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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UNtZhy6FS4]God’s Warning to All Christians! – Steve Hill
Published on Mar 8, 2013
ALL CHRISTIANS SHOULD SEE THIS on Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural. Steve Hill and his wife were planning Steve’s funeral. But God raised him off the death bed and gave him an open vision. In it God warned what is about to happen on planet earth. Hear his watchman’s cry about the dangers ahead!
(Permission is granted by “It’s Supernatural & Messianic Vision” for us to show Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural here on this channel)
About Steve Hill:
Fueled by his own dramatic deliverance from drugs, alcohol and crime, Steve has dedicated his life to spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. After years of missionary work and ministry, his passion for lost souls has only intensified.
The Spiritual Avalanche that Could Kill Millions, Operating in the Miraculous & Steve Hill’s End Time Vision (Book, 5-CD Set & DVD) by Steve Hill.
https://secure2.convio.net/srmv/site/…
Sid’s Interview with Steve Hill, 3/4/13 – 3/10/13 (DVD of It’s Supernatural! interview)
https://secure2.convio.net/srmv/site/…
Related:
Michael Brown: A Tribute to Steve Hill — Running his race to win!
Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God?
The meaning of “Grace” (χαρις) in the Bible: It’s not what you think?
How Many Will Be in Heaven? How Many Find the WAY? Only 1 in 40 — 2.5%!?!!
“Satan is snowing the saints, but it can be stopped.”
– Steve Hill
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrvDO_TntMM]Spiritual Avalanche: The THREAT of FALSE TEACHINGS that could DESTROY MILLIONS
Published on Dec 17, 2012
Many are deeply troubled over the condition of the Church and the critical compromises of our culture. Something must be done. The vision you are about to hear has been released in written form. The response, worldwide, is overwhelming. Now, with ears to hear, please allow this word from the Lord to give you clear instruction for the perilous years ahead.
Fueled by his own dramatic deliverance from drugs, alcohol and crime back in 1975, Steve Hill dedicates his life to spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world. His love for people and his passion for genuine, God-breathed revival have only intensified after years of missionary work, church planting, and evangelistic crusades.
Steve has been powerfully used by the Lord in two of the greatest revivals in the past century: in the Argentine revival and the Brownsville Revival in Pensacola, Florida. During these revivals,hundreds of thousands came to Christ and were transformed by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.
He and his wife, Jeri, have planted churches in Argentina, Spain, and Russia. They are the founders and senior pastors of Heartland World Ministries Church, a thriving group of believers in the Dallas, Fort Worth area.
Each year, Steve shares the gospel to millions around the world through foreign and domestic crusades, television broadcasts, and various outreaches. Whether ministering in the US or on the foreign field, Steve continues to call the lost to Jesus and challenge believers to go after God.
Related:
Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God?
The meaning of “Grace” (χαρις) in the Bible: It’s not what you think?
How Many Will Be in Heaven? How Many Find the WAY? Only 1 in 40 — 2.5%!?!!
EXCELLENT!!!!!!!
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From: Charisma Magazine
The 7 Great Lies in the Church Today
STEVE HILL
False teachings running rampant within the American church have created a “whiteout” condition for millions of believers. …
Editor’s Note: Most Charisma readers remember Steve Hill as the fiery evangelist from the Brownsville Revival who has since continued to win countless souls for Jesus around the world. But what many readers don’t realize is that Hill only recently came out of a three-year battle with melanoma. During that time, he received a prophetic vision warning the church of an impending “spiritual avalanche” that could kill millions. The following article on deception in the church is part of this timely message, now delivered in his latest book, Spiritual Avalanche. …
The Lord recently imparted to me a vision concerning the state of the church and what we must do about it. ..in this visitation from God, I saw layers upon layers of snow steadily covering the solid, traditional truth of Christ. As with a whiteout, the truth had been lost in the flurry. …
How Has This Happened?
… Paul warned that the “time will come when [believers] will not 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, and be turned aside to fables” (2 Tim. 4:3-4). …
1) Overemphasis of Prosperity
… Carnal prosperity preachers encourage God’s people to seek after riches—or to seek after God for the purpose of riches—often even judging your spirituality by the kind of car you drive. What does that have to do with the gospel of Jesus?
2) Exaggerated View of Grace
This hyper-grace teaching has become an epidemic (see “What’s Wrong With Grace?” on p. 28). It has slipped in almost unnoticed and taken root like an unwanted weed—easy to get in but hard to get out of the Christian. I have personally dealt with many young people who were once on fire but fell under this “kicked-back” view of God. Now, instead of pursuing Him, they are partying. …
Sadly, some hyper-grace preachers live in sin and ease their consciences by preaching about a God who is all love and who never condemns, a God who doesn’t judge us by our conduct. Like the false teachers Jude confronted, they “turn the grace of our God into lewdness” (Jude 4). The New International Version describes such lewdness as “a license for immorality.”
