Hindus At The Ganges River and False Forgiveness of Sins

Millions of Hindus gather at the Ganges river to attempt to get forgiveness of sins. They have formed the world’s largest religious gathering of 20 million! In fact, it has made the Guinness Book of World Records! [See video below.] In a nutshell, the Hindu forgiveness of sins in the Ganges River myth goes like this:

The 43-day festival takes its name of Kumbh Mela from Hindu mythology when the gods seized a pot of nectar that made them invincible in their war against the demons. One of the gods made off with the pot, spilling drops on 12 spots, four of them in India and the rest in the heavens.
One drop is said to have fallen where the Ganges joins the Yamuna River and the mythical Saraswati River. Hindus believe that bathing at the confluence of three sacred rivers on an auspicious day will absolve them of sin and speed them to nirvana after death. “Most of the people think that the sins we have created are washed away here,” said Mohan Sharma, as she stood in the cold water, fully clothed in a bright sari. ( http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=81725&page=1#.UNJRN6yWQYs )

Finding true forgiveness of sins is vital, but how is that done? While it is true we can get our sins washed away, it is only possible by the precious blood of Jesus:

I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” (Rev 7:14)

The unrighteous will not enter God’s kingdom UNLESS they get spiritually washed, sanctified and justified in reality, which has nothing to do with washing in the Ganges River for forgiveness of sins:

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:9-11, NASB)

To get properly washed from your sins you must turn from your sins (repent) and place a faith in the Lord Jesus which will obey and serve God. Sin is the issue and Hindus know it, but their religious beliefs to get forgiveness of sins are not based on spiritual reality. Like many others, the Hindus need Bible truth. [Likewise, Catholics need to know a Catholic priest can NOT forgive sin.]

God’s truth, as only found in the Bible, is vital. The absence of God’s truth leads to worthless religious rituals such as futilely bathing in the Ganges River to wash away sins and a belief in reincarnation. Stick to the Biblical message and you can’t go wrong. Depart from the Bible and you will surely be deceived.

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Commended For Their Faith

Sadly, there are church many who think if people are commended for their faith before God, it is because their faith has produced miracles, extraordinary healings and/or material prosperity! People who want spiritual signs and wonders are wide open for lethal deception. Jesus said it was a wicked and adulterous generation which seeks after a miraculous sign (Mt. 16:4).

Enduring Faith

The Christian life is rough and filled with many dangers, problems and disappointments. The saints are in a hostile environment here as aliens and strangers traveling the hard road to life (Mt. 7:14). That is the real Christian life, but not the kind usually presented today:Christian in jail

Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. They were stoned ; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated– the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground. These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. (Heb 11:35-39)

Those early saints were commended for their faith and their commendable faith shows what their saintly earthly lives were like here. You can feel their pain, sufferings and material lack as you ponder that passage. The overcomers persevered to the end through much misery. They held on and kept their lamps burning, even through severe adversity. They overcame, while others like them fell away and returned to the broad road leading to destruction. None of the ones cited in Hebrews 11:35-39 thought the Christian life was a party time. They apparently knew they would have to endure to the end to be saved, even when a barrage of horrible things happened to them, and their family members. They held on. They were destitute, persecuted and mistreated, as they lived their holy and separated lives from the world. The world was not worthy of their godly presence, and persecuted them because they were different in a holy and truth honoring way. They were not of this world and the world was bothered by their God-honoring presence and didn’t want them around. The faithful learned to stand alone. That is the vital issue about commendable faith, not faith for miracles (though God still performs miracles today). Those godly people experienced violent deaths, lack of resources, unjust treatment and miserable earthly lives because of their commendable strong faith in JESUS! That fact is a death blow to the church people deceived by the faith movement, who wrongly think a strong faith can prevent problems, sickness, material lack and even persecutions.

