and cater to pagan belief systems and we submit. </div>
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Christians and churches are being forced to accept sexual immorality and we do, we are being forced to accept common law marriages, and we do, and the list goes on. We are selling out Christ not for fear of physical threat such as in many Muslim countries, but fear of being called nothing more than a name, we are so afraid of being labeled that we submit to Satan daily, all the while patting ourselves on the back and claiming to be holy. So we have our answer on what we would do, we would and do submit. </div>
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We are submitting to the politically correct, which is contrary to God’s word. The invasion and destruction of everything we believe in that we are experiencing in North America is little different then those countries, they are just killing us differently.</div>
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But we continue to thank God for not having to go through what they do, thankful for not having to make a decision to stand up and face the opposition, all the while oblivious to the danger around us now and that we are being called upon to stand up. Deluded into thinking that there is nothing to stand up for here and everything is fine just go back into our lethargy. Timothy stated be ready in season or out, whether the timing is right or not. In stead we thank God that everything is perfect, there by relieving our guilt, guilt of disloyalty to God by not obeying his instruction to stand up for righteousness or die in the second death. </div>
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<span style="color: red;">Matthew 7:</span><span style="color: red;"> <i>21 </i>"<b>Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven</b>, but <b>he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter</b>. <i>22 </i>"<b>Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord</b>, <u>did we not prophesy in Your name</u>, and <u>in Your name cast out demons</u>, and <u>in Your name perform many miracles?</u>' <i>23 </i>"<b>And then I will declare to them</b>, `</span><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt;">I never knew you</span></b><span style="color: red;">; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'</span></div>
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Is this the fate of those who don’t stand by the Lord when tested. Depart from me, is probably the same thing you would tell a friend that you constantly helped but whom always left you out and sided against you. You were never a friend!</div>
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Many beliefs demand that its followers kill the followers of other belief systems. The Koran tells Muslims that one believer is worth 10,000 infidels (non believers). Infidels are to become Muslim or be killed. The only thing worse than a non believer is a Muslim that doesn’t obey the Koran and they should also die. So the Koran basically says convert or die and if you are a Muslim and don’t obey and kill non believers you will die. Islam is a religion spread with the sword. How can a belief system such as this ever get along with others and remain faithful? In a word they can’t.</div>
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2 major evangelical conferences have decided to celebrate the love of God through Islam recently. Watch for this to come down from the districts to your church in the near future. Stand firm pastors do you home work, pray for discernment. I don’t ask that you believe what I say pastor I only hope that these words will drive you to find the truth for yourself.</div>
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The Arabs had many gods, every tribe had their own beliefs, Muhammad was born in a tribe that worshiped the moon, and the moon god unlike many pagan beliefs was masculine and the sun was feminine, which is opposite of all other pagan beliefs where the sun god is always male and the moon goddess is female. The symbol of the moon god was the crescent moon which is still used today in Islam. So Muhammad preached what his sect already believed, it could be said he was politically correct in his time. </div>
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The Christian alliance organization in Washington claims that Christ came to not only save man but nature and the earth as well. Paving the way for nature worshipers to be welcome and accepted in church. This would include witches, wiccans and many other pagan belief systems. soon pastors from pulpits all over North America will be preaching on nature and conservation instead of the word of God. Do you not see what is happening, or are you too scared to stand up for God’s word?</div>
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The environmental movement has its roots in paganism and worshiping various gods, no matter how they package it, it’s still the same pagan teaching. A Christian should preach about, greed, ambition, gluttony, deceitfulness, and selfishness. If these things were preached as the disciples preached there would be no need to worry about our environment, because everything that is wrong with the environment stems from these sins.</div>
We are living in a time when each Sunday at least one prayer from the pulpit includes thanking God for our freedom from the evil Christians face in other countries, all the while Satan is already here and controlling the church. What really should be prayed is "forgive us for our blindness"<br />
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Diakonos<br />
Biblically Correct Ministries.Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-61570804666527163762011-03-29T12:25:01.195-06:002012-12-30T07:40:37.339-07:00Fish and Animals die in masses<span style="font-size: 180%;"> <span style="color: #33ff33;"> Animal Die Offs A Sign of the End Times</span></span><br />
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<sup>1</sup> The word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, during the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"> S</span>omething interesting came to my attention in November of 2010, I started seeing reports of massive animal die offs. These consisted of aquatic, land and air. The numbers were so large that I couldn’t help but start following this disturbing trend, when such large numbers of earth's life die off something is happening.</div>
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Those familiar with biblical end times will see this as a sign of the coming of Christ. I always assumed that the catastrophes listed in revelations would be caused by a single event, for example a third of the fish in the oceans would be caused by a single event. Scriptures seem to point to a single event would cause each one of the catastrophes in the bible, but whether it is a single event or multiple events that fulfills prophecy, prophecy is being fulfilled none the less.<br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-KJV-30838"><span style="font-size: small;">Could this refer to the Gulf oil disaster? We have no way to know how much of the oil contaminated the worlds oceans. We do know that the currents have spread this poison around the globe and we have not yet felt the consequences of it. Many say that the in the Gulf of Mexico, the ocean's floor has ruptured due to this event and is spewing oil into the worlds oceans uncontrollably, and will continue to do so for decades. </span></sup></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Could this passage point to a radioactive event? </span></span></span><span style="color: black;">The nuclear reactor in Russia was Chernobyl</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">, this word means wormwood in Russian and the effects of the Russian event are still being felt world wide. Was that the beginning of the radiation fall out that covers the earth in poison? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Right now the nuclear reactors in Japan are melting down, there doesn't seem to be any way to stop them and Fukushima and the other reactors in Japan will rain radioactive particles down on the world for centuries to come. Radio active waste water is pouring into the ocean around Japan by the tons, the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breath has become poisonous to life. We are already seeing radioactive poisoning in our drinking water, food, milk and air that we breath. The effects of this will be gradual for life on earth but will none the less kill off a great portion of the world in the years to come. Radioactive particles are considered "hot" particles could this be the fire that rains down on the earth, destroying land, fresh water, salt water environments. Are we already seeing the beginning of the prophecies that will eventually come together during the tribulation?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mar 29 2010</b> - <a href="http://www.livescience.com/8180-mysterious-whale-die-largest-record.html">Mysterious <span style="color: red;">Whale</span> Die-Off Is Largest on Record</a></span></h1>
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<b>May 2 2010</b> - <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/02/dead-fish-sea-turtle-wash_n_560237.html"><span style="color: red;">Dead Sea Turtles, Fish</span> Wash Ashore In Gulf </a><br />
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<b>May 28 2010 </b>- <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10179345"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>12,000 Saiga Antelope in Kazakhstan</b></b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>July 15 2010 - </b></b></span><b><b><a class="external external_icon" href="http://youtu.be/JrLMdnWQsWA" target="_blank">Millions of Shellfish, Dolphins beaching daily on Pakistan beaches.</a></b></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Aug 29 2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> - <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1286074"><b><span style="color: red;">DEAD SEA LIFE</span></b> ALL ALONG SEALINE SHORE</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> ,Qatar</span></h1>
<b>Nov 06 2009 </b>- <a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/50000-dead-starfish-found-on-irish-beach-14554962.html#"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>50,000 starfish found on Irish beach</b></b></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-erVBCEZ6pV8/TfdgwJlF0XI/AAAAAAAAAFE/3qoHVCQOeZs/s1600/Antelope.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-erVBCEZ6pV8/TfdgwJlF0XI/AAAAAAAAAFE/3qoHVCQOeZs/s320/Antelope.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Nov 27 2010</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> - </span><a href="http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/drought-kills-tonnes-of-amazon-fish.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Drought Kills</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></a><a href="http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/drought-kills-tonnes-of-amazon-fish.html"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">Tons</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> of Amazon </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">Fish </span></a></h1>
<b>Dec 13 2010</b> - <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%28http:/www.themorningbulletin.com.a...%29"><b><span style="color: red;">Thousands</span></b> of dead barramundi <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> wash up in Australia </a><br />
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<b>Dec 15 2010</b><b> </b>- <a href="http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2010/december/183768/Dead-fish-turn-up-in-Cocoa"><b><span style="color: red;">Thousands</span></b> of dead <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> wash ashore on Florida beach </a><br />
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<b>Dec 17 2010</b> - <a href="http://www.wndu.com/localnews/headlines/Dead_fish_wash_up_on_Washington_Park_beach_112105654.html">Dead <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> wash ashore at lake beach in Indiana, blamed on winter storms </a><br />
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<b>Dec 18 2010</b> - <a href="http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20101218-309667/Residents-gather-eat-dead-fish-floating-in-barangay-Ibo"><b><span style="color: red;">Thousands</span></b> of dead <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> turn up in bay in Philippines, unknown causes </a><br />
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<b>Dec 19 2010</b> - <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/dead-fish-clog-lake-at-airport-20101218-191ba.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>1000′s of dead fish found floating</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Dec 22 2010</b> - <a href="http://www.carteretnewstimes.com/articles/2010/12/28/topsail_voice/news/doc4d120c21c2083603738750.txt">More than a <b><span style="color: red;">hundred</span></b> dead <b><span style="color: red;">pelicans</span></b> turn up in North Carolina </a><br />
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<b>Dec 23 2010</b><b> </b>- <a href="http://www.abcnews4.com/Global/story.asp?S=13735801"><b><span style="color: red;">Hundreds</span></b> of dead <b><span style="color: red;">sea creatures</span></b> wash ashore in South Carolina</a><br />
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<b>Dec 23 2010</b> - <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/rodney-times/4477740/Enlisted-to-help-with-deadly-haul"><b><span style="color: red;">Ten tons</span></b> of mostly dead <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> found in fishing net in New Zealand</a><br />
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<b>Dec 25 2010</b> - <a href="http://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/firenze/notizie/cronaca/2010/28-dicembre-2010/strage-del-mare-natale-181158495607.shtml"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>2 miles of beach full of fish, clams, and crabs.ITALY</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Dec 27 2010</b> - <a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20101227-authorities-probe-dead-fish-haitian-lake"><b><span style="color: red;">Scores</span></b> of dead <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> wash ashore in a lake in Haiti</a><br />
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<b>Dec 28 2010</b> - <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/12/28/20101228tucson-70-dead-bats-found.html"><b><span style="color: red;">70 bats</span></b> found dead in Tucson, Ariz.</a><br />
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<b>Dec 29 2010</b> - <a href="http://www.ksat.com/news/26316464/detail.html"><span style="color: red;">Dozens</span> of <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> found dead in San Antonio, Texas</a><b> </b><br />
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<b>Dec 31 2010 </b>- <a href="http://www.asiaone.com/Business/News/Story/A1Story20101231-255737.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>150 tons of tilapias died in fish farms in Vietnam</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Dec 31 2010</b> - <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/03/arkansas.falling.birds/index.html?hpt=T2"><b><span style="color: red;">5,000+</span></b> <b><span style="color: red;">birds</span></b> found dead in Arkansas</a><br />
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<b>Dec 31 2010</b> - <a href="http://greaterannapolis.patch.com/articles/unusual-fish-kill-in-bay-ridge"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Unusual fish kill found in Annapolis, Maryland</b></b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Jan 02 2010 - </b></b></span><a href="http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=79520"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Hundreds of dead fish found in canal</b></b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Jan 02 2010 - </b></b></span><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/01/03/Japan-on-alert-after-finding-dead-birds/UPI-41861294114121/"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Discovery of several dead migratory birds in Japan</b></b></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bFISMEig0FQ/TfBLTV0MLtI/AAAAAAAAAEs/qhBMAdu2buM/s1600/s-BLACKBIRDS-large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bFISMEig0FQ/TfBLTV0MLtI/AAAAAAAAAEs/qhBMAdu2buM/s1600/s-BLACKBIRDS-large.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Jan 02 2010 - </b></b></span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/02/dead-birds-fall-from-sky-akansas_n_803358.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>1000′s of Redwing Blackbirds fall from the sky in Bebee, Arkansas</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Jan 03 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=136401&catid=2"><b><span style="color: red;">100,000+</span></b> dead drum <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> found in Arkansas river</a><br />
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<b>Jan 03 2011 </b>- <a href="http://www.presseportal.de/polizeipresse/pm/8/1742717/polizei_dueren"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Dead birds of prey at the roadside in Germany</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Jan 03 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Woman-reports-dozens-of-dead-birds-in-her-yard-112830524.html"><b><span style="color: red;">Dozens</span></b> of dead <b><span style="color: red;">birds</span></b> show up in a woman's backyard in Kentucky</a><br />
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<b>Jan 03 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.wbaltv.com/r/26357581/detail.html"><b><span style="color: red;">Tens of thousands</span></b> of dead <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> wash ashore in Chesapeake Bay, Md</a>.<br />
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<b>Jan 03 2011</b><b> </b>- <a href="http://www.care2.com/greenliving/100-tons-of-fish-die-near-brazil.html"><b><span style="color: red;">100 tons</span></b> of dead <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> wash ashore in Brazil</a>,<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mPmvteWQbiw/TfBL6rvkNaI/AAAAAAAAAEw/vnqeuGWQUrM/s1600/_47023980_jex_561405_de27-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mPmvteWQbiw/TfBL6rvkNaI/AAAAAAAAAEw/vnqeuGWQUrM/s320/_47023980_jex_561405_de27-1.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>Jan 03 2011</b> - <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8438477.stm"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>1000′s of dead octopuses wash up on Portugal beaches.</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Jan 04 2011</b><b> </b>- <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-treasure-coast-manatees-20110104,0,7714948.story">Several dead <b><span style="color: red;">manatees</span></b> found on Florida coast</a><br />
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<b>Jan 04 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.wftv.com/news/26367953/detail.html"><b><span style="color: red;">Thousands</span></b> of dead <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> wash up on creek in Florida</a><br />
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<b>Jan 04 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment_2_17112/concern_as_fish_die_in_beauty_spot_brook_1_2224957"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>100′s of fish found dead in a brook UK</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Jan 04 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/01/04/16757321.html"><b><span style="color: red;">Hundreds</span></b> of dead <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> was ashore on St. Clair River in Ontario</a><br />
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<b>Jan 04 2011</b><b> </b>- <a href="http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/112843019.html"><b><span style="color: red;">Hundreds</span></b> of dead black <b><span style="color: red;">birds</span></b> found on highway in Louisiana</a><br />
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<b>Jan 04 2011</b> - <a href="http://beforeitsnews.com/story/336/601/10,000s_of_Birds_found_dead_in_Manitoba.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>10,000′s of dead birds in Manitoba, Canada</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Jan 05 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.ktre.com/global/story.asp?s=13787277"><b><span style="color: red;">Hundreds</span></b> of dead <b><span style="color: red;">birds</span></b> found on highway in Texas</a><br />
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<b>Jan 05 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10697906">Large amount of dead <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> wash up on New Zealand beaches</a><br />
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<b>Jan 05 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.thelocal.se/31262/20110105/">Up to <b><span style="color: red;">100</span></b> jackdaw <b><span style="color: red;">birds</span></b> found dead on road in Sweden</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jan 6, 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">- </span><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/06/environment-fish-idUSN061372242011010"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Maryland's </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">2 million</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> dead </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">fish,US</span></a></h1>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t3d_wdfVmc8/TfdheOMAfGI/AAAAAAAAAFI/g_AJAOxT3RY/s1600/crabs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t3d_wdfVmc8/TfdheOMAfGI/AAAAAAAAAFI/g_AJAOxT3RY/s1600/crabs.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Over 40,00 Crabs</td></tr>
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<b>Jan 06 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20027655-503543.html"><b><span style="color: red;">40,000</span></b><span style="color: red;">+</span> dead Devil <b><span style="color: red;">crabs</span></b>,U.K</a><br />
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<b>Jan 07 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8246678/More-than-1000-turtle-doves-fall-from-the-sky-in-Italy-in-latest-mass-bird-death-case.html">More than <b><span style="color: red;">1,000</span></b> dead turtle <b><span style="color: red;">doves</span></b> Italy</a><br />
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<b>Jan 07 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/01/07/16802701.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>80 pigeons die at a farmCanada</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Jan 10 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/concern_as_fish_die_in_beauty_spot_brook_1_2224957">Countless <b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></b> found dead in U.K. brook</a><br />
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<b>Jan 10 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.thebigwobble.com/2011/01/more-bird-doom-this-time-holland.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Dead birds along roads in Holland</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Jan 11 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/has-oido/details/bizarre-animal-deaths-reach-chicago-fish-population/4236/"><b><span style="color: red;">Thousands </span></b>of gizzard <b><span style="color: red;">shad</span></b> fish float to the top of Lake Michigan,US</a><br />
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<b>Jan 11 2011</b> - <a href="http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/thousands-of-dead-fish-have"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Thousands of dead fish,AU</b></b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Jan 11 2011 - </b></b></span><a href="http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110111/articles/110119891"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Hundreds of European Starlings found dead,US</b></b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Jan 12 2011 - </b></b></span><a href="http://www.thebigwobble.com/2011/01/first-dead-birds-then-dead-fish-now.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Millions of crickets being raised for pets wiped out</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Jan 13 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1346957/Now-300-dead-birds-fall-sky-Alabama-longer-scientists-saying-normal.html?ito=feeds-newsxml"><b><span style="color: red;">300</span></b> “grackles” <b><span style="color: red;">birds</span></b> found dead on highway in Alabama</a><br />
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<b>Jan 14 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.wsaw.com/news/headlines/Dead_Cows_Found_in_Portage_County_113634654.html?ref=654"><b><span style="color: red;">200 cows</span></b> found dead in Wisconsin</a><br />
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<b>Jan 14 2011</b><span style="font-size: small;"> - </span><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3352539/Dead-100-fish-add-to-animal-mystery.html"><b><span style="color: red;">100</span></b> dead <b><span style="color: red;">carp</span></b> found in U.K. pond</a><br />
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<b>Jan 14 2011</b> <b><span style="font-size: small;">- </span><span style="color: red;">730</span></b> <a href="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2011-01-14-outrage-over-dead-parrots">African grey <b><span style="color: red;">parrots</span></b> die during flight,Africa</a><br />
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<b>Jan 14 2011</b> - <a href="http://en.trend.az/news/incident/1811555.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Mass fish die-off in the Iran</b></b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Jan 15 2011 - </b></b></span><a href="http://www.abcnews4.com/story/13794888/mass-fish-deaths-at-folly?redirected=true"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>1000′s of dead Menhaden Fish die-off,US</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Jan 17 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.yankton.net/articles/2011/01/19/community/doc4d36568a9e0bf182406588.txt"><b><span style="color: red;">300 starlings</span></b> found dead in downtown Yankton, SD</a><br />
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<b>Jan 17 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.thebigwobble.com/2011/01/romania-second-wave-of-dead-birds.html?utm_source=BP_recent"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Hundreds of crows are once again dying off,Romainia</b></b></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b> </b></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Jan 17 2011 - </b></b></span><a href="http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2011-01-17/story/pelicans-turn-sick-dead-jacksonville-coast"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Hundreds of pelicans, missing wings and frostbite dead,US</b></b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Jan 17 2011 - </b></b></span><a href="http://www.thebigwobble.com/2011/01/hundreds-of-dead-seals-in-labrador.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><b>Hundreds of dead seals,CAN</b></b></span></a><br />
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<b>Jan 18 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/18/200-dead-cows-wisconsin_n_810248.html"><b><span style="color: red;">200 Cows</span></b> found dead on a farm in Portage County</a><br />
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<b>Jan<span style="color: black;"> </span>20 2011</b><span style="color: black;"> - </span><span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://denver.cbslocal.com/2011/01/20/mysterious-bird-deaths-investigated-near-dacono"><b><span style="color: red;">Hundreds</span></b><span style="color: #3366ff;"> of dead </span><b><span style="color: red;">birds</span></b><span style="color: #3366ff;"> found dead <i>under trees</i> in Dacono, Colorado</span></a><a href="http://./"><span style="color: #3366ff;">.</span></a></span><br />
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<b>Jan 20 2011</b><b> </b>- <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/hundreds-of-dead-birds-in_n_811709.html"><b><span style="color: red;">Hundreds</span></b> of <b><span style="color: red;">birds</span></b> found dead in Yankton, South Dakota</a><br />
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<b>Jan 20 2011</b> - <a href="http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_6ca7410c-24ac-11e0-80dc-001cc4c03286.html"><b><span style="color: red;">55 buffalo</span></b> die mysteriously on southern Cayuga County farm, NY</a><br />
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<b>Jan 21 2011</b> - <a href="http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/01/21/40584234.html"><b><span style="color: red;">Dozens</span></b> of dead <b><span style="color: red;">blackbirds</span></b><span style="color: red;">, <b>mallards</b></span> and <b><span style="color: red;">magpies</span></b> have been found,Rus</a><br />
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<b>Jan<span style="color: black;"> </span>21 2011</b><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff;">- <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/21/10000-cattle-dead-vietnam_n_812224.html"><b><span style="color: red;">10,000 cattle</span></b><span style="color: #3366ff;"> and and </span><b><span style="color: red;">buffalo</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff;">die in Vietnam</span></a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://./">.</a></span><br />
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<b>Jan<span style="color: black;"> </span>22 2011</b><span style="color: black;"> - </span><span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.thebigwobble.com/2011/01/bird-death-is-spreading.html"><b><span style="color: red;">Hundreds</span></b><b><span style="color: #3366ff;"> </span></b><span style="color: #3366ff;">of </span><b><span style="color: red;">Eider Ducks</span></b><span style="color: #3366ff;"> found dead in Norway</span></a><a href="http://./"><span style="color: #3366ff;">.</span></a></span><br />
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<b>Jan<span style="color: black;"> </span>22 2011</b><span style="color: black;"> - </span><span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/4569240/Dying-birds-stir-extinction-fears"><b><span style="color: red;">Hundreds</span></b><span style="color: #3366ff;"> of </span><b><span style="color: red;">penguins</span></b><span style="color: #3366ff;"> dying near Wellington at Banks Peninsula,NZ</span></a></span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--E9lR88wG20/TfD_f9RVhbI/AAAAAAAAAE0/npDDClcJI1w/s1600/starlings_1594136c-300x187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--E9lR88wG20/TfD_f9RVhbI/AAAAAAAAAE0/npDDClcJI1w/s1600/starlings_1594136c-300x187.jpg" /></a><b>Jan 23 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7413819/Mystery-as-scores-of-starlings-found-dead-in-village-garden.html"><b><span style="color: red;">75</span></b> dead <b><span style="color: red;">starlings</span></b> found in a 12-foot square in Croxley, UK</a><br />
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<b>Jan 25 2011</b> - <a href="http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/capital_van_isl/story.html?id=5e99abb2-1a99-471d-8ea9-afe312088e43">Dead <b><span style="color: red;">herrings</span></b> Cedar, Canada.</a><br />
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<b>Feb 20 2011</b> - <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2011/02/20/5-million-aquatic-animals-die-at-mara-river-in-kenya/" rel="bookmark">5 million aquatic animals die at Mara river in Kenya</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Feb 26 2011 </b>- <a href="http://www.disclose.tv/forum/experts-have-no-answers-death-of-thousands-of-squid-t44883.html">Death of Thousands of Squid,UK</a></span></h1>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Jw7JqX6w0U/TfA_EWg7khI/AAAAAAAAAEY/yk1cgrlbTl0/s1600/California+fish+die+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Jw7JqX6w0U/TfA_EWg7khI/AAAAAAAAAEY/yk1cgrlbTl0/s320/California+fish+die+5.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>Mar 08 2011 - </b><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41972653/ns/us_news-environment/"><span style="color: red;">Millions</span><b> </b>of dead<b> </b><span style="color: red;">fish</span></a>,<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41972653/ns/us_news-environment/"> LA</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mar 28 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> - <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1074112260">More Dead </a></span><a href="http://www.ktsm.com/news/more-dead-sealife-continues-to-plague-us-beaches"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">Sealife</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> Continues to Plague U.S. Beaches (</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">hundreds</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">) </span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mar 29 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> - <a href="http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/hundreds-of-dead-fish-wash-up"><span style="color: red;">Hundreds</span> of dead <span style="color: red;">fish</span> wash up all over beaches in </a></span><a href="http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/hundreds-of-dead-fish-wash-up"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Alabama</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">April 05 2011</span> - <a href="http://www.057.ua/news/48492"><span style="font-weight: normal;">100 TONNES OF DEAD FISH IN UKRAINE!</span></a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>April 08 2011</b> - </span><a href="http://rus.newsru.ua/world/08apr2011/pingvin.html" style="font-weight: normal;">PENGUINS LOSING THEIR FEATHERS TO UNKNOWN ILLNESS!</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">April 10 2011 - <a href="http://finalnews.ru/zhivotniy-mir/mertvie-cherepachi-naydeni-na-plyazhe-avstralii.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;">DEAD TURTLES FOUND ON AUSTRALIAN BEACH!</span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>April 11 2011 </b>- </span><a href="http://www.meadowlakeprogress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3077612"><span style="font-size: small;">Hundreds of fish found dead in Meadow River</span></a></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">April 12 2011</span> - <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://kstp.com/article/stories/s2062959.shtml">Melting Lakes reveal hundreds of dead fish,US</a></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">April 15 2011 - <a href="http://www.wggb.com/story/14456509/nothing-fishy-about-dead-fish-at-bay-state-ponds?redirected=true" style="font-weight: normal;">Dead Fish at Bay State Ponds,US</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">April 15 2011 - </span><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/thousands-of-dead-fish-float-on-vapi-sea-coast/776492/"><span style="font-size: small;">Thousands of dead fish float on Vapi sea coast,INDIA</span></a></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">April 15 2011 - </span><a href="http://www.vseneprostotak.ru/2011/04/v-lipetskom-rayone-zafiksirovan-massovyiy-mor-ryibyi/"><span style="font-size: small;">MASSIVE FISH MOR IN THE LIPETSK REGION!,Rus</span></a></h1>
<b>April 15 2011 </b>- <a href="http://brainerddispatch.com/outdoors/2011-04-15/winter%E2%80%99s-wrath-again-hits-home">Red Sand lake die off,US</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">April 20 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> - <a href="http://coupmedia.org/health/fish-die-off-california-2004"><span style="color: red;">Dead Fish </span>in </a></span><a href="http://coupmedia.org/health/fish-die-off-california-2004"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">California</span></a></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">April 27 2011 - </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/AP3cf9761c45f34b85a920b9222e9bf932.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lakeside NY town hauls away</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;"> thousands</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> of dead</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;"> fish</span></a><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: black;">May 02 2011 - </span></b></span></span><a href="http://www.apiural.ru/news/incidents/65532/"><span style="font-size: small;">Mass Death of Fish in 2 Russian Districts!</span></a></h1>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">May 03 2011</span> - </span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2011/05/03/record-wildlife-die-offs-reported-in-northern-rockies/" rel="bookmark">Record wildlife die-offs reported in Northern Rockies</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">May 11 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> - </span><a href="http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2011/05/10/dozens-of-dolphins-found-dead-in-ukraine/"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Dozens </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">of </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">dolphins</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> found dead in Ukraine</span></a></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">May 19 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> - </span><a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/california/ci_18095525"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Dead </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">leopard sharks</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> turning up in Richardson Bay,US</span></a></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">May 19 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> - <a href="http://www.warrenadvocate.com.au/news/local/news/general/mystery-surrounds-bird-deaths/2168605.aspx">Mystery surrounds <span style="color: red;">bird deaths,UK</span></a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><b>May 23 2011</b> - </span><a href="http://www2.wsav.com/news/2011/may/23/5/mystery-ogeechee-river-what-killed-fish-ar-1880711/"><span style="font-size: small;">Mystery on the Ogeechee River: What Killed the Fish?</span></a></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">May 23 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">– </span><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&id=8147463"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Lake Erie </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">walleye</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> died of natural causes</span></a></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">May 24 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> - </span><a href="http://www2.wsav.com/news/2011/may/23/5/mystery-ogeechee-river-what-killed-fish-ar-1880711/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Mysterious </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Fish </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Kill on the Ogeechee River</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">May 25 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> - </span><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/pollution/dead-fish-found-in-manasi-ganga-lake/articleshow/8572338.cms"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Dead</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> fish</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> in Manasi Ganga Lake in India!</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">May 26 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> -</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://beta.effinghamherald.net/section/1/article/14411/">Signs point to bacteria for </a></span><a href="http://beta.effinghamherald.net/section/1/article/14411/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Ogeechee River </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">fish </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">kill</span></a></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">May 27 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> - <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1391662/Grand-Coulee-Dam-flood-waters-killing-hundreds-thousands-fish-day.html">Dam floodwaters are killing <span style="color: red;">hundreds of thousands of fish</span> EVERY DAY,US</a></span></h1>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qiFNt_26Uhs/TfdcO2zrt2I/AAAAAAAAAFA/STr7JDIT3-k/s1600/taal+fish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qiFNt_26Uhs/TfdcO2zrt2I/AAAAAAAAAFA/STr7JDIT3-k/s320/taal+fish.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>May 27 2011</b><b> - </b><a href="http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId=200&articleId=690697"><span style="color: red;">Tons of bangus</span> dead in Taal Lake,Philippines</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">May 27 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> - <a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-27/chennai/29590738_1_polluted-lake-water-hyacinths-fish"><span style="color: red;">Thousands of fish</span> die in lake,India</a></span></h1>
