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Bland Församlingar som är en sektliknande organisation som står för sanningsmonopol och kontroll över människan med hjälp av synd och skam.

2011-09-15T13:05:00.000-07:00

Bland Församlingar som är en sektliknande organisation som står för sanningsmonopol och kontroll över människan med hjälp av synd och skam.

kontroll -herravälde, manöverorgan, styrning, manövrering, påverkan, målinriktning, målsättning,reglering, ingripande, reglerande, ordnande, inställning, approach, angreppssätt,tillvägagångssätt, knep, metod, grepp, fäste, menstruation, mens, kontroll, styrinrättning,manöverorgan, ledning, koll, övervakning,

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Just så agerar en sekt-människa,( avfälling, schismatiker, splittrare,)toppstyrd av sin förvrängda ide`uppfattning om kontroll-behov, maktstyrning, utnyttjar något och slår mot något annat, medelstskrämsel propaganda för över påståenden som blir till dogma, ofta utangrundorsak.

Sekt mentaliteten även som grupptryck härskar i mångasammanhang, religion, politik, olika organisationer, personkulter, samt företagm.m.

Livets ord har ensådan organisation som inte tillåter annorlunda tänkande existera, bara dem somfanatiskt efterföljer deras mix avläro-surdeg, de blinda följer den blinde, och båda faller i gropen.

Den svenska kristenheten är i stort vilsegången, vilseförd genomde många bevisen på identitetskriser man genomgår och låter sig förföras av.

Homo fober - tvångsföreställning, sammanfattningar, grupper,sammanhängande helheter, komplex, är sådana som bytt ut Guds avbild motkorrupta ting ( mänskliga skapelseverk, uppfinningskonster). och faller underdomen som beskrivs i Rom. 1.

Rom 1:18 Ty Guds vrede uppenbarar sig från himmelenöver all ogudaktighet och orättfärdighet hos människor som i orättfärdighetundertrycka sanningen.

Rom 1:19 Vad man kan känna om Gud är nämligenuppenbart bland dem; Gud har ju uppenbarat det för dem.

Rom 1:20 Ty hans osynliga väsen, hans eviga makt ochgudomshärlighet hava ända ifrån världens skapelse varit synliga, i det att dekunna förstås genom hans verk. Så äro de då utan ursäkt.

Rom 1:21 Ty fastän de hade lärt känna Gud, prisade ochtackade de honom dock icke såsom Gud, utan förföllo till fåfängliga tankar; ochså blevo deras oförståndiga hjärtan förmörkade.

Rom 1:22 När de berömde sig av att vara visa, blevo dedårar

Rom 1:23 och bytte bort den oförgänglige Gudenshärlighet mot beläten, som voro avbilder av förgängliga människor, ja ock avfåglar och fyrfotadjur och krälande djur.

Rom 1:24 Därför prisgav Gud dem i deras hjärtansbegärelser åt orenhet, så att de med varandra skändade sina kroppar.

Barnes

Romans 1:24

Wherefore - That is, because theywere unwilling to retain him in their knowledge, and chose to worship idols.Here is traced the practical tendency of paganism; not as an innocent andharmless system, but as resulting in the most gross and shameless acts ofdepravity.

God gave them up - He abandoned them, or heceased to restrain them, and suffered them to act out their sentiments, and tomanifest them in their life. This does not imply, that he exerted any positiveinfluence in inducing them to sin, any more than it would if we should seek, byargument and entreaty, to restrain a headstrong youth, and when neither wouldprevail, should leave him to act out his propensities. and to go as he chose toruin. It is implied in this,

(1) That the tendency of man was to these sins;

(2) That the tendency of idolatry was to promotethem; and,

(3) That all that was needful, in order that peopleshould commit them, was for God to leave him to follow the devices and desiresof his own heart; compare Psa_81:12; 2Th_2:10, 2Th_2:12.

Psa 81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
Psa 81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Psa 81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Psa 81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Psa 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
Psa 81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
Psa 81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
Psa 81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
Psa 81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

2Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

To uncleanness - To impurity, or moraldefilement; particularly to those impurities which he proceeds to specify, Rom_1:26, etc.

Through the lusts of their own hearts - Or, in consequence of their own evil and depraved passions and desires.He left them to act out, or manifest, their depraved affections andinclinations.

To dishonour - To disgrace; Rom_1:26-27.

Between themselves - Amongthemselves; or mutually. They did it by unlawful and impure connections withone another.

JFB

Romans 1:24

Wherefore God also — in righteousretribution.

gave them up — This divineabandonment of men is here strikingly traced in three successive stages, ateach of which the same word is used (Rom_1:24,Rom_1:26; and Rom_1:28, where the word is rendered “gave over”). “As they deserted God, God in turn deserted them; not giving themdivine (that is, supernatural) laws, and suffering them to corrupt those whichwere human; not sending them prophets, andallowing the philosophers to run into absurdities. He let them do what theypleased, even what was in the last degree vile, that those who had not honoredGod, might dishonor themselves” [Grotius].

Rom 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain Godin their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are notconvenient;

gave them over

G3860

paradidōmi

FromG3844 and G1325;tosurrender, that is, yield up, intrust, transmit:- betray, bring forth, cast, commit, deliver (up), give (over, up), hazard, putin prison, recommend.

deliver, give up, giveover, hazard,

see be assigned,allocate, appoint, etc,

over to a reprobate mind

G1519

eis

Aprimary preposition; to or into(indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively)purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases.: - [abundant-] ly, against,among, as, at, [back-] ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far moreexceeding, for [intent, purpose], fore, + forth, in (among, at unto, -so muchthat, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-) on, + perish,+ set at one again, (so) that, therefore (-unto), throughout, till, to (be, theend, -ward), (here-) until (-to), . . . ward, [where-] fore, with. Often usedin composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.)expressing motion (literally or figuratively.

G96

adokimos

FromG1 (as a negative particle) and G1384; unapproved, that is, rejected; by implication worthless(literally or morally):- castaway, rejected, reprobate.

worthless - empty,hollow, meaningless, useless, rubbish, waste, garbage, trash, junk, refuse, debris,wreckage, remains, fragments, litter, nonsense, drivel, hogwash, of no value, insignificant,valueless,

rascal, mischief, scoundrel, scalawag, rogue, good-for-nothing,troublemaker, no-good, out of order, out of commission, broken down, worn-out, givenup the ghost, gone down, rickety, ramshackle, shabby, dilapidated, falling topieces, worn-out, rundown, broken, finished, past its best, useless, kaput, degenerate,worsen, collapse, be reduced to, disintegrate, deteriorate, relapse, sink, slip,fall, immoral, debauched, corrupt, perverted, decadent, debased, immoralperson, reprobate, miscreant, mischief maker, troublemaker, scoundrel, malefactor,wrongdoer, criminal, reprobate, offender, villain, lowlife, rebel,

G1384

dokimos

FromG1380; properly acceptable (current after assayal), that is, approved:- approved, tried.

G1380

dokeō

Aprolonged form of a primary verb δόκω dokō (used only as analternate in certain tenses; compare the base of G1166);of the same meaning; to think; byimplication to seem (truthfully or uncertainly): - be accounted, (of own) please (-ure), be ofreputation, seem (good), suppose, think, trow.

of own pleasure, gratification, satisfaction,enjoyment, delight, amusement, recreation, fun, leisure, diversion, preference,inclination, choice, desire, wish, inclination, will, be of reputation, standing, status, name, repute, character, makeup,nature, disposition, spirit, moral fiber, person, individual, creature, charm, appeal,atmosphere, eccentric, oddball, personality,

G1166

deiknuō

Aprolonged form of an obsolete primary of the same meaning; to show (literally or figuratively): - shew.

Mind

G3563

nous

Probablyfrom the base of G1097; the intellect,that is, mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); byimplication meaning: - mind, understanding. Compare G5590.

G1097

ginōskō

Aprolonged form of a primary verb; to “know” (absolutely), in a great variety ofapplications and with many implications (as shown at left, with others not thusclearly expressed): - allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) known (-ledge),perceive, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.

G5590

psuchē

FromG5594; breath, that is, (by implication) spirit, abstractly orconcretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguishedon the one hand from G4151, which isthe rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even ofplants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew [H5315], [H7307]and [H2416]: - heart (+ -ily), life,mind, soul, + us, + you.

G5594

psuchō

Aprimary verb; to breathe (voluntarily but gently; thusdiffering on the one hand from G4154,which denotes properly a forcible respiration; and on the other from thebase of G109, which refers properly toan inanimate breeze), that is,(by implication of reduction of temperature by evaporation) to chill(figuratively): - wax cold.

G4154

pneō

Aprimary word; to breathe hard, that is, breeze: - blow. Compare G5594.

G4151

pneuma

FromG4154; a current of air, that is, breath (blast) or a breeze;by analogy or figuratively a spirit, that is, (human) the rational soul,(by implication) vital principle, mental disposition,etc., or(superhuman) an angel, daemon,or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy spirit: - ghost, life,spirit (-ual, -ually), mind. Compare G5590.

H5315

nephesh

From H5314; properlya breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality;used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily ormental): - any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead (-ly),desire, X [dis-] contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart (-y), (hath, Xjeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortality, one, own,person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, + slay,soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.

H5314

nâphash

A primitive root; tobreathe; passively, to be breathed upon, that is,(figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air): - (be) refreshselves (-ed).

H7307

rûach

From H7306; wind; by resemblance breath,that is, a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively life, anger,unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblancespirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression andfunctions): - air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, Xside, spirit ([-ual]), tempest, X vain, ([whirl-]) wind (-y).

wind - twist and turn, twist,curve, bend, snake, meander, curl, wrap around, roll, encircle, coil, twist, currentof air, breeze, airstream, wind speed, blustery weather, storm,

windy - turbulent, confused,unstable, disorderly, disordered, chaotic, tumultuous, inturmoil, restless, unruly, riotous, quarrelsome, rowdy, violent, blustery, stormy,blowy, breezy, gusty, bracing,

H7306

rûach

A primitive root; properly to blow, that is, breathe;only (literally) to smell or (by implication perceive(figuratively to anticipate, enjoy): - accept, smell, X touch,make of quick understanding.

H2416

chay

From H2421; alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh(plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in thefeminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whetherliterally or figuratively: - + age, alive, appetite,(wild) beast, company, congregation, life (-time), live (-ly), living (creature, thing),maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running,springing, troop.

living creature - mortal, earthly, worldly, human, corporeal, deadly, fatal,lethal, life-threatening, extreme, great, grave, severe, serious, being, person,man, woman, human being, individual, animal, beast, creature, monster, brute, swine,fiend, ogre, organism, insect, living thing,

seewild beast

H2421

châyâh

A prim root (compare H2331,H2424); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive:- keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, sufferto) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (tolife), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.

to revive - reawaken,restart, stimulate, restore, breathe life into, perk up, revitalize, pick up, perkup, resume, develop, recuperate, recover, kill, die, knock out, resuscitate, recover,bring round, recuperate, reclaim, recapture, summon up, remember, recollect, bringto mind, conjure up, summon, invoke, conjure, conscription, draft, mobilization,enlistment, recruitment, draft, outline, sketch, summary, plan, rough copy, version,mouthful, drink, swig, dose, glug, draw up, prepare, sketch out, outline, write,plan, design, compose, call up, sign up, recruit, conscript, conscription, call-up,gather, muster, assemble, call up, recall, evoke, bring back, wake up, comearound, regain consciousness, come to, wake up, lose consciousness, faint, blackout, pass out, swoon, collapse, repeat, redo, show again, put on, stage, restage,perform,

H2424

chayûth

From H2421; life:- X living.

H2331

châvâh

A primitive root; (compare H2324,H2421); properly to live; by implication (intensively) to declareor show: - show.

Rom 1:25 De hade ju bytt bort Guds sanning mot lögnoch tagit sig för att dyrka och tjäna det skapade framför Skaparen, honom somär högtlovad i evighet, amen.

ochtagit sig för att dyrka och tjäna det skapade framför Skaparen

detskapade

G2937

ktisis

FromG2936; original formation (properly the act; by implication the thing,literally or figuratively): - building, creation, creature, ordinance.

