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John 4:1 Dear friends , do not believe every spirit , but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.







Galatians 1:8-9 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.







Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’







“Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:” Romans 16:25-26







“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;” 1 Timothy 4:1-2















...don't put me back under the Law.



Back in the mid-90's, a friend of mine had a mother in law who

was veering away from Christianity and getting all into Jewish

traditions, Hebrew studies & what-not.

Good stuff to learn about, for sure. Biblical history is fascinating.

But she was starting to go overboard. Having Sabbath dinners,

observing Jewish holidays, etc.

She's not Jewish.



I was invited to her home once for "Bible study". Turned out to

be more of a Torah study. I sat there and listened to her. She

said this was a "grass roots movement", that when Christ

returns, the temple procedures/animal sacrifices, etc will be re-

instated. I guess she wanted to get a head start or something.



Christians going back under the Law.



Does it make them feel holy and righteous? Her son, who was a

friend, was also starting to get into it. He said to me one time

when I asked him about it, "Look at it this way, are you going to

worship the Father, or the sacrifice? Jesus was the sacrifice."

I stared at him in disbelief. And these were people that we had

met at church. A small, Bible-believing, Jesus-loving, pure and

simple congregation. And now he was standing there, insulting

Christ.



He also quoted the passage where Jesus says, "Do not think

that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come

to abolish, but to fulfill." The friend then said that this meant,

Jesus came to live out the Law and promote it and that we

should too.



Not so! I shot back at him and said that he was twisting

Scripture. The first part is true, because the Law was still in

effect while Jesus lived, because He had not yet been sacrificed!

Then I said to him, "Fulfill means to complete. Jesus Christ

COMPLETED the Law."

And then I said, if God were to speak to you right now on this

topic, He might say something like this:

"Look at this BEAUTIFUL thing I have done. Look at what I have

COMPLETED. From start to finish."



It's true. The Law is still God's Law. It is just as true

today as it was then. BUT~ Jesus has taken the place for us. His

death cancels our sin and what we owe. God knew from the very

beginning that it was impossible for a human being to follow it

perfectly.



Jesus came to LIVE OUT and COMPLETE the Law. It is finished.

The rules have not changed. Our punishment has. We are

absolved through the shedding of His blood. He is the Lamb

without spot or blemish.







...don't denomination me.



Recently a friend & I went to this church to see a speaker. We both

wondered aloud what kind of church it was. I grabbed a bulletin,

and saw what kind of church we were in. My friend asked if that was

bad, I said, no, they're just off.



I got into it, explaining the

whole thing, and she kept going "sshhhh!"

I have a tendency to get a little bit worked up sometimes.



We ended up getting up & leaving, before the thing even began.

And we laughed the whole way back. It spawned the best

conversation ever, we talked about all things false and untrue

(my fave topic) and she had some really good points. We were

talking about salvation, how you can really tell what a church is

made of by finding out what they believe about it. Is it faith, or

works? She said, how greedy is it when people strive to earn

their salvation. I didn't get what she meant. She said, if it were

based on works, then people would have their own selves in

mind when they serve God, their own salvation, and their eye

would be on the reward in heaven. I never looked at it like that

before. She's right.

We were both brought up Catholic. Need I say more?

This is

what I was reading today:



Matthew 23:4~12

And they tie up heavy loads, and lay them on men's shoulders;

but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much

as a finger. But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for

they broaden their phylacteries, and lengthen the tassels of their

garments. And they love the place of honor at banquets, and the

chief seats in the synagogues, and respectful greetings in the

market places, and being called by men Rabbi. But do not be

called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

And do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your

Father, He who is in heaven. And do not be called leaders; for

One is your Leader, that is, Christ. But the greatest among you

shall be your servant. And whoever exalts himself shall be

humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

And this is Jesus Himself talking! How cool is that! He's all, get

off your high horse. Those called to leadership positions need to

do so in humility and reverence to God, and with no shady

motives.



I will not go to a church where the leaders exalt themselves as

kings. I will not go to a church where I am told to confess my sin

to another human being. I will not honor or pray to the mother

of our Lord. It appears that Mary was very humble. Very

little is mentioned about her. Even the angels in heaven refuse

to be honored, why then do we attempt to pray to or give honor

to a human?



So many denominations. Clubs for Christians, that's what they

are.



Give me His Word, and His Word alone. Give me a church that

says, ok, this is who we are. We love God, we believe and read

His Word. Come on in, let's worship Him together. Brother Zeke

will be doing the reading today, and Sister Eunice has a story to

tell. Claude! Get up here with your banjo, let's jam!

...or something like that.

Ephesians 2:8~9

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of

yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no

one should boast.

We serve Him because we love Him, and it's the right thing to

do. But salvation is an entire different thing. Thank God! This is

why ANYONE can come to Him, no matter where you're at in life.

He loves us all SO MUCH! In this cold dark messed up world, how

can you not want to receive His love? It's the only thing that will

never let you down, and it's big, and it's warm, and comforting,

and it's REAL. Don't tell me His grace isn't sufficient. I lived it.

I owe Him my life.



















The fact that there is sexual abuse in the Catholic church is just one problem they have, and it just so happens to be the most scandalous in our eyes, therefore it's on the news and what-not, when really, the Catholic church harbors so much more problems, the whole thing should come crashing down, and never start over again. Accept your fall, Catholic church, for you are not exempt from the whole "pride goeth before a fall" thing. Your house of cards, built with the hands of men, cannot stand in this day of the Lord's shaking, where everything that can be shook can and will be shook. Accept your fall, and while down there, low and broken, let your eyes be opened, and let your Holy Bibles be opened while you're at it. Save your liturgical mass readings and your hi-falutin' doctrines, and seek the pure, SIMPLE, basic truth. Seek Christ. Acknowledge His mommy, yeah, but how about you do away with those statues. She's not the one to pray to. Set your altar boys free, tell them to go play soccer or something. And go to kid's church somewhere. You have these children as prisoners in your made-up kingdom, teaching them falsehood, and taking away their innocence because you are deprived of intimacy. Who deprived you of intimacy? Jesus? Where does it say in His Word that



nevermind



Catholic church, take off your pointy triangle hats, your decorated robes, your golden ornaments, your creepy ten million candles lit everywhere, your idols, your made-up rules, your false teachings, and get on your knees and learn some humility.



Jesus Christ is your Lord. Serve Him. Teach from the Bible. Priests, set yourself free. If you are called to be a spiritual leader, how about you spend lots and lots of time privately in His Word (the normal version, not your special Catholic version), lots of heartfelt prayer (that comes from your own heart and mind, not read from something pre-printed), go meet a nice saucy li'l lady and how about you go ahead and tie the knot and knock her up now. It's ok.



God bless and comfort every person who has been hurt by the Catholic church. I would say to you, please don't turn your back on God. That wasn't him.



God bless and comfort every priest who has been hurt by the Catholic church. I would say to you, He loves you so much, and wants you to come to Him in simplicity and humility. The foundation that you stand upon cannot stand forever because it was built by human hands. You are standing on polluted ground. You have added to His Word, and omitted some. You are not standing on truth.



Your grand cathedrals are in place because you have Rome for a Sugar Daddy. That does not make your place of worship any better or any more respected than, say, Brother Cleo's Friday Night Prayer Shindig that's held at the local Denny's.





