The real people of God, commended for their faith, are NOT like the ones professing such today and living luxuriously and receiving the acceptance of the world around them. The real servants of God, still on the road to life, are few in number and have been through shocking and painfully perplexing circumstances, if saved very long. They found the hidden treasure and pearl of great price and kept pressing on through persecution. Better days are ahead for the faithful and they know it. One day everything will be changed for the better. God will wipe all their tears away, while the vast majority, the ones who perish, are weeping and gnashing their teeth in unquenchable fire. The stakes could not be higher. We are battling for eternity and precious souls hang in the balance, including yours. We have victory in Jesus and nowhere else. He has the words of eternal life. If you disown him, he’ll disown you (Mt. 10:33). Do you have a commendable faith in that Jesus? It’s vital. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Duncan MacDougall and The Soul

As strange as it might sound, in 1907 Dr. Duncan MacDougall from Massachusetts tried to prove man has a soul by weighing dying people at their death.

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When done he noticed a slight weight change occurred. The weight change was a sudden 3/4 of an ounce less at the point of death. When 15 dogs were likewise tested there was no weight change for them. Duncan MacDougall wanted to prove man was different from an animal by having a soul in an effort to combat evolution.

At Death, The Spirit Departs

God’s word says at the point of death, the spirit departs the physical body:

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. (James 2:26)

The analogy is clear. A dead body is like a dead faith. The former is lacking the spirit and the latter is lacking good deeds. Hence, a so called faith in Jesus without good deeds is not a saving faith in Jesus.

The Spirit Returned and She Became Alive

The reverse of a dying and dead body is one which is brought back to life. Note the details when Jesus raised a young girl from the dead:

But he took her by the hand and said, “My child, get up!” Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat. (Luke 8:54,55)soul leave body

The spirit departs at death and the spirit returns when being raised from the dead. The spirit, therefore, is the life force.

Jesus Taught About The Soul

Jesus said much about the soul, which is as similar to the spirit as one’s joints are to the marrow (Heb. 4:12):

  • it is our most valuable possession (Mk. 8:36)
  • we can find rest for our soul by going to Jesus and taking his yoke upon us (Mt. 11:28-30). Compare to Jer. 6:16.
  • God alone can destroy our soul in hell (Mt. 10:28)
  • the body is not the soul (Mt. 10:28)
  • we are to love God with all of our soul (Mk. 12:30)

Peter said sinful desires war against the soul (1 Pet 2:11). We guard our soul by staying far away from the paths of the wicked (Prov. 22:5).

If Dr. Duncan MacDougall’s experiments about the soul of man having weight is correct or not, man’s soul definitely does exist! Of course, we know the soul does exist from the Scriptural evidence. Our soul will continue on after our inevitable death, but where will it go? That is the issue. The answer depends on heart purity at the point of death. If you are a Christian are you striving to keep yourself pure (1 Tim. 5:22). Do you have peace with God now? Don’t take a chance with your soul.

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Satanic Dreams

[Bible Comment] Hey…I don’t know how common this is but after I got converted and set free from the power of sin, I have been having dreams at night where I am doing wicked things or involved in wicked things. dreamsI know they are most likely from Satan but they keep happening. It’s like once I go to sleep I’m a different person in my dreams. The dreams are full of filth and I hate it because when I wake up I remember them. I know I have to just give it up to God, but it keeps happening pretty much every night now. I think Satan is trying to torment me. In Christ,

[Bible Answer] The enemy of our soul will attack us any and every way he can. If he can’t stop us from holding on and continuing in the faith (which he has with some others) he will certainly try to at least wound us or distract us somehow from being most effective. Disturbing dreams can be his tool too, as you are aware. (Dreams can come from other sources too.) This is a very intense warfare Christians are in against the forces of darkness.

Job was troubled by his dreams when he was being severely tested (Job 7:14). Paul, the greatest example of Christianity, took captive every thought:

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Cor 10:5)

Perhaps some of those thoughts came from dreams like you and Job had. Regardless, don’t be alarmed by those dreams. Go to God in prayer for deliverance, but move on and don’t let them adversely affect you. Keep yourself pure (1 Tim. 5:22). Fill your mind with Scripture, as much as possible. That will help in MANY ways as it gives you sweet peace. God bless you.

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World’s Tallest Woman, Yao Defen, Dies

Yao Defen, the world’s tallest woman, recently died at the age of 40. She was 7 feet and 7 inches tall, weighed 440 pounds and was from China. Years ago she said:world's tallest woman

“I am very unhappy. Why am I this tall?” she said from her bed. “If I were not this tall, others would not look at me like this.” (http://news.yahoo.com/worlds-tallest-woman-dies-china-age-39-122620727.html)

She had a tumor on her pituitary gland which affected her height. Though she was gigantic in size, she must have been small compared to the Nephilim, which once roamed the earth both before and after the flood in Noah’s day! The Nephilim were not tall because of a physical defect in the pituitary gland, but because the sons of God (maybe fallen angels) cohabited with the daughters of man (Gen. 6:4)! The details are a true Bible mystery.

