1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Hello everyone. Today's lesson is a continuation of the discussion begun in episode number 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:13,560 14. So, in this 15th episode in our multi-part series involving a thorough consideration 3 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:18,320 of the 18th chapter of the book of the Revelation, we will focus primarily on some of the more 4 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:23,280 ridiculous thinking and teachings, heresies and doctrines of demons, being circulated 5 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:29,200 and pandered by the likes of this nation's prominent, fat cat pentacostals. I am Erika 6 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:34,400 and it is my good pleasure to lead in this study, taken from the book Judgment Day, volume 7 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:41,240 1. Prelude to Armageddon. Part 1. The United States of America in Bible Prophecy. The author 8 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:48,000 being Mr. Alvin Mitchell. Pentecostal teachings. Those lying holiness preachers. 9 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,480 The following is meant to convey some of the wrong doctrine coming out of the TBN and Daystar 10 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:58,400 broadcast networks, which spiritually adversely, negatively affects the lives of, not just 11 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:04,080 the 600 million Pentecostals, they claim, but other truth seekers all around the world. 12 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:09,680 Daily, most of whom will rarely if ever get equal exposure to more wholesome Bible teaching, 13 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:14,080 in light of the TBN, Daystar domination of the airwaves. 14 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:20,640 Marcus Lam, founder, president of Daystar. During the week of the Daystar, share a thon. 15 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:26,360 Last day or so of September, first days of October, to raise money for who knows what. 16 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:33,640 The late Mr. Lam, who died November 30, 2021. Made the following comment, by inference. Where 17 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:39,440 one sees a ministry that is broke, run down, in debt, can't pay their bills, that is proof 18 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,760 that God is not blessing them. In which case the Christians' money should be funneled to 19 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:49,240 ministries like Daystar, fastest growing Christian TV ministry in the world. 20 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:54,000 In so many words, God poo-poo's and blows off poor ministries. 21 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:59,560 Apparently, Mr. Lam never read God's message to the church at Smyrna, or Paul's concern 22 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:04,240 for the poor and impoverished Jews at Jerusalem, during his day. 23 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:09,360 God does not in any wise despise or frown upon the poor, fledgling ministry, certainly 24 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,240 not in favor of one that is affluent and yet apostate. 25 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:18,280 Jesus, exhibiting the mind of the Father, hated the wealth-mongering, inconsiderate 26 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,760 scribes, Pharisees and the Sadducees. 27 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:26,720 On the other hand, the scriptures say, per Solomon in the Proverbs, he who is considerate 28 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,600 of the poor, lends to the Lord. 29 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,360 On that account, God will bless that one. 30 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:38,120 Nasr Sadiq, Muslim turned Pentecostal. This man's story of his conversion from Islam 31 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:43,040 to the Pentecostal perversion of Christianity is fairly remarkable. 32 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:48,400 He is a great and charismatic speaker. He follows, however, typical and traditional 33 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:53,720 holiness protocol of randomly perverting scripture to fit his objectives and ambitions. 34 00:02:53,720 --> 00:03:01,080 Toward that end, in an appearance with Marcus Lam, Daystar share Aethon, September 28, 06, 35 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:06,440 Mr. Sadiq made a statement to the affect that, God will not bless small giving. 36 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:11,640 In so saying, he made God a liar, as he totally ignored the widow's might. 37 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:17,400 Luke 21 verses 2-4, followed by our Lord's expression of supreme pleasure at the sight 38 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,680 of her heart felt giving. 39 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,920 She gave all of what little she had, out of her deep need, against the backdrop of the 40 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:27,440 big spenders, who could perhaps have given more. 41 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:32,640 In addition, Mr. Sadiq showed his ignorance of scripture, smart guy that he is, when he 42 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:37,400 ignored Jesus' sincere expression of appreciation for the service of the two faithful churches 43 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,640 at Smyrna and Philadelphia. 44 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:44,800 Revelation 2 verses 8-11, 3, 7-13. 45 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:49,680 Each of whom labored faithfully in the midst of biting poverty and serious want. 46 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:55,480 Both his comments and those of Mr. Lam's square, somewhat, with those of Kathy Dollar, August 47 00:03:55,480 --> 00:04:01,800 30, 06, wife of Creflo Dollar, Daystar, who somehow feels that the scriptures teach that 48 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:07,400 poverty in the physical realm, equals or spells a problem in the spiritual realm, of a person's 49 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:08,400 life. 50 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,760 She is, of course, as shown, quite wrong in her thinking and handling of the word of 51 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,240 God. 52 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:18,800 In Tezan Franklin, TBN regular from Gainesville, Georgia. 53 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:25,760 In his sermon titled The Power of Sacrifice, aired on TBN August 26, 06, Mr. Franklin let 54 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:31,960 it be known that God only blesses, with protection from harm, danger and loss, in response to 55 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:37,320 a sacrifice on the altar, using Job and Eli as his examples. 56 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:42,520 In so many words, God's protection and blessing can and must be bought. 57 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:47,360 Job lost all of his possessions and kids because Satan killed all of his cattle, so that he 58 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:53,880 could no longer give his usual sacrifice, in which case, therefore, God's hedge of protection, 59 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:55,380 was down. 60 00:04:55,380 --> 00:05:01,520 In so many words, per Mr. Franklin, God therefore, refused to protect Job, because he could not 61 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,280 give an offering. 62 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:04,600 Ridiculous. 63 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:09,680 It was God himself who gave Satan permission, with certain constraints, to act against Job 64 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:14,800 while he was yet rich and prosperous, and therefore, well able to afford the usual hedge 65 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,300 of protection. 66 00:05:16,300 --> 00:05:22,720 Moreover, Job did not invent his own wealth, rather it was God who enabled him to prosper. 67 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:27,520 God removed his hand of protection at a time when Job was yet strong and healthy. 68 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:32,640 Moreover, given that Job at the time of his healing was near bankruptcy, how does one 69 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:37,200 account for the restoration of this hedge of protection, if a sacrifice on an altar 70 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,840 was required, when in fact there was none? 71 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:46,280 Note that God affected Job's healing, the restoration of his prosperity, and his protection, 72 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:51,200 by staying the hand of Satan and any further harm he could cause, all before Job was able 73 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,640 to do anything for himself. 