DARK LIGHT SERIES
Chapter I
FALSE SALVATION ~ IS IT POSSIBLE? Part IV
ANON WITH JOY vs. KEEP & PATIENCE
"But he that RECEIVED the seed into the good ground is he that HEARETH THE WORD, AND UNDERSTANDETH IT, which also BEARETH FRUIT.
(Matthew 13:23)
Here a little and there a little. Notice the word 'received', which in the Greek is "paradechomai" and it means to ACCEPT, TO ADMIT TO, TO APPROVE OF, TO TAKE TO HEART, TO ADMIT THE TRUTH OF. Is this not what the confession of our real sin is? That we are to AGREE WITH GOD AND HIS REPROOF OF US, WHICH CAN ONLY BE DONE VIA THE NARROW WAY:
BEFORE WE ARE SAVED?
The word 'understand' is "suniemi" and it means TO PUT TOGETHER, TO UNDERSTAND, TO COMPREHEND. In other words, the people of the good ground READ THE WORD, MEDITATE UPON THE WORD, PUT IT TOGETHER AND BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CHRIST DEMANDS. Over the course of time, they become established, and the Holy Spirit begins to do His work of conviction of the real problem of the human heart, the utter lack of AGAPE LOVE. If they allow this to continue, they will FIND THE TRUTH,
THE MYSTERY OF GOD.
Only the fourth group on the good ground have the diligence and patience required, and Jesus says they go on to bear the fruit of REGENERATION, and then only with great difficulty:
"And if the righteous SCARCELY BE SAVED, where shall the UNGODLY and the sinner appear?"
(1 Peter 4:18)The word 'scarcely' is "molis" and it means WITH MUCH WORK, WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY, HARDLY ABLE. This sounds very much like Psalm 145:18 and the word TRUTH. It sounds very much like the strait gate and narrow way of Jesus Christ. Is this why Christ ordered us to STRIVE TO ENTER THE STRAIT GATE?
This sounds like a NEGATIVE GOSPEL that brings over time a very positive event - regeneration, and Scripture proves it to be true. It sounds very much like the direct opposite of the INSTANT AND JOY SALVATION CROWD THAT CHRIST CONDEMNS. Please note that they all had faith, they all had belief, and they all responded to the gospel call. Only the good ground people respond IN THE PROPER MANNER, and only the good ground ones are saved in the end.
The parable of the sower shows us the OBSTACLES OF THE STRAIT GATE, and the NARROW WAY. The obstacles of Satan and his demons, of false instant salvation, and the cares and pleasures of this world must be overcome in order to find the real truth behind life, which is Jesus Christ and His agape love essence. This parable confirms the concept of a 'way' which means a pathway, highway or journey that one must pass through. It confirms the word 'strait', which means NARROW FROM OBSTACLES IN THE WAY. It confirms the word 'narrow' which means full of agony and anguish, full of trouble and pain of the inward soul as the Spirit works to SHOW THE DESTITUTION OF THE INNER HEART.
This parable begins to show us what Jesus meant when He said BELIEVE and have FAITH. The faith OF Jesus was a long term steadfastness, far removed from the instant faith gospel of modern Christianity. Christ follows this parable with another to prove that He meant what he said. He sharply divides up believers into two main camps: THE WHEAT AND THE TARES. We will find that the wheat represents the real, authentic born again believer, and the tares are bastard sons, who claim a regeneration they do not possess. They neither know the Son or God the Father. Their father is Satan, and Satan sows them among the true Church to deceive the unwary seeker after Christ. THE TARES ARE THE FALSE CHURCH, THE FALSE TEACHERS AND FALSE PROPHETS, THE ONES THAT PETER AND CHRIST WARNED WOULD COME, AND THEY WOULD UPHOLD CHRIST AND APPEAR AS CHRISTIANS, BUT THEY WOULD NOT BE CHRISTIANS. THEY WOULD BE IMPOSTORS, LIARS, DECEIVERS.
"And another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a a man WHICH SOWED GOOD SEED IN HIS FIELD:"
(Matthew 13:24)
We know from the previous parable that the seed is the Word of God, and in this case the seed represents THOSE OF THE GOOD GROUND, THE SOULS OF THOSE TO BE SAVED WITH PATIENCE. The field is the world. This is another parable about response to the word. Only a certain portion of the world WILL RESPOND AT ALL TO THE WORD. Of those that DO RESPOND, only a small portion (the few, the WHEAT), respond correctly. Christ is now going to outline what He meant by His statement about the FALSE PROPHETS who will mislead millions of Christians and sweep them into eternal ruin.
The false prophets are not sheep, they only dress like sheep. They are 'look alikes', Satanic plants who are dupes, but who nevertheless come in with false doctrines designed to mislead the seekers of heaven and keep them AWAY FROM TRUE REGENERATION. False Christians are referred to as tares, the real true born again or soon to be born again believers are the wheat. In relationship to the parable of the sower, those of the wayside, stony ground and thorns are tares, for they never do leave Satan's dominion. They are ALL IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, THEY ARE ALL CONSIDERED BY CHRIST AS PART OF HIM. The wheat are of the good ground.
"But while men slept, the enemy came and SOWED TARES AMONG THE WHEAT, and went his way."
(Matthew 13:25)Notice that Satan sows the tares AMONG THE WHEAT, or that is WITHIN THE REAL CHURCH. As the true church is the wheat, then Christ is telling us that the look alike tares are dropped RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF THE CHURCH. Tares look just like wheat. Only close examination will reveal the difference. The tares are the 'many' and the wheat are the few. The tares are on the broad road of false Christian theology and doctrine, while the few have entered in at the strait gate, combined together, the wheat and tares form the BODY OF CHRIST ON EARTH.
Satan and his angels of light come in with their false doctrines, but because these doctrines are VERY CLOSE to true doctrine the unwary NEVER SEE THE DIFFERENCE So we have a host of people that look like Christians, act like Christians, and who present what seems to be pure Christian doctrine. They have huge churches and large followings according to Peter and Paul.
Satan is their real father, but they claim that God is their Father. Satan still has dominion over them, and they will never escape that dominion. They are the 'many' on the broad road, and Satan has dominion over the broad road because these people never do come into UNION with Christ. In other words, although they are in the Body of Christ, they NEVER COME TO UNION, and because they never come to union, they cannot enter heaven, and are swept away. THE TARES ARE THE BASTARD SONS WHO CLAIM THE KINGDOM UNLAWFULLY.