G2936

ktizō

Probablyakin to G2932 (through the idea of the proprietorshipof the manufacturer); to fabricate, that is, found (formoriginally): - create, Creator, make.

to fabricate - formulate, make,manufacture, produce, construct, engineer, put together, concoct, invent, makeup, dream up, trump up, cook up, devise, plan, work out, invent, create,develop, think up, formulate, set up, concoct, contrive, conceive, imagine,picture, conjure up, envisage, visualize, envision, perceive, look on,consider, regard, think of, elaborate, form, invent, formulate, devise, create,think up, dream up, make up, structure, composition, framework, frame,skeleton, support, construction, scaffold, structure, basis, context,background, structure, outline, agenda,

fabricate

mid-15c.,"to fashion, make, build,"from L. fabricatus, pp. of fabricare "make,construct, fashion, build," from fabrica (see fabric). In bad sense of "to tell alie," etc., it is recorded by 1779. Related: Fabricated; fabricating.

fabric

late 15c., "building, thing made," fromM.Fr. fabrique (14c.), from L. fabrica "workshop,"also "an art, trade; a skillful production, structure, fabric,"from faber "artisan who works inhard materials," from PIE *dhabh- "tofit together." Sense inEnglish evolved via "manufacturedmaterial" (1753) to "textile"(179

prefabricate

1932, from pre- + fabricate(v.). Shortened form prefab is attested from 1937. Meaning "prefabricatedhousing" is recorded from 1942.

pre-

prefixmeaning "before," fromO.Fr. pre- and M.L. pre-, both from L. prae (adv.) "before," from PIE*prai- (cf. Oscan prai, Umbrian pre, Skt. pare "thereupon," Gk. parai "at," Gaul. are- "at,before," Lith. pre "at," O.C.S. pri "at," Goth. faura,O.E. fore "before"), variant of base per- "beyond." The Latin word was active in forming compound verbs.

fabrication

c.1500, “manufacturing, construction,” from M.Fr. fabrication and directly from L. fabricationem (nom.fabricatio), noun of action from pp. stem of fabricare (see fabricate). Meaning “lying, falsehood, forgery” is fromlate 18c.

feign

c.1300, fromO.Fr. feign-, prp. stem of feindre "pretend,represent, imitate, shirk" (12c.), from L. fingere "to touch, handle;devise; fabricate, alter, change" (see fiction). Related: Feigned; feigning.

fiction

late 14c., "something invented," fromO.Fr. ficcion (13c.) "dissimulation,ruse; invention," and directly from L. fictionem (nom. fictio) "a fashioning or feigning,"noun of action from pp. stem of fingere "toshape, form, devise, feign," originally "to knead, form out of clay," from PIE *dheigh- (cf. O.E.dag "dough;" see dough). As a branch of literature, 1590s.

dissimulation - concealment, disguise, cover up, camouflage, suppression, conspiracy of silence, hush-up, veil of secrecy, censorship,wraps, squashing, dominance, clampdown, overthrow, conquest, defeat, destruction,containment, control, restraint, inhibition, repression, disguise, camouflage, disguise,smokescreen, cover-up, facade, concealment, obscure, disguise, mask, hide, conceal,dishonesty, deceit, deceitfulness, fraudulence, lying, untruthfulness, corruption,treachery, duplicity, cheating, trickery, subterfuge, trick, ploy, ruse, dodge,deception, artifice, maneuver, stratagem, scheme, plot, device, wile, trick, ploy,strategy, plan, tactic, scheme, gambit, stratagem, maneuver, trick,

dough

see - exchange, coins, coinage, commonness,prevalence, primacy, dominance, predominance, pervasiveness, occurrence, amount,rate, figure, proportion, value, regard, rank, esteem, appraise, evaluate, grade,assess, measure,

O.E. dag "dough," from P.Gmc. *daigaz "something kneaded" (cf. O.N.deig, Swed. deg, M.Du. deech, Du. deeg, O.H.G. teic, Ger. Teig, Goth. daigs"dough"), from PIE *dheigh- "tobuild, to form, to knead"

(cf. Skt.dehah "body,"lit. "that which is formed," dih- "to besmear;" Gk. teikhos "wall;"L. fingere "toform, fashion," figura "a shape, form, figure;"

Goth. deigan"to smear;" O.Ir. digen "firm, solid,"originally "kneaded into a compact mass"). Meaning "money" is from 1851.

see to besmear the body, sully - to bring shame or disgrace on somebody or something, quantity, corpus, amount,mass, bulk, main part, essence, majority, mass, better part, most of it, lion'sshare, corpse, cadaver, remains, carcass, stiff, deceased, dead body, group, association,federation, organization,

trump (v.)

"fabricate, devise," 1690s, from trump "deceive, cheat" (1510s), from M.E. trumpen(late 14c.), from O.Fr. tromper "deceive,"of uncertain origin, perhaps from a verb meaning "to blow a trumpet." Related: Trumped; trumping. Trumped up "false, concocted" firstrecorded 1728.

Trumped up - False, Fake, Invented, Made up, Fabricated, Falsified, Phony,

False - Artificial, Fictitious, Pretend, Put-on, Made-up, Insincere, Copied, Forged,Counterfeit, Fake, Bogus, Sham, Phony, Fabricated, Deceitful, Made-up, Insincere,Dishonest, Wrong, Incorrect, Untrue, Untruthful, Fallacious, Deceptive, Mistaken,Deceiving, Misleading, Erroneous,

Concocted - Imaginary, Make-believe, fantasize, pretend, imagine, made-up, invented,fantasy, imaginary, imagination, fantasy, pretense, role-play, play-acting, astory, a game, Fictitious, Pretend, Invented, Not real, Fictional,

frame (v.)

O.E. framian"to profit, be helpful, avail, benefit," from fram "active,vigorous, bold," originally "going forward," from fram"forward; from" (see from).Influenced by related O.E. fremman "helpforward, promote, further, do, perform, accomplish," and by O.N.fremja "to further, execute."

Sense focused in M.E. from "make ready" (mid-13c.) to "prepare timber for building"(late 14c.). Meaning "compose,devise" is first attested 1540s. The noun meaning "established order, plan" and that of "human body" are both firstrecorded 1590s. The criminal slang sense of "blame an innocent person" (1920s) is probably from earliersense of "plotin secret" (1900), perhaps ultimately from meaning "fabricate a story with evilintent," first attested 1510s. Related: Framed; framing.

G2932

ktaomai

Aprimary verb; to get, that is, acquire (by any means; own):- obtain, possess, provide, purchase.

ABP+

Rom 1:25 the ones who changed over the truth ofGod inthe lie, and worshiped andserved to thecreated thing over the onehaving created it , who isblessed into theeons. Amen.

the ones who changed over
the truth ofGod inthe lie

G3337

metallassō

FromG3326 and G236;toexchange: - change.

G3326

THE MAN OF SIN REVEALED

2011-09-05T11:05:00.000-07:00

                        THE MAN OF SIN REVEALED

By Pastor D Badger (reprinted by kind permission)
http://www.otteryreformed.freeola.net/man-sin.htm

MATTHEW HENRY, one of the most esteemed of Christian writers commenting on 2 Thessalonians 2 v4 writes: 'To whom can this better apply than to the Bishop of Rome'. On Revelation 17 he says, 'This Beast is the Papacy'.

WILLIAM BURKITT writes on 2 Thessalonians 2, 'By the Man of Sin understand not a particular and individual person, but a society and succession of men. Such as is found in and among the Papacy'. On Revelation 17 he writes: 'The present Papal Church of Rome deserves this name, the great Whore having been guilty of the greatest defection and apostasy from the true evangelical doctrine and worship that ever was in the world'.

JOHN TRAPP - Spurgeon said of him, 'He who shall excel Trapp had need rise very early in the morning'. Trapp applies the whole of 2 Thessalonians 2 to the Papacy and on Revelation 17 he comments thus: 'The Romish Whore condemned of God'.

ADAM CLARKE - Among Methodist scholars few could surpass him. On 2 Thessalonians Clarke spends six pages on the evidence of scholars and in his summary says, 'The most pointed part of the evidence here adduced tends to fix the whole on the Romish Whore and on no other'. On Revelation 17 he writes: 'This Woman is the Latin Church she affects the style and title of our Holy Mother Church; but she is, in truth, the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth'.

BISHOPS ELLICOTT - On Revelation 17 he writes : 'Is it then, the question must be asked, Papal Rome? The answer is: In so far as Papal Rome has wielded tyrant power, turned persecutor, stood between the spirits of men and Christ, depraved men's consciences, withheld the truth, connived at viciousness, sought aggrandisement, and been a political engine rather than a witness for the Righteous King, she has inherited the features of Babylon'. Even Dante the Poet and Writer applies this passage to Rome.

JOHN WESLEY - He applies these prophecies of Revelation to the Roman Church in considerable detail.

DEAN HENRY ALFORD - On Revelation 17 says, 'I do not hesitate therefore to maintain that interpretation which regards Papal Rome as pointed out by the Harlot of this vision'.

CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, CANON OF WESTMINSTER, BISHOP OF LINCOLN, DOCTOR OF DIVINITY - 'Nearly eighteen centuries have passed since the Holy Spirit prophesised by the mouth of John, that this mystery would be revealed in that city which was then the Queen of the earth, the city on seven hills, the city of Rome. Age after age rolled away. Then the form of the mystery became more and more distinct. The seven hills and the Woman sitting upon them became visible. Her voice was heard, strange sounds of blasphemy were muttered by her. Then they became louder and louder. The golden chalice in her hand, her scarlet attire, her pearls and jewels, glittering in the sun. Kings and nations were seen prostrate at her feet, and drinking her cup. Saints were slain by her sword. Now the prophecy became clear, clear as noonday; and we tremble at the sight, whilst we read the inscription in large letters, 'MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT' written by the hand of JOHN guided by the Spirit of God, on the forehead of the Church of Rome'.

DR H GRATTAN GUINNESS - One of the greatest scholars of the historical school writes: 'Read this wonderful prophecy concerning Babylon the Great in the clear and all revealing light of history. I ask those of you who have read the history of the last eighteen centuries did not Rome Christian become a Harlot? Did it not glorify itself to be as a Queen, and call itself the mistress of the world? Did it not ride upon the body of the Beast, or fourth empire and govern its actions for centuries? Did not Papal Rome array itself in purple and scarlet, and deck itself with gold and precious stones and pearls? Is not this its attire still? We appeal to the facts. Go to the Churches and see. Look at the priests; look at the Cardinals; look at the Popes; look at the purple robes they wear; look at their scarlet; see the encrusted jewels; look at the luxurious palaces in which they live; look at the 11,000 halls and chambers in the Vatican; and the unbounded wealth and glory gathered there; look at the gorgeous spectacles in St Peters at Rome, casting even the magnificence of Royalty into the shade. Go and see these things or read the testimony of those who have seen them. Shamelessly Rome wears the very raiment, the very hues and colours, portrayed on the pages of inspired prophecy. You may know the Harlot by her attire,as certainly as by the name upon her brow'.

JOHN WYCLIF - He identified Romanism as the fulfilment of Daniel's 'Little Horn'. Wyclif then said, 'Why is it necessary in unbelief to look for another Antichrist'?

MARTIN LUTHER - Luther said that the papacy is, 'Nothing else than the kingdom of Babylon and of every Antichrist. For who is the man of sin and the son of perdition but he who by his teaching and his ordinances increases the sin and perdition of souls in the Church; whilst he yet sits in the Church as if he were God'?

PHILIP MELANCTHON wrote: 'It is most manifest and true without any doubt, that the Roman Pontiff, with his whole order and kingdom, is very Antichrist'.

JOHN CALVIN says: 'Rome indeed was once the Mother of all Churches, but since she began to be the seat of Antichrist she ceased to be what she was'. He further says, 'The Roman Pontiff has inpudently transferred to himself the most peculiar properties of God and Christ, there cannot be doubt that he is the leader and standard bearer of an impious and abominable kingdom'.

