Jehovah's Witnesses, Are They of The Truth - Jesus Christ or Just Deceivers and Liars? - Part 1

It's very strange, because the name and title of this organisation, to me, and even from my childhood days, has always had a no nonsense ring to it. They, as people, with their seemingly endless ability to cope with incessant rejection, have always impressed me. My parents, like most people, always rejected them whenever they called at the door and would regularly warn me and my siblings not to ever get involved with them. I cannot remember, now, the reasons they gave for their negative views, but they did a pretty good job in convincing me and tempering the quiet respect and pity that I had always had for them. Needless-to-say I didn't fall foul of them, but rather, in middle age, I fell for another organisation just as bad!! Now, in my post Worldwide Church of God days, I see them altogether in a very different light and this, not being due to any anger or emotionalism on my part but, instead, by just studying in the cold light of day, what they teach and preach.

So what do they teach and preach? Well, like Herbert W Armstrong, a combination of Truth and error, but error that is serious error - heinous, blasphemous error. This in turn puts them in the same league as Armstrong, and strangely enough on very similar shaky or sandy ground. The only real difference between the two groups being their direction or approach. Both groups profess belief in Jesus Christ and yet both groups in their own ways deny Him and speak against Him with their teaching. I am not going to dwell on Armstrong's organisation too long as I have already covered that in a separate article, but suffice it to say, both organisations were/are fundamentally monotheistic. Worldwide professes, now, to be Trinitarian in belief with a definite mainstream Christian bias, so out of the frying pan and into the fire comes to mind with that odd and surreal change of affairs. With JW's, though, it's business as usual with their totally flawed, anti-Trinitarian teaching. This means they have by-passed the frying pan and are full time residents in the fire with their belief in a non-Jesus or fabricated weak puny Jesus, not the real He-man Lord Jesus Christ or God Jesus Christ. The amazing thing is, if you ever look at their literature you will usually see the archetypal images of the weak, effeminate looking, long haired wimp Jesus. This means, strange as it may seem, that JW's do have something in common with mainstream Christianity and no doubt mainstream Christians won't be pleased to here it.

These images, without their realising it, are their undoing, because these false images tie in beautifully with their blasphemous teaching on Jesus Christ being a created being. To put it in a nutshell, to JW's, The Lord Jesus Christ was never God as in being equal with The Father God in the beginning. This is what JW's believe when, all the while John 1:1 clearly states otherwise:

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Revelation 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

Here in these two verses we can plainly see that one of The Lord Jesus Christ's names or titles was and is The Word of God and this very same Word of God, was God and He was with God - The Father God, in the beginning. Furthermore, He - The Word of God was The Creator God. This means that the Lord Jesus Christ was The Creator of all things, not The Father God. Now this also means that The Lord Jesus Christ has always existed - He was alive before the heavens and earth came into being - He has always been God with God - Two Beings with the Holy Spirit as their Power, but not a person of a blasphemous triune or trinity. I will return to this topic later. Now JW's state quite clearly that they believe Jesus Christ is a created being and yet John 1:1-3 in tandem with Rev 19:12 completely counters this blasphemy.

From the Wikipedia on the subject of Jehovah's Witnesses: Jesus is believed to be God's first creation, and thus is considered to be an independent entity from God who was used by Him to create everything else. Jesus is literally the only begotten Son of God, and received his life from God. Here we can see the error of their teaching revealed in black and white. How do we know the Wikipedia is telling us The Truth? Easy, Holy Scripture proves they are wrong and, I can personally vouch for it; I've 'discussed' this subject numerous times with these blasphemers, on my doorstep, always sending them away with a flea in their ear and, with something to think about. Now that's what you call witnessing!! You can almost see the steam coming out of their ears as they walk away.

For me, though, these heated discussions are not a time for prolonged triumphalism on my part. This whole issue is very sad indeed for, strangely enough, I have more in common with JW's, through them having some Truth, than I do with mainstream Christians, but until they, like mainstream Christians, have repented of their heinous sins and blasphemies against The Lord Jesus Christ, there can never be any brotherhood for me with them. The Lord commands us to be likeminded and as long as they teach error and believe in error I could no more be likeminded with them than fly to the stars.