But not every hyper-grace preacher is looking for a way to justify sin. Some truly love Jesus but are simply preaching truth mixed with error. They’ve taken an undeniable, glorious truth about God and presented it in such an exaggerated form that they nullify all divine warnings and even claim that the words of Jesus don’t apply to New Covenant believers. If this seems judgmental, then it’s time to honestly line everyone’s teachings—including mine—alongside the Word. …
3) Antinomianism
Antinomianism—long word, simple meaning. The word literally means “against law.” It’s a short jump from an overemphasis on the grace message to complete antinomianism. In practice, it means that “anything goes,” since Jesus has set us free. The problem is, Jesus didn’t set us free to sin; He set us free from sin.
Jesus died for us and broke sin’s power on our lives so that now, by the Spirit, we can live out the righteous requirements of the law (Rom. 8:1-4). Yet purveyors of this poisonous teaching fail to realize that Jesus calls us beyond the requirements of the law in His teaching, stating, for example, that adultery refers to adultery of the heart and not just the physical act (Matt. 5:27-28). …
4) Deification of Man
… Today’s gospel, especially in America, has a very different ring to it; rather than being all about God, it’s all about me. …
Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it” (Matt. 16:24-25).
We are in grave danger worldwide as millions upon millions gaze upon man rather than God. ..as we become so accustomed to worshipping man, it will be a simple maneuver for the Antichrist to move into position.
5) Challenging the Authority of the Word
The challenging of God’s authority goes back to the Garden of Eden, starting with the serpent’s challenge to Eve: “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” (Gen. 3:1). This satanic challenge was twofold: First, did God really say that? And second, God didn’t really mean what He said. After all, you won’t die if you eat from the tree (vv. 1-5).
That twofold challenge continues to assault us today. Best-selling authors tell us the biblical text isn’t reliable….
For the most part, though, the challenge to the authority of the Scriptures is subtler, and some of it flows out of the deification of man, which says, “The Bible must live up to my standards. I will judge the God of the Bible based on my morality rather than the God of the Bible judging me based on His morality.” In short, when the Scriptures contradict our feelings and preferences rather than crucify our feelings and preferences and bow down before God and His Word, we question God’s Word.
6) Rejecting Hell
..because we preach an imbalanced gospel—emphasizing God’s love and ignoring His wrath, emphasizing His mercy and ignoring His justice—we no longer have room for hell….
Why did Jesus use such strong language in talking about the fire of hell and about people weeping and wailing and gnashing their teeth (see Matt. 8:12)? And why did He teach that “it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell” (Matt. 5:29)? And why do other New Testament writers warn us repeatedly about the wrath to come (see Eph. 5:1-6)? …
7) Universal Reconciliation
Universal reconciliation promotes a get-out-of-jail-free mentality—that in the end, everyone will make it into heaven….
Related:
Michael Brown: A Tribute to Steve Hill — Running his race to win!
The meaning of “Grace” (χαρις) in the Bible: It’s not what you think?
How Many Will Be in Heaven? How Many Find the WAY? Only 1 in 40 — 2.5%!?!!
“Grace”: To Give You Life to Overcome—Not a License to Sin
[Book] Life in the Son by Robert Shank
Gandhi: Widespread Belief Doesn’t Make an Error True
WordPower: BEWARE, in the LAST DAYS People Will Be WILLINGLY IGNORANT
Asbury Revival, 1970: “‘Dr. Kinlaw, I am a liar. Now what do I do?’ … Three days later, she came to me radiant, and she said, ‘Dr. Kinlaw, I’m free!’” Many need to get right with people they’ve hurt to be free! Then God can move!
[ video – The MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG! ] Benny Hester: “When God Ran”
“Denying ourselves and taking up our cross isn’t a little side issue.
It is absolutely necessary to becoming or continuing to become
a disciple of Jesus.”
– John Wesley
Related:
Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God?
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“Jesus was as black and white as you get.
He would look at people and say:
‘Why do you call me Lord if you don’t do what I say?'”
– Francis Chan
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What does Jesus mean when He tells us to follow Him? Are we supposed to just agree with what He says, or does He really mean we’re supposed to do the things He did and live the life He lived? Once we understand how to follow Jesus, we see the hard life that might be in store for us, and then the real question becomes not how, but why we would want to follow Him in the first place.
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Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God at Amazon [paperback, Kindle, and audio editions]
John Tesh & Friends [including Francis]: How Important is FORGIVENESS in a Relationship? | FORGIVING: Our GREATEST OPPORTUNITY to SHOW the LOVE of Christ!
Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God?
All of my Francis Chan posts (currently 40, 10 posts per page, latest appear first — many videos)
I wrote this on Facebook as a response to a friend’s posting of this article:
What distinguishes “evangelical” from “fundamentalist?” by Roger E. Olson
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It’s interesting to see Roger discuss the infighting that occurs among faculty in seminaries. Those who veer away too far from the declared or undeclared fundamentals first get removed from the “table fellowship,” and if they still persist they’ll receive the right foot of fellowship.
Thankfully, students are given more latitude, but those who raise their hands and question some of the teachings that are keeping the churches spiritually dead aren’t going to have an easy go.
The first time I attended seminary (I never did finish), we had a blast anyway. It was right at the height of the Vineyard holiness revival (1989-90). The old guard professors were so angry. They believed in cessationism, that the gifts of the Spirit ceased after the apostles died. John Wimber and the local Vineyard pastors in Chicago were rocking their boat, big-time! Almost all of the students were talking about it, and we were on fire. The professors wouldn’t even look at us as we passed each other on the sidewalk. How were they going to put out this fire, as they couldn’t prove their case biblically?