JOHN KNOX - He launched the Reformation in Scotland with an exposition of Daniel 7. Of Rome he said, 'For your Roman Church as it is now corrupted I no more doubt that it is the synagogue of Satan, and the head thereof called the Pope, to be the man of sin, of whom the Apostle speaketh, than I doubt that Jesus Christ suffered by the procurement of the visible Church of Jerusalem'.

HUGH LATIMER said, 'Yes, what fellowship hath Christ with Antichrist therefore it is now lawful to bear the yoke with Papists'.

NICHOLAS RIDLEY - 'The See of Rome is the Sea of Satan, and the Bishop of the same, that maintaineth the abominations thereof, is Antichrist himself indeed'.

THOMAS CRANMER - 'Antichrist of Rome hath extolled himself above his fellow bishops, as God's Vicar, yea, rather as God himself'. As regards the exposition of Daniel 7 and Revelation he said, 'Whereof it followeth Rome to be the seat of Antichrist, and the Pope to be very Antichrist himself. I could prove the same by many other Scriptures, old writers and strong reasons'.Now these men were not simpletons but front rank scholars and spiritual leaders in their day. In these days when faith is held so lightly and error embraced so easily you would do well to give attentive ear to their one voice.

THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH, Chapter 25, Section 6 reads, 'There is no other head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ: nor can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof; but is that Antichrist, the man of sin, and the son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the Church against Christ and all that is called God'.In the light of today's ecumenical/charismatic climate it is surely significant to read of propositions that this passage be removed from the confessions of faith.

DR WALTER CRISWELL, Pastor of the great first Baptist Church Dallas Texas expounded Revelation 17 in these words, 'The worship of Mother and Child throughout the whole world, from Babylon to Assyria, to Phoenicia, to Pergamos, and finally to Rome itself. There the Roman Emperor was elected Pontifex Maximus and when the Roman Emperor passed away, that title of the rites and mysteries of the cult Mother and Child, the Babylon Mystery of Idolatry was assumed by the Bishop of Rome'.

Why then all these quotes? To show you that the application of these prophetic passages to the Church of Rome is no new thing. It is the persistent interpretation of the Protestant Evangelical faith for nearly 1800 years.

To maintain this stand is to be unpopular with ecumenicals, charismatics and so called evangelical Christians many of whom believe that Rome is a Christian Church; nothing could be further from the truth.

To speak of the Papacy in terms of uncompromising condemnation is not an easy thing. However, it would be dishonouring to God if we failed to expound the Scriptures. Silence is a shame on the believer. All that is needed for the triumph of evil is that good men remain silent.

My own note:
--the name upon her brow. also means forehead, temple, church, etc

Inlagt av Leif Berg

Havererad frikyrkomodell utan framtid

2011-06-19T11:34:00.000-07:00

En havererad frikyrko samling.

Pingst ffs dialog med katoliker

Avfallet inom Pingst en förförelse.

Dialogen katoliker - pingst fortsätter.

Samtal mellan Pingströrelsen och Katolska kyrkan, Stockholms katolska stift har pågått sedan 2003. Efter en inledande fas då gruppens medlemmar lärt känna varandra och sina olika traditioner har frågor tagits upp som relationen mellan bibelsyn och tradition, synen på Jungfru Maria och helgonen, äktenskapet, eskatologi, enheten och ämbetet, den apostoliska successionen och den helige Ande. Den 25 nov träffades samtalsgruppen igen i katolska kyrkan i Järfälla.

Samtalsdelegationen består av:

från Pingst: redaktör Olof Djurfeldt, pastor Peter Halldorf, pastor Sten-Gunnar Hedin, pastor Dan Salomonsson, pastor Ingrid Svanell, pastor Uno Solinger och pastor David Sundström; tidigare har Beryl Lindeman funnits med;

från Stockholms katolska stift: Biskop Anders Arborelius ocd, överläkare Michael Alvarsson, p. Fredrik Emanuelson omi, universitetslektor Jonas Holmstrand, diakon Erik Kennet Pålsson och Sr. Veronica Tournier op. I inledningen fanns också biskop William Kenney cp och p. Henrik Roelvink ofm med.

Efter tisdagens möte offentliggjordes ett gemensamt uttalande. Där kan man bl.a. läsa:

"I sorgen över den splittring som alltför ofta råder mellan olika kristna vill vi vara öppna för den enhet och den gemenskap som bara Gud själv kan ge åt sitt folk. Det är en glädje att inse hur mycket vi tillsammans håller för sant och gemensamt kan stå för inför världen.

Läs mer på:
http://katolsktfonster.se/forum/blogs/nyheter/archive/2008/11/28/dialogen-katoliker-pingst-forts-228-tter.aspx

En frikyrkoförsamling i veckan läggs ner

Undersökning visar att nedläggningstakten för frikyrkor ökar - - men antalet medlemmar minskar inte i samma takt

Publicerad: 2011-06-17 03:00 | Uppdaterad: 2011-06-17 11:12
http://www.dagen.se/dagen/article.aspx?id=265256

För varje vecka som passerar går också drygt en frikyrkoförsamling i graven. De senaste fem åren har takten för nedläggningar ökat. Det visar den rikstäckande undersökning som Öyvind Tholvsen, har sammanställt.

Havererad frikyrkomodell utan framtid

Artikel från Dagen,

Publicerad: 2011-06-14 03:00 | Uppdaterad: 2011-06-14 09:32
http://www.dagen.se/dagen/article.aspx?id=264675

Mat 24:1 Och Jesus gick därifrån, ut ur helgedomen. Hans lärjungar trädde då fram och bådo honom giva akt på helgedomens byggnader.

Mat 24:2 Då svarade han och sade till dem: "Ja, I sen nu allt detta; men sannerligen säger jag eder: Här skall icke lämnas sten på sten; allt skall bliva nedbrutet."

Mat 24:3 När han sedan satt på Oljeberget, trädde hans lärjungar fram till honom, medan de voro allena, och sade: "Säg oss när detta skall ske, och vad som bliver tecknet till din tillkommelse och tidens ände."

Mat 24:4 Då svarade Jesus och sade till dem: "Sen till, att ingen förvillar eder.
Mat 24:5 Ty många skola komma under mitt namn och säga: 'Jag är Messias' och skola förvilla många.
Mat 24:6 Och I skolen få höra krigslarm och rykten om krig; sen då till, att I icke förloren besinningen, ty sådant måste komma, men därmed är ännu icke änden inne.

Mat 24:7 Ja, folk skall resa sig upp mot folk och rike mot rike, och det skall bliva hungersnöd och jordbävningar på den ena orten efter den andra;
Mat 24:8 men allt detta är allenast begynnelsen till 'födslovåndorna'.

Mat 24:9 Då skall man prisgiva eder till misshandling, och man skall dräpa eder, och I skolen bliva hatade av alla folk, för mitt namns skull.

Mat 24:10 Och då skola många komma på fall, och den ene skall förråda den andre, och den ene skall hata den andre.

Mat 24:11 Och många falska profeter skola uppstå och skola förvilla många.

Mat24:12 Och därigenom att laglösheten förökas, skall kärleken hos de flesta kallna.

Mat 24:13 Men den som är ståndaktig intill änden, han skall bliva frälst.

Mat 24:14 Och detta evangelium om riket skall bliva predikat i hela världen, till ett vittnesbörd för alla folk. Och sedan skall änden komma.

Mat 24:15 När I nu fån se 'förödelsens styggelse', om vilken är talat genom profeten Daniel, stå på helig plats - den som läser detta, han give akt därpå -

Mat 24:16 då må de som äro i Judeen fly bort till bergen,

Mat 24:17 och den som är på taket må icke stiga ned för att hämta vad som finnes i hans hus,

Mat 24:18 och den som är ute på marken må icke vända tillbaka för att hämta sin mantel.

Mat 24:19 Och ve dem som äro havande, eller som giva di på den tiden!

Mat 24:20 Men bedjen att eder flykt icke må ske om vintern eller på sabbaten.

Mat 24:21 Ty då skall det bliva 'en stor vedermöda, vars like icke har förekommit allt ifrån världens begynnelse intill nu', ej heller någonsin skall förekomma.

Mat 24:22 Och om den tiden icke bleve förkortad, så skulle intet kött bliva frälst; men för de utvaldas skull skall den tiden bliva förkortad.

Mat 24:23 Om någon då säger till eder: 'Se här är Messias', eller: 'Där är han', så tron det icke.

Mat 24:24 Ty människor som falskeligen säga sig vara Messias skola uppstå, så ock falska profeter, och de skola göra stora tecken och under, för att, om möjligt förvilla jämväl de utvalda.

Mat 24:25 Jag har nu sagt eder det förut.

Mat 24:26 Därför, om man säger till eder: 'Se, han är i öknen', så gån icke ditut, eller: 'Se, han är inne i huset', så tron det icke.

Mat 24:27 Ty såsom ljungelden, när den går ut från öster, synes ända till väster, så skall Människosonens tillkommelse vara. -

Mat 24:28 Där åteln är, dit skola rovfåglarna församla sig.

Mat 24:29 Men strax efter den tidens vedermöda skall solen förmörkas och månen upphöra att giva sitt sken, och stjärnorna skola falla ifrån himmelen, och himmelens makter skola bäva.

Mat 24:30 Och då skall Människosonens tecken visa sig på himmelen, och alla släkter på jorden skola då jämra sig. Och man skall få se 'Människosonen komma på himmelens skyar' med stor makt och härlighet.

Mat 24:31 Och han skall sända ut sina änglar med starkt basunljud, och de skola församla hans utvalda från de fyra väderstrecken, från himmelens ena ända till den andra.
Mat 24:32 Ifrån fikonträdet mån I här hämta en liknelse. När dess kvistar begynna att få save och löven spricka ut, då veten I att sommaren är nära.

Mat 24:33 Likaså, när I sen allt detta, då kunnen I ock veta att han är nära och står för dörren.

Mat 24:34 Sannerligen säger jag eder: Detta släkte skall icke förgås, förrän allt detta sker.

Mat 24:35 Himmel och jord skola förgås, men mina ord skola aldrig förgås.

Mat 24:36 Men om den dagen och den stunden vet ingen något, icke ens änglarna i himmelen, ingen utom Fadern allena.

Mat 24:37 Ty såsom det skedde på Noas tid, så skall det ske vid Människosonens tillkommelse.

Mat 24:38 Såsom människorna levde på den tiden, före floden: de åto och drucko, män togo sig hustrur, och hustrur gåvos åt män, ända till den dag då Noa gick in i arken;

Mat 24:39 och de visste av intet, förrän floden kom och tog dem allasammans bort - så skall det ske vid Människosonens tillkommelse.

Mat 24:40 Då skola två män vara tillsammans ute på marken; en skall bliva upptagen, och en skall lämnas kvar.

Mat 24:41 Två kvinnor skola mala på samma kvarn; en skall bliva upptagen, och en skall lämnas kvar.

Mat 24:42 Vaken fördenskull; ty I veten icke vilken dag vår Herre kommer.

Mat 24:43 Men det förstån I väl, att om husbonden visste under vilken nattväkt tjuven skulle komma, så vakade han och tillstadde icke att någon bröt sig in i hans hus.
Mat 24:44 Varen därför ock I redo; ty i en stund då I icke vänten det skall Människosonen komma.

Mat 24:45 Finnes nu någon trogen och förståndig tjänare, som av sin herre har blivit satt över hans husfolk för att giva dem mat i rätt tid -

Mat 24:46 salig är då den tjänaren, om hans herre, när han kommer, finner honom göra så.

Mat 24:47 Sannerligen säger jag eder: Han skall sätta honom över allt vad han äger.

Mat 24:48 Men om så är, att tjänaren är en ond man, som säger i sitt hjärta: 'Min herre kommer icke så snart',

Mat 24:49 och han begynner slå sina medtjänare och äter och dricker med dem som äro druckna,

Mat 24:50 då skall den tjänarens herre komma på en dag då han icke väntar det, och i en stund då han icke tänker sig det,

Mat 24:51 och han skall låta hugga honom i stycken och låta honom få sin del med skrymtare. Där skall vara gråt och tandagnisslan."

