With the massive publicicty surrounding the failed prediction of Harold Camping, atheists and other skeptics have had mock celebrations concerning the Rapture and so on.
As expected by all Christians who take the words of Jesus seriously, the Rapture did not happen as Harold Camping predicted on May 21.
Its amazing how people can ignore the clear teaching of Scripture
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. (Mark 13:32, KJV)
If anyone claims to know the time of Christ's return, they are seriously deceived.
So much religion in the world today is inspired by Satan, the murderous enemy of mankind, and so its adherents practice murder, too. It has been this way since the beginning of human history, with Cain killing his brother essentially over religious jealousy.
The answer to this question is given explicitly and repeatedly in 1 John 3, and elsewhere in the book of 1 John. Jesus also referred to it on the Sermon on the Mount.
Complicated theologies which attempt to discount the importance of repentance from dead works in truly coming to Christ and staying with Christ cannot be reconciled with John’s simple test of who actually IS a child of God.
Comments are welcome.
Rick Warren is a very affable man who understands a lot of things, not only about the Bible, but also about leading and managing human beings.
He is VERY smooth.
I have read his book "The Purpose Driven Church" which came out well before "The Purpose Driven Life".
Rick Warren doesn't speak in tongues, or allow people to speak in tongues in his megachurch.
To fill the spiritual void this creates, he embraces all kinds of New Age spirituality, teachers and philosophies. The proof is easy to document.
We've been looking at some of the characteristics of False Teachers in recent studies. This evening I'd like to point out something the Bible says about them which should cause us all to take heed, especially if any of us are in any sense Bible teachers or teachers of the people of God.
There are lots of different kinds of false teachings around in the world today. There are teachings like Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses and other cults which add to and subtract from the Word of God in order to create a new religious empire. There are really off-base occult philosophical systems like Theosophy, Rosicrucianism and the smorgasbord of various New Age systems including Hinduism and Buddism which some people select ideas from in order to construct their own personal belief system. All these things take people away from Jesus Christ.
2Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.
2Peter 2:2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
2Peter 2:3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
2Pe 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.
2Pe 2:2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
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 Peter 2:1 (KJV)
Even in the early church, when the apostles were still alive, there were false teachers. How much more today, when there is so much disagreement and confusion in the Body of Christ!
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