Saturday, February 25, 2017
Monday, February 20, 2017
Woe Unto the Pastors
We are living in a day where hardly any good churches can be found. With the exception of a few, Independent Baptist Churches are corrupting like crazy. With doctrinal errors like: Zionism, the pre-trib rapture, repent of your sins salvation, and false Bible versions, God's people are being scattered.
The question is why are we being scattered? Why is it so hard to find a good Baptist Church that does not compromise truth? Why are so many Baptist Churches allowing false doctrines to creep in? The reason is behind the leaders: the Pastors.
Jeremiah 23:1-2 reads, "Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord."
The reason why God's people have no Church is because of the Pastors. God has set Pastors to rule the flock rule the flock (1 Tim 5:17), and they will have to give an account of the Church (Heb 13:17).
In this post, I'm going to give you three reasons why Christians are leaving their Church homes; as a result they are turning to the world, and why Pastors are bringing destruction to themselves.
1) The Pastors are Covetous
Ezekiel 22:25 reads, "There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof."
This point is pretty obvious. Pastors today are more interested in you buying their books than you reading your own dusty Bible. God said in Proverbs 23:23 "Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding." Ya hear that Tony Evans? Ya hear that Bob Gray Sr.? Ya hear that Brian Mosley? Men like these are the reason why people have lost their trust for the local Church.
I remember my first year of soul-winning. When I knocked on people's doors, sometimes they thought I was asking them for money. I hadn't even said anything but "I go to a Baptist Church". That was enough for them to think I was some covetous wolf.
False prophets give Churches bad reputations. Paul said in Galatians 5:12 in regard to False prophets, "I would they were even cut off which trouble you." God knew that whenever you have wolves and sheep together, you have trouble. Again, it is written, "Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?" -1 Corinthians 5:6.
If you have one corrupt man selling his corruption, then every man becomes corrupt. If you have one corrupt cell, you have cancer, and it spreads. God said in 1 Corinthians 12:25 "That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another." You can't have the same care one for another when there is a schism; two sick people can't make each other well. It takes somethingthat is not touched by the filth of the sickness to make something well: God's word.
When God's people stop reading their books and start reading their Bibles, there would not be so much deception. God said in 1 Corinthians 14: 29, "Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge." When the Pastor is preaching a sermon, you are supposed to be judging what he's saying, making sure that it is what the Bible says. And if you don't know how to do this and you're a man, you need to get serious, or else people will keep making money off of you.
"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. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not."
2 Peter 2:1-3
2) The Pastors don't win souls
Jeremiah 23:1-2 reads, "Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord."
There is another spiritual truth we can gain from this passage, and that is soul-winning or visitation. God commands the Pastor to "...do the work of an evangelist" in 2 Timothy 4:5. Sadly, the alter call has substituted soul-winning in many churches. The alter call make Churches lazy because no one goes soul-winning like God commanded. In Luke chapter 10:1, Jesus sent his apostles out two by two into every city WHERE HE WAS ALSO GOING TO GO!!! Jesus didn't send out his apostles and he remained lazy. He went as well.
When Pastors don't win souls, they become stupid. I'm not saying that out of disrespect, I'm saying that because that is what God said in Proverbs 11:30 where it reads "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise." That goes for every Christian. If you don't get people saved, you are a fool. Sorry for actually telling you the truth this Sunday.
I can't stress how important this subject is. This one point would require an entire blog post.
Pastors as well as saints need to win souls for Christ.
Acts 5:42 "And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ."
3)Pastors Don't Preach the Bible
Isaiah 56:10 "His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber."
This verse can't be truer. If you understand why people used dogs, they were not for pets. Dogs, among many uses, can be used for protection; therefore we have "watchdogs". The signal that a watchdog uses to alert is his loud, powerful bark.
God is saying that the Pastors are dumb dogs that cannot bark. They love to sleep and let the enemy come in unnoticed. The Pastor is supposed to preach against sin, false doctrine, and false prophets. God commands Pastors in Isaiah 58:1, "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins." Agains he says in Ezekiel 6:11, " Thus saith the Lord God; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence." God wants Pastors to scream or cry against sin.