Broad road people are in reality the enemy of Christ, because they refuse to do his commands. Not only do they refuse, they prevent others from coming in as well, by their broad road doctrines and rituals. Satan is the enemy of Christ, and these people, even though in the body of Christ (among the wheat) they are placed there by Satan for the sole purpose of deceiving others into eternal ruin. Satan knows that mankind has a herd instinct, and follow after their leaders, and never check things out for themselves.
"But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, AN ENEMY HATH DONE THIS. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while you gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE HARVEST, AND IN THE TIME OF HARVEST I will say to the reapers, GATHER YE UP TOGETHER FIRST THE TARES, and bind them in bundles to burn them, BUT GATHER THE WHEAT INTO MY BARN."
(Matthew 13:26-30)
Christ is saying that He will wait until the TIME OF THE HARVEST, and at that time He will judge those who call themselves 'in Christ'. This tells us when the 'many' will be judged, and it is the TARES who are JUDGED FIRST, and bound up and taken to the fires of the place of torments. THEY ARE THE BRANCHES THAT ARE BURNED IN JOHN 15:2. Will all believers, both good and evil be resurrected at the same time, and the evil ones separated immediately and cast away? In spite of modern prophetic interpretation, YES.
Many attempt to claim that the tares are unbelievers, or the whole world. That could not be the case because tares look like wheat. These are imitations of the real thing. The church is in the WHOLE WORLD. The Body of Christ is around the world. Within that body (AMONG THE BODY OF CHRISTIANS) are both wheat and tares. There are a multitude of rapture/resurrection concepts on the shelves of modern Christian theology, but Scripture says there is only ONE correct one.
Unbelievers are not in view here at all, only those who profess Jesus Christ as their Lord. The earth is filled with unbelievers who will undergo their own judgment AFTER Christ has removed the Body of Christ from earth. YET HERE IT SAYS CLEARLY THE TARES ARE JUDGED FIRST.
Scripture will prove out that immediately after the resurrection/rapture of the ENTIRE CHURCH, an immediate judgment is made concerning the TRUE AND FALSE CHURCH. Those that are false NEVER ENTER HEAVEN AT ALL. THIS IS PHASE ONE OF THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST. THIS IS WHERE THE MANY ARE SENT AWAY INTO ETERNAL RUIN. THIS IS WHERE CHRIST SAYS TO THEM 'I NEVER KNEW YOU.' The door of heaven is shut to them. The basis of entrance was REGENERATION, and they never obtained it. They were never born again, and thus are discarded and sent to the fires for burning. It is going to a be a very sad day for the VAST MAJORITY OF CHRISTIANS. JUST AS JESUS CLASSIFIED BELIEVERS AS OBEDIENT AND DISOBEDIENT, AT THE JUDGMENT THEY ARE CALLED WHEAT OR TARES.
Remember that judgment BEGINS at the house of the Lord. There is the preliminary judgment of the narrow way, which separates the TRUE FROM THE FALSE. Both the wheat and the tares claimed to be in the house of the Lord. Thus the initial judgment is a judgment as to WHO LAID HOLD OF AGAPE LOVE AND WHO DID NOT. MUST BEGIN HERE. Where else would Christ send them away? THE MANY ARE ALL CHRISTIANS, THEY ARE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND THEY WILL ALL BE RESURRECTED ALONG WITH THE BRIDE. THE 'MANY' ARE THE VERY FIRST ONES TO UNDERGO SEVERE JUDGMENT, AND THEY ARE SENT AWAY TO THE FIRES OF HADES TO AWAIT THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT, WHICH IS YET A THOUSAND YEARS AWAY. This would be phase one of the judgment of God's people.
After this initial separation of the wheat and tares, and wheat is taken into the barn, and there the remainder of Christians enter the BEMA seat judgment of Christ for their rewards, and enjoy the MARRIAGE SUPPER, FOR THEY ARE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST Phase two would then be for rewards only, because the remainder had agape love bestowement, they had in truth been born again, and they in truth had UNION with the Son. After this initial separation judgment is over, the judgment of the earth will begin, which is a JUDGMENT OF ALL CHRIST REJECTERS, THE UNBELIEVERS, THE HEATHEN.
Notice also that the wheat and tares GROW TOGETHER THROUGH OUT THE CHURCH AGE. Christ does not come and stop the process, for avoiding deception is part of the screening out process. Christ is in the process of weeding out the real diligent seekers from the nominal seeker. That is why he said we must STRIVE to enter in at the strait gate. That is why Jesus warned us to BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS, who would bring in 'look alike' doctrines and theology that would be 99% accurate, but would still lead you into eternal ruin.
It is only the 'very elect' that will know the difference, and then only with careful diligence. The BRIDE is made up only of those who have come to agape love bestowement and those who will obtain it. These are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. All others are not written there, and they will not ever see heaven, for they are judged prior to getting there. The false church, who were considered in the body of Christ never did come to agape love bestowement, and thus are sent away.
CHRIST GIVES HIS INTERPRETATION
"He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man:
The field is the world, the good seed are the CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM; but the TARES ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE WICKED ONE;"
Now we have confirmation of our answer. Christ spreads the Word to the four corners of the globe, or the world. That is the field. There is a response to the Word of God (the seed). Those who respond form the Body of Christ. Within the body of Christ are two types of people: THE TRUE SEEKERS AND THE FALSE SEEKERS. The tares are the FALSE LOOK ALIKES, WHOSE FATHER IS SATAN, BUT WHO ARE 'RELIGIOUS ONES'. THEY HAVE THE RELIGION OF CAIN. The wheat, however, keep the 'sayings of Jesus" and DO THEM (OBEDIENCE) and the tares do NOT keep his sayings, and DO NOT DO THEM (DISOBEDIENCE). The true seed is called wheat, because the WORD OF GOD WILL NOT RETURN UNTO GOD VOID, BUT WILL ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSE THAT GOD HAS IN MIND.
The tares, on the other hand, respond to the word, but they are they on the wayside, stony ground or thorns, and never keep the sayings of Jesus and never obey his commands to enter in via the strait gate. They claim to be Christians: they look, act and sound like Christians; but they ARE NOT. IT IS THE FALSE CHURCH, THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. They are AMONG the real regenerated Christians.
"The enemy that sowed them IS THE DEVIL; the harvest is the END OF THE WORLD, and the reapers are the angels
As therefore the TARES ARE GATHERED AND BURNED IN THE FIRE; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather OUT OF HIS KINGDOM all things THAT OFFEND, and them which do INIQUITY."