TEDS (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) taught the trinity, but they only had classes on God the Father and Jesus. Some of the students pushed for a class on the Holy Spirit, Who was almost totally ignored — which leads me to my point.
I agree with most of the fundamentals in fundamentalism, but what is really fundamental among the Bible teachers who wrote the Bible? Fundamentalism is missing the key point upon which everything else hinges: the greatest commandment.
Jesus replaced the 10 commandments of the law with the greatest two commandments, of which “loving the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength” is the greatest. Where is that in the fundamentalists’ or even the evangelicals’ lists?
I didn’t have one professor who taught that we must abide in Christ, getting sap from the Vine so we’ll automatically produce fruit — and so our joy will be full — Jesus said. And he warned that if we don’t abide in Christ we’ll be thrown into the fire and burned.
Professor Robert Shank called this “life in the son,” which he discussed in his book of the same title. But I don’t know of any seminary professor who currently teaches the necessity of abiding in Christ:
“Those who are led by the Spirit are the sons of God.”
“My sheep know my voice, and I know them, and they follow me….”
“Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.”
“We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.”
There are many more scriptures, but “life in the Son” is what Christianity is. “Salvation through faith alone” is only true if ‘faith’ means having faith to stand before Jesus with a clear conscience on judgment day because our consciences are clear because we lived in the Son on earth.
Being born-again is just the start of our life in the Son.
“Those who are Christ’s have crucified their flesh.”
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. … For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.”
It’s interesting to see how seminaries and most ‘churches’ are currently missing what’s fundamentally most important.
So it’s no surprise that seminaries and ‘churches’ are currently dead — neglecting the greatest commandment, while claiming to be theologically sound.
‘ONE’ can only happen when we’re all living in the Son — so our joy will be full, now (John 15), and the world will know (John 17)!!!
What are we waiting for?
Related:
Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God?
A Call to Intimacy: The Holy Spirit in John’s Gospel & Epistles — A paper I wrote for D. A. Carson’s Johannine Theology class at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1993
I just now added these texts to my article, Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God?
I’ve made other additions, recently, as well. But I haven’t had to throw anything out. No one has been able to disprove anything in it. It should lead us into repentance and unity. Praise God!
The deception in the last days is sooooooo great! We must abide in Christ, or we’ll be spit out of His mouth, because we taste that badly.
Let’s get in the saddle and win!
jeff
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Matthew 10
Being a real, going-to-heaven Christian is a radical commitment. We need to get in the saddle. Jesus said:
32 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
34 “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 A man’s foes will be those of his own household.
37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me. 38 He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me. 39 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
Matthew 16
Here, is the “deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me” trio. Jesus then adds: “he will render to everyone according to his deeds.”
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life? 27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.
Mark 8
This text adds “whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words….”
34 He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it. 36 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? 37 For what will a man give in exchange for his life? 38 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
Luke 9
Similar to the above text.
23 He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it. 25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self? 26 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
Luke 14
Very heavy! We’re supposed to “count the cost,” which is not letting anyone or anything stand in the way of us following Christ. “Whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.”
And the “salt becoming flat and tasteless” idea is similar to what Jesus says in John 15: how we must abide in Him in order to bear much fruit that will then remain — because as branches, we keep ourselves attached to the Vine, getting our sap from Him — that our joy will be full (15:11)! Real Christians are full of Life — which when meeting together then will make living, vibrant churches!
25 Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple. 27 Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? 29 Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace. 33 So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
34 Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it? 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
From: spiritlessons.com
A Divine Revelation of Hell
by Mary K Baxter Ministry
Hear the eyewitness testimony on the True Existence of Hell. Mary Katherine Baxter was chosen by God to let the world know of the REALITY of Hell. Jesus Christ appeared to Mary Baxter on 40 consecutive nights and took Mary on a tour of Hell and Heaven. She walked, with Jesus, through the horrors of Hell and talked with many people. Jesus showed her what happens to souls when they die and what happens to the unbelievers and Servants of God who do not obey their calling.
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Chapter 11
Outer Darkness
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As we walked on through hell, Jesus and I came upon a very large and very dark man. He was enshrouded in darkness and had the appearance of an angel. He was holding something in his left hand. Jesus said, “This place is called outer darkness.”
I heard weeping and gnashing of teeth. Nowhere before had there been such utter hopelessness as I felt in this place. The angel that stood before us had no wings. He looked to be about thirty feet tall, and he knew exactly what he was doing. He had a large disk in his left hand and was turning slowly with this disk lifted up high as though he was getting ready to throw it.
There was a fire in the middle of the disk, and blackness on the outer edge. The angel held his hand beneath the disk and reached far back in order to get more leverage.
I wondered who this giant angel was and what he was about to do.
Jesus knew my thoughts and said again, “This is outer darkness. Remember that my Word says, ‘The children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
“Lord,” I said, “You mean your servants are here?”
“Yes,” said Jesus, “servants that turned back after I called them. Servants who loved the world more than Me and went back to wallowing in the mire of sin. Servants that would not stand for the truth and for holiness. It is better that one never starts than to turn back after beginning to serve Me.”