74 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:59,040 He did not pay the ransom of a sacrifice, first, to buy back from God, what God had 75 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,040 allowed to be taken in the first place. 76 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:07,160 The idea and theology espoused, embraced and spread by these types of theologians is such 77 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:13,120 that God is a despiser of the underprivileged and a respecter only of the privileged, the 78 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:17,040 successful, those who are the winners in the game of life. 79 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:22,400 The reality is, nothing could be farther from the truth, as evinced by Jesus Sermon on the 80 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,440 Mount and the Old Testament prophets. 81 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:31,560 These people, these Pentecostals, are all liars, and their teachings are lies, laced, 82 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,400 of course, with truth. 83 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:39,160 Yet, this, and similar doctrine, is spread as dogma and part of the gospel message, all 84 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:43,400 around the world, daily, in the name of Almighty God. 85 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:49,040 The mainline denominations are also guilty of this same kind of exclusionist thinking. 86 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,520 Cash-strapped ministries are a sign that God is not blessing, or God is not with the 87 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,200 work of that ministry. 88 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,400 The poor are a despicable sight, being spiritually challenged. 89 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:03,680 God will not protect those who cannot afford to pay for that protection. 90 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:04,680 Really? 91 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:09,680 The fact is, in God's eyes, the man who has little and is no less righteous, fearing 92 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:14,680 God in the process, is much more to be desired than any who has great riches and yet lives 93 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,180 unrighteously. 94 00:07:16,180 --> 00:07:24,520 Proverbs 15 verse 16, 16-8, 19, 17-1, 19-1. 95 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:29,360 Revelation 2 verses 8-11, 3, 7-8. 96 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:34,160 Furthermore, it is God's estimation that the man and or ministry who takes upon himself 97 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:39,720 to dishonor, demean, mock or belittle any individual, in any way, simply because that 98 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,540 man, woman, or that child is poor. 99 00:07:42,540 --> 00:07:46,080 In the end reproaches his maker, the one who made him. 100 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,840 Proverbs 15 verse 31, 17-5. 101 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:55,080 Finally, it is God's expectation that those who have, rather than looking down upon the 102 00:07:55,080 --> 00:08:00,720 poor with condescension, should take notice of him, with pity, i.e., by giving a helping 103 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,200 hand. 104 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:07,720 In so doing, the one showing mercy to the poor, actually lends to the Lord himself. 105 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,000 That is, God obligates himself to the giver. 106 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,560 It should be noted here that, giver is not merely one who gives so as to prompt God to 107 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,480 respond in his favor. 108 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:23,040 Actually, he is the one who is striving to do the will of God, walking with him daily, 109 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:27,960 considering his steps and life accordingly, so that he has a, God, kind of genuine concern 110 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,040 for the less fortunate. 111 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,800 He will repay him for his kindness. 112 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,800 Proverbs 19 verse 17. 113 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:40,480 The Psalmist says in song, the man who considers the plight of the poor is blessed of the 114 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:45,960 Lord, so that when his time of trouble comes, God will remember, and thereafter deliver 115 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:46,960 him. 116 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,520 Psalm 41 verse 1. 117 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:54,680 In addition, if indeed God has written off the poor because of his poverty-stricken status, 118 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:59,360 is it not strange that the apostle Paul appears to have been completely unaware of this when 119 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:04,560 he, for concern over his Jewish brothers at Jerusalem, robbed other churches, so as to 120 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:08,480 relieve their suffering, pain, and hunger? 121 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,440 Juanita Bynum, prophetess of God? 122 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:16,240 The presence of God will free you to repent, therefore by inference, according to Mrs. 123 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:23,680 Bynum, with Marcus and Joni Lamb, on Daystar, 1 October 06, 12.45 p.m. 124 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:29,360 It is not necessary that one, who is unsaved, should be told of, or, taught repentance by 125 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,440 another, who is saved, i.e., Christian. 126 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:38,880 In so many words, if God wants a person to repent, God will effectively do the repenting 127 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:40,380 for you. 128 00:09:40,380 --> 00:09:44,960 It is his responsibility to affect in the sinner's life what clearly he demands of the 129 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:45,960 sinner. 130 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,280 Haagwash. 131 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:52,240 This teaching, of course, runs counter to our Lord's teaching, where Matthew records 132 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,560 the first word out of his mouth at the commencement of his ministry as repent. 133 00:09:56,560 --> 00:10:01,560 That is, Jesus is here mandating an action that is dependent upon an act of the will, 134 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:05,680 an obedience, on the part of the one receiving the command. 135 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:10,160 His many recorded encounters with unsaved individuals and crowds also highlights the 136 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:15,200 fallacy of her teaching in that clearly none was ever led to repent, automatically prior 137 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,400 to being instructed of his need to do so. 138 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:23,400 While indeed, some may have expressed faith in him prior to being called to repentance, 139 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:27,600 none was ever left without knowledge of his need to exercise a change of heart. 140 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:31,920 To turn around, walking in a new direction and a newness of light. 141 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:38,560 If the Pharisees now find no cause for condemnation, he said to the accused woman, taken in adultery, 142 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:41,600 neither do I go, but do not sin anymore. 143 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,960 John 8.1-11. 144 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,400 Here the implication is crystal clear. 145 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,800 The woman had within her the capacity to do as she was told. 146 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:55,180 i.e., she could and was expected to repent in obedience. 147 00:10:55,180 --> 00:11:00,760 A common teaching, a lie and a fallacy among evangelicals is such that, whenever God issues 148 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:05,920 a command or directive, one need not ever think that he alone can carry out that directive, 149 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:06,920 as ordered. 