(Matthew 13:39-41)Notice that Christ says 'out of his kingdom'. Now the Kingdom of Christ is the kingdom of heaven. HIS RETURN TO EARTH TO RECLAIM IT HAS NOT YET OCCURRED. We know the judgment begins at the house of the Lord. At the resurrection/rapture of all of His believers/followers and disciples, Christ will FIRST separate out all those that offend and them that do iniquity. Is that not what Christ said to the MANY? Did he not say that their works were INIQUITY? This is the separation process in the House of the Lord. The many are severed out of the Body of Christ immediately. This is where Christ vomits them out of His mouth. They are cancers, they are poison, and they caused millions of Christians throughout the entire Church age to go astray. Thus Christ gathers them up first, casts them out, and the remaining Christians go into heaven with Christ for their rewards.
Those that do 'iniquity' are those that did all of their works without agape love, which fulfills the law of God. They did not understand that they had to walk the narrow way to obtain agape love. They merely claimed it by an act of faith, and then went about 'doing good'. The problem is that YOU DO NOT OBTAIN AGAPE LOVE BY AN ACT OF FAITH OR BELIEF. IT IS SIMPLY NOT DONE THAT WAY. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FAITH OR BELIEF. Because they did not realize that, ALL OF THEIR WORKS WERE DONE IN NATURAL PHILEO LOVE, WHICH CHRIST BRANDED AS 'EVIL' AND THUS, THEY WERE WORKERS OF INIQUITY.
By laying hold of agape love, the authentic born again Christian works under the cloak and covering of Christ, because agape love IS THE BASIS OF ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS, INCLUDING GOD. He. has entered into THE REST OF GOD, AND IS COVERED BY THE LOVE OF GOD. The tares did not understand that the commands of Christ to enter at the strait gate and to walk the narrow way WERE THE ONLY WAS TO FIND AGAPE LOVE. They built a theology that told them they HAD AGAPE LOVE when in fact they did not. Thus their works were never done under the covering of Christ, and their works are works of INIQUITY. All of this is confirmed by John 15:
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman
EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT BEARETH NOT FRUIT, HE TAKETH AWAY....." (John 15:1)
"If a man ABIDE NOT IN ME, he is cast forth as a branch, and it withered; and men gather them, and cast them INTO THE FIRE, AND THEY ARE BURNED."
(John 15:6)
These branches ARE ALL IN CHRIST. "Every branch IN ME'. All branches are in the BODY OF CHRIST. The branches represent every believer, follower and disciple of Jesus Christ, be they wheat or tares, real or phony, professors or possessors of agape love of Christ.
Jesus then says that THOSE BRANCHES (individual Christians) who do not BEAR FRUIT, are TAKEN AWAY. The fruit Jesus is speaking of here is AGAPE LOVE BESTOWEMENT OR REGENERATION. Those who do not bear this fruit are BURNED IN THE FIRES. That was the whole object of His prayer, that ALL BELIEVERS, ALL FOLLOWERS WOULD COME INTO UNION WITH HIM. The union is THE 'FIRST FRUIT', AND FROM THERE, THE BELIEVER WILL BE PURGED TO BEAR MORE FRUIT.
Those of the wayside, the stony ground and the thorns NEVER BEAR FRUIT TO PERFECTION. They never come to the perfection of Christ, which is AGAPE LOVE BESTOWEMENT, for AGAPE LOVE IS THE PERFECTION OF CHRIST. This was the one thing missing from the 'many' (I never knew you), it was missing from those who had gifts of the Spirit but not charity (agape love) and it was missing from the non-overcomers and all others in the parables. THE DIVISION LINE IS THE OBTAINING OF AGAPE LOVE.
The tares never leave the dominion of Satan in spite of their professions of knowing Christ. They are under the deception of Satan and God allows it to be so because they were disobedient to His Son, and they did not keep His sayings, nor did they do the will of the Father. They did NOT study the Word, they did not ALLOW the Word to show them truth. Thus God allows them to fall under a delusion. Their worship is in vain; it will profit them nothing. They draw near to Christ with their mouth and their head faith, but their hearts are far from Christ. Their entire life was vanity. They stand condemned by the very Lord they claimed they loved.
When you bring what we have together, we find a total harmony that is unmistakable. You could not misread what Christ is saying, and His 'saying' here is deadly to all Christians: THE VAST MAJORITY ARE GOING TO ETERNAL RUIN. To prove totally that the dividing line is indeed agape love, Christ says:
"...and EVERY BRANCH THAT BEARTH FRUIT, HE (GOD) PURGETH IT,
THAT IT MAY BRING FORTH MORE FRUIT".
Jesus said that a little leaven in the loaf (the body of Christ) leavens the whole loaf. Over time the leaven spreads and infects the entire loaf of bread. The leaven represents false doctrine, false theology which leads to apostasy away from the TRUTH OF SCRIPTURE. This apostasy leads to the REDEFINITION of key words used in Scripture. Faith, grace, conversion, regeneration, works and legalism are all REDEFINED so that the unwary do not find the truth. That faith would be redefined is all to apparent:
"...Nevertheless, when the SON OF MAN COMETH, shall He FIND FAITH ON THE EARTH?" (Luke 18:8)
The answer to this question of Christ's is NO. True biblical faith will have been REDEFINED by the false prophets, so that only the FEW will have true biblical faith, the others will have a FALSE FAITH, WHICH IS NOT FAITH AT ALL. Their belief will not be a heart belief, even though it will be claimed it is. They will redefine conversion, and call it regeneration and vice versa. Works will have been expanded in definition and grace will become utterly perverted by redefinition. THE WHOLE GROUP is then SWEPT AWAY INTO ETERNAL RUIN. Peter said that the VAST MAJORITY of Christians would be swept away with all of these perversions of doctrine and theology. The false teachers, preachers and evangelists would be very popular, embraced by the entire Body of Christ in spite of the warnings of the FEW who knew the truth.