“Believe Me,” Jesus said, “if you sin, you have an advocate with the Father. If you repent of your sins, I will be faithful to cleanse you of all unrighteousness. But if you will not repent, I will come in a time you think not, and you will be cut off with the unbelievers and cast into outer darkness.”
I watched the dark angel as he cast the large disk far, far out into the darkness. “My Word means just what it says; they ‘shall be cast into outer darkness. …
I watched in ghastly fascination, wondering if I knew any of the fallen servants of the Lord who were marching past. I could not turn my head away from the sight of souls marching into the fire, and no one was trying to stop them. I cried, “Lord, please stop them before they reach the fire!”
But Jesus said, “He who has ears should hear. He who has eyes should see. My child, cry out against sin and evil. Tell my servants to be faithful and to call upon the name of the Lord. I am taking you through this awful place so that you can tell them about hell.”
Jesus continued, “Some will not believe you. Some will say God is too good to send men and women to hell. But tell them My Word is true. Tell them that the fearful and unbelieving will have their part in the lake of fire.” [Rev. 21:8 – editor]
Related:
12 New Testament Texts: HELL Is ETERNAL
Hell Testimony — Kenneth Hagin’s Near Death Experience in 1933!
How Many Will Be in Heaven? How Many are Finding the WAY? Only 1 in 40 — 2.5%?!!
[WordPOWER!] 2 Peter 3: BEWARE, in the LAST DAYS People Will Be WILLINGLY IGNORANT
Willful Ignorance: Actively Resisting the Truth & Truth-tellers
From Willful Ignorance through Cognitive Dissonance to “Could I Be Wrong?”
Benny Hester: “When God Ran” — God will RUN when we come back to Him!
Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God?
The idea that justification is imparted righteousness and that it is a robe of righteousness put over a dirty filthy fellow who terribly needs a bath and that that dirty, filthy fellow filled with cooties and the accumulations of dirt of his lifetime will stand boldly in God Almighty’s holy Heaven among seraphim and cherubim and archangels and the spirits of just men made perfect and blithely and flippantly say “I belong in hell. I’m a filthy man but what are you going to do about it? I have on me the robe of Christ’s righteousness and that’s enough.”
…This is a heresy as terrible and as devastating as the heresy promulgated by the falsely-called Jehovah’s Witnesses!”
– A.W. Tozer
Related:
Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God?
I’ve met Mary. She’s the real deal. Take the tour with Mary to see what it’s like for those who forsake their First Love and die before it’s too late. The audio and video links are at the end.
I include two excerpts here. The first shows what happens to those in the fire pits. Jesus talked about the worm that never dies and the fire that is never quenched. This is it.
The second excerpt is a former preacher who once preached the gospel with purity….
There are other flame-off areas of hell mentioned in the book. Hell is actually quite diverse. People are judged according to the level and their awareness of their sins.
jeff
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From: spiritlessons.com
A Divine Revelation of Hell
by Mary K Baxter Ministry
Hear the eyewitness testimony on the True Existence of Hell. Mary Katherine Baxter was chosen by God to let the world know of the REALITY of Hell. Jesus Christ appeared to Mary Baxter on 40 consecutive nights and took Mary on a tour of Hell and Heaven. She walked, with Jesus, through the horrors of Hell and talked with many people. Jesus showed her what happens to souls when they die and what happens to the unbelievers and Servants of God who do not obey their calling.
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Chapter 2
The Left Leg of Hell
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Jesus and I stepped from the tunnel onto a path with wide swaths of land on each side of it. There were pits of fire everywhere as far as the eye could see. The pits were four feet across and three feet deep and shaped like a bowl. Jesus said, “There are many pits like this in the left leg of hell. Come, I will show you some of them.” …
I heard a cry from the center of the first pit. I saw a soul in the form of a skeleton, crying, “Jesus, have mercy!”
“O, Lord!” I said. It was the voice of a woman. I looked at her and wanted to pull her out of the fire. The sight of her broke my heart.
The skeleton form of a woman with a dirty-grey mist inside was talking to Jesus. In shock, I listened to her. Decayed flesh hung by shreds from her bones, and, as it burned, it fell off into the bottom of the pit. Where her eyes had once been were now only empty sockets. She had no hair.
The fire started at her feet in small flames and grew as it climbed up and over her body. The woman seemed to be constantly burning, even when the flames were only embers. From deep down inside her came cries and groans of despair, “Lord, Lord, I want out of here!”
She kept reaching out to Jesus. I looked at Jesus, and there was great sorrow on His face. Jesus said to me, “My child, you are here with Me to let the world know that sin results in death, that hell is real.
I looked at the woman again, and worms were crawling out of the bones of her skeleton. They were not harmed by the fire. Jesus said, “She knows and feels those worms inside.”
“God, have mercy!” I cried as the fire reached its peak and the horrible burning started all over again. Great cries and deep sobs shook the form of this woman-soul. She was lost. There was no way out. “Jesus, why is she here?” I said in a small voice, for I was very scared.
Jesus said, “Come.”
The path we were on was a circuitous one, twisting in and out between these pits of fire as far as I could see. The cries of the living dead, mixed with moans and hideous screams, came to my ears from all directions. There were no quiet times in hell. The smell of dead and decaying flesh hung thickly in the air.