<b>May 27 2011 </b>- <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/181928.html">Gulf spill killed <span style="color: red;">153 dolphins</span> in 2011</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">May 27 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> - </span><a href="http://www.bangladeshinewspaper.org/videoblog/2011/05/mass-sea-snail-kill-thousands-of-dead-snails-wash-ashore-in-bangladesh/"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Thousands Of Dead Snails,India</span></a></h1>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OIA_yAcu-bk/TfA552QH5JI/AAAAAAAAAEI/YJxS0HyRxwg/s1600/starfish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OIA_yAcu-bk/TfA552QH5JI/AAAAAAAAAEI/YJxS0HyRxwg/s320/starfish.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">May 28 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">- <a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_673589.html">Spanish resort in <span style="color: red;">jellyfish</span> alert </a></span></h1>
<b><span class="Heading1Char">May 28 2011</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> - </span></b><a href="http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=690868&publicationSubCategoryId=200"><span style="color: red;">Tons</span> of <span style="color: red;">fish</span> die in Batangas,Philippines</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">May 28 2011</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> - <a href="http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/mystery-disease-kills-300-sheep-within-an-hour-2011-05-28-1.398248">Mystery disease kills <span style="color: red;">300 sheep</span> within an hour</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>June 02 2011</b> - <a href="http://adf.ly/496395/banner/www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/flintshire-news/local-flintshire-news/2011/06/02/thousands-of-dead-starfish-wash-up-on-talacre-beach-flintshire-51352-28808794/">Thousands of dead starfish,UK </a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>June 02 2011</b> - <a href="http://www.cosmostv.org/2011/06/mass-animal-die-off-another-200-tons-of.html" style="color: #6fa8dc;">Another 200 Tons of Fish near Taal Volcano?,Philippines</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>June 03 2011 </b>- <a href="http://www.haberciniz.biz/cine-cayinda-esrarengiz-balik-olumleri-1070371h.htm">Thousands of Dead Fish in Aydın, Turkey!</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>June 05 2011</b> - </span><a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/321308/incidents-fish-kill-reported-bulacan-and-ilocos-sur"><span style="font-size: small;">More Taal Volcano Incidents of fish kill reported in Bulaca ,Philippines</span></a></h3>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B7uvyT2qV0s/TfA7GdH5bvI/AAAAAAAAAEM/QpL5XEKxwDE/s1600/taaldeadfish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B7uvyT2qV0s/TfA7GdH5bvI/AAAAAAAAAEM/QpL5XEKxwDE/s1600/taaldeadfish.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Total dead fish around Taal is 1,000 tons or 2,240,000 lbs</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>June 06 2011</b> - <a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/11536/%E2%80%98bangus%E2%80%99-industry-in-crisis">The Lake Taal Fishkill Is Now Affecting Other Marine Species,Philippines</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>June 08 2011 </b>- <a href="http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/dead-penguins-wash-up-in-uruguay/story-e6frfku0-1226071644958#ixzz1OeDHCMBD"><span style="color: red;">600 </span>dead <span style="color: red;">penguins</span> in Uruguay</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>June 08 2011</b> - </span><a href="http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20110608102575"><span style="font-size: small;">400 Metres of Dead Fish in Saudi Arabia! </span></a></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>June 08 2011</b> - </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13693265" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thousands of Thames fish killed,UK</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">June 08 2011 - <a href="http://m.timesofindia.com/PDATOI/articleshow/8767361.cms" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="pda">Fish found dead in Pavana, India</span></a></span></h1>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7SEBvwVF6Rs/TfdY2dEwh_I/AAAAAAAAAE8/v4mLGpb002w/s1600/Taal+crod-298x224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7SEBvwVF6Rs/TfdY2dEwh_I/AAAAAAAAAE8/v4mLGpb002w/s1600/Taal+crod-298x224.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Croc feasting on dead fish</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="pda">June 08 2011 - </span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><a class="contentpagetitle" href="http://www.solomonstarnews.com/news/national/11089-marovo-baffles-dead-fish-found-floating-in-lagoon">Dead fish found floating in lagoon, Solomon Islands </a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><b> June 17 2011 </b>- </span><a href="http://www.fox2now.com/news/kplr-river-des-oeres-fish-kill-061611,0,3459713.story"><span style="font-size: small;">Hundreds Of Dead Fish In River Des Peres,US</span></a></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"> June 28 2011 - <a href="http://newsflavor.com/world/europe/over-30-dead-dolphins-found-in-nets-installed-by-a-turkish-fishing-vessel-caught-in-late-may-in-romanian-territorial-waters/">30 Dolphins wash up dead in the LowCountry,Romainian</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">June 29 2011 - <a href="http://atlanta.pointslocal.com/news/2011/06/29/atlanta/399672/hundreds-of-fish-turn-up-dead-in-south-georgia">Hundreds of fish turn up dead in <b>South Georgia</b>.</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">July 1 2011 - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13986453">Dozens of Turtles wash up on beaches in Northern Queensland, <b>Australia</b></a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b></b>July 9 2011 - <a href="http://surfspots-gps.com/eight-sperm-whales-found-beached-between-north-carolina-and-florida-keys">1000-pound Whale found dead on beaches in Indian River County, <b>US</b></a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b></b>July 14 2011 - <a href="http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/More_Dead_Fish_in_Oklahoma_125460373.html">Large Quantities of large and small fish continue to wash up dead in <b>Oklahoma</b></a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b></b>July 15 2011 -<a href="http://birdsnews.com/2011/first-surviving-broad-billed-prions-being-released-after-massive-july-%E2%80%98wreck%E2%80%99-in-new-zealand/"> Hundreds of Thousands of Prions (Birds) found dead in <b>New Zealand</b></a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b></b>July 19 2011 - <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-19/cape-york-fish-kill/2799660">1000 fish found dead in Cape York River, <b>Australia</b></a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b></b>July 21 2011 - <a href="http://www.wafb.com/story/15119152/neighborhood-lake-full-of-dead-fish">Lake full of dead fish in <b>Louisiana</b>.</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">July 22 2011 - Sea Turtles keep turning up sick and dying off Queensland coast in <b>Australia</b>.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">July 22 2011 - <a href="http://www.capenews.net/communities/falmouth/news/1225">Fish washing up dead on shores of North Falmouth, <b>USA</b></a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">July 23 2011 - <a href="http://english.sina.com/china/p/2011/0722/382051.html">Mass of dead fish found in Haihe River in <b>North China</b>.</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">July 23 2011 - <a href="http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3710430/15-whales-die-in-loch-hell.html">15 Whales Die in <b>Scotland</b>.</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">July 26 2011 - <a href="http://www.jungleapocalypse.com/featured/mass-death-of-chickens-ducks-perplexes-health-and-environmental-officials/">Mass Die-off of Chickens and Ducks, in <b>Marshall Islands</b>.</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">August 1 2011 - <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/end-times-texas-lake-turns-blood-red-215004338.html">Thousands of Fish die in Lake that turned blood red, in <b>Texas</b>.</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">August 1 2011 - <a href="http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2223614.shtml">Hundreds of Fish dead in Rio Grande River, <b>New Mexico</b>.</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">August 14 2011 -<a href="http://www.wwltv.com/news/northshore/Investigators-trying-to-determine-cause-of-dead-fish-turtles-on-Pearl-River--127661853.html"> Hundreds of Fish and Turtles dead in Pearl River, <b>Louisiana</b>.</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">August 19 2011 - <a href="http://www.infoyu.net/NewsCenter/Aquaculture/11-8-18-47.html">Massive Fish Death in Fuhe River, in <b>East China</b>.</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">August 19 2011 - <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/ventura_county&id=8318461">Dead Dolphins and Seals found on Oxnard Beach, in <b>California</b>.</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">August 22 2011 - <a href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfgbojauojau/rss2/">Hundreds of Salmon and Trout found dead in Bandon River, in <b>Ireland</b>.</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">August 2011 - Over 25 Whales Died in various countries ... USA, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Philappines, England, Sri Lanka, S.Africa, Brazil, Vietnam, Spain and Holland.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">September 3 2011 - <a href="http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=131827">Black Dolphins washing up dead in <b>Bulgaria</b></a>.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">September 6 2011 - <a href="http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/674003/Mystery-abounds-as-fish-die-in-the-millions-in-Gutian-Fujian-Province.aspx">About 10 MILLION fish dead in fish farms along the Minjiang River in <b>China</b></a>.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">September 17 2011 - Up to 400 Squid wash up dead on Blacks Beach in <b>San Diego</b>.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">September 20 2011 - <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/21/us-fish-kill-arkansas-idUSTRE78K0BS20110921">Thousands of white bass turn up dead in Arkansas River in <b>America</b></a>.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">September 22 2011 - <a href="http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-giant-squid-oc,0,1326941.story">Hundreds of Giant Squid Washing Ashore Dead on Orange County Beaches </a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">September 27 2011 - <a href="http://news1.ghananation.com/odd-news/219457-unknown-pollutant-kills-nearly-10-tons-of-fish-in-the-butre-lagoon.html">10 TONS of Fish dead in Butre Lagoon in <b>Ghana</b>.West AFRICA</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">September 30 2011 - <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2044764/The-mysterious-honeybee-apocalypse-Up-12-million-bees-dead-dying-Florida-knows-why.html">Millions of Bees mysteriously dying in <b>Florida</b>.</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">September 2011 - Over 18 Whales Died in various countries ... USA, Australia, Philappines,England, S.Africa, Canary Islands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Greece and Indonesia.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">October 3 2011 - <a href="http://us.en.vivanews.com/news/read/252232-dead-dolphins-again-found-on-coast-of-java">17 Dead Dolphins found in Ujung Kulon in <b>Java</b>.,Indonesia</a></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">October 4 2011 - <a href="http://www.wbur.org/2011/10/18/dead-seals">Over 100 Harbor Seals found dead on beaches in <b>New England</b>.</a></span> </h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">October 8 2011 - <a href="http://www.tuntravel.com/news/fish-died-of-pollution-in-hanoi-s-largest-lake/">Thousands of dead fish in West Lake in <b>Vietnam</b>.</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">October 13 2011 - <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-30/quarantined-horses-at-a-veterinary-cinic/2817118">15 Horses died at Kooralbyn in Queensland in <b>Australia</b>.</a><b> </b></span><b> </b></h1>
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October 21 2011 - <a href="http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-10-17/georgia-environmental-protection-division-investigates-brier-creek-fish-kill">Hundreds (Maybe Thousands) of dead fish along Briar Creek in <b>Georgia</b>.</a><br />
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October 22 2011 - <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/1077776--dying-birds-an-ominous-sign">Thousands of Dead Birds wash ashore on Georgian Bay in <b>Canada</b>.</a><br />
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October 24 2011 - <a href="http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/oct/24/illinois-officials-report-major-fish-kill-little-w/">Thousands of dead fish in Little Wabash River in <b>Illinois</b>.</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="entry-title">October 28 2011 - <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/wildlife/researchers-bp-oil-spill-may-have-contributed-to-gulf-of-mexico-dolphin/1198826">BP oil spill may have contributed to Gulf of Mexico 500 dolphin deaths</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="entry-title"></span></span>October 25 2011 - <a href="http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid=%7Bba18a1f2-f074-4d2d-9774-e831ae8bd2e7%7D">300 Fish dead in Port of Portland in <b>Canada</b>.</a><br />
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October 28 2011 - <a href="http://www.sunherald.com/2011/10/28/3539218/more-dolphins-found-3-washed-up.html">3 more Dolphins found dead in Mississippi. (14 Dead this month).</a><br />
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October 29 2011 - <a href="http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=120471">Thousands of Fish found dead at sea in India.</a><br />
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October 31 2011 - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/30/2479373/die-off-reported-in-pensacolas.html">Oyster Die-off in Pensacola in America.</a><br />
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October 31 2011 - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15521355">3000 Fish found dead in River Crane in London, England.</a><br />
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October 31 2011 - <a href="http://www.wdtv.com/index.php/home/local-news/9840-american-bird-conservancy-blames-wind-farm-for-bird-deaths">500 Songbirds dead in West Virginia in America.</a><br />
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October 2011 - Over 30 Whales Died in various countries ... USA, Australia, England, Alaska, South Africa, New Zealand.<br />
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November 2 2011 - <a href="http://www.wtaw.com/2011/11/02/red-tide-kills-4-2m-fish-along-texas-coast/">MILLIONS of fish killed by "Red Tide" along Texas coast in America.</a><br />
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November 4 2011 - <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5910006/Lyall-Bay-sea-creatures-a-mystery">Thousands of tiny sea creatures litter a beach at Lyall Bay in New Zealand</a><br />
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<b></b>November 5 2011 - <a href="http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1751109">Unusual number of Birds and Fish found dead in Guyana.</a><br />
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November 8 2011 - <a href="http://english.eastday.com/e/111108/u1a6192807.html">Hundreds of Fish found dead in Changbanggang River in China.</a><br />
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November 11 2011 - <a href="http://poway.patch.com/articles/majority-of-newly-stocked-fish-dead-at-lake-poway#video-8422225">Massive Fish Kill in Lake Poway in California.</a><br />
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November 12 2011 - <a href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2011/November/theuae_November295.xml&section=theuae&col=">Large number of dead fish wash ashore along Hamriya Port in Dubai.</a><br />
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November 13 2011 - <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/22-sperm-whales-die-australia-070222239.html">22 Sperm Whales Died on Beach in Australia</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="entry-title"></span></span>November 14 2011 - <a href="http://english.eastday.com/e/111114/u1a6203072.html">Thousands of Fish dead in River in Zhangjiang High-Tech Park in China.</a><br />
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November 16 2011 - 6<a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10766372">5 Pilot Whales die in New Zealand.</a><br />
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November 17 2011 - <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/9951203">A total of 91 Whales dead during the past week in Australia and New Zealand</a><br />
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<b></b>November 17 2011 - <a href="http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/regional/dnr-investigates-western-iowa-fish-kill/article_1f54dbe4-115a-11e1-b338-001cc4c002e0.html#.TsYgHYbWSBs">Fish Kill affecting two miles of a creek in Western Iowa in America.</a><br />
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November 23 2011 - <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/heat-wave-dry-watering-holes-kill-77-elephants-in-zimbabwe-nature-preserve/2011/11/23/gIQA3vaQoN_story.html">77 Elephants found dead during past 3 months in Zimbabwe.</a><br />
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November 26 2011 - <a href="http://www.news-press.com/article/20111127/GREEN/311270011/Massive-Estero-Bay-fish-kill-mystery">Massive Fish Kill at Estero Bay in Florida.</a><br />
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November 27 2011 - <a href="http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2011/11/27/another-fish-kill-beachmere/">1000 Fish found dead at Beachmere in Australia.</a><br />
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November 27 2011 - <a href="http://www.sunherald.com/2011/11/27/3598746/two-more-dead-dolphins-found.html">Five Dolphins wash up dead in Mississippi.</a><br />
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November 28 2011 -<a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/district-urges-people-not-to-take-dead-fish-floating-in-river/917260.html"> Large number of fish, frogs and snakes found dead in India.</a><br />
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November 30 2011 - <a href="http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2011/11/india-bird-flu-like-virus-killing-jharkhand-crows.html">Up to 1000 Crows dead in India.</a><br />
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November 30 2011 - <a href="http://www.jdnews.com/articles/birds-97975-dead-cluster.html">100 birds (starlings) found dead on a highway in North Carolina.</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="entry-title"> </span></span>November 2011 - Over 125 Whales Died in various countries ... USA, Australia, UK, New Zealand, Guyana, China, Chile, India, Germany, Ghana.<br />
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During 2011 - <a href="http://www.oaoa.com/news/water-76855-million-mexico.html">1.7 MILLION Cattle have died in Mexico.</a><br />
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December 3 2011 - <a href="http://www.skynews.com.au/eco/article.aspx?id=692400&vId=">Thousands of Fish found dead in a lake in Germany.</a><br />
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December 5 2011 - <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/A-blanket-of-dead-fish/articleshow/10985943.cms">30 TONNES of Fish found dead in India.</a><br />
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December 6 2011 - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-16047191">75 Seal Pups dead in England</a>.<br />
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December 9 2011 - <a href="http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/Story.aspx?Id=78934">300 Seals found dead on beach in Cape Town in South Africa.</a><br />
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December 10 2011 - <a href="http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_08/12/2011_417910">10 Whales wash up dead on beaches in Corfu, Greece.</a><br />
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December 12 2011 - <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Crow-deaths-create-panic-in-Hazaribag/articleshow/11074774.cms">300 Crows dead in India</a>.<br />
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December 15 2011 - <a href="http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Udayapur+devoid+of+bird+flu&NewsID=312764">1000 Chickens die in Nepal.</a><br />
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December 15 2011 - <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-birds-crash-landing-utah-152219107.html">Thousands of Birds die from "crash landing" in Utah.</a><br />
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During 2011 - <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017026965_apusfoodandfarmtexascattle.html?syndication=rss">600,000 Cows have died in Texas.</a><br />
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December 17 2011 -<a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111217/jsp/jharkhand/story_14893217.jsp"> 4,000 Crows have died during past 3 months in India</a><br />
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<b></b>December 18 2011 - <a href="http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2011/12/18/278881_ntnews.html">Massive Fish Death in Australia.</a><br />
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December 19 2011 - <a href="http://www.datelinezero.com/2011/12/19/25-dead-ponies-discovered-police-baffled/">25 Ponies Found dead New South Wales in Australia.</a><br />
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December 20 2011 - <a href="http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_19590713">Dozens (Possibly Hundreds) of Crows found dead in New Mexico</a><br />
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December 20 2011 - <a href="http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Seabirds_Feast_on_Dead_and_Dying_Herring_0_385619.news.aspx">Mass death of Herring on the beaches in West Iceland.</a><br />
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December 20 2011 - <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-culls-chickens-market-bans-trade-h5n1-094435645.html">17,000 Chickens killed due to H5N1 virus in Hong Kong.</a><br />
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December 20 2011 - <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705396148/Hundreds-of-birds-found-dead-in-Davis-County.html">400 Birds found dead in Davis County in USA</a>.<br />
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December 25 2011 - <a href="http://www.lex18.com/news/50-birds-found-dead-in-montgomery-county">50 Birds found dead on Road and more falling out of sky in Montgomery County </a><br />
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December 27 2011 - <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fish-continue-to-die-in-bavla-pond/892547/">Huge amounts of fish dying in Bavla Pond in India.</a><br />
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December 27 2011 - <a href="http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2011-12-26/Charter-Captain-discovers-fish-kill-near-Ft-Myers-Beach">"Red Tide" killing fish in Florida</a>.<br />
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During 2011 - <a href="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/number-of-beached-whales-hits-alltime-high-2978933.html">Record number (160) of Whales beached in Ireland.</a><br />
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Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-88063734595187232532010-07-24T08:45:00.003-06:002010-07-24T08:50:48.511-06:00<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:130%;" >Jesus Christ: Eastern Guru of the Emerging Church</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matthew 22:39</span> ...And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Leviticus 19:18</span> Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Luke 10:27</span> And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Romans 13:9</span> For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Galatians 5:14</span> For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">James 2:8</span> If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:<br /><br />Love thy neighbor, is the rallying call of the emerging church, and it’s the message of the antichrist.<br /><br />In the 60’s eastern philosophies began creeping into north America, with them came a message of an all encompassing love, a love that is unconditionally. Now this sounds familiar doesn’t it, the bible speaks strongly about loving each other and of Christ’s total love of His creation and it is important to show love to each other, but only in the context of following scripture. We of course know better today and are now able to rewrite the bible to include man’s idea of love. (Of course I am joking)<br /><br />The hippie movement stemmed from the teachings of eastern gurus that were made popular by many musical groups of the 60’s and 70’s, these teachings are now mainstream and very much in our churches. The love that the hippie movement taught was a love of everything, a love where there is no good or bad, a love that is not judgmental, a love that does not correct or rebuke, a love that accepts all and is tolerant of every belief system except Christianity coincidently enough. This fact should raise some red flags to people that follow Rick Warren or the Emerging church (New Age church). But of course it won’t we have been conditioned to this New Age movement and it speaks to us in a way that Christ's true teachings don’t.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Isaiah 5:20</span> (KJV) Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2 Timothy 4:3-4</span> (KJV)<br />3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.<br /><br /> We are warned of a time when man will not know good from evil, we will confuse these terms and the definitions of them will change. Welcome to the New Age because that is where we are at today. This new teaching and definition of Christ suits us and sounds right but it is not, the world has conditioned us to accept it though. Definitions have changed and we are unaware of it, we are in a time when Christians will not endure sound doctrine, we will on accept a message that makes us “feel” good or tickles our ears. Most of the teachings of the bible do not fit this condition; most of the bible is very sobering and thought provoking. But this doesn’t fit with our new paradigm, we no longer like to think things through, we just want to feel good. Just like the hippies, we are only looking for our next high and reject anything else.<br /><br />Our churches are now reflecting this, turning away from sound doctrine to make congregations feel good. Every Sunday is now a love in, the music has a rhythmic tribal beat to it that is proven to put man in a altered state, one that is susceptible to contact from the supernatural. Mediation, a once evil word is now a good word in relation to Christ, like the drums and the beat of the music it too puts us in an altered state ready for contact. Loud music, no discipline, relaxed atmosphere, giving ourselves over to the feelings of the flesh, all contribute to the Christian love in experience. Today there is little difference from Christianity and the pagan eastern teachings.<br /><br /> Christ said some very sobering things; contrary to today’s “Christian” teachings not everything Christ said made you feel good.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matthew 7:21-25</span> (KJV)21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.<br />22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?<br />23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.<br /><br /> Christ speaks of the final days, He shows a time in the last days where people think they are Christians, do some of the things that followers of Christ should and even use Christ's name, but they do not have the spirit of Christ, they have followed false teachings and have mixed the iron with the clay to become an abomination.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2 Peter 2:1-3</span> (NKJV)<br />1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does[a] not slumber.<br /><br /><br /> We are warned of these times, but of course we won’t believe it, how do I know this. I know this because if we did believe it God would not have to bring the tribulations to the earth that He does.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2 Thessalonians 2:3</span>, “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.”<br /><br /> We are warned of a time when there is a falling away from Christ and His teachings, guess what we are there. Churches will not shut down; in fact they will prosper, because they are teaching a “new” message. Actually this is a New Age message that is rooted in paganism but has the appearance of God like teachings.<br /><br />But of course we are too intelligent, arrogant, self centered and prideful to fall for that aren’t we?<br /><br /> The love that is taught in many of the churches today is not the true love of Christ. It is an eastern derived, hippie love in type of love.<br /><br /> Christ’s love includes, correcting each other, rebuking, and intolerance for sin, and intolerance of other beliefs, unfortunately this type of love is not acceptable to many Christians today.<br /><br /> Any church that shows a weakness for correcting and rebuking is not teaching the gospel of Christ, nor for that matter the love of Christ. Any church that allows or turns a blind eye to sin in any form is not teaching the gospel of Christ. Today in many churches the more prominent people in the church are living in sin, but of course it wouldn’t be loving to correct them would it?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">James 5:20</span> Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">John 7:24</span> Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 Timothy 5:20</span> Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Luke 17:3</span> Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2 Timothy 4:2</span> Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Titus 1:13</span> This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Titus 2:15</span> These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee."<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ezekiel 33:8 </span>When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.<br /><br /><br /><br />Biblically Correct MinistriesDiakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-24768778365225970742009-11-13T06:52:00.008-07:002009-11-13T11:18:55.215-07:00The Great Commission<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matthew 28:19-20 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20Teaching them to observe all things </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">of the world. Amen.</span><br /><br /> Jesus instructed the disciples in what has been termed today as the great commission, and that is to go and make disciples, teaching others all that Christ had taught them. Bringing others to Christ is an important aspect of a Christian life. In order for all to know about Christ the word must be spread. God wants us to instruct others on the message of salvation and how to obtain it. Without this you or I may have never heard of Christ and how to live a Christ like life.<br /> The original Greek used the word that means “as you go” indicating that in the course of a Christian life we should be bringing others to Christ. It’s not so much a command but an instruction on how to live our lives. Less a command and more an aspect of a “mature” Christian life. It’s clear that not everyone is suited to or meant to be evangelists or even missionaries. However some do have the gifts of the spirit that enables them to be used by God that way. Everyone that is a mature follower of Christ should be able to be an example and a witness of Christ's love.<br /> We are told to be ready in season and out to give an accounting of our walk with Christ.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2 Timothy 4:2 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.</span><br /><br /> I believe the bible is clear that “part” of a Christian life entails telling others about Christ and being an example of living a Christ like life. The truth is that is not what is being taught today even though that is what we label it.<br /> That brings us to the church today, many churches are changing their mission statements, and focus. The new mission statements all center on the great commission and physical needs of the here and now. Many of you will ask “so what is wrong with that“. The biggest error in the new church is our focus. The new age church (church of the antichrist) changes our focus in very subtle ways. It all sounds very good but it is out of balance and perspective of a God’s word. The focus of a Christian life and incidentally the church as well, is building and maintaining a personal relationship with Christ. Without first having a sound relationship with God, and a sound background in His word we don’t have the grounded information needed to instruct others, everything after that is in error, no matter how it makes us feel or tickles our ears.<br /><br /> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Luke 13:24-27 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">and shall not be able. 25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">are: 26Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">hast taught in our streets. 27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matthew 7:19-28 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21Not every one that saith unto me, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Father which is in heaven. 22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">many wonderful works? 23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">depart from me, ye that work iniquity. </span><br /><br /> Christ is very clear in the last days everyone that calls themselves a Christian will not be a true follower of Christ and will be left out of the kingdom of heaven. Today the terminology and definitions are changing and not for the better. Where is the preparation for eternity, where is the emphasizes on spiritual health, where is denying the here and now and focus on God? With a mixture of God and world we are being taught doctrines that are not of God.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 Timothy 4:1 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doct</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">rines of devils;</span><br /><br /> Today we have given into the flesh and focus on works, pleasure, gratification, pride and so on. We are now told to run around saving others, now it’s okay to derive gratification of bringing someone to Christ. For those of you that just said, “so what’s wrong with that?” For those people I have to ask have you ever read the bible. God’s word tells us to deny the flesh in order to serve Him, when we take gratification in bringing someone to Christ, that is gratification that is taken from God’s glory. It is prideful and selfish. But those same people who just proved my point prove that we no longer know right from wrong, denying the flesh no longer is preached, that fact that “I” has no place in spreading God’s word is only given lip service too, all the while the sin of pride and self-serving acts goes on. Again I am not speaking of all, but this is now the norm and plunging headlong forward.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Isaiah 5:20 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!</span><br /><br />There is more:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Luke 18 7-8 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">he bear long with them? 8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? </span><br /><br />When Christ returns He questions whether He will find faith on the earth. That is a disturbing question. Our first response is “of course He will, there are so many churches and they are growing” Maybe this new age growth and popularity the churches are seeing is in error. Maybe the church of the antichrist is well along in its construction. Unfortunately the changes are so subtle that the common Christian so involved in money, selfishness, acquiring possessions, pleasure, getting ahead at work, in other words the New Age Christian, doesn’t see the error and is easily led astray. After all today we are preaching what the flesh always wanted to hear.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matthew 24:24 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.</span><br /><br />The very elect are the followers of Christ even the pastors in churches, the bible warns us about this deception, unfortunately we explain it away so as it does not impact our daily lives or require any kind of action from us that might make us uncomfortable. Some of the signs and wonders spoken of are the very changes of the so called Christian church, a growth that we are calling a new reformation of the church. However it is based on error and will evolve into the enemy of Christ. The notoriety of some of the so called “Christian” evangelists such as Rick Warren is not so much a miracle as a sign of the times. Rick Warren is the most popular and is making the biggest impact for the New Age church. Rick Warren is really the New Age John the Baptist paving the way for the anti Christ and the one world church. Satan copies everything God has done so he also needed a John the Baptist, baptizing the New Age Christian.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Luke 12:56 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 56Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?</span><br /><br />We believe we are so knowledgeable today, however people were in error in Christ's time as well. Again today we don’t see the signs for what they are due to the misdirection of the enemy.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">James 4:4 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">John 15 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19If ye were of the world, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20Remember the word that I said unto you, The </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.