A GROUP OF APOSTATES, DISCIPLES THAT CANNOT CUT THE PROGRAM
There is yet another proof that the vast majority of Christians are swept away into eternal ruin. Paul tells us why the 'many' are swept away in the 'latter days' of the Church. THIS WARNING IS DIRECTED RIGHT AT YOU AND ME, HEED IT WELL:
"PREACH THE WORD; be instant in season, out of season; REPROVE, REBUKE, EXHORT with all LONG-SUFFERING AND DOCTRINE. " (2 Timothy 4:2)
If one has to constantly rebuked and reproved from the Bible, the implication is that the people have LEFT THE BIBLE AND ARE WANDERING INTO FALSE DOCTRINE, FALSE THEOLOGY. False theology is built from a mis-interpretation of Scripture. It comes from a lack of research into the truth of God's word. The implication is also that this false doctrine WILL BE POSITIVE IN NATURE. It will leave out all the negative aspects of the 'sayings of Jesus', but will instead focus only on the positive. regardless, it is the SCRIPTURE THAT DOES THE REPROVING. If they will not accept it, they go into eternal ruin:
"For the TIME WILL COME that 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)
Here we have yet another key as to why the 'many' are rejected of Christ: THEY WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE. The word 'endure' is "anechomai" and it means NOT PUT UP WITH, NOT ABLE TO STAND, NOT ABLE TO HEAR OR TO ACCEPT, NOT ABLE TO TOLERATE. In other words, they REFUSE THE JUDGMENT OF GOD, they cannot accept or tolerate what the Bible says. Their minds become spiritually disqualified, spiritually reprobate. They will not, and can not stand to hear the WHOLE TRUTH. They will instead pick and choose what they will and will not accept. They pick that which is pleasant and positive, and which satisfies their carnality. All of the negative aspects of Christ's commands are REJECTED OUT OF HAND. THEY ARE THE STONY GROUND PEOPLE, WHO EMBRACE ALL OF THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF SCRIPTURE BY AN ACT OF FAITH.
Their ears are turned AWAY FROM THE TRUTH. They will not ACCEPT, NOR CAN THEY ENDURE ANYONE WHO TELLS THEM ABOUT THE STRAIT GATE AND NARROW WAY THAT LEADS UNTO LIFE. Their theology TELLS THEM they HAVE LIFE, TRUTH, and AGAPE LOVE. They will REJECT in a violent and angry way ANYONE WHO BRINGS THE WHOLE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL. They will brand such a one a heretic, a false teacher, a liar, and brand him accursed because he brings ANOTHER CHRIST, ANOTHER GOSPEL. Their Christ is pleasant and positive, he tolerates all forms of disobedience, for He is full of mercy and grace. THEIR GOSPEL REJECTS THE STRAIT GATE AND NARROW WAY OUT OF HAND, and brands it a form of WORKS OR LEGALISM.
Their gospel is a positive instant gospel, with instant salvation and eternal security thrown in to boot as a bonus program to entice them. IF YOU POINT OUT TO THEM ANYTHING WHATEVER ABOUT THIS NARROW 'WAY', OR MENTION ANYTHING WHATEVER OF A STRAIT GATE, THEY REFUTE IT, DISPUTE IT, AND WILL NOT HEAR IT. IT IS OFFENSIVE TO THEM, IT IS UTTERLY FALSE DOCTRINE TO THEM. IT IS A DENIAL OF THEIR DEFINITIONS OF FAITH AND GRACE. THEY CANNOT 'ENDURE' THE SOUND DOCTRINE THAT SAVES THEM. They have turned away from the ONLY METHOD OF TRUE SALVATION, AND HAVE EMBRACED A LIE OUT OF THE PITS OF HELL.
What is it they cannot tolerate? SOUND DOCTRINE. The word 'sound' is "hugiano" and it means WHOLE, TOTAL, UNCORRUPTED DOCTRINE. In other words, ALL DOCTRINE, not just the pleasant sounding POSITIVE doctrines, but also ALL THE NEGATIVE, HARD AND UNPLEASANT. If they are Christians, they have laid hold of the POSITIVE aspects and affirmations of Christianity. They claim by positive affirmation all the positive doctrine, but refuse and violently oppose any suggestion there is a negative application as well, and either brand it of Satan or of legalism and works.
The negative aspect of the salvation message of Christ is the strait gate and narrow way. Both of those words mean difficult and full of anguish and trouble of the soul. THESE ARE UTTERLY REJECTED, and not only rejected, they cannot stand that form of doctrine. Their theology REFUTES IT, and because they are positive their theology is correct, THEY REFUSE TRUTH AND ARE SWEPT INTO ETERNAL RUIN. Christ does not forewarn them because they are IN RANK DISOBEDIENCE TO HIS COMMANDS. Their claims to being "Christians' are empty, and they are destitute of REAL TRUTH.
The narrow way is full of the real reproof of God. It is full of rebuke, scourging and chastening, and it is very unpleasant. Jesus says plainly that it is this NEGATIVE ASPECT OF THE SALVATION MESSAGE THAT SAVES THE SOUL. This aspect is rejected with an arrogant and violent sweep of the hand, "not so", THEY EXCLAIM, AND THEN ADVANCE THEIR FALSE THEOLOGY TO PROVE IT. THE FALSE TEACHERS AND PROPHETS OF SATAN WALK IN THEIR WHITE UNIFORM ROBES OF CHRIST, HAVE THEIR IMAGE BEAMED ACROSS THE WORLD BY TELEVISION AND RADIO PROCLAIMING A GOSPEL THAT DAMNS ANYONE WHO EMBRACES IT. Unless there is repentance, they are lost forever. At the heart of it all: PRIDE AND ARROGANCE, which God cannot tolerate, and will not allow. These people are in reality the stony ground people. Their hearts are far from the Lord.
Psalm 145:18 says we must call upon the name of Lord IN TRUTH. These people are refusing the IN TRUTH part of the call, which is the strait gate and narrow way. The 'IN TRUTH' is SOUND DOCTRINE, and sound doctrine is ALL DOCTRINE including the negative!
All of the negative aspects of the TRUE WALK TO AUTHENTIC SALVATION will be eliminated by a whole new theology which will sweep the entire Church in the latter days. This new theology will be a quick and easy salvation, all done by an instant decision for Christ, the very concept of the stony ground people who embrace ALL THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF SALVATION IMMEDIATELY AND INSTANTLY. It is the INSTANT FAITH GOSPEL IN VIEW HERE AND IT IS THE STONY GROUND PEOPLE. It is a phony 'head faith' gospel that does nothing to change the INNER heart of HEARTS.
It is a worldly gospel that allows those who embrace it to continue in their various lusts without any supernatural inward change of the heart to AGAPE LOVE. These folks are Christians and they have faith and belief in Jesus. Their faith and their belief are not BIBLICAL FAITH AND BELIEF, BUT A SATANIC COUNTERFEIT THAT APPEARS REAL. Their gospel message will appear to be 100% correct, but will have deadly error within it.
Paul says that they heap to themselves TEACHERS. These teachers must be the FALSE PROPHETS CHRIST WARNED US ABOUT, WHO WOULD TRANSFORM THE GOSPEL TRUTHS INTO A LIE, WHO WOULD DENY THE STRAIT GATE AND NARROW WAY. They are very same false teachers of 2 Peter 2:1-3 who bring in damnable heresies that sweep the vast majority of Christians into eternal ruin. At the heart of all of it is a DENIAL OF THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE SALVATION MESSAGE BROUGHT BY CHRIST. They are the tares, the wolves in sheep's clothing, Satan's angels of light.