Mat 24:12 Och eftersom laglösheten tilltar, kommer kärleken att svalna hos de flesta.

Mat 24:13 Men den som håller ut intill slutet skall bli frälst.

Mat 24:14 Och detta evangelium om riket skall predikas i hela världen till ett vittnesbörd för alla folk, och sedan skall slutet komma.

KJV
Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

ABP
Mat 24:12 And on account of the multiplying the lawlessness, [shall be made cold the love of many].

the love of many
G4183
polus polos
Including the forms from the alternate “pollos”; (singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverb largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely: - abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft (-en [-times]), plenteous, sore, straitly.

Compare
G4118, G4119.

spent - exhausted, tired, used up, useless, depleted, worn-out, washed-out, spend, waste, fritter, squander, splurge, consume, finish, exhaust, run through, throw away, dispose of, get rid of, throw out, discard, dump, leave, abandon, tip, get rid of, abandon, desert, dispose of, leave, chuck, finish with, unattractive place, hole, gap, crack, break, outlet, fissure, perforation, aperture, hollow, cavity, void, chasm, gulf, abyss, flaw, fault, error, defect, fallacy, weakness, den, lair, retreat, burrow, run, fleapit, dump, hovel, cell, pit, mansion, house, quarters, dwelling, abode, domicile, home, residence, farmhouse, terrace, council house, boarding house, back-to-back, pied-à-terre, studio, apartment, loft, family, dynasty, line, stock, household, company, organization, lodge, give shelter to, take in, board, put up, accommodate, have room for, contain, hold, seat, be big enough for, get used to, adapt, become accustomed to, familiarize, acclimatize, be of service, find ways to help, assist, help, oblige, manor, hall, pigsty, dump, throw out, jettison, scrap, ditch, reject, waste, squander, blow, drain, exhaust,

altogether common, far passed, spent, general, universal, broad, common, broad-spectrum, widespread, collective, total, entire, complete, unanimous, ordinary, widespread, frequent, shared, mutual, joint, public, for all, communal, collective,

lost (adj.)

"defeated" (c.1300), "wasted, spent in vain," c.1500; also "no longer to be found" (1520s), from the pp. of lose (q.v.). Lost Cause in ref. to the Southern U.S. bid for independence is from the title of E.A. Pollard's history of the CSA and the rebellion (1866). Lost Generation in ref. to the period 1914-18 first attested 1926 in Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises," where he credits it to Gertrude Stein.
defeated - beaten, overcome, overpowered, overwhelmed, conquered, crushed, routed, whitewashed, trounced, vanquished, beaten, bested, worsted, defeated, outdone, subjugated, defeat,

lose

O.E. losian "be lost, perish," from los "destruction, loss," from P.Gmc. *lausa (cf. O.N. los "the breaking up of an army"), from PIE base *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart, untie, separate" (cf. Skt. lunati "cuts, cuts off," lavitram "sickle;" Gk. lyein "to loosen, untie, slacken," lysus "a loosening;" L. luere "to loose, release, atone for").

Replaced related leosan (a class II strong verb whose pp. loren survives in forlorn and love-lorn), from P.Gmc. *leusanan (cf. O.H.G. virliosan, Ger. verlieren, O.Fris. urliasa, Goth. fraliusan "to lose"). Transitive sense of "to part with accidentally" is from c.1200. Meaning "to be defeated" (in a game, etc.) is from 1530s. To lose (one's) mind "become insane" is attested from c.1500. To lose out "fail" is 1858, Amer.Eng.

forlorn

abandoned, discarded, forsaken, derelict, vacant, dumped, neglected, cast off, used, old, worn, recycled, second hand, hand-me-down, abandon, forsaken, deserted, desolate, lost, lonely, desperate, hopeless, despondent, dejected, sad, pitiful, unhappy,

mid-12c., forloren "disgraced, depraved," pp. of obsolete forlesan "be deprived of, lose, abandon," from O.E. forleosan "to lose, abandon, let go; destroy, ruin," from for- "completely" + leosan "to lose" (see lose). In the Mercian hymns, L. perditionis is glossed by O.E. forlorenisse.

disgraced - shamed, mortified, offended, affronted, horrified, sickened, revolted, horrify, petrified, terrified, very frightened, afraid, fearful, frightened, timid, nervous, atrocious, abysmal, mortify, crush, confound, shame, abase, put down, embarrass, degrade, take down, shown up, embarrassed, humiliated, discomfited, dishonored,

depraved - immoral, corrupt, evil, wicked, degenerate, decadent, dissolute, wanton,

fördärvad - omoraliskt, korrupta, onda, elaka, degenererad, dekadent, utsvävande, lättsinnig, osedlig, tvetydig, oanständig, lättfärdig, lösaktig, slipprig, frivol, slampig, lättfotad, slarvig, ansvarslös, obetänksam, vidlyftig, svepande, äventyrlig,

Sense of "forsaken, abandoned" is 1530s; that of "wretched, miserable" first recorded 1580s. A common Germanic compound (cf. O.S. farilosan, O.Fris. urliasa, M.Du. verliesen, Du. verliezen, O.H.G. virliosan, Ger. verlieren, Goth. fraliusan "to lose").

Commonly in forlorn hope (1570s), which is a partial translation of Du. verloren hoop, in which hoop means "troop, band," lit. "heap," and the sense of the whole phrase is of a suicide mission. The phrase is usually used incorrectly in English, and the misuse has colored the sense of forlorn. Related: Forlornly; forlornness.

forlorn

mid-12c., forloren "disgraced, depraved," pp. of obsolete forlesan "be deprived of, lose, abandon," from O.E. forleosan "to lose, abandon, let go; destroy, ruin," from for- "completely" + leosan "to lose" (see lose). In the Mercian hymns, L. perditionis is glossed by O.E. forlorenisse. Sense of "forsaken, abandoned" is 1530s; that of "wretched, miserable" first recorded 1580s.

A common Germanic compound (cf. O.S. farilosan, O.Fris. urliasa, M.Du. verliesen, Du. verliezen, O.H.G. virliosan, Ger. verlieren, Goth. fraliusan "to lose").
Commonly in forlorn hope (1570s), which is a partial translation of Du. verloren hoop, in which hoop means "troop, band," lit. "heap," and the sense of the whole phrase is of a suicide mission.

suicide mission

Suicide, recklessness, perversity, rashness, irresponsibility, madness,

The phrase is usually used incorrectly in English, and the misuse has colored the sense of forlorn. Related: Forlornly; forlornness.

G4118
pleistos
Irregular superlative of G4183; the largest number or very large: - very great, most.

G4119
pleiōn pleion pleon
Comparative of G4183; more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion: - X above, + exceed, more excellent, further, (very) great (-er), long (-er), (very) many, greater (more) part, + yet but.

Nedläggningarna visar på en degeneration av den första kärleken, - kärleken ska kallna -. Det man velat kallat tillväxt inom frikyrkosamfunden har enbart bestått av sammanslagningar, fusioner, mixer, ofta av ekonomiska skäl (förevändningar), sammansmältningar av trötta samlingar som urartat och förlorat den reformatoriska (återskapande, trosförnyande) glöden. Nu centrerar man på den ekumenisk propagandan, - den falska enhetsrörelsen - på vägen mot Rom. Nu har man bildat en surdegs-religion. Siffror kan tala sitt språk, men vad säger det egentligen, -resultatet har blivit en mass-anhopning av ett annat slags evangelium.

Isa 44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

Isa 44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

ABP+

Behold, all the ones partaking with him shall be ashamed

Isa 44:10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

ABP+
Isa 44:10 the ones shaping a god, and all the ones carving unprofitable things.

Isa 44:11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

Isa 44:12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

Isa 44:13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

Isa 44:14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

Isa 44:15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

Isa 44:16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

Isa 44:17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

Isa 44:18 They have not known nor understood:
for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Isa 44:19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

Isa 44:20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Isa 44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Isa 44:25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Leif Berg

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VÄRLDSKYRKAN OCH EKUMENIKEN
av Thoralf Gilbrant

Dr Hedegård understryker vidare de evangeliska missionssällskapen befinner sig i en svår situation i denna ekumeniska tidsålder. Allt kommer att göras för att få alla missioner att förena sig med Kyrkornas Världsråds kommission för världsmission och evangelisation. Missionssällskap och grupper som inte kan godtaga detta ekumeniska missionsprogram med sin religionsblandning och kristendomsförfalskning, måste räkna med att ställas inför ständigt ökade svårigheter ute på missionsfälten, speciellt när det gäller inresetillstånd för missionärer och när det gäller att börja arbete på nya fält.

Vi har här bara ett nytt exempel på det gamla ordet om att ”makt korrumperar”. Tyvärr måste man räkna med att den ekumeniska missionsstrategin utgör den största faran för evangelisk mission i dag. Modernistiska kyrkor som själva bara haft obetydligt framgång i sitt missionsarbete, tränger sig i dag in på andra missionsfält och infiltrerar missionsarbetet. Man söker att genom Kyrkornas Världsråd skaffa sig inflytande över de unga kyrkorna som vuxit upp genom missionärernas insats. Särskilt söker man påverka utbildningen av predikanter genom att ge dem erbjudande om att studera vid modernistiska skolor. Då världsekumeniken i dag har väldiga ekonomiska resurser, är det mycket svårt för missionärerna och de unga kyrkorna att motstå denna press.

Inte bara ute på missionsfälten utan också inom den etablerade kristenheten, märks denna ekumeniska press mer och mer. Kyrkornas Världsråd är redan en maktfaktor som man i hög grad måste räkna med. En centralkommitté på omkring hundra medlemmar styr organisationen, och dess sekretariater i Geneve har utsträckt myndighet.

Kyrkornas Världsråd har faktiskt genom sina underavdelningar redan upprättat en form av verksamhetskontroll på vissa områden. Ett exempel på detta ger Dr James DeForest Murch i sin bok om den kommande världskyrkan. Han berättar att det i Kalifornien finns en kyrklig kommitté tillsatt, vilken tilldelar de olika kyrkosamfunden anslutna till KV bestämda områden, där de utesluter alla andra.

Innan en ny församling kan bildas måste tillstånd hämtas från detta kyrkoråd. Myndigheter som arbetar på stadsplanering kontaktas av kommittén som påverkas att hindra kyrkor som är utanför rådet så att de får avslag på sina ansökningar om att bygga kyrkor som är utanför nämnda område. Som vi ser leder denna monopoltendens till direkt angrepp på själva religionsfriheten.

Thoralf Gilbrant

Utdrag från Table Talk, by Martin Luther

For this cause they were yearly to observe and keep the feasts of Easter, of whitsuntide, ( pentecost) and of the Tabernacles, to the end they might always be mindful of God’s goodnesses towards them; as is written in Exodus xiii.: “Thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came out of the land of Egypt. And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth; for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.” But the children of Israel, after their wonderful deliverance, gave no great thanks to God for so many and great benefits; for, not long after they erected the golden calf, and danced about it. As also at the waters of strife they murmured against God, angered him, and drew his punishments upon them.

We should also place before our eyes this admonition of the 78th Psalm, and should thoroughly consider the example of the children of Israel, who so soon forgot their deliverance out of Egypt.

For we may also well rejoice, that now, in our days, we have restored to us again God’s Word gloriously bright and clear; so that we should show this inestimable treasure to our children’s children, and how we are delivered and freed from the kingdom of antichrist, the pope of Rome, and from the traditions of men, which was a right Egyptian captivity, yea, a Babylonian imprisonment; in which our forefathers were worse tormented and plagued than the children of Israel were in Egypt.

Exo 13:1 Och HERREN talade till Mose och sade:

Exo 13:2 "Helga åt mig allt förstfött, allt hos Israels barn, som öppnar moderlivet, evad det är människor eller boskap; mig tillhör det.

Exo 13:3 Och Mose sade till folket: "Kommen ihåg denna dag, på vilken I haven dragit ut ur Egypten, ur träldomshuset; ty med stark hand har HERREN fört eder ut därifrån. Fördenskull må intet syrat ätas.