Timothy is told in 2 Timothy 4:2, "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine." Reproving someone is when you calmly and politely tell them they are wrong. Rebuke is when you sternly and aggressively tell someone they are wrong. God wants Pastors to be able to point out and REBUKE sin.
God commands Pastors in 1 Timothy 5:20, “Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.” And God expects Pastors to name names. Paul did this several times in his epistles to Timothy. He did it in 1 Timothy 1:20, 2 Timothy 1:15, 2 Timothy 2:17-18, and 2 Timothy 4:10. God wants Pastors to preach against Tony Evans, Joyce Meyer, Joel Osteen, Jonathan Cahn, Bob Gray Sr., Bishop Jakes, Pope Francis, Steven Furtick, Billy Graham, and Desmond Tutu. These men and women are leading people to hell and no one even cares.
The problem with the sermons in Baptist Churches today is not what they do cover, it's what they don't cover. It isn't what Pastors do preach, it's what they are not preaching. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are wonderful books of the Bible, but what about Esther, Malachi, Hosea, Nahum, Ezekiel, Romans, Revelation, 1 John, and Hebrews? Salvation is a wonderful sermon topic, but the majority of the Church should be saved, if not, there is a massive problem. God designed the Church to be for the saved. You can only call your church a church if it has saved people, or else it's just an assembly. Church is the assembly of believers, not a building.
Christians already are saved; therefore we don't need every Sunday sermon to be about: grace, love, forgiveness, charity, and John 3:16. All of these topics are wonderful, but you cannot exclude the other important vitamins necessary to live a godly life. Doctrines regarding: separation from the world, marriage, the death penalty, end-times bible prophecy, soul-winning, sodomy, feminism, and abortion are not being touched with a ten-foot pole. Why? Because Pastors are scared.
They know that if they preach what God says about sodomy, half their choir would have to be thrown out of the Church. They know if they preach what God says about feminism that their Church secretaries would quit. They know if they preach what the Bible says about separation, half of their Church would leave.
The reason why they gained these big congregations without preaching the Bible is because they preach to please men. Galatians 1:10 says,
“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.”
The Elders today do not serve Christ; they seek to tickle ears with fancy cliches. Dead Churches exist because of dead pulpits, void of the whole counsel of God.
Don't get me wrong, if your Pastor is doing a study on the Book of Matthew, God bless him. What I'm concerned about is what will he preach when he gets to chapter 7 verse 6? What is he going to say when Jesus starts calling names in Matthew 23? I'm concerned that your Pastor will exclude out the negative verses in favor of a positive sermon.
Hopefully, when you start reading your Bible cover to cover you'll see that most of the Bible is negative. The beginning of the book is Adam being thrown out of paradise. The end of the book is God judging and punishing the inhabitants of the earth. Despite the lies you've been told, God is not only love, but he is also holy, just, and jealous.
God created light and darkness. He creates good and evil. “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.” –Isaiah 45:7.
Instead of believing everything you hear, read the Bible and judge for yourself. In these days, hardly anyone cares about the truth.
“ 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;”
-2 Timothy 4:3
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
The Sins of Movie Theatres
"I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me" -Psalm 101:3
The primary sin of going to the movie theatre is what you are watching. Today, movies are filled with smut and garbage that God hates. Whether you're watching "Man of Steel" or "Grown Ups", movies are filled with blasphemous slurs against Christ, and abominable acts of sin.
A lot of people only pay attention to swear words when it comes to 'little ears'. But that is the least of your problems. The taking of God's name in vain is what you ought to be concerned about. I know so many Christians who watch movies that use blasphemous terms against Christ. As they watch these movies, they too start to take God's name in vain. God said in Exodus 20:7 that he wouldn't hold you guiltless if you take his name in vain. This is the first sin of the movie theatre. They allow and promote the blasphemy of Jesus Christ.
The second sin of the movie theatre is that you are watching sin. There is a fornication, sodomite, and adultery scene in nearly every movie. The movies aren't getting better folks. God said that we ought not to put wicked things before our eyes.
