[SIZE=10pt]The disastrous doctrines of men began big-time after the original apostles died.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Many who were NOT called by God wormed their way into church leadership.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Gradually they put an end to God’s original method of using signs and wonders.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Gone was His original plan of confirming the Truth of His gospel with miracles.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Gone was the miraculous healing of the people of all of their many maladies.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]If God’s method of evangelizing the world (with signs and wonders) had been [/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]continued, the whole world would have been evangelized hundreds of years ago![/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]You understand that God does not usually enter where He is not welcome, right?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]If man insists on utilizing his free-will harmfully, God doesn’t usually intervene.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]The pompous traditions of the church deceived the masses into submission.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Man “ruled the roost”, and the Holy Spirit was banned from places of worship.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]More and more man-made anti-Scriptural doctrines came forth out of the church.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]More and more power and tithes for the church. And the beat goes on today …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Not only is the church asleep (patiently waiting for the rapture), but its’ focus [/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]is on bringing in tithes for paying off mortgages and the paying of salaries.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]This is the time of the preaching of false doctrines, that’s for sure! [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.” (2 Timothy 4:3-4)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]The real true gospel of salvation goes along these lines …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Those who truly “believe” with a saving faith … actually love Father God [/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]and Jesus enough to co-operate with (i.e. obey) THEIR stated desires! [/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Keeping Jesus’ commandments is critical …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” (John 14:15)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love Him[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]… If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]… He who does not love Me does not keep My words” (John 14:21-24)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Abiding in Jesus is critical …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.” (John 15:6)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “… abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]… You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.” (John 15:9-14)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]From John 14 and 15 above, I ask you …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Will you go to heaven, if you do not love Jesus? [/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Will you go to heaven, if you do not keep Jesus’ commandments?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Will you go to heaven, if you are not loved by both Father God and Jesus?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Will you go to heaven, if you do not abide in Jesus by keeping His commandments?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Will you go to heaven, if you are not one of Jesus’ friends who obeys His commands? [/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]All “believers” think they are one of His sheep …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish …” (John 10:27-28)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” (John 17:3)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]From John 10 and 17 above, I ask you …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Do you have eternal life, if you do not hear Jesus’ voice?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Do you have eternal life, if Jesus does not know you?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Do you have eternal life, if you do not follow Jesus (i.e. keep His commandments)?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Do you have eternal life, if you do not know both Father God and Jesus Christ?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Those who actually “follow” Jesus are dedicated to keep (obey) His commandments.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]‘I know Him’, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]But whoever keeps (obeys) His word, truly the love of (for?) God is perfected in him. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]By this we know that we are in Him.” (1 John 2:3-5) [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]ß[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] THE test for who is “in Christ”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]If your church preaches in this fashion today, then you are truly and uniquely blessed.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]But if it does not, then it is not preaching the Truth … you should pray about leaving it.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]IMO, the best route is to start a home group with other serious dedicated believers![/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Many who were NOT called by God wormed their way into church leadership.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Gradually they put an end to God’s original method of using signs and wonders.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Gone was His original plan of confirming the Truth of His gospel with miracles.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Gone was the miraculous healing of the people of all of their many maladies.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]If God’s method of evangelizing the world (with signs and wonders) had been [/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]continued, the whole world would have been evangelized hundreds of years ago![/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]You understand that God does not usually enter where He is not welcome, right?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]If man insists on utilizing his free-will harmfully, God doesn’t usually intervene.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]The pompous traditions of the church deceived the masses into submission.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Man “ruled the roost”, and the Holy Spirit was banned from places of worship.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]More and more man-made anti-Scriptural doctrines came forth out of the church.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]More and more power and tithes for the church. And the beat goes on today …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Not only is the church asleep (patiently waiting for the rapture), but its’ focus [/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]is on bringing in tithes for paying off mortgages and the paying of salaries.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]This is the time of the preaching of false doctrines, that’s for sure! [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.” (2 Timothy 4:3-4)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]The real true gospel of salvation goes along these lines …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Those who truly “believe” with a saving faith … actually love Father God [/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]and Jesus enough to co-operate with (i.e. obey) THEIR stated desires! [/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Keeping Jesus’ commandments is critical …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” (John 14:15)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love Him[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]… If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]… He who does not love Me does not keep My words” (John 14:21-24)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Abiding in Jesus is critical …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.” (John 15:6)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “… abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]… You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.” (John 15:9-14)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]From John 14 and 15 above, I ask you …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Will you go to heaven, if you do not love Jesus? [/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Will you go to heaven, if you do not keep Jesus’ commandments?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Will you go to heaven, if you are not loved by both Father God and Jesus?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Will you go to heaven, if you do not abide in Jesus by keeping His commandments?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Will you go to heaven, if you are not one of Jesus’ friends who obeys His commands? [/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]All “believers” think they are one of His sheep …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish …” (John 10:27-28)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” (John 17:3)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]From John 10 and 17 above, I ask you …[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Do you have eternal life, if you do not hear Jesus’ voice?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Do you have eternal life, if Jesus does not know you?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Do you have eternal life, if you do not follow Jesus (i.e. keep His commandments)?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Do you have eternal life, if you do not know both Father God and Jesus Christ?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]Those who actually “follow” Jesus are dedicated to keep (obey) His commandments.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]• “Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]‘I know Him’, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]But whoever keeps (obeys) His word, truly the love of (for?) God is perfected in him. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]By this we know that we are in Him.” (1 John 2:3-5) [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]ß[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] THE test for who is “in Christ”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]If your church preaches in this fashion today, then you are truly and uniquely blessed.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]But if it does not, then it is not preaching the Truth … you should pray about leaving it.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]IMO, the best route is to start a home group with other serious dedicated believers![/SIZE]