The Need to Address Alternative and New Religious Movements

 There is an urgency by which we as God's people must contend for the faith! There are spiritual charaltans that are on social media who hold "Contending for the Faith Conferences" by which they appear to defend the faith of the gospel but hide behind the cloak of the Bible to perpetuate such Afrocentric Christianity. They place so much emphasis upon race, culture, and ideology that it explicitly deny that of the core of the gospel message. (Rom. 1:16) There are other facets by which the gospel of Jesus Christ have also been denied as well: that of the law and the gospel by which it is mutually exclusive. How is it possible for people who are saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ can possibly live by the law in order to demonstrate perfect obedience to Christ? When it comes to legalism it is all about performance and how well people are able to perform. If a person cannot live up to the standards of rules and regulations of such a legalistic system eithe...

There is  a need to know the character of many false teachers today who appears to be concern about the spiritual well-being of the church today, but they are wolves in sheep's clothing. Perhaps you may be saying, "How can you know whether a person is fake and phony?" Who give you the authority to just a person? Or There is a lot of hypocrites in the church and that's why I do not attend church. These are many questions that people have about the church especially leaders within the church today. Even though many of the accusation that people have towards the church are most of the time true and that there are religious phonies in the church today by which there is a need to spot out these individuals poses the greatest challenge and threat inside its walls. Such individuals are able to articulate what the church believe and to imitate the life of a Christian but they are sinners in saint's clothing. The condition of false spiritual leaders according to Isaiah 56:...

 Text: Malachi 2:10-12 Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another By profaning the covenant of the fathers? (v. 10) Judah has deal treacherously, And an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem, For Judah has profaned The LORD's holy institution which He loves: He has married the daughter of a foreign god. (v. 11) May the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob The man who does this, being awake and await, Yet who brings an offering to the LORD of hosts! (v. 12) Why is it that people mistreat one another? Is God's Sovereign over creation? Did the Lord created us in His image and likeness?  What was the covenant by which the people of Israel defile? In this particular article I will begin to address by answering many of these most important questions. First, it is so important to understand the context of the passage/s of scripture within its proper context. Comparing scripture with scripture is proof posi...

There is a spirit that pushes false prophets to say what they say! They will say things that would be in agreement to the average Christian simply because of  the fact they mentioned the name of God, Jesus, salvation, and the Holy Spirit. It is at minute 15 that will confuse and riddle the minds of average Christians by the mere fact they was in shock and disbelief to hear their favorite pastor or Faith televangelists teach what they believe about God. That is because of the fact that people are made in the image and likeness of God is that men are little "gods" by which they utilize John 10:38 in support of their viewpoint. People are not little "gods" simply because of the fact that they are created by God. How is it that "mere" human beings are "gods" when they do not possess infinitude of Who God is. God is unlimitive in His knowledge; people are "limitive" in their knowledge of God. God is perfect; people are imperfect. They do not...

 In 1 John the apostle John says, "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world." The first part of 1 John 4:1 where it said: "Beloved or dearly beloved "do not believe every spirit..., It is very important to know that there are false prophets who claim that they believe the Bible by which they utilize at will the language of the Bible as if they are in agreement with God's Word. (2 Cor. 11:3)  In order to test such indiviuals is to asked the question (?): "Where do you stand on the authority and inspiration of the Bible? They will reply by saying, "The Bible contain the Word of God; the Bible is not the Word of God." It is true that many liberal theologians will explicity deny the absolute authority of the Bible as if the Bible contain God's Word but is not the authoritative Word of God. (2 Tim. 3:16) Paul in his letter to Timothy says, ...

  Text: Matthew 23:4 (NIV) "They tie up heavy loads and put them upon men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them." "Jesus replied, "Are you expects in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them." (Luk. 11:46) Introduction: In order to understand Matthew 23:4 is that as students of the Bible we must compare scripture with scripture. (1 Cor. 2:14)  It is true that there are some biblical passages of the Bible that are difficult to understand but there are other biblical passages that will shed light upon such obscure passages. For example: The main passage of scripture that is under study is Matthew 23:4 but for example Luke 11:46 is a comparsion where it says, "Jesus replied, "And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one...