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Chapter 6
Activity in Hell
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“Listen to Me,” said Jesus. “What you are about to see and hear is true. Take heed you ministers of the gospel, for these are faithful and true sayings. Awake, evangelists, preachers, and teachers of My Word, all of you who are called to preach the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. If you are sinning, repent or you will likewise perish.” …
Jesus knew my thoughts, for He said, “Child, there are many souls in torment here, and there are many different types of torment for these souls. There is greater punishment for those who once preached the gospel and went back into sin, or for those who would not obey the call of God for their lives. “
I heard a cry so desperate that it filled my heart with despair. “No hope, no hope!” he called. The hopeless cry came from the coffin. It was an endless wail of regret. …
A dirty-gray mist filled the inside of the coffin. It was the soul of a man. As I watched, the demons pushed their spears into the soul of the man in the coffin. …
As Jesus spoke, the man saw us. He said, “Lord, Lord, let me out. Have mercy.” I looked down and saw a bloody mess. Before my eyes was a soul. Inside the soul was a human heart, and blood spurted from it. The thrusting of the spears were literally piercing his heart.
“I will serve You now, Lord.” He begged, “Please let me out.” I knew that this man felt every spear that pierced his heart.
“Day and night, he is tormented,” the Lord said. “He was put here by Satan, and it is Satan who torments him.”
The man cried, “Lord, I will now preach the true gospel. I will tell about sin and hell. But please help me out of here.”
Jesus said, “This man was a preacher of the Word of God. There was a time when he served Me with all his heart and led many people to salvation. Some of his converts are still serving Me today, many years later. The lust of the flesh and the deceitfulness of riches led him astray. He let Satan gain the rule over him. He had a big church, a fine car, a large income. He began to steal from the church offerings. He began to teach lies. He spoke mostly half-lies and half-truths. He would not let Me correct him. I sent My messengers to him to tell him to repent and preach the truth, but he loved the pleasures of this life more than the life of God. He knew not to teach or preach any other doctrine except the truth as revealed in the Bible. But before he died, he said the Holy Ghost baptism was a lie and that those who claimed to have the Holy Ghost were hypocrites. He said you could be a drunkard and get to heaven, even without repentance.
“He said God would not send anyone to hell -that God was too good to do that. He caused many good people to fall from the grace of the Lord. He even said that he did not need Me, for he was like a god. He went so far as to hold seminars to teach this false doctrine. He trampled My Holy Word under his feet. Yet, I continued to love him.
“My child, it is better to have never known Me than to know Me and turn back from serving Me,” said the Lord.
“If only he had listened to You, Lord!” I cried. “If only he had cared about his soul and the souls of others. “
“He did not listen to Me. When I called he would not hear Me. He loved the easy life. I called and called him to repentance, but he would not come back to Me. One day he was killed and came immediately here. Now Satan torments him for having once preached My Word and saved souls for My kingdom. This is his torment.”
I watched the demons as they continued to march around and around the coffin. The man’s heart beat and real blood ran from it. I will never forget his cries of pain and sorrow.
Jesus looked at the man in the coffin with great compassion and said, “The blood of many lost souls are upon this man’s hands. Many of them are in torment here right now.” With sorrowful hearts, Jesus and I walked on.
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“Money has done weird things to us. … The more you have the less you’re inclined to believe that you’re needy.”
“I look at the majority of the American church. They don’t want to be on fire.”
“I’ve got enough of God. I don’t have enough of money. I don’t got enough stuff. I don’t got a big enough house. I need more of that, but I think I’ve got enough of God. … You’re lukewarm and you’re loving it.”
“What does lukewarm equal? Spit out. What does ‘spit out’ mean?” “Can you be spit out of His mouth and still be saved?”
“You can’t end your life lukewarm”
– Francis Chan
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBhqrtMqrv8]Luke Warm & Loving It
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Francis Chan Spoke on Oct. 8th
If you are Christian or if you think you are Christian
You gotta watch this
From: Britt William’s Facebook Notes
Biblical Grace, What Is It?
by Britt Williams
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WHAT IS BIBLICAL GRACE?
Titus 2:11-13 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ…
Here in this New Testament passage, the attributes of grace are clearly defined. This definition contradicts what modern teachers proclaim. The Bible declares that a true believer is being constantly taught to deny ungodliness (wickedness) and worldly lusts (the fashionable trends of this present evil age) and to live soberly (moderately), righteously (just), and godly (holy), in this present world (now, today, before heaven). Why is it that so many church-goers profess to be partakers of God’s grace, yet their lives are unchanged? Many are brazen in defense of their worldly, shameful, and sinful testimonies! Dear friend, don’t be deceived. GRACE TEACHES MEN TO SAY NO TO SIN AND YES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS…thus saith the Word! How wonderful is the true grace of God!
GRACE TRANSCENDS THE LAW
Romans 8:3-4 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
How does the grace of Jesus Christ transcend the law? The grace of Jesus Christ frees the believer from sin! Jesus Christ makes His people free from sin (Matt 1:21)! Under the law, the sinner sees his sin, and struggles against it, but he has no power to overcome; he sinks deeper and deeper into despair. In his desperation he cries out to God in repentance, humbly surrendering to His will. Then, he is united with Jesus Christ and receives the grace of God. He still recognizes what sin is, but now he has power to overcome (Rom 6:14), and the devil is put to flight (James 4:7). Oh, what a marvelous difference it is!
