KJV Onlyism and The 1828 Webster’s Dictionary

Some KJV Onlyites have an unusual, but trusted secular aid to help them understand the archaic KJV terms.1828 websters dictionary It is a 186 year old edition of an English dictionary, namely the 1828 Noah Webster’s American Dictionary! On ebay one sells for around $60.00. It is 2,000 pages, 14.5 in high, 9.5 in wide, 2.8 in thick and over 7 pounds in weight! If a KJV Onlyite can afford the cost of such a dictionary, imagine carrying one of those weighty loads around with the King James Version of the Bible to better understand the KJV. That alone speak volumes, in itself, as to this whole KJV comprehension issue being much more difficult than the devotees readily want to admit!

Can’t a 12 Year Old Understand The KJV?

But why use the 1828 Noah Webster’s American Dictionary at all? Don’t the same KJV Onlyites tell us that even a 10 to 12 year old can understand the KJV? Yes they do, but if that was really true, there would never be need for any type of dictionary, including this special edition of Webster’s dictionary to explain the KJV strange archaic terms!

Why Do You Need a Dictionary If You Have God’s Spirit

Furthermore, the KJV onlyites often tell us if a person has the Holy Spirit, he can understand the KJV.kjv only So again, why the need for the 1828 Noah Webster’s American Dictionary, if the KJV Onlyite is saved. Since all Christians have the Spirit of God (Rom. 8:9b) and are the house of God, then the KJV Onlyite shouldn’t need any such aid to understand their so-called perfect, preserved, inerrant and only word of God! All you need is salvation, with the accompanying Holy Spirit, but their reliance on the 1828 Noah Webster’s American Dictionary repudiates that wild claim too. Apparently, they don’t really believe a 10 to 12 year old can understand the KJV, nor do they believe the Holy Spirit will enable them to understand the incomprehensible KJV, for they themselves use the 1828 Noah Webster’s American Dictionary and point other KJV readers to it as well! KJV Onlyism has a double message, and depending on the audience, one may hear something one day from them which contradicts what he heard the day before!

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Vatican’s Leading Exorcist, Gabriele Amorth, and His Mary

Gabriele Amorth is helping to perpetuate the idolatrous and pagan beliefs associated with Mary in Catholicism! So who is Gabriele Amorth? Gabriele Amorth is the Vatican’s leading Catholic exorcist, who claims to have over 70,000 exorcisms.

More Afraid Of Mary Than Jesus Christ

According to Gabriele Amoreth in an interview, Satan is more afraid of Mary than the Lord Jesus:gabriele amorth exorcist

Ah, when you invoke Mary!” “And, once I also asked Satan, ‘but why are you more scared when I invoke Our Lady than when I invoke Jesus Christ?’ He answered me, ‘Because I am more humiliated to be defeated by a human creature than being defeated by him.” ( http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/Vatican.php?id=3219   )

To hear someone (who is supposed to be an expert in dealing with demons and Satan) quote Satan as though the Father of lies (John 8:44) was speaking the truth when Jesus is demoted and Mary is exalted above him is stunning! How could, even a Catholic priest be so duped, as Gabriele Amorth is? But wait, Catholicism typically has exalted Mary as the rival of Jesus Christ and sometimes has replaced him with Mary! Consequently, when Gabriele Amorth believes what was supposed to be the devil, because the devil’s message parallels Catholic doctrine on Mary, we shouldn’t be too surprised! Remember: Bible truth is not primary in Catholicism, especially when it conflicts with Catholic dogma.

Jesus Is Interceding From The Throne

Gabriele Amorth also taught this about the Madonna’s (Mary’s) Intercession:

And the most powerful intercessor of all? “Of course, the Madonna is even more effective [than Pope John Paul II]. (ibid.)

As far as intercessors are concerned, the truth is, Jesus is actually interceding from the right hand of God in heaven for us now (Rom. 8:34)! That makes the Lord Jesus, in reality, the most powerful intercessor of all. Mary is not even in the ballpark for that title, as Gabriele Amorth says, much less sovereignly ruling from heaven’s throne as Queen of Heaven with Jesus by her side (as is typically believed in Catholic circles). That makes the Catholic heaven just as mythical as their non-existent Purgatory. [From this alone, we get another clear picture of how horrendous it was for Word Faith prosperity teacher Kenneth Copeland to agree with and pray for the Pope and the unity he wants.]