150 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,240 We cannot do this of ourselves, they say. 151 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:11,640 God begs to differ. 152 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,380 The woman was not only expected to comply. 153 00:11:14,380 --> 00:11:18,880 She was given a command, but no more strength than she had already the Holy Spirit had not 154 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:20,960 yet come, you see. 155 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:27,640 Furthermore, insofar as all scripture is written for our education and our profit, etc., consider 156 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,880 God's dealing with his Old Testament people. 157 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:36,360 The law was burdensome, so that no one could ever keep it alone and expect to be made righteous 158 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,400 in the eyes of God. 159 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:43,520 On the other hand, it was fully anticipated that they could perform all of the law's demands, 160 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:47,280 whereupon they could maintain a right standing with their Lord. 161 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:52,640 King David was severely punished for his indiscretion in the matter of Uriah and Bathsheba, signifying 162 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,880 clearly that it was expected that he could easily have said no to temptation both to 163 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:00,600 commit adultery and to commit murder to cover it up. 164 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:05,760 Similarly, King Solomon is now roasting in hell because he refused to say no to his lust 165 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:10,200 for foreign pagan women and their eventually successful lure by which he was dragged into 166 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:14,240 eternal damnation, from which he refused to repent. 167 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,400 Jesus said that he and the Father were one. 168 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:22,440 His reference of course, being to oneness, of mind, purpose, goal. 169 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,240 In total agreement relative to every aspect of his person. 170 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:31,600 Being and mission thus his physical presence as the Son of God, represented, to a degree, 171 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:37,200 the presence of the invisible, Spirit God, with respect to actual person and being. 172 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:42,520 However, they were in fact not one, but two separate, distinct individuals. 173 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:47,840 Yet, no one was ever led to repent simply because of his presence. 174 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:53,960 Moreover, Acts chapter 17 verse 30 makes it clear that, in the economy of God, there is 175 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:59,720 no anticipation as that repentance should ever be automatic either before or after salvation. 176 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:05,520 Hence, Paul observes that, God has issued a command that all men everywhere should repent. 177 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:09,160 Therefore, the final decision is yours. 178 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,400 You always have a choice to make. 179 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,880 God will never deprive you of that privilege. 180 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:18,600 He will not barge in nor will he come into your life and force you to do what he commanded 181 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:24,520 you to do, and by implication, clearly infers that you are more than capable of doing. 182 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:30,080 The expected response in obedience is always purely, initially, an act of the will. 183 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,720 The sinners will, that is, not God's. 184 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:38,360 Though every saint has within him the Holy Spirit of God to assist, at no point does 185 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:42,520 the Spirit ever take over the saints' will or negate the Christians' responsibility 186 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,440 to initiate the act of obedience. 187 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:50,600 A conscious decision has to be made, on the part of the saint, to obey. 188 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaking of imputed righteousness, as developed by Paul, the apostle, in his epistle to the 189 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:00,440 Romans, Romans chapter 4 verse 11 minus 5 to 13. 190 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,480 See also James chapter 2 verse 23. 191 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:08,040 Mrs. Bynum once more flashed her ignorance when she inferred that because Jesus' righteousness 192 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:13,120 has been imputed to us, it therefore follows that we are able of ourselves to know wrong, 193 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:17,800 as God sees it, and to do right, to the point of pleasing God. 194 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:24,040 No one has to tell or teach you to do right or what is wrong, she told her hearers, literally 195 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:25,920 around the world. 196 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:31,080 There is no need for one Christian to try to correct another, she said. 197 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:36,680 Making people makes them do worse, this lying prophetess stated unequivocally, not necessarily 198 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,000 in those exact words. 199 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:44,800 In so stating, she does, of course, supplant the word of God, by her tradition, thereby 200 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,480 making him a liar not unlike her male colleagues. 201 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:53,720 In addition, imputed righteousness means that you have no righteousness of your own. 202 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:59,560 Rather, you have only a credit to your heavenly account, based upon someone else's righteousness 203 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,920 that someone being Jesus Christ. 204 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:08,080 All, or most, of the New Testament epistles were corrective measures, written to churches, 205 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:12,640 people of God, Christians, that needed to be told of their need for correction, calling 206 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,680 them to repentance. 207 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,800 The same is true of the letters addressed to the seven churches of Asia Minor, by the 208 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,680 Lord Himself, in the Book of the Revelation. 209 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:26,040 The messages of the epistles and of the Revelation must be interpreted and applied in light of 210 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,880 the gospel, not in spite of it. 211 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:33,440 In either case, the individuals of all of those churches had become desensitized to 212 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,000 the letting of the Holy Spirit. 213 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:40,560 Having quenched his presence, they no longer responded to his grieving. 214 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:46,280 They were, therefore, told of their wrongs, and they were expected to respond accordingly. 215 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:51,680 At no point ever, were any of those churches or the saints in them informed of, or offered, 216 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,880 any more enablement than they already possessed. 217 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:59,320 Being been told and thereby made aware of their error, thus their condition, they not 218 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:05,160 only could, but were to make the necessary adjustments, themselves, through repentance. 219 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:11,000 The Holy Spirit would convict and assist, but, He would, and He will never usurp. 220 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,360 God did not do the repenting for them. 221 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:18,480 He did not coerce them to act against their will, or their natural inclination. 