Romans 15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

Phil 2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Let's now return to the subject of their flawed anti-Trinitarian teaching. Why is it flawed? It's flawed because it defaults to monotheism and the Godhead is not one being, the Godhead is two beings. Putting it simply, if God is only one being - one God, then the Jews must be saved because they believe in one God. I will say that again, only differently, as it does not sink in easily with many so called believers: The Jews believe in one god, but they are not saved and this rule applies to any human being that believes in one god. Salvation is not in the belief of one god as God is not one, but Two Beings - The Godhead. This means, by default, the Jews believe in the same god as Christians and the same god as JW's. In fact this evidence actually proves that the Devil is not divided, because both mainstream Christians and JW's believe in a monotheistic god. If we read John 8:37-45 we quickly find out from The Lord Jesus Christ who this monotheistic god is, and it's not The Father God!

Ah, but hang on, us mainstream Christians believe in a god that's one and three at the same time, I hear you say. Yes you do, but at some point this god of yours is actually one god, so either he is one or he isn't one. If he is not one then say so but you can't can you 'cos you say he is one god, who at other times is three gods. No wonder you lot are confused!! So there he is, a monotheistic god that at other times can be three gods, what a clever god he is?

Ok that's one phoney god exposed, but what about this god of the JW's? Well this god is far less complicated, all you do is render one half of the Godhead impotent as a created being and, hey presto, you have one god. It's no good saying you still believe in Jesus, because in your blasphemous thinking you have reduced Him to nothing but a part of the creation. He might as well not exist at all, as He is no better than an angel, and all of mankind has and will die in their sins for, only God as a sacrifice could take all the sins of mankind on His shoulders - a created being would not be good enough. Here's the bottom line; to follow the teachings of the Satanic Cult is no different to following the Jewish religion as both groups believe in a mono-god. The Satanic Cult 'Jesus' is as weak and ineffectual as the wimp 'Jesus' of mainstream Christianity and another phoney god is exposed.

In my next article I will provide concrete evidence from the Old Testament to further expose Jehovah's Witnesses and their evil teaching.

The 'Gospel Driven Life' and The 'indwelling of sin'

Hello again,

Today we have, yet, two more wretched cases of false teaching given to us, courtesy of a certain Mr Mark (Kemo Sabe) Lauterbach and his sidekick Reid (Tonto) Ferguson. The problem here being, these people are not Lone Rangers, there's thousands of 'em, all 'cowboys' to a man (in the UK this is not a compliment). I came across this Mr Lauterbach's site via a link from a guy called Adrian Warnock, whom I presume gives Mr Lauterbach his blessing. I certainly find 'em don't I, and I think Mr Warnock should be a little more selective with the links he places on his site, unless he's as deceived as Mr Lauterbach, of course.

"The Gospel 'Driven' Life - Making the most of the cross and empty tomb."

OK, first up, I don't see what he's getting at, or what point he is making here, other than to be 'cool' or 'with it' using the latest churchianity jargon word - 'Driven'? Why, all of a sudden, does everything have to be 'driven'? Who dreams this meaningless garbage up? They must do it on 'Purpose' - ouch! Just a little joke, couldn't resist it!

Here is The Truth of the matter: If we are Born Again with the indwelling of The Holy Spirit - The Lord's power in us, why do we need to be 'driven'? Are we now some kind of motor vehicle, a lifeless machine or automaton that has to be switched on, kick started, controlled and brought to life by someone turning our ignition key, whether it be with The Gospel or anything else? If we are Born Again, how can we be anything other in our lives than desirous, willing, eager, keen, hungry, enthusiastic, positive, full of joy and always ready to take that leap of faith - risky living; always ready to suffer in trials at different times and yet counting it all joy? Do we have a Spiritually mature relationship with our Father in Heaven or not? Is Jesus Christ our friend and brother or not, if so, is He going to 'drive' us!!?? Is the Holy Spirit weak and ineffectual within us? Is it next to useless? To listen to these people you would think that it was, in fact, The Holy Spirit doesn't even get a mention in their diatribes. Furthermore, what kind of a 'Christian' forever needs prodding into action? I will tell you, one that is not properly birthed in Jesus Christ, one that does not realise that Jesus Christ resides with them and in them via The Holy Spirit and of course one who has 'indwelling sin'.

"Indwelling sin and the Gospel, 1."