Exo 13:4 På denna dag i månaden Abib dragen I nu ut.

Exo 13:5 Och när HERREN låter dig komma in i kananéernas, hetiternas, amoréernas, hivéernas och jebuséernas land, som han med ed har lovat dina fäder att giva dig, ett land som flyter av mjölk och honung, då skall du hålla denna gudstjänst i denna månad:

Exo 13:6 I sju dagar skall du äta osyrat bröd, och på sjunde dagen skall hållas en HERRENS högtid.

Exo 13:7 Under de sju dagarna skall man äta osyrat bröd; intet syrat skall man se hos dig, ej heller skall man se någon surdeg hos dig, i hela ditt land.

Exo 13:8 Och du skall på den dagen berätta för din son och säga: 'Sådant gör jag av tacksamhet för vad HERREN gjorde med mig, när jag drog ut ur Egypten.'

Exo 13:9 Och det skall vara för dig såsom ett tecken på din hand och såsom ett påminnelsemärke på din panna, för att HERRENS lag må vara i din mun; ty med stark hand har HERREN fört dig ut ur Egypten.

Exo 13:10 Och denna stadga skall du hålla på bestämd tid, år efter år.

Exo 13:11 Och när HERREN låter dig komma in i kananéernas land, såsom han med ed har lovat dig och dina fäder, och giver det åt dig,

Exo 13:12 då skall du överlämna åt HERREN allt det som öppnar moderlivet. Allt som öppnar moderlivet av det som födes bland din boskap skall, om det är hankön, höra HERREN till.

Exo 13:13 Men allt bland åsnor som öppnar moderlivet skall du lösa med ett får, och om du icke vill lösa det, skall du krossa nacken på det. Och allt förstfött av människa bland dina söner skall du lösa.

Exo 13:14 Och när din son i framtiden frågar dig: 'Vad betyder detta?', skall du svara honom så: 'Med stark hand har HERREN fört oss ut ur Egypten, ur träldomshuset;

Exo 13:15 ty då Farao i sin hårdnackenhet icke ville släppa oss, dräpte HERREN allt förstfött i Egyptens land, det förstfödda såväl ibland människor som ibland boskap. Därför offrar jag åt HERREN allt som öppnar moderlivet och är hankön, och allt förstfött bland mina söner löser jag.'

Exo 13:16 Och det skall vara såsom ett tecken på din hand och såsom ett märke på din panna; ty med stark hand har HERREN fört oss ut ur Egypten."

Exo 13:17 När Farao nu hade släppt folket, förde Gud dem icke på den väg som gick igenom filistéernas land, fastän denna var den genaste; ty Gud tänkte att folket, när det fick se krig hota, kunde ångra sig och vända tillbaka till Egypten;

Exo 13:18 därför lät Gud folket taga en omväg genom öknen åt Röda havet till. Och Israels barn drogo väpnade upp ur Egyptens land.

Exo 13:19 Och Mose tog med sig Josefs ben; ty denne hade tagit en ed av Israels barn och sagt: "När Gud ser till eder, fören då mina ben härifrån med eder."

Exo 13:20 Så bröto de upp från Suckot och lägrade sig i Etam, där öknen begynte.

Exo 13:21 Och HERREN gick framför dem, om dagen i en molnstod, för att leda dem på vägen, och om natten i en eldstod, för att lysa dem; så kunde de tåga både dag och natt.

Exo 13:22 Molnstoden upphörde icke om dagen att gå framför folket, ej heller eldstoden om natten.

Inlagt av Leif Berg

Mysticism och New Age på smygvägar i kristenheten.

2011-05-07T15:06:00.000-07:00

Väckande budskap till ljumma kristna!

Gå till länk. Evy Junesved.

http://bambuser.com/v/1605769

Mer från Evy Junesved.

http://www.bibelfokus.se/mystik

Stig Andreasson: femtekollonare i Svensk kristenhet.

Femtekolonnare inom svensk kristenhet

Vi är glada över att här få publicera en tänkvärd artikel av Stig Andreasson. Stig arbetade i mer än femtio år i det katolska Frankrike som evangelisk missionär. Där fick han nåden att leda många katoliker till befrielse från sakramentsträldom till ett liv efter det enkla och sanna evengeliet. Idag ser han hur de som tidigare ivrade för sådan mission nu sviker sitt uppdrag. Stig säger i sin artikel:

”I min ungdom mötte jag flera brinnande pingstvittnen som reste till katolska länder med evangelium. Idag verkar det som om pingstledare snarare reser till Rom i sällskap med katolska prelater för att ”studera” hur katolska kyrkan fungerar. Andra samfund visar lika liten glöd för mission i katolska länder. Femtekolonnarna har verkligen orsakat ett jordskred inom svensk kristenhet.”

Läs och begrunda Stigs angelägna budskap till oss.

(artikeln infördes först i Midnattsropet, nr 2, 2011)

Den andliga striden

Vår olyckliga värld har alltid varit och är alltjämt en krigsskådeplats där ljus och mörker, sanning och villfarelse kämpar om makten. Den kristna tron och den kristna församlingen har under alla tider utsatts för fientliga angrepp. Ibland genom regelrätt förföljelse från den gudlösa världen, men lika ofta genom den omgivande hedniska kulturen, som utövat en sådan press på församlingen att den inte kunnat stå emot och därför blivit påverkad. Men fiendens allra farligaste vapen i striden mot den kristna församlingens tro och liv sker genom infiltration av falska förkunnare och främmande läror bland Guds folk. När så dessa läror och åsikter får aktiva anhängare bland de ledande i församlingen, då blir resultatet en korrumperad kristendom.

Det är denna fara som Paulus varnade för då han tog avsked av de äldste i Efesus - församlingen:

Apg: 20:29-30: ”Jag vet att när jag har lämnat er, skall rovlystna vargar komma in bland er, och de skall inte skona hjorden. Ja, ur er egen krets skall män träda fram och förvränga sanningen.”

Vid andra till fällen talar han om ”falska bröder, som nästlat sig in” bland de kristna för att föra dem till lagträldom. Ja, han omtalar också ”falska apostlar, som uppträder som Kristi apostlar.” Samtidigt understryker han att ingenting av detta egentligen borde överraska oss. Satan själv förskapar ju sig till en ljusets ängel. Han uppträder vanligen inte alls som en skräckinjagande figur med horn i pannan och eldgaffel i handen.

Försåtliga angrepp inifrån

Idag verkar det som om de mest försåtliga angreppen på den kristna tron faktiskt kommer inifrån den officiella och bekännande kristenheten själv. Det ser ut att finnas ”en femte kolonn” innanför de evangeliska och reformatoriska kyrkosamfunden. Uttrycket ”femte kolonn” eller ”femte kolonnare” är kanske inte bekant för alla läsare. Det har sitt ursprung i spanska inbördeskriget som rasade mellan 1936 och 1939. General Franco marscherade då mot Madrid med fyra kolonner av soldater. Men inne i Madrid fanns en ”femte kolonn”, som på olika sätt skulle sabotera den lagliga regeringens verksamhet och på så sätt medverka till General Francos seger, vilket tyvärr också skedde. Sedan dess har uttrycket ”femte kolonn” blivit en beteckning på dem som inifrån försöker sabotera en regerings eller rörelses grundprinciper. Finns det då ”femtekolonnare” i kristenheten? Ja, utan tvekan. Här följer några exempel.

Den liberala teologin och dess vapendragare

På de flesta av vår tids teologiska fakulteter har man antagit den historisk-kritiska bibeltolkningen Den utgör normen för utbildningen av präster och pastorer, som sedan för samma budskap vidare. Vad handlar det hela egentligen om? Jo, man anser att Bibeln måste tolkas efter den moderna vetenskapens principer för att passa vår tids människor. Och vilka är då naturvetenskapens principer? Helt enkelt att allt som sker i denna världen måste ha sin orsak i denna världen. Det finns inga utomvärldsliga, övernaturliga makter som kan gripa in i vår tillvaro. Ett mirakel kan inte ske. Därmed måste man förneka och omtolka både jungfrufödelsen och Jesu uppståndelse samt alla andra tecken och under som är omtalade i Bibeln. Därmed bryts de sanna evangeliska tron ned inom många kyrkosamfund och det sker inifrån. Det liknar verkligen en femte kolonnverksamhet. Så kommer vi till en annan företeelse.

Den breda ekumenikens talesmän

Kommuniteten i Taizé är vida känd och berömd i vår tid. Den bildades ursprungligen av två pastorer från den reformerta kyrkan. Men båda hade så starka sympatier för den katolska kyrkan att en av dem en gång fick frågan: ”Varför går du inte över till den katolska kyrkan?” Svaret var nog så avslöjande: ”Går jag nu, går jag ensam. Väntar jag en tid får jag många med mig.” Därmed var syftet med Taizé ganska klart, vilket gjorde att evangeliska ledare nere på kontinenten omtalade Taizé som en femte kolonn, vars mål var att påverka protestanter till att bli katoliker. Senare gick båda grundarna av Taizé över till den katolska kyrkan, men det gjorde de i hemlighet. Taizés nuvarande ledare är en tysk katolik. Den kände schweiziske teologen René Pache omtalade på sin tid Taizé under rubriken ”Katoliserande tendenser inom protestantismen.”

Förbundet för kristen enhet bildades i Sverige år 1965. Målet var helt från början att på sikt skapa en synlig enhet mellan Svenska Kyrkan och den Romersk-katolska kyrkan. På deras hemsida kan man få fram en utläggning som heter ”Katolsk tro i Svenska Kyrkan”. Den överensstämmer nästan ordagrant med en katolsk katekes. Den svenska kyrkan vilar officiellt på luthersk och reformatorisk grund. Om den skall förbli på den grunden kan den inte öppna för katolsk tro. Vad skall man då säga om personer som tillhör en sådan reformatorisk kyrka och som därmed skriver under på dess trosbekännelse, men som samtidigt arbetar för att få den att ändra trosbekännelse och bli katolsk? Vore det inte ärligare att gå ut av den lutherska kyrkan och över till katolicismen och sen därifrån påverka lutheranerna? Men nej, man tror tydligen mer på ”den femte kolonnens princip”, att bryta ned den reformatoriska kyrkan inifrån.

Enhetens kyrka är ett ännu färskare exempel. Den har byggts upp av lutherska och anglikanska teologer och kyrkomän samt representanter från andra protestantiska samfund som är beredda att ställa sig bakom en deklaration med innehållet:

”Rätten och motiven till separat existens för de samfund som skildes från den romerska kyrkan vid 1500-talets reformation finns inte längre.”

Har man hört på maken! Att somliga ekumener inte kan finna något motiv eller någon orsak till att stå utanför den katolska kyrkan, är ju inte något nytt. Men att förvägra evangeliska kristna rätten till separat existens i förhållande till Påvekyrkan låter rent av hotfullt! Dessa kyrkoledare talar som om de inte kände till religionsfrihetens princip. Påven är givetvis enig i dessa uttalanden, men i detta fall är det inte han själv som talar, utan ledare för de reformatoriska kyrkorna och därmed går de påvens ärende. De är verkligen vår tids religiösa ”femtekolonnare”.

Men fortsättningen av deklarationen från Enhetens Kyrka är ännu mer chockerande. Läs och tänk efter!

”Vi uppfattar påven Benedikt XVI som talesman för den klassiska kristna tron och etiken i mötet med såväl den sekulariserade kulturen i Väst som med de andra världsreligionerna i Öst i långt större utsträckning än de som har makten i de kyrkosamfund vi tillhör. Och här förgrenar sig nätverket långt utöver de kretsar som betecknas som högkyrkliga eller katoliserande. Påtagligt är att den världsomspännande med böneveckan för enheten jämnåriga pingstväckelsen, som på 60-70-talen trängde in som karismatisk förnyelse i de traditionella kyrkorna och samfunden, också sluter upp och nu kommer med i denna samling genom framträdande representanter, så som samlingen i uppropet för Enhetens Kyrka just manifesterar.”