</span><br /><br /> The new age church seeks for the world to love the church. God tells us that this compromise is in error. I say compromise because if we are preaching the true word of God the bible says the world will hate us. This is because the word of God is not compatible with what the world wants. Everyone wants to have their cake and eat it too; bible allows us to choose one or the other, heaven or damnation not both. The world does love Rich Warren, is this in keeping with the word of God?<br /> According to James 4:4 we are adulters for wanting to be liked or be accepted by the world, but the new age belief which is paving the road for the church of the antichrist mentioned in revelations believes that we are unloving if we do not strive to befriend the world. That won’t sit well with the New Age Christian, but it’s God’s word.<br /> I have heard Preachers stand at their pulpits telling the congregation that if you don’t buy into this new paradigm you are not Christ like, you are unloving, you do not love your neighbor and you are not a true Christian, in other words you are not getting into heaven. You are told that you are dogmatic, unloving and not a Christian. This manipulation of God’s word and of the followers of Christ will lead many to the point of <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matt 7-23: ” …I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity…”</span><br /> Now it seems the bible is being rewritten to suit enemy’s agenda. The very new age message that claims to be leading you to heaven is in fact leading all to miss out in the very gift we strive for. Rick Warren’s church, a church model that tens of thousands of pastors are following, was founded on pagan wants and desires. Rick states in his book The Purpose driven Church, that he went through the town knocking on 500 doors asking what would make the people attend a church. What would they want in a church; if they were already Christians Rick erased what they wanted and went on to the pagans and non believers. Rick didn’t want to corrupt the church with what Christians thought a church should be. Is that what the word of God tells us to do consult and come to a consensus (compromise) with pagans and non believers? That’s what Rick thinks God wants of him.<br /> The Great Commission has been co-opted by the enemy and turned into something no longer of God. Isn’t that the enemies’ way, to take something righteous and change it enough to lead us astray? When Satan was tempting Christ, he quoted the bible and twisted the meaning enough so that if Christ would of listened it would have been a sin. Christ was smarter than that, but sadly it seems we are not.<br /> The great commission is now the rally cry of the enemy, of course it is presented out of context and out of balance with a Christian life. The enemy’s words always sound pleasing and in keeping with the word of God, however they are not.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2 Timothy 4:3 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;</span><br /><br />In Timothy we are warned of a time when Christians won’t be interested in sound doctrine but some watered down, compromised with the world message. Something that will allow us to do what we want and still call ourselves Christians. But Matt 7:23 tells us that while we may fool ourselves into thinking that we are Christians we will not fool God and then it will be too late.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 Timothy 4:1 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;</span><br /><br />We are also warned that in the last days there will be many pastors who are no longer preaching the word of God but are in fact preaching the teachings of demons.<br />So after all this what should the focus of the church be?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Luke 10:27 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.</span><br /><br /> The focus of the church and of individuals is to love the Lord your God. Everything else in the bible is secondary to that. Loving you neighbor is an aspect of a Christian walk however we cannot get to that point by jumping over the love the Lord your God. Loving the Lord involves having a deep relationship with Him, to the point that we don’t just talk to Him but He talks to us and we hear and respond. This is an all encompassing relationship that requires years of teaching, correction and trials, this isn’t just some golf buddy. When the focus of the church becomes a focus on people even the lost, and when our mission statements convict us of this fact, then our focus is in error and we are already far down the wrong road. We are creating a church where the knowledge of God’s word is weak and not maintained in order for us to go out and do works.<br /> The pastors of these churches will pay lip service to the fact that God must come first but the focus and the actions of these preachers don’t match their words. When every sermon includes the great commission and a berating of the congregation to go out and do works (make disciples), then the message no longer matches God’s words.<br /> We need to first concentrate on having a true relationship with Christ, we need to get our house in order and maintain it or we don’t know by what spirit we are preaching. The new age church preaches little on getting our spiritual lives on track, only go out and make disciples (works). How irresponsible is it to send out untried Christian to spread the word.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Titus 1:5-10 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">unruly. 7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 8But a lover of hospitality, a lover of </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. 10For </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:</span><br /><br /> We are neglecting the directions in choosing teachers of the word when we just randomly tell everyone to spread the word. In Titus we are told what qualifications we are to look for in choosing those who teach the word of God or even those who we send out. When we focus on going out and preaching we neglect to make sure those we send out have sound doctrine and have been tested in life.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Titus 2 1-12 (King James Version)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 1But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2That the aged men be sober, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3The aged women likewise, that </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">teachers of good things; 4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">husbands, to love their children, 5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. 6Young men likewise </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">exhort to be sober minded. 7In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 8Sound speech, that cannot be </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">you. 9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">things; not answering again; 10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 11For the grace of God that bringeth </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">salvation hath appeared to all men, 12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (emphasis is </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">mine)</span><br /><br /> This passage contradicts everything the new age church teaches on sending everyone out willy nilly (forgive the aged term, it seemed to fit) or the shotgun effect, to spread the word of God. The focus of the new age church and the teachings within it are in error. This is irresponsible to say the least, I am a carpenter, I build, repair and maintain, however no one would want me to maintain a nuclear power plant. Now give me some teaching, test me, work with me for an appropriate period of time and I very well could maintain a nuclear power plant. (Don’t worry I won’t). This analogy is the same as sending out people to spread the word, after “sound instruction” a period of testing, and some working along side of and anyone can spread the word. However sound doctrine is no longer preached only a feel good watered down, politically correct doctrine is being preached. When the teachers are being taught wrong everything after that is folly. By no means am I speaking of all pastors, unfortunately what I have witnessed this is a majority and growing.<br /><br /> Now is the time to get back on track, to much longer and many will be lost forever.<br /><br />In His service<br />Biblically Correct MinistriesDiakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-72224355764793508342009-09-28T17:11:00.014-06:002009-09-29T07:09:23.239-06:00<span style="font-size:180%;">Does Christianity Still Exist?</span><br /> <span style="font-size:130%;">Free Love Christianity</span><br /><br />Christian definition:<br /> - One who professes belief in Jesus as Christ or follows the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.<br /> - One who lives according to the teachings of Jesus.<br /><br /> We have entered times in which scriptures warned us about. The bible paints a picture of a world that is clearly in decay both morally and religiously when Jesus Christ returns.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matthew 24, 37(KJV) "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be"</span><br /><br /> Noah lived in a time when every deprived idea and action was allowed, the world was evil and God decided to end civilization. With this being true I think a serious question has to be asked Does Christianity as defined above still exist. This no doubt is a question that will rile many Christians and many will quit reading, especially the Rick Warren disciples. Unfortunately we have been taught to go with the flow; there are no LoneWolf Christians, as Rick puts it.<br /> We have been taught to think, act and believe with the hive mentality, don’t think let others think for you and tell you what God is telling you. Meaning that we should no longer use God’s word to see if what we are being taught is right or wrong, but listen to what another man says. The emerging church teaches that we should not question the leaders of the church, do not hold up what they say to the light of God’s word, and any who do not go with the drone like acceptance of what is being said is divisive, unloving and un Christ like. This is contrary to God’s word.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I John 4:1(KJV) "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world"</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 Thessalonians 5:21(KJV): Prove all things; hold fast that which is good (KJV)</span><br /><br />God tells us not to trust everything blindly but to hold it up to the word of God. Many churches today are preaching the message of the antichrist and not of God. The emerging church is the church of Satan, no longer holding God’s word to be the true word of God but think of the bible as a guideline full of allegories, stories about fictional events and not actual truths. As in eastern mysticism, think of the bible as good stories that we should learn from.<br />An argument can be made that what we call Christianity is no longer truly following Christ.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2 Tim 3:1, 13 "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come . . . Evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving (lying) and being deceived."</span><br /><br />We are warned that in the last day’s evil men and snake oil salesmen will increase. In the days of Noah no one was good enough to enter heaven or even to be saved. According to this in the last days there will be very few real followers of Christ.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matthew 24:24(KJV) " For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Mark 13:22(KJV) " for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order, if possible, to lead the elect astray.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matthew 24:24(KJV) For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.</span><br /><br />In Matthew we are told the very elect could be fooled, who are the very elect? Many believe that this speaks of the Jewish faith, I believe it means Christians.<br />With all the snake oil salesmen and the erroneous teachings coming into our churches and the millions of people being fooled into following the new age teachings and calling it Christianity I believe that the bible is correct.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 Timothy: 4:1(KJV) But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;</span><br /><br />Another verse that makes us think about what we call Christianity in the last days, it’s clear that some will fall away from the true faith. Rick Warren and the emerging churches tell us that we have drifted away from the true teachings of Christ, which is true. But instead of putting us on the right path Rick leads us further down the antichrist path. Rick appeals to our carnal needs and turns Christianity into a social gospel where we should all visit and listen to our peers and develop a consensus in our beliefs. Do you not see this is how cults change peoples ideas and thinking, by using our peers to control and contain us? Since Satan uses this to control his people do you not think that when a “Christian” uses the same tactics they are in error?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Galatians 1:6-10 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel - not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.</span><br /><br />Paul faced a similar problem in his time; people were following the politically correct society and trying to blend Christianity with the world. Paul asks are we now seeking the approval of man or of God. He goes on to say if we please man or follow the political correctness of the world we are not Christians<br /><br />A.W. Tozer said it best: “the church has sprung a leak and the world in is leaking in”.<br /><br />How many ways are we today following the world and caving into the political correctness of the academic crowd?<br /><br />Sexual depravity,<br />- We have practicing homosexuals in leadership positions in many churches and in the congregations.<br />- Divorced individuals who are dating and unrepentant<br />- Single parents having more children<br />- Church leaders admitting to online pornography<br /><br /><br />Paul reprimanded a church that allowed sexual immorality.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 Corinthians 5 1 (KJV) It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife. 2 And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 Corinthians 5:6 (KJV) Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed</span><br /><br />Paul goes on to say that sin in the congregation will affect the whole of the church, remember this Paul showed no tolerance, he said to remove the guilty. Unlike what the church tells us today that we should be tolerant of those who sin. We are repeatedly told to hate the sin and love the sinner, which is biblical, however when man twists the meaning into acceptance of the sin then we have the gospel of political correctness. By not speaking against the sin, under the guise of loving the sinner, three things happen. One the sinner never changes, two after a time the sin is accepted by all, and three the sinner lives in unrepentant sin and is not really following Christ. To be saved we must repent of our sin, so under the guise of love we don’t instruct sinners on how to be saved therefore they are not but believe they are. So who shows more love the pastor that accepts all or the pastor that is concerned of your salvation and instructs biblically no matter how hurtful. By not speaking against the sin and insist on change we are disobedient to God’s word. If we do not the New Age pastors tell us that we have no love of our neighbor. The word of God has been so twisted that it is no longer is what Christ preached. If Paul were to do this in almost any one of the churches around today he would be labeled, unloving to his neighbor, intolerant, even hateful or divisive.<br />We are told what should be the qualities of any who work in the church but it seems that today we ignore the bible instructions and replace what God says is right for what we say is right.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 Timothy 3(KJV) 2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.</span><br /><br />This passage talk of qualities of the Pastor of a church, many of these biblical rules we see ignored in the church today and sacrificed to political correctness.<br /><br />- “blameless” meaning he obeys the word of God. This passage would exclude Homosexuals, thieves, liars, ect.<br />- “husband of one wife” We are seeing an increasing number of divorced and remarried pastors teaching.<br />- “Sober” Not referring to drinking but meaning being serious in leading the flock not having any personal agendas only the desire to obey and give the glory to God. I think we all know preachers that take the glory for themselves while claiming its for God.<br />- “One that ruleth well his own house having his children in subjection with all gravity.” How many pastors cannot maintain their own family and think that they can lead the flock. Today pastors families are more of the world than the church, tattoos, piercings, foul mouthed, partiers. But maybe mutilating the temple of God is no longer a sin.<br />- “not a novice” A Pastor cannot be young in the faith, he must be a long time Christian and proven through trial that he can handle the assault of the devil that will be coming.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 Timothy 3(KJV) 8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.</span><br /><br />This part of the chapter refers to deacons, this would be applied to elders, Sunday school teachers and any who would be in any form of leadership in the church or position of authority including the staff.<br /><br />- “grave” meaning to take the role they have been given seriously.<br />- “not doubletongued” The cannot be one given to lying or stretching the truth. There are many people in positions in the church that you cannot trust as far as you can throw them.<br />- “not greedy” How many elders and leaders store up their wealth, invest in the stock markets, spend more time at work than with their families and church.<br />- “Let these also first be proved” a leader in a church must be proven in these ways through trials, and life, standing against the devil and coming out with faith intact<br />- “wives be grave, not slanderous, sober, faithful” Wives must take their role as wife seriously and the wife of a leader seriously both having different responsibilities. They cannot be slanderous, sad as it is to say gossip has become so accepted in churches that some of the worst ones sometimes are the wives of the leadership using their position as their personal podium and playground.<br />- “of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well” This rule seems to be completely ignored today, claiming that children must be allowed freedom to grow up. But this is a claim of a irresponsible parent who does not take the role of parent seriously and therefore can never take the role of leader in a church seriously.<br />- “boldness in the faith” standing firm on what is scripturally right and against what is wrong. Not weak or slow to stand against the wrongs of the church or members in it. Too speak out when others are fearful and quiet<br /><br /><br />Focusing on carnal needs<br /><br />- Social Gospel<br />- Works (making disciples, works in the secular arena)<br />- Money and wealth (seminars)<br />- Feelings<br />- Getting the next spiritual high<br /><br />Social Gospel<br /><br />The emerging church and the new age gurus behind it are preaching a message of a social gospel which is a message completely contrary to the word of God. Small groups have replaced proper teaching. When 1Timothy is all but ignored in creating leaders in the church it is completely irresponsible of any pastor to have small groups. These small groups are more a social and gossip time than a teaching time, and the teaching (because they are lead by people not proven in the faith) and are mostly erroneous. I have heard pastors tell their congregations that he would rather they attend small groups than his Sunday message. Since when is worshiping God a focus on socializing? To support small groups the pastors preach messages that are more about social control than biblical truth, preaching about loving your neighbor and love for each other to such a level that it is no longer a biblical principle but a selfish one. This is more a hippy, eastern philosophy message that a biblical one. Not to say the bible doesn’t speak about loving your neighbor, but it should be context of the whole message and not focused upon. The focus of a church cannot be socializing, the focus of a church is worshiping God and all these other things are secondary. If we are not in obedience to God’s words, and have good relationship with Him then everything else is meaningless. When Satan shifts our focus from God to each other or ourselves, then we have entered the church of the antichrist not of Christ. This is exactly the type of church that the antichrist will be worshiped in. It is no longer a church ruled by God but one ruled by the whims and feelings of its members who can all be corrupted into the politically correct way of thinking.<br /><br />Gospel of works.<br /><br />The messages of the emerging church which is not in line with God are overwhelmingly about making disciples. These churches focus on reaching the lost, a noble activity as long as it is in context and proportion to the word of God. The key word is proportion; remember how I said Satan wants the churches focus to be shifted away from God. In the bible making disciples takes a back seat to having a relationship with God, meaning an obedient life according to scriptures with fruits of the spirit present. Without this grounding and base making disciples is entirely misled. How can the blind lead the blind?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matt 15:14 (KJV) Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.</span><br /><br />Here Christ speaks of the Pharisees, leaders of the church in His day. It seems we are there again.<br /><br />Everything in the bible is secondary to having a true relationship with God. Without that we are lost and have no business going on to the secondary aspects of the bible. I think that this is the key to our error. Having a true relationship with God is difficult and many do not achieve it, this is why it is being ignored and people are moving onto the secondary aspects of worship. Having a true relationship with God requires 100 percent of our time and life and in this selfish world nobody is willing to give 100 percent of their life.<br />The secondary aspects are more controllable and subject to our human actions therefore we can think that we are in control of our destiny and time. We can give God a small percent of our time and the rest can go to us and with the preaching in the church now changed we can feel fulfilled with our selfish sacrifice to God. Remember Cain and Abel’s sacrifice and what God thought of it. No longer is God in control in the church but we are with all our selfishness, therefore there is no longer faith in the church, which fulfills Christ’s prophecy of if the son of man will He find faith when He returns.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Luke 18:8 (KJV) I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?</span><br /><br />If there are still churches in the last days then what would make Christ say this, you combine this statement with another here:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matthew 7:21-23 (KJV)21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity</span><br /><br />Here Christ is talking to believers and tells us that in the end many who thought they were Christians are really not saved. They did not have a relationship with God; this will be a direct result to the erroneous preaching and deception in the last days. Doctrines of demons!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 Timothy 4 1(KJV) Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.</span><br /><br />These passages all paint a picture of a world without God in the last days. The only way this could happen when there are so many churches is that Satan has infiltrated the church the message is no longer biblical.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2 Timothy (KJV) 1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.</span><br /><br />We have entered times in which scriptures warned us about. The bible paints a picture of a world that is clearly in decay both morally and religiously.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2 Thessalonians 2 (KJV) 3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first; ……</span><br /><br />The church will have fallen away from the true teachings of Christ in the last days.<br /><br />Gospel of wealth<br /><br />The quest for more money and possessions is no longer evil in the church, how often have you heard:<br />- God wants you to be happy<br />- God wants you to have money<br />- God wants you to have your desires<br />- The bible preaches prosperity<br />- A true believer will be blessed financially<br />- I wouldn’t want to go back to the days of the disciples they were poor and life was hard<br /><br />It seems that we can get the bible to justify anything, when the bible says we are to work hard and provide for our family we take that as permission to work 24/7 claiming it’s for our family but actually ignoring the raising of the children and being a husband. Worse yet both parents work leaving the kids to raise themselves, but as long as we are satisfying our selfish wants and needs its worth it right?<br /><br />Hasn’t been working out too well so far has it?<br /><br />I sat in on board meetings and listened to elders who should know better talking about their latest stocks that they gambled their money on and how to make money. I see the money changers in the church being treated on a level above most others with the logic being, “they made lots of money they must be responsible and Christ like”. With thinking like that Hitler was a saint. We are basing a person’s worthiness on secular values and no longer biblical ones.<br /><br />A.W.Tozer said it best “the church has sprung a leak and the world is leaking in”<br /><br />Now 100 years later I would have to change that a bit by saying “the world has flooded in and washed away all biblical values from the church.” We know this is Satan’s plan the thing that bothers me is how so called Christians embrace and encourage this system.<br />The bible tells us that the teaching in the last days is so off base and corrupt that most will be fooled.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matthew 24:24 (KJV)24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.</span><br /><br />The elect are the people who consider themselves true believers and try whole heartedly to follow Christ but are so led astray by false teachings that they are on the wrong path.<br /><br />Remember Matt 7 21-23 its these people Christ is speaking of “depart from me I never knew you” Won’t those be chilling words to hear after believing that you devoted your whole life to Christ but were fooled into being lost by very leaders we trusted to guide us. Rick Warren and everyone else that is teaching the New Age gospel (emerging church, ecumenical movement, or many other names it goes by) are leading the very elect away from God.<br /><br />Rick Warren = John the Baptist for the Anti Christ<br /><br />The Anti Christ’s John the Baptist is paving the way for the church of the anti Christ mentioned during the tribulation.<br />My friends this is the time that the very elect are being fooled.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Matt 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.</span><br /><br />Gospel of feelings<br /><br />Can you imagine a belief system built on whims and fleeting feelings? Well imagine no more that is exactly what the new church is built on.<br /><br />- Don’t speak biblical truths because you might offend someone.<br />- Don’t talk of sin you might make someone feel guilty.<br />- Don’t insist on biblical values they are unloving and hateful.<br />- Don’t tell someone how to live to enter heaven, a loving God will let all in.<br />- Don’t correct me it makes me feel inferior.<br />- Don’t display a cross it offends me.<br />- Don’t sing traditional songs they don’t give me the high I need and depresses me.<br />- Don’t stand on biblical values in today’s world its dogmatic<br /><br />The list literally goes on, everything that is no longer welcome in the church. Rick Warren in The Purpose Driven Church proudly tells us that to develop his 24,000 member church he went door to door to ask pagans and non believers what they would want in a church. I had to read that paragraph a dozen times to believe what I saw. Rick never asked God or consulted the bible, but pagans. No wonder his church is growing, he is telling them what they want to hear. His church is based on paganism not Christ. I believe that churches will actually grow through this new teaching, but it will no longer be the church of Christ but of Satan.<br />This is what the emerging church is based on, everything that non believers would “feel” comfortable with. Where’s God, sin, repentance, values, morals, Christ, or the cross? These things have all been replaced by our feelings and feeling good about our selves. Feeling excitement or the next high! It’s all about me even though Rick Warren’s book in the opening chapter says it’s not about you. How I feel surpasses everything else including Christ. But if we can twist, mutilate and corrupt the word of God enough we can still call it Christian and fool ourselves into thinking that we will spend eternity in heaven.<br />Again the words of Christ whispers “depart from me I never knew you”<br />With this new gospel there is no longer black and white, no more right or wrong, everything is an area of grey and open to individual interpretation. With no more right of wrong no one should stand up for fundamental beliefs, just be loving and let all live as they like and let them change Christianity to fit society. Be tolerant of other beliefs and accept them into the body of Christ. Seems reasonable doesn’t it, it’s all about love isn’t it. Hmmm sounds very reminiscent of the hippy movement. All we need is love; remember what that philosophy led to. We are living the free love Christianity now. As these hippies became older they infiltrated and took over the church with their eastern mysticism beliefs and corrupted the Church. They corrupted even the very elect.<br />Let’s label every biblical truth divisive, hate speech, racist, unloving, dogmatic, fundamentalism, unbending, arrogant, this is the new Christianity. Throw out all biblical truths and do what you want.<br /><br /><br /><br />I was always told not to follow the crowd; I believe that same principle applies here. Don’t follow the New Age, politically correct crowd.<br /><br />Follow God.Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-87225503505265783772009-03-18T16:56:00.005-06:002009-09-14T17:41:00.187-06:00Jesus spoke against false religion (sometimes church leaders)In last few years I have heard more and more sermons on obeying our leaders, this is biblical to a point but not blindly. The New Age teachings are leading pastors to believe that they are above reproach. This falls in line with the New Age teachings entering our churches, we are taught to focus on our creature needs and the spiritual needs takes a back seat. Spiritual needs are given lip service to and heaven is spoken of with an abstract, pie in the sky attitude, but all is focused on living for now, or dealing with our changing culture instead of preparing for the after life. This is not the message Jesus taught, Jesus taught about denying the flesh and not worrying about the here and now but prepare for heaven.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is life not more important than food and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life. Matthew 6:25-27 </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:34 </span><br /><br />We spend most of out life preparing for a few short years of retirement, but none preparing for the thousands of years we will be in heaven. We worry about tomorrow, retirement, money, power, position, prestige, all of which are fleeting. It’s clear to see who the prince of this world is, but it’s sad that the majority are following him.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. John 12:31</span><br /><br />Satan has been given temporary authority over the earth and we seem to be following him in greater numbers than ever before.<br />Pastors are preaching doctrines of devils while calling it Christianity.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils 1 Timothy 4:1</span><br /><br />The great commission seems to be the focal rallying cry, before I get into this lets make one thing clear “I believe in reaching the lost”. The new emphasizes on the great commission would be commendable if it had not been perverted into something ungodly.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20)</span><br /><br />This call to spread the word so that all have the choice of the afterlife has been twisted into focusing on physical needs now.<br />Many will claim that to not focus on the great commission you have no love, clearly these people don’t know the word of God, I will leave it at that. But our focus or “purpose” as one leading New Age guru calls it, should not be the great commission as the new age teachings lead us to believe but on God. When God created Adam and Eve there was no need for the great commission, our “purpose” is to worship and adore God.<br />This shift in focus has several pagan side effects.<br /><br />- Focus on physical needs, which leads to sin<br />- Focus on false peace, which leads to compromise and sin<br />- Focus on feelings, which leads to compromise and sin<br /><br />The great commission is a by product of focusing on God, but when we take a by product and make it our focus we are in error. Gas, propane, natural gas, are all by products of crude oil, we focus on finding crude oil and everything else is a by product, we could not focus on finding auto fuel and expect to if we lost our main focus of crude oil. The crude oil needs to go through several refining steps to get the various by products out of it. Just as a Christian needs to go through a refining process to have the various by products, or fruits of the spirit manifest in their lives. To focus on the great commission leads us to loose focus on God and to focus on the physical needs. With this loss of focus a christian cannot begin the refining process and may never grow spiritually.<br />How can that be you ask, as humans we are prone to arrogance, and all types of other prideful sins. When our focus is on the physical needs of others and we work to assist in them we soon start thinking that “we” are accomplishing something or that our works are of greater value that they truly are. Its leads us to sin, and God knows this. This line of thinking leads us to independence which the world admires and believes is important. We even teach our children independence and stress it in their lives. And then we wonder why so many youth are walking away from God.<br />Independence is separation from God. It can be said no other way we cannot be independent and still love God.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">13 Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19</span><br /><br />Children are innocent and dependant, it is those types of people that the kingdom of heaven belongs to.<br /><br />The new age gospel is to tosses out all spiritual testing. Focal point of works is introduced.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.1 John 4:1</span><br /><br />We are told to test the spirits of those preaching the word of God.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. Jeremiah 14:14</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dream Jereimiah 29:8</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.2 Peter 2:1</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 1 John 2:18</span><br /><br />We are warned of false prophets but today we seem to ignore this warning. The new age teaching tells us to follow blindly without thinking. We have been deluded into believing that God doesn’t want us to speak out against anyone or anything. Anyone questioning our leaders whether secular or religious is condemned. Blindly follow, do not think, and believe all is from God without testing. This teaching is contrary to God’s word, God knew that if we did not have a way of rooting out the truth demons would take advantage of us. The problem is we don’t know Gods’ word; we are too busy focusing on the physical needs of life to read God’s word. When we hear a new gospel that tells us that its alright to focus on the carnal needs of the flesh then we swallow it hook, line and sinker. Words that tickle the ears.<br />We are told not to speak out against leaders and therefore giving any who proclaim they are Christian a safe haven to spread false gospel. Jesus however had no problem with speaking out against the leaders and other religions.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">37 As Jesus was speaking, one of the Pharisees invited him home for a meal. So he went in and took his place at the table. 38 His host was amazed to see that he sat down to eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by Jewish custom. 39 Then the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and wickedness! 40 Fools! Didn’t God make the inside as well as the outside? 41 So clean the inside by giving gifts to the poor, and you will be clean all over. 42 “What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore justice and the love of God. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things. Luke 11:37–42</span><br /><br />Jesus criticized the Pharisees for worrying more about the outward appearance more than the hidden inward sins. Jesus also reprimands them for putting aside a portion of what they have earned as a sacrifice in honor of God, yet all the while being judgmental of others in a way that dishonors God. In essence He is calling them hypocrites. This was not a polite conversation; to insult your host as Jesus did was considered incredibly rude and certainly aggressive. Jesus would have been looked upon as being extremely ill-mannered. Jesus was correcting a wrong in the ruling class and He took off the kid gloves to do it. This is contrary to what we are taught today, that we should not criticize the actions of those in leadership.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, Matthew 21:12</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Matthew 21:13</span><br /><br />Jesus made a very strong statement of what was happening in God’s temple, He showed a righteous anger in His actions.<br />False doctrine and false prophets cannot fall under the same umbrella as those truly proclaiming the word of God. We are to stand against Satan and exposed it to the light of God and anything that proclaims a different message no matter how close it is to God's message.<br />If we keep quiet over false doctrine we are not following God’s words<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them Ephesians 5:11</span><br /><br />God not only warns us of false doctrines and those who would lead us astray but also tells us to expose the works of darkness. One cannot be quiet about false doctrine and still expose it. How can you expose something without talking against it? If you do not expose false doctrine and false prophets you are in disobedience to the Lord. In God’s eyes it is no different than breaking any of the ten commandments.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. James 2:10</span><br /><br />If you are disobedient you have broken all the laws and God is displeased with you. These are not my words but God’s. We are told to expose evil, either you obey God or you do not, but it is the right thing to do in God’s eyes.<br />One of the funniest passages in the bible is when Elijah challenges the followers of Baal to a contest of the Gods. Its long so I will edit it.