Right! Who has indwelling sin? Do Born Again believers have indwelling sin or do the lost and unsaved have indwelling sin? Let's say for the sake of this study, both groups have it. OK, what's the difference between these groups now? I'll tell you - none - not a thing!! This is the blasphemy of what this man is saying. If there is indwelling sin, then sin is automatically in our heart, for this is where indwelling things dwell. Matt 12:34 "O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." [Emphasis mine] So there we have it, evil or sin resides in the heart."

Now hang on a minute, don't Born Again believers have The Holy Spirit residing in their hearts or indwelling them? Yes, they most assuredly do! Has The Law been written on their hearts as well? Yes, most definitely. Are The Father and The Lord Jesus Christ going to make their home in hearts where there is indwelling sin? No way, it's impossible, it could never happen. So what is Mr Lauterbach talking about? I don't know, I have no idea, other than it being blasphemous lies and nonsense.

"I do not think anything has been more helpful to me among our churches than the application of the doctrine of sin to daily life. After twenty five years in pelagain perfectionism, I am finding such help in this applied truth. It is remarkable how little we think out the doctrine of sin in what it implies for daily life."

Now head scratching begins with the above statement, and I haven't got nits or fleas either!! "Nothing has been more helpful" he says "than the application of the 'Doctrine of Sin' to daily life." The word 'Doctrine' in New Testament Greek means 'instruction' (Strong's Concordance) so here, what he is saying (whether he knows it or not) is this: "Nothing has been more helpful than the application of the 'instruction' of sin to daily life" Who instructs people to sin? I'll leave you all to answer that one - answers on the back of a postage stamp please!

Then he mentions something I have never heard of: 'Pelagian Perfectionism'. OK, I have now done a web search and discover it is just another version of legalism, self-improvement, salvation by works or boot strap 'Christianity' as I call it. What's new? Mainstream Christianity has been riddled and polluted with that for nearly 2,000 years! OK, I can understand him being against that, so should we all, if we are living free under Grace, but to counter it with something that's as evil as the thing he's against makes it worse, not better. For when did two wrongs ever make a right?

Now, something in the "(doctrine) instruction of sin to daily life as an applied truth", is helping him, and I'm scratching my head even more now. What is he talking about? I have no idea and what would a babe in Christ make of it all? I dread to think and hopefully, he or she would scratch their heads too, and walk away.

"It is first a realistic perspective. We are not to be surprised by sin. When someone confesses to specific transgression, we are not to act shocked. We do not condone but we believe that indwelling sin is lifelong and relentless and we will sin."

You know, when I read this intellectual theological garbage, I don't know whether to laugh or cry, or is it cry with laughter? Either way it's beyond belief. What is a "realistic perspective" and what has it got to do with anything, let alone sin? Oh, and then we are not to be "surprised by sin" I'll tell you what, I am never surprised by sin, are you? I live in a body of sin [Romans 7] a body of sin that will never stop sinning until it dies literally and I am resurrected a Spirit Being with Jesus Christ. My body died, metaphorically, in the watery grave of baptism so any sin that 'indwells me' dwells in my body which is now dead. Do these people ever understand what being Born Again means? I don't think so. Again he talks of indwelling sin which is not true, and I will repeat what I have already said: If we are Born Again we are new creatures - new people living in our old body of sin. Our bodies contain the sin, but we, as new creatures, have no sin through the INDWELLING of The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit would not reside with sin, it's impossible. God cannot live with sin - period. I do hope you understand this, for it is crucial for your spiritual welfare and that you reject this man's 'teaching' forthwith.

"I can well remember the perfectionistic standards I faced for many years -- the dismay and horror people conveyed when I spoke of any type of specific sin. It was also applied to my children (you are pastor's kinds -- surely you should not do that)."

Here, he has experienced self-righteousness and judgementalism from so called fellow believers, but he should not have been surprised by this, these attitudes and mind sets are caused by the very teaching he has given them. Can you believe that? Well you'd better believe it. He is the victim of his own vicious circle. These people are not under Grace, they don't understand Grace and they are in bondage to salvation by works teaching - his teaching. This teaching is legalistic in nature and because it's legalistic it breeds the attitudes he has experienced and from his own flock. All these problems he has experienced are the symptoms, and until he treats the cause of the disease he will continue to be on the receiving end of more of the same behaviour. Until his flock truly understand Grace they will continue to be a thorn in his flesh.

