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Germany - New ShariRaye & GITMO Arrivals - Michelle Moore Show & more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
March 25-26 2023
Michelle Moore Show: 5 Must See
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documented the first ever hidden camera incursion into the Grove and the
bizarre pagan ritual, the Cremation of Care, practiced by its members: all men,
including both Presidents Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, and
Henry Kissinger to name but a few. For most of the Club’s long history, the
public could only speculate as to what these men were doing. Now the truth can
finally be revealed. Discover the horror of the secret rituals and strange
perversions engaged in at Bohemian Grove. Is this where your future and the
destiny of the entire planet is decided? https://beforeitsnews.com/resources/2023/03/5-must-see-documentaries-to-watch-share-with-those-waking-up-to-the-truth-videos-2432383.html
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Juan O' Savin & Lewis Herms: The
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Q - The Plan To Save Mankind And The
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March 26, 2023 9:01 - Trump’s rally in Waco – site of the Clinton
administration’s brutal mass murder – was one for the ages. What the left axis
of evil will never understand is Trump is the polestar for every American who
believes in our individual rights and freedoms. It’s just that simple. And the
millions of Americans that the Democrats and their globalists shit on every day
will be heard. Every attack on Trump is an attack on us. Trump is our proxy. We
know that. So we show up and these massive rallies will grow. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/03/trump-on-fire-first-2024-historic-campaign-rally-tens-of-thousands-descend-on-waco-texas-2024-is-the-final-battle-3658497.html
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Co-Sponsors - Sunday, March 26, 2023 8:18 - The Second Amendment was written to
protect the unalienable rights of the people to keep and bear arms, as well as
establish local, state militias that are necessary for the security of a free
state. Washington, DC, along with
several states have attacked these rights and demonized the constitutional
militias for decades. Now, we’re seeing
the issue of a national gun registry gaining momentum, which is something that
Nazi Germany had, as well as other totalitarian governments in history. The latest is coming from a Pennsylvania
Republican, who has gained 180 Democrat gun grabbers in support of his
unlawful, tyrannical bill. - https://beforeitsnews.com/u-s-politics/2023/03/shades-of-nazi-germany-republican-congressman-introduces-national-gun-registration-gets-180-democrat-co-sponsors-2602401.html
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'soldiers were preparing many surprises that would shake the brutal [Israeli]
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Apostasy In The Church
by Dr. David R. Reagan
Published on: April 7, 2015
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
March 28th 2023
The Bible clearly prophesies that the
Church of the end times will be characterized by apostasy. Paul said that the
Antichrist will not be revealed until “the apostasy comes first” (2
Thessalonians 2:3). Jesus prophesied that “many will fall away” and “most
people’s love will grow cold” (Matthew 24:10, 12).
In the book of Revelation, chapters 2
and 3, the Apostle John records seven letters of Jesus to seven churches in the
area of modern day Turkey. Among other things, these letters present a
panoramic prophetic survey of the Church in history. The last of the churches
mentioned, the one that represents the Church of the end times, is the church
at Laodicea. It is pictured as a church that is neither hot (healing) nor cold
(refreshing), but rather is lukewarm or tepid (Revelation 3:15-16). In short,
it is a church that is apathetic. Jesus also pictures it as a worldly church
enamored with its wealth (Revelation 3:17). The Lord is so dissatisfied with
this church that He declares, “Because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor
cold, I will spit you out of my mouth” (Revelation 3:16).
Clues from the Apostle Paul
Paul supplies us with some strong
clues as to why the end times Church will be weak, vacillating, and full of
apostasy. One of those clues can be found in 2 Timothy 4:3-4 which says that
“the time will come when they [Christians] will not endure sound doctrine; but
wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves
teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their ears from
the truth, and will turn aside to myths.”
Another clue is located in Paul’s
famous prophecy about end time society, the one in 2 Timothy 3. After
describing in graphic detail how society will fall apart in the end times, Paul
adds that the basic reason will be due to people “holding to a form of
godliness, although they have denied its power” (2 Timothy 3:5). There will be
no lack of religion, says Paul, but people will deny the true power that is
able to transform society for the good, producing peace, righteousness and
justice.
What is that power? First and
foremost it is the power of the blood of Jesus. It is also the power that comes
from accepting the Bible as the infallible Word of God. It is the power of
believing in a Creator God with whom all things are possible. And certainly it
includes a belief in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Today, these essential beliefs, which
constitute the power of Christianity, are being subjected to an unparalleled
assault from within the Church itself. The Bible says that in the end times
people will mock the promise of the Lord’s return (2 Peter 3:3-4). What is so
shocking is that most of the mockery is coming from within the Church!
The Root of Apostasy
How have we reached this crisis point
in the Church? It is rooted in the German School of Higher Criticism which
invaded this country big-time in the 1920’s. According to the “scientific
approach” of this school of skeptics, the Bible is not the revealed Word of
God. Rather, it is Man’s search for God, and therefore it is filled with myth,
legend and superstition.
Today this viewpoint dominates the
seminaries of America. The Bible is studied not to be believed and obeyed but
to be analyzed, dissected, and criticized. The result is that the Scriptures
have lost their authority.
