Modern Christianity, Part 2, Written by my Husband

 

Modern Christianity, Part 2, Written by my Husband, Mel

 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition. (II Thessalonians 2:3) 

How many people not only read God's Word, but study it? Many people trust their pastors or television evangelists to teach them the Bible, while their Bible gathers dust on a shelf. Many Christians are led astray by blind guides who have not been truly born again. In order to please their flocks, these blind guides tickle the ears of their flocks with man-pleasing lies, which produce spiritual death. God's Word teaches us that before the Lord's return there will be a great apostasy (falling away from Christ). Toward the bottom of this posting, I have shared dreams and words God has given me concerning the apostate church.

 The American church of today is a carnal (sinful, worldly) body, who has replaced holiness teaching, with the false grace for everything doctrine. True grace, only follows repentance and is not automatic. We should repent of our sins on a regular basis and turn from them. God does not want lip service, but obedience. There is no grace for words only, we must allow God's Spirit to transform us, this is the true meaning of being born again. Any tree who does not bear good fruit, will be cut down, and thrown into the fire. These are not the words of a legalist, they are the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. The holy prophets and apostles who wrote scripture inspired by the Holy Spirit would be called legalists, or works based ministers, by today's church, if they preached today. If you don't believe that works will affect your salvation, I encourage you to read Rev chapters 2 and 3. The Lord rebuked the churches because their works were not perfect before God. The Lord Jesus threatened to remove their lampstand from it's place before God, unless they repented, and did the first works again, as well as to vomit out a lukewarm Laodicean church! James the brother of Christ, wrote that faith without works is dead.

 Paul, Peter, James, John, and Jude, also taught us that holiness is a requirement for salvation. Many people believe that the sinner's prayer alone will save their souls, this is contrary to the Word of God. If the sinner's prayer is prayed with sincerity, and is preceded and followed by true repentance of sins, God will honor it. When you truly come to Christ, you have entered through the narrow gate which is Christ. This is not the end of your spiritual walk but the beginning. Once you have been born again, you start walking down the narrow road which leads to eternal life. Christ said that those who endure unto the end shall be saved. You may have been born again and spirit filled at one time, but because of your lawless deeds, you may be shut out of the Kingdom of God (Matt7:21-23). You must keep your faith, as well as your walk, unto the end to enter God's kingdom.

Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ Matthew 7:13-23

Jude the brother of Christ warns us to avoid apostate ministers who lead God's sheep astray. These men and women have turned the grace of God into lewdness, as well as deny both the Father and the Son by their unsound doctrine and wicked lifestyles. Many churches have been deceived by the love of money and pleasure, as well as corrupted by the lust for power, or position. The souls of people are the church, and we don't need large fancy buildings, or gimmicks to get people through the doors. We don't need Starbucks coffee houses in our churches to attract people, or strobe lights and smoke bombs. All of this is worldly, sensual, and void of God's Spirit. Much of the modern worship services please the emotions but are an abomination to a Holy God. God takes no pleasure in our worldly rock music, or jumping up and down, or dancing the holy ghost hop. God gave me more than one dream about how this is offensive to Him. Recently, the Lord spoke to me about how worldly some of the videos were that I shared on this page. The Lord told me that just because a music minister gets on his knees and weeps doesn't justify the music. I repented and removed the videos. The Lord showed me that most of the Christian music industry is married to the apostate church.   

 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage. But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit. Jude 1:4 & 16-19

Revelation 17:18 states that the harlot is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth. I believe that this is a reference to both Rome, as well as the USA  in a physical sense, as well as the Roman Catholic Church and her offspring spiritually. She is depicted as an adulterous woman clothed in purple and scarlet, scarlet is symbolic of sin, and purple is symbolic of royalty, as well as is the official color of the Roman Catholic Church. This adulterous woman sits on many waters and commits  fornication with the kings of the earth.  This is a depiction of the harlot church which rides upon the back of the beast (anti-christ, as well as his beast empire).  The biblical term Babylon is used many times within the old testament as a reference to sin and wickedness. There is also a similarity between the adulterous wife of Yahweh, mentioned in Ezekiel, and the harlot of Revelation. Just as Israel was unfaithful to God many times within the old testament, so much of the church is unfaithful to Christ today. To live in un-repented sin is to commit spiritual adultery. Mystery Babylon, is referred to as the mother of all harlots, I believe this is a reference to the Roman Catholic Church, as well as her offspring, the many protestant churches that preach a dead message of compromise (grace without repentance). God commands his children to come out of the harlot churches.

   

And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Revelation 18:4-5

The Lord shows me dirty brown or black birds in churches that compromise with their teaching, and lifestyle.  This is a reference to the apostate churches of the end times, known as Babylon (wickedness).

After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.” Revelation 18:1-3