He has also made the fatal mistake of confessing a sin to his fellows, something we are not supposed to do. Our sins are between us and Our God, no one else!! The confessional is a papist blasphemy and you will not find a single Scripture that supports repetitive confession of sins - I know I have done a study on it and here is my blog on the subject to prove it. http://www.confessionofsins.blogspot.com/

"Behind this expectation is a moralistic salvation -- that if people know better, they will not sin. What people need is a strong moral pep talk. So when pastors sin, they who give those moral pep talks, they are especially inexcusable. This is also superficial and unbiblical."

These people 'expect' the unattainable, because they think that overcoming sin is down to them and in turn their silly minister's sins are also down to him to overcome, so by default they become accusatory. They are all in the same wretched boat that is riddled with holes. What none of them realise, including their blind minister/pastor, is that sin has already been dealt with by The Lord Jesus Christ at the cross and in His resurrection.

As long as there is 'expectation' on the part of believers towards their brothers and sisters in respect of their sins and human failures, they will always be disappointed - always!! Why did the Lord tell us that we must forgive them over and over again? Matt 18:22 "Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven." This is the Lord telling us about the reality of our human frailties, our human condition, which must always be taken into consideration when dealing with each other. We are perfect but we still live in a dying body of sin that.....Wait for it - sins!! Would you believe it?

"So when pastors sin, they who give those moral pep talks, they are especially inexcusable. This is also superficial and unbiblical."

Moral pep talks!!?? What are they? Hang on, I'll just check it in Strong's. Hmm. that's funny, can't find that little phrase anywhere, how strange? You see, this is what they end up doing, judging each other. Why do they do this? They do it, because they are 'overcoming' their sins and because each side thinks the same thing, then it becomes open season for judging and 'moral pep talking'. The problem here is this: As long as they think overcoming sin is down to them they will never overcome it. How's that then I hear you say? Easy, Jesus Christ overcame sin and death. Both death and sin are defeated, conquered and overcome. The Lord said "It is finished" What was finished? Sin and the power of sin - The Law which revealed men's sin and which men could not obey was nailed to the cross and then in His Resurrection, death was conquered too. The Law would now be written on men's hearts if they were Born Again and given a new identity - Sons of God. Sons of God do not sin, their bodies of sin, sin, but the bodies of Sons of God no longer belong to them. Sons of God are new beings, new creatures, Spiritual creatures not carnal creatures anymore, who do sin.

Hang on, but don't Christians continue to sin? Yes and no, their bodies do, but the new man doesn't. Hence we have these Scriptures in 1 John 3:6 "Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him." All this verse is saying is, either you are Born Again or not. Verse 9 "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God." As long as we belong to The Lord through His Seed remaining in us we cannot sin. We have to understand this wonderful blessing or we will continue to struggle with sin that in reality has no power over us as new men and women.

Now when we read what I have written here and then read: "This is also superficial and unbiblical." We can then understand what is superficial and unbiblical - nearly everything Mr Lauterbach says and the amazing thing is, people listen to him - let's hope they don't believe a word he says.

Now the blasphemies keep coming and his Biblical ignorance really comes into its own with this:

"If sin is so deep in us so that even when redeemed we still are drawn to its temptations, then why do we play the game of faking it -- of acting as though we do not sin?"

The above sentence shows that his Spiritual blindness is total. He just cannot see what being redeemed means and yet he uses the very word. He does not understand that The Lord Jesus Christ took all our sins - all of them so when those around him behave as they should - sinless, i.e. acting as though we do not sin he cannot comprehend that that is the reality of Grace and Salvation and that those around him seem to know more about Grace and Salvation than he does.

"Among our churches, we think pastors should be the most honest about their sin. The rule that is helpful is this -- if I am not confessing sin I am confessing sinlessness. And we know that does not happen"

Here he just compounds his ignorance by talking about being 'honest' about our sin. I will tell him and all of you, that if we are not 'honest' about our sins at baptism then we have missed the boat and the point and don't understand what being Born Again means. Then, like the legalist he must become he brings in rules - rules that are helpful. To a Born Again believer rules are a curse. Then he's back to the blasphemy of making repetitive confession of sins a requirement when it is totally unbiblical. He is truly a wretched lost case.

"Like I said earlier, right alongside of this is a hatred for sin -- we do not treat confession therapeutically -- it is more than venting and calls for more than sympathy. Jesus death for sin shows us its vileness."