 Text: Matthew 23:1-3, 4 "Then Jesus said to the crowds and his disciples: The teachers of the law and of the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them." Introduction It is very important to understand the context of Matthew 23:1-4 where Jesus spoke unto the crowds and that of his dicsciples concerning religious leaders of his day. The scribes and Pharisees were vanguards of the law by which they sought Moses authority by which they sit in Moses seat. There are religious phonies in the professing church today who possess such self-imposed authority by which they did not have been sanction by God's authority. There is a difference between the self-imposed authority set by men as opposed to the authority sanctioned by God. The incons...

 It is very important to understand that the prophet Jeremiah and Jesus gives a clear description of the sinfulness of the heart of people. (Jer. 17:9; Mk. 7:21-22)  What is so dreadful about people's sinful hearts is that it is deceitful above all thngs and desperately wicked. Also, when it comes to heart of people is that it is unknowable. God is the only One who can know the heart of people today. The intent and motive of the hearts of men. God knows all things especially when it comes to the hearts of people today. God is omniscient: that of All-Knowing. There is nothing that God does not know because He sees and know each of our hearts as His creation. Despite of the fact that people today will attempt to conceal who they are but in reality it is difficult for them to reveal who they really are. It is just a matter of time before they really reveal who they are. Man is a sinner by nature and because of his sinful nature springs forth without out of their heart demonstrate...

 Text: Ezek. 36:26; Luk. 8:15 " A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh." "But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by perserving produce a crop." I. The Need for a New Heart (Ezek. 36:26)   A. Its necessity (Psa. 51:10)      1. The cleansing of the heart by God. (v. 10)        a. Psa. 24:4: "Clean hands and a pure heart."        b. Matt. 5:8: "The pure in heart."        c. Ac. 15:9: "Purified their hearts by faith."     2. The renewal of the spirit (Jn. 3:6; Tit. 3:5)       a.  For the spirit to be renewed by God is through the washing of water by the Word. (v. 6)       b. The spirit is renewed by the regenerating power and work of the Holy Spirit. (Tit. 3:5)  B. ...

 Text: Jer. 17:9; Mk. 7:21-22; Ecc. 9:3 Preface Acknowledgement Introduction I. The Heart is Full of Wickedness (Ecc. 9:3)   A. Sin resides within people's heart (v. 3a)      1. Every evil though and deeds springs from within out of the sinfulnesss of people's heart. (Jer. 17:9)      2. The deceitfulness of people's heart is to deceive others. (2 Tim. 3:13)   B. The insanity of the sinfulness of people's heart (v. 3b)      1. Treacherous.      2. Murders.      3. Malice. II. The Nature of the Deceitfulness of the Heart (Jer. 17:9)     A. Eph. 4:14.    B. 2 Cor. 4:1-2; 3-4.    C. 2 Cor. 11:3. III. Sin Precedes from Within Out of the Heart (Mk. 7:21a)      A. The expression of the heart (v. 21)        1. That which springs  from the sinful heart of people (v. 21b)          a. Moral vice.     ...

Can you imagine going into a foreign country without knowing the language and culture of the people there!  There are people who think that they can go anywhere throughout the world as if people from other countries speak the same language along with having to be brought up within the same culture. Every culture has its own different language by which culture and language go hand in hand with each other.  There are culture wars among leading evangelicals who are ignorant of the language and culture by which they accuse each other of abandoning the gospel. It depends on their understanding of what the gospel is by which it becomes vague. Are they talking about the gospel of God's grace by which people are saved? Or is it perverted gospel by which it is based upon "mere" human works or accomplishment? The Social Justice and the Gospel advocates have so strongly accused the Woke church movement of deserting the gospel for what is the social gospel. The fact that people who s...