BTW, Gabriele Amorth also uses a crucifix, holy water and verbalizes he has the Madonna on his side during his exorcisms ( http://www.boston-catholic-journal.com/an-interview-with-father-gabriele-amorth-the-church%27s-leading-exorcist.htm  )! Folks, all that is religious fiction, especially about Mary. Also, if we needed a crucifix when we cast out demons in Jesus’ name, then how did the disciples successfully do that before the Lord’s crucifixion (Lk. 10:17), since they had no clue that was ever going to happen much less what a crucifix was, since it never existed then? Obviously, well-known and respected Catholic priest, Gabriele Amorth, is glaringly wrong again and should be ignored as a credible source for spiritual truth. May Catholics learn from this and consult the tried and true Holy Bible for God’s truth on any issue, including exorcisms and especially salvation.

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Unless You Change and Become Like Little Children

The context of a passage is vital in deriving the proper meaning. A prime example of this is Mt. 18:1-3, which absolutely annihilates the license for immorality commonly called eternal security (or once saved always saved). Here is the passage under scrutiny:

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked,”Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” unless you changeHe called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said:“I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Mat 18:1-3)

The Context of Mt. 18:3 Is Ignored or Distorted To Protect Eternal Security

Never in my life have I ever heard verse 3 used in its proper context, that is, as being spoken to the Lord’s disciples (saved people)! Many will object and say, “Aren’t the Lord’s disciples mere learners”? Not according to Jesus! Earlier in Matthew’s gospel, Jesus describes his own disciples as his spiritual family:

He [Jesus] replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” (Mat 12:48-50)

According to Jesus, Jesus’ disciples are his spiritual family. Such already have salvation. They also were already doing the will of the heavenly Father, which is necessary to enter the kingdom of heaven (Mt. 7:21). So, that was the spiritual condition of the ones who asked Jesus in Mt. 18:1, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” It was also to them, that Jesus spoke the shocking words, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Humble Yourself or Go To Hell

Jesus told the saved they would have to do something for themselves to enter God’s kingdom, even though they had salvation at the moment! That is impossible language, if eternal security was true. Furthermore, that same unheard of truth in our day was spoken by the Lord Jesus himself, the most credible teacher! Hence, it was a critical time for the disciples. Something was going to interfere with their final salvation (their entrance into God’s kingdom), unless they would change. The next verse (Mt. 18:4) shows the remedy was humbling oneself like a little child.

Lethal Ministry Competition

The disciples had asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” (Mt. 18:1). At other times they were arguing over who was the greatest among themselves! In Mark we read:

They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.” He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” (Mark 9:33-37)

May all Christians in ministry learn an important lesson from this. You are not in God’s kingdom yet. You are traveling the hard road to life (Mt. 7:14) and many alongside you will fall away. Some may never get saved again. To know about staying humble like a little child, could be the pivotal issue for you. Don’t risk eternal life for anything. There absolutely is NO eternal security, according to Jesus. The language of his teachings doesn’t allow for it. Remember the context of the passage, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”

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The Fallacy Of Open Theism

Open theism (sometimes called freewill theism or openness theology) is the unscriptural belief that God does NOT know the future perfectly, but only imperfectly. People who embrace open theism have severely limited God’s attributes.  Man’s freewill, the power of prayer and how God has chosen to deal with people (who wisely repent after having doom pronounced upon them) are stumbling blocks, in some cases, to open theists. In a nutshell, that theology denies God’s omniscience. Consequently, all open theists have shamefully demoted God’s ability to know the future! For some reason, perhaps to belong and be accepted, a number of campus and open air preachers have fallen prey to the open theism deception.

Open Theism Is Illogical For The Bible Believer

Open theism is definitely illogical for Bible believers. open theism For one to believe in and trust the message of the Bible, especially regarding future prophecy, that person must believe God has full and 100% accurate knowledge of the future. Examples of such key future events include:

  • Jesus’ return
  • Judgment Day
  • Millennial reign
  • Future destruction of Satan, etc.

How could anyone really trust the Biblical account, if God doesn’t have full accurate 100% knowledge of all future events? He can’t. It is only lip service that open theists give who claim this. Logically, such is an impossibility, as it disables God from knowing.