Jesus' death for our sins shows us only one thing, that He took them - all of them to leave those that believe in Him sinless - perfect in The Father's sight.

"Treating confession therapeutically?" "Calls for more than symapthy?" What is he on about? It's just meaningless padding, man made, intellectual garbage.

"These two work together in freedom to confess and a desire to help each other grow in godliness. There is no phoniness -- no expectation that pastors or any believer be semi-angelic."

It gets worse - "To help each other to grow in Godliness" Godliness is Holiness or being like God. Now, who and what makes us Holy? Do other believers help us to be Godly and/or Holy or is it Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit, that makes us Godly and/or Holy? Again I will leave you all to answer this question. "Semi-angelic!?" I'm not even going there - unbelievable!! The only thing Christians can grow in, is Grace, Faith and Knowledge of The Lord Jesus Christ.

"This does not mean we do not believe in biblical qualification -- we uphold 1 Timothy 1, but we do so patiently and realistically."

What is: "Biblical qualification"? This must be a new dimension to being saved, perhaps a university degree or something? You know, like the university Peter and the other disciples went to!! Now he preaches a passage of Scripture that he doesn't understand, because he accepts it as written, especially verse 15 where Paul refers to himself as chief of sinners - present tense, instead of past tense. 1 Tim 1:15 "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief." Paul was chief of sinners when he was Saul and persecuted Christians to their deaths. The word 'am' can and should be translated from the Greek 'was' so what we have here is a translator's choice not The Truth. If we take this Scripture as present tense then Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus is meaningless and this blasphemous error which permeates mainstream 'Christianity' means that they do not know the difference betweeen a disciple and a Born Again Son of God. In fact most of them are locked into permanent discipleship which means they will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

The comment that follows proves what I was saying that they do not know the difference between a disciple and being Born Again, and so, just when you may have thought it couldn't get any worse - it does!! With the following:

"But while there is realistic biblical expectation of the lifetime war with sin, there is a biblical call to a diligent putting sin to death and putting on Christ."

Here is another blatant blasphemy. The Lord Jesus Christ conquered sin and death at the cross and if we are warring with sin, by default, we are acknowledging that sin still has power over us, when it does not. The sin is in our bodies not in us the new creatures - the new men/women. We are now separate from our bodies of sin where Paul describes the sin warring in his members against his mind. The mind is a part of our bodies, see Romans 7:22 "For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members." The law of sin overcomes the law in his mind and he is taken captive by the sin. The sin wins, but it hasn't won over the inner man; verse 22 his heart where The Lord has written His Law.

When we are Baptised we then receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. This is a once for all time arrangement, we do not go through some ongoing process of "putting on Christ." Once the Holy Spirit resides in us Jesus Christ comes to us and lives with us, John 14:18 " I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." This is Jesus Christ promising that He will come to those The Father has called to Him. This wretched silly man talks as if Jesus Christ is rain coat or a sweater - he plainly hasn't a clue and yet he actually stands in front of people and 'teaches' them. Furthermore, the term "putting on Christ" is not even Biblical, it doesn't exist, so where did it come from? Answer - from men of religion - they make it up!

"This is not moralistic, but focused on the heart and application of the grace of God to life. We do not call people to silly self-improvement -- but to holiness --and we expect there to be many battles and repeated with sin. And we think there will e progress in sanctification"

Ah, I wondered when the old gobbledegook of salvation by process would raise its ugly head and there we are - there it is "progress in sanctification" I was not to be disappointed, but before I dismantle that blasphemy, let's scrutinise the previous blasphemy because they pour from him like effluence out of a sewer. He is now God no less "We do not call people to silly self-improvement" So he is doing the calling now is he? Who gave him that idea I wonder? I thought it was The Father who did the calling! John 6:44. Now with regard to sanctification here is a Scripture that he overlooked; Hebrews 10:14 "For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified."

Now where is the 'progress in sanctification' in that Scripture; can you see it? For I can't and the reason you and I can't see it is because it isn't there and that is because to be sanctified means simply to be made Holy and we are made Holy by the indwelling of The Holy Spirit at Baptism - instantaneously - immediately - there is no progress nor process to it at all. If Born Again we are sanctified - made Holy and we cannot be made any more Holy than that, it's impossible.