Next Paul says the vast majority of the Church will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned unto fables. They will NOT hear the truth, but will brand the truth a lie. In place of truth, they embrace the lie, and UPHOLD IT AS TRUTH. It is a delusion allowed by God for disobedience. They WILLINGLY TURN AGAINST TRUE DOCTRINE; THEY REJECT IT AND BECOME THE ENEMIES OF CHRIST. So now we begin to see a portrait emerge:
ENDURE vs. WILL NOT ENDURE
LISTEN vs. WILL NOT LISTEN
HEAR TRUTH vs. WILL NOT HEAR
HAVE TRUTH vs. ARE TURNED TO FABLES.
OBEDIENT vs. DISOBEDIENT
THE FEW vs. THE MANY
THE WHEAT vs. THE TARES
ENTER VIA DOOR vs. ENTER SOME OTHER WAY
Because they WILL NOT RECEIVE the WHOLE TRUTH, they willfully embrace utterly false doctrine. The word 'truth' is "alethes" and it means VERITY, THAT WHICH IS TRUTH, NOT CONCEALING ANYTHING, THAT WHICH IS TRUTH AND ONLY TRUTH, NOTHING WITHHELD. If something is withheld from the salvation message, and it is important to know, then it is no longer truth but a lie. Scripture proves that the vast majority within the church will embrace a lie, and will not be able to hear the truth. They will turn upon the real truth in anger and in violence.
If you refuse the whole truth, and only embrace the positive aspects, then you are turned unto fables. The lie may be a good counterfeit of the truth, but it is STILL a counterfeit. If you embrace it, you are lost forever. The word 'fables' is "mthos" and it means FICTION, A TALE, A FALSE STORY, NOT TRUE, FALSE DOCTRINE. A false gospel message is brought in, and the vast majority of people embrace it. Because the vast majority of people embrace it, IT IS VERY POPULAR DOCTRINE. IF IT IS VERY POPULAR DOCTRINE, THEN VAST NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE CHURCH EMBRACE IT AS TRUTH. IF THEY EMBRACE IT AS TRUTH, THEN THEY MUST ALSO REJECT THE REAL TRUTH. It then becomes a generally accepted doctrine, and it SWEEPS THROUGHOUT THE BODY OF CHRIST.
Therefore THE FALSE TEACHERS HERE ARE THE SAME FALSE TEACHERS THAT PETER WARNED WOULD COME. They would be SO POPULAR THAT MILLIONS OF SINCERE CHRISTIANS WOULD FOLLOW THEM INTO THE FIRES OF HELL. These teachers, according to Peter, WOULD MARKET JESUS CHRIST AS A COMMODITY, AND THEY WOULD LITERALLY MERCHANDISE JESUS CHRIST TO THE MASSES OF FOLLOWERS AND MAKE A HUGE PROFIT DOING SO. The fires of hell eagerly await them, the flames are thirsty for their souls.
The people and their leaders are then turned unto a fable, a gospel that ends them up in utter ruin. These are apostates, posing as the leaders of Christendom, and the lay people follow after them. They strut around in their WHITE ROBES upon luxurious stages with the television cameras rolling, and they make HUGE PRODUCTIONS to satisfy the lusts of their followers. IT IS A GOSPEL OF CARNAL MAN, A GOSPEL OF HELL POSING AS A GOSPEL OF HEAVEN.
DISCIPLES AND BELIEVERS WHO FALL AWAY
There is more Scripture concerning apostasy and falling away from the truth that pertains to believers and followers that were ONCE FAITHFUL SERVANTS, WHO DO NOT KEEP THE COURSE SET BEFORE THEM.
"But there are some of you THAT BELIEVE NOT. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that BELIEVED NOT, and who should betray him.
And he said, Therefore said I unto you, THAT NO MAN CAN COME UNTO ME,
except it were given unto him OF MY FATHER. From that time MANY OF HIS DISCIPLES WENT BACK, AND WALKED NO MORE WITH HIM . (John 6:64)
Here are followers who THOUGHT THEY BELIEVED, THOUGHT THEY HAD FAITH, THOUGHT THAT ALL WAS RIGHT WITH THEM, but Jesus turns on them and says THEY BELIEVED NOT. They were not TRUE BELIEVERS. They were professors of faith and belief, BUT FELL SHORT. THEY COULD NOT TOLERATE HIS SAYINGS, THEY COULD NOT ACCEPT HIS TEACHINGS. He added that NO MAN COULD EVER COME TO THE LIVING CHRIST EXCEPT THE FATHER BRING HIM IN, or we could say, GIVE HIM THE POWER TO COME.
It is important to understand these people were walking WITH JESUS. They thought He was the truth, way, and life. THEY HAD FOLLOWED HIM FOR SOME TIME. Again, Jesus says there is MORE TO THIS THAN MEETS THE EYE. The Father must grant the real power to come to Christ, or he cannot do so. Here we find a division between those who simply call upon the name of the Lord and those who call upon the name of the Lord IN TRUTH! Scripture will prove that they simply did not have the COMMITMENT REQUIRED, THE DILIGENCE REQUIRED, AND THE PATIENCE REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE THE STRAIT GATE AND NARROW WAY. They would not dig deep enough to come as demanded.
The remarks of John the Baptist also illustrate the concept of THE RADICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BELIEVERS AND THE REGENERATED. We will draw upon what we know as we explore these remarks. John is faced with the Pharisees and the Sadducees, who have come for baptism. They are the religious leaders of their day. We have today in the Christian faith, New Testament Pharisees and Sadducees who have the identical same traits, who have within them the identical same violence and hatred towards the truth that those of Jesus's day had. THEY WILL NOT ESCAPE THE FIRES OF ETERNAL RUIN, UNLESS THEY REPENT A FULL AND COMPLETE BIBLICAL REPENTANCE.
"And THINK NOT to say within yourselves, WE HAVE ABRAHAM OUR FATHER: For I say unto you, that God is able OF THESE STONES TO RAISE UP CHILDREN UNTO ABRAHAM."