Apostate Leaders
John Spong, Episcopal Bishop of New
Jersey, has written books in which he denies the virgin birth, denies the
miracles of Jesus, denies the resurrection, denies the Second Coming, and
argues that Paul and Timothy were homosexual lovers. Bishop Spong has become so
enamored with other religions that he has announced he will no longer witness
to those caught up in the spiritual darkness of pagan faiths!1
Similar apostate thoughts were
mouthed by Norman Vincent Peale in 1984 on the Phil Donahue program. Peale
announced, “It’s not necessary to be born-again. You have your way to God; I
have mine. I found eternal peace in a Shinto shrine . . . I’ve been to Shinto
shrines, and God is everywhere.”
Phil Donahue was so shocked that he
actually came to the defense of Christianity. “But you’re a Christian
minister,” he retorted, “and you’re suppose to tell me that Christ is the way
and the truth and the life, aren’t you?”
Peale replied, “Christ is one of the
ways. God is everywhere.”2
Look again at Peale’s incredible
statement: “It’s not necessary to be born-again.” What did Jesus say? “Truly,
truly, I say to you, unless one is born-again, he cannot see the kingdom of
God” (John 3:3). Who are we to believe?
Schuller’s Apostate Gospel
Peale’s leading disciple, Robert
Schuller, has outdone his teacher with the development of his “gospel of
possibility thinking.” In his book, Self Esteem: The New Reformation,Schuller
states that the leaders of the Reformation Movement made a mistake in centering
their theology around God instead of Man!3
Schuller teaches that the essence of
Man’s problem is low self-esteem.4 The Bible teaches it is pride. Schuller says
that when Jesus referred in John 7:38 to “rivers of living water” flowing out
of believers, He was speaking of self-esteem.5 The very next verse says He was
speaking of the Holy Spirit. Schuller argues that sin is anything that robs us
of our “divine dignity” (our “divine dignity”?).6 The Bible says sin is
rebellion against God.
The Response of Christendom
Schuller’s book calling for a “new
reformation” caused a firestorm of controversy. The Evangelical
magazine,Christianity Today, invited readers to give their opinions of the
book, and many people wrote in to denounce it. One writer referred to Schuller
as “a modern-day apostle of humanism.”7
The letters continued to pour in for
weeks, and they were so critical that Dr. Schuller decided to respond to them.
In a long letter published in the October 5, 1984 issue of Christianity Today,
he made an incredible comment that has haunted him to this day:8
I don’t think anything has been done
in the name of Christ and under the banner of Christianity that has proven more
destructive to human personality and, hence, counterproductive to the
evangelism enterprise than the often crude, uncouth, and unchristian strategy
of attempting to make people aware of their lost and sinful condition.
As a writer for Time put it in an
article in 1985, “For Schuller, an acknowledgment of self-worth, more than a
confession of sinfulness, is the path to God.”9
Further Evidence of Schuller’s
Apostasy
In an appearance on the Phil Donahue
show in 1980, Schuller tried, incredibly, to portray Jesus as an egotist!
Here’s what he said:10
The Cross sanctifies the ego trip.
That’s very significant. In other words, Jesus had an ego. He said, “I, if I be
lifted up, will draw all men to me.” Wow! What an ego trip He was on!
What blatant blasphemy — to accuse
the One who was the very essence of humility of being an egotist!
Schuller gave a speech at the
headquarters of the Unity Church in Lees Summit, Missouri and shared with their
pastors his church growth principles. This is a cult that denies the deity of
Jesus and which teaches reincarnation! He also dedicated a new Unity Temple in
Warren, Michigan, in spite of warnings from a local Baptist pastor not to do so
because of the errors of this cult.11
In a recent speech honoring an
Islamic spiritual leader named Alfred Mohammed, Schuller said that if he were
to come back in 100 years and find his descendants to be Muslims, it wouldn’t
bother him!12
An Apostate Seminar
Another modern day apostate is Robert
Funk, a New Testament scholar at the University of Montana. He is the founder
of the notorious Jesus Seminar which began operating in 1985. The avowed
purpose of the Seminar was “to renew the quest for the historical Jesus.”13 The
Seminar conducted this quest in a very unusual way. Meeting twice a year for six
years, the group voted on each of the sayings of Jesus recorded in the Gospels.
They voted by dropping colored beads in a box. A black bead meant Jesus
definitely did not make the statement in question. A gray bead meant He did not
say it, but it might have represented His thinking. A pink bead meant He
probably said something like this, but not in the words recorded. A red bead
meant He definitely made the statement.14
As you can see, the very approach
expressed contempt for the veracity of the Gospel accounts. What a spectacle
this must have been to the Lord as He watched these so-called scholars vote on
passages from His Word. “Professing to be wise, they became fools” (Romans
1:22).
The final product of the Seminar,
published in 1993, was a blasphemy of God’s Word. It was titled, The Five
Gospels.15The title comes from the fact that the Seminar decided to grant the
apocryphal Gospel of Thomas equal standing with the four traditional Gospels.