The Sovereign God Allows For Man’s Freewill To Affect The Future

The following passage shows a future event which would have occurred, but didn’t because of man’s freewill (and David’s wise choice). NOTE: God does NOT predetermine the future. He allows for man’s freewill, and knows it perfectly. Thus, Calvinism is falsified, but there is more.  Man’s freewill will never lessen God’s ability to know the future accurately and perfectly! Hence, open theism is also falsified. God is infinite and perfect:

Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, “God has handed him over to me, for David has imprisoned himself by entering a town with gates and bars.” And Saul called up all his forces for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men. When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.” David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town on account of me. Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me to him? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, tell your servant.” And the LORD said, “He will.”  Again David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men to Saul?” And the LORD said, “They will.” So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.  (1 Sam 23:7-13)

The future was affected by man’s freewill, which God allowed. God knew the future possibilities in detail, even though man influenced the outcome while God remained sovereign. Open theism is not supported by this type of man’s freewill to alter his own future with God’s perfect knowledge of it, but such is reality.

Open Theism and The Repentant Ninevites

God has mercifully promised through repentance, that even a wicked nation would be spared from destruction after it has had doom pronounced on it, if that nation would turn from their evil ways!

If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. (Jer 18:7,8)

That is exactly what happened in the book of Jonah, with the Ninevites:

When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened. (Jonah 3:10)

God did not destroy the Ninevites as previous stated by Jonah (Jonah 3:4 cf. 3:9), because they repented. Such was NOT an indicator that God is less than infinite in his knowledge of the future. God wasn’t wrong about what would occur to the Ninevites. God clearly made that exception through repentance, as stated earlier in Jeremiah 18:7,8. There is absolutely no support for open theism with the Ninevites either.

Open Theism Misunderstands Prayer

The power of prayer is shown repeatedly in the Scriptures, including 2 Kings 20:1-7. In that passage, God added 15 years to Hezekiah’s life because he prayed, even though the prophet stated beforehand that he was going to die. God honored Hezekiah’s prayer and extended his life. Such had nothing to do with an imagined inability on God’s part to know the future perfectly and completely. It instead shows how sincere prayer to God can change things.

God Uniquely Knows the FUTURE PERFECTLY Unlike False gods

The main distinction between the true and living God and false gods (and false prophets), is his unique ability to know the future perfectly and completely. This attribute is one which sets God apart from all false gods:

Bring in your idols to tell us what is going to happen. Tell us what the former things were, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come, tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods. Do something, whether good or bad, so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear. (Isa 41:22,23)

Open Theism unwittingly denies that unique attribute which God alone possesses — his omniscience!

God Is NOT Like Us

The God of the Bible is not like us. He is the eternal and infinite almighty God who has revealed himself through creation as being an intelligent designer and upholder of all things without limitations or inabilities. Just to sustain creation implies his immenseness, including his knowledge of what his creation will need in the future. We get a glimpse of God’s infinite difference from man here:

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.  As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa 55:8,9)

I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please. (Isa 46:10)

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.  (Isa 40:28)

Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. (Psa 147:5)

God’s uniqueness and infinite abilities stretch into knowing the distant future perfectly before it happens, even though he has made allowances for man’s freewill, especially regarding personal salvation. That basic truth contradicts Calvinism, but apparently stumbled some who oppose Calvinism into open theism. The Biblical evidence shows God’s allowance for man’s freewill, while our freewill doesn’t interfere with God’s ability to know the future perfectly (or even what our freewill choice will be)! To claim to believe in God’s omniscience and deny his infinite ability to know the future perfectly is a contradiction in terms. Remember, God does NOT predetermine the future apart from man’s freewill. He does allow for man’s freewill, while he knows the future perfectly —  not imperfectly:

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! (Rom 11:33)

God is God alone. There are none like him. He is infinite and perfect, including his unique ability to know the future with 100% accuracy. The open theists are definitely wrong and have terribly distorted the unparalleled image of the God of the Bible to support their fable. [Directly related to open theism is “moral government theology,” which is also built on the fictitious notion that God doesn’t know the future perfectly. Neither are the Biblical message and should be flatly rejected by all Bible believers.]

