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Re: Bulletin Board [message #7148 is a reply to message #7119]

Sun, 27 June 2010 12:00

james
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Registered: April 2008
Location: Birmingham, AL

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Paul's concern...

"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty,

so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." ~ II Corinthians 11:3-4

"For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus...or if ye receive another spirit...or another gospel... "

The message of the Gospel is simple, Paul presented it in simple, plain, easy to be understood terms. Yet he was fearful that believers minds would be corrupted from the simple Gospel he had preached. And he used the words, 'lest by any means'; Satan will use ANY means available unto him to deceive and beguile Christians. The first thing mentioned is another Jesus, do we see that happening today? Another spirit, how about that, do all professing Christians have the same spirit? Another gospel, is christianity united in the common belief of the gospel?

The obivious answer is YES, there are taught in today's religion that there are various ways to eternal life and for a person to insist that Jesus is the ONLY way, is being narrow-minded and causing division, and lacking 'love'. Another spirit? Just look at some of the manifestations in these 'so-called' revivals and charismatic meetings...uncontrolable laughter, falling around and down claiming to be 'drunk' in the spirit(not like as the early believers at Pentecost were charged with being drunk), barking and imitating animals, professing to be prophets and apostles without God's calling, and on and on. Another gospel? Give to get, the false prosperity gospel, Jesus died spiritually and the church was birthed in the pit of hell, God is our mother, Jesus is in the bread and wine, praying to Mary, obeying the OT law and works salvation, shepherdship, Jesus Only(oneness doctrine),and 200+ denominations with each one having their own interpretation of the gospel.

So would it be fair to say that Paul had reason to be concerned? Has Satan beguiled the church, through ANY mean? Not only 'any mean' but by MANY means. Are we bullet proof, do we have to be ever diligent, can we falter? If he goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour,(AND HE DOES), shouldn't we be giving earnest heed to these warnings?

May we be found faithful at His coming... Trust and Obey, keep it simple.

“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,”

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