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BEWARE OF FALSE GRACE!
Jude 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Bible warns that there are false teachers who turn the grace of God into lasciviousness (fleshly indulgence). They convince multitudes that the grace of God allows mankind to live in rebellion to God’s commandments. They define grace as “unmerited favor;” therefore, there is no need to be concerned with lifestyles…”after all, we’re just forgiven sinners!” Oh, what lies are being preached today! It is indeed possible that a Christian may sin (1 John 2:1), but repentance will soon follow and he will continue in his life of holiness! The normal Christian life is free from sin and rebellion. Dear friend, don’t let the empty words of false teachers deceive you. Search the Scriptures and open your heart to the Holy Ghost! Humbly bow before the cross of Christ and cry out for the true grace of God which will save you from your sins! -B.W.
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From: Coalition of Prophets (Gene Bacon)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013
JUDGEMENT ON THE PROPHETS by Gene Bacon – Jan 2013
Please consider the following word of the Lord:
(Jer 23:9-32)
Over the past few months I have been experiencing a concern that I believe is from the Lord as to the prophets who prophesy falsely in the name of the Lord. I am not their judge but the Lord is. I believe I can relate to the prophet Jeremiah who felt broken-hearted because of the prophets who prophesied falsely in the name of the Lord, yet considered it a light thing without being accountable for their false prophecies and their sin.
Jer 23:9–Jer 23:32 (KJV)
Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness. For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
It is common knowledge that adultery and homosexuality is rampant among many who are claiming to speak for the Lord. “Bishops,” prophets, pastors, evangelists, and other “ministers” have either been found to be in sin, or are “coming out of the closet” declaring that God created them to be homosexuals and they are proud of it. Can you see how sick that is?
According to the word of the Lord, the false prophets will not prosper in the end, but God will find them out. Not only will He expose them, but they will inherit evil from the Lord.
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
False prophets tell the people what they want to hear. They speak visions from the imaginations of their own hearts and dare not speak judgment to those who despise the Lord. How does one despise the Lord? One way is by despising His word!
One very well known prophet claims that prophets who are accurate only part of the time (60-75%) are good prophets. While no one is beyond making mistakes, they should never be the plumb line for the word of the Lord. ONLY the written word can be the standard for judging prophecies, dreams, and visions from the Lord. False prophets are not overly concerned with that standard, and therefore make up their own.
This same prophet claims that he can enter into the third heaven, which is the place where God sits on His throne, any time he wants to, and incredibly he and others like him claim to have been there many times over. That prophet’s name is BOB JONES.
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True prophets will warn saints to turn from their wicked ways rather than telling them everything will be okay in spite of their sin. There is a corrupt teaching of extreme grace that claims that Jesus forgave all our sins, past, present, and future at the cross. While He did forgive our past sins, we must continue to deal with sins we commit in the present and the future.
A well known false teacher, JOSEPH PRINCE, has captivated and bewitched many into believing that they don’t need to be conscious of their sins, while the Bible tells us that IF we continue to willfully sin AFTER having received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no sacrifice for our sins.
Heb 10:26 –Heb 10:27 (KJV)
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
It is clear to me that I must judge according to the written word what God has to say on the issue of sin, regardless of what anyone else might say. The important issue here is that Prince’s teachings will lead many into the fiery indignation and eternal judgment of the Lord. Please don’t think that false teaching isn’t dangerous! It can lead you away from Christ and into the bowels of hell! I can guarantee you that Joseph Prince won’t tell you that! But true prophets will.
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DISCLAIMER/BALANCER:
The balance is that we all must overcome sexual sin of ALL KINDS, not just homosexuality. We all must be free of heart adultery!
‘Regular,’ heterosexual lusters are also in Paul’s Galatians-5 who-won’t-inherit-the-kingdom list:
Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
And then Paul says:
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
Too many willfully lusting ‘Christians’ are pointing the finger, when our focus should be in geting the plank out of our own eye. Then we can see clearly to take the speck out of our brother’s eye. Homosexuals won’t enter the kingdom of heaven, but heterosexual heart–adulterers (lusters) won’t also. We need to have a pure heart. I talk about my dream and more of what the Bible says in:
Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God?
Here is God’s heart — God’s view of homosexuals, from my Let Us Be ONE prophesy, part 17 of 33:
The homosexuals will arise. They have been hurt so badly in their heart. They are not the enemy. They are full of hurt, and are looking for a way out. You can help if you don’t judge. Don’t criticize; show them the way through your smile. They are not worse than you, just unforgiven. They have a long way to go, but are not weird, as some would say. Do not mock. Lift them up. Give them space to watch.
Pray with them when you get a chance, but until then be slow. Their hearts are brittle, hardened by sin that has often been done unto them, not of their own accord. Have grace and Mercy, not judgment, or pain will come to you both, and alienation from the things of God, the life I can give.
It can happen. Love can start with you. It just takes one. Find it and run, run with arms outstretched, praying as you go, praying in tongues a lot. Don’t hold back. This is a precious gift. Use it now; it is for you to be free, to be built up in the might of My Spirit. Pray often, and do not faint. Do not let the world take control. I have overcome the world. You will too, if you walk in My steps, living a life of love.