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A Druid Attempts To Defend Nostradamus

[Comments From A Druid] I am a  neo druid soon to be a member of the seers path in one druid organization and the seers guild in another. Druid seers new about Jesus long before 7bc and 30 ad. You and your religion are debunked and everything else you talk about. You’re wrong about that too.druids You and your religion are persecuting people and that’s wrong. You and your religion are attacking stuff you know nothing about…. And another thing Nostradamus was a neoplatonist, which is a good thing not a bad thing…. Christian thinkers like Origen and Augustine were neoplatonists. I’m a neoplatonist myself. I’m a druid. So I call myself a neoplatonic druid. Nostradamus was a good man as a doctor. He cured people of the plague. As a seer when he was walking down a street there was a monk walking towards him. As soon as Nostradamaus saw him he bowed to him because he knew that monk was a future pope. Nostradamus worked for and helped the Queen of France at that time Nostradamus predicted accurately the successions of her sons to the throne of France. When a young person came to his house and, said I can’t find my dog Nostradamus told him exactly very accurate were to find the dog. Nostradamus was good not evil he followed a code do no harm same code followed by Merlin, who was a real person. He was a druid. Today’s worldwide magical [magick] community follows the same code. The magical community also includes those esoteric christian and jewish groups which has the kabbalah. So its not bad or evil…. OH and by the way Nostradamus was not deceived by anything. No devil or anything.  You know he wrote his prophecies just like Isaiah did very poetic. Many of those so called biblical prophets were seers also many of them used astrology for example John the revelator, Joseph add so on. That’s a fact and probably were alchemists to. They used all forms of predictive methods which even modern seers use. I’m an Alchemist — a druid alchemist. Alchemy is sacred science and a spiritual science.

[Bible Answer] Your foundational problem is spiritual. Your mind has been poisoned to the truth of Christianity and the supreme importance of the Biblical message. Only the Bible is God’s word. It is final authority (2 Tim. 3:16,17). Without it as your guide, you will surely grope around in the spiritual darkness as you progress towards the flames of hell. Your involvement in the occult also puts you in touch with demons.

The evidence about Nostradamus is not good. He was demon possessed and involved in sorcery. There is no such thing as good witchcraft. Furthermore, wicked people can accurately predict future events (Duet. 13:1-5). God’s word says those who practice the magic arts, like Nostradamus did, will go to the lake of fire (Rev. 21:8). There is no evidence that Nostradamus ever repented and got forgiven. It is now too late for him, but not for you. You can repent of your sins, including your occult involvement, and find forgiveness and rest for your soul (Mt. 11:29), but that is only possible through the Lord Jesus Christ. He is your only hope – the only savior (Acts 4:12). He will also set you free from your sin addictions, if you come to true salvation. When true salvation occurs, one becomes a new creation in Christ.  So, humbly and sincerely go to God for mercy and forgiveness. Turn from all your sins and burn all your occult materials. In early Christianity, $5 million dollars worth of occult books were destroyed that way (Acts 19:19)! Follow Jesus faithfully here and now as you obey and trust him alone for your salvation. Read the New Testament carefully. Do it at least 10 times and God’s truth will become more apparent each time you read it. Remember your SOUL is your most valuable possession. The grave is not the end. It is the beginning of your eternal existence beyond this earthly life.

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I’m Worried About Backsliding

[Bible Question] Hi my name is ________ and what I’m asking and worried about is backsliding .. In 1999 I got saved born again…. Well after about 6 months, Satan put the perfect image of a guy, that was always the image of a guy, I always wanted growing up. Well I fought Satan but I gradually fell away and ended up living with that guy. Well in between 2000 and just before 2005 I rededicated and would stay in and get out several times and I done things that I never done in my life — bad things . But I still felt awful and miserable all along in between those years. I lost my child ( miscarried and I got very sick). Well in 05, I repented, rededicated and stayed in still today am. What I’ve cried about more than ever over the 9 years of living in bed due to a severe pain, chronic disease that is life threatening and getting sicker is falling God and not feeling the love of Jesus like I did (or having the gift of witnessing to others). God gave me a vision and several dreams in 05 and I was getting back where I once was with him. But in around 2008 -09 even though I was sick and not able to go to church and having to live around certain family members constantly arguing and a Dad that is saved but treated us wrong…. But to my point. Am I going to hell because I messed up and backslide? I don’t feel the peace or love or nothing from Jesus for so long and I watch preaching all the time in my bed I stay in the word of God, but I feel like he’s left me. Has he? Am I going to hell? I cry all the time and beg him to let me feel his love and presence. I don’t know what to do and it scares me because I want to be in heaven forever. I so want to be in the church house again but I’m too sick. If you can give me an answer I really need it. God bless you.