Ok that's the end of part 1 of Mr Lauterbach's nonsense and believe it or not there is a part 2 can you believe it!? You had better believe it and I will return to do a further expose of his blasphemous diatribe as soon as I can. In the meantime feel free to join me on my other blog exposing another ravening wolf by the name of John Piper.

http://john-piper-the-raveningwolf.blogspot.com/

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What is wrong with most Christians?

Really, the question should be: What is right with them? The answer I'm sorry to have to say is, not much!

By asking these questions, I am not judging, for to come to obvious conclusions from all the evidence that is available, cannot even be considered as judging - the problems are manifold, complex and huge and are plain for all to see, if we can see, that is.

So show me your proof, I hear you say.

OK, I will, and I will use a current living, blogging example; someone, who shares his wretched condition for all the world to see on his blog. What sort of picture this example paints for those new to the faith I dread to think, but there we are, these people are out there and they are continually bringing shame on Jesus Christ's name.

Right, here we go, here is what this individual wrote as a supposed Born Again believer.

And before I start, don't get me wrong, for he comes across as very sincere and could well be a True Believer - totally misguided and deceived and thereby unnecessarily hard on himself, but this is because he doesn't understand Grace, nor truly what Salvation means. He believes in an ogre god, a god that is always making demands of him with a heavy yoke. See my web page for details on ogre gods 'cos they're worshipped everywhere.

http://yes2truth.com.istemp.com/index.html

OK, back to our wretched friend:

My Burden is Light?

"Light?

To believe that a God sent his son to die for me? A son I have not met, who has not spoken, whose Spirit goes quiet?

To live putting him first, above family, friends, self? To trust in the promise of his Word, a book handed to me by a man? A creature that this God's Word tells me is full of sin. Yet his word is trusted to man for thousands of years.

Asked not only to believe, but to Go! Needing to understand that those who are not convinced will go to Hell. Good people...friends...family...all condemned to death for not being convinced that Jesus died for them.

Light? Not to me. Not this journey. I need help and cry out for it but get silence and doubt.

God who hears all prayers, hear mine. Reach out to me in a direct way. Make yourself known to me. I go back to my first prayer.

Lord, be strong in my life
Help me to find my faith
And I will follow you!

Be strong, an all powerful God who has pity on a lost sheep. One who made it back into the flock, but is struggling to keep up.

Show me that it is true what you said, "For my yoke is easy and my burden is light". Help me lift.

So what strikes us first about this little passage? Well, he is questioning the lightness of the yoke that The Lord asks us to bear, but what he is really doing here is confusing taking up his cross with taking The Lord's yoke upon himself. These are two very different things and I will tell you straight, that if we make, and I did say if we make, the yoke heavy, we can never carry our cross - it's impossible and this is what this individual is experiencing - an unbelievably heavy yoke and his cross weighing down on top.

In the first line he shows his lack of understanding by stating that Jesus Christ is someone he has never met. If we are Born Again we have Christ in us, so how can he say he has never met Him, this again is impossible. Of course he has 'met Him'. He then states another impossibility - His Spirit goes quiet. The Holy Spirit resides with us if we are Born Again so there is no way it can go quiet - again, impossible!

Now, unfortunately, we move into real mainstream Christian error, and error that I, in the past, was also guilty of, i.e. "to live, putting Him first", telling God what I/we 'have done for Him' or what I/we are 'doing for Him'. This remark of his tells us two things: 1) It tells us, in a backhanded sort of way, that his Salvation is dependent upon himself and his actions and 2) he is telling God how great he is and what he has done for Him. We can't do anything for God, nor do we, He does everything for us. Even - "To trust in the promise of His Word." It is The Lord who gives us the ability to trust - Ephesians 2:8 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:" Notice, Grace and Faith (trust) are gifts of God. When our friend has learnt these fundamentals he will then be able to begin his walk with Jesus Christ. All the while he thinks he is doing it, he will struggle and eventually fail - it's inevitable!!