King Og, One of the World’s Tallest

The largest measurement of a person’s height in the Bible was King Og, of Bashan. He could have been the world’s tallest in his day. He slept on an iron bed over 13 feet long and 6 feet wide (Deut.3:11). He probably was about the height of the Nephilim. If he was just 12 feet tall, imagine how much he weighed, especially in light of Yao Defen who weighed 440 pounds and was 7 feet and 7 inches tall! Og easily might have weighed 1,000 pounds or more! He was even taller than Goliath, whom David killed as a boy in battle. Goliath, another of the world’s tallest, was over 9 feet tall (1 Sam. 17:4).

The World’s Tallest Didn’t Want To Be Different

Getting back to Yao Defen, she didn’t want to be an odd ball. Being different in a godly way (not physical way) and being persecuted because of it, however, is the typical Christian life. That kind of difference and pressure (mild persecution) from others have caused many of the redeemed to draw back to perdition after receiving the gift of eternal life. To be worthy of Jesus and his Paradise kingdom you must be willing to be different, which will bring on unwanted looks, comments and sometimes much worse from the sinners who know your first love is Jesus. You must endure hatred to the end to be saved (Mt. 10:22). You must continue in God’s kindness. Otherwise, you will be cut off. (Rom 11:22) Are you different in a godly way NOW?

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Musical Sermons

A religious song is like a sermon put to music. Just because the tune or the voice behind the lyrics might be beautiful or peaceful to the ear doesn’t mean the words are wholesome and good!  In fact, some so-called Christian music is spiritual poison just like many TV and radio sermons are, according to the Bible!

Jesus, Friend Of Sinners

A glaring example of a poisonous musical sermon is the song Jesus, Friend of Sinners. Even the title is deceptive! How you may ask? The only time Jesus was called a friend of sinners was by his critics, who also slandered him with being a glutton and drunkard (Mt. 11:19; Lk. 7:34)! Furthermore, two sections of that horrible musical sermon, which are non-scriptural, are the following. The first is:christian music

Jesus friend of sinners the truth’s become so hard to see
The world is on their way to You but they’re tripping over me
Always looking around but never looking up I’m so double minded
A plank eyed saint with dirty hands and a heart divided

The second is:

Jesus friend of sinners the one who’s writing in the sand
Make the righteous turn away and the stones fall from their hands
Help us to remember we are all the least of these
Let the memory of Your mercy bring your people to their knees

Both of those verses grossly twist and distort the image of a true Christian. Jesus, friend of sinners is a musical sermon no one needs to hear! It is spreading the lie of eternal security. It should not be sung or listened to because it will deceive people just like a sermon on grace from Charles Stanley or Joseph Prince.

Jesus Loves Me

The classic Jesus Loves Me hymn is a very old song, which has had its lyrics revised to be more consistent with the heretical doctrine of once saved always saved. The variation shows up in the fourth verse. Notice the differences between the present version and the older one:

(Present Version)

Jesus loves me! He will stay
Close beside me all the way;
Thou hast bled and died for me,
I will henceforth live for Thee.

(Older Version)

Jesus loves me! He will stay
Close beside me all the way;
If I love Him, when I die
He will take me home on high.

The older version implies a conditional security for the believer, which must have been too disturbing for the eternal security religious leaders who pull the strings in our day and had it removed! Truth is out and eternal security is in even in the songs which are sung in the congregations. This is our apostate day.

The older version of Jesus Loves Me correctly shows, loving Jesus is a salvation issue (1 Cor. 16:22) and that love for him can cease to exist, since it is manifested by obedience to Jesus (John 14:15, 23,24 cf. Heb. 5:9)! It seems anything which implies obedience on man’s part is denounced as a works salvation and legalism by the grace changers (wolves in sheep’s clothing) in power.

