The devil uses videos, tv, movies, books, etc., to condition us, as I mentioned in the previous eNewsletter. But, do we understand that he also uses the pastor in your church pulpit as well?
The devil has thousands of lies in the churches, depending on your denomination, or even which church in that denomination, since each church has variations within denominations, and which "church" in Christianity; Catholic, Protestant, Baptist, etc., etc.
We're going to look at just a few of those lies today, but only of those that he's seeded in the churches.
The below is a list of 24 of the lies Satan has planted in the churches...
Number 1: Interfaithism...
1 John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father : (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
You cannot have the Father without the Son. Can't. Doesn't even matter if you profess to worship the God of Abraham. If you don't love His Son, you don't have Him. If you don't believe in Jesus, you make God a liar.
1 John 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
And, if you do not believe in Jesus as God Himself manifest in the flesh as of the only begotten of the Father, you do not have the Father.
1 Tim 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, etc., do not believe Jesus is our God.
For more information visit: Can I be saved if I'm a Muslim, Buddhist or practicing Judaism?
Number 2: God is going to give us riches and happiness in this life...
1 Timothy 6:5 through 10 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Nuf said...
But, some even entertain the idea that they deserve such worldly gifts and fail to understand that such desires are not of God...
James 4:4... know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
For more information visit: What's this life for?
Number 3: There is no need to fear God...
1 Peter 1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
1 Timothy 5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
Phillipians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
2 Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
We should not only have a GREAT RESPECT for the Lord, but we should come to Him as little children...
Mark 10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Just like a child knows their father loves them, we know that our Father loves us, but we look to Him with child-like faith and respect!
For more information visit: A True Christian Life
Number 4: Just say a prayer and that's it...
The church uses a few scriptures plucked out of context to "prove" this.
John 6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
So, we could take that verse and pluck it out of context to say that all you need do is take communion and you're saved.
But that would be silly, wouldn't it? So why do we believe the other silly ideas?
For more information visit: What is the Truth?
Number 5: There is no need to repent...
Luke 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
And no, this is not just a command to the Jews.
Acts 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
For more information visit: Repentance is necessary
And: Repent OR ELSE!
Number 6: God loves you just the way you are...
Revelation 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Romans 6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Heb 10:26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins...
Galatians 2:17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
2 Timothy 2:19 Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
For more information visit: A True Christian Life
Number 7: God wouldn't make us suffer...
2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
The point here, is that you're living a Godly life. If so, the world will hate you.
John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
He whom God loves, He chastens! He refines us!
Hebrews 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Another point I must make here, is that this is war... we're in the middle of a massive battle! How do you fight a war without taking damage?
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
For more information visit: Sacrifice and Suffering for Jesus
Number 8: Homosexuality is worse than other sins...
Leviticus 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination.
Fornication and Adultery are also an abomination to God!
Ezekiel 22:11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law;
Pride, lying, causing strife, murder, imagining wicked things and being quick to mischief... these are also abominations in God's eyes!
Proverbs 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
For more information visit: What is sin?
Number 9: Baptism isn't important...
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Jesus Himself commmanded us to be baptized.
Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
Taking on the Name of Jesus is the whole reason for baptism. This is why Satan has made it irrelevant in the church! It's the Name of Jesus that is the Power of God in the world! The devil doesn't want us to have the power of God in our lives!
1 Corinthians 1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
For more information visit: Jesus is Everything!
Number 10: Loving God is not important...
Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
The FIRST commandment is to Love the Lord our God!
Joshua 23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
Romans 8:28: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God...
Read the Bible from cover to cover and see how many times the Bible references how it's our love for Him that is so important to God!
Don't we understand that it's a PRIVILEDGE to get to be with God when He recreates all things? It's not something we take for granted!
For more information visit: Love God with all your heart!
Number 11: We are no longer under the law so obedience is not required...
Luke 8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
Jesus said it is those who DO, that are His family.
Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Jesus said, John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
The first and second commandments that Jesus spoke of, start with loving God.
See Number 10, above...
For more information visit: The True Christian Life
Number 12: Trust your feelings...
Proverbs 28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool:
Trusting our feelings is foolish!
Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Trusting what seems right, what feels good, is NOT the way to life!
For more information visit: Never Trust Your Heart!
Now, if you first saw this video or document and said to yourself that there are no lies in your church, think about those 12 things we just discussed and discern if any are hiding there, under the church belief system.
I have never been in a church that doesn't have at least one lie buried in their doctrine, hiding behind other doctrines that are true.
Now, let's take a look at 12 more! Remember, this is just a small subset of the lies Satan has woven throughout the churches!
Number 13: Judge not...
John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
They don't read the entire statement of Jesus.
Matthew 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
What He meant was, don't be a hypocrite!
Romans 15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
The Bible shows us in many places that we should both bear each other's burdens, and also to admonish each other if we are found to be sinning!