Only fifteen sayings of Jesus made it
into The Five Gospels in red! In Matthew’s account of the Lord’s Prayer, the
only words that made it in red were, “Our Father.” Only one saying in the
entire book of Mark was colored red. It is the statement of Jesus in Mark 12:17
where He told His disciples to “Render unto Caesar the things that are
Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Likewise, only one statement
from the Gospel of John qualified for the red coloring: “A prophet has no honor
in his own country” (John 4:44).
The chilling thing to keep in mind is
that the men who produced this spiritual pornography are professors at
seminaries across America. They are the ones who are training the current
generation of pastors and teachers.
Apostasy in the Denominations
The apostasy is not confined to the
seminaries. It is pervasive. It can be found in all denominations. Consider the
following examples.
In 1997, on the eve of Lent, the
Right Reverend Alan Smithson, the Bishop of Jarrow (Anglican Church in
England), held a press conference in London. He announced that it was
traditional for Christians to give up something during the forty days of Lent.
He then dramatically announced that he had decided to give up Bible reading! He
went on to explain that he was going to devote his time during Lent to reading
the Koran, because he felt like the Muslim scriptures would make him “more
understanding, more compassionate, and more fully human.”16
R. Kirby Godsey, president of Mercer
University, a school heavily supported by the Georgia Baptist Convention,
“denies the infallibility of the Bible, the unique power and authority of God,
the validity of the Gospel’s account of the life and teachings of Jesus, the
efficacy of Christ’s atonement, and the uniqueness of Christ as the only
Savior.”17
In 1997 the General Board of Global
Ministries of the United Methodist Church sponsored a meeting in Kansas City
that attracted 4,000 participants from all over the world. Called, “Global
Gathering III,” the conference featured a parade of speakers who attacked the
fundamentals of the Christian faith. One speaker declared that the crucifixion
of Jesus reveals an “abusive Heavenly Father who is not fit for Christian
worship.” The speaker urged instead that the Church revere all the world’s
children as little messiahs equal to Jesus.18
Apostasy in Local Churches
The spreading cancer of apostasy in
the Church is not confined to theologians and church conferences. It can be
found at the grass roots level, in local churches.
Consider, for example, The Episcopal
New Church Center in Walkersville, Maryland. This church hired a public
relations firm to develop a print and television advertising campaign. One of
the first ads in this campaign carried a banner headline that read, “To Hell
With Church!” It showed a man thinking, “If I want to feel guilty, I’ll eat
some cheese fries.” Another ad in the series showed a painting of Christ nailed
on the Cross. Scrawled over the painting were the words, “Of course people with
pierced body parts are welcome in our church.”19
The Maryland church really went wacky
when it moved to producing TV ads. They hired a fellow known for the kinky
cartoons he produces for Saturday Night Live. His first ad for the church
opened with a father and son tossing a baseball to each other in the front
yard.
“Guess what, Timmy?” the father asks.
“Tomorrow your mother and I are going to take you to church.” The father
continues, “Not only will you be able to learn about the wages of sin and
eternal damnation, but you can play fun games like ‘Bible Sword Drill’ and sing
inspirational songs like ‘Kumbaya’ and ‘I’ve Got Joy, Joy, Joy Down in My
Heart.’”
Dejected by this prospect, little
Timmy walks into the middle of the road and holds up his hands in surrender as
a semi-truck blows its horn and bears down on him.20
Not only apostate, but sick.
Inter-Faith Apostasy
The big move at the grass roots level
these days is interfaith worship services. I’m not talking about
inter-denominational — rather, the emphasis is on inter-faith. Christians are
inviting Muslims, Jews, Hindus, American Indian practitioners of “native
religion,” and others to join in worshiping “the one true god, regardless of
the name you may give to him or her.”
Pope John Paul II got caught up in
this inter-faith fad in 1986 when he invited the leaders of the world’s
religions to come to Assisi, Italy to join him in praying for world peace.21
One hundred sixty representatives came, including the Dali Lama (who considers
himself to be a god). Each representative prayed to his own god at the Pope’s
request! Did the Pope believe their gods were real? Or did he believe that they
were all praying to the same god, but under different names?
The Challenge
Englishman William Booth (1829 –
1912), who founded the Salvation Army, was a man with a great zeal for the Lord
and a passion for lost souls. He was also a man of vision. On the eve of the
20th Century when Christendom was caught up in euphoria about how the Church
would soon take the world for Christ, Booth predicted that the Gospel would not
fare well in the new century. Specifically, he prophesied that by the end of
the 20th Century, much of the Church would be preaching:22
Christianity without Christ
Forgiveness without repentance
Salvation without regeneration
Heaven without Hell
That’s exactly where we are today.
Because of it, as we begin the 21st Century, Christians are faced with
unparalleled challenges from the decay of society and the apostatizing of the
Church. Increasingly, many are going to give up hope. Some will express this
hopelessness by withdrawing from society and assuming a siege mentality. Others
will throw in the towel and adopt the attitude, “If you can’t lick them, join
them.”
Considering the magnitude of the
challenge, is there any hope for triumphant Christian living? And if so, how
then shall we live?
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