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 Kings 18 20-40: 20 So Ahab sent a message among all the sons of Israel and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel. 21 Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people did not answer him a word. 22 Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the LORD, but Baal’s prophets are 450 men. 23 “Now let them give us two oxen; and let them choose one ox for themselves and cut it up, and place it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other ox and lay it on the wood, and I will not put a fire under it. 24 “Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD, and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people said, “That is a good idea.” </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Elijah said lets decide once and for all whose God is real, lets build 2 piles of wood and a bull to send a sacrifice. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">25 So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one ox for yourselves and prepare it first for you are many, and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.” 26 Then they took the ox which was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, “O Baal, answer us.” But there was no voice and no one answered. And they leaped about the altar which they made. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Elijah then said don’t light the wood but pray for Baal to light it and prove that Baal is real.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">27 It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.” </span><br /><br />Elijah then starts making fun of them and the god Baal. He taunts them "Maybe he’s out, or on a trip, maybe he’s asleep call louder."<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">28 So they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them. 29 When midday was past, they raved until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice; but there was no voice, no one answered, and no one paid attention. </span><br /><br />After Baal didn’t answer the prayers then Elijah took his turn<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD which had been torn down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.” 32 So with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two measures of seed. 33 Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid it on the wood. 34 And he said, “Fill four pitchers with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.” And he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time. And he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time. 35 The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Three times they soaked down the wood for the fire with water</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">36 At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have done all these things at Your word. 37 “Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that You, O LORD, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again.” 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God.” 40 Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. </span><br /><br />Some people need to be shocked out of their religious blindness. Elijah made fun of their false god. Then he asked God to win the contest. God heard his prayer and brought fire from heaven. If Elijah lived today, a lot of people would think he was rude or maybe unchristian like, unloving even, certainly politically incorrect. He made fun of other people's religion. If people believe in a false religion, what should we do? Jesus spoke against the leaders of false religion. He called them snakes to their faces! He said they were hypocrites who looked beautiful on the outside but were dead on the inside (Matthew 23:25-33). Jesus hated false religion, and he spoke against it.<br /><br />This has got to be the greatest example of what God thinks of other religions and yet today pastors are preaching that we should work with those of other faiths. (Rick Warrens PEACE plan) God didn’t work with pagans to do good works and yet the new age gurus claim its God’s will. We are told that we are not loving if we do not accept other belief systems and consider them equal with us. Jesus put together a group of believers and instructed them to spread the word. Jesus worked with only believing people to do God’s work. Ricks PEACE plan tells us to work with other faiths and even twists the word of God to claim God said so. Contrary to Rick Warrens “opinion” God is against anything that has to remotely do with a false God. The Baal false prophets were killed, all 450 of them. They were killed for working with a false God and now Rick Warren and other movements tells us to do exactly that. The one world religion, ecumenical movement, Purpose driven movement, new age movement, evangelical manifesto, and more; all under different names but all working for the same thing.<br /><br />I believe that we should not go nit picking our pastors or even country leaders for that matter. But pastors are going on a crusade to stamp out all dissent in the church. This would be admirable if pastors were not human and purely divine, how ever that is not the case. We are told to test the spirits of those who lead us and any who proclaim the message of God. I believe we are not living up to our end of this.<br />I worked on a church board for several years proclaiming that we should support and lift up the BIBLE preaching pastors in our church. I Stood with them while they were condemned for saying something scriptural but against the politically correct congregation they were preaching to. It’s for this very reason I that I will stand with a bible preaching pastor and I will stand against and expose the false prophets. The false prophets make all the men of God look wrong and its us that allow it.<br />I have seen dozens of pastors driven out of churches for preaching the word of God and not submitting to the politically correct crowd. Some pastors reading this may want to think about who will stand with them when their turn comes. The way that the world is going it may be sooner than later.<br />Stand firm on God’s word now so that you may be under the protection of the almighty. Psalms 91 one of my favorite chapters in the bible.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Psalm 91:1 You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, 2 Say to the LORD, "My refuge and fortress, my God in whom I trust." 3 God will rescue you from the fowler's snare, from the destroying plague, 4 Will shelter you with pinions, spread wings that you may take refuge; God's faithfulness is a protecting shield. 5 You shall not fear the terror of the night nor the arrow that flies by day,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">6 Nor the pestilence that roams in darkness, nor the plague that ravages at noon. 7 Though a thousand fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, near you it shall not come. 8 You need simply watch; the punishment of the wicked you will see. 9 You have the LORD for your refuge; you have made the Most High your stronghold. 10 No evil shall befall you, no affliction come near your tent. 11 For God commands the angels to guard you in all your ways. 12 With their hands they shall support you, lest you strike your foot against a stone. 13 You shall tread upon the asp and the viper, trample the lion and the dragon. 14 Whoever clings to me I will deliver; whoever knows my name I will set on high. 15 All who call upon me I will answer; I will be with them in distress; I will deliver them and give them honor.16 With length of days I will satisfy them and show them my saving power.</span><br /><br />This is not an exhaustive work on God’s words and feelings concerning false doctrines, or on exposing sin, however maybe it would be good if you were to get into God’s word and find the rest yourself. Let God talk to you directly, read his word daily, and practice a consistent prayer life. Know the word of God, like never before in the history of the earth we are about to be tested on our faith. This is a test for your soul, did you study?<br /><br />God loves you<br /><br />In His name<br />DiakonosDiakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-21423608173384358362009-03-10T08:24:00.004-06:002009-03-10T08:28:24.177-06:00Chatter: Current Events Updated weeklyMarch 10 2009<br />- The Chatter is that the stock markets will move higher until mid summer then drop to levels below 6000<br />- Oil per barrel will rise moderately but the price at the pump will climb disproportionately higher.<br />Profit taking and gouging.Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-44934091397754458422009-02-25T12:00:00.012-07:002009-03-15T18:09:20.327-06:00Has Revelations begun?At one time the sermons I heard in church were focused on getting ready for life after we left earth. Our needs in this life were not ignored but it was not the focus. Now the sermons are about our life now and very little if at all about preparing for the next life with Christ. Churches are now sponsoring money management seminars, self help seminars. Every other sermon is about obedience to the rulers of this earth and the rest of the sermons are on catering to the here and now.<br /> The focus of the church is way off base; we no longer focus on Christ but on our creature comforts. We can certainly see the apostate church in the end times that we were warned about. Even though we were warned about it we still fell into Satan’s snare. Hitler recruited pastors to help control the people before things become bad, they were told that in difficult times it was the duty of the church to assist the government, reciting Romans to back it up. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p> <h2 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><a name="_FEMA_Recruiting_Pastors_To Prepare "></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.baptistboard.com/showthread.php?t=9990"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FEMA Recruiting Pastors To Prepare For Martial Law</span></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p class="bodyheadline1"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong> <a href="http://www.infowars.com%20/articles/ps/fema_plan_use_pastors_pacify_for_martial_law.htm"> </a><a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Secret FEMA Plan To Use Pastors as Pacifiers in Preparation For Martial Law</span></a> </strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><o:p></o:p></strong></p> <p class="bodyheadline1"><span style="color:red;">Revelation 6:1 - 6:2 - "...When the Lamb had opened the first of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_seals" title="Seven seals"><span style="color:red;">seven seals</span></a>, I heard the first of the four beasts say with a thundering voice, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a white horse; and he that sat on him had a bow: and there was given unto him a crown, and he departed as conqueror and to conquest."</span></p> The start of the real troubles on this earth begins with the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. The first horseman comes on a white horse carrying a Bow and is given a crown. It is believed that this is the man who will soon be the Antichrist.<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.25in;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=""></span></p> - White horse signifies peace, this will only be rhetoric and a false platform for as you<br /> will see he brings everything but peace to the earth. But all will believe him.<br /> - The rider carries a bow, showing that he will have great power; military, position, and<br /> wealth.<br /> - He is given a crown; he becomes ruler of a country.<br /> - Conqueror, clearly his words won’t match his actions, he comes in spouting peace but<br /> causes unrest<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color:red;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Revelation 6:4 - "And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword."<br /></span><br />The second horse is red and the rider has the power to take peace from the earth, and was given a great sword <br /><br /> - Red has always signified war, after the soon to be Antichrist gains power wars begin.<br /> - A great sword, the military might will be large and powerful<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt;"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color:red;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Revelation 6:5 - 6:6 - “And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.’”<br /><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color:red;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=""></span></p> - Black indicting decay and death.<br /> - Pair of balances<span style=""><br />-</span> A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny. In Bibletimes laborers received a denarius, or one penny, as an entire day's wages (seeMatthew 20:2). A measure would be sixteen of our American ounces. Think of it! An<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p> entire day's wages for a loaf of bread!<br /> - What about the oil and wine? These items were luxuries in Bible times, and we find<br /> that there are those who still possess them during the Tribulation.<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Revelation 6:7 - 6:8 - “And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a pale green horse; and he that sat on him was called Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, and that they (the four horsemen) should kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”</span> <br /><br /> - A pale horse represents disease and death, disease, famine, war, catastrophes, <br /> weather. Seems to combine all of the traits of the preceding horseman and then some.<br /> One-fourth of the world's population dies through his brutality; more than one billion,<br /> seven hundred fifty million people at today's population figures.<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> There is reason to believe that the first horseman is in place already. There is a lot of talk of peace but very little tangible evidence of peace. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p>The next phase that the bible tells us that is coming would be war, its not too hard to see the possibilities for war in the near future. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p> <h1><a name="_N._Korea_Statement_Raises Worry of "></a><span style="font-size:80%;"><st1:place><u><span style=";font-family:";color:blue;" >N. Korea</span></u></st1:place><u><span style=";font-family:";color:blue;" > Statement Raises Worry of a Missile Test <o:p></o:p></span></u></span></h1> <h3><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style=";font-family:";color:blue;" ><a href="http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=5929" target="New">New Israel killer drone can take out Iran's S-300 anti-air missile </a><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></h3> <h3><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:country-region style="font-weight: bold;"><st1:place><u><span style=";font-family:";color:blue;" >Turkey</span></u></st1:place></st1:country-region><u><span style=";font-family:";color:blue;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> is backing out of Western orbit. Where to?</span><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></h3> <h3><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style=";font-family:";color:blue;" ><a href="http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1376">Washington, Moscow at Cross-purposes on Nuclear Iran</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></h3> <h1><span style="font-size:80%;"><st1:place><u><span style=";font-family:";color:blue;" >South America</span></u></st1:place><u><span style=";font-family:";color:blue;" > on brink of war<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></h1> <h3><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style=";font-family:";color:blue;" ><a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-medvedev26-2008nov26,0,4527913.story&ei=sH6lSdGgJpmktQPS4OWhAg&usg=AFQjCNFvsx0tt85Vt-4tsYHIyja5SuWrxQ"><em><span style="text-decoration: none;">Russia's</span></em> interest in <em><span style="text-decoration: none;">South America</span></em> should alert the U.S</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></h3> <h3><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;color:blue;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=U&start=3&q=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite%3Fpagename%3DJPost%252FJPArticle%252FShowFull%26cid%3D1167467834546&ei=Cn-lSeW2DIKOsQOSyrCdAg&usg=AFQjCNFsr9hSG3TJzQNcaXkMnOcpEbQ-eQ"><em><span style="text-decoration: none;">Muslims</span></em> 'about to <em><span style="text-decoration: none;">take over Europe</span></em>'</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></u></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> There doesn’t seem to be an area of the world that isn’t under threat of war, both old grievances and new. All the while that everyone is saying peace, peace; the greater are the instances of war. Even to the point of nuclear confrontation. While there have always been wars, never has the widespread instances of flare-ups or the capabilities as great as now, not even in the WWII.<br /><br />The next horseman brings famine and death. Again look at the headlines.<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <h3><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=U&start=3&q=http://un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol16no4/164food1.htm&ei=YIClSbaRH5mMsQOv-_GrAg&usg=AFQjCNFCGLqurJ1Jy78GTl1mUynqMYSDLg"><em><span style="text-decoration: none;">Famine</span></em> spreads across <em><span style="text-decoration: none;">Africa</span></em></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <h3><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/KHII-6K256Z%3FOpenDocument&ei=hIClSbH3I4nYsAPYjPixAg&usg=AFQjCNEDbbHsYw8-qWdWMY6S42KmsmS6lg"><em><span style="text-decoration: none;">Indonesia</span></em>: <em><span style="text-decoration: none;">Famine</span></em> kills over 50 in Papua</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <h3><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=U&start=6&q=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1717572,00.html&ei=WYGlSZDtOZGksQOFvOibAg&usg=AFQjCNE7B7ks0noo17V4KY2cLCze3QI8PA">The World's Growing <em><span style="text-decoration: none;">Food</span></em>-<em><span style="text-decoration: none;">Price</span></em> Crisis</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <h3><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.ft.com/foodprices">FT.com / In depth / Rising cost of food</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <h3><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=U&start=2&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dq9SywTI3jsI&ei=54GlSYCBN5LQsAOV1ryeAg&usg=AFQjCNHf-ADnXz2lDD2iyuFK3FhKGVqkOg"><em><span style="text-decoration: none;">Genetically Modified GM POISON FOOD</span></em></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> Famines are world wide, weather changes, or diseases are wiping out crops. Now I hear farmers saying that planting crops will cost almost double what they will receive at harvest. Many are opting not to plant crops this spring. Genetically modified crops are not providing the nutrition as natural crops. Playing God and manipulating the genetics of life around us has had consequences that we do not yet fully realize. It has been shown that the nutrients in the GM crops are changed enough that our bodies are rejecting them as not nutritious. So even those who have food to eat are dying from malnutrition, many of today’s diseases are linked to our bodies not receiving the nutrients or vitamins to fight disease. Many of us suffer from scurvy but this is not being recognized as such. <br /><br /> I think we can see how we are well on our way to a world wide famine, even places that have lots of food will suffer from malnutrition. If our food is not providing the minerals, and vitamins our bodies need we will still die of malnutrition through disease or other ways. <br /><br /> Food prices are rising to levels that many cannot feed their families. Even families that are working are lacking in food due to living costs being so high. <br /><br /> The forth horseman brings a combination of the entire four horseman but even more so. Wars, weather changes (not due to global warming….global warming is a fraud) greed, control, disease and so on. <br /><br />For those of you that believe the global warming scare.<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in;"></p> <h3><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=U&start=3&q=http://acapella.harmony-central.com/archive/index.php/t-1161386.html&ei=3YilSbzaJ4S2nQf8zNGpBQ&usg=AFQjCNErg1WbK-wlDPdhjjaH0s60spqJZw">Overall, the polar <em><span style="text-decoration: none;">ice caps</span></em> are <em><span style="text-decoration: none;">growing</span></em> - not shrinking</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <h3><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=U&start=5&q=http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/10/antarctica-ice-cap-growth-reaches.html&ei=3YilSbzaJ4S2nQf8zNGpBQ&usg=AFQjCNHYp15iwyxPJg2sN9jJRVjsO4Qiig">Gateway Pundit: Antarctica <em><span style="text-decoration: none;">Ice Cap</span></em> Growth Reaches Record High</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <h3><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=U&start=9&q=http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index%3Fqid%3D20071210061016AA5x9El&ei=3YilSbzaJ4S2nQf8zNGpBQ&usg=AFQjCNHSuko1Gn78QjWzTmj3uSLoKso9pQ">Why are the <em><span style="text-decoration: none;">icecaps growing</span></em> on both poles??</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> Off topic but be aware. The Carbon tax is a tax on breathing, they finally figured out how to tax the air we breathe. Without CO2 we would have no O2.<br /><br /> Throughout the release of the horseman everything on earth progressively gets worse. Whether the first horseman has been released or not this earth will grow progressively worse. Satan’s generals have decided that Christ’s return is near and they will no longer hid or sneak around, 2009 will be a difficult year living expenses, food, crisis, weather events, monetary collapse. Some of these began unraveling last year as I warned in Feb 2008, what began last year will accelerate this year. There will be signs of others beginning this year. We don’t know God’s time line; we don’t know when Christ will retrieve us from this earth. We do know that it will be before the worst of it hits but we will be tested one final time. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in;"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in;"><span style=""> </span> </p> In 2009 watch for economies to fall, watch for wars, watch for rising prices, if farmers cannot plant crops due to expenses then watch for scarcity of food. Will this all happen this year is unknown but it will happen.<br /><br /> Where do you stand? Are you in fear? Are you concerned with money? These are concerns that will end, but your eternal life will not end. Make the decision for God now. Stand firm on morals, and doctrine, now is not the time to try new approaches to Christ. Or to "change the way we do church", as one snake oil salesman states. Good intentions will not get you into heaven. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>If you are uncertain and want to commit renewed to Christ say this prayer<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color:green;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> Lord forgive my sins and shortcomings, I am sorry and repent of my sins. I commit myself to you and praise you for the gift of eternal life. I believe in your death on the cross and resurrection, virgin birth, and coming return. I ask you to take control of my life and aid me in living for you. Guide me from false doctrine and false prophets; I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and savior. Amen.<br /><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color:green;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="color:green;">Biblically Correct Ministries (BC Ministries)</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /><span style="color:green;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-72150516428297923722009-02-22T20:25:00.014-07:002009-02-23T17:57:37.171-07:00The World EconomyI wrote this article 1 year ago Feb 2008, and warned everyone to get out of the stock markets..... no one listened!! <span style="">How much have you lost?<br /></span><h4><span style=""> </span><span style="font-size:14;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">He Who Dies With The Most Toys...</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Loses!</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></h4> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Luke 12:15-21</span> ..."Be on your guard against covetousness in any shape or form. For a man's real life in no way depends upon the number of his possessions... A rich man's farmland produced heavy crops. So he said to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have no room to store this harvest of mine?' Then he said, 'I know what I'll do. I'll pull down my barns and build bigger ones where I can store all my grain and my goods and I can say to my soul, Soul, you have plenty of good things stored up there for years to come. Relax! Eat, drink, and have a good time!' But God said to him, 'You fool, this very night you will be asked for YOUR SOUL!...' That is what happens to the man who hoards things for himself and is not rich in the eyes of God."</p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Revelation 6:5-6</span> "When The Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!" </p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Ezek 7:19 "They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity."</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p>The bible gives a clear description of the world in the last days, and with the condition the markets are in it certainly sounds as if Christ is returning soon. I don’t believe this is the last big drop but I do think that each one we get through will only make the next one worse. People world wide are panicking with the drop of the stock markets, and the collapsing of the<br />banks, the bible predicts the collapse of the economy clearly. The market losses since January 1 2008(remember I wrote this in 2008)makes 1929 look miniscule in comparison, and yet through propaganda we are still optimistic. If we are to be optimistic in something it should be in the Lord and His promise to care for us and of His soon return. We should not however be optimistic in the economy or of anything that man values. It’s clear that those who remain will lose everything no matter how much you have in the bank or in the markets it will all be gone, one way or another. In Revelations it talks about the coming of the black horseman food will be so expensive that it will take a days wages to feed a man for a day. With the famine and other catastrophes on the earth inflation will be at an all time high in every area. To put your faith in money as a replacement God is foolish, God can look after you far better than money. <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2 Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Prov 11:4,28</span> Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death... Whoever trusts in his riches will fall...</p> <h4 style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >Zephaniah </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:time minute="18" hour="13"><span style="font-weight: normal;">1:<span class="sup">18</span></span></st1:time></span><span class="sup" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.<o:p></o:p></span></h4> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -45pt 0.0001pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></p>Proverbs 11:4, 28 talks of how useless money will be, Zephaniah 1:18 is clear that money won’t help us in the end. God can’t be bribed. We have come under the belief that we can have our cake and eat it too, after all this is what every commercial and advertisement tells us. But God doesn’t see it that way we can have one or the other not both. Were there wealthy Godly men in the bible? Of course there was but if we could study more in depth we would find that their success came in a different fashion then what we forcibly try to achieve today under our own power. We like to use the rich men that God speaks highly of in the scriptures to justify our chase after the gold ring ( the ring is no longer brass, inflation). The biggest problem is not the corruption in the world but the fact that the church no longer sees right or wrong and all is being blended into the New World Church. The church has become blind to evil and many churches no longer have discernment that is required to know good from evil. The revived spiritualism of the 21st century, we will find that this is scriptures coming true. Scriptures tells us that the last days the church will be in error.<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -45pt 0.0001pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p> <h4><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >2 Thessalonians 2:<span class="sup">3</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="sup"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come </span><u style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">a falling away first</u><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;</span><o:p></o:p></span></h4> <h4 style="margin-left: -0.5in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This vThis Verse refers to a falling away from the true faith, the apostasy of the end times.<o:p></o:p></span></h4> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.25in; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="redheading" style="font-size:100%;">Luke 18:8 </span>…. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -45pt 0.0001pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -45pt 0.0001pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p>Christ questions whether there will be faith left on the earth, what does that statement say about the shape of the church in last days? Christians should have little to worry about as far as losing money in the markets since stocks are little more than gambling, Christians should be against this, right? Unfortunately sitting around the board table at church no one talks about going to one of the many casinos popping up, but many talk of the state of their stocks and early retirement funds. This shouldn’t be something that a Christian should be talking about since we are to have only one God.<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -45pt 0.0001pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -9pt; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Luke <st1:time minute="13" hour="16">16:13</st1:time> </span>"No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p>You can not have your cake and eat it too; Christ said the same thing only in the terms recognizable at the time. You cannot serve both God and money. Stocks certainly shouldn’t be the talk of Elders in a church but it is. To have so much riding on the markets or banks is nothing more than a substitute God. We seem to have more faith in banks, institutions, and even rocks for healing than we do in God. I see Christian’s everyday wearing the magnetic stones, copper bracelts and many other "magical" rocks to heal them. They claim how much better they feel, no wonder God wants to once again end this society. Eastern mysticism is now an acceptable form of worship in our churches.<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Job 31:24-25,28</span><span style=""> </span>"If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security,' if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained... then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high."</p> <p style="margin: 5pt -27pt 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p>Job deemed anything that would distract him from focusing on God a sin worthy of judgment; he considered it unfaithful to God to be so worried and preoccupied with money. It seems the longer we are on this earth the more corrupt we become, we don’t even realize it because it has become common place and acceptable. We truly are now calling evil good and good evil.<p style="margin: 5pt -27pt 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! </span><br /><br />Advice on Security Investing<h4 style="margin: 5pt -27pt 5pt -0.5in;"></h4> <p style="margin-right: -27pt; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">1 Timothy 6:17-19 Tell those who are rich in this present world not to be contemptuous of</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">others, and not to rest the weight of their confidence on the transitory power of wealth but on</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">the living God, who generously gives us everything for our enjoyment. Tell them to do good, to</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">be rich in kindly actions, to be ready to give to others and to sympathize with those in distress.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Their security should be invested in the life to come, so that they may be sure of holding a</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">share in the life which is real and permanent.</span><p style="margin-right: -27pt; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></p> <p style="margin-right: -27pt; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Luke 12:29-34</span> "You must not set your heart on what you eat or drink, nor must you live in a state of anxiety. The whole heathen world is busy about getting food and drink, and your Father knows well enough that you need such things. No, set your heart on his kingdom, and your food and drink will come as a matter of course... Sell your possessions and give the money away to those in need. Get yourselves purses that never grow old, inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief can ever reach it, or moth destroy it. For where your treasure is, you may be certain that your heart will be there too!"</p> <p style="margin-right: -27pt; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">1 Tim 6:8-10 Surely then, as far as physical things are concerned, it is sufficient for us to</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">keep our bodies fed and clothed. For men who set their hearts on being wealthy expose</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">themselves to temptation. They fall into a trap and lay themselves open to all sorts of silly</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">and wicked desires, which are quite capable of utterly ruining and destroying their souls.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">For loving money leads to all kinds of evil, and some men in the struggle to be rich have lost their faith and caused themselves untold agonies of mind.</span><p style="margin-right: -27pt; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Here are some investments worthy of a man of God. If you want to hedge your bets and value in</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> the world invest in these things.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Proverbs 11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">branch.<br /><br />1 Timothy 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">How true is that today, the more money you have the more you want, your goals are always<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">being raised, always achieving more, is this way of life biblical, NO. Today’s society teaches<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">either directly or indirectly through television, radio, and news that you are a loser if you are<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">not out constantly competing or achieving higher monetary goals. The church has also fallen</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> into this, but I have yet to find scripture that has not been twisted to support this.<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Prov 23:4-5 </span>Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.</p> <p style="margin: 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It is considered wisdom to not to strive to become wealthy or even save so much for the</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">future to retire well, as Luke 12:15-21 tells us. Restraint in the world today of course is</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">negative word; society would have us believe that we should deny ourselves nothing, restrain</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ourselves in no way.</span><p style="margin: 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Luke 12:15-21</span> ..."Be on your guard against covetousness in any shape or form. For a man's real life in no way depends upon the number of his possessions... A rich man's farmland produced heavy crops. So he said to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have no room to store this harvest of mine?' Then he said, 'I know what I'll do. I'll pull down my barns and build bigger ones where I can store all my grain and my goods and I can say to my soul, Soul, you have plenty of good things stored up there for years to come. Relax! Eat, drink, and have a good time!' But God said to him, 'You fool, this very night you will be asked for YOUR SOUL!...' That is what happens to the man who hoards things for himself and is not rich in the eyes of God."</p> <p style="margin: 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p>Today what this farmer did is equivalent to us saving or investing in a retirement plan, RRSP’s, bonds, and all the various savings plans. When I read this I thought there must be another explanation, I always thought that saving up your money was responsible thing to do, Preparing for the future. There is only one reason to prepare, unless God instructs us to, and that is that we don’t trust God to provide for us. <p><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Matthew 6:25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 28 And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will He not much more clothe you, <span style="font-weight: bold;">O you of little faith</span>? 31"So do not worry, saying, `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?' 32 <span style="font-weight: bold;">For the pagans run after all these things</span>, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."</span><span style=""><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=""></span></p>When we take matters into our own hands and store up money and goods, God considers us without faith, He equates worrying about money and striving to earn more as what the pagans do. Worrying about the future of our finances is wrong as verse 34 shows. This passage alone tells me the poor condition of my faith. The are times when Gods forewarns us of troubles that he wants us to prepare, but knowing the difference requires discernment, this is where a strong knowledge of the bible comes in useful so that the Holy Spirit may give us the discernment when we need it. God considers us hoarding money away as turning to a false God, when we rely on money to get us through bad times. Is that what scriptures teach us? Scriptures tells us to rely on God. The world tells us to rely on money.<p style="margin: 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Phil 4:11-13</span> ...For I have learned to be content, whatever the circumstances may be. I know now how to live when things are difficult and I know how to live when things are prosperous. In general and in particular I have learned the secret of eating well or going hungry--of facing either plenty or poverty. I am ready for anything through the strength of the One who lives within me.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 9pt; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Prov 30:8-9 </span>...Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, "Who is the Lord?" Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p>God teaches us to not waste our money and to be good stewards of what God gives us but not<br />to hoard it. We have grown accustom to relying on money, grocery stores, government, and a multitude of other organizations and false Gods that we don’t really rely on God no matter how much we fool ourselves into thinking other wise.<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a name="lu_18_8">Luke 18:8</a></span> …. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"</p> <p style="margin: 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p>Christ asked his disciples a very telling question, Christ was questioning if He will find faith<br />in the earth when he returns. This tells us that the our faith in the last days will not be a true faith, we will think that we have faith but it will not be what God calls faith. I recently received a diary of one of my ancestors as they made the trip from Europe to Canada.They were persecuted in Europe for their faith in God and wanted to come to Canada to have freedom. (Something that is a mere shadow of what it once was) but regardless they made the trip to Canada and kept a diary of the journey. The one thing that stood out in the journal for me is the unquenchable faith they had. The day started with God, continued with God and ended with God. Even through death of a loved one they gave glory to God thankful for everything large, small or troublesome. Everyday had a bible verse appended for the day. It reminded me more of the prophets of old and the undying faith they had. Satan has designed this world to distract us from God and to make think we are worshiping God but really heading in a wrong direction. He would have been stupid not to attempt this deception, with that in mind how can we continue to be fooled and not realize the rocky road we have been lead down?<p style="margin: 5pt -0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Ps 37:7,16</span> Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way... Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked.</p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Heb 13:5</span> "Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have."</p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Eze 28:2-10</span> ..."Thus says the Lord God, 'Because your heart is lifted up and you have said, 'I am a God...' yet you are a man and not God, although you make your heart like the heart of God... You have acquired riches for yourself... and your heart is lifted up because of your riches--Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you... and they will draw their swords... and defile your splendor... and you will die... Will you still say, 'I am a god,' in the presence of your slayer, although you are a man and not God, in the hands of those who wound you?'"</p> <p style="margin: 5pt -27pt 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></p>How many of you are happy and secure because you have a good sum of money in the bank? Were you as content when you had none? If not what do you have faith in money or God, God has never changed but your money situation has.<p style="margin: 5pt -27pt 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Heb 13:5</span> "Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have."</p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Prov 23:4-5 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Mat 6:19-21 "Do not save riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy,and robbers break in and steal. Instead, save riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal. For your heart will always be where your riches are."</span> <p style="margin: 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p>The scriptures relate a rich man with spiritual poverty, how many of us would balk at this<br />statement and yet it’s true.<p style="margin: 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">James 1:9-11 The brother who is in need may be proud because God has raised him to the true riches. The rich may be proud that God has shown him his spiritual poverty... Just as surely will the rich man and his ways fall into the blight of decay.</p> <p style="margin: 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p>Society teaches us to be ashamed if we are materially poor, opposite of the word of God and yet even as Christians we fall into the snare of Satan. Even in our churches we treat those of wealth different than those that have little. On most church boards you will have wealthy men or business men, as if they have God’s ear. Not all churches but many quietly look to those of means as having God’s blessings greater than one who works for minimum wage. Did this thinking come from God or is it an illusion designed by Satan? If it’s not in line with the word<br />of God then we must change this. I almost hate using the word change because the Emerging church and its change agents has overused the need for change in the church, unfortunately they want to head in another erroneous direction. But regardless of the misdirection of Satan the church and Christians need to change but in a direction strictly in line with the Word Of God.<p style="margin: 5pt -0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></p><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Ps 49:16-19 Do not be overawed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases; for he will take nothing with him when he dies, his splendor will not descend with him. Though while he lived he counted himself blessed--and men praise you when you prosper--he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of life. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Luke 9:25 "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?"</span><br /><br />In HIS Service<br />BC Ministries (Biblically Correct Ministries)<p style="margin-left: -0.5in;"></p><p style="margin-left: -0.5in;"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Prov 30:8-9 ...Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, "Who is the Lord?" Or I may</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. </span><br /><br />BC Ministries<br /><br />February 21 2009<br /><br />Last year I warned everyone to leave the stock markets, this year they will lose more money, can you see the signs or have you been blinded?<br /><br />Diakonos<p style="margin-left: -0.5in;"><br /></p> <p><o:p> </o:p></p>Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-70940543540648131832009-02-11T13:03:00.001-07:002009-02-11T14:25:01.092-07:00New Age and A.W.Tozer Part 1<div style="text-align: justify;"> New Age Spiritualism in our Churches?<br /> Part 2<br /> Emerging Church, New Age Spiritualism and A.W.Tozer <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">II Thessalonians 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;</span><br /><br />Apostate Church:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">“The last thing many believers need today is to go to another Bible study. Rick Warren PDL; p.231;</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">“VATICAN CITY, NOV. 30, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Whoever seeks peace and the good of the community with a pure conscience, and keeps alive the desire for the transcendent, will be saved even if he lacks biblical faith, says Benedict XVI.” </span><br /><br />You can now be saved as long as you have good intentions, even if you lack biblical faith!!!!<br /><br /> I recently wrote an article on New Age teachings in our churches; I was not intending to write anymore on the subject in the near future. But with things happening so quickly I felt the need to at least update everyone on what is coming to a church near you. This is not a trend that will fade, it is the future of the “Christian” church, II Thessalonians confirms that.<br /><br /> I feel that we need to be aware of false doctrines in our midst so that we do not fall prey to the enemy. We are being taught that Christians have been a closed community, rude, narrow minded, too hard nosed about doctrine, unbending, and insisting that there is only one way to heaven.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 John 2:15-17 (KJV) </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.</span><br /><h3 style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">John 14:6 (King James Version)</span><span id="en-KJV-26675" class="sup"> 6</span>Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.</h3> <p> </p><i><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></i>This of course is hated by the world who thinks they will get to heaven on good intentions. How many times have you heard non believers say that they think they will get to heaven because they are basically a good person?<br /><br /> Now we are to change our strong belief in Christ and his teachings, now we are a stumbling block to non believers, well. Don’t talk to me, talk to God he made the rules I just stand by them. I am tired of being told that Christians are bad, yes we make mistakes, yes sometimes we give in and act like the secular world, yes we stumble. But the secular world is using this as an excuse, not a reason to bring Christianity to their level and well meaning Christians who think they are doing God’s will are falling for it and actually becoming secularized by it while still calling it Christian. Christians think that we are to be liked always, that is contrary to bible, the bible is clear that Christianity runs contrary to the world.<br /><br /><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span id="en-KJV-26718" class="sup"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">John 15:18</span> </span>If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="en-KJV-26719" class="sup">19</span> If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="en-KJV-26720" class="sup">20</span> Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="en-KJV-26721" class="sup">21</span> But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. </p><br />What we have been following is God’s instructions to us, if the non believers find it difficult so be it, it’s not my decision its God’s talk to Him. Just as Israel is giving up land for peace we are giving up doctrine for peace and acceptance. It’s not working for Israel and it won’t work for us. Christians are being taught that we are not liked because of not tipping enough, because of being intolerant of sin, because of following the word of God and not going with the flow of society, because we are dogmatic, because we are different, because we are a gated community we make people uncomfortable, give me a break the Holy Spirit makes sinners uncomfortable you know that, read your bible.<br /><br />If we are different than the rest of the world and the world resents it, that is what we are called to be. Wake up. This is all heresy and we wanting to be good Christians are following a false doctrine like sheep. Read your bible, don’t take my word for it take God’s, know the word yourself. Satan is taking advantage of us because many don’t get into the word daily, we are not in communication with God on a level that he can instruct us, and we are being lead astray.<br /><br /> This New Age teaching includes the Gospel of works so that we may look after mans temporary needs, which is a man centered Gospel, or Humanistic not Christ centered. You have all heard the phrase “how we do church.” This Churchianity is very appealing to many people because it fulfills our earthly needs and desires. It allows us to be comfortable and not try so hard and not feel guilty when we fail. This way we have some control on our destiny, funny how a generation that craves control in money, control in business, control in sports, control in politics, control in society, finds a way to take it from God and all the while calling it our Christian duty. Something that appeals to the flesh should be looked at very closely.<br /><br /> The New Age movement is nothing more than Gnostism with a 21st century spin on it, Satan has been trying it for millennia and today is gaining ground. Included with this is the gospel of Churchianity, where church is emphasized, small group’s play a big role in this. There are several themes synonymous with the emerging church, lone ranger Christians, church growth, small groups, community, works, social gospel, Churchianity, not criticizing the method, shunned out of the church if you disagree, unity, and the best one to always have a positive message.<br /><br /> A term you will hear time and time again is “there are no Lone Ranger Christians”, meaning that you are not a Christian unless you are a part of a group. The apostles who more times than not worked alone traveling from one town to another which at times took days, had major revelations when they were alone. The bible tells us to find a quiet alone place to talk to God. Even Jesus spent time alone to seek God’s will, he did not submit it to a committee and then discuss it endlessly as we are prone to do. The apostles were all Lone Rangers bringing a message that had not been heard before. So let’s start there with the Lone Ranger.<br /><br />The Lone Ranger<br /><br /> - Adam, A lone figure, created by God, in God’s own image and likeness, he was the beginning of the human race and establishes the criteria of spiritual Lone Rangers that echo down through the ages.<br /><br /> - “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” A lone, solitary figure, Enoch was translated by faith, because he pleased God (Hebrews 11:5). As a powerful prophet of God, Enoch prophesied of the judgment of God (Jude 14,15).<br /><br /> - “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord (Genesis 6:8). Noah also walked with God (Genesis 6:9). He was obedient to God in building the ark and was a preacher of righteousness (2 Peter 2:5). A lone, solitary figure, he continued building the ark for many years after he had prophesied the flood. Noah was mocked and misunderstood by all around him and yet stayed the course, a prime example of what today in Christian circles is a Lone Ranger. Noah built the first altar (Genesis 8:20), and was honored by God with the everlasting covenant of the rainbow (Genesis 9:12-17).<br /><br /> - Moses is another lone and solitary figure. 80 years old, his dream a faded memory, his strength ebbing with his advanced age, he was called by God to be a deliverer, a law-giver and leader of God’s people. This mighty man of God, despite his deficiencies, is a tremendous example of what a “Lone Ranger” of God can accomplish by hearing and obeying God. Moses was more than a prophet in that God spoke directly to him (Numbers 12:4-8).<br /><br /> - Amos was a herdsman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit, called by God. “Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel” (Amos 7:14,15).<br /><br /> - Jonah was called by God. “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me” (Jonah 1:2).<br /><br /> - John the Baptist’s birth and ministry were announced to his father by the angel Gabriel (Luke 1:8-17; 76-80). John the Baptist, was in fact, filled with the Holy Spirit while in his mother’s womb. No one told him that he needed to be a part of a small group to be a Christian.<br /><br /> - Paul, the apostle is probably our best example in the New Testament of the Lone Rangers that are called by God to be trained by Him. Paul attributes and his subsequent revelation of the gospel as a revelation of Jesus Christ, and God the Father. “Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)” ... “But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.” ... “For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ” (Galatians 1:1,11,12). Paul didn’t learn from a small group, he didn’t need a small group to confirm what God had shown him.<br /> “Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days” (Galatians 1:17,18). In a footnote in verse 17, The Ryrie Study Bible reads in part: “... Paul’s point is not to pinpoint the location but to emphasize that it was a place, in contrast to Jerusalem, where there was no apostle to instruct him. In Arabia he was alone with God, thinking through the implications of his encounter with the risen Christ on the Damascus road. ...”<br /><br /> When God has prepared His chosen vessel and the Lone Ranger training is completed, that vessel, filled to overflowing with the very presence of God, by Godly tutoring, must be poured out for the body of Christ “For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:” (Ephesians 4:12).<br /><br /> While the Lone Ranger probably won’t be the most common Christian that you find I think that demonizing him is out of line with the word of God. This only restricts the movement of the Holy Spirit in working in the world. Enforcing in Christians that majority rules, I think the bible is clear that the majority of the world won’t enter heaven. Many of the revelations in the bible came in times of being out of touch with other Christians, look at John and the book of Revelation. This with a healthy dose of discernment accomplishes Gods work. But in a world where to second guess ourselves is a weakness, discernment is tossed out. We are to test the spirits no matter who they are from even pastor’s sermons, but in the end we are answerable to God not man. I must add that demonizing the Lone Ranger serves the enemy who is even now preparing what he believes will be his kingdom. But I skipped to the end of the book and know what happens!<br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">I’m a nonconformist, twice born, and a rebel and I will not conform to the times. A.W.Tozer (amen)</span><br /><br />Church Growth<br /> - It seems that we are judging the spirituality of a church by how many members it has, this erroneous way of thinking is focusing on the church and not God. God doesn’t care how many members any particular church has but the correctness of its teachings. Success in Christianity cannot be measured by these standards, the secular world uses this yard stick but God has his own.<br /><br />Community<br /> - The bible teaches that we are to look after those around us and help when we can, but today’s focus on community with works creates a attitude that we can earn our way to heaven, or that we can be in control. The underlying Gospel of Works is one that again takes our focus off God and puts it on Me. Again I have heard it said you cannot be a good Christian unless you serve the felt needs of the community. Unfortunately this leads to compromising the word of God. How? In a world where the felt needs are clearly out of line with scriptures, this is being taken too far so that the unbeliever should feel comfortable. When the Holy Spirit clearly makes sinners uncomfortable. Again the flesh should be denied and the spirit emphasized.<br /><br />Social Gospel<br /> - The social gospel is one that emphasizes everyone getting along, including with pagan religions and unbelievers. I think you can see where this is leading. Christ never made any reference to us allowing pagan religions to join with Christians. Quite the opposite He told us not to associate with pagans lest we fall in the enemies hands.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? ( 2 Corinthians 6:14)</span><br /><br /> But the emerging Church and the ecumenical movement which is really one and the same, allows and looks for input from pagan beliefs of both physical and spiritual in accomplishing works.<br /> <br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Then you add in Muslims, you add in Hindus, you add in all the different religions, and you use those houses of worship as distribution centers, not just for spiritual care but health care.” Rick Warren</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">He doesn’t have to be a Christian. Find a non-Christian who’s influential and open a Muslim or an atheist.” Rick Warren</span><br /><br /> Rick Warren endorses spiritual care from other religions. Can you imagine going to a Wicca and asking for spiritual care. While Rick doesn’t say Wicca is there much of a difference between pagan beliefs? They worship the same false God.<br /><br />Churchianity<br /> - The emphases on a physical building or idea and growing that building or idea is again shifting our thoughts and focus to physical needs and not God. While our words say focus on God our actions more and more are the physical and not the spiritual. These are not things that will come with us to heaven.<br /><br />Do not Criticize the message<br /> - While I do not endorse causing trouble in the church and we all know that there are some that cause trouble at any little excuse, we are to test the message being taught and expose false doctrine. This blanket of not being critical does not cover false doctrine, but is being used by the emerging church to shut up all thought of anything being wrong. You are divisive if you even mention that the message may not be quite right. Again Pharisees come to mind. Hitler used Romans where Paul said to submit to those in authority, to prove that God wanted everyone to submit to him. That didn’t end so well.<br /><br />Shunned<br /> - The final important step in the emerging church is that if someone stops and thinks that maybe all of this is leading in the wrong direction, the leadership is taught (Purpose Driven Church) to use peer pressure, ridicule, and labeling to either change the person or get them to leave. Nice doctrine let me know how that works out with God.<br /> All of these areas are either extremism or just plain going in the wrong direction. I look at Rick Warrens teachings because he is the most prominent leader in the Emerging church movement, but he is by no means the only one promoting the One World Church. We are not to attack pastors and criticize every little thing they do, however false doctrine must not be tolerated. Rick is the example that you need to look for in identifying the trend of the emerging church. He has certainly put himself into his work and at times his intentions and actions seem quite noble, but that is not enough of a reason to overlook the false teachings that he preaches. But scriptures tell us that good intentions are not enough:<br /> <br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.” (Luke13:23-24)</span><br /><br /> Rick talks about how to have a healthy church in the book “Purpose Driven Church”, we are all looking to make our churches healthier but my question is do we listen to self help books on what is right in God's eyes or should we listen to God’s word. Revelation 2 and 3 gives us good insight in what God's values in a church and it doesn't sound like marketing and shifting methods to suit the times are involved. John writes letters to seven churches and praises or reprimands them accordingly, and gives us something to learn from. The bible if full of other instructions to the churches. Why then are we foolish enough to turn to secular man centered ideas to improve our churches? Is it because biblical methods are not exciting enough, in a culture that has a overload of stimuli we want exciting. But that doesn't mean that our methods of evangelizing that are clearly laid out in the God's word need to change. God calls us to remain constant in season and out, not shifting with different methods and programs. Constant means constant though the ages not just for now.<br /><br /> Being a Christian does not give us immunity to deception; actually it makes us a target for the biggest liar of them all. If Christians couldn't be deceived, then the Holy Spirit would be wrong about those who will "depart from the faith" (1 Timothy 4:1). The departure from the faith will be so great in the end days that Christ asks us if he will find faith on the earth when he returns.(Luke 18:8). Christ wasn't just speaking of those that would intentionally deceive us, but also includes those who with good hearts follow the wrong man and are lead down the wrong path, even a path that might appear parallel or maybe one that on the surface sounds very biblical to the correct path. But of course there can only be one path and we must be certain to test the spirits to be sure that we are on the right one.<br /><br /> The New Age Movement, the Inter faith movement, Emerging church, Ecumenical movement or any one of the many other names that this deception is masquerading as is nothing more than doctrines of devils, a new twist on the Gnostic belief. Some of the main themes of this false teaching are:<br /> <br />"One Truth," but many theologies: New Age belief 1:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“We believe we can learn truth -- I’ve learned a lot of truth from different religions. Because they all have a portion of the truth.” Rick Warren CNN Larry King Live, Aired November 22, 2004 </span><br /><br /> "One God," but many paths; New Age belief 2<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“One day we’re gonna stand before God and he is going to ask two questions. The first question is, ‘What did you do with my Son Jesus Christ?’ Not ‘What religion were you?’ Not what denomination, not what background, where did you go to church. We were created for a relationship, not a religion - not rituals, not rules, not regulations.” Rick Warren </span><br /><br />"One Church," but many expressions; New Age belief 3<br /><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“I happen to know people who are followers of Christ in other religions.” Rick Warren</span><br /><br /> "One Divine Life," but many 'little Christ’s: New Age belief 4 <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">"I have known many people who believe in the Messiah of Jesus, regardless of what religion they are, because they believe in him." Rick Warren </span><br /><br /> These ideas all give us a great deal of freedom in preaching, meaning that we can change the word to suit the times and it’s all justified. Also we are allowed to worship God however we please, if we want to chant, burn candles in a dark room, or practice meditation it’s all called worshiping in our own way. I will talk more on this disturbing blasphemy later.<br /><br />One truth yet many theologies is shown to us in our churches by saying that the Muslims worship the same God as Christians. But Muslims deny Christ is God, denies the Trinity and the resurrection.<br /><br />One God yet many paths, again I refer to Islam that is being reported as worshiping the same God as Christians, they are just doing church differently.<br /><br />One church yet many expressions, many different Christian sects are joining together in the Ecumenical movement that is backed by the Vatican and many other churches, all saying to ignore our differences (which includes pagan practices) and concentrate on what is the same. Joining with pagan beliefs and ignoring it, doesn't sound like what Christ taught.<br /><br /> The church is being deceived by the universal church which claims that the Christian teachings have not changed and yet anyone with eyes can see the changes. This simple claim seems to relax Christians and lulls them into a false state of everything is fine and nothing is wrong, we then relax all analytical thought. Slowly this is leading us to the counterfeit Christ and his future reign. When the anti Christ shows himself he will have many followers even well meaning Christians. This new universal Christ is tolerant of many faiths and religions; I would still like anyone to find that in the bible.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">"The religion of the future will be a general converging of religions in a universal Christ that will satisfy all In the end, it is hoped that the Christian will become a better Christian and each Hindu a better Hindu." Jesuit theologian Father Jacques Dupuis, at the 2003 interfaith congress "The Future of God"*</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"> "I happen to know people who are followers of Christ in other religions." Rick Warren</span><br /><br />Sounds like they agree.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">"I have known many people who believe in the Messiah of Jesus, regardless of what religion they are, because they believe in him." Rick Warren </span><br /><br /> But do they believe in the Trinity, resurrection, and that Christ is God? The answer is no and Rick doesn't have a problem with that.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">"The day is dawning when all religions will be regarded as emanating from one great spiritual source; all will be seen as unitedly providing the one root out of which the universal world religion will inevitably emerge. Then there will be neither Christian nor heathen, neither Jew nor Gentile, but simply one great body of believers, gathered out of all the current religions." Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul(Esoteric Philosophy)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">"The church is bigger than any organization in the world. Then you add in Muslims, you add in Hindus, you add in all the different religions, and you use those houses of worship as distribution centers, not just for spiritual care but health care." Rick Warren</span><br /><br />It’s easy to see the roots of eastern mysticism in the teachings in our churches.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">"I could take you today to a million villages they got a church. Or they got a synagogue. They got something. They got a house of worship. The church(he is speaking of not just Christian churches buts he likes to lump all temples, synagogues, and other pagan worship places in with Christians. He uses words to confuse the issue....) is the biggest organization in the world. And I came up with a thing called the P.E.A.C.E. Plan. When Jesus sent the disciples out, he said, 'When you go into a village, you find the man of peace.' Now this person doesn't have to be a Christian. You find the person of peace, and then you begin to do the P.E.A.C.E. Plan. Now why am I telling this to you? Because we're going public with it this next year in 2006. And I believe it will change the world." Rick Warren </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“… you go in and you deal with gatekeepers, for instance, like pastors, priests, rabbis, imams, whoever you would call, we call them the man of peace, or the woman of peace …” Rick Warren</span><br /><br /> These are two quotes to 2 different audiences but similar words only he adds that rabbis, imams and whoever also be included. Rick earlier misquoted the verse and took the words “man of peace” from it and now he is using the same words in relation to pagan beliefs. Do you think this is what God had in mind? This is nothing more than thought reform or playing with your mind to get you to relate everything together, to see things differently while still thinking it’s about God. Classic psychology 101. You can see how Rick expands on these ideas each time he repeats these words, each time stretching you a little further along to fall into his way of thinking. The term is change agent.<br /><br />Truth becomes the sacrifice:<br /><br />• when absolutism(believing in only black and white no areas of Gray, neither right or wrong) is out, and relativism(believing that there is many ways to God) is in; Entice Christians to question and rethink what God really said. This is easily done by producing books and “Bible” versions that incrementally change what God said. This way they won’t notice they have been deceived into changing the message and following lies rather than the truth.<br /><br />• when obedience is out, pragmatism is in; Entice Christians to believe that whatever “works” is acceptable to God. This way they won’t notice they have been deceived into rethinking the world’s ways as obedience rather than the disobedience God’s Word says they are.<br /><br />• Gradually Transform the Gospel of Faith into a Gospel of Works. Entice Christians to believe that service is the most important aspect of faith. This draws them into the zealousness of serving the world’s temporal needs. This way they won’t notice they have been deceived into devoting a dwindling amount of time and resources toward preaching the Gospel of Christ and bringing those in the world to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.<br /><br />• Gradually Transform the Faith of the Narrow Way into a Faith on the Broad Way. Entice Christians to believe that judging truth and error is unloving, divisive, and intolerant. This draws them into silencing those exercising discernment rather than those spreading heresy. This way they won’t notice they have been deceived into a pursuit of unity with the world that has truly united them with the world.(Don’t criticize the message)<br /><br />• when teaching is out, and dialog is in; We are no longer to preach but to talk. Preaching indicates authority and talking is compromise.<br /><br />• when thus saith the Lord is out, and consensus of opinion is in; Again Thus saith the Lord is absolute, but consensus is what everyone agrees with even non believers.<br /><br />• when using Scripture to judge right and wrong is out, and unity with tolerance at all costs is in; Don't preach to people so that we can make up our own mind what is right.<br /><br />• when the narrow way is out, and the broad way is in. When the biblical narrow way is out then the wide road of any faith is in.<br /><br /> While Christians have slept, the new way of thinking and acting has been built up underneath the old, leaving the old to crumble virtually without notice.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” (2 Timothy 4:3-4)</span><br /><br />What have these teachers and itching ears brought us:<br /><br />• Heresy is now called faith. But uncompromising faith in the truth is called heretical.<br /><br />• Learning “truths” of foolishness from the world is called wisdom and staying relevant, but following wisdom from God’s Word of truth is called quarrelsome, divisiveness and irrelevantly old-fashioned.<br /><br />• False prophets are called prophets of God, but God’s watchmen (who speak God’s Word rather than a vision of their own heart and who warn of sin and judgment) are called false prophets, doomsday prophets, and neo-Pharisees.<br /><br />• Affirming the Body in its worldly disobedience is called building up (acceptance of sinful living), but admonishing the Body to live in holy obedience (standing firm on living a Christ like lifestyle) is called tearing down, hateful, divisive.<br /><br />• A gospel of works is called a gospel of faith, but living in Christian faith is called elitism.<br /><br />• Ungodliness is called righteousness, but Godliness is called legalism.<br /><br />• Unifying different faiths is called fulfilling God’s Great Commandment of love, but faithfulness to God and His Word is called unloving divisiveness.<br /><br />• Quoting the world is called teaching, but quoting the Holy Scriptures your called dogmatic.<br />• Unbelievers are called Christians, but true Christians are called intolerants.<br /><br />• Humanistic teachings are called God-centered and not about you, but true theology of God is called self-centered dogmatism.<br /><br />• The word of man is called truth, but the Word of God is called metaphor and stories.<br /><br />• Learning “truth” from other faiths that follow false gods is called humility, but preferring to learn spiritual truth only from the faith given in the true God’s Holy Scriptures is called arrogance.<br /><br />• Believing that every different perspective of Jesus is right(accepting what other beliefs say about Christ) is called a celebration of Jesus and a celebration of mystery, but believing only in the Lord Jesus Christ as set forth in the Holy Scriptures is called narrow-mindedness.<br /><br />• Believing that everyone has the right to interpret Scripture, doctrine, and faith in their own way (which is relativism and places Scripture under the ‘authority’ of man) is called a celebration of diversity and humility, and believing that these things are not of private interpretation but set forth by God through His Holy Spirit as absolute truth is called intolerance and self-righteousness.<br /><br />• Denying the faith in favor of interfaith conversation and experience is called love and grace (creating a consensus between Christianity and other beliefs), but standing on the understandable certainty of the Lord Jesus Christ (believing the Word of God is true and contending for its truth) is called hatred and religious bigotry.<br /><br />• Uniting light and darkness (creating areas of gray) is called the way of love and service and truth, but discerning the difference between light and darkness, truth and error, right and wrong is called negative judgmentalism, heresy hunting, and a critical spirit.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!… Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!” (Isaiah 5:20-21, 23)</span><br /><br />In the name of purpose, truth is being sacrificed on the altar of unity.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” (Proverbs 16:25 & 14:12)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.” (Ephesians 5:6-11)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“The last thing many believers need today is to go to another Bible study. They already know far more than they are putting into practice. (PDL; p. 231; )</span><br /><br /> Ricks comment is universal in the New Age or emerging church movement, I personally believe that if we would spend more time in the bible and prayer we would develop a closer relationship with God, then we would be able to discern His voice and know right from wrong, but that would mean we were a Lone Ranger. My dad always asked me “if your friends jumped off a bridge would you too?” I guess today the answer would be yes.<br /><br /> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“… they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.” (Romans 10:2)</span><br /><br /> Christians, well meaning who have hearts for the Lord, in other words good people wanting to learn more so they are turning to books written by men instead of digging into the word of God. We are being lead to think that this program or that program in our study group will lead us to new insights. I have news for you if your insights are coming from a man instead of God then we have problems.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.” (Proverbs 19:27)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.” (Galatians 1:6-10)</span><br /><br /> It's written here that we are not here to please men but God and yet the emerging church pleases all men regardless of what belief they belong to. The theme to make everyone feel important and special, this is something that the flesh wants not the spirit. While we are all loved by God and that is special enough, building ones ego is not.<br /><br />Emerging church theme is to bring all people together, something that not even Christ did, remember who killed him. Yet the Ecumenical Movement work hard at pleasing all men. Let’s face it preaching the true untwisted word of God is going to hit some people hard and they won't like it. And yet the Ecumenical Movement brings very different beliefs together in an unholy alliance and calls it tolerance and love. Looks like tolerance is just another word for compromise. The fact that a Humanistic movement (man centered) which twists Scripture in order to align with worldly “wisdom” is enjoying global popularity in churches is merely a sign of our times regarding the tremendous lack of knowledge in today’s Christianity. Humanism has become so commonplace and accepted that not only are its teachings not even recognized as such any more, but they are actually believed to be centered on God instead of man!<br /><br />Contrary to what is being taught in the Purpose-Driven Paradigm, the world does not reject Christianity because the churches are doing a poor job of presenting Christ or because Christians are bad. The world rejects true Christianity because it is founded on Christ. Change Christianity to center it on the world, and the world will jump right in. But then what you are left with is no longer Christianity but merely an extension of the world into the churches.<br /><br /> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">“The Church has sprung a leak and the world is leaking into the Church.” A.W. Tozer</span><br /><br />Positive Message<br /> A main theme of the Emerging Church is always having a positive message. While the overall message for believers is positive, there are a lot of sobering and contemplative messages contained in the bible, all of which are off limits to the New Age agenda.<br /> Psychology through the secular world has taught us to always be positive, never feel gulity about the things you may of done, and no one has a right to make you feel bad or tell you that your wrong or actions are wrong.<br /> It was just a matter of time before this teaching would slither into the church. Preaching the “positive” message of Jesus is certainly biblical. The Bibles says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Phil. 4:13). That's certainly positive. It says, “My God shall supply all of your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19). Preaching about that should certainly attract a crowd. The Bible teaches that, “He will fulfill the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4). “He will establish your plans” (Prov. 16:3), and “No good thing will be withheld” (Psalm 84:11). The Bible teaches that, “The floodgates of heaven will be opened up” (Mal. 3:10). Yes the Bible is a positive book. But to always put a positive spin on messages negates half the bible and the message of judgment. Without a nonbeliever hearing the full message of Christ how can he really be saved?