Detta uttalande borde göra varje medlem av något reformatoriskt, evangeliskt och frikyrkligt trossamfund totalt mållös. Bland de som aktivt stöder denna Enhetens kyrka finner vi naturligtvis katoliker, men som ovanstående deklaration säger, även framträdande representanter från en rad samfund, som hittills har ansetts som klart frikyrkliga, evangeliska och bibelförankrade med rötter i gångna tiders väckelserörelser. Deras namn kan vem som helst läsa på det offentliga dokument som Enhetens Kyrka publicerat. Här kan vi bara nämna att de kommer från Pingstväckelsen, Trosrörelsen, Lutherska kyrkan, Evangeliska Frikyrkan, Missionsförbundet m.fl.

Menar verkligen dessa representanter att Påven är den bäste talesmannen för klassisk kristen tro? Vad menar man förresten med det uttrycket? Hör exempelvis tron på Maria som Himlens Drottning och Kyrkans Mor till klassisk kristen tro? Och menar dessa representanter att deras egna samfund varken har rättighet eller något giltigt motiv till att stå utanför den katolska kyrkan? I så fall jobbar de aktivt på de fria väckelserörelsernas undergång och det jobbet utför de medan de själva ännu står med i dessa rörelser. Vad skall man kalla en sådan verksamhet? Är det inte en typisk femtekolonn-aktivitet?

Keryx är en relativt ny kristen tidskrift som vill vara på hög akademisk nivå. Tillsammans med vissa alster från kristna bokförlag och en del evangeliska tidningar återspeglar denna tidskrift den besynnerliga situation vi nu befinner oss i. Keryx står emellertid i särklass. Den ges ut av Livets Ord i Uppsala. Jag skall vara rättvis och medge att vissa artiklar i denna tidskrift är goda och läsvärda, beroende på vilket ämne som behandlas. Men Keryx vimlar framför allt av negativa påståenden om de fria väckelserörelsernas folk. De är offer för otroliga fördomar. De kännetecknas av en otrolig okunskap. De begriper ingenting av den levande traditionens viktiga funktion. De saknar förståelse för värdet av en hierarkisk organisation. De är totalt okunniga om kyrkofäderna m.m. Eftersom utgivarna av Keryx av allt att döma betraktar sin egen rörelse som framsprungen ur en väckelse skulle dessa skriverier kunna uppfattas som sträng självkritik och därmed som tecken på ovanlig ödmjukhet. Problemet är att i bakgrunden skymtar hela tiden bilden av en kyrka som har en rätt förståelse av sakramenten, av ett hierarkiskt ämbete, av Jungfru Marias verkliga betydelse och som har tagit vara på den levande traditionen. Detta verkar nästan som en sorts propaganda för en sakramental ämbetskyrka, som för tankarna till Rom. Om författarna till artiklarna i Keryx menar att de skriver något nytt, tar de gruvligt fel. Personligen kan jag intyga att jag har läst samma argument många gånger förr. Men då var det katolska teologer som höll i pennan. Det kunde säkert varit behövligt att ge några konkreta exempel på detta. Men det får bli vid ett senare tillfälle.

Innehållet i Keryx är gåtfullt. Tidskriften ges ut av en församling som trots allt anses höra hemma i den evangeliska kristenheten. Varför då denna svartmålning av väckelserörelserna, inklusive pietismen och denna skönmålning av den sakramentala och hierarkiska ämbetskyrkan, som just i Påvekyrkan får sin starkaste utformning? Från evangelisk-kristen synpunkt kan sådant bara ha en negativ effekt. Därför ser vi också här en form av femtekolonn-verksamhet.

Den nakna sanningen

Journalisten Tomas Dixon – som själv tidigare var katolik – känner mycket väl den katolska kyrkans lära och historia. Han är inte lika hänförd över vurmen för enhet med Påven som vissa frikyrkoledare tycks vara. Han skriver bl. a. följande:

”Så enhetlig som många just nu inbillar sig är inte katolska kyrkan. De andliga och teologiska skillnaderna inom den är knappast mindre än mellan protestantismens olika samfund. Det finns katoliker längs hela skalan från kyrkligt konservativa (som vill återinföra latinet) till totala modernister och liberalteologer av alla slag.”

Med anledning av att somliga också betraktar påveämbetet som enhetens symbol skriver han:

”Hur skulle det mänskliga ämbete, som under historien initierat folkmord, inkvisition och antisemitism – och som dessutom förklarat sig ofelbart så att det i princip inte kan be om och få förlåtelse – hur skulle det ämbetet kunna symbolisera och förverkliga den enhet, som Jesus talar och ber om i Johannes 17?”

Hela saken har också en annan sida. Tomas Dixon påminner oss om något som femtekolonnarna totalt överser:

”Det finns många katoliker som inte tror på Gud alls. Det finns också katoliker som bekänner sig till Gud och katolska Kyrkan med sina läppar men som inte bryr sig om varken Guds moral eller påvens bud.“

Han nämner också de många s.k. ”Marianisterna” som praktiserar en ytterliggående Mariadyrkan. Till detta kan vi tillägga att massor av människor i de katolska länderna aldrig har öppnat en Bibel! Vilken andlig nöd och vilket missionsbehov! Men vem tänker på det idag?

I min ungdom mötte jag flera brinnande pingstvittnen som reste till katolska länder med evangelium. Idag verkar det som om pingstledare snarare reser till Rom i sällskap med katolska prelater för att ”studera” hur katolska kyrkan fungerar. Andra samfund visar lika liten glöd för mission i katolska länder. Femtekolonnarna har verkligen orsakat ett jordskred inom svensk kristenhet. Kontrasten mellan de ledare som stod i spetsen för väckelserörelsernas folk för 50 år sedan och deras nutida efterföljare är så stor att de verkar ha lite eller ingenting gemensamt. Kyrkopolitiken tycks tyvärr ha ersatt själavinnarglöden…

/Stig Andreasson

”Snart är smekmånaden slut”

David Wilkerson: Ur boken SYNEN - Den kommande världskyrkan.

Här följer stycket ur Synen från 1972:

En av de mest erkända profeterna i vår tid såg vad som nu håller på att ske och redan 1972 i boken SYNEN skriver Wilkerson på sid 66 -68

En världsomspännande superkyrka bildas genom en union mellan liberala ekumeniska protestanter och den Romersk Katolska Kyrkan. De gör även gemensam sak politiskt, På detta sätt blir denna kyrka en av de mäktigaste religiösa faktorerna i världen.
Denna Superkyrka kommer att bli andlig bara till namnet, man använder fritt Jesu Kristi namn, Men är själva verket antikristlig och politisk i sin verksamhet. Denna mäktiga kyrkounion kommer att engagera sig djupt i socialt arbete, Väldiga välgörenhetsprogram och filantropisk verksamhet. Dess ledare gör storordiga uttalanden om vikten att fylla alla mänskans behov och man kallar folk till ett förnyat intresse för sociala problem, politisk intervention och vidgat inflytande i världsfinanserna.

Just när det ser ut som om den ekumeniska rörelsen skulle dö får vi se en underlig kedja av händelser som åstadkommer ramen för denna ekumeniska union. Rom kommer att insistera på vissa eftergifter från de protestantiska ledarna och får sin vilja igenom.

Denna union kommer att betrakta Påven mer som en politisk ledare än som en andlig sådan. Även de protestantiska ledarna utövar påtryckningar på Rom som i sin tur gör eftergifter.

Man begär inte att dessa skall betrakta den helige fadern som kyrkans ofelbara huvud, utan protestanterna kommer istället att acceptera hans politiska ledarskap, men ej hans roll som Petri efterträdare. Jag menar inte att Påven eller någon annan kyrklig ledare i denna Superkyrka gör sig skyldig till antikristliga handlingar. Bibeln har mycket att säga oss i det ämnet men nu är inte tid att spekulera i det. Jag ser nämligen något annat som skrämmer mig. Jag ser en Arme´ av karriärmänskor inta de mest inflytelserika posterna i denna Superkyrka.

Många av dessa kommer att vara ogudaktiga, antikristliga och besatta av tanken att denna Superkyrka måste bli en Politisk maktfaktor som är stark nog att utöva påtryckningar mot de som opponerar sig mot den. Medan de som innehar de högsta posterna talar om underverk kärlek och försoning så kommer mutkolvarna under dem att plåga förfölja de religiösa organisationer som motsätter sig deras ledarskap.
I början går man försiktigt tillväga då man bildar denna kyrka. Det börjar med gemensamma studie och forskningsprogram. Sedan följer gemensamma företag utan förpliktelser från något håll. Men liberala protestantiska ledare från England och USA förenar sig med liberala Katolska teologer från Europa i ett försök att pressa fram ett Ekumeniskt mirakel. Den legala politiska sammanslagningen befinner sig fortfarande rätt långt borta. Men det informella samarbetet för unionen är redan igångsatt.

slut citat

På smygvägar ska de införa fördärvliga partimeningar.

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1Co_11:29 Ty den som äter och dricker, utan att göra åtskillnad mellan Herrens lekamen och annan spis, han äter och dricker en dom över sig.

2Pe_2:1 Men också falska profeter uppstodo bland folket, likasom jämväl bland eder falska lärare skola komma att finnas, vilka på smygvägar skola införa fördärvliga partimeningar och draga över sig själva plötsligt fördärv, i det att de till och med förneka den Herre som har köpt dem.
2Pe 2:2 De skola få många efterföljare i sin lösaktighet, och för deras skull skall sanningens väg bliva smädad.
2Pe 2:3 I sin girighet skola de ock med bedrägliga ord bereda sig vinning av eder. Men sedan länge är deras dom i annalkande, den dröjer icke, och deras fördärv sover icke.
2Pe 2:4 Ty Gud skonade ju icke de änglar som syndade, utan störtade dem ned i avgrunden och överlämnade dem åt mörkrets hålor, för att där förvaras till domen.
2Pe 2:5 Ej heller skonade han den forntida världen, om han ock, när han lät floden komma över de ogudaktigas värld, bevarade Noa såsom rättfärdighetens förkunnare, jämte sju andra.
2Pe 2:6 Och städerna Sodom och Gomorra lade han i aska och dömde dem till att omstörtas; han gjorde dem så till ett varnande exempel för kommande tiders ogudaktiga människor.
2Pe 2:7 Men han frälste den rättfärdige Lot, som svårt pinades av de gudlösa människornas lösaktiga vandel.
2Pe 2:8 Ty genom de ogärningar som han, den rättfärdige mannen, måste se och höra, där han bodde ibland dem, plågades han dag efter dag i sin rättfärdiga själ.
2Pe 2:9 Så förstår Herren att frälsa de gudfruktiga ur prövningen, men ock att under straff förvara de orättfärdiga till domens dag.
2Pe 2:10 Och detta gör han först och främst med dem som i oren begärelse stå efter köttslig lust och förakta andevärldens herrar. I sitt trots och sin självgodhet bäva dessa människor icke för att smäda andevärldens härlige,
2Pe 2:11 under det att änglar som stå ännu högre i starkhet och makt icke om dem uttala någon smädande dom inför Herren.
2Pe 2:12 Men på samma sätt som oskäliga djur förgås, varelser som av naturen äro födda till att fångas och förgås, på samma sätt skola ock dessa förgås, eftersom de smäda vad de icke känna till;
2Pe 2:13 och de skola så bliva bedragna på den lön som de vilja vinna genom orättfärdighet. De hava sin lust i kräsligt leverne mitt på ljusa dagen. De äro skamfläckar och styggelser, där de vid gästabuden, som de få hålla med eder, frossa i sina njutningar.
2Pe 2:14 Deras ögon äro fulla av otuktigt begär och kunna icke få nog av synd. De locka till sig obefästa själar. De hava hjärtan övade i girighet. Förbannade äro de.
2Pe 2:15 De hava övergivit den raka vägen och kommit vilse genom att efterfölja Balaam, Beors son, på hans väg. Denne åtrådde ju att vinna lön genom orättfärdighet;
2Pe 2:16 men han blev tillrättavisad för sin överträdelse: en stum arbetsåsninna begynte tala med människoröst och hindrade profeten i hans galenskap.
2Pe 2:17 Dessa människor äro källor utan vatten, skyar som drivas av stormvinden, och det svarta mörkret är förvarat åt dem.
2Pe 2:18 Ty de tala stora ord som äro idel fåfänglighet; och då de nu själva leva i köttsliga begärelser, locka de genom sin lösaktighet till sig människor som med knapp nöd rädda sig undan sådana som vandra i villfarelse.
2Pe 2:19 De lova dem frihet, fastän de själva äro förgängelsens trälar; ty den som har låtit sig övervinnas av någon, han har blivit dennes träl.
2Pe 2:20 Och då de genom kunskapen om Herren och Frälsaren, Jesus Kristus, hava undkommit världens besmittelser, men sedan åter låta sig insnärjas och övervinnas av dem, så har det sista för dem blivit värre än det första.
2Pe 2:21 Ty det hade varit bättre för dem att icke hava lärt känna rättfärdighetens väg, än att nu, sedan de hava lärt känna den, vända tillbaka, bort ifrån det heliga bud som har blivit dem meddelat.
2Pe 2:22 Det har gått med dem såsom det riktigt heter i ordspråket: "En hund vänder åter till sina spyor", och: "Ett tvaget svin vältrar sig åter i smutsen."

