The Need to Address Alternative and New Religious Movements

 Just on today I heard on a local radio station here in Atlanta that the Host interviewed a guest on its program. It was the particular guest promotion of her book promoting but utilize such memorable statement "It is your health the promotes wealth." I thought about it for a moment by which the guest distorted the biblical text of 3 John 2. She's going further to talk about spiritual laws, principles by which she encourages her listening audience to follow. In so many words in order for people to be prosperous or to be "healthy" is to follow such principles and spiritual laws. What immediately came to my memory in how many Faith televangelists will contend that God is subject to the laws of the spiritual by which to create the universe. In turn many Faith Christians must utilize the same spiritual laws by which to create the world of their own desires. Also, in so many words what you say is what you create. You must speak such faith-filled words in order to cre...

 There is a misunderstanding of the gospel message! There is in no way that the gospel message is equated with the law or that of the law and the gospel. The law reveals to who we are in light of our own self-righteousness: that we are not able to live up to the standards of the law. The purpose of the law is to reveal the sinfulness of the hearts of people. The law is our schoolmaster by which it leads the self-righteous person to Christ, but that the law cannot save. We are justified by trusting in Christ for our salvation. As if things doesn't get any worse is that many legalists within the professing church will convince believers that even though they are saved there are steps by which maintain that of our salvation by keeping man-made rules and regulations. (Gal. 3:1) It goes to say that we can live perfectly by the law by the Spirit's indwelling. Moral perfectionism, moral plank, sanctimoniousness, and sacreligious are apostate doctrines by which it is taught by demons. ...

 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.     ...