(Matthew 3:9)These people are relying upon the fact that they THINK ABRAHAM IS THEIR FATHER, AND THAT IS ENOUGH. The equivalent is our day would be to think THAT GOD IS YOUR FATHER, AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST THAT IS ENOUGH. Anything added to faith or belief is a HERESY, A FALSE NOTION, AND LET HIM THAT BRINGS IT BE ACCURSED. Notice what is said: THESE STONES, WHICH ARE THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE, can be (if they will allow it) be raised up into SONS OF GOD. The hidden aspect of what John is saying is that THE STONY HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO A PROCESS THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BE CALLED SONS OF GOD. Jesus called it THE STRAIT GATE AND NARROW WAY WHICH LEADETH UNTO BEING 'BORN AGAIN' INTO 'LIFE'.
Remember in Ezekiel 36:26 that God said THAT ALL HIS PEOPLE HAVE HEARTS OF STONE. Your profession of faith and belief do not alter this HEART OF STONE. It is out of these stones that God will call the VERY ELECT. THESE ARE THEY WHICH WILL WALK THE NARROW WAY TO THE END, WHERE THE CHIEF SURGEON PERFORMS A HEART TRANSPLANT. We are seeing again the concept of FROM THE MANY COME THE FEW. The many refuse to allow God to deal with their heart of hearts. It is off limits to Christ. They will allow only room in the outer court of their minds, but CHRIST HAD DARE NOT COME TO THEIR HOLY OF HOLIES, their INNER HEART. As a result, they refuse the narrow way and the reproof of God. They will not come to the LIGHT OF AGAPE LOVE for their true confession of what sin really is.
"And NOW ALSO the ax is LAID UNTO THE ROOT OF THE TREES; therefore EVERY TREE WHICH BRINGETH NOT FORTH GOOD FRUIT IS HEWN DOWN, AND CAST INTO THE FIRE."
(Matthew 3:10)The tree is the believer in Christ. The concept of the strait gate and narrow way is the LAYING THE AX TO THE ROOT. The root of the soul is the inner heart of hearts. The ax is going to be laid to this heart of hearts, THE AX IS GOING RIGHT INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES, AND CUT OUT THE HEART OF STONE. The heart IS GOING TO BE CHANGED. IT MUST BE CHANGED BY REGENERATION. The fruit is of course the fruit of regeneration, which is AGAPE LOVE.
The heart must bring forth the FRUIT OF AGAPE LOVE, OR IT IS TO BE CUT DOWN, AND BURNED IN THE FIRES OF ETERNAL RUIN. The heart cannot bring forth the fruit of agape love unless and until it walks the NARROW WAY TO FIND CHRIST, WHO STANDS AT THE END OF THE NARROW WAY.
If this process is not allowed by the soul, for whatever reason, that soul will bear WORKS OF INIQUITY, WORKS OF EVIL, as in the case of the many. Either one walks the narrow way and allows Christ to put the ax to the core of your problem, or you will simply be cut down and cast into the fire.
God is going to go right to the heart of the human condition. God is not going to fool around any more in ritual and SURFACE RELIGION. GOD HATES RELIGION, HE HATES THE SOLEMN ASSEMBLY (Isaiah 1:10-15). God is all done with religion and religious pretense. That is all over with. Something new is in the offering with the arrival of Jesus Christ: IT IS A NEW HEART, A NEW BIRTH, A SUPERNATURAL CHANGE WITHIN. God pleads with us TO WALK THE NARROW WAY TO BE MADE CLEAN, AND QUIT ALL OF THIS PRETENSE (Isaiah 1:16-19). The ax is going to cut the stony human heart to shreds, and is going to utterly destroy it. If the heart is not changed, if the ax is refused, and only a profession is made, then no fruit can come forth to the perfection of regeneration. All professors are simply burned in the fire. Jesus confirms this in John 15:6. John the Baptist then says:
"Whose fan is in his (Jesus Christ) hand, and he will THOROUGHLY PURGE HIS FLOOR, and GATHER HIS WHEAT INTO THE GARNER: but he will BURN UP THE CHAFF with UNQUENCHABLE FIRE."
(Matthew 3:12)Notice that Jesus will PURGE HIS OWN FLOOR. That is, He will purge His own people, all the believers, disciples, followers. His own body will be purged of everything not authentic. The WHEAT he gathers up to take to his barn, and the chaff will He burn up. This is a double reference parable for it also applies to all real believers, all authentic believers will go before the judgment seat of Christ and all evil works are burnt in the fires of searching judgment.
The word for 'purge' is "diakatharizo" and it means TO CLEANSE PERFECTLY. The cleansing comes from the bestowement of agape love at regeneration. Then comes the work on the other side of the cross. Then comes another form of purging. Laying the ax to the root of our hearts means to CUT OUT OUR HUMAN NATURAL HEART, AND GOD GIVES US A NEW ONE!
Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount that a corrupt tree could only bring forth EVIL FRUIT. Matthew 3:10 cross compares with Matthew 7:19. They are all God's people, but only a few of them are regenerated.
VAST MAJORITY OF END TIME CHRISTIANS GO INTO ETERNAL RUIN:
We have now gone over an abundant amount of Scripture to prove totally that the vast majority of Christians will end up in eternal ruin. We will now offer one more New Testament proof that is
UTTERLY SHOCKING IN IT'S IMPLICATION:
"But there were FALSE PROPHETS also among the people (Israel) even as there SHALL BE FALSE TEACHERS AMONG YOU... ." (2 Peter 2:1)
Peter is warning that just as Israel had false prophets, so too will the Church have FALSE TEACHERS. They shall come. It is an imperative condition. It will happen. They will rise up among the Christian church, they will look like, sound like and act like real authentic born again Christians, but they will be liars. We are going to examine these false teachers IN DEPTH later. We only need to be aware that THEY ARE CHRISTIANS, IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, IN THE CHURCH, POSING AS AUTHENTIC BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS.
There is something about them however, that Peter says will IDENTIFY THEM TO THE TRUE SEEKER: They will 'deny' the Lord that bought them. Now the word 'deny' does not necessarily mean they DISAVOW JESUS CHRIST AS MESSIAH, but goes deeper than that. The word means that THEY CONTRADICT WHAT HE SAYS. In other words, they will openly UPHOLD CHRIST, but will CONTRADICT HIS TEACHINGS ABOUT SALVATION. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THERE ARE CHRISTIAN FALSE TEACHERS WHO DENY CHRIST, BUT THIS IS DIRECTED TO SOMETHING FAR MORE DEADLY, FOR THESE ARE CHRISTIAN LEADERS WHO ARE SINCERE AND DEDICATED MEN OF GOD, BUT WHO ARE 'DUPES' OF SATAN:
"...who PRIVILY shall bring in damnable heresies, even DENYING THE LORD THAT BOUGHT THEM, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."