2 Thessalonians 3:13 But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Love one another! This means we hold each other accountable as well as supporting each other.
For more information visit: Judge Not?
Number 14: Don't ever say anything that would hurt someone's feelings, because Jesus never did...
NOT! Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel... 28, Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity... 33, Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Remember that Jesus rebuked them, called them snakes, blind guides, hypocrites, evil and full of iniquity, and said their father is Satan!
It is more loving to warn someone of their sin and the consequences of sin, than it is to ignore it and let them die in their sin because you're afraid they won't like you after you do. That's not loving, that's selfish.
Number 15: There will be a second chance at judgement day...
Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 6:9 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 homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
Do not be deceived... no one who lives in sin will enter the kingdom. Period.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
As noted previously, homosexuality is not worse than other sins, but it is sin, and sin brings death. There is NO salvation in willful sin!
For more information visit: Judgement Day Second Chance?
Number 16: The bible doesn't say that...
This is one of the biggest and most popular lies whereby they can justify themselves by ignoring scripture.
I've heard this so many times it's amazing:
A scripture quoted by someone, and a statement made saying, "it doesn't say"...
Like Acts 16:31, Rom 10:13 and John 3:16, for example.
My question to you is; If the Bible doesn't say something in one place, but another place speaks of the same topic and says something additional that's not in the first passage, what should we do with that additional information?
Do we discount the passage that has more information thereby "taking away" from it by quoting the passage that doesn't have that information and say the Bible "doesn't say" something because in the one place it doesn't say it?
Or, do we add to the passage that has less information with the passage that has more information and thereby "adding to" the information we have from the one to give us a more complete knowledge of what it means?
The answer, when asked in this way, is obvious isn't it?
Of course we should add to the scriptures that omit information that is found elsewhere in the Bible with all the information the Bible gives us. This is the proper way to use true theology when studying the Bible. It's the way we should ALWAYS practice our studying and reading of God's word.
Only reading part of the Bible and claiming to understand it is like putting part of a puzzle together, with a big hole in the middle, and claiming to know what's in the missing section even though you've never seen the completed picture.
Click the image to see... You would never have guessed that, would you? So don't guess what the Bible says if you have never read it!
If you have never read the Bible from cover to cover, you do not know if what someone tells you about the Bible is true. You can't know. And there are myriads of false teachers, as was the primary warning of Jesus and the Apostles of the last days. Read the Bible so you can tell a liar when you hear one.
For more information visit: The Bible doesn't say that!
Number 17: We can stay involved with worldly people...
Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Anyone who does not love God is of the devil. This includes family!
1 John 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God...
As mentioned previously, loving someone is to warn them.
Hanging out with worldly family or friends without preaching Jesus is not loving, it's giving them a nod and a wink as they plummet into hell.
There is way too much to say about this, in this short document. Please visit the following:
For more information visit: What is Sin? And what is loving my neighbor?
And: Trial by Fire!
And: He that Overcometh!
And now for a couple of VERY controversial lies that might just make you very uncomfortable to hear, but please, for your sake, study it out and prove it in the scriptures! Don't just believe what you've been taught! Have you read the entire Bible from cover to cover? Have you studied to prove the doctrines you've been led to believe?
Have you noticed how a lot of these lies all tie into continuing in sin? It's all geared toward making us complacent and to make us take God and salvation for granted. Satan wants us to be happy in our sin. He wants us to believe we're saved no matter what we do.
And the devil does not want us to have the power of God in our lives. Because that's how we BEAT HIM.
Number 18: Once Saved Always Saved...
Most Christians will agree, because the scriptures prove it, that if you're living in sin and claim to be a Christian that you are not a Christian. You're not saved.
Most will say that, even if they were different before but have changed, they were never saved in the first place.
The premis of this doctrine, however, is used by Satan to lure people into acting on temptation and making them feel like it'll be ok, even if they sin now and then. And it's ok to pursue your worldly goals and dreams, because nothing really matters after you've said the words...
And this is the point. People who argue once saved always saved, typically use "eternal security" as the argument. And this is true! We DO have eternal security IF we love God and are not living in willful sin! We are secure in our salvation and nothing can take us out of God's hand. BUT! If we are living in willful sin, we DO NOT have eternal security. We have to make sure to make that distinction!
This is why I believe it's important to listen closely to scripture and believe what it says.
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith...
How can you depart from something if you weren't there in the first place?
Luke 8:13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
Wait, what? They receive the word with joy and believe (this is salvation, right?), but then they fall away.
Hebrews 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
1 Corinthians 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
A person can draw back unto destruction... there is a belief that is not to the saving of the soul... we must believe and obey!
John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
We Christians are the branches. It's important to understand this fact! God loves us, and He paid the price for our sin, but we can't just throw Him on the ground and stomp on Him and expect to be saved. Why would we think that?