222 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:23,440 He gave them no strength beyond what they already possessed, the inference being clearly, 223 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:28,040 as was true of the adulterous woman, such as they had was more than adequate to demonstrate 224 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:32,000 and to affect a readiness and a willingness to obey. 225 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:37,400 Relative to the subject of imputed righteousness, the reality is, righteousness by imputation 226 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:42,520 is merely a way of looking at the saint, by God, a way of accounting for his standing 227 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:47,200 in the eyes of the Father, from the time of his salvation, or acceptance of the Son as 228 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,280 Savior and Lord. 229 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:54,560 None of itself, i.e., of the saint's own merit, that righteousness does not exist, 230 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:55,560 in fact. 231 00:16:55,560 --> 00:17:01,160 That is, given that, we have all, like sheep gone astray, and all our righteousness is 232 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,840 like a woman's filthy menstrual cloth. 233 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:10,200 Isaiah 64 verse 6, and, dot all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, there 234 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,880 is none among us who is righteous, not even one. 235 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:20,640 Romans chapter 3 verses 9 to 12, 23, and though we are all sinners saved by his grace. 236 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,480 Ephesians chapter 2 verses 8 to 9. 237 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,640 We reside yet in a condition such that we cannot stand in the presence of God on our 238 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,040 own. 239 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:33,720 Our flesh is yet sinful, on which account we cannot abide the presence of a holy and 240 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,360 just God. 241 00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:41,720 We must for this reason have an actual, impartation, of a righteousness that only Christ can give. 242 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:47,280 We stand before God now, righteous, only as we stand behind and in the light of Christ, 243 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,960 who is an advocate, on our behalf. 244 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,720 First John chapter 2 verse 1. 245 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,200 That advocate is himself our High Priest in the heavenlies. 246 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,480 Hebrews chapter 3 verses 1 to 2, 8 to 1. 247 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:05,320 We must have a righteousness, however one which can never be earned, nor can it ever 248 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,600 be the product of our self-effort. 249 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:12,360 Isaiah assures us that whatever we do under the banner of righteous comes up looking like 250 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:15,640 a filthy rag in God's estimation. 251 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,280 That is, a woman's filthy menstruation cloth. 252 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:25,000 The only recourse then is that someone else's righteousness be accorded to us. 253 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,560 That is the thing that no saint can ever do. 254 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:32,880 No Christian will ever of himself do enough good works to make himself righteous before 255 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:34,160 God. 256 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:39,000 Like Abraham, whose belief and trust in God was accounted to him as righteousness, so 257 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,880 it is with us. 258 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:46,200 It is our faith, trust and confidence in the shed blood of the Lamb, spilt as an atonement, 259 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:51,960 a covering, for our sinfulness, which has purchased for us this requisite imputed righteousness, 260 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,560 to which Mrs. Bynum referred. 261 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:58,280 That imputed righteousness does not make us sin-free indeed. 262 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:03,320 Any more than Abraham was deemed to be sin-free, in light of his imputed righteousness, nor 263 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:08,360 does it mean we have the power to do rightly, to the point of acceptability, certainly not 264 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:11,240 without instruction and or correction. 265 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:17,720 Rather, it is only a debit to an account otherwise subject to credit, due to the burden of indebtedness. 266 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:22,960 For the cost of sin is death, Paul says in Romans 6 verse 23. 267 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:29,440 Thus, when God sees us, he sees us only through that imputed righteousness, which is the righteousness 268 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:34,760 of his only born son it is, furthermore, a righteousness to which alone he among men 269 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:36,640 can attain. 270 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:42,760 Given that he is our advocate and high priest before God, he is also the propitiation, expiation, 271 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:46,440 appeasement or atonement for all our sins. 272 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:51,520 At no point can we in this lifetime ever expect to possess that kind of righteousness or right 273 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:56,240 standing before God this by virtue of the fact that in this life, we can never truly 274 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:02,840 be free from our sins and or sinful nature, except by imputation or divine reckoning. 275 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:07,440 After the resurrection, rapture and return with Christ at Armageddon, the tables will 276 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,320 have been turned. 277 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:13,320 Then we will actually possess the exact same righteousness as he. 278 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:20,640 That is, his imputed righteousness, now, being temporary, will for us be an imparted righteousness, 279 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,880 then, being permanent, ours to keep for all eternity. 280 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:29,480 At that time, we will be able to stand before both the Son and the Father, without fear 281 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,120 or harm. 282 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:35,280 Revelation 19 verses 4 to 10, 22 to 4. 283 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:40,760 Thus, we see then, that this holiness prophetess was dead wrong in her assertion regarding 284 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,880 imputed righteousness. 285 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:48,800 Moreover, in contra distinction to Mrs. Binham's erroneous perspective, Paul writes to young 286 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,800 Timothy, but you are to continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured 287 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:57,000 of, knowing of whom you have learned, and that from a child you have known the sacred 288 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:01,480 writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ 289 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,080 Jesus. 290 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:08,640 All holy writ is God-breathed, helpful or advantageous for instruction, for conviction, 291 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:14,880 admonition, for straightening up again, i.e., for rectification or correction, and reformation, 292 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:19,920 for education and training in righteousness, so that the man or woman of God may be complete 293 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,440 or fresh, fully equipped to do all good works. 294 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,640 Second Timothy 3, 14, 17. 