Now a lot of people will look at the rating of a movie. "G", "PG" or even "PG-13" will probably be your excuse as to why you can watch movies. As long as they are not "R" rated. "PG-13" movies will include the use of profanity, violence, and sexual content. All of these things are sin. Ephesians 4:29 says, "Let 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." Now I'm not talking about Bible words like "hell", "damn", "ass", "bastard", or "whore" themselves. I'm talking about the "F" word, the "S" word, or any other profane slanderous term that is used under the sun.
"PG" movies are no different. They will use blasphemous terms like: "Jeez", "Oh my God/gosh", or "Jesus Christ" as an expletive. "G" movies are the same as well. Disney movies have subliminal messages even in the disc covers. They will use the same blasphemous terms as in "PG" movies. And Disney movies often includes the wrong message. In "Beauty in the Beast", a woman basically commits bestiality in order for her dog she fell in love with to become a man. In "the Princess and the Frog", the woman kisses the from, a bestial act, in order for the frog to turn into a man. Disney movies also include witchcraft and sorcery. "Harry Potter" and "The Chronicles or Narnia" are two mainstream Disney movies that promote and encourage kids to be witches and sorcerers.
Ask yourself, why do we have so many gothic teens? Why are kids into piercing themselves? Why are kids into drugs? All of these practices are used by occult religions for invoking what the Bible calls "familiar spirits".
There is nothing positive about the rating of the movie. God hates sin, and if you love God you will too. There is no excuse for the rating of the movie.
The third reason why movies are wrong is because they glorify sinful people. Every Hollywood whore, and whoremonger are promoted across the screen. These "actors" are fooling you. Our world call them "celebrities", God calls them "an abomination. God said in Luke 16:15,
"And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."
Britney Spears, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lebron James, Kanye West, Brad Pitt, and Beyoncé are all an abomination in the sight of God. Why? Because they are "highly esteemed", they are deified in our society. Kanye West has even wrote his own "bible" where he replaces "God" with "Kanye". God is a Jealous God. People don't have to admit they worship these people when they want to touch the skirt of their robes on stage like the woman did to Jesus. When they want to follow them wherever they go like Jesus told us to do. When they want to religiously listen to their music and interviews and study their lives as we read the Bible.
There is no question about it. These are truly the gods of America. They preach it in their music, teach it on their platforms, and promote it with their names.
Half of the people in Hollywood are sodomites. Leonardo DiCaprio's played as a homosexual in the movie "Total Eclipse". Will Smith played as a homosexual in "Six Degrees of Separation". Jaden Smith is a cross dresser who has been French kissed by his father on live television. Ellen "Degenerate" is a lesbian. Lady Gaga has said that lesbians are "more daring than men". And Caitlyn Jenner is a damned transsexual!
These are the people you make rich when you buy their movie tickets. I frankly don't want my money going to a bunch of paedophiles and dogs. I'd rather make better investments. The reason why these people can pretty much perform whatever act on screen is because the Bible says they are "past feeling" in Ephesians 4:19.
You may wonder why the media and politics pay so much attention to the opinions celebrities? The reason why is because the people are more interested in following the degeneracy of their gods than the truth of the Bible.
Psalm 101:6 reads, "Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land....". These Hollywood actors are the most unfaithful people in our nation. That's why I call them whores and whoremongers because each and every one of them has either been divorced several times or is in a premarital relationship for s short period of time.
There are many other factors as to why it is wrong to watch Hollywood movies. But the same person who reads this post and has a TV in their home, is just as guilty as someone who is sitting in the theatre right now. We as believers need to stay away from the sins of this world. We need to stay away from the gods of this world. The reason why the divorce rate is so high, whoredom is ok, and sodomy is cool and trendy is because people in America are following the doctrines of their gods.
If you are a Christian that loves God, you will keep his commandments. If you are like some of the Christians I know that disregard the Word of God for the sake of their pleasure, you will fail in life. Sin is abounding in our nation. As Children of God, we must be holy and separate from sinners just as Christ was.
"For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners and exalted above the heavens." -Hebrews 7:26
If you love God, you will keep his commandments.