There are many more such scriptures. We must read and believe what the Bible says, not what preachers and churchians preach. Once saved always saved doctrine is a lie from Satan. It leads people to believe they can just continue in sin, ignore certain scriptures, and live a worldly life to pursue our worldly goals, but still make it to heaven.
Many people struggle with the fear they're not saved because of the fact they still struggle. The sanctification that salvation initiates is the battle between light and darkness. A struggle implies a fight, friction and war. Since the Christian life is a life of war, how silly is it to doubt your enlistment all because you're engaged in a war? It's the absence of war (not the presence of war) that exposes one as unsaved. See how Satan can twist things around?
For more information visit: Cant We Depart from the Faith?
Number 19: The doctrine of the Trinity...
James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
There is only ONE God. Now, I know that those who believe in a triune God will say, "of course" He is one God, we know that, but He's three separate persons in one God.
You can choose to believe that if you want, but hear me out.
That one God became a man in Jesus Christ!
Jesus is the image of the invisible God.
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Jesus is the express image of the person of God (not persons plural, but singular), in
Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
Jesus is the image of the invisible God (God is a Spirit, and Jesus is the body God made for Himself), in
Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Jesus said, John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
God is Jesus, and Jesus is God. The Father is the Holy Spirit which dwells within Jesus. Jesus is the human body God created for Himself!
One very strong point I will make here, is that it's the Spirit of God that was poured out on the day of Pentecost!
Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Those that believe in a triune God will say that this is a separate person... but we see that it is simply the Spirit which is God the Father.
Now, let's search the scriptures at a little different angle: There is no three.
There is no three. There is God the Father, who is the Holy Spirit, and there's Jesus, the human body God made for Himself. That's only two, if you must separate the human flesh from the Spirit which is God. To have a "trinity", there must be three. Tri means three. There is no three.
Jesus is the body of God (the manifestation of God) in the physical realm of His creation.
Jesus is literally everything. All things were made because God decided to create man, and become a man to dwell with those who love Him, forever.
Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
It is my belief that this false doctrine allows for the End Time events to fool and deceive even those who profess Christ, but do not understand the nature of God and the identity of Christ. The interfaith beliefs discussed previously are more easily believed if you can separate the Father from Jesus, as if it is possible. But, as we also discussed, you cannot worship the Father if you do not believe the record God gave of Jesus (and thus His identity).
For more information visit: One God - One Lord
Number 20: The Antichrist is some type of a system, or the devil himself...
The Bible proves beyond any doubt that he will be a man, whom by the power of Satan rules the world for three and a half years just before Christ returns.
For more information visit: Who is the Antichrist?
Number 21: The 3rd temple is our bodies...
The Bible proves that this will be a physical temple. The Jews that do not believe in Jesus are desperate to rebuild the temple and begin animal sacrifices.
There is ample room on the Temple Mount, next to the Mosque for the 3rd Temple to be built. It will happen, and the man who takes over the world, the Antichrist, will stop this from happening when he begins his rule.
For more information visit: The Third Temple and Abomination Man
Number 22: All prophecy of the End Time has already happened...
This is actually impossible.
For example, Titus did not "confirm the covenant" as is prophesied in Daniel 9. He did the opposite!
And when did Titus implement a mark whereby no one could buy or sell, as is prophesied in Revelation 13? He did not do any such thing.
Much, much more proof is on the following page, with documentation and a video.
For more information visit: Can it even be Possible?
Number 23: Daniel 2 is a parallel prophecy of Daniel 7...
First of all, 4 does not equal 5. Unless you're woke, I suppose. Since 1 plus 1 does not equal 2 to the woke...
Daniel 7 shows us four kingdoms that will exist at the time of the return of Christ, while Daniel 2 shows us a line of successive and sequential kingdoms that will rule the known world, ending with the final fifth kingdom being in power when Christ returns.
This belief that they are both the same prophecy is an impossibility, as you will see on the following document.
For more information visit: Daniel 2 vs Daniel 7
Number 24: The rapture, or the gathering of the saints, comes before the Seven year Great Tribulation...
The 4 horsemen of apocalypse? The word, (Greek) apokalupsis, simply means appearing or coming, to reveal. The book of Revelation is about the revealing of Jesus to the world.
There is no 7 year tribulation, and there is no left behind scenario, like the movies. Those who are left behind at the coming of the Lord will immediately be subjected to the wrath of God, and there will be no way to be saved during that short period of time (a few weeks), according to Revelation 15:8.
We can easily dispel these lies by simply believing the words of Jesus and the Apostle Paul.
For more information visit: When is the Rapture?
Remember, this is just a small subset of the lies Satan has planted in the churches. I would bet that, if you go to church, your church has at the very least one of these lies in it. Most churches have all of them! One little lie is all it takes to poison and dilute the entire truth... Read the Bible from cover to cover and dispel the lies of Satan!
For more information, see the following pages:
What does it mean to love my neighbor? And what is sin, really?