295 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:32,080 That is, Paul's coaching of his Son and the faith is such that, not only he but, all saints 296 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:38,000 not only benefit but should seek the instruction, correction, reformation, i.e., the straightening 297 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:43,240 up again, afforded by perusal of the whole word of God, the Bible, complete with all 298 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:49,880 of its applicable, dues, and, don'ts, so despised by the likes of Mrs. Juanita Binham. 299 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:55,120 Doing the right thing is not automatic, contingent upon one's faith. 300 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:56,400 African preacher. 301 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:01,480 Once more, Mrs. Binham is catapulted to the forefront of doctrinal fallacy, as she was 302 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:08,720 the host of a TBN telecast, September 21st, 06, mid-afternoon, in which an African preacher, 303 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:14,120 now a US citizen, if I am not mistaken, was one of the featured guests. 304 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:19,320 One did not get the preacher's name, but does recall that he somehow, for whatever the reason, 305 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:24,520 feels that, it is illegal dot for God to intervene in the affairs of men, except as the church 306 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:29,320 prays, this refrain he was diligent to repeat several times throughout his segment of that 307 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:30,960 telecast. 308 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,520 The idea espoused and propagated here seems to be that God needs man's permission to 309 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:39,040 enter and work in his own world in so many words. 310 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:43,640 Man is ultimately greater than God, having authority over him. 311 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,160 This is very funny. 312 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:49,440 It seems someone forgot to tell God that it is illegal for him to get involved in the affairs 313 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,520 of men, without man's permission. 314 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,960 He did not seem to think much of this idea throughout the Old Testament. 315 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:01,600 Indications are, as we have seen throughout this study, that he has no intention of being 316 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:06,160 limited or stayed by this foolish notion at any time in the future. 317 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:11,260 He came at Bethlehem, was birthed and slept in an animal's smelly feeding trough, afterwards 318 00:23:11,260 --> 00:23:16,600 to walk and breathe earthly air for 30 years before anyone was any the wiser. 319 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,880 Clarence McLendon, Ph.D., TBN Regular. 320 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:25,760 When we are robbed, or when someone takes our possessions unfairly, God permits us to 321 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:32,440 drop, or set aside our normal spiritual living, mindset, in order to go out and, dot get yo, 322 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:33,920 stuff back. 323 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:39,000 Daystar TV, 10 September 06, 3 o'clock A. 324 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:44,400 This is another fine example of Pentecostal determination to force, by twisting, perversion 325 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,240 of text, etc. 326 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:51,400 Whatever it takes, to force, scripture to say what they want it to say. 327 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:56,840 Young Mr. McLendon based his premonition upon King David's encounter with the Amalekites, 328 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:02,840 1 Samuel 30, while his flight from incumbent and first king of Israel, Saul, led him to 329 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,800 seek refuge among the Philistines. 330 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:10,880 In so doing, as is common among the zealots of the holiness crowds, he completely ignored 331 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:15,840 clear teaching from the lips of our Lord, regarding the Christians' reaction when wronged, 332 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:17,840 and the treatment of one's enemies. 333 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:21,680 Luke 6 verses 27-35. 334 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:27,080 The inference of his teaching is, or seems to be, such that, David was somehow inethical 335 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:31,880 in his approach to recovery of all that the raiders had taken, in the eyes of God, and 336 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:35,000 that God sanctioned David's inethical methodology. 337 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:40,600 Therefore it is alright for the Christian to do whatever it takes to recover his belongings. 338 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:45,200 Another of Mr. McLendon's errant teachings has to do with the sowing of seed in God's 339 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:46,200 kingdom. 340 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:51,360 Sowing a seed, reap a harvest, he says, as when one sows his money down at the local 341 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:55,000 supermarket, and walks out with his groceries. 342 00:24:55,000 --> 00:25:01,000 In so many words, as soon as one gives to a particular cause, like Tbn or Daystar, in 343 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:07,040 service to the kingdom of God, he can, effectively, buy a return on his investment, right there, 344 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:08,560 on the spot. 345 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:14,080 In addition, as is the case with all Pentecostals and Charismatics of whatever persuasion, God 346 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,600 is a cosmic wholesaler of miracles. 347 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:22,520 Biblically, a miracle is an uncommon occurrence orchestrated and brought on, or executed directly 348 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:28,000 or indirectly, through some mediator, be it angel or man by an act of empowerment from 349 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,000 God. 350 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,000 He has one for everybody, they all teach. 351 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:37,520 Yet, no such teaching as this or any of the other false doctrine being circulated by this, 352 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:43,360 or any of these ministers, is to be found anywhere in scripture, OT or NT. 353 00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:47,960 While he of his own volition promises to do nothing among men except as he first heralds 354 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:53,240 his intent through his prophets, that decision is strictly a matter of divine prerogative, 355 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,720 not an issue of legality. 356 00:25:55,720 --> 00:26:00,680 Mr. Richard Hoag, City Church, OKC, OK. 357 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:05,800 One did not write down the date, but if recollection serves correctly, this pastor Hoag was on 358 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:06,800 Daystar. 359 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,440 Maybe TBN. 360 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,000 During the week of the Daystar share a thong. 361 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:15,640 He has a way of turning up on either side of the ledger, quite frequently. 362 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:20,880 In keeping with common practice among Pentecostals, Mr. Hoag is among those who always seem to 363 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:26,280 know exactly what God is thinking, what he is going to do, or what he is about to do. 364 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:31,440 It would be very interesting to know the percentage or see just how much of this type of prognosticating 365 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,960 ever comes to pass. 366 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:38,800 According to him, God is moving the churches into a new direction, as people today do not 367 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,440 want knowledge or information. 368 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:45,680 One supposes that he means information of the Bible sort, etc. 369 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,800 As rather, they want demonstration. 