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous." -1 John 5:3
Monday, January 30, 2017
Why I'm an Independent Fundamental Baptist
Baptists are not Protestant, and there is a reason why I'm not a Protestant. The founders of Protestantism: Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Knox, wanted to reform the Catholic Church. They decided to "protest" the Catholic Church for being unscriptural in regards toward transubstantiation, the concealment of God's Word, indulgences, and the persecution of anyone who believed doctrines other than those taught at Mass. However, Martin Luther said that he never left the Catholic Church. If you read his famous 95 theses, he clearly believes a lot of the same false doctrine that the Mother Of Harlots did to begin with. The Reformers did not want to break away from the Catholic Church, they wanted to add certain changes to the way things were governed. This is one reason why I'm a Baptist, because I never came out of the Catholic Church. I am not seeking to "reform" or "change" Mystery Babylon. Now this was a brief history lesson to why I'm not a Protestant. Now I am going to tell you biblically why I belong to a Baptist Church.
1)Christ is the Head of the Church
"For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let wives be subject unto their own husbands in every thing." -Ephesians 5:23-24
Mainstream Protestantism is denominational; meaning that a president or committee is the head of several churches within the same statement of faith. A few well-known denominations are: the Southern Baptist Convention, United Methodist Church, and or course the Catholic Church. The Pope is a perfect example of what a denomination truly is. He is the head over thousands of Churches throughout the world, and whatever he says goes.
This is unscriptural. Since Protestantism is nothing but "catholic-light", they have engulfed themselves in something that is completely satanic in nature. Just as God came down and scattered the men who were building the Tower of Babel, a one world system, God has also done so with his Church.
There is not a church that we all belong to on earth. There are "churches". Throughout the New Testament you will see the word, "churches". Protestants use Ephesians 5:23-24 to boast of their denominationalism because the verses say "the church", meaning "one church". What they fail to recognize is that it also says "the husband" and "the wife". Does that mean that there is only one husband on this entire earth? No. Does that mean that there is only one family on this entire earth? No. God is generalizing this verse to obviously mean that Christ is the head of every church, just as every husband is to be the head of his wife.
By making a man, such as a Pope or President, a mainstream leader of a collective group of churches, each and every one of those churches' is subject to that man's orders, not to the Scriptures. A Church is to pull all of its doctrine from the Inspiration of the Holy Ghost, the King James Bible. Not from a board or committee. I am a part of an Independent Church, meaning that there is no hierarchy of governors connected to the Church. We are independently run by Pastors, Deacons, and a God-fearing congregation whose sole authority comes from the Word of God.
2)The Word of God is the Final Authority
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." -2 Timothy 3:16-17
All a Church needs for doctrine, administration, and preaching can be found in the Holy Word of God, the basis of Baptist theology. Unlike the Charismatics who stand on personal experience, and the Protestants who lean on human reasoning, we stand on the doctrines of Scripture ALONE. This is why I am 'fundamental'. This defines me as someone who believes the Bible LITERALLY'. I as a Baptist, do not believe in an allegorical interpretation of Scripture unless the passage clearly defines itself as allegorical, symbolic, or prophetic. One of the main reasons why so much false doctrine exists today is because people read the Bible and make it say what they want it to say. This is why God says we are to rightly divide the Word of Truth. You need to be capable of separating the allegorical, prophetic, and symbolic from the literal.
A good example is the 10 commandments. All but one commandment is symbolic, and that is the fourth commandment dealing with the Sabbath. All of the other commandments are literal. God simply says "thou shalt not kill", "thou shalt not commit adultery", "thou shalt not steal". There is nothing figurative about any of the other nine commandments. There are literal and figurative passages in the Bible that need to be read in context to get the true meaning.
If you read Revelation Chapter 4, and you think that the rapture is mentioned there, you're not making the Bible your final authority because Revelation 4 doesn't address the rapture. But if you read clear verses that talk about the rapture like: Matthew 24:29, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, Revelation 1:7, and Revelation 6:12-17. The Pre-Trib Rapture is a perfect example of Pastors not relying on the Word of God as their final authority.
Being a fundamentalist means that you are willing to lay down tradition, preconceived ideas, and personal beliefs for the sake of the authenticity of doctrine. You don't compromise.