[Bible Answer The key is to focus your attention on the Bible, what it says about backsliders and the possibility of them returning to salvation. When the prodigal repented of wild living and being with the prostitutes to serve the Father, was he accepted back with salvation again? YES, God took him back and very joyfully! The Bible is crystal clear that he was. It says:

“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.” (Luke 15:22-24)

Though the prodigal was previously spiritually dead and lost when backslidden, his spiritual condition was reversed to become “alive again,” when he repented to serve God. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR YOU or any sincerely repentant backslider!

NOTE: Peter disowned Jesus three times. He definitely fell away at one point (Mt. 26:31-34). After he repented, was he accepted back by God? Was he used mightily after he returned to salvation? YES to both questions. Again, THE SAME IS TRUE FOR YOU (or anyone who repents to serve God). The Bible is final authority and FACT. Emotions can come and go and are not always trustworthy. The joy of salvation for backsliders, who sincerely and humbly repent, will return after awhile, but don’t focus on that. Focus on loving and being faithful to JESUS. Make the rest of your life an HONOR TO JESUS. Finally, guard your heart. Be sure the devil will try to trip you up again. The devil is trying to devour all Christians (1 Peter 5:8). You must hold on and endure to the end for salvation’s sake (Mt. 10:22; Heb. 3:14; Rev. 2:10,11). BE AFRAID, for you can be cut off, as Israel was (Rom. 11:19-23). There absolutely is NO eternal security. Examine the spiritual safeguards. [Perhaps our book, “The Believer’s Conditional Security” might help you too.] GOD BLESS YOU.

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Catholic Pedophile Priest Gerald Francis Ridsdale Said His Tendencies Were God’s Work

The practice of Catholic priests molesting helpless children and being protected, to some degree, by the Catholic church itself, has resulted with multitudes of innocent children being victimized over the centuries. It is especially disgusting when criminals like, Gerald Francis Ridsdale, say his own wicked and perverted tendencies were God’s work! It is revolting, but it is also reality:

Gerald Francis Ridsdale, a former Australian Catholic priest, described his paedophile tendencies as “God’s work.” Gerald Francis RidsdaleIn raping a four-year-old girl, he told her she was “God’s little angel.” Mr Ridsdale has admitted his guilt in sexually abusing 45 children that spanned 20 years from 1961 up to 1980. One of his victims, who was under the care of the Catholic diocese, said she [was] indecently assaulted during holiday drives when she was between 10 and 13 years old. “I trusted you, Gerald Ridsdale, you represented God and all that is good,” she said as she read her victim statement on Tuesday to the Victorian County Court. “You exploited, manipulated and humiliated me while you hid behind the veil of the church.” Several of his victims said they had lost faith in the Catholic Church because despite knowing about the paedophile priest ungodly acts, the institution still refused and failed to act on complaints. “I’m unable to have any faith in them as an organisation,” one said in his victim statement. ( http://au.ibtimes.com/art/services/print.php?articleid=543951   )

Idolatry Precedes Homosexuality

Catholicism is rampant with idolatry (worshiping the Eucharist as God, bowing before and/or kissing Mary statues, etc.). Scripture says such sin leads to God turning people over to homosexuality. That scripturally explains why so many Catholic priests are homosexual:

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator–who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. (Rom 1:24-28)

Child Molestation In The Confession Box

Getting back to Gerald Francis Ridsdale, one young girl was molested in the confession box!

Mr Ridsdale told a 4-year-old girl she was “God’s little angel” as he groomed her prior to abuse, the court heard. It was also learned that he abused her on another occasion, right inside the confessional box after telling her she needed to be punished for her sins. “I was ordered to the prayer, ‘Forgive me Father for I have sinned,” before he abused me. I felt like dying,” she said. (ibid.)