(2 Peter 2:1)
Notice it says that they 'privily bring in' damnable doctrine. It simply means THAT THESE FALSE DOCTRINES ARE BROUGHT IN TOTALLY UNAWARE. The Body of Christ does not SPOT THE ERROR. This is not cult activity, but is instead MAINSTREAM CHRISTIANITY ITSELF. These doctrines are so clever, so close to the real thing that the VAST MAJORITY WITHIN THE CHURCH DO NOT DETECT THE ERROR. Not only do they not detect it; THEY EMBRACE THE ERROR AS TRUTH! The error they embrace damns them to eternal ruin. The error they embrace is a lie, a falsehood, a tragic mistake in doctrine. It is an error in THEOLOGY, IN DEFINITIONS, IN THE PRIMARY DOCTRINE OF SALVATION. IT SWEEPS THE ENTIRE CHURCH, IS VERY POPULAR, AND ALL PRIMARY DENOMINATIONS BUY INTO IT, FROM THE FUNDAMENTALISTS TO THE LIBERALS. Remember IT IS UNDETECTED, BROUGHT IN TOTALLY IN SECRET, AND IT IS NEVER DETECTED BY THE MANY. THEY DIE EMBRACING THIS FALSE DOCTRINE.
"And MANY (THE VAST MAJORITY) shall follow their pernicious (damnable) ways;....."
(2 Peter 2:2)The word for 'many' is again '"polus" and it means ABUNDANT NUMBER, or in our language, the VAST MAJORITY. When Jesus spoke of many, He always contrasted it to the "FEW". If the vast majority of Christians flock to the these false teachers, then we must say that WHATEVER THE MAJORITY IN THE CHURCH ARE SAYING IS TRUE DOCTRINE ON HOW TO GET SAVED IS IN FACT FALSE. That must be true because the popular doctrines on salvation are embraced as true, when in fact they are false! Those that embrace these doctrines go into eternal ruin, along with the false teachers who teach them.
"...by reason of whom THE WAY of the truth SHALL BE evil spoken of."
Peter gets right to the point: These false teachers DO NOT SPEAK EVIL OF JESUS CHRIST, THEY UPHOLD CHRIST. What they speak evil of is THE WAY THAT LEADS TO THE TRUTH. Christ gave us only ONE WAY. HE CALLED IT STRAIT AND NARROW. We are being told that another doctrine, that is SO CLOSE to the original that it appears 100% correct as to how one gets saved, IS a lie right out of hell itself.
Their doctrines, a whole host of them, will in fact CONTRADICT AND OPPOSE THE STRAIT GATE AND NARROW WAY. They will manufacture a doctrine that does NOT REQUIRE YOU TO ENTER IN AS CHRIST COMMANDED. THEY WILL REDEFINE WHAT FAITH IS, THEY WILL REDEFINE GRACE. THEY WILL REDEFINE WORKS. Conversion will become regeneration, and they will insist the two are the same. Their whole doctrine will utterly oppose ALL THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF SALVATION. Once again we find a reference to the many, and once again we find the one essential element missing: THEIR DOCTRINES PROHIBIT AUTHENTIC REGENERATION.
They will claim a regeneration they do not possess. They will redefine regeneration in such a way as to ENABLE THEM TO CLAIM IT. It will be a lie, and the real truth they will oppose with violence. The elect will find their error and bypass it, and go on to find the LIVING CHRIST, AND GO INTO UNION WITH HIM. The remainder will go into eternal ruin. God says He changes not. If Christians can be lost to eternal ruin via disobedience, then we should find proof in the Old Testament that God's people Israel could also end up in ruin.
"MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that THOU SHALT BE NO PRIEST TO ME; seeing thou hast forgotten the LAW OF THY GOD, I will also forget thy children."
(Hosea 4:6)Notice it says MY PEOPLE are destroyed because of a lack of knowledge. Could this have something to do with the New Testament saying that 'faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word'? Is true Biblical faith based upon an established knowledge of what the Scriptures really say, both positive and negative, and then being obedient to the commands therein?
God is not a respecter of persons, and thus in many ways treats unbelievers and believers alike for disobedience, i.e., they go into eternal ruin. It appears there is a GENERAL LACK OF REAL FAITH IN ALL THOSE THAT ARE TURNED AWAY. Is faith established by entering the strait gate and walking the narrow way? Is that what Christ means when He says 'BELIEVE'? Is that what Paul means when he says "BELIEVE FROM THE HEART?' Is the strait gate and narrow way the way of KNOWLEDGE?
Is the knowledge that God demands the knowledge of the MYSTERY OF GOD? Is the knowledge the knowledge of AGAPE LOVE? Faith and belief are essentially the same in the Bible. If you simply went to the word definitions and looked them up, you could walk away with a false impression of what God and Christ intended. This is so because CHRIST WAS VERY CAREFUL WITH HIS CONDITIONAL PHRASES THAT EXPLAINED THOSE WORDS. It is the conditions attached that define the real meaning. If we drop off the conditional words like IF, then we have a deadly misunderstanding of the commands of Christ. All of the comments of Christ referring to authentic salvation are
CONDITIONALLY QUALIFIED
.IF you follow the conditions, then salvation is the result. IF you refuse the conditions, or ignore them, you will not obtain salvation. Thus the word 'believe' does not mean what you think it means. The word for faith does not mean what you think it means. That is especially true today because we live in an 'instant' gratification world.
NEVER FORGET TO LIST ALL OF THE QUALIFIERS.
If true Biblical faith comes from an ever expanding knowledge of Scripture that is allowed to become OPERATIVE in the life of the believer, then God can do His work of convicting unto salvation. Is that why Christ demanded that we CONTINUE in His doctrine? Is that why we find numerous warnings that we must abide in and study to show ourselves APPROVED UNTO GOD?
Something tragic happened to the many Christians, so tragic it brought them to eternal ruin. For one reason or another, they could not lay hold of the MYSTERY OF GOD. We have proven they were believers. We have shown you they had faith and belief by modern theological standards, yet they go into eternal damnation. This is impossible under modern Christian theology, which claims loudly that FAITH AND BELIEF ARE WHAT SAVE THE SOUL.
What if faith and belief ARE ONLY A DYNAMIC FORCE TO PROPEL YOU THROUGH THE NARROW WAY UNTO SALVATION? WHAT IF THE DEFINITIONS GIVEN TO FAITH AND BELIEF ARE NOT CORRECT? What if salvation ITSELF is NOT faith and belief? What would happen if we made FAITH ITSELF JESUS CHRIST? Would that not be FAITH IN FAITH? Could we be fooled by a Satanic doctrine that substitutes FAITH ITSELF FOR JESUS CHRIST, AND NOT BE AWARE THAT WE HAD DONE SO? The answer will shock you, for the answer is YES. If we make FAITH THE SAME AS JESUS CHRIST, then we become involved in idol worship, and our idol is FAITH. Faith becomes Christ Himself; faith becomes GOD. Faith becomes everything there is!