We all must be holy, and not allow lust demons into our lives, whether they be homosexual or heterosexual spirits that drive lust:
May we be ‘ONE with each other ‘in Christ, Biblically.
Romans 8:1, 12-14:
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. … So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4i-00c32J4]JOEL OSTEEN: GAYS GET INTO HEAVEN!!
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Joel Osteen saying God accepts homosexuals into heaven. …
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Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
“Liberty isn’t liberty from Jesus’ leadership. Liberty is liberty from defilement and darkness and the things of darkness that defile our heart. … There’s a lot of people: they want liberty from Jesus’ restraints. They want liberty from Jesus, but they want His forgiveness. That’s not a biblical Christianity.
Jesus is not talking about a high Christianity and a low Christianity. You’re going to find out in a moment He’s talking about a false Christianity with a true Christianity. He’s not talking about the high, intense ones and everyone else. He’s talking about the genuine believers and the false believers. …
He’s going to say ‘it’s really easy. You’re going after the narrow road, and you want to interact with My heart. And you and Me and what we mean together is the highest priority of your life. I am not just an insurance program for you. I am the desire and goal of your life.”
– Mike Bickle
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbVZjCGdRME]What False Teachers Teach About The Grace of God, by Mike Bickle
Published on Jan 5, 2013
Other related teachings by Mike that I was checking out today. And Mike encourages us to see if what he says is biblical — yay! I really like Mike. He really has a heart for God; though, the above message will help bring in revival. The second message, below can actually cause people to stumble. We must be holy:
This one is also pretty good, but overcoming isn’t emphasized as much:
Matthew 7:13-14: The Narrow Gate Vs. The Broad Road, By Mike Bickle
But this teaching is kind of strange, and actually confusing. Mike says the deciding factor is to be “in the fight,” even if we’re willfully sinning and having guilty consciences as a consequence. The truth is that we must overcome in order to have clean consciences, so when we see Jesus face to face…. :
onething ’12 HD – 29 Dec 3pm – Mike Bickle – The Gospel of Grace: An Overview
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From: RevivalSchool.com
TODAY’S “UNSAVED” CHURCH
-by Andrew Strom.
It is an interesting fact that Charles Finney spent his entire ministry preaching to professing Christians. And yet he was called the greatest ‘evangelist’! What he was doing was evangelizing the church people – because he found that most of them were not living in a state of true salvation at all. The church was ‘unsaved’!
Romans 11:19-23
You will say then, “Branches [Israel] were broken off, that I [gentiles] might be grafted in.” True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear; for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
See then the GOODNESS and SEVERITY of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
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John 15:1-14
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you. “In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples. Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love. I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
From: Revival School
“WE’VE LOST CHRISTIANITY”
-by Andrew Strom
Despite the thousands in our megachurches today, soaking up the warm entertainment offered to them every week, I want to put it to you that we have lost Christianity. Despite the Christian books now found in every Walmart, and the “crossover” of Christian artists into the mainstream, and our Christian mega-stores and CD’s and DVD’s and Study-Bibles, I want to put it to you that we have lost Christianity. …
It will all be OK, the preacher tells us. We will all make it to heaven in the end. We are all “decent” people here. We have “prayed the little prayer”. We have ‘given our heart to the Lord’.
Oh yes. We will all make it, won’t we? We are all good suburban church-going folks here.
But what is this? What is that thundering voice I hear? “DEPART FROM ME.” ‘But LORD… But LORD….’
“I said – ‘DEPART FROM ME’. Don’t call me Lord. You never truly lived like I was your Lord and you know it. …
The way of FREEDOM is to submit to and obey Jesus — the Way, the Truth and the LIFE!
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“There is one sure way to escape the delusions of religion: Receive Christ as Lord of our lives and begin to obey Him in everything. Submit to the truth and let it search us. Submit and obey are hard and exacting words; but necessary if we would be true Christians.”
– A.W. Tozer
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From: this ONEcanhappen comment by Smashing Idols, emphasis mine
“We are not saved because we are worthy, but because God loves us anyway.” rick roberts
MOST DENOMINATIONS, HAVING ACCEPTED THE LIES OF … ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED, HAVE LOST THE BIBLICAL CONCEPT OF WORTHINESS THROUGH FAITHFUL HOLINESS, AND HAVE ADOPTED A FALSE CONCEPT OF GRACE …
THE BIBLE TEACHES THE NECESSITY OF WORTHINESS:
Joh 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Joh 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Luk_21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Luk 20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Luk 20:36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Mat_10:37 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.
Mat_10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Luk_3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Heb_10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Mat_22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
Luk 12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
Luk 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Luk 12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Luk 12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Rom_1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Rev_16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Eph_4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Col_1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
1Th_2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
2Th_1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
Rev_3:4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
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From my article: Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God?
Here is Jesus’ rarely taught statement that says so much about who goes to heaven. The assembly in Sardis actually had a reputation for being alive. How many ‘churches’ in America can say that today? But most of the ‘Christians’ in Sardis were in danger of losing their salvation because Jesus hadn’t found their “works perfected.” But some had:
Yet only the “few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments” were truly walking with Christ, “for they are worthy.” Jesus only told those who overcame, who were therefore dressed in white, that their names would not be blotted out from the Book of Life.