Teologisk grund för GF-kyrkan en Herrelös samling!

2011-01-21T02:01:00.000-08:00

I Kommentarer till Teologisk grund för GF-kyrkan framgår tydligt hur det ekumeniska samarbetet ska utvecklas, en konstitution som i sin tur är tydligt influerad av det ekumeniska dokumentet.

Läs här:http://gemensamframtid.se/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Gemensam_Framtid_teologisk_grund_110103.pdf

Det är genom kyrkornas Världsråd man upprättar handlingar, akter av utlåtanden som ska vara styrande medel i dessa samkväm av världs-kyrkor.

Här frångår man de Bibliska grunderna och sammanblandar bibliska uttryck med konstruktioner, planer, påhitt, fantasiprodukter, ordfogningar, satsbyggnader, fraser, och diplomatisk taktik av ekumeniska råds församlingar, allt för att främja den ekumeniska världs-kyrkan.

Här ser man hur gjort sig ett program (handlingsscheman handlingsplaner, plattformar, manifest) som ska syfta till att övertaga kyrkornas egendomar och tillgångar!

Det visar tydligt hur man skapar ett Biskops-välde eller ”ordinerade” (reglerade, dikterade, anbefallde, beordrade) präster nyttjas med benhård styrning till att fogas under det ekumeniska programmet, - den som ej låter sig fogas blir ”avsatt”!

Förändringar i dopsyn och Herrens nattvard blir förvandlat till mystikläran (magi) inom katolsk vidskepelse-tro, ockultism!

Fler samfund går samman!

Att pingst-ffs och Efk går samma väg till mötes bekräftas av deras underskrift av det ekumeniska dokumentet, Charta Oecumenica.

Tiden visar att vi behöver på allvar stå på vakt emot dessa avfalls-tendenser och värna om det ursprungliga evangeliet, så att vi inte förlorar eller mister vår krona!

Tyvärr vill de flesta gå en ” förgylld medelväg” eller anpassa sig till den breda (allmänna, generella, allomfattande, universella) vägen vilken för till fördärv förödelse, undergång, ofärd, fall, moralisk upplösning, gudlöshet,förskämning, depravation, profanation, vantro, materialism, dekadans, bli ogiltig, upphör att gälla, förfall, urartningar, vanhävder, sönderfall, misskötsel, vanvård, vanhävd!!

Fly från ekumeniken!

Nu som aldrig förr är tid att vakna upp ur sömnen och göra sig redo för vår Herres återkomst, den Herre vilken Gf påstår att Ordet Herre har inte längre den funktion det en gång hade.??

Inlagt av Leif Berg

Ulf Ekman Maria dyrkare!

2010-12-19T22:16:00.000-08:00

Ulf Ekman exposed!

This is the mixed up charismatics, visiting the Vatican and the pagan religion, worshiping the Maria cult, and consulting the pope!

For we must not forget that, according to the explicit teaching of Scripture, paganism is really demonism.

”The things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God” (i Cor. x. 20), says the apostle.

THE ADVENT OF ANTICHRIST.

OUT OF the apostasy comes the Antichrist To look for him without the Church in latter-clay Judaism, or against the Church in latter-day infidelity, is equally to miss the clear marks of identification which have been set for our warning in "the sure word of prophecy."

Exhorting the Thessalonian Christians "by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto Him," the Apostle admonishes them not to be deceived : " For it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God "

(2 Thess. ii. 3, R. v.).

Here is the great Pauline prediction of Antichrist; and how rigidly does its language bind us to the conception of a dreadful enemy of God, springing up within the Christian Church! "Except the apostasy come first" the words read exactly.

A.J. Gordon

Lögnpredikanters skrymteri!

1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

G5573
pseudologos

From G5571 and G3004; mendacious, that is, promulgating erroneous Christian doctrine: - speaking lies.

G5571
pseudēs

From G5574; untrue, that is, erroneous, deceitful, wicked: - false, liar.

G5574
pseudomai

Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood: - falsely, lie.

G3004
lego

A primary verb; properly to “lay” forth, that is, (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue]); by implication to mean: - ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say (-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.

in hypocrisy
G5272
hupokrisis

From G5271; acting under a feigned part; that is, (figuratively) deceit (“hypocrisy”): - condemnation, dissimulation, hypocrisy.

G5271
hupokrinomai

Middle voice from G5259 and G2919; to decide (speak or act) under a false part, that is, (figuratively) dissemble (pretend): - feign.

having their

G2398
idios

Of uncertain affinity; pertaining to self, that is, one's own; by implication private or separate: - X his acquaintance, when they were alone, apart, aside, due, his (own, proper, several), home, (her, our, thine, your) own (business), private (-ly), proper, severally, their (own).

conscience

G4893
suneidēsis

From a prolonged form of G4894; co-perception, that is, moral consciousness: - conscience.

G4894
suneidō

From G4862 and G1492; to see completely; used (like its primary) only in two past tenses, respectively meaning to understand or become aware, and to be conscious or (clandestinely) informed of: - consider, know, be privy, be ware of.

VWS

1Ti 4:2
Speaking lies in hypocrisy

Wrong. Rend., through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies. Ὑποκρίσις hypocrisy once in Paul, Gal_2:13, see note. See also on Mat_23:13. The phrase ἐν ὑποκρίσει only here. Ψευδολόγος speaking lies, N.T.o. olxx. Rare in Class.

Having their conscience seared with a hot iron

Better, branded in their own conscience. With a hot iron is superfluous. The verb N.T.o. olxx, oClass. The metaphor is from the practice of branding slaves or criminals, the latter on the brow. These deceivers are not acting under delusion, but deliberately, and against their conscience. They wear the form of godliness, and contradict their profession by their crooked conduct (2Ti_3:5). The brand is not on their brow, but on their conscience. Comp. Tit_1:15; Tit_3:11.

Deliberately - by design, knowingly, with intent, consciously, calculatingly, on purpose, intentionally, purposely, slowly, methodically, ponderously, warily, circumspectly, cagily, guardedly, suspiciously, shadily, shiftily, deviously, deceitfully, sneakily, cunningly, artfully, subtly, cleverly,

2Ti 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

G93
adikia

From G94; (legal) injustice (properly the quality, by implication the act); moral wrongfulness (of charater, life or act): - iniquity, unjust, unrighteousness, wrong.

G94
adikos

From G1 (as a negative particle) and G1349; unjust; by extension wicked; by implication treacherous; specifically heathen: - unjust, unrighteous.

G1
A
Of Hebrew origin; the first letter of the alphabet: figuratively only (from its use as a numeral) the first. Often used (usually “an”, before a vowel) also in composition (as a contraction from G427) in the sense of privation; so in many words beginning with this letter; occasionally in the sense of union (as a contraction of G260): - Alpha.

G1349
Probably from G1166; right (as self evident), that is, justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution): - judgment, punish, vengeance.

G1166
A prolonged form of an obsolete primary of the same meaning; to show (literally or figuratively): - shew.

1Ti 4:1 Men Anden säger uttryckligen, att i kommande tider somliga skola avfalla från tron och hålla sig till villoandar och till onda andars läror.

1Ti 4:2 Så skall ske genom lögnpredikanters skrymteri, människors som i sina egna samveten äro brännmärkta såsom brottslingar,

2Ti 2:19 Dock, Guds fasta grundval förbliver beståndande och har ett insegel med dessa ord: "Herren känner de sina", och: "Var och en som åkallar Herrens namn, han vände sig bort ifrån orättfärdighet."

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Ulf Ekmans intresse och involvering i den katolska mystikläran parat med hans agitationer för den ekumeniska världs kyrkan, går hand i hand!

En märklig brygd av karismatisk förvirring och ekumenisk villfarelse!

Här nedan kan du läsa mer om Ulf Ekmans intresse före den "vakande" maria ikonen!

Leif

Jungfru Maria, alias Lady of all Nations vakar sedan en tid tillbaka över Sten och Maj Nilssons gamla villa i Storvreta som numera tillhör Ulf och Birgitta Ekman, grundare för den före detta evangelikala församlingen Livets Ord, Uppsala.

Gå till: http://aletheia.se/2010/11/01/ulf-birgitta-ekmans-nya-beskydd-jungfru-maria/#comment-179193

Från en ung katolik:

”Vi står nära Livets ord och en del pingstförsamlingar i mycket, eller rättare sagt har de kommit allt närmare oss. Detta är en källa till glädje. Men det innebär inte att de plötsligt som samfund betraktade skulle börja anses som fullvärdiga medlemmar i Kyrkan. Livets ord har en bra ledare. Tänk vad han skulle kunna åstadkomma i Kyrkans fulla gemenskap…””Där tror jag Ekman skulle kunna vara till mycket stor nytta inom Kyrkan. Hans gamla församling får hemskt gärna fortsätta på den väg Ekman börjat leda dem in på. De kommer komma till Kyrkan, förr eller senare. Gärna förr – ju fler eldsjälar desto bättre.”

Med Kyrkan menas den katolska kyrkan, men det var kanske onödigt att nämna till er som läser detta… Det finnes bara en kyrka enligt katolikerna, och det är den katolska. De andra är heretiska kyrkor, sekter osv som bör omvändas , för att om möjligt inlämmas i den katolska kyrkan. Det är detta den katolska enheten går ut på, och den inkluderar all världens religioner.

Gå till: http://my.opera.com/Andy%20Glandy/blog/i-till-en-stad-jag-ar-pa-vandring-i

Roman Catholic Charismatics

My Testimony of Working with Charismatic Catholics

By Bill Scudder Dayton, Ohio, USA.