370 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:53,920 The inference, contrary to the word of God, is that, God is now headed into the business 371 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:57,120 of responding to people's demands and wants. 372 00:26:57,120 --> 00:27:00,320 Doing things purely according to people's expectation. 373 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:06,360 Thus, God, per Mr. Hoag, is today in the business of rendering the teaching of his own holy word 374 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:07,840 obsolete. 375 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,880 He now jumps through hoops of reason, at man's beck and call. 376 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,760 Being effectively a slave to the will of the people. 377 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,200 Like a modern-day genie in a bottle. 378 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:22,760 Strangely, there may well be some truth in Mr. Hoag's words, nonetheless, not according 379 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,280 to his inference. 380 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:25,280 I. 381 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:26,600 Timothy 4, 1-3. 382 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,120 2 Timothy 3, 1-7. 383 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:31,560 4, 1-4. 384 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,280 2 Peter 2 vs. 1-3. 385 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,400 Acts 20 vs. 27-30. 386 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,080 Jude 4-19. 387 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,400 Pastor Hoag also distinguished himself as one of those champions of the notion such 388 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,320 that, all roads lead to God. 389 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:52,880 Thus, in that vein, he issued a plea, calling for all churches to quit examining each other's 390 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:57,600 teachings, or something along those lines, coming together instead with, and in spite 391 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,120 of their differences. 392 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:04,880 Again, this errant pastor and his doctrine, finds himself contrary to, and therefore at 393 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:11,120 odds with, the Lord of all glory himself, effectively making him and his apostles liars. 394 00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:17,680 Beware of false prophets, deat who you will know by their fruits, works, lives, teachings. 395 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:23,040 Jesus taught, is a command to be on guard at all times, not just for other religions, 396 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:27,760 but equally if not more so for those that masquerade under a banner of Christianity, 397 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,600 claiming to be followers of Christ, and servants of God. 398 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:36,960 John the Apostle, having of course, sat at his feet, echoes this sentiment when he advises 399 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:41,080 his converts, believe not every spirit, but try. 400 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:42,760 Test, examine. 401 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:48,320 The spirits, based upon their lives, their doctrine, their teaching, etc. 402 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:53,360 Paul, who was an apostle, also gives strong encouragement to the saints at Corinth to be 403 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:58,640 ever vigilant in their stand, and guard against the encroachment of false apostles, preachers 404 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:04,120 and teachers, all working from within, and under the colors of the church. 405 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:09,560 They always come looking like, having the appeal and feel, of the real deal. 406 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:14,840 As Satan is able to disguise himself as an angel of light, Paul says, it goes without 407 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:20,160 saying, and, therefore should come as no surprise that, his human emissaries and servants are 408 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,880 capable of doing likewise. 409 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:28,200 Paul also says that some even teach the gospel in truth, to a degree, albeit, for their own 410 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:33,920 personal enrichment, not caring, in the final analysis, about the well-being of the saints, 411 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,680 or churches over which they preside. 412 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:41,560 The message in all of these injunctions is ultimately not just to the rank and file saint, 413 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:46,920 as rather it is equally one to the minister, pastor, teacher, preachers, prophets, and 414 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:51,200 whatnot, with regard to their mindset, in light of their knowledge and understanding 415 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,440 of the saints' imminent spiritual danger. 416 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,560 Not only are they to warn and instruct their congregations so as to know that not everything 417 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:03,480 marked Christian is in fact Christian, but they are as well to position themselves, living 418 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:09,320 in such a manner so as to be open and transparent in all their dealings, in church and out. 419 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:13,520 Like ducks or other wild game birds in the sights of the hunter, these ministers and 420 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:19,080 ministry organizations are to jump up at the opportune time, shouting, squawking, and fluttering 421 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:23,640 out the announcement open season, as they laid themselves bare as it were, in plain 422 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:29,280 view, inviting all to examine both them, their lives and their teachings, against the background 423 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:31,640 of the word of the living God. 424 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:37,080 In so doing, the true believers and churches can and will short-circuit and control, minimize 425 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:41,520 the level of influence and the amount of damage inflicted by the ever-present false preacher 426 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,200 and teacher in their midst. 427 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:47,920 Who, of course, does not want to be seen for who or what he is. 428 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:53,880 Thus, we must conclude then, that Mr. Hogue's advice to the 600 million or so Pentecostal 429 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:58,520 viewers is but one more cover and a smokescreen for his own false works and the works of those 430 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,360 like him. 431 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:04,720 Whatever direction God is leading, one may be fully assured that he will lead no saint 432 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:09,480 in any new direction that in any way, to any degree minimizes the need for the teaching 433 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,960 of his word, the Bible. 434 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:16,280 On the other hand, to the degree that the churches today will not submit to sound teaching 435 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:21,920 and doctrine from the Bible, to the same degree Mr. Hogue may well have a point. 436 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:26,360 God has promised that the day will come when, because of the hardness of hearts of the saints, 437 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:31,400 he, himself personally, will give them over to the seduction of lying spirits, so that 438 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:36,720 they, while playing church, will be thoroughly deceived and irretrievably misled, per second 439 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:40,600 Thessalonians 2 verses 11-12. 440 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:45,360 In the end, they will be lost and thrown temporarily into the pits of hell, and from 441 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:49,000 there, into the lake of fire, eternally. 442 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,440 Pastor O. Allen, with Jesse Deplantis. 