The Need to Address Alternative and New Religious Movements

There are many Christians who walk around as if they are condemned simply because of the fact that if they don't live according to man-made rules and regulations, they will be condemned by their own church or leadership.  It is not a matter of Christians living by such man-made rules and regulations but, they must realize because of their position in Christ is that they are no longer condemned (Rom. 8:1a).    Christians must be reminded that because of what Christ did on behalf by saving us that works of righteousness based upon human works and merits do not justify us be before God. We are justified by faith in Christ by which He is our righteousness. Unless people come to trust Jesus Christ only for their salvation that works of righteousness nor human works are not going to get them into heaven. Salvation is in Jesus Christ by which human actions nor accomplishment is how a person is saved (Rom. 10:9-10).    Within this short article, I will begin to ad...

Compiled By Pastor Darryl L. Miller 1. The History of the Word of Faith movement : New Thought metaphysics, Christian Science, and Unity School of Christianity (1 Tim. 6:20; Col. 2:18) 2.  Understanding of God : God is a "faith" Being; not a Sovereign Creator (Rom. 1:21-23) 3. Understanding of Jesus : Jesus is a product of God's spoken word of faith (Heb. 11:3) 4. Understanding of the Bible : Personal revelations, "special" revelations, personal prophecies (2 Pet. 1:19-21; Col. 2:18-19) 5. Understanding of the Fall of Man : Adam lost his divinity in the Garden of Eden (contrast Gen. 3:1-7 with Romans 5:12) 6. Understanding of the Atonement : The Born-Again Jesus who died spiritually and physically (2 Corinthians 5:21; 2 Pet. 2:1; Jude 4) 7. Understanding of Faith : The force of Faith spoken by words. It's a container. God is an impersonal force by which the "Faith" Christian can manipulate through ...

Text: Romans 8:1 Introduction Body of Message  I. Condemnation: What Does It Mean? (Rom. 8:1; 37)     A. Christ is our Judge (Rom. 8:34)       1. Luk. 6:37       2. Jn. 3:18       3. Jn. 5:24     B. Believers are no longer condemned (Rom. 8:1)       1. Because of Christ's death and resurrected life.       2. Christ's intercessory work (Rom. 8:34; 1 Jn. 3:21)  II. The Believer's Position in Christ (Rom. 8:16)     A. Marriage to Christ       1. Rom. 7:4       2. 2 Cor. 11:2     B. Members of Christ's Body        1. 1 Cor. 6:15       2. 1 Cor. 12:12-13       3. Eph. 5:30     C. Holy Spirit's Indwelling       1. 1 Cor. 6:19       2. 1 Jn. 2:24 III. The Believer's Walk (Rom. 8:1b; 2 Cor. 5:7) ...

Text: Romans 7:7 "What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet." Acknowledgment  Preface Introduction Outline   I. The Question? Is the Law Sin? (Rom. 7:7)      A.   The importance of the law (v. 7b)       1. Knowledge of sin (Rom. 3:20)       2. The purpose of the law (v. 7b)     B. The law is our schoolmaster       1. To reveal sin (Rom. 7:13)       2. The law cannot save (Rom. 10:1-3, 4) II. The Law: Its Purpose (v. 7a, b)     A. To reveal sin that it might become exceeding sinful.       1. It reveal that of the sinfulness of man's heart.       2. When law revived, all of humanity died in sin.   ...

There are many professing Christians who would consider God's law as sin!  The apostle Paul in Romans 7:7 asked the question, "That the law is sin?" And also his response to his own question, "By no means! The purpose of the God's law was to reveal sin that it might become exceedingly sinful. The law does not saved, but, it reveals to many of us whenever we look into the mirror of God's law. There are people in the world today that despite of what they see in the mirror concerning themselves is that they will repaint the picture so as to distort of the mirror for who they really are. They will also they did not know that what they did was wrong, but, in reality when they saw the stop sign they completely ignore the stop sign by which they did not stop at the stop sign. So the policeman stop the person who ran the stop sign and asked the person the question, "Mam do you know the reason why I stop you?" And the woman replied, "Well perhaps mayb...

The question that Paul asked some of the disciples by saying, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" have been greatly misunderstood by the Church today especially among many evangelical Charismatic and Pentecostal movement. They have taken what Paul says by convincing many believers by teaching a second work of grace or second blessings (Gal. 1:8-9).  What does it mean by a subsequential work of salvation? The subsequential work of salvation is when a saved person is to "tarry" for the Holy Spirit with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues. Does the Bible teach that of a second work of grace or second blessings according to Acts chapter 19 verse 2b where Paul says, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" by asking some of the disciples this particular question. Well, as we begin to look at this particular portion of the passage of scripture by studying it within its proper context is comparing scripture with scripture (1...

There are many churches who have a basic knowledge and understanding of salvation, but, when it comes to the full scope of what salvation is as it relates to what believers are being saved from is that they are left wondering what does it mean to being saved from what? I find it quite appalling that many of our evangelical churches today especially that of its own leadership fail to give such clarity and understanding concerning this vital doctrine of salvation.  At worst it gives people a wrap sense of the Sovereignty of God in salvation, that of the assurance and security of the believer's salvation experience (Jn. 6:38, 44; 2 Cor. 5:17; [Jn. 10:28-29]).  The fact of the matter is that unless God's people know what they are being saved from then there is no way that they can understand the process of sanctification in there day by day walk and relationship with Jesus Christ.  Even in life's trials and circumstances that many of God's people have been made to...