<br /><br />Changing our methods?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“The message must never change, but the methods must change. If you change the message, you are a heretic. At the same time, however, I also believe that if you continue to share it in an outdated mode, for instance, like a preaching style that was effective a hundred years ago, you are actually making the message watered down because people can’t hear it.” Rick Warren</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“Are you being faithful to God’s Word if you insist on communicating it in an outdated style? I contend that when a church continues to use methods that no longer work, it is being unfaithful to Christ!” Rick Warren</span><br /><br /> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">“Heresy of method may be as deadly as heresy of message.” A.W. Tozer</span><br /><br />Today’s Christianity clearly doesn’t realize that God’s message and method are tied together because of the nature of His light, which is God Himself and His Word. Preaching the Word of God is God’s message and method because it is in the light of God, not in the ways of the world, that mankind is enlightened in understanding His truth. Nevertheless, preaching is considered to be old-fashioned foolishness by today’s leaders who prefer to follow the world’s ‘wisdom’ and cater to the world’s chosen wickedness. Yet God Himself is the One Who chose the foolishness of preaching:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.” (1 Corinthians 1:18-29)</span><br /><br />The apostle Paul did not cater to what the Jews or the Greeks wanted. Even knowing that his message and method would be a stumbling block and considered foolishness to them, he served God, not man, and preached Christ crucified whether they would hear or not. Obedience, not results, is the greater issue.<br /><br /> In his generation, A.W. Tozer also faced “advocates of compromise” who sought to make the world “feel at home” in the churches:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">“Any evangelism which by appeal to common interests and chatter about current events seeks to establish a common ground where the sinner can feel at home is as false as the altars of Baal ever were.… A.W. Tozer</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">“One of the most popular current errors, and being carried on in evangelical circles these days, is the notion that as times change the church must change with them. Christians must adapt their methods by the demands of the people go along with them give them what they want. ‘The message is the same, only the method changes,’ say the advocates of compromise.” A.W. Tozer</span><br /><br />Tozer stood his ground against the crowd who insisted on the necessity of conforming to the times and finding common ground with everybody:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">“The fish that goes along with the current hasn’t any trouble with the current, but as soon as he starts the other way the current gets sore at him. Just as long as you go the way the wind blows, everybody will say you’re very fine and commend you for being deeply religious. If you decide to go God’s way instead of the way the wind blows they’ll say that your roof leaks or that something has happened to you that you’re a fanatic. You can go along with the times or you can be like Zechariah and Elizabeth and refuse to go along with the times. Personally I’ve decided that a long time ago. They say that if you don’t conform to the times and find a common ground for getting along with everybody that nobody will listen to you. The more I’m nonconformist the more people want to hear me.” A.W. Tozer</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">“I’ve been told that I’ve missed the boat but I reply that I wasn’t trying to catch that boat. That boat and a lot of others like it can go on without me and I’ll be quite happy. We can conform to the religion of our times if we want to.” A.W. Tozer</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">“I weigh 145 pounds dripping wet, but I stand here to tell you that I’m a nonconformist, twice born, and a rebel and I will not conform to the times. Up to now I’ve been able to get a hearing and refused to conform to the times. But if a day ever comes when to conform to the times is the price you have to pay to be heard, then I’ll go out and start where I started before on the street corner and preach there. But I won’t conform to the times.” A.W. Tozer</span> (AMEN)<br /><br /> You can put me in that category as well.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">“They say you are supposed to do it. They say, ‘Don’t you know we have the same message but it’s just different times we’re living in.’ I know the voice of the serpent when I hear it. The hiss of the serpent is in that and I recognize that. So we can either conform or we can withdraw from the whole business, and Paul says, ‘From such turn away.’” A.W. Tozer</span><br /><br /> A.W. Tozer (Aiden Wilson Tozer 1897-1963) a missionary Alliance Preacher and writer of several books saw the same things happening in his generation. Satan has been trying to get his message into the church for centuries, but it seems only now are we arrogant enough to listen. The arrogance today combined with our exaggerated feelings of self are leading us to satisfying our itching ears and listen to doctrines of devils.<br /><br /> The Purpose Driven paradigm is accelerating our decent into Churchianity replacing Christianity. Because "true" Christianity follows Christ, Jesus Christ is the foundation of what is done and taught. On the other hand, Churchianity is about “doing church,” so the church is the focus of everything that is done and taught. Following the same path as Roman Catholicism, today’s Churchianity is teaching the false gospel that complete salvation is only found in and through belonging to a church.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“A church family identifies you as a genuine believer. I can’t claim to be following Christ if I’m not committed to any specific group of disciples.” (PDL; p. 133;)</span><br /><br /> Think carefully about this. In other words, we can only be genuine believers who follow Christ if we commit to a local church! On the contrary, the true and unchanged Gospel of Christ clearly declares that faith in the Lord Jesus Christ—not faith + commitment to a local church—is the means by which we become followers of Christ. So by continuing in His Word we are truly His disciples.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.” (John 8:31)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">“The leadership of the church is shifting its paradigm from didactic (preaching) to dialectic (debate leading to compromise) in addressing the problems found in its own fellowship and in the world. Tools utilized by Satan in his deception of Eve are being utilized by the Church Growth agenda today. What makes this process so lethal is its utilization of scriptures to cover its agenda. It no longer focuses upon translation which is built upon the word ‘Is’, it has moved through interpretation which is built upon the phrase ‘I feel,’ to where it is now extrapolation (picking and choosing and then redefining) from the word of God those scriptures which justify its desired outcome, that being the rebuilding of the church on a human relationship paradigm.” Dean Gotcher, founder and director of the Institution for Authority Research </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">Churchianity!</span><br /><br />In Churchianity, commitment to a local church is imperative.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“The Bible says a Christian without a church home is like an organ without a body, a sheep without a flock, or a child without a family. It is an unnatural state. The Bible says, ‘You belong in God’s household with every other Christian.’ [endnote: Ephesians 2:19b (LB)]” (PDL; p. 132;)</span><br /><br />What Ephesians really states:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.” (Ephesians 2:18-19)</span><br /><br />Not the same thing Rick.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“You must be connected to a church fellowship to survive spiritually.” Rick 40 Days of Community Workbook</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“Any organ that is detached from the body will not only miss what it was created to be, it will also shrivel and die quickly. The same is true for Christians that are uncommitted to any specific congregation.” Rick Warren</span><br /><br />Many cults say the same thing, that only through the group are you worthy or worth anything at all. This type of system is necessary for the control needed in the one world church; we can see it being organized before our eyes. Peer pressure, fear of ostrization, fear of standing out, all is used against those in a cult.<br /><br />Pastors learning Mysticism<br /><br />The New Age teachings that are becoming common at many of the large pastor conferences are definitely a sign of the occult entering Christianity. Prayer in the true faith of Christianity, is simply talking to God. We don’t “practice” or “develop the habit” of talking to those we love! Turning prayer into a ritual or a method or a mystical practice denies who God is and what He says about prayer.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“One way [to ‘pray all the time’] is to use ‘breath prayers’ throughout the day You choose a brief sentence or a simple phrase that can be repeated to Jesus in one breath …” (PDL; p. 89)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“With practice you can develop the habit of praying silent ‘breath prayers’ for those you encounter.” (PDL; p. 299)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“Confession is ‘spiritual breathing’. Exhale your sins, inhale God’s love.” Rick Warren</span><br /><br />Interesting that Eastern Mystics say the same thing as Rick.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“Then, when you breathe out, feel that you are breathing out all the rubbish inside you … Anything inside your system that you call undivine, anything that you do not want to claim as your own, feel that you are exhaling” Sri Chinmoy</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“When you have perfected this spiritual breathing, all your impurity and ignorance will be replaced by God’s light, peace and power.” Sri Chinmoy Centre</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"> Aside from the fact that exhaling your sins, is sheer nonsense, “spiritual breathing” is an occultic method taught by Eastern gurus, such as Sri Chinmoy, for exhaling one’s impurities (sins) and inhaling things of God. It is based on the Eastern belief in pantheism that “All is One All is God and God is All.” </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Sri Chinmoy(Eastern Mystic)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“When you breathe in, if you can feel that the breath is coming directly from God, from Purity itself, then your breath can easily be purified. Then, each time you breathe in, try to feel that you are bringing infinite peace into your body.…</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“Feel that you are breathing in not air but cosmic energy and that you are going to use it to purify your body, vital, mind and heart. It is flowing like a river inside you, washing and purifying your entire being. Then, when you breathe out, feel that you are breathing out all the rubbish inside you Anything inside your system that you call undivine, anything that you do not want to claim as your own, feel that you are exhaling.…</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“When you have perfected this spiritual breathing, all your impurity and ignorance will be replaced by God’s light, peace and power.” Sri Chinmoy Centre </span><br /><br /> The practice of breathing, meditation, and centering is occultist and practiced by spiritualists in finding there inner guide or spirit guide, communing with the source or universal consciousness. Even though this is occultist some of the large pastoral meetings that are taking place are including such classes as meditation, spiritual breathing and yoga. All forms of eastern meditation. The National Pastors Conference is an annual conference many pastors attend. Two years ago Rick Warren was invited to speak to thousands of pastors, this conference has a Yoga workshop which is self explanatory, they have a Labyrinth which consists of walking in maze, spiritual breathing and listening to “Meditative words and music” that enhances your spiritual journey. This included teaching you to chant simple words like “I'm here” repeatedly in order to connect with God. Well I'm sure you will connect with something, when you use pagan rituals to open yourself up to the spirit realm you will connect.<br /><br />Yoga<br /> Yoga originated as a healing art, more than 4,000 years ago in India. Yoga comes from a Sanskrit word meaning ‘union’. As we move through our practice we bring together, through the breath, the mind, the body and the spirit to function in harmony.<br />Yoga also refers to the union between an individual and the universal life energy. Whatever we may call that – Great ‘spirit’, the Divine, God, Goddess – we are part of a larger wholeness and purpose.<br /><br />The Labyrinth<br />“Pathfinders. The labyrinth, a medieval French mediation tool, has become the center of an international spiritual movement.” Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress, Grace Cathedral<br />“The Labyrinth is an archetype, a divine imprint, found in all religious traditions in various forms around the world.we are rediscovering a long-forgotten mystical tradition that is insisting to be reborn.”<br />Labyrinth A unique, interactive, one-hour guided prayer walk you won't forget! Meditative words and music guide you on a reflective journey. The Labyrinth gives you space and time for spiritual and personal reflection in a world that crowds it out. National Pastors Conference<br /> Clearly these are not things from God, Rick Warren along with thousands of other pastors attending The National Pastors Conference (NPC) are leading North America into the one world church where if it works its good.<br /><br />Works lead us to God?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">“The Message paraphrase says, ‘Take your everyday, ordinary life— your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.’ [endnote: Romans 12:1 (Msg)] Work becomes worship when you dedicate it to God and perform it with an awareness of his presence.” (PDL; p. 67)</span><br /><br />In a world that is people centered, meaning dwelling on feeling good, it is understandable that the world would flock to a belief system that preaches that works get you to God. Now we can do works and know that we are buying our way into God's grace.<br /><br />Romans the verse that Rick "cough cough" quoted actually says:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” (Romans 12:1)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Not quite the same thing.</span></span><br /></div>Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-47256321179589067032009-01-25T19:12:00.013-07:002009-02-23T13:07:41.576-07:00New Age and A.W. Tozer Part IIEmerging Church, New Age Spiritualism and A.W.Tozer <br /><br />Rick Warren starts his book by saying that this is not about you, however he then continues to write an entire book about you and how you should have purpose, how you should bring the lost to Christ, how you can be fulfilled in life, how you can feel happy. This is a secular self help book that has little to do with the bible regardless of how many misquoted, out of context, and just plain twisted quotes from the bible he includes. <st1:city><st1:place><span style="">Warren</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="">’s books are appealing because it puts the ball in your hands and gives you the control that we have not been able to surrender to the Lord. Cain considered his sacrifice to be good enough, God said it wasn't good enough and instead of Cain asking forgiveness he rebelled and handled things himself. God allowed him to because we all have free will but just because God allows something to proceed doesn't mean its right. Right now God is allowing the destruction of the church and all the false prophets to proceed. But in the end He will have the last word. For a pleasure seeking generation that wants to control everything, own everything, be a part of everything and have everything this book is for </span><b><u><span style="">YOU</span></u></b><span style="">.</span><br /><p class="TableContents" style=""><span style=""><o:p></o:p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style=""> </span>“The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.” </span><span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;" >(</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><i style=""><span style="color:black;">PDL</span></i></span><span style="">; p. 30;)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">How many self help books are there about having a purpose in life? But now I don't have to rely on God to give my life a purpose I can just ask Rick. Many people in the world have a purpose in life even Hitler but they are still not going to heaven. But I guess with the right purpose we can earn our way into heaven. Rick stresses works a lot in his books and that’s great because then I am in control, who needs faith. Sorry Rick I will stick with faith.</span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>People in life become so purpose driven that all else is neglected, the scriptures teach us to live a balanced life not a purpose driven one. Rick stated in one of his sermons:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);font-size:100%;" >Now you’ve heard me say many times that the greatest thing you can do with your life is tell somebody about Jesus and invite them to come to know him. If you help somebody secure their eternal destiny that they spend the rest of their life in heaven, not hell, </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);">your life counts</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);font-size:100%;" >. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);">Your life matters</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);font-size:100%;" > because nothing matters more than helping get a person and their eternal destiny settled. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);">They will be forever ever grateful and thank you for the rest of eternity</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);font-size:100%;" >—thank you for telling me about Jesus Christ. </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Rick Warren)</span><span style="font-size:10;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Now God will love me, no more unconditional love for me this is better I can earn God's love and have people put me on a pedestal because they owe me for saving them. They will thank me for the rest of eternity? I thought God was worshiped in heaven not me. </span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span></p></span>See how the New Age message appeals to our sinful nature and makes it sound righteous, a thought paradigm in the making. Now we are to become gods so that we don't have to rely on the one and only God. This has been Satan's message since the beginning of time, just ask Eve.<br /></p><p class="TableContents" style="">His “blueprint for Christian living” contains such a generic message of purpose that even those in other religions (faiths) have embraced its message of purpose-driven living. If his book was grounded in “the words of faith and of good doctrine,” it would not be acceptable to other religions or be popular in the world!<br /></p><p class="TableContents" style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> “The religious vision is uncomplica</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">ted and accepting: ‘God wants to be your best friend.’ </span><st1:city style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><st1:place><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Warren</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">’s Christianity, like his church, has low barriers to entry…“</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">It is tempting to interpret the book’s message as a kind of New Age self-help theology. </span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Warren’s God </span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">is not awesome or angry and </span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">does not stand in judgment of human sin</span></b><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">. He’s genial and mellow.”</span> </span><span style="font-size:78%;">Malcolm Gladwell, <i style="">The New Yorker</i></span><span style="font-size:78%;">, <st1:date year="2005" day="12" month="9">9/12/05</st1:date></span><a name="4a"></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><o:p></o:p></span><span style=""> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>The secular world doesn't see an awesome God or a God of Judgment in Rick’s book but a golf buddy, or someone that you could sit down and have drink with. It’s much easier when we bring God down to our level instead of coming up to His level. I am sure that God appreciates that…. Probably not.</span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">In an interview with Pastors.com Rick says</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“The secret of reaching unbelievers is learning to think like an unbeliever. But the problem is - the longer<span style=""> </span>you’re a Christian, the less you think like an unbeliever. And if you’re a seminary-trained pastor, you’re even more removed from unbelievers. You think like a pastor, not a pagan. So you have to intentionally learn to think like an unbeliever again.”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Rick Warren</span><span style="font-size:10;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span style=""> </span>Where in the scriptures does it say that, I must be using the wrong version. To think like an unbeliever we must deny the Holy Spirit that dwells within us.</span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="">Although Rick Warren goes on to say that the message is not to be compromised or changed, his changing methods do just that. In order to “intentionally learn to think like an unbeliever” and “a </span>pagan,” “the mind of Christ” which we have through the Holy Spirit (see <i style="">1 Corinthians </i><st1:time minute="12" hour="14"><i style="">2:12</i></st1:time><i style="">-16</i>) must be set aside</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color:blue;">“I began </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="color:blue;">Saddleback</span></st1:placename><span style="color:blue;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="color:blue;">Church</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="color:blue;"> by going door-to-door for twelve weeks and surveying the unchurched in my area. I wrote down in my notebook five questions I would use to start Saddleback. “If they said yes [to ‘actively attending any church’], I thanked them and moved on to the next home. I didn’t bother asking the other three questions because I didn’t want to color the survey with the opinions of believers.</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">Rick Warren</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><b><i><span style=";font-size:11;color:red;" ><span style=""> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Except the L</span></span></i></b><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">ORD </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color:red;">build the house, they labour in vain that build it …”</span></i></b><b><i> </i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Psalm 127:1)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>According to his own admission, </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="">Saddleback</span></st1:placename><span style=""> </span><st1:placetype><span style="">Church</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=""> has been deliberately founded on the wants of unbelievers who “cannot please God.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Hebrews 11:6)<b><i><span style="color:red;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color:red;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.” </span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Romans 8:5-8)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Starting churches that please unbelievers (enemies of God) does not serve Christ.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><b><i><span style="font-size:11;"><span style=""> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? </span></i></b><b><i><u><span style="color:red;">For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.</span></u></i></b><b><i><span style="color:red;">”</span></i></b><b><i> </i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Galatians 1:10)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“Now you’ve heard me say many times that the greatest thing you can do with your life is tell somebody about Jesus and invite them to come to know him. And I’ve always said that was the greatest thing you could do with your life. I was wrong. There is one thing you could do greater than share Jesus Christ with somebody, and it is help start a church.”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Rick Warren</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Starting a temporary building is more important than telling people of Christ which lasts a eternity?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red;">A church for people who hate church?</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>A statement Rick Warren made on </span><st1:date year="2005" day="23" month="5"><span style="">May 23, 2005</span></st1:date><span style="">. It was at the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle</span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Conference in a discussion on “Myths of the Modern Mega-Church.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(97, 78, 240);">“So then I asked myself, what kind of church are we going to be? </span><b><span style="color: rgb(97, 78, 240);">And I decided, why don’t we be a church for people who hate church? </span></b><span style="color: rgb(97, 78, 240);">And so I went out and for twelve weeks I went door to door, and I knocked on homes for about 12 weeks and just took an opinion poll. I had a survey with me. I just said, ‘My name is Rick Warren. I’m not here to sell you anything, I’m not here to convert you, I’m not here to witness to you. I just want to ask you three or four questions. </span><b><span style="color: rgb(97, 78, 240);">Question number one: Are you an active member of a local church – of any kind of religion –synagogue, mosque, whatever?’ </span></b><span style="color: rgb(97, 78, 240);">If they said yes, I said,‘Great, God bless you, keep going,’ and I politely excused myself and went to the next home. When I’d find somebody who’d say, </span><b><span style="color: rgb(97, 78, 240);">‘No, I don’t go anywhere,’ I’d say, ‘Perfect; you’re just the kind of guy I want to talk to. This is great, you don’t go anywhere. So let me ask you a question. Why do you think most people don’t attend church?’ And I just wrote the answers down. I asked, ‘If you were looking for a church, what kind of things would you look for?’</span></b><span style="color: rgb(97, 78, 240);"> And I’d just list them. ‘What advice would you give to me as the pastor of a new church? How can I help you?’ So they’d say, ‘I think churches exist for the community; not vice versa,’ and I’d write that down.” </span><span style="color: rgb(97, 78, 240);font-size:78%;" >Rick Warren</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(97, 78, 240);font-size:100%;" >Again this is a clear example of what the New Age agenda is doing to the church. Satan has been doing this for thousands of years and only now with a society so depraved as in the days of Noah can people be convinced that this is right. Rick places belonging to a synagogue, mosque or whatever in the same category as being a born again Christian. He then tells us that he based his church on the wants and desires of the secular world and encourages us to do the same. This tells us that Churchianity is more important than Christianity. How can we trust the wants of an unbeliever in building a church? Being a carpenter I would not go to a florist and ask how to build a house, just the same I would not ask a carpenter how to grow flowers. Its just common sense but in a world where common sense (Gods knowledge that he implants in us from birth) is the enemy Satan wins. Rick then praised and blessed these people for belonging to a false faith. In order to make a church for those who hate God, means that the church has to change and that is unacceptable. But the catch 22 is that if the church changes to suit the world then there will be no reason for sinners to change to become part of the body of Christ. So tell me if sinners don't change then how are they saved? God has something to say about trying to make the church acceptable to the world.</span></p></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"Know ye not that friendship of the world is enmity with God?"James 4:4.)</span><span style=""><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(97, 78, 240);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ></span></span><span style="color:black;">Unbelievers hate church because darkness cannot mix with light, evil no more wants to enter a place of light than a Christian would a place of dark. There is nothing that we can do about that, we would need to compromise the word of God to change this.</span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.”</span></i></b><b><i> </i></b><b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(</b></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >John 17:14)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But </span></i></b><b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><i>all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.”</i></b></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:red;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >(John 15:18-21)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i>“Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.”</i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Matthew 24:9)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i>“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”</i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Mark <st1:time minute="13" hour="13">13:13</st1:time></span><span style="font-size:100%;">)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">God even goes so far as to say:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.” </span></i></b><b>(</b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Luke 6:26)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>“There was a day when our religious leaders were made fun of and laughed at and opposed, even put in jail and driven out of town, but nowadays they are riding on the shoulders of the mobs and the multitudes because they are trying to make Christianity as much like the world as possible in order to win the world. Don’t we know that the message of Jesus Christ runs contrary to man and not in favor of man?”</b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">A.W. Tozer</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Simply being a Christian does not automatically immunize us from deception. It isn’t unbelievers that Scripture repeatedly warns with:<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><b><i><span style="color:red;">“Take heed that ye be not deceived”</span></i></b><span style=""> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Luke 21:8</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“Let no man deceive himself”</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">1 Corinthians 3:18</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“Let no man deceive you with vain words”</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Ephesians 5:6</span><span style="font-size:10;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span><b><i><span style="color:red;">“L<span style="font-size:100%;">et no man deceive you by any means”</span></span></i></b><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">2 Thessalonians 2:3</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“But watch thou in all things”</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">2 Timothy 4:5</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“Watch ye, stand fast in the faith”</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">1 Corinthians 16:13</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall”</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">1 Corinthians 10:12</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober”</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">1 Thessalonians 5:6</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Holy Spirit led?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“Are you looking for help to prepare a holiday message this year? Get help from Rick Warren himself! Click here to check out the special price …</span><span style="font-size:100%;">” </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Pastors.com</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“Having to prepare sermons for holidays can often be difficult and sometimes even distracting. Let this great resource tool of 34 Holiday Sermon Transcripts help you. This CD rom contains some of Rick Warren’s most effective </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><span style="color:blue;">HOLIDAY</span></st1:place></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" > messages.”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Pastors.com</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“34 holiday sermon transcripts for only $99 ($238 value!) … “Order one for yourself and others to give as Christmas presents!”</span><span style="font-size:100%;">Pastors.com</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Pastors are being taught that they no longer need to spend time with the Holy Spirit to have a timely message that is Spirit led. Now we can just download a ready made message that is man led. We are entering a time of spiritual blindness that will lead to the satanic rule of the tribulation. I won't even say anything about the money being made, Money Changers sound familiar?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“We’ve all heard speakers claim, ‘If you’ll just pray more, preach the word, and be dedicated, then your church will grow.’ Well, that’s just not true. I can show you thousands of churches where pastors are doctrinally sound; they love the Lord; they’re committed and spirit-filled and yet their churches are dying on the vine.”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> Rick Warren</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Rick trades in prayer, faith and sound doctrine for compromise and works. Here is what God had to say about this type of church. Ricks whole theory is that we can do it, doing church, change our methods on reaching the lost and rely on what I do, not what God does.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="">“I am the true vine … Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”</span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(John 15:1, 4-5)<b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="">My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: for their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?”</span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Proverbs 24:21-22)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> “Meddle not with them that are given to change”</span> Proverbs 24:21 </span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Emerging Church wants to change everything about the church, our symbols make unbelievers feel uneasy so get rid of them, our music doesn't satisfy the flesh so change it, our words of worship makes unbelievers nervous so change the words, God's message doesn't appeal to everyone so change it, and ask unbelievers how to build a church, God warned of this type of teaching.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">O</span><span style="font-size:100%;">n </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:date year="2005" day="15" month="5"><span style="">May 15, 2005</span></st1:date></span><span style="font-size:100%;">, Rick Warren’s message for the Global Day of Prayer</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“‘The first Reformation was about belief; this one’s going to be about behavior,’ said Warren, pastor of </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="color:blue;">Saddleback</span></st1:placename><span style="color:blue;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="color:blue;">Church</span></st1:placetype></st1:place></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" > in </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><span style="color:blue;">Southern California</span></st1:place></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" > and author of the best-selling The Purpose- Driven Life. ‘The first one was about creeds; this </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><u><span style="color:blue;">one’s going to be about our deeds</span></u></i></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >. The first one divided the church; this time it will unify the church.’”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Rick is placing beliefs and doctrines in the back seat and emphasizing works or Rick’s word for works which is “Purpose”. Stating that this one will be about deeds emphasizes again works and puts works as the primary mission of the church.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >‘I’m not going to get into a debate over the </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="color:blue;">non-essentials</span></u></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >. I won’t try to change other denominations. Why be divisive?’ </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Rick Warren</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Its considered divisive to worry about false beliefs and false doctrines, these are non-essentials. Rick's new gospel includes Mormons, Catholics, Muslims, and many more saying that our “purpose” (works) will bring us together and don't worry about beliefs. Can everyone see Satan entering the door of the church?<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“We now have ‘purpose-driven’ churches in 122 countries. And if I were to ask every ‘purpose-driven’ church in </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="color:blue;">America</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" > to raise their hand, it would shock </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="color:blue;">America</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" > because we don’t tell them to change their label. On the front it says, ‘Lutheran, Second Methodist, Holy Power Episcopal,’ you name it; ‘Four-Peas-in-the-Pod </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:street><st1:address><span style="color:blue;">Four Square</span></st1:address></st1:street></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >’—it’s got everything! Every name you can imagine. And we have <span style=""> </span>Catholic ‘purpose-driven’ churches …</span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“And so it doesn’t demand that they change from being Lutheran or Methodist or Nazarene or Assembly of God or Baptist or whatever. