Make Sure You've Been Born Again
By David J. Stewart | January 2015
Acts 15:1, “And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.”
Dear Reader, we are living in a world of deceptions, lies and frauds—this is true in the political, business and ecclesiastical (religious) world. 1st John 4:1, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”
Many people are sealed-up and set in their sinful ways, blinded by religion. In order to get them saved, you first have to convince them that they are lost. This is the most difficult part about soul-winning. Once a person realizes that they are headed for the Lake of Fire, it is usually easy to get the saved if they are sincere.
Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.
If you're not serving Christ, you're not a Christian. Salvation does not depend upon how God views you, but how
The most important thing I could ever ask you is if you've truly been born-again. I care about people. I care about you, whoever you may be. I don't want anybody to go to Hell. We are living in a confused world today. There are thousands of different religions.
Jesus Christ offers a very different plan of salvation. Jesus said that the will of the Father was for everyone to recognize Christ as the Messiah and to believe on Him alone for the gift of everlasting life. “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day” (John 6:40). To make it ever more succinct, Jesus then said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life” (John 6:47).
The gospel message is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. When we believe that Jesus died for us and came back to life three days later, He knows it—He knows all of your thoughts—and He knows the very instant that you believe His gospel message. The instant you believe His message, Jesus saves you. Time and time again we see in the bible that when people heard this message, they “believed.” When they believed, they were saved that very same instant. They did not pray prayers of salvation asking Jesus into their hearts. They did not commit their lives to the Lordship of Christ. They did not determine to follow Him all the days of their lives in obedience to His Lordship or to the practice of discipleship. They simply believed on Christ alone as their savior.
It doesn’t matter how successful a ministry is, or how beautiful and satisfying their particular plan of salvation may be. If what they say about salvation does not match with what Christ said about salvation, their plan is counterfeit and falls under the label of an “accursed message.” Galatians 1:8-9 says, “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”
SOURCE: Michael P. Bowen, “I NEVER KNEW YOU,” Chapter 5, p. 58-59.
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Beware of Ecumenical False Prophet Rick Warren—A Modern-Day Balaam!!!
Pastor Rick Warren of the Saddleback Community Church in Orange Country, California, has been accused of promoting the false religion of Chrislam. Mr. Warren has vehemently denied the allegations. The truth is that Rick Warren is hobnobbing (rubbing shoulders) with Christ-rejecting Muslims and it has caused quite a stir on the internet...
IN 2009, Rick Warren, founder and pastor of Saddleback Community Church in Orange County California, addressed the convention of the Islamic Society of North America. Warren stated that Muslims and Christians must work together to combat stereotypes, promote peace and freedom, and solve global problems. Christians and Moslems – faith mates, soul mates and now work mates! Chrislam!
It must be noted that Rick Warren is a member of The Council On Foreign Relations (CFR), whose stated goal is World Government. The United Nations was created by the CFR. Here's an excellent work by Myron Fagan exposing the evils of the Illuminati CFR (see the MP3 audio files at the bottom of the webpage). Warren is without question an Illuminati infiltrator in today's churches. I listened to Warren's 2009 complete speech presented at the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). It is clear that Warren's ecumenical speech was intended to unite Muslims with evangelical Christians.
Warren
claims that he wants to promote goodwill between the
historically opposed groups. Warren says that we can have unity
without uniformity. Do you know why Warren is trying to get
these groups to work together on projects to help the poor with
foreign aid, social programs, et cetera? It's because by working
together, over time these groups will prioritize unity,
cooperation and fellowship over doctrine. Presently, Islam and
Christianity are like gas and fire, because our doctrinal
beliefs and faiths are so drastically different. The Illuminati
are preparing the world to receive the Antichrist. Thus, to do
so they must reduce Christianity to a mere opinion that's not
worth fighting, separating and taking a stand for.
Literally, the Illuminati want Muslims and Christians to place a lower emphasis on their beliefs, so that the Luciferian doctrine can be introduced to them instead. The Luciferian doctrine teaches that there is one great god of forces, that embodies all faiths, and whose messiah is coming (the Antichrist). In order to indoctrinate the masses with the Luciferian doctrine, the Illuminati must diminish any teachings which oppose it. Sadly, Christianity is being turned into a mere philosophy of loving your neighbour. They don't even talk about Jesus as the Christ anymore. They just say that Jesus taught us not to judge, and to love everyone regardless of race, gender or SEXUAL ORIENTATION. It's a total perversion of the Holy Scriptures. Jesus never taught us to sanction homosexuality. John 7:7, “The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.” Homosexuality in all its forms is a sin! Thankfully, there is hope through the power of the Lord Jesus Christ. God will forgive you of any sin, and any amount of sin, if you'll simply believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Who died on the cross for your sins and was raised up.
Rick Warren is a modern-day Balaam, the prophet for hire!
2nd Peter 2:15, “Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.”
Jude 1:11, “Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.”
Revelation 2:14, “But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.”
What exactly was the “doctrine (or teaching) of Balaam”? It was being UNEQUALLY yoked together with unbelievers. Balaam basically said to the king of Moab, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." If you can't beat the Israelites, then yoke with them by using your daughters to seduce their men. God was furious and 24,000 Israelites died as a result of their fornication and idolatry. The Word of God plainly teaches that God wants the believer to SEPARATE from the sinful and unbelieving world.
It is unbiblical for Christians to yoke together unbelievers—whether it be in a marriage, in a business partnership, etc. If you marry an unsaved person, you will have the Devil for a father-in-law. Think about it. Balaam's devilish doctrine caused God's children to become unequally yoked with the heathen. The same thing always happens when God's children unite with the ungodly ... apostasy! This clearly describes America today!
The Israelites sinned greatly when they yoked together with the heathen. Their sexual sins quickly led to idolatry. You'll always get food-poisoning eating at the Devil's table. Sin will always cost you more than you were willing to pay, take you farther than you wanted to go, and keep you longer than you intended to stay! Don't let those neon lights of Sin City fool you!
Warren teaches a false plan of salvation (see chapter 5 of Michael Bowen's excellent book, “I NEVER KNEW YOU”).
“Nobody can
love God who doesn't love sinners!”
(a quote by Dr. Jack Hyles classic MP3
sermon, “The
Happiest Man” (happiest is the man who will not impute sin to others!)
