I believe that the Emergent Church, Islamic Jihad, the New
Age movement, witchcraft/sorcery, Marxism/Communism/Socialism and atheism are
all equal in God’s sight. This could all
be understood as lusting after other gods.
Anything that separates you from God is sin, and we all know who the
author of sin is. All of these different
facets are controlled by the same personage: the Devil. Apparently, the Devil is under the impression
that he can overwhelm and thwart God’s plans.
Although the Bible predicts these things will come about through a New
World Order and Interfaithism, many Christians are complacent, ignorant or
misinformed. Fear not! All these things, and more, must happen,
before the return of Christ.
"Throughout the last 2,000 years this symbol
has designated hatred of Christians. Nero, who despised Christians, crucified
the Apostle Peter on a cross head downward. This hideous event resembled the
Teutonic cross and became a popular pagan insignia of the day. Thereafter, this
sign became known as the 'Neronic cross.”[1] Revived in the sixties by hippies and others
who protested nuclear weapons, Western culture, and Christian values, it became
a worldwide symbol of a new age of global peace and earth-centered unity. But
many heavy metal rock fans would agree with Nero and have used it to mock
Christ and His followers.” The peace symbol (also called the "broken
cross," "crow's foot," "witch's foot," "Nero
Cross," "sign of the 'broken Jew,'" and the "symbol of the
'anti-Christ''') is actually a cross with the arms broken. It also signifies the
"gesture of despair and the" death of man.''[2] Essentially it represents the rejection of
Christ.
Some derivations of the above
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A recent conversation I had on Facebook involving what was
posted on my profile went as follows –
RK: What's a Charismentalist Christian?
ME: Charismatic Fundamentalist Christian -
One who puts no limits on God and believes the Bible is true.
RK: you actually believe the bible is true
...word for word? Really! and which bible would that be?
ME: The one breathed by the Spirit of God.
Why, which one do you believe in?
RK: I believe in the ORIGINAL BIBLE and
not all the made up various versions
ME: I don't speak or write Hebrew or Greek
so I have to depend on the English translations. The one I trust most is The
King James but I do read several other versions. The Antioch scriptures seem to
be superior to the Egyptian versions, the King James is taken from the Antioch
papers. Which one do you consider the original bible?
RK: There is only ONE Bible. It is the Old
Testament. Other versions are a bunch of crap!
ME: Rather intolerant of grafted in Jews
isn't it? Also of those Jews that believe that Jesus is the Messiah. Ever read
Isaiah 53? Perhaps we can agree that the
Old Testament is the inspired word of God. Perhaps we can agree to disagree on
the New Testament. Most of all, shouldn't we agree to pursue these matters in
the realm of the love of God, rather than an adversarial confrontation. (I never
received a follow up response)
One man wrote the following three statements - In his early
life he wrote - “Through love of Christ we turn out our hearts at the same time
toward our brethren who are inwardly bound to us and for whom Christ gave
himself in sacrifice.” During his
college years he wrote - “I wish to avenge myself against the one who rules
above. I hate all gods, I worship Satan.”
In the latter part of his life he wrote - “thus heaven I’ve forfeited, I
know it full well. My soul, once true to
God, is chosen for Hell.” The author of
all three was Carl Marx.
The only real challenge to this New World Order is Biblical
Christianity. The average person today
is in his own little world, and is either ignorant of what is going on, or too
concerned with his own life and problems to take the time to comprehend the
danger. Basically, we can see that the
people in the world are like a flock of sheep.
God is the Shepard who protects and cares for the flock. The Holy Spirit could be looked on as the
sheep dog, directing and protecting the flock.
The Devil would be the big bad wolf, the lion, and the bear that would
like to eat the flock. We can see that
the flock, on its own, is not capable of protecting itself from a multifaceted
attack. Without God’s guidance and
protection, the flock of the world has no chance of survival. God provided an escape clause which will get
the individual out of any real danger.
That escape clause is salvation and remission of sin, available through
Christ.
When you want to know about algebra, you read an algebra
book; not a book on trigonometry. When
you want to know about American history, you don’t read a book about
China. When you want to learn to speak
Spanish, you don’t use a book on German.
When you want to know about God, you use the Bible; not a book on the
New Age movement.
It is hard for some intellectuals to humble themselves, and
set aside their pride, in order to accept Jesus. My mother fancied herself a great intellect
(graduated Magna Cum-Laude from Duke University). I think that she was disappointed in my lack
of scholarly pursuits in my younger years.
At one time she said that she didn’t think I understood that she was a
true intellectual. My response was that
I did, but that I had forgiven her. I
don’t think she ever quite forgave me for that.
The unpardonable sin seems to be the rejection of Jesus, among other
reasons, due to a hardened heart because of intellectualism and pride. As far as I can tell, my mother never
received salvation through Christ. For
years she had suffered with goiter attacks, and finally had to have surgery as
the goiter was cancerous. I visited her
at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
When I arrived, she was very upset because of the diagnosis. Despite her usual objections, I prayed for
her healing. The next day she told me
that during the night a bright light shown down from the upper left corner of
her ceiling. A voice came from the light
that told her she did have cancer, but it was being taken away and not to
worry. The medical staff, after further
testing, told her that there was no longer any sign of the cancer. It was there, but now it was gone. It was less than two days when doubt entered
her mind. From that time on she would
say that she didn’t know what that was in her room that night; but the healing
was not taken away.
I keep my eyes wide open all
the time.
I keep a close watch on this
heart of mine.
I keep the ends out for the
ties that bind.
Because your mine, I walk the
line.
This old Johnny Cash song describes the way I feel about my
walk with Jesus. At times it’s not easy
to be a Christian. The world is so
filled with controversy, falsehood, rejection and downright distain for Christians,
that living the Christian life is fraught with pit falls. However, I still recommend it as being
superior to anything else.
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