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Why Most Fundamental Baptist Churches Will Be Emerging Within 20 Years
Woe, Woe, Woe. . .
Not since ancient times, has immorality been elevated and revered in such a widespread fashion. Day after day, we are deluged with the advance of the gay agenda. Those who love the Lord and His Perfect Word can now identify with Lot – we are now the minority living among them . . .
2 Peter 2
2 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
Walmart offers benefits to same sex partners –
(USA Today) In what the largest U.S. gay rights group calls a “historic move,” Walmart told employees Monday that it would extend its health and other benefits to “domestic partners” of employees, including partners of the same sex.
The largest U.S. employer made the announcement quietly in a postcard it sent to employees that listed five other changes in benefits, including a new vision plan.
Research by the Human Rights Campaign shows 62% of Fortune 500 companies already offer domestic partner benefits. But the Supreme Court’s June decision overturning part of a federal law that denied federal benefits to legally married same-sex partners has heightened attention on same-sex benefits.
Read World Net Daily Article here.
And just today, the IRS has announced tax benefits to married gay couples –
“Today’s ruling provides certainty and clear, coherent tax filing guidance for all legally married same-sex couples nationwide. It provides access to benefits, responsibilities and protections under federal tax law that all Americans deserve,” Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said in a written statement.
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin said that, because of today’s ruling, “committed and loving gay and lesbian married couples will now be treated equally under our nation’s federal tax laws, regardless of what state they call home.”
He added, “These families finally have access to crucial tax benefits and protections previously denied to them under the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act.”
Now you see the results of 100 years of progressive education, with each generation becoming more and more liberal, and farther and farther from God. The term “Laodicea,” is derived from the words “laity,” and “dice,” which can mean either justice or vengeance, or both, as the case may be. This is the spirit which is dominating the world, and has been for the latter part of the past century.
At no time in history, has mankind been more obsessed with the rights, or rule of people. Feminists, unions, homosexuals, minorities – and the United Nations “Rights of the Child.”
Our founders believed that our rights came from God. This is an absolute spiritual truth. “Individual rights” is an ideology. The absence of the moral principles found in the Bible, and the selflessness which comes as a result of God’s teachings, has caused our country to become pagan, with everyone clamoring for their rights. This is just how anti-Christ will be able to achieve power. As in the time of Judges, the people will only be concerned with their due – and will demand a king.
Let’s think about what characterizes American life now:
- pornography
- venereal disease
- increase in technology which leads to
- affluence
- abortion
- illegitimate children
- occultism
- corporate crime
- increase in violent crime
- homosexuality
- materialism
At one time the American church was the treasury for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. From 1700-1900, during our nation’s founding, the dominant church spirit was the Philadelphia Church. Great universities were founded on the Scriptures – Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth, Princeton. Harvard College was founded to train pastors! The president of Yale College, in 1795, said “The Bible is the Word of God.” It was the age of missions, and the First and Second Great Awakenings – in England and America.
Before 1950 – gambling was considered a vice, and pornography and promiscuity were considered disgraceful.
All of these developments point to the soon return of Jesus Christ. If you are not “right” with the Lord, there is no time like the present. Get right with God. Humble yourself. Repent and turn towards your Savior. Stop comparing yourself to others, and compare yourself to Him.
Maybe you don’t think you’re such a bad person, after all – you never did those things. That’s called self justification. Do you think self justification will cover you? It won’t. Only the Blood of Jesus Christ will cover you. He is the only justification available to us. Your good works won’t mean diddly squat. Good deeds do not erase bad ones.
Ask Him now, please Lord Jesus, Please. I am prideful, and I’ve hurt people. I’ve lied, and I’ve stolen. I lust, and I covet. I used Your Name in vain. Forgive me and save me Lord Jesus. Forgive me for even thinking the way I do. I know that I can’t save myself and I want to be free from this terrible burden I’m carrying. Please save me Lord Jesus. Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit. I want to be a new creation in You.
If you already know the Lord Jesus, and have received Him as your Savior, consider rededicating your life to Him right now. We are in a time of tremendous Spiritual battle now. Won’t you cast aside all the vain imaginations and lusts that can plague and weigh you down with the sinful world and its trappings, and prevent you from living fully for Him?
1 John 2:15-16
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Infiltration vs. Separation
The Laodicean Church in the last half of the 20th century can be defined in one term – New Evangelicalism (or neo-Evangelicalism.) It began within Fundamentalism itself, in the 1940′s, and has proven to be Satan’s strongest weapon in defiling the church – bringing it from the Philadelphia Church Age, 1700-1900, when this country was founded – to a fully lukewarm, weak and ineffectual body.
The term “New Evangelical” was coined by Harold Ockenga, pastor of The Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts. In a news release, dated Dec. 8, 1957, Ockenga stated:
The New Evangelicalism has changed its strategy from one of separation to one of infiltration.
Ockenga believed that separation was outdated, and no longer useful in Christianity – despite the Biblical mandate for Christians to avoid being unequally yoked. Like a giant snowball – the movement gained momentum – and doctrine after doctrine was cast aside for what was deemed to be appropriate for the times.
Here you see Evangelical John Hagee in the center, with Mormon Glen Beck on the left, and Patriot David Barton on the right. This performance is done under the auspices of patriotism, but anyone who seriously studies the Bible knows what it is. And we can’t exactly give it a pass under the domain of political expediency, as John Hagee is neither a politician nor a news pundit.
Mixing solid Biblical belief, with cults and liberality equals one very lukewarm church. This tepid soup, has given birth to spiritual poverty, apathy, and utter blindness. The old Jesuit philosophy – “The ends justifies the means” – has brought Romanism right-smack-dab into the middle of the church in the form of “Evangelical ecumenism,” a phrase coined by Billy Graham, wherein he became the “spokesman of the convictions and ideals,” of the New Evangelist. Here is Graham in an interview with Larry King regarding the passing of Pope John Paul II:
KING: You said that he was an Evangelist.
GRAHAM: He was, indeed. He traveled throughout the world to bring his Christian message to the world. And we see tonight the outpouring from the world that he touched. And I think he touched almost everybody in the whole world.
Read cbn.com article here.
When I see Glen Beck speaking of Joseph Smith, while on stage with Evangelical Sarah Palin during a rally – I point it out to whomever I can. Would you like to know what response I receive? “That’s not so bad. They’re trying to take back this country! You’re being too judgmental!”
The hallmarks of New Evangelicalism:
- Liberals and cultists are included in prayer, crusades, committees, and given equal recognition as Christian leaders.
- Believes it is appropriate to join forces to reach souls for Christ – “The ends justifies the means.”
- Remains in liberal churches and organizations, like a mega or Purpose Driven Church, or the Masonic Lodge. Infiltration is better than separation.
- Conforms to the world’s thoughts and preferences.
- Questions the authority of Scripture and accommodates evolutionary theory by co-opting it into the Book of Genesis.
And just as Billy Graham received great “puff” press support from William Randolph Hurst in the 40′s and 50′s, so today, does Rick Warren receive the same support from Rupert Murdoch and his powerful news agencies. Living along side and cozying up to evil has served us the same as it served ancient Israel. When they did not eradicate the Canaanites remaining the land – they became just like the nations that were before them. They intermarried, joined in ventures, and worshiped their gods.
We do not need to be “like” the world to “win” the world! Our greatest and only tool is the Word of God. Period. Just as our Savior responded to the devil – every time – with the Word of God.
The Vine Vigil 