Now he displays Biblical ignorance: "A creature that this God's Word tells me is full of sin." If he is full of sin, where is the Holy Spirit? If he is full of sin, how does he explain these Scriptures:

1 John 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

1 John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.

OK, in fairness to him, what I will say is that most of mainstream Christianity doesn't understand the meaning of these Scriptures either, but it still doesn't excuse the error, an error that causes all his wretchedness. If he is 'full of sin' then there is no room for the Holy Spirit - period. The Holy Spirit would not reside with sin, that again is an impossibility - it couldn't happen and The Father would never allow it anyway. At conversion we confess our sins and when we do that it clears the way for The Holy Spirit to make its home with us in order for Jesus Christ to live with us. Once Born Again we are new creatures not "creatures full of sin." Where do they learn this stuff? Well we know don't we, he told us "a book handed to him by a man" It is more than likely this same man 'explained' what the book said, and therein lies the problem - ravening wolves in pulpits. "Yet his word is trusted to man for thousands of years." No, not at all, The Old Testament Scriptures were entrusted to the religious leaders of the Jews, not to man in general. After Jesus Christ's death and resurrection The Word was then entrusted to those whom The Father called to His Son and to no one else - The Church or the Called Out Ones.

"Asked not only to believe, but to Go! Needing to understand that those who are not convinced will go to Hell. Good people...friends...family...all condemned to death for not being convinced that Jesus died for them."

We are not asked anything, we are called and we can't refuse - how can we? It's impossible. We are then given the ability to believe - Eph 2:8. You see this is the fundamental flaw at the core of mainstream 'Christian' belief - they think it all depends on them, even Salvation itself; can you believe that? Well you better, for that is what this individual is saying. He then compounds one cataclysmic error with another. All these good people he knows are going to hell and of course that's true in part, for we all die and will all go to a place of nothingness known in OT times as Sheol, which basically meant a hole in the ground and that is hell.

I will cut to the quick with this one, because it is too big a subject for this article, but the short of it is this: In Revelation 20 there is the story of the future second resurrection, where all the people that were not part of the first resurrection will be resurrected in a new physical body. According to mainstream 'Christian' teaching and our 'friend', these people after having been resurrected will be judged and then thrown into the lake of fire. Now don't forget our 'friend' said that they were good people. So not only is the Father God going to judge ordinary human kind in general He is also going to judge good people too, (well you would, wouldn't you?) and they too will be thrown into the lake of fire. Naturally this carnage will also include teenagers, children and babies, for they have all 'rejected' Jesus Christ in this life.

Now roughly speaking this is what they believe, but there are some big unanswered questions here with this blasphemous interpretation. Here are just two little spanners in their papist RC works Romans 11:26; "for ALL Israel shall be saved" and 1 Tim 2:4; "Who will have (desires) all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." First of all we have an issue of favouritism here if we follow their silly ideas, because what this Scripture is saying is that all the Israelites and Jews who have ever lived will be saved. This is what this Scripture means - pure and simple. OK we will fast forward to the second resurrection and here is the passage below, but I will add, in brackets, what seems to be missing:

Rev 20:13 "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life (except the Jews and The Israelites) was cast into the lake of fire."

Now we know, that what I have done here is silly because Scripture doesn't say that, but if we apply our 'friend's' ideas or silly notions and The Truth of Romans 11:26, then this is the conundrum or contrdiction that they cause. They say that everyone that 'rejects' Jesus Christ in this life is going into the lake of fire. Well "All Israel" certainly isn't, "All Israel" is going to be saved, but do they explain this? No. Do they even know the Scripture is there? Probably not. Why? Because they don't want to know, that's why. There are none so deaf as those who don't want to hear, that is not Scriptural but it is a Truth. In the other verse I quoted: 1 Tim 2:4 we now have a better picture of what The Lord is going to do in the future. God desires all men to be saved so we now have All Israel and also a Godly desire for all men to be saved. Now with this verse we must use our imagination, if God desires something, do you think it is going to come about or end in abject failure? I will leave you all to answer this question and in the meantime I will contact the deluded soul who wrote the above article and try and lift him from his self inflicted misery.

"Light? Not to me. Not this journey. I need help and cry out for it but get silence and doubt."