443 00:31:52,440 --> 00:32:00,040 This gentleman appeared a few days ago with Mr. Deplantis, on TBN, October 26-06, at 3.30 444 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,240 p.m. 445 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:06,320 As this preacher waits expectantly for God to react to his faith, for a new supersized 446 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:11,160 worship center to be built, he has meanwhile twisted Jesus' parable of the unprofitable 447 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:16,520 servant in Luke chapter 17 verses 7-10 to be a reference to God as a servant waiting 448 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,840 to respond to our faith. 449 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:24,160 The fact is, however, that the parable is meant and only meant to set forth an example 450 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:29,120 of the attitude, one of humility, that all Christians are to exercise in the presence 451 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:34,120 of God when he has performed any service for the kingdom, for which he might otherwise, 452 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:38,320 in a spirit of worldliness, expect high honors or praise. 453 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:43,760 Rather, Jesus says, when you have done everything that is commanded, and therefore expected 454 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:48,440 and required of you, say to yourself, I am as an unprofitable servant. 455 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:52,000 Having done only that which was my duty to do. 456 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,880 Luke chapter 17 verse 10. 457 00:32:54,880 --> 00:33:00,280 This exhortation, of course, goes against the grain in today's culture, which is literally 458 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:05,120 teeming with presumed great men and women of God, seeking to be recognized and rewarded 459 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:11,400 now, by all, for their every accomplishment, their much-flunted successes, and their often-overstated 460 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,040 achievements. 461 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,600 They have their reward, the Lord assures. 462 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:21,000 Woe, grief and affliction, to you when all men speak well of you. 463 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,360 Luke chapter 6 verse 26. 464 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:24,360 Other. 465 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:29,440 Whereas T.B.N. appears to have given the boot to some of its own, like Randy Morris, they 466 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:34,160 have on the other hand added an air of legitimacy to their otherwise foul lineup by inviting 467 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:40,080 in the likes of Adrien Rogers, D. James Kennedy, ministers from the Calvary Chapel movement, 468 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:45,960 and others, Baptists, Presbyterians, Catholics, etc., with whom they might otherwise have 469 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,360 found themselves at odds. 470 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:53,760 Mr. Morris publicly disdained the idea of association with Christians, of lesser intellectual 471 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,720 and socioeconomic status than himself. 472 00:33:56,720 --> 00:34:00,120 His preference being, those who can make him stretch. 473 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,840 More than anyone whom he might help to stretch. 474 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,440 God only knows where mankind might be now. 475 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:09,680 Had the man from Galilee thought and felt that way toward the fledgling, often doubting 476 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:10,680 the man. 477 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:11,680 12. 478 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:13,720 Ironically, contrary to scripture. 479 00:34:13,720 --> 00:34:17,600 All of these and similar types of modern-day prophets and soothsayers love to give the 480 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:22,440 impression that they have direct, private lines to the Father, Son's thrones. 481 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:26,880 They tend to think of themselves as modern versions of yesteryear's OT prophets randomly 482 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,000 communing with God, at will. 483 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:34,560 Contrary to clear biblical statement, while in the past God spoke to men via his prophets 484 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:39,240 and seers at various times and in diverse ways he has in these last days said all he 485 00:34:39,240 --> 00:34:44,160 has to say to men through his Son, who is the Word of the living God, and by whom everything 486 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,320 that is made was made. 487 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,240 Hebrews 1-1-2. 488 00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:54,320 These men and women are a never-ending cesspool of hell's spun communicase of lies, zealously 489 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,360 and relentlessly passed off as from on high. 490 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:01,600 Ranging from the outright ridiculous, to the utterly absurd. 491 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:06,520 As they siphon pledges of support from the foolish who make up the 600 million or so rank 492 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,280 and file Pentecostals across the globe. 493 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,960 Whose chief interest is always health, wealth and prosperity. 494 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:17,280 They ignore plainly stated scripture that the saint is to be taught never to pledge. 495 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:24,760 But simply to let a simple, yes, or, no, suffice, with regard to future intentions or ambitions. 496 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,320 Proverbs 6-1-5. 497 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,000 11-15. 498 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,320 17-18. 499 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:31,720 2016. 500 00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:33,320 22-26. 501 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:34,640 27. 502 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:39,160 Do not be among those who make pledges, nor of those who are surety making yourselves 503 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:43,920 and or your possessions guarantee for the debt of athurs. 504 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:48,360 God's expectation is such that everyone should give in accordance as he himself has purposed 505 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:53,240 in his own heart, never with pledges to him or to anyone else. 506 00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:58,840 This idea put forth by the churches in general, as well as by the Pentecostals in particular, 507 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:03,120 such that God himself will tell you how much he wants or whether you should give, or, 508 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:08,240 thou, is a popular fundraising, shenanigan, and a lie straight out of the pit, per the 509 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:10,160 will and word of God. 510 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:14,520 Every man's giving is to be as he has determined in his own heart. 511 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,520 2 Corinthians 3-7. 512 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:22,760 And so, as with the OT saints, so with these modern-day American churches, together with 513 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:27,960 the paratroop ministries, of radio and TV broadcasts, it might well be said by the Lord 514 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:29,320 of all glory. 515 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:34,480 These folk come before me as my people do and should, but with lip service only. 516 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,760 They have hearts that are far from me. 517 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:41,680 They teach and adhere more to the commandments and precepts of men, than to that which pleases 518 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:42,680 God. 519 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,320 Isaiah 29.13. 520 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:49,000 Matthew 15.7-9. 521 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,680 Like the Cretans of Paul's day, who were drawn away by the Jewish fables and lies fed to 522 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:58,680 them by the Jews, who themselves professed to be Christians, their works, walks or daily 523 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,680 lives deny their professions and testimonies. 