Rev. 3:1-5
1 “And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before…God. 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you. 4 Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 5 He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
I believe God is saying that ‘once saved, always saved’ is “the most dangerous doctrine.” I heard this while writing this in a Facebook post:
I’m convinced that “once saved, always saved” is “the most dangerous doctrine” — and the greatest deception. And it’s not only keeping ‘ONE’ from happening (Jesus heart-cry for us in John 17), and destroying our nation — but many are going to hell thinking they are going to heaven, because of this teaching that ignores what the Bible really says about who goes to heaven and who really are the children of God. No one has been able to refute my study on this, even though I offered a signficant monetary reward as an incentive for people to try. “Those *who are Christ’s* have crucified their flesh.” There is no other way:
Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God?
1 Timothy 6:3-19
If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions, constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such. But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out. But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses [being born-again is just the start]. I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession, that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ; which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.
Luther hated the Book of James. He said: “Let us BANISH the epistle of James, for it is WORTHLESS”. And many pastors today also refuse to teach the many texts in the New Testament that clearly state we must be holy to be “approved” to enter heaven when we die.
James is no different. It just uses the word ‘works.’ But these aren’t works of the law. This is life in the Son — living according to the ‘law of freedom,’ ‘the royal law’: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
According to James, if we are not loving our neighbors as ourselves we are deluding our own hearts and our religion is worthless.
“Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.”
– Jeff
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James on Salvation
(Selections from chapters 1 & 2)
2 Count it all JOY, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, 3 knowing that the TESTING of your FAITH produces ENDURANCE. 4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be PERFECT and COMPLETE, lacking in nothing. …
12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death. 16 Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers. …
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. …
8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well. 9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. 11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom. 13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? 15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, 16 and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled;” and yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
18 Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith. 19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also BELIEVE, and shudder. 20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? 21 Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham BELIEVED God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;” and he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith. 25 In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
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– 2 Tim. 4:3-4
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“In answer to your inquiry,
I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.”
– William Booth (1829 – 1912), the founder of the Salvation Army
From: worldchallenge.org/en/node/17699
TRUE GRACE
by David Wilkerson | April 11, 2012
Let me give you the heart of the true grace message: It is not a permissive gospel but one that teaches holiness!
“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:11-13).
According to Paul, we are not walking in grace until we have broken from worldly corruptions. Unless we are endeavoring through the power of the Holy Spirit to lead godly and righteous lives, looking for the Lord’s coming in our every waking moment, we do not know God’s grace.
Many Christians want forgiveness, but that is all. They do not want to be delivered from this present world, because they love it. They are attached to their sins, not wanting to give up the pleasures of this earth. So they cling to a doctrine [‘eternal security’ or ‘once saved, always saved’ (OSAS) – editor] that says, “I can live as I please — as long as I say that I believe.”
They do not want to hear about obedience, repentance, self- denial, picking up their cross, taking on the yoke or burden of Christ. They simply want to be excused on Judgment Day — to have all their iniquities overlooked. They expect Jesus to open up the pearly gates, put His arms around them, and lead them down a golden street to their reserved mansion, even though they have never broken from the spirit of this world!
Paul writes, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (Romans 12:2). We are to break from this world completely and be conformed to Christ alone!
Jesus justifies us through faith for a purpose: It is to embolden and empower us to resist the devil and overcome the world.
“[Jesus Christ] gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father” (Galatians 1:4).
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From: gdcgray2.blogspot.com
Rebellion is as witchcraft. Unbelief has kept us from true holiness. Here unbelief will be defeated and you will leave with a new confidence to walk in the holiness [God] called you to and enable[d] you in.
The Call To HOLINESS / Believe unto Holiness without which no man shall see God
by Gary Gray
Jesus Christ, the one who is God in the flesh, Shed His Blood on the cross that we would be made clean, through: belief in Him as Lord and Savior, His death and resurrection, His ascension and imminent return, even by His atonement; His blood having made us clean, has thereby made us able to receive in us the presence of the Holy Spirit and by this, having been born again of God, we have been equipped with the ability to cleanse ourselves of all wickedness through the Power of The Holy Spirit; for those who believe and receive the light that the world rejected, He has given power to become the sons of God.
Therefore since God has required that we be Holy even as He is Holy, it is not something of which we should be discouraged nor should it be despised, for God is just, righteous, and true, desiring beyond our comprehension that we become one with Him, even as He is one with the Son Jesus Christ, so much so, that we should consider the command to be Holy as evidence that He has made us able also to perform it.
Let us avoid the powerful grip of wickedness which results from unbelief, for if we do not believe we can be Holy, we have given ourselves to wickedness and offended the Holy and precious gift of God toward us despising the holy sacrifice of The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the living Son of God who left Glory to secure our place in the Heavenly and divine creation to come.
If God left Glory to suffer the death on the cross for us, then how important do we think it is to Him to also finish in us the work He started; and if we entered in to this life with Him through faith and believing and by the Power of the Holy Spirit, then how else shall we continue on into the holiness to which we are called and without which no man shall see God?
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