I have already dealt with his problem here, but I will just re-cap and add: His load is heavy because he is carrying a leaden yoke of his own making and thinks that The Lord has made it heavy!! This is his yoke, not The Lord's yoke that he is carrying, he is actually carrying a load that has already been carried for him to the cross. Mainstream Christians make their yokes heavy by struggling with sin when The Lord overcame sin and death. As long as Christians struggle with sin they will never know what it is like to take The Lord's yoke upon them, for His yoke is light! Notice too, what he says next: "Not this journey." Now this is a referrence to carrying our crosses, for we are on a journey or in a race as Paul frequently referred to it, a race we are required to finish - not to win necessarily, but to finish. This means to keep on believing, no matter what, through trials and, possibly, persecution. Now this should be more than enough for any Christian to bear without adding other things that The Lord has already dealt with. "I need help and cry out for it but get silence and doubt." Of course he gets silence (until he met me of course, whom The Lord has sent to help him). You see, he can help himself by understanding what I am saying here, it's as simple as that. He should also study my teaching on Grace which has a link below.

"God who hears all prayers, hear mine. Reach out to me in a direct way. Make yourself known to me. I go back to my first prayer.

Lord, be strong in my life Help me to find my faith And I will follow you!

Be strong, an all powerful God who has pity on a lost sheep. One who made it back into the flock, but is struggling to keep up."

Here he asking for something The Lord has already given him - His faith. If this person is Born Again The Lord is already with him - residing with him via The Holy Spirit. The Lord has no need to 'reach out' to him for He is already there with him, but he doesn't seem to understand this. The Lord gives us His Faith, so we can believe, so we can follow Him. None of this is dependant upon us, upon our strength, and this is another reason why mainstream Christians struggle because they think it is their faith that is involved. Our faith is not even alive until we do works, our faith is dead until that point in time when we put our faith into action and in deeds or works - risky living as I call it.

Show me that it is true what you said, "For my yoke is easy and my burden is light". Help me lift."

Until he sheds his burden, his yoke, there is no way The Lord is going to help him lift. He doesn't have too, He gave him and us a light yoke to carry!

y2t

Redeemed or redeemed sinner….


….which is it? Because as True Believers you can only be one of these things or only carry one of these titles, you cannot in Truth carry the other, it’s impossible!

Some of you may ask the question: Is there any difference? I will answer: there most assuredly is. In fact the difference is so vast, it is like a chasm that makes the Grand Canyon look like a ditch or a dyke. “Oh come on” I hear some of you say, but I say “yes it’s true what I say.”

Ok so let’s get to it, what is the difference? The difference is wrapped up in the use this term ‘redeemed sinner’ for in reality this term is an identity tag or a label. If as a True Believer you go around telling people you are a ‘redeemed sinner’ you are giving them a confused image, signal or idea because they could come back at you with the question: “well are you redeemed or are you a sinner - are you still a sinner or are you redeemed?” Now this is a very pertinent question and one that any non-believer would be entitled to ask. The issue here is how would you answer them and what explanation would you give them?

The name tag ‘redeemed sinner’ which many Christians carry around like a cloud and in most cases without even knowing the meaning, keeps them in bondage and slavery to guilt. I have already said that it would confuse non-believers, but what does it do to those who carry this title or identity? Simple, it confuses them too whether consciously or sub-consciously or worse, both. Many of you will have heard it used hundreds of times and never seriously considered the implications of its use. So, without further ado here is the profound but simple explanation.

If you are born again - a true believer then you are redeemed or saved - period. Our Lord’s sacrifice was a redemptive sacrifice and through His sacrifice all our sins - past, present and future; were dealt with at the cross. This though is only half of the deal for His Resurrection gave all of us; all those who believe in Him and express that belief through Faith in action, a new identity. I cannot emphasise this Truth enough for it is crucial to your spiritual wellbeing and welfare.


If we are ‘redeemed sinners’ then we are neither one thing nor the other and it’s no use using the excuse that we need to be reminded of our wicked past when our Father in heaven has not only forgiven our sins but forgotten them as well. Psalm 103:11-12 states: “For as the heaven is high above the earth [so] great is the mercy toward them that fear (love and revere) Him. As far as the east is from the west [so] far hath He removed our transgressions?” If He has forgotten our past why do we need to remind ourselves through this nasty little name tag??

The answer to this is, we are Redeemed plain and simple nothing more and nothing less. Our sinful past is behind us - gone forever. We now have a new identity Son or Daughter of God, a Royal Priest, Brother and Friend of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Have you noticed the absence of the word ’sinner’ from these wonderful titles? Now you must begin to see yourselves in this new positive light, for that is where you are now walking - in the Light. For The Light is Jesus Christ.

The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ: The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ

The Simplicity that is Christ