The real gospel has the supernatural ability to set one free from his sin addictions, including all sexual sin. The remedy is first found in truth, as written in God’s word (2 Tim. 3:16,17), which points us to JESUS, the real “life, sweetness and hope,” and not Mary as proclaimed in the rosary counterfeit gospel.

[This is the same religious system that Word Faith leader, Kenneth Copeland is agreeing with for Unity! Various other so-called leaders in our day are also favorable towards Catholicism, including Billy Graham!]

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Jealousy

Jealousy is a sin, which can be directed against the successful and/or favored, and has led to murder at times and other detestable actions from those moved by it. Jealousy is also from the flesh (or sinful nature) and has dragged people to hell, according to Gal. 5:19-21.jealousy and jealous There are various ways to be tempted with jealousy or to be the innocent victim of jealousy from another, even in ministry! Faithful Christians need to be aware of others becoming jealous of them and reacting in an ungodly fleshly and damaging way because of their fruitfulness. How the devil must love it when he can incite others to jealousy against the faithful in ministry, for scripture says who can stand before jealousy? (Prov 27:4). Even the brothers of Joseph were jealous of him and sold him as a slave (Acts 7:9)!

Filled With Jealousy

One can be innocent, faithful and diligent, as a servant of God, and be viciously attacked because of jealousy, as the Apostles were:

Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by evil spirits, and all of them were healed. Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. (Acts 5:15-18)

On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and talked abusively against what Paul was saying. (Acts 13:44,45)

Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few prominent women. But the Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. (Acts 17:4,5)

As a Christian can be filled with the Holy Spirit, others are filled with jealousy! The aforementioned three references show how religious people got jealous of the Lord’s disciples after they saw the crowds and ministry success they were having. Jealousy motivated the children of the devil to oppose the disciples by: (1) having them arrested, (2) talking abusively against their teaching and (3) starting a riot. That was jealousy controlling the enemies of truth and God.

King Saul’s Jealousy of David After Goliath

After David killed Goliath and the women in song and dance praised David ten times more than Saul, he became angry and jealous of David. That led to attempted murder, proving jealousy can lead to that:

When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with tambourines and lutes. As they danced, they sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.” Saul was very angry; this refrain galled him. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?” And from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David. The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully upon Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the harp, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand and he hurled it, saying to himself, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice. (1 Sam 18:6-11)

David was not trying to make Saul jealous. He was just doing what he could to remedy the Goliath problem and was successful through faith in God. The spotlight focused on David as Israel’s favorite and away from Saul, and Saul didn’t like it. Saul’s sinful nature took control and his behavior towards David changed for the worse because he became jealous. In Saul’s jealous mind, David became his enemy because of his success with Goliath and the favor of Israel.

Jealousy Is Of The Sinful Nature (Flesh)

Jealousy is an act of the sinful nature and must be guarded against.

The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. (Gal 5:19-21)

Guard against jealousy and be aware that others will probably be unjustly jealous of you, if you are fruitful and faithful to God! Each Christian has a different spiritual race and different set of gifts. Run your race faithfully, but don’t compare yourself with others (2 Cor. 10:12). Remember, the devil is looking for someone to devour. Don’t let jealousy or jealous people take you down.

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Word Faith Kenneth Copeland Unifying With Catholicism

If you knew Kenneth Copeland had serious spiritual problems just based on his Prosperity message and extravagant living, you were Biblically correct! It clearly gets worse, however, in a most extreme way, through his anti-scriptural unity with Catholicism! Such false unity is more evidence of Kenneth Copeland’s inabilities as a spiritual leader. His bold ecumenical unity could stumble the whole Word Faith movement even further from the Biblical truth and into the Catholic Church, which even rejects the Bible as final authority! Kenneth Copeland’s push towards unity with Roman Catholicism is appalling to me, especially as a former Catholic. I know from first-hand experience the powerless gospel Catholicism presents as it declares one is born again at infant baptism, among other things.