What must I do to be saved? What does regeneration mean? Can I know for sure I am going to heaven? What is my proof? Is there any proof? THE ANSWERS ARE FAR DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING YOU IMAGINE THEM TO BE. THE SCRIPTURAL ANSWERS CONDEMN MODERN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY NO MATTER WHAT DENOMINATION.
"But we are not of them THAT DRAW BACK UNTO PERDITION; but of them that BELIEVE UNTO THE SAVING OF THE SOUL."
(Hebrews 10:39)An interesting question would be this: why would anyone draw back from joy and laughter and good times if salvation is as pleasant as modern Christian theology makes it out to be? This verse of Scripture makes it sound like a real battle has to be fought, and that it becomes so intense that some people draw back and will NOT CONTINUE TO THE END. You only draw back from the NEGATIVE; not from things positive. (another clue as to why the 'many' were lost).
FINAL SUMMERY & CONCLUSIONS
We have proved beyond any doubt whatever that a large portion of the Christian church is unsaved and destined for eternal ruin. From the many to the non-overcomers, from the evil servants to the foolish virgins, from the fearful servant to the many that follow the false teachers, the evidence is massive and sweeping that
THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHRISTIANS NEVER MAKE IT TO HEAVEN.
This must give all of us all reason to pause. These warnings are everywhere, we are to read them; learn from them. We are to avoid the mistakes made by 'many'. We are to count our own souls worthy of salvation, and we are to become OBEDIENT to the 'SAYINGS OF JESUS', and we are to do THE WILL OF THE FATHER. In conclusion, we have learned the following:
1. You can undergo what you think is a full CONVERSION to Christ.
2. You can be baptized in water by submersion of sprinkling.
3. You can be baptized in Holy Ghost power and speak in tongues.
4. You can have faith to move mountains.
5. You can believe with a firm belief.
6. You can have all knowledge.
7. You can have all wisdom.
8. You can know the Scripture backwards and forwards, inside out, in reverse and have it all totally memorized.
9. You can cast out demons, be on the front lines of battle in the war between Christ and Satan for the human race.
10. You can heal the sick and perform miracles in the name of Jesus Christ.
11. You can claim all the promises of Scripture and be sure you are born again and heaven bound, and be positive of it.
12. You can give away all that you own in the name of Jesus.
13. You can give your body to be burned at the stake for Christ, and become a Martyr for the cause.
14. You can attend every church service, pray sincere and dedicated prayers, go to the jails, the prisons, the hospitals, hand out tracks and be a super 'Christian'.
15. You can be a teacher, pastor or evangelist of world renown, pack the crowds in by the millions, ring your sermons off the high rafters of holiness and yet:
YOU CAN END UP IN ETERNAL LOSS AND RUIN,
REJECTED BY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST; "I NEVER KNEW YOU."
It happens because of deception, because of false theology that redefines key words, that bypasses one way or another the flat commands of our Lord Jesus Christ. You can speak of the strait gate and narrow way, you can speak of the holiness walk, you can uplift all of these things, but your definitions of what they are, and what they mean can vary radically from what Jesus Christ said they mean.
1. THE DEFINITION OF FAITH HELD BY THE MANY WAS NOT ACCURATE.
Their interpretation of what FAITH REALLY IS was in total error. They had read all of the Scripture verses about being saved by faith, and they obviously appropriated them. BUT THEY WERE NOT SAVED, THEY WERE REJECTED. That means THEIR DEFINITIONS OF FAITH WERE IN TOTAL ERROR. AND WE HAVE ALSO PROVED THEY HAD A FORM OF FAITH, BUT IT WAS NOT A SAVING FAITH.
2. THE DEFINITION OF BELIEVE HELD BY THE MANY WAS NOT ACCURATE.
Their interpretation of the word BELIEVE was also in total error, for they obviously BELIEVED IN JESUS CHRIST, and Jesus says that anyone who BELIEVES IN HIM WOULD BE SAVED. They were not saved, so then their interpretation of the word believe was wrong. It cost them eternity.
3. THE DEFINITION OF REGENERATION HELD BY THE MANY WAS NOT ACCURATE.
Their interpretation of the word REGENERATION was in total error. They had read words like BORN AGAIN, REGENERATED, LIFE, SAVED, SALVATION AND OTHERS LIKE IT, but they did not define them properly, for THEY WERE NEVER REGENERATED. The only way that can happen is to have a faulty definition of what it is!
There is one issue between man and God, and ONLY ONE: this issue must be faced and settled. It was the issue that Peter had to face and settle. No one could deny that Peter loved the Lord with all of his heart, soul and mind, yet for all that it was not enough. We must find out why it was not enough, and then we must comply or we will not lay hold of this mysterious, hidden and secret love of God: AGAPE.
HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE if WE NEGLECT SO GREAT SALVATION; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him: God also bearing their witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?"
(Hebrews 2:3-4)
How can we neglect such a great salvation? If it is pride that keeps you, get rid of it. If it is arrogance, destroy it. If it is bias, rid yourself of it. If it is tradition, walk away from it. If it is your religious bias, your denominational bias, rise above it. If you are to busy, GET UN-BUSY. If you have too much business, OFF LOAD. You MUST come to the scripture as a child, read it as a child, for Scripture will open itself up ONLY to the honest seeker. If you attempt to prove your denominational beliefs are correct, and truth is not what you are seeking, God will verify your delusions. Never in the history of the world has a book been written that will verify delusions as Scripture. God said ALL THOSE, EVERYONE, that does NOT LAY HOLD OF AGAPE LOVE, will fall under a delusion. The 'many' were under a delusion. God allows it because THESE PEOPLE WERE NOT SEEKING THE REAL TRUTH. They only wanted a verification of WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS TRUE.
Whatever holds you back you must get rid of it, or you will never see heaven, and you will be but one of the many who are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Proverbs. 18:13:
"He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him."
Hear this matter out.
Check the Scripture to verify if it is true.
We are now going to dig into the false prophets, and verify everything we have learned thus far. EXTRICATE YOURSELVES FROM THE FALSE PROPHETS AND THEIR FALSE CHURCHES AND THEIR FALSE THEOLOGY:
"COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE...."
The End
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