3) Baptism is for Believers
"And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." -Acts 8:36-37
Baptism is not a requirement for salvation. All one must do to be saved is believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and then they are saved eternally. Baptism comes after someone has already gotten saved. The eunuch had to believe first, which is salvation, in order to be baptized, which is an ordinance. If Baptism were a requirement for salvation, I guess the thief on the cross didn't go to heaven. I guess Abraham and the Patriarchs didn't go to heaven. Baptism is a symbol for salvation. It is an ordinance like the Lord's Super. Romans 6:4-5 clearly teaches this doctrine. It says that we are planted in the "likeness of his death", and we are risen in the "likeness of his resurrection". Baptism represents the death to the body and life to the Spirit in the Christian life. It is a public display of one's conversion. This public display is to be done by Pastors and Deacons, usually in the local Church.
Having the name "Baptist" is an honour. That was what the Protestants mockingly called people who re-baptized adults due to the unscriptural baby sprinkling or the Catholic and Protestant Churches. Just as the disciples were named "Christians" by their persecutors, we were named "Baptist" by ours as well.
Jesus said in Matthew 11:11
"Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born among women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."
Instead of naming our Church after some dead man burning in hell, we have named our Church after a living man in heaven who preached righteousness and prepared the way for Jesus Christ. That is what Baptist Churches want to do. We want to go soul-winning, get people baptized, and raise up a generation of Pastors who will preach just as the greatest man to ever live did. Notwithstanding, if we are the most humblest of people, who obey and follow the shepherd's voice, we will undoubtedly be greater than the first Baptist.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Tips For Bible Memorization
"This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success." -Joshua 1:8
It's the new year, and many Christians have already started reading their Bibles cover to cover, going soul-winning, and being in Church. Many have made good resolutions that hopefully they will fulfill.
Today, I want to talk about a specific resolution that I think that every saint should consider. That resolution is Bible memorization. This is something that is overlooked among spiritual resolutions. Not only does God stress reading, and studying his Word, but also memorizing and meditating upon it.
I'm now going to give you some tips on how you can memorize large portions of the Bible effectively. I have been using this technique for quite some time now, and it has proved effective.
1) Choose a Passage
This is the obvious, but sadly no one ever makes it to this step. If you are new to memorizing large portions of scripture, try memorizing most of the Psalms. And not Psalms like chapter 117, but Psalms that contain at least 10-20 verses. The best part about this, is that you can try and put some of the Psalms to music to aid your memorization. Don't try to memorize huge passages right away. The bear minimum should be 3-5 verses per day. Don't try to memorize a full chapter in one day. You need to train your mind to memorize like that before you jump into memorizing 10 verses, fail, then get discouraged.
2) Use the Same Bible
If you're like me, and have a good stash of Bibles to choose from, it might be a good idea to only use one Bible for your memorization. The reason why is because often times when I can't remember a certain verse, usually I just flip the page without looking and the verse immediately comes to my mind. I like to call this "Scripture-Placement Memory".
We do this all the time when we try to find certain scriptures without the references. Our minds may not remember the chapters and verses, but our minds do remember the sections we read. This is a great technique that aids in Bible memory.
3) Quote the Verses in the Morning and Evening
After we wake up, our minds are fresh and ready for the day. This is the perfect advantage for Bible memory. Things stick well in the morning than in the evening. Quote in the evening to refresh your mind of the passage you are memorizing before you go to bed. And when I say quote, I mean recite the verse 10-15 times each. Look at the verse as you quote for 3-5 quotations, then work it into your memory. Do this every day until you have reached the last few verses.
4)Quote Memorized Passage Every Day for 1 Week
Now, we are getting into the fundamentals of memorization. You must work the passage into your long-term memory. And when I say once a day, I mean ONCE A DAY. If you are quoting the passage five times a day, that isn't going to help you. Doing that will only keep the passage in your short-term memory. What you want, is to gradually work the passage into your long-term memory. Each day for a week, each week for a month, each month for a year, each year for a decade, each decade forever.
5) Move On
Don't go telling your friends you memorized 1 chapter and you're done. Move on to harder chapters, and try to memorize more verses every day. Write down your verse on note cards, pull them out, and recite them when you can. When you're waiting in line, making dinner, or waiting in traffic, just pull them out and recite. As you memorize, mediate on what the verse is saying to you. Apply it. You will be more filled with the Spirit if you speak the spirit.
"Let the word
of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one
another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord." -Colossians 3:16
" It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth
nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are
life." -John 6:63
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