524 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,600 Titus 1.16. 525 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:09,640 Attentiveness to and study of the word of God in these institutions is usually consistently 526 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:15,040 as much shallow and intentionally without substance, as they are poorly attended when 527 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:20,640 viewed against the backdrop of substantially higher membership roles, in some cases. 528 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:26,680 In early April 2006, CBS's Evening News Bob Schieffer aired a series of segments highlighting 529 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:31,160 the fact that there is a growing, prevailing sentiment among American churches of Christians 530 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:36,400 which holds that the Bible as is, and, old-fashioned religion are no longer relevant for the time 531 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:37,840 in which we live. 532 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:41,320 There is in fact some truth and sensibility in this sentiment. 533 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:45,920 Given that by and large old-fashioned religion is just that, religion the church's perversion 534 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:50,120 of God's version of the road and the only way of life that leads to reconciliation with 535 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:53,560 himself, and ultimately to life eternal. 536 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:55,880 It is not biblical Christianity. 537 00:37:55,880 --> 00:38:01,560 Therefore, these new ideas do nothing more than lead further away from God. 538 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,480 Biblical notions of God are outmoded and out of date. 539 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:10,840 Thus, incessantly, proponents of this old-fashioned religion and outdated Bible doctrine are always 540 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:16,080 busy for the Lord, in one activity or the other according to their own ideas and ideology 541 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,880 not recognizing or heeding his stern. 542 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:24,200 Solemn warning such that no amount of activity or busy-bodiedness, even in his name, will 543 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:28,920 ever suffice as an effective substitute for a heart-right with God, based upon a strict 544 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:30,720 adherence to his word. 545 00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:37,000 Matthew 7 verses 13-14, 15-29, and 25. 546 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,400 1-46. 547 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,520 Revelation 2-3. 548 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:45,680 Because they refuse to study, they do not understand that work for the kingdom of heaven 549 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,360 must be performed according to God's word. 550 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:55,640 The Bible, John 15, 1-8, not according to our own personal, church, or denominational 551 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,120 whims. 552 00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:01,320 Given their refusal to hear the word of God, they make themselves easy pickings for the 553 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:06,360 clever, long-winded rip-off artists at institutions like TBN and Daystar. 554 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:11,400 Herein, it might be argued, lies the significance of his assertion. 555 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,840 Many are the called, and yet, few will be chosen. 556 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:18,520 Matthew 22 verses 1-14. 557 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:22,440 Following Luke's declaration in Acts 17 verse 30. 558 00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:25,560 God now commands all men everywhere to repent. 559 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:29,760 Having revealed the fact that he will someday judge the world in righteousness, by the man 560 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,440 Christ Jesus. 561 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:36,800 Sadly, multitudes living today, active for the Lord per the theological prescriptions 562 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:41,360 of these and similar spiritual charlatans are destined to find out too late that. 563 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:45,880 Whereas they figured well among the many called, they do not, on the other hand number at 564 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,360 all among the few chosen. 565 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:53,440 In plain view of the straight gate, they will have chosen, instead, the wide gate. 566 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:58,360 Moreover, every Christian should note that the foregoing are not simple, negligible 567 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:04,160 infractions and mistakes, which God is likely to take lightly, in any wise. 568 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:10,080 Nor are the purveyors there of simple neophytes, in need of simple corrections in their theology. 569 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:15,440 Their work is error prone, the errors are intentional, as such, that work is therefore, 570 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,160 a calculated risk. 571 00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:22,480 As they perhaps view Christianity as just another mere religion, an opiate of the masses, 572 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:27,680 to be milked and exploited to one's own selfish advantage, one might say, to them, there is 573 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,240 no God beyond themselves. 574 00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:35,120 If there is a God, they seek only to serve themselves, at his expense. 575 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:40,960 He who sits in the heavens, watching, listening, taking it all in day after day, has promised 576 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:45,080 that whatever the appearance, all such and their followers will give a full accounting 577 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:49,040 for all that they have done, and will do in his name. 578 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:53,440 God cannot and will not condone a nation of hypocrites and false prophets, or their 579 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:58,360 followers who give greater deference to their lies and false doctrine, than to his word, 580 00:40:58,360 --> 00:40:59,920 the Bible. 581 00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:04,940 Therein lies all the more reason why we should, each and every one of us, pay particular heed 582 00:41:04,940 --> 00:41:10,200 to Paul's injunction, such that all should ever be diligent to examine ourselves, regularly 583 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:14,840 against the backdrop of the word of the living God, to ascertain that in fact we are in the 584 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:20,000 faith, according to the Bible, absent the commandments of men, denominational, church 585 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,160 and or personal twists thereupon. 586 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:27,440 And with that, we come to the end of our discussion of the para-church ministries and the blight 587 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:32,240 they bring to the table, in terms of contributing to an image around the world that quite belies 588 00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:37,280 any popular evangelical, fundamentalist thinking that says we are a nation of people with whom 589 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:42,280 God is well-pleased, notwithstanding the myriads of blessings he and he alone has bestowed 590 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,040 upon us. 591 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:48,680 Please make arrangements to be with us for episode number 16 of this podcast, when we 592 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:53,320 will cap this edition of the Bible prophecy masterclass by examining the Pentecostals 593 00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:59,320 once much touted movie venture, One Night with the King, for such a time as this. 594 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:03,840 Until we can get together again, I pray God will bless you richly. 595 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:29,840 Amen.