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><u><span style="color:blue;">I don’t really care what your doctrine is</span></u></i></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >. What I care about is, do you have a process by which you bring people into membership, build them up to maturity, train them for ministry, send them out on a mission, for the glory of God?” </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Rick Warren</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Rick doesn't care what his followers teach only that they teach, can you think of anything more dangerous to Christianity. This is for the glory of God, teaching false doctrine?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“When Jesus sent the disciples into a village he said, ‘Find the man of peace.’ And he said, ‘When you find the man of peace you start working with that person, and if they respond to you, you work with them. If they don’t, you dust the dust off your shoes; you go to the next village.’ Who’s the man of peace in any village – or it might be a woman of peace – who has the most respect, they’re open and they’re influential? They don’t have to be a Christian. In fact, they could be a Muslim, but they’re open and they’re influential and you work with them to attack the five giants. And that’s going to bring the second Reformation.”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Rick Warren</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>First Rick twisted the whole verse into something else; second he is lumping all belief systems together and legitimatizing them.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“Find the man of peace. Bless him. He blesses you back. Who is the man of peace? He’s influential and he’s open. He doesn’t have to be a Christian. Find a non-Christian who’s influential and open a Muslim or an atheist.”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Rick</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Rick endorses non Christians and pagan believers and calls it Gods work.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span></b><b><span style="color:red;">Pragmatism:</span></b><b><span style=""> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">(if it works do it)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Rick Warren spoke at the TIME Global Health Summit on </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:date year="2005" day="1" month="11"><span style="">November 1, 2005</span></st1:date></span><span style="font-size:100%;">—a summit which among many other speakers also featured U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Chairman of the U.N.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Foundation Ted Turner, and former U.S. President Bill Clinton. First, in the initial press conference that day, Rick Warren made the following comment:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“My personal position is I will use whatever works.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Rick will use whatever tools at his disposal to accomplish his “purpose”.<span style=""> </span>Then Rick Warren actually called for partnering with congregations of “</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span style="">all the different religions</span></i></span><span style="font-size:100%;">” not just for physical care but for </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="">spiritual care!</span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“Let’s just take my religion by itself. Christianity.… The church is bigger than any government in the world. Then you add in Muslims, you add in Hindus, you add in all the different religions, and you use those houses of worship as distribution centers, not just for spiritual care but health care.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Rick again endorses teaching other faiths which is referred to as the doctrines of devils in the bible.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their<span style=""> </span>images, and cut down their groves: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go awhoring after their gods …”</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Exodus 34:12-15)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>God tells us that we are to smash the altars of the false religions of the world and Rick tells us to accept them and work with them and allow them to teach others to follow these demonic beliefs. Who will you follow?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“Pastor Rick Warren, author of the smash best-seller ‘The Purpose-Driven Life,’ said at the briefing that he has rallied thousands in his church to begin missionary-style work in foreign countries. The effort would be on healing, not proselytizing, he said.” </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" >ABC News, </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:date year="2005" day="2" month="11"><span style="color:black;">11/2/05</span></st1:date></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" >, reporting on the Time Global Health Summit</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.2in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Rick tells us that our job as Christians is not proselytizing! Proselytizing is preaching to those of pagan religions and telling them of Christ and the gift of salvation. To be clear by pagan I mean any religion other than born again Christianity. Now I may be old fashioned or naive but I understand that our job is to reach those that are lost so that they may receive ever lasting life, but Rick says leave them alone and work together don’t make waves. Rick continuously tells us that we need to reach the lost but he also says we are not to change them or even preach to them for that matter. This doesn't sound like God's message, it does however sound like the misleading message of the enemy.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”</span></i></b></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:red;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Matthew 7:13-14)</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.”</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Luke13:23-24)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -18.9pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>God tells us that just because we have good intentions we will not enter heaven without good doctrine, New age philosophy teaches that good intentions are enough. They don't want us to preach, they wants us to change our methods that are bible based, they don't want us to to have any outward signs that we are Christians, are we ashamed of God and his message?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Mark 8:34-38)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.2in 0.0001pt -13.5pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.2in 0.0001pt -4.5pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>By changing biblical methods it changes the message and shows that the teacher is ashamed of the true word so he replaces it of one that sounds goods.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Pragmatism Defin: the belief that whatever works is good as long as it achieves results</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“My personal position is I will use whatever works.” </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" >Rick Warren</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -13.5pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>In “Pragmatism Goes to Church,” A.W. Tozer describes today’s Christianity well:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>-“For the pragmatist there are no absolutes Truth and morality float on a sea of human experience.</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>-“The truth of any idea is its ability to produce desirable results.…</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>-“The proof is that it succeeds; no one wants to argue with success.</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>-“It [‘pragmatic philosophy’] asks no embarrassing questions about the wisdom of what we are doing or even about the morality of it. When it discovers something that works it soon finds a text to justify it, ‘consecrates’ it to the Lord and plunges ahead. Next a magazine article is written about it, then a book, and finally the inventor is granted an honorary degree. After that any question about the scripturalness of things or even the moral validity of them is completely swept away. You cannot argue with success. The method works; ergo, it must be good.<span style=""> </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>-“The weakness of all this is its tragic shortsightedness. It is satisfied with present success and shakes off any suggestion that its works may go up in smoke in the day of Christ.” </b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">A.W. Tozer</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -13.5pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="">P. P.E.A.C.E.<br /></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“Kay and I, and our Saddleback team, have committed to spending the rest of our lives sharing the message of Purpose and the strategy of the PEACE Plan with every corner of the world. “It will be a holy movement, involving all kinds of churches sharing the same purposes together, and I invite you to join us! Will you hear and obey the call of God?” </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Rick Warren<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Ricks global P.E.A.C.E. plan wants all belief systems to feed the poor and help the sick, a very noble plan however Rick doesn't want Christians to preach to them or give them a message that will save their souls only look after their physical needs. God tells us to ignore the flesh and to enrich the soul and by doing so inherit eternity, so again I ask who's message is Rick preaching, and for all his talk on not preaching God's message he sure is preaching his message of purpose. In Revelations the one world church that is the enemy of God sounds a lot like Rick Warrens interfaith church where all faith and beliefs work together and call it worshiping God.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Djwhal Khul is a Tibetan Ascended Master World Teacher. A Pagan spiritualist that spoke of the coming age:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.2in 0.0001pt -13.5pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;">-“</span><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >I [Djwhal Khul] have a vision of the Plan Through the cooperation of A.A.B. I put this plan - as far as was possible - before you, calling your attention to the New Group of World Servers. The vision is a vision of group work, of group relationships, of group objectives, and of the group fusion to the larger Whole.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >-“There is a group of human beings, integrating now upon whom is laid the burden of leading humanity. They are starting movements that have in them the new vibration, they are saying </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>A new group of world servers all joined as one, sounds like Rick heard this message.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >“things that are universal in their tone, they are enunciating principles that are cosmic, they are <span style=""> </span>inclusive and not exclusive, they do not care what terminology a man uses; they insist that a man shall keep his own inner structure of truth to himself and not impose it on any one else they demonstrate the universal light, they are servers”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Djwhal Khul</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Djwhal Khul doesn't care what you believe either, and says to not impose it on any one else, sounds like Ricks idea of Christianity.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 4.5pt;"><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >“They are tied by no dogmas or doctrines because they have the word which has come to them in the dark, which they have wrought out for themselves in the strife and stress of their own souls. They meet the need of their fellow men, and theirs is the message of Christ, ‘A new commandment I give you that you love one another.’</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Alice Bailey, Djwhal Khul</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">No dogmas or doctrines, remember Ricks words:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:blue;" >“God won’t ask about your religious background or doctrinal views.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" >God's word made doctrine very important and rebuked those who tolerated false doctrine:<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i><span style="color:red;">“Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.”</span></i></b></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" > </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" >(2John 1:9)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="">World Order</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >“‘A new commandment I give you’ can be summed up in ‘inclusiveness’, the hallmark of the New Age, the universal spirit, identification, oneness with all your fellowmen. “How shall we fit ourselves to meet that requirement, to possess those characteristics which automatically put us into the group of world servers? You will never get there by talking about it You will get there by doing the next thing correctly.”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Khul wants an age were all are included and considered spiritual, a oneness that can all work together ignoring beliefs. Rick stated.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 220);font-size:100%;" >“It will be a holy movement, involving </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 220);">all kinds of churches</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 220);font-size:100%;" > sharing the same purposes together, and I invite you to join us!” </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" >Rick Warren</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >“Love, brotherhood, cooperation, service, self-sacrifice, inclusiveness, freedom from doctrine, recognition of divinity - these are the characteristics of the citizen of the kingdom, and these still remain our ideals.” </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Alice Bailey</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>Alice Bailey the starter of the current New Age movement which includes eastern mysticism, occult and numerous other belief systems. Had been very influential in leading this New Age Movement that really goes as far back as the Gnostic's. The words and ideas are very much the same.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >“As the Members of the Hierarchy [spirit realm] approach closer to us, the dream of brotherhood, of fellowship, of world cooperation and of a peace (based upon right human relations) becomes clearer in our minds. As They draw nearer we vision a new and vital world religion, a universal faith, at-one in its basic idealism with the past but different in its mode of expression.”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >“We must grasp this; we must realize that we shall find release only in the 1 </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);">service of the kingdom</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >. 2 </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);">We have been held too long by the dogmas of the past</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >, and there is today a natural revolt against the idea of individual salvation through the blood sacrifice of Christ.…3<span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);">It</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" > is </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);">essential that today we face the problem of the relation of Christ to the modern world, and dare to see the truth, without any theological bias</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >.… 4 </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);">It is quite possible that Christ is far more inclusive than we have been led to believe</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" > … 5 </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);">We have preached a God of love and have spread a doctrine of hate</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >. 6 </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);">We have taught that Christ died to save the world and have endeavored to show that only believers could be saved</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);">But Christ founded a kingdom on earth, wherein all God’s children would have equal opportunity of expressing<span style=""> </span>themselves as sons of the Father</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >. This, many Christians find impossible to accept<span style=""> </span>“Individual salvation is surely selfish in its interest and its origin. 7 </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);">We must serve in order to be saved</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >, and only can we<span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);">serve intelligently if we believe in the divinity of all men</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" > and also in Christ’s outstanding service to the race. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);">The kingdom is a kingdom of servers</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(107, 71, 148);font-size:100%;" >, for <span style=""> </span>every saved soul must without compromise join the ranks of those who ceaselessly serve their fellow men.” </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Alice Bailey</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span>As you can see the New Age movement spouts the same rhetoric as the emerging church.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" ><span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);">New Age quotes</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" >“The true Church is the </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);">kingdom</span></st1:placetype><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);"> of </span><st1:placename><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);">God</span></st1:placename></st1:place></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" > on earth composed of all, regardless of race or creed, who live by the light within, who have discovered the fact of the mystical Christ in their hearts. The members of the coming kingdom will think in terms of humanity as a whole; and as long as they are separative or nationalistic, or religiously bigoted, or commercially selfish, they have no place in that kingdom. The word spiritual will be given a far wider connotation than that which has been given in the old age and we shall no longer regard one activity as spiritual and another as not. The question of motive, purpose and group usefulness will determine the spiritual nature of an activity.”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Alice Bailey</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" >“Each one of us has to tread the way of the cross alone, and enter God’s kingdom by right of achievement. But the way is found in service to our fellow men “It is through supreme service and sacrifice that we become followers of Christ and earn the right to enter into His kingdom, because we do not enter alone.. “He [‘Christ’] knew no separateness and the ‘great heresy of separateness’ was completely overcome by His all-inclusive spirit.” </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Alice Bailey</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" >“1. Countless men and women in every land will form themselves into groups for the promotion of goodwill and for the production of right human relations. So great will be their numbers that from being a small and relatively unimportant minority, they will be the largest and the most <span style=""> </span>influential force in the world. Through them, the New Group of World Servers will be able to work successfully. “2. This active energy of loving understanding will mobilize a tremendous reaction against the potency of hate. To hate, to be separate, and to be exclusive will come to be<span style=""> </span>regarded as the only sin …” </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">This sounds like the P.E.A.C.E. Plan</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" >“We are concerned with only one subject, the ushering in of the </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);">new world order</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" >. We are occupied with the formation of that new party which will gather into its ranks all men of peace and good will, without interfering with their specific loyalties </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);">This new party can be regarded as the embodiment of the emerging Kingdom of God on earth</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" > It is a grouping of all those who - belonging as they do to every world religion and every nation and type of political party - are free from the spirit of hatred and separativeness, and who seek to see right conditions established on earth through mutual good will.”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">They call the <st1:place>New World</st1:place> order the <st1:place><st1:placetype>Kingdom</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename>God</st1:placename></st1:place> on earth. The bible is clear that the one world church is the enemy of Christ and wages war against Him. The world church will be tied together with the New World Order. New World Order meaning everyone and everything in one unit.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);font-size:100%;" >“And then when you add in all the </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);">different</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);">peoples of faith</span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);font-size:100%;" > </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" >(not Christians but various faiths)</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);font-size:100%;" > who would be people of peace – you know, when you talk about poverty and disease and illiteracy, these are not Christian issues, they’re human issues. And I’ll work with anybody who wants to work on them. You know? We just need to get people moving, mobilized.”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Rick Warren</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Do you see the similarity between Ricks "Purpose" and the New Age oneness.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 255);font-size:100%;" >“This kingdom, through its major power (a quality of synthesis, could you but realize it), is gathering together into itself men and women out of every nation and out of all parts of the Earth. It is absorbing them into itself not because they are orthodox or religious in the generally accepted sense of the term, but because of their quality. They, therefore, are demonstrating oneness and synthesis in such a simple way that men everywhere can grasp it. The New Group of World Servers is the vanguard of the </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 255);">kingdom</span></st1:placetype><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 255);"> of </span><st1:placename><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 255);">God</span></st1:placename></st1:place></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 255);font-size:100%;" >, the living proof of the existence of the world of spiritual Oneness.”</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 102);font-size:100%;" > </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" >Alice Bailey & Djwhal </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" >Khul</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);font-size:100%;" >“</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);">Saddleback</span></st1:placename><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);">Church</span></st1:placetype></st1:place></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 71, 255);font-size:100%;" > is now but one among thousands of purpose driven churches”</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">PD Staff</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Not Christ driven or lead, but purpose lead. We are well down the slippery slope and gaining speed.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" >“The true values are to be summed up in the one word Service. They are expressed through inclusiveness and non-separateness. It is here that the Church, as usually understood, meets its major challenge. Is it spiritual enough to let go of theology and become truly human? Is it interested enough to <span style=""> </span>widen its horizon and recognize as truly Christian all who demonstrate the Christ spirit, whether they be Hindu, Mohammedan, or Buddhist, whether they are labeled by any name other than that of orthodox Christian?” </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Alice Bailey</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style=""> </span></span></p></span>Newagers prefer religious experience to religious dogma. For them, feelings usually trump reason. Ricks philosophy of addressing felt needs is New Age teaching and many are going to be lost to the false doctrine. This is not just a trend that will disappear this is the future of the church the words and names may change but the direction that satan wants to take us is clear and according to the bible will continue until God puts an end to it. The bible confirms a falling away from the faith during the end times and Jesus questions whether He will find faith on the earth when He returns.<br /></p><p class="TableContents" style=""><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man comes, shall He find FAITH on the earth? (Luke 18:7-8).</span><span style=""><p style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="color:red;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="color:red;">“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;” </span></i></span><span style="font-size:100%;">(II Thess 2:3)<i style=""><span style="color:red;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="color:red;">“do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings;” </span></i></span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Hebrews 13:9a)<i style=""><span style="color:red;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:red;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style=""><span style="color:red;">“As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness, in deceitful scheming.” </span></i></span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Ephesians 4:14) <i style=""><span style="color:red;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:red;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span style="color:red;">“And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary.” </span></i></span><span style="font-size:100%;">(Gal 6:9)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><i><span style="font-family:TimesNewRoman;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Watch out for anyone trying to interpret Scripture for you, or using the Bible like a "dictionary". That is, they make their point, and then refer to isolated texts, often hop scotching all over the Bible to "prove" their point. Used this way, the Bible can be made to say almost anything. Here are two Scriptures that don't belong together: "Judas went out and hanged himself", coupled with "Go thou and do likewise". Behold! A new doctrine formed in exactly the way the cults use the Bible. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">This article is meant to open your eyes not just to Rick Warren but to the pagan beliefs entering the churches. Rick isn’t the only one preaching this New Age Movement but is arguably the most notable in my opinion. Rick Warren is used as an example of the New Age agenda; he seems to be the most influential force in the “reformation of the church”. Rick Warren may be considered the AntiChrists, John the Baptist, paving the way for the new religion</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">May God bless you and guide you.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">BC Ministries: Biblically Correct Ministries</span></p></span></p>Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-39546040976341961662009-01-25T18:49:00.000-07:002009-01-26T16:39:07.915-07:00Qualities of the AntiChrist- Unusual influence over many<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Revelation 13:4 says, "And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?"</span><br /><br />- Loved by both Christians and Muslims<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him</span><br /><br />- The name 666<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Revelation 13:18 “….and his number is Six hundred threescore and six”</span><br /><br />- Worshiped by many<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Revelation 13:4 says, "And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"</span><br /><br />- Showing miracles imitating Christ<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Rev 13:12 “…..whose deadly wound was healed."</span><br /><br />- Non White<br /><br />- Muslim and Christian<br /><br />- Of great power<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Revelation 2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer</span><br /><br />- will be healed of a deadly wound miraculously<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Rev 13:12 “…..whose deadly wound was healed."</span><br /><br />- Very conceited<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Daniel 11:37 says, "Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all."</span><br /><br />The anti Christ will come to power (already in power?) by being thought of as a savior, someone with the right answers to the immediate problems. Now that’s a tall order for any man but the anti Christ will be imitating Christ and what He did, only twisted.<br /><br />He will have the ability to sway millions, woman will cry and faint at his speeches, men will worship and do as he says and everyone will be entranced by him. He will be called a great orator, an ability to sell snow to an Eskimo. Since he will be anti Christian he will have anti Christian spirits (demons) talk and sway the millions for him. As the Holy Spirit convicts Christians an unholy spirit will assist the anti Christ. All that are not strong in the Lord will be swayed by his ability to speak and address issues. But to those strong and close to God he will seem as a demon.<br /><br />He will make promises and then renege on them while convincing the masses it’s for their own good. He will lie to the people and no matter how clear it is that he is lying all will believe him. He will create a strict control system for all people and convince them that it’s for there own good and they will like it. He will place restrictions on the masses and they will thank him for it. Always it will be for our own good.<br /><br />Unfortunately those that see through him will be the extreme minority of the Christians. Now you think that this man will be readily noticeable to Christians and therefore fail at enticing the Christians. Wrong he will be a Christian at least on the surface, but will be a Muslim inside. He will claim the Christian faith while mocking it and destroying it from inside. The time is right for the anti Christ, never before has Christianity been so watered down that the antichrist could sway Christians.<br /><br />With the new age teachings so prevalent in our churches it will be easy. There will be little preaching against the anti Christ because we are blindly taught not to look at anything critically. It’s become unchristian to critically look at things today, even though God told us to always test the fruits of a movement or person. Unless it’s someone that is firm on the word of god, then we must label him or her dogmatic, fundamentalist, or out of touch with the times. Through these labels Pastors of the new age faith will mock those standing firm on the word of god. Since the end times scares Satan the new age pastors will either ignore that one third of the bible is prophecy or they will openly make fun of the end times and any who would dare believe in such. I have first hand experience with these types of pastors.<br /><br />Recently I was looking for a new church to attend, my home church of many years hired a new pastor who came in with the new age agenda, after close to a year of seeing that few were worried about this new preaching I left the church in search for a Bible preaching pastor. I found in my local area that there were no churches untouched by the new age teaching. Some not as much as others but all straying far from church of just even 15 years ago. Finally I found a church where the elders actually study the word of god daily and have their eyes open to the truth. But this search gave me great concern for the future of Christians. If we are so fooled by false doctrine then the anti Christ will find us easy pickings.<br /><br />He will have to be a non white. The Caucasian race has been demonized for every wrong on the earth for the last 5000 years, unfortunately sometimes rightly so.<br /><br />He will in some way be Muslim although I doubt openly. The only way he could bring peace to the world as the anti Christ does in the end times is if he is accepted by the millions of Muslims of the world. The only person that has any value in the Koran is a male Muslim. A Muslim would not listen to a non Muslim on something as important as peace. The Muslims are waiting for the Mahdi to return, will the Muslim savior and the Christian destroyer be one and the same?<br /><br />The anti Christ will wield great power, whether he is a leader of one of the worlds super powers or one of the powerful people in the background (all of which are actually more powerful than any world leader) he will have a great deal of authority.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Revelation 2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer</span><br /><br />The anti Christ is depicted in revelations as coming on a white horse meaning he will come with a message of peace. White imitating Christ, who was love and peace. He will have a Bow which means he will have a powerful military backing him. A crown was given him so he will be a leader and will go out starting wars, contrary to his peace platform.<br />He will have a message of peace but start wars regardless to what he says. He will conduct wars while talking peace and insist that it all works together. This hypocritical conduct is in keeping with my belief that he will be able to sway millions with lying words, a smooth talker. No one will contradict him, and those that do will be hated or ostracized.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">First, the "dragon" is Satan himself. Revelation 12:7-9 says, "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Second, the "first beast" is the antichrist, the devil’s imitation of Jesus Christ. Revelation 13:1,2 says, "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Revelation 13:3 continues on, "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Revelation 13:4 says, "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?"</span><br /><br />The anti Christ will be wounded in some matter, revelations says a deadly wound, so this is a wound that would mean the death of whoever received it. His healing willing be a miracle seeming event, like Christ’s rising from the dead the anti Christ will be healed and many will then claim him messiah.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Revelation 13:17,18 says, "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of the man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."</span><br /><br />The antichrists name will somehow have the number 666 related to it. I doubt that it will be something obvious, it will take someone in the word consistently to see it.<br /><br />I hesitate to call anyone the antichrist, over the years many have claimed one man or another is the antichrist. I wasn’t interested because it really didn’t fit and not enough information was available. However I believe the time is now right, I will share a vision that I received in January 2008.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">To make a long story short I was shown a meeting taking place, this meeting was in an old castle in Europe and was attended by 12 high ranking angels in Satan's legion. These angels were afraid that the signs of Christ's return were happening and they knew their time was short. The meeting concluded that they must make an all out effort to succeed in their war with God. Meaning that they would not hold back in their hatred for the human race, they would no longer move their agenda forward in small increments so that they would not be found out. Now they would leap forward, no longer hiding the corruption and hatred for man or caring if they are discovered.</span><br /><br />Since this vision I have seen things in the world escalate to such a degree as never before seen, bankers robbing us without hiding it, governments stealing from us without explanation or hiding it, wars with no approval and escalations in every part of the world.<br /><br />I said I hesitate to think of someone as the antichrist however one man has come to attention this last year. His name is Barrack Hussein Obama, this man has all the qualities needed of the anti Christ, women and men cry at his speeches, his eloquent speech sways millions even when it’s not true.<br />Another man entered politics like this, his name was Hitler. Nostradamous (a man that had many visions he believed were from God but were demonic in origin) call Hitler the second anti Christ, and he said there would be three antichrists and the third will be the successful one. The first one was Napoleon. The second was Hitler. Let’s look at the similarities between Hitler and Obama<br /><br />When the Nazis came to power in 1933 one of the first acts Hitler did was to legalize abortion<br />Obama speaks against abortion buts refuses to vote on it and other horrendous bills <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/02/obamas_voting_record_on_aborti_1.html</span><br /><br />Hitler started a youth core (Hitler Youth) <br />Obama wants a million man youth core <br /><br />Hitler came from a nothing and became leader <br />Obama came from nowhere and is now president <br /><br />Hitler spoke with eloquent speech beyond his intelligence <br />Obama is an orator that can sway millions <br /><br />Hitler had strong gun control <br />Obama wants strong gun control <br /><br />Hitler promised a better world <br />Obama promises a better world <br /><br />Hitler legalized abortion <br />Obama said he wouldn’t want a girl to pay for a mistake <br /><br />The list goes on.<p class="MsoNormal"></p><br />Obama campaigned world wide, why one would do this when the world has no vote, I don’t know, bringing in the one world government maybe? Obama even spoke in the same stadium as some of Hitler’s biggest speeches, in Berlin Germany, with 200,000 Germans turning out to hear Obama. I watched some old news reels of Hitler speaking; the men and women were crying, chanting and saluting Hitler. There was no difference when Obama spoke women cried and fainted, there was chanting, and the men appeared in a trance. If you look at the old news reels of Hitler giving his speech in exactly the same stadium, other than it being in color it’s hard to tell the difference.<br /><br />One sign of a demonic presence is the ability to get people to believe or do anything. I have seen people who would lie, with all proof and evidence against them but everyone would ignore the evidence and believe the liar. That is a demonic presence, an eloquence of speech that entrances all.<br /><br />The similarities continue which makes me sit up and listen. Christians love this man and so do the Muslims. He claims being a Christian but the evidence of his Muslim background is too large to ignore, including his chosen name. There are questions of a name change, there are questions of his birth place, there are questions of his beliefs and photos of him attending a madrasa as a child.<br />Only an American citizen can be president, Obama sealed his birth records and says one of the first things he will do is repeal the 22nd amendment. This is the law that a president must be born in America. No one knows if he is even an American citizen. A normal man could not accomplish this.<br /><br />I don’t know if Obama is the antichrist but the timing is right and the pieces of this puzzle are certainly interesting. <br />The biggest thing that bothers me is that IF and that’s a big if, Obama is the antichrist then Rick Warren is John the Baptist preaching the New Age message, paving the way for the antichrist to be worshiped in church.<br />Regardless of if Obama is the antichrist or not, he will be a significant player in the end times and 2009 will be remembered as the year the world changed.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">Pastor Rick Warren To Give Inauguration Invocation </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98435468</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">by Juan Williams and Renee Montagne</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">Morning Edition, December 18, 2008 •. A lot of controversy followed the announcement that Pastor Rick Warren, a social conservative, will give the invocation.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Interesting article on Obama Truth or Fiction</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">http://www.usvetdsp.com/dec06/obama_muslim.htm</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Is he the messiah??</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">If Obama is the antichrist could it be that the antichrist and the Muslim savior (Mahdi) they are waiting for turn out to be the same person?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/11/04/59490.html</span><br /><br />According to the text that is the foundation of modern Shiite Islam, a prophecy that a tall black man would rule the West portends the coming of the Islamic redeemer.<br /><br />Ali Ibn Abi-Talib—the prophet's cousin and son-in-law and the most revered figure in Shiite Islam—prophesied that before the return of the Mahdi, the ultimate redeemer in Islam, a tall black man will rule the West and will carry a "clear sign" from the Third Imam,Hussein Ibn Ali, according to the report by Iranian-born, London-based journalist Amir Taheri.<br /><br />Regardless of what you think, 2009 is the year that the world changes, for better or for worse you better judge because God will.<br /><br /><br />Watchful Servant<br />4HIMDiakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-18639587426471087102009-01-25T18:22:00.000-07:002012-04-15T06:59:43.443-06:00Snake oil in the 21st CenturySnake Oil Salesmen <br />