Worship Leaders

Another subtle snare is the musically talented worship leaders, who talk in between the congregational songs and speak out poisonous untruths about God, salvation, grace, the Christian life, etc., especially implying eternal security. They too are potentially as bad as a musical sermon teaching lies and should not be allowed to lead in worship, regardless the need.

Foxe’s Book Of Martyrs

Even classic books have been edited to remove anything which is non eternal security. One example, which has changed over the years, is Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. The more recent version has removed the conditional security beliefs and statements embraced by the martyrs showing they did NOT believe once saved always saved!

Folks, be very careful what you listen to. We are in a highly deceptive time. Stay in the Bible and test everything with it, including music. Your SOUL is on the line! Do NOT trust the preachers, book publishers, worship leaders, etc. Get in the Scriptures for yourself.

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Besse Cooper, One Of The World’s Oldest, Dies

Besse Cooper from Georgia recently died at the age of 116 years of age. In January of 2011 she was declared the world’s oldest person. besse cooperHer last day on earth included having her hair set and watching a Christmas video. After her death, her son said,

With her hair fixed it looked like she was ready to go.  ( http://news.yahoo.com/woman-116-listed-worlds-oldest-dies-ga-002936971.html )

Besse Cooper’s son definitely exhibits symptoms of spiritual heart disease by saying it looked like she was ready to go, since the primary preparations for death are spiritual and have nothing to do with one’s physical appearance. God looks on the heart, not upon one’s physical appearance (1 Sam. 16:7). Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God (Mt. 5:8) and our hearts are purified by faith in the Lord Jesus (Acts 15:9).

Methuselah and Adam Were Much Older Than Besse Cooper

Methuselah is the oldest person on record. He lived 969 years (Gen. 5:27), much longer than Besse Cooper. Noah lived 950 years (Gen. 9:29). Adam lived 930 years (Gen. 5:5), but a Bible mystery regarding Adam’s age is, when do we start counting? Since Adam was created, and not born in the normal way, is his 930 years from the Fall to the end of his physical life or do we start counting from the point of his creation and during the time he still had eternal life and lived in Eden for an undesignated period of time? If the latter is his real age, than Adam might have lived tens of thousands of years all total or even more!

Methuselah’s Death and Great Flood Time Line

Getting back to Methuselah, if one would do some simple math, the figures show that he died the same year as the Great Flood! methuselahIf he died in the Flood is not known, but he did die the same year as the Flood. If he did die in the Flood, he was ungodly and perished since the only ones saved were the eight people in Noah’s ark (1 Pet. 3:20). Methuselah would then be another example of a person who had a very godly parent, but was ungodly himself, since Enoch was his father! Enoch is the man who walked with God for 300 years and was no more (Gen. 5:21-24).

To check the time line of the Great Flood and the death of Methuselah consider the following:

  •  Methuselah was 187 years old when Lamech was born (Gen. 5:25)
  •  Lamech was 182 years old when Noah was born (Gen. 5:28-29). That means Methuselah was 369 years old when Noah was born.
  •  600 years after Noah’s birth the killer flood waters came (Gen. 7:6). If we add 600 years to 369 years, the age of Methuselah when Noah was born, we get 969 years. That is the exact age of Methuselah when he died (Gen. 5:27) AND it was also the same year as the Great Flood!

If Methuselah died and went to hell, can you imagine the mountain of sins he had on his record! He also must have heard his grandson, Noah, preach since Noah was called a preacher of righteousness (2 Pet. 2:5). Some people have a longer time to find peace with God to be ready to die. Dear reader, do you have peace with God NOW? Carefully go over 1 Cor. 6:9-11, Eph. 5:5-7 and Rev. 21:8 for starters. To put your hand to the plow and look back shows you are NOT fit for God’s kingdom (Lk. 9:62).