Kenneth Copeland has allowed his personal friend Tony Palmer (who is also a close friend of the present pope and the former past two popes) to speak to his crowd of Word Faith preachers. Tony Palmer, an Anglican Episcopal Bishop, had one primary goal — to unify Kenneth Copeland’s whole group under the Pope! What Kenneth Copeland allowed to occur was monumental, as over time, it surely will prove to bring some unwary precious souls under the sway and deadly influence of Roman Catholicism. The ecumenical movement, and its ultimate unity under Roman Catholicism, is alive and well, especially in some Pentecostal circles like Word Faith, where professing Christians over-emphasize spiritual gifts and seek for a sign or miracle with some claiming to speak to God in dialog! Kenneth Copeland himself has given the clear impression, multiple times, that he is conversing with Jesus on his teaching  platform while preaching! What Kenneth Copeland and Tony Palmer are promoting is a false Christian unity, not the unity the Bible speaks of and which should be promoted by Christians. It is the exact oppose and dangerous. The Holy Spirit is opposed to such a counterfeit unity with darkness.

NON Unity Is Also A Biblical Teaching

NON unity and NON tolerance are also key Biblical teachings, stressed by Paul and the Lord Jesus. Such strict NON-unity is a definite command and safeguard for souls. Ponder these precious directives carefully and don’t be duped by present day ecumenical unity:

But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.  (1 Cor 5:11)

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial ? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” (2 Cor 6:14-18)

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.  (James 4:4)

Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. (Rev 2:20)

Did Kenneth Copeland’s Unity SIN Stumble Sweden’s Word Faith Mega Founder To Become Catholic

Shocking but true,Ulf Ekman, the founder of a 3,000+ Word Faith Prosperity message ministry in Sweden, on March 9, 2014 announced he is joining Roman Catholicism! Certainly, Kenneth Copeland’s agreement with Pope Francis for unity didn’t hinder his decision! Furthermore, please note who changed with the unity push from Kenneth Copeland. It wasn’t Catholics coming out of Catholicism, but a Word Faith leader going into Catholicism, just as the Pope wanted! (Ulf Ekman’s example will likewise lead more souls into Catholicism and under Popery.)

The founder of a 3,300-member megachurch in one of Sweden’s largest cities announced yesterday [Sunday, March 9] his decision to leave his charismatic congregation and join the Roman Catholic Church.ulf ekman…”I have come to realize that the movement I for the last 30 years have represented, despite successes and much good that has occurred on various mission fields, is part of the ongoing Protestant fragmentation of Christendom,” Ekman wrote in an op-ed for Swedish newspaper Daegens Nyheter. ( http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2014/march/sweden-pentecostal-converts-catholicism-ulf-ekman-word-life.html )

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Middle School Girls Forced To Ask For Lesbian Kiss

Our country, including the education system, is rampant with sin and anti-God beliefs. Here is more proof, this time from New York where young teens were forced to ask for a lesbian kiss:

Red Hook, New York – A recent anti-bullying presentation at a middle school in New York that focused on homosexuality and gender identity has angered parents after their daughters have come home to tell them they were forced to ask another girl for a kiss. lipsAccording to reports, the session occurred last week at Linden Avenue Middle School in Red Hook, New York, near Poughkeepsie. A group of students from Bard College led two workshops for the youth, separated by gender. During the workshop for girls, the 13 and 14-year-olds were told to ask one another for a lesbian kiss. They were also taught words such as “pansexual” and “genderqueer.” Parent Mandy Coon told reporters that her daughter was very uncomfortable with the exercise. “She told me, ‘Mom, we all get teased and picked on enough; now I’m going to be called a lesbian because I had to ask another girl if I could kiss her,’” she lamented. Coon stated that she was especially irate over the matter because parents were given no warning about the presentations, nor an opportunity to opt out. She is also dismayed that college students were granted the right to come into the classroom and encourage her daughter to be sexually active. “I am furious,” she declared. “I am her parent. Where does anyone get the right to tell her that it’s okay for her to have sex?” (  http://christiannews.net/2013/04/20/middle-school-girls-forced-to-ask-classmates-for-lesbian-kiss-during-anti-bullying-presentation/  )

The public school students are being pressured to be sexually immoral, even though the Bible clearly condemns such people to the lake of fire (1 Cor. 6:9,10; Eph. 5:5-7; Rev. 21:8; Gal. 5:19-21; etc.). The same students will be the leaders of this country and world in a couple decades. What kind of world will that be? The dark reign of the antichrist is getting closer!

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