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These were gentlemen who traveled the Wild West in wagons, hawking their products. The wagons would double as stages, and they'd put up very entertaining shows indeed, music, people being healed, the infomercial of the 1700s if you like. The "snake oil" they sold could (allegedly) cure the common cold, fix tooth aches, reverse baldness, heal piles, cure dropsy, regain eyesight, regain hearing, grow back severed limbs and instantly fix a hangover. And that was before breakfast. They were the undisputed masters of the half truth, the double negative, and the sweet talk gymnasts. These guys made money with their verbal virtuosity, but mostly because their target market did not understand the principles of health. People were told what they wanted to hear, everyone wants to be healthy so they in their ignorance bought the questionable liquid.<br />
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If their audience understood the principles, there would be no way on earth you could fast talk them - just like most modern folk won't buy a lunar-radiation-emanation-cranial-shield (tin helmet) no matter how good the salesman. He simply would not be able to convince you that the full moon can cook our brain. (Well, actually, I know a couple of guys I might be able to sell on that idea, but that's another (sad) story for another time.)<br />
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Today we are in the 21st Century; we are educated confident that our intellect will protect us, we are street wise and could never be fooled by a fast talker. Unless of course he spoke on a topic that we have little first hand knowledge in and he combined that with what we wanted to hear. Something that would appeal to our vanity, pocket book, or enabled us in our lethargy. <br />
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Fast forward to the sixties, there was a war on and a portion of North America’s youth didn’t want to go to war, but the only way out was a debilitating health problem, running to Canada, going to university or religion. A health problem couldn’t be faked; some chose living in exile in Canada and most could not afford university, so that left religion. Then as well as now you could mail a small amount of money to an address and become an ordained minister, it didn’t matter if you believed in the gospel or not, you got out of the military. With this new found legitimacy you could start a church or at least be hired at one. After all a job is a job. Today we are reaping some of what was sown then.<br />
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The messages spoken today do not even resemble the messages of even 30 years ago. Many ministers today do not believe in the inerrant word of God in the bible. Some bible schools have been teaching that Genesis is only symbolic. Not a true account but one with symbolic meanings. So God did not create the world in 6 days, Adam was probably a creation of alien genetics program and the snake was nothing more than more aliens trying to protect us from a controlling God, and on goes the story. Genesis is not the only part of the bible refuted by today’s bible schools Noah and the flood also take a beating in the intellectual forum of bible schools. The ark is symbolic as well as the flood. Prophecy is completely off limits even though roughly one third of the scriptures deal with prophecy. Rapture, Hell, second coming, heaven on earth, resurrection … Many other portions of the bible are either denied or explained away.<br />
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The fact remains that many pastors today deny foundational beliefs in the bible. ……. Sea of Faith, which has attracted names such as "Godless vicars" and "atheist priests". It claims it has up to 50 vicars and some Roman Catholic priests in its membership, as well as rank and file church members……it draws on several denominations and also other religions. But what binds the members together is that they share the view that religion is a "human creation". Some of its members go further and believe that God is also a human creation - a metaphor for human values such as love and forgiveness. In other words, some of them believe there is no such thing as God in the traditional sense of an independent being.<br />
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<span style="color: #66ff99;"> John Shelby Spong, retired Episcopal bishop: …..questions the power of prayer to bring divine intervention. He has already made clear that he denies the virgin birth and the literal resurrection of Christ.[ http://www.wesleyblog.com/2005/07/john_spong_.html] As for same sex marriages, Spong has admitted having to bless roads, farm animals and other equally unimportant things in the name of the church during his tenure as a bishop. Extending that logic, he has said that not blessing a loving couple despite the man made religious gender rules that prohibits gay relations is unreasonable. The best way to lose all is to cling with desperation to that which cannot possibly be sustained literally. Literalistic Christians will learn that a God or a faith system that has to be defended daily is finally no God or faith system at all. They will learn that any god who can be killed ought to be killed. Ultimately they will discover that all their claims to represent the historical, traditional, or biblical truth of Christianity cannot stop the advance of knowledge that will render every historic claim for a literal religious system questionable at best, null and void at worst. [Bishop John Shelby Spong, Episcopal (Anglican) Bishop of Newark, NY, in Resurrection: Myth or Reality? pg. 22] </span> <br />
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<li> The list of non believing priests, ministers and pastors and goes on and on and on. It’s not possible to list all the areas that pastors deny for it changes according to the goals of each pastor. Some argue lifestyle because the True Faith doesn’t condone it so it does not love, some want the flesh pleasured so the message is hype, loud music, and positive self pleasuring messages that tickle our ears. Messages that are reinforcing the values of the world, </li>
<li>- God wants you to have it all </li>
<li>- The ends justify the means (pragmatism) </li>
<li>- The bible is harsh and unloving, must of been written by man(a loving God wouldn’t deny you anything) </li>
<li>- The word of God as written isn’t good enough for today’s generation, (we are intelligent today) </li>
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<ul>
<li>- Name it claim it gospel, (if you want it God wants you to have it) </li>
<li>- The need to feel special, important and a purpose, (even though it’s not about you???) </li>
<li>- God wants you to be rich. (a loving God wouldn’t give you hardship) </li>
<li> - God within each of you, (Jesus really wanted us to find the inner God) </li>
<li> - Good works and being a good person, (a loving God will accept you)</li>
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The list goes on for as long as there are personal agendas. One common theme that underplays most of the lies is that all faiths are recognized, “all faiths contain a portion of truth” (Rick Warren). Like spoilt children arguing, no longer is one right and one wrong but all have truths and it’s together that we can solve the world’s problems and have love and peace forget truths or lies.<br />
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Nimrod had similar ideas, God told the people to spread out over the land, but Nimrod convinced them to go against Gods’ word and stay together, together he thought they could accomplish anything. Nimrod believed as many today that working together would solve all, in other words a pragmatist, the ends justify the means. I hope you know the bible well enough to know how that ended. In a society that has put God’s word behind money, possessions, and of course toys its no wonder that we don’t know the bible well enough to have alerts ringing in our head when we hear these New Age teachings. We know enough of the bible to be dangerous to ourselves. My dad always told me if you don’t believe in something you will fall for anything. When you believe in something you study it and learn it. How many of you can recite NFL or NHL stats but don’t know the 12 disciples? It seems we have many religions today not just the “recognized” ones. <br />
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What we need is a message that allows me to believe but doesn’t tie up my time and gives me the freedom to live the way I want. That would teach love, exhorting and forgiveness and leaves out sin, guilt, rebuking and Hell (read Timothy).<br />
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That’s a belief system that everyone can get behind, our churches would grow in no time and then we would be convinced that we are on the right track. After all, the enemy doesn’t have any say in the matter so God must be blessing it. There is no corporation or organization on the earth that is successful without God’s blessings is there? That of course is absurd, but it’s the thinking in the church today a belief that everyone can relate to. Is that really the message that God or Jesus spoke? I recall Christ reprimanding the disciples, individuals, elders and leaders. Yes He loved them, loved them enough to do the hard things, give the tough messages. Messages so hard the people couldn’t take it and killed Him. Christ knew it meant His life all along but still he was thinking further down the road, not thinking of satisfying the here and now.<br />
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Being a father the hardest thing I had to do was hand out punishments to my children, but I knew that they needed to learn for their own good. I would pray for God’s guidance and incidentally strength. Jesus loved us enough to hand out the hard message that unless we live for Him, and believe in His word we would burn in Hell for eternity<br />
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<li> Are you a pastor that loves people enough to give them the cold hard facts even though it would mean your job, or do you need the people to admire you?</li>
<li>When preparing your messages do your thoughts stray to who might be offended by God’s words as written, do you think about toning it down a little,</li>
<li>do you consider presenting it in a different way to lessen the impact?</li>
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Rick Warren says the message won’t change just the method. These are thoughts of a man centered message. A God centered message would be one that little thought was given to the consequences and only in preaching the word as written. We do not please God when we tone it down.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">John</span> <span style="color: red;">15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. </span><br />
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Pastor I recognize just how hard your job is, everything that you’re up against and everything that’s against you, I will pray for you.Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1074533555452937433.post-29565656365961936562009-01-20T19:13:00.046-07:002011-04-21T22:29:58.408-06:00New Age Spiritualism Part II I agree with some of what Rick Warren says, but like everything the enemy tries to do, it’s the powerful and misleading lies buried within biblical truths that fool the very elect. After all only God knows scriptures better than the enemy and the enemy uses it.<br />
An example is the 40 days of tempting Christ went through; Satan quoted the bible in a way to tempt Jesus to do something that wasn’t meant in the scriptures.<br />
Just because someone quotes the bible doesn’t mean that he is heading in the right direction. Hitler even quoted the bible to suit his purposes. I guess you could say he was purpose driven long before Rick Warren came up with the idea. We are told to test the spirits and determine through the Holy Spirits guidance what is right. But if we don’t use the Spirit for guidance then we don’t know where we will end up. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Psychology is a secular tool used to heal people spiritually or emotionally (hmm… I thought that was God’s role) It has replaced our reliance on God and put it in the secular arena or Satan’s domain.<br />
Through psychology we can read other people and determine what is needed to head them in a certain direction in other words to manipulate them. Governments have used this in warfare and now our churches are using it.<br />
Rick Warren believes strongly in reading people and knowing what makes them tick through questionnaires (I won’t mention again that replaces the need for the Holy Spirit). He teaches that people need to feel comfortable and focus on their feelings. This make church people centered, if we have a people centered church where we concentrate on people feeling good we are no longer a God centered church. We have missed the mark entirely. Rick’s underlying theme is that compromise is the answer to feeling good about ourselves. The idea that if someone or something (scriptures) makes you feel bad then it’s wrong (New Age).<o:p></o:p><br />
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You need to pay attention when your church starts embracing ideas and events popular in the secular world and start adapting them to the church, it might be heading in the wrong direction. It’s easy to see how the church can be watered down if we allow ourselves to change values to make the church more acceptable to the world. That’s the whole idea behind Ecumenical Movement and that is to have a “consensus” with other beliefs and incidentally with non believers as Rick states. Consensus is just another way of saying you need to give up some of your beliefs so that you can get along with others and have an easier time of it. I wonder what Jesus would say to that? This is what Margret Thatcher had to say about consensus:<br />
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"Ah consensus … the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner 'I stand for consensus'?" Margaret Thatcher<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> “In this movement, it is imperative that unbelievers are brought into the church; otherwise, the process of continual change cannot begin. There must be an antithesis (unbelievers) present to oppose the thesis (believers), in order to move towards consensus (compromise), and move the believers away from their moral absolutism (resistance to pagan changes). If all members of the church stand firm on the Word of God, and its final authority in all doctrine and tradition, then the church cannot and will not change. This is common faith.”—Robert Klenck, The 21st Century Church.</span><br />
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What does God's word have to say?:<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></div><pre style="color: red; margin: 0in 0.25in 0.0001pt 63pt;"><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;"></span></pre><span style="color: red;">Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword. For</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother,</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Matthew 10:34-37 </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">his Father with the holy angels. Mark 8:38 </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Jesus Christ; who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Lord, and from the glory of his power.. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9</span><br />
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One way pop psychology works is to label people and things, and many of the basic beliefs in<br />
scripture is being targeted. You are called dogmatic if you stand firm on biblical doctrine. Standing on the word is no longer acceptable, you are called unchanging not able to adapt to the times. But I see that as good thing because is God unchanging. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them, for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. 1 Timothy 4:16 </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness... 2 Timothy 3:15-16</span><br />
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Dogmatism has come to refer to anyone who stands firm and unwavering on God’s word. Helen Blavatsky used this word dogmatic when speaking about Christian beliefs; Helen was the founder of what we know today as the New Age movement, back in 1875. She claimed that Satan was a victim of an evil God, a belief that underlies many secret societies today and is the main theme in Satanism. Her group founded the<br />
“Lucifer Trust”, which is still around today with a new name “Lucis Trust” which promotes many of the New Age material, and is involved in the United Nations (United Nations New Age? Never).<br />
The targeted scripture and ideas changes from church to church but unless you know and obey the Word of God you will be fooled. Since there is no set area that is attacked in the scriptures, the only way to protect yourself from it is to know the word of God and maintain a strong relationship with Him.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish, because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie, that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 </span><br />
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(Note above that it refers to a "deceivableness of unrighteousness". If we do not obey the Word of God, we will become part of the coming apostasy:)<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it. Matthew 7:26-27</span><br />
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Rick Warren suggests to give questionnaires, I have been asked to take these questionnaires and they are little more than psychology profiling questionnaires. They are called spiritual gifts surveys and many other names, but usually have little to do with the label. Warren promotes reading the people and giving them<br />
what makes them happy, like a used car salesman tell them what they want to hear to get them to go in a predetermined direction (manipulate them), all the while making people think that they did it themselves and were not lead by anyone. Something very off the mark with this way of thinking but it is prevalent in our churches today. Similar surveys can be learned about in any university psychology class. I am not saying that all spiritual gifts surveys are evil or misleading and most are not, but we should be aware of the difference of what is a gift survey or something else entirely.One of the most important things God has instructed us to do is to bring others to Christ and be saved and I believe that strongly, but never at the expense or compromise of his Word. There are many more things that could be said about this but for now this is where I will leave it and let the reader think about it. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Matthew 24:11-13 </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. Matthew 24:24 </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order, if possible, to lead the elect astray. Mark 13:22 </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. 1 Timothy: 4:1 </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">"Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you; For you have said in your</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me'." Is 48:10</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b><span style="color: red;">Is New Age spiritualism in our churches today?</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in;"><br />
<b><span style="color: red;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 27pt;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1074533555452937433&postID=1892179661598495690" name="2" style="color: red;"><b>Romans 12:</b></a><b>2</b> Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 27pt;">by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="color: red;"> well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.<br />
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The direction that the church on this earth is taking today is concerning. We are seeing a greater reliance on pop psychology and gimmicks in the teaching in our churches. New Age spiritualism ideas are creeping into our churches under the guise of Christianity. All this serving to take the church in the direction of the One World Church which is the enemy of Christ in Revelations.<br />
As the church takes on more characteristics of the secular world we are losing more of what makes the church different in the world. The Ecumenical Movement is a plan to bring all churches together in a common belief system, but completely ignores the fact that to bring different beliefs together we have to compromise our beliefs to get along with others.<br />
While many of the churches may be very similar and compatible many clearly are not. The over riding idea is that compromise with other belief systems is more important than God’s word and standing firm on it. God’s word tells us to be firm in the word:<br />
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<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 45pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></div><pre style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with </span>
<span style="color: red;">all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine, but </span><span style="color: red;">after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,
having itching ears; and they shall turn </span><span style="color: red;">away their ears from the truth, and shall be
turned unto fables. </span></span><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12; font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;">2 Timothy 4:2-4 </b></span><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><i><span style="font-family: ";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></pre><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></div> Almost every denomination is giving in to some degree to the One World Church, and the leading theme is under the misguided idea of everyone getting along is more important than God’s word. We<br />
are in the end times and scriptures tell us to watch for “false prophets” and “doctrines of devils that will deceive many, don’t be one of them, know your bible.<br />
As churches are becoming desperate for numbers in the pews and revenue they are looking to an ever widening way to get people to enter the doors of their church. There is a misconception in the world that you have to be big to be successful, and the church has started buying into this secular view. When we start believing that people are more important than strict word of God, we are in trouble.<br />
When we hesitate or even refrain from preaching the world of God because it might offend someone we are taking liberty were non was given. In other words putting our own understanding above God’s, and this fits with the beliefs of the New Age movement turns everyone into gods.<br />
We can’t widen the gate to heaven that’s up to God:<br />
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<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in;"><o:p> </o:p></div><pre style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: ";"><b>Matthew 7:13-14</b></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">Enter ye in at the strait gate, for wide is the gate, and broad is the
way, that leadeth to destruction, </span><span style="color: red;">and many there be which go in thereat; because
strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth </span><span style="color: red;">unto life, and few there be
that find it.</span></span><i><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12;">
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New curriculum, advertising, and a never ending string of new teaching programs that promise to put God back in the church, all leads the church further from God. All of them use the theme of bringing more people to Christ, which are what the scriptures tell us to do, but in God's way not ours. In reality all they are doing is distracting us from the real problems facing the church and make us look busy and successful while we run in circles. We end up accomplishing nothing and God knows it<br />
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<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></div><pre style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: ";"><b>Matthew 7:15-23 </b></span></b><span style="font-family: ";"><span style="color: red;">Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in thy name? And in thy name</span><span style="color: red;"> have cast out devils? And in thy name
done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them,</span><span style="color: red;"> I never knew you:</span><o:p style="color: red;"></o:p><span style="color: red;">
depart from me, ye that work iniquity. </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: ";"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: ";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: ";"><b>Matthew 5:13</b></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall </span><span style="color: red;">it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out,
and to be trodden under foot of men.</span><span style="color: red;"> </span> </span><i><span style="font-family: ";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></div> All the while we chasing one new program or another we are not addressing the real reason for the churches failing. As salt of the earth we are to season others, but if we become slowly like them and there is no longer any difference between the church and the world what have we?<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
<span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: ";"><b>1 Corinthians 6:9-10</b></span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: ";">Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the </span></span><st1:place style="color: red;"><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: ";">kingdom</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family: ";"><br />
</span></st1:place></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><st1:place style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: ";">of </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family: ";">God</span></st1:placename></st1:place></span><span style="color: red; font-size: 100%;">? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 100%;">nor abusers of themselves with </span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: ";">mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards,<br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: ";">nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the </span></span><st1:place style="color: red;"><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: ";">kingdom</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family: ";"> of </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family: ";">God</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family: ";"><span style="color: red;">.</span></span><i><span style="font-family: ";"><span style="color: red;"><br />
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</div> Scriptures say that in the last days there will be a falling away from the church, which is where we are at today. This doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t do something about it, but we need to be careful what we are willing to sacrifice to achieve our goals.<br />
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<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></div><pre style="color: red; margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: ";">Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith,
and the revelation of the </span><span style="font-family: ";">man</span><span style="font-family: ";"> of sin, the son of destruction,
(BBE) <b>2 Thessalonians 2:3<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></pre><pre style="color: red; margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: ";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="color: red; margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: ";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: ";">Let not any one deceive you in any manner, because it will not be unless the
apostasy have first come, and the man of sin have been revealed, the son of
perdition; (DBY) <b>2 Thessalonians 2:3<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></pre><pre style="color: red; margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: ";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="color: red; margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: ";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: "; font-size: small;">Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there
come afalling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;</span><i><span style="font-family: ";">
<span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">(KJV) </span><b style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;">2 Thessalonians 2:3</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></span></pre><pre style="color: red; font-style: italic; margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: ";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="font-style: italic; margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: ";"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: ";"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the
faith, giving </span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils... </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;">1 Timothy 4:1</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 45pt;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></div> Doctrines of devils, we wouldn’t of been warned of this unless the teachings in the churches were going to be corrupted by the enemy. There will be leaders in the church that are not leading us to God but away from God. They may have even fooled themselves and believe in what they are doing, even show a misguided passion for Christ. We are in a world that believes less and less that there is right and wrong (New Age), no black or white, everything is acceptable (this is against what the bible tells us) and that everyone has the right to conduct themselves in different situations as they see fit.<br />
We are being taught that we need change the way that the church is, to focus on the felt needs and feelings of the unbelievers, to make everyone comfortable. I don’t know about you but the Holy Spirit makes me feel very uncomfortable when I need to change something and uses ministers and others to speak this message.<br />
To focus on ourselves and our needs is exactly what secular psychology and many cults tells us, which is contrary to the bible. But today we hear it from thousands of pulpits every Sunday. The bible tells us to deny ourselves and focus on God, not to focus on ourselves and feel sorry for ourselves. We are changing everything the bible has taught us and saying that the bible (or God?) is out of touch with the people in this new culture of today, so we need to change the way we do church, we no longer have to discipline ourselves instead lets just change the bible.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><pre style="color: red; margin: 0in 27pt 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: ";">The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is
wise. <b>Proverbs 12:15</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="color: red; margin: 0in 27pt 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: ";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="color: red; margin: 0in 27pt 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: ";">There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death.<b>Proverbs 16:25</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="color: red; margin: 0in 27pt 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: ";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></pre><pre style="color: red; margin: 0in 27pt 0.0001pt 45pt;"><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12; font-size: small;">Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. <b>Luke 13:3
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I think you can see where our desire to get people through the doors is going. Jesus instructed his disciples to shake the sand from their sandals and leave any town that did not want to hear the word, Jesus did not tell them to use gimmicks or our imaginations to persuade people to listen<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; margin-left: 45pt;">8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1074533555452937433&postID=1892179661598495690" name="9"><sup>9</sup></a> And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1074533555452937433&postID=1892179661598495690" name="10"><sup>10</sup></a> But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1074533555452937433&postID=1892179661598495690" name="11"><sup>11</sup></a> Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1074533555452937433&postID=1892179661598495690" name="12"><sup>12</sup></a> But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. <b>Luke 10:8-12</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; margin-left: 45pt;"><br />
<i><o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></div> We are thinking that God didn’t do it quit right and now we have to change the word so that others will listen. God did do it right and this is not the first time that people have turned away from the word, Noah’s time was just like now, only difference Noah didn’t think he was smarter than God and he didn’t change the word to be more appealing to people.<br />
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<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 5pt 0.5in 5pt 45pt;"><b style="color: red;">24 </b><span style="color: red;">for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the, sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.</span><b style="color: red;">25</b><span style="color: red;">But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation </span><b style="color: red;">26</b><span style="color: red;"> <b>As it happened in the days of Noah even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.</b> </span><b style="color: red;">Luke 17:24-26</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></div> Over the decades we have become less and less reliant on God, and more reliant on money and secular organizations. This has served to weaken our faith, as our faith weakens we started looking elsewhere for the answers. Many have gone to different belief systems and Christians have started taking cues from the secular corporate world to grow their churches. This includes manipulative advertising and self help books which are exploding in the churches and some churches are even making these teachings of man the foundations of the church..<br />
Imagine basing your church on a book other than the Word of God. Rick Warren (The Purpose Driven Church) mixes New Age spirituality with pop psychology, endless programs and biblical beliefs to promote the church and to guide the church in a healthier direction. But if you read closely, it leads the church away from God and straight to the One World Church. No matter how you look at it, this just waters down God’s word. Seeker churches like these are nothing new but the mixture of New Age beliefs and psychology makes these books appealing, this is the age of easy believism. As Rick Warren stated in his seminar:<br />
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<span style="color: #ffff66;">“Read Scripture from a newer translation. And as you read that Scripture, realize that you're trying to pick out Scriptures that appeal especially to baby boomers. And try to find Scriptures that specifically relate to the benefits that Christ can bring into a person's life. They've never heard the Scripture before, so try to pick positive Scriptures that talk about the benefits of Christ... you want to pick out Scriptures that are very positive.” Rick Warren</span><br />
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<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"></div> Picking and choosing what to preach from the bible and what not to preach was never mentioned anywhere in my bible. Reading only positive messages and verses does not communicate the true intent of God’s word. How can someone even know God when they are never told who he really is, but instead told of a make believe God the we would rather He be.<br />
Christ had John the baptist paving the way for the new message, Satan always copies what Christ did and I believe that Rick Warren is John the Baptist for the Antichrist. I consider Rick the new John the Baptist for the Antichrist, preparing the world for the one world church, paving the way for the "new message".<br />
Jesus's messages could very well of been said today to be negative, but Jesus wasn’t trying to please us He was trying to save us. In order for a positive only message to be preached vitally important texts dealing specifically with the church's doctrine, message and ministry must be ignored or redefined.<br />
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<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; margin: 0in 27pt 0.0001pt 45pt; text-indent: 9pt;">…and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. <b>Acts20:28-31</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; margin: 0in 27pt 0.0001pt 45pt; text-indent: 9pt;"><br />
<b><o:p></o:p></b><span style="color: red;">[Hold] fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers [those who contradict or speak against the truth of God]. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped....</span><b style="color: red;">Titus 1:9-11</b><i><o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></div>Diakonos (Servant)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04990970978078020158noreply@blogger.com