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Symptoms of Heart Disease

Heart disease is a very serious and widespread spiritual problem. One’s diet is a major contributing factor, but not the only factor. heart diseaseIt is prevalent everywhere, even among those who profess to know Jesus, but especially among those who make no such noble claim! Heart disease manifests with various symptoms, some of which are more subtle than others. People with this disease should go immediately to the Great Physician ASAP, who specializes in it! This is very serious and nothing to play with.  It’s a matter of life or death, heaven or hell! He alone can perform the needed spiritual surgery:

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. (Ezek 36:26)

Heart Trouble

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck, etc., it must be a duck! The same is true about people with heart disease! If you rarely talk about God, think about God, ponder God’s word and do his will, how can the Holy Spirit be resident within you to be his (Rom. 8:9)? You have heart disease! If you talk about and love your mother, father, son or daughter more than Jesus and are most interested in pleasing them, how can you love Jesus more than your family to be worthy of Jesus (Mt. 10:37,38)? If you are more interested in your land or possessions than obeying God, you have heart disease. That even applies if you are newly married (Lk. 14:17-20)!

Another symptom of this killer heart disease among church people is a lack of concern about the multitude of lost souls around you. Some of these same lost souls respect and trust them to the point that they will listen to the gospel presentation from them, if one is given, but for various reasons a church person with heart disease doesn’t. Heart disease is disastrous in more ways than one!

Change Your Diet

If you have heart disease, change your diet immediately. Stop listening to secular TV, radio, etc. and start to flood your mind with God’s wonderful eternal truths as found in the Holy Bible. That’s the kind of diet you need. To be spiritually minded is life and peace (Rom. 8:6). Furthermore, if you have been eating spiritual food served by Catholics, Calvinists, Seventh Day Adventists, Church of Christ or any of the other many heretics of our day, stop immediately! Find another spiritual restaurant. Contaminated, poisoned, moldy or spoiled spiritual food will kill you.

If you have a healthy heart, you will love Jesus first and above all other people, your possessions, etc. Again, if you are free from heart disease, your love for Jesus is where it should be, it will be evident and people you encounter will observe it. They might not like it, but they will observe it. Also, God’s will has shaped your personal goals, ambitions and priorities. You are living for him. There are symptoms of a healthy pure heart, just like there are of heart disease. Do you have heart disease now? If so, follow the Doctor’s instructions!

Symptoms Of Heart Disease (pdf)

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Well Done Good and Faithful Servant

After I left the Catholic church, I went to a church where the pastor said he wanted to hear the Lord Jesus say to him, well done good and faithful servant, as found in Mt. 25:21,23. angels throwing people in fireWhat a wonderful goal to aim for, but all will NOT hear those words! Those words are uniquely reserved for the good and faithful servants of God. That means if you are not a good and faithful servant of God, you will never hear those words! It is that simple. There is no universal salvation and God is NOT automatically pleased with all who get saved as we have been often told. Some will hear the following angry and wrathful words from Jesus, “You wicked, lazy servant” (Mat 25:26)! That is the real Lord Jesus of the Bible, the one who is the judge of the living and the dead (2 Tim. 4:1). He is an impartial judge, one who won’t be bribed.

Good and Faithful Servant vs. Wicked Lazy Worthless Servant

The difference between the two types in Jesus’ teaching is very simple. The ones who hear well done good and faithful servant brought forth gain as good and faithful servants of God do. They produced good fruit. The one who heard you wicked, lazy servant didn’t gain anything for the master! He hid his talent. He didn’t even leave it with the bankers to get interest on it! He was wicked and lazy! He brought forth NO fruit – NO gain with his talent and his master got so angry at him that he was thrown into outer darkness. After Jesus took his talent back from him, Jesus speaks these stirring words about him:people thrown in fire

And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Mat 25:30)

NOTE: That wicked, lazy and worthless servant didn’t go to the same destiny afterwards as the ones who hear well done good and faithful servant. The good and faithful servant who brings forth gain was put in charge of many things and told come and share your master’s happiness (Mat 25:23). The other one went to outer darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. To try to save the heretical doctrine of once saved always saved, Charles Stanley says the person of Mat 25:30 who experiences weeping and gnashing of teeth in outer darkness does that in heaven! My Bible shows it is in the fiery furnace:

The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Mat 13:41,42)

This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Mat 13:49,50)

The ONLY WAY you will hear from Jesus well done good and faithful servant is to bring forth gain. The only other possibility is to incur his anger and wrath. Scripture teaches it’s fruit or fire. Which of the two types of people can you identify with? BTW, for all in our day who are like that wicked lazy servant, one of the last things such a person needs to be told is Jesus loves you because it won’t help him change! Fruit or fire is much better.

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