Mary becomes the focus and Universalism

http://www.ovrlnd.com/Charismatics/Catholic_Charismatics.html

Hednisk mystik-religion karismatisk/ekumenisk villfarelse, förvirring!

http://www.tidenstecken.se/kk0.htm

The Reformation View of Roman Catholicism

From the works of Martin Luther (1483-1546)

What is the whole papacy but a beautiful false front and a deceptively glittering holiness under which the wretched devil lies in hiding? The devil always desires to imitate God in this way. He cannot bear to observe God speaking. If he cannot prevent it or hinder God’s Word by force, he opposes it with a semblance of piety, takes the very words God had spoken and so twist them as to peddle his lies and poison under their name. (What Luther Says, II: 10007)

Since the papal church not only neglects the command of Christ but even compels the people to ignore it and to act against it, it is certain that it is not Christ’s church but the synagogue of Satan which prescribes sin and prohibits righteousness. It clearly and indisputably follows that it must be the abomination of Antichrist and the furious harlot of the devil. (What Luther Says, II: 1019)

The negotiation about doctrinal agreement displeases me altogether, for this is utterly impossible unless the pope has his papacy abolished. Therefore avoid and flee those who seek the middle of the road. Think of me after I am dead and such middle-of-the-road men arise, for nothing good will come of it. There can be no compromise. (What Luther Says, II: 1019)

Let him who does not want to be lost and go to the devil be on his guard with all diligence and earnestness against the papacy and its doctrine, and let him never again accept even the most insignificant and smallest part of the papacy’s teaching, no matter what it may cost him. Let him flee from the papacy and its following as from the devil incarnate himself, and let him by no means be silenced by the sweet, slippery words of hypocrites or be persuaded that yielding and conceding something for the sake of peace is a matter of little consequence and that the bond of love should not be disrupted for the sake of something trifling (as they represent and rationalize this to be). Come now, there is assuredly no joking in this matter; eternal salvation and eternal damnation are involved. (What Luther Says, II:1019-1020)

Can anything more horrible be said than that the kingdom of the papists is the kingdom of those who spit at Christ, the Son of God, and crucify Him anew? For they do crucify Christ…in themselves, in the church…and in the hearts of the faithful…Therefore let everyone who is honestly given to piety flee out of this Babylon as quickly as possible…. For so great are its impurity and its abomination that no one can express them in words; they can be discerned only by eyes that are spiritual. (What Luther Says, II: 1020)

My dear pope, I will kiss your feet and acknowledge you as supreme bishop if you will worship my Christ and grant that through His death and resurrection, not through keeping your traditions, we have forgiveness of sins and life eternal. If you will yield on this point, I shall not take away your crown and power; if not, I shall constantly cry out that you are the Antichrist, and I shall testify that your whole cult and religion are only a denial of God, but also the height of blasphemy against God and idolatry. (What Luther Says, II: 1069)

Ah, my dear brother in Christ, bear with me if here or elsewhere I use such coarse language when speaking of the wretched, confronted, atrocious monster at Rome! He who knows my thoughts must say that I am much, much, much too lenient and have neither words nor thought adequately to describe the shameful, abominable blasphemy to which he subjects the Word and name of Christ, our dear Lord and Savior. There are some Christians, wicked Christians indeed, who now would gloss things over to make the pope appear against in a good light and who, after he does so and has been dragged out of the mud, would like to reinstate him on the altar. But they are wicked people, whoever they may be, who defend the pope and want me to be quiet about the means whereby he has done harm. Truly, I cannot do this. All true, pious Christians, who love Christ and His Word, should, as said, be sincerely hostile to the pope. They should persecute him and injure him…. All should do this in their several calling, to the best of their ability, with all faithfulness and diligence. (What Luther Says, II: 1072)

What kind of a church is the pope’s church? It is an uncertain, vacillating and tottering church. Indeed, it is a deceitful, lying church, doubting and unbelieving, without God’s Word. For the pope with his wrong keys teaches his church to doubt and to be uncertain. If it is a vacillating church, then it is not the church of faith, for the latter is founded upon a rock, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it (Matt.16:18). If it is not the church of faith, then it is not the Christian church, but it must be an unchristian, anti-Christian, and faithless church which destroys and ruins the real, holy, Christian church. (Luther’s Works, vol. 40, Church and Ministry II, The Keys, p.348)

All this is to be noted carefully, so that we can treat with contempt the filthy, foolish twaddle that the popes present in their decrees about their Roman church, that is, about their devil’s synagogue (Rev.2:9), which separates itself from common Christendom and the spiritual edifice built up on this stone, and instead invents for itself a fleshly worldly, worthless, lying, blasphemous, idolatrous authority over all of Christendom. One of these two things must be true: if the Roman church is not built on this rock along with the other churches, then it is the devil’s church; but if it is built, along with all the other churches, on this rock, then it cannot be lord or head over the other churches. For Christ the cornerstone knows nothing of two unequal churches, but only of one church alone, just as the Children’s Faith, that is, the faith of all of Christendom, says, ”I believe in one holy, Christian church,” and does not say, ”I believe in one holy Roman church.” The Roman church is and should be one portion or member of the holy Christian church, not the head, which befits solely Christ the cornerstone. If not, it is not a Christian but an UN-Christian and anti-Christian church, that is, a papal school of scoundrels. (Luther’s Works, Volume 41, Church and Ministry III, Against The Roman Papacy, An Institution Of The Devil, p.311)

These arrogant and unlearned papists can’t govern the church because they write nothing, they read nothing, but, firmly saddled in the pride of possession, they cry out that the decrees of the fathers are not to be questioned and decisions made are not to be disputed, otherwise one would have to dance to the tune of every little brother.
For this reason the pope, possessed by demons, defends his tyranny with the canon ”Si papa.” This canon states clearly: if the pope should lead the whole world into the control of hell, he is nevertheless not to be contradicted. It’s a terrible thing that on account of the authority of this man we must lose our souls, which Christ redeemed with his precious blood. Christ says, ”I will not cast out anybody who comes to me” (John 6:37). On the other hand, the pope says, ”As I will it, so I command it; you must perish rather than resist me.” Therefore the pope, whom our princes adore, is full of devils. He must be exterminated by the Word and by prayer.(Luther’s Works, vol.54, Table Talk, No.441, p.330)

I believe the pope is the masked and incarnate devil because he is the Antichrist. As Christ is God incarnate, so the Antichrist is the devil incarnate. The words are really spoken of the pope when it’s said that he’s a mixed god, an earthly god, that is, a god of the earth. Here god is understood as god of this world. Why does he call himself an earthly god, as if the one, almighty God weren’t also on the earth? The kingdom of the pope really signifies the terrible wrath of God, namely, the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place. (Luther’s Works, vol.54, Table Talks, No.4487, p.346)

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Inlagt av Leif Berg

Hear you Pharisee who says "God, I thank thee, I am not as other men are." !

2010-11-30T23:05:00.000-08:00

Hear you Pharisee who says "God, I thank thee, I am not as other men are."

The self righteous Pharisee praising himself before God.

These pretended righteous men

Luk 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men [are], extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

Mat 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Mat 16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

Mat 16:12 Then understood they how that he bade [them] not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Mar 8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and [of] the leaven of Herod.

Luk 12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

They love to have the preeminence

Dominance, supremacy, primacy, superiority, domination, incomparability, ascendancy,

Old Testament (Hebrew) for "preeminence"

H4195 mowthar mō•thar' profit, plenteousness, preeminence

New Testament (Greek) for "preeminence"

G4409 prōteuō prō-tyü'-ō have the preeminence

G5383 philoprōteuō fē-lo-prō-tyü'-ō love to have the preeminence

Ecc 3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.

Kol 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Kol 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Kol 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Kol 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Kol 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.

Kol 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

Kol 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

3Jo 1:9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

Zec 11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword [shall be] upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened .

1Cr 5:6 Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

1Cr 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

1Cr 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth.

Gal 5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Here some quotes from John Bunyan:

“Why Pharisee, God hath appointed, that by the righteousness of his Son, and by that righteousness only, men shall be justified in his sight from the curse of the law. Wherefore, take heed, and at thy peril, whatever thy righteousness is, confront not the righteousness of Christ therewith.

I say, bring it not in, let it not plead for thee at the bar of God, nor do thou plead for that in his court of justice; for thou canst not do that and be innocent. If he trusts to his righteousness, he hath sinned, says Ezekiel. Mark the text, "When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered: but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it." (Chron 33:13)”

“What shall I say, It also seeketh to rob God of the honour of the salvation of man. It seeketh to take the crown from the head of Christ, and to set it upon the hypocrite's head; therefore, no marvel, that this one sin be of that weight, virtue and power, as to sink that man and his righteousness into hell, that leaneth thereon, or that trusteth unto it.”

"For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." (James 2:10) Be confounded then, be confounded.”
“Nay Pharisee, suppose thine own righteousness should be as long, as broad, as high, as deep, as perfect, as good, even every way as good, as the righteousness of Christ. Yet since God has chosen by Christ, to reconcile us to himself, canst thou attempt to seek by thine own righteousness to reconcile thyself to God, and not be guilty of attempting, at least, to confront this righteousness of Christ before God. Yea, to dare with it, yea, to challenge by it, acceptance of thy person contrary to God's design.”

“Second, This carriage of the Pharisee before God informs us, that moral virtues, and the ground of them, which is the law, if trusted to, blinds the mind of man, that he cannot for them perceive the way to happiness. While Moses is read, and his law, and the righteousness thereof trusted to, the vail is upon their heart. "For until this day, [said Paul] remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament, which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart." (2 Cor 3:14, 15) And this is the reason that so many moral men, that are adorned with civil and moral righteousness, are yet so ignorant of themselves, and the way of life by Christ.”

From
A Discourse Upon T H E Pharisee A N D - T H E Publican

Wherein is also shewed, the equally deplorable condition of the Pharisee, or hypocritical and self-righteous man; and of the Publican, or sinner that lives in sin, and in open violation of the Divine laws. Together with the way and method of God's F R E E - G R A C E in pardoning penitent sinners; proving that He justifies them by imputing Christ's righteousness to them.

By J O H N.B U N Y A N, Author of "THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS."

Got to this link for the full text of John Bunyan: http://acacia.pair.com/Acacia.John.Bunyan/Sermons.Allegories/Discourse.Pharisee.Publican/4.html

Inlagt av Leif Berg

Of the causes of the ruin of Antichrist. By John Bunyan.

2010-11-24T23:59:00.000-08:00

As there are many intruders of the church of God making themselves manufacturers of an antichristian worldly religion, even called the synagogues of Satan, we have to know what the Bible is saying about the Antichrist and his ruin.

Here by John Bunyan you will find many good books for education. Helping you to understand the time as it is evil, and this generation going astray into many errors, sinning, without repentance and destitute of a holy living, making corbans instead of a way of righteous life.

A quoting

“First, Either she rejoiceth in outward and carnal glory, or else in the ruin of the church of God. This last, to wit, the supposed ruin of the church of God, is that which will be now the cause of her glorying. And this is the joy that God complaineth of, and for the which he said that he would punish Babylon: 'Chaldea shall be a spoil: All that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord. Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage,' &c. (Jer 50:10, 11). The joy therefore of Babylon, Antichrist; the joy that she shall conceive in her heart upon the slaughter of the witnesses, is a sure sign of her unavoidable ruin and destruction.”

“And there are five things that are usually made use of to keep up wicked joy.

1. There is the merriment of music (Luke 15:25, 32).

2. The merriment of feasting (Judg 19:6, 9).

3. The merriment of laughter (Eccl 10:19).

4. The merriment of fleshly solace (Jer 31:4).

5. Revenge upon a supposed enemy (2 Sam 13:28).“

There are many intruders, burglar, interloper, impostor, charlatan, fake, plant, prowler, trespasser, of the church of God, and especially among the charismatic movement and ecumenical whoredom.

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O F Antichrist AND H I S R U I N: AND Of the Slaying the Witnesses.

I. Of Antichrist.
II. Of the ruin of Antichrist.
III. Of the manner of the ruin of Antichrist.
IV. Of the signs of the approach of the downfall of Antichrist.
V. Of the instruments that God will use to bring Antichrist to his ruin.
VI. Of the causes of the ruin of Antichrist. By J O H N B U N Y A N.
1692.

For the full reading of John Bunyan`s books go to:

http://acacia.pair.com/Acacia.John.Bunyan/Sermons.Allegories/Antichrist.Ruin/index.html

OF THE CAUSES OF THE RUIN OF ANTICHRIST.

l though the causes of the ruin of Antichrist be to some conspicuous enough, yet to some they may be otherwise; yea, and will to all kings and people whose eyes shall be held, that they may not see the judgment, in the reasonableness and equitableness thereof; and these shall wail when they see 'the smoke of her torment'; and these shall cry, Alas! Alas! (Rev 18:10). Wherefore, for further edification, as I have treated of the man of sin already; so will I now, of the causes of his downfall. And,

FIRST CAUSE.

First, He must down, for that he hath usurped, and taken the name and attributes of God upon himself: He hath said, 'I am God': He hath set in the temple of God, 'shewing himself that he is God'; yea, and that in contempt and scorn of any other, 'exalting himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped' (2 Thess 2); yea, hath cried down all gods but himself. Wherefore it must needs be, that he be brought to judgment, that the truth of his saying may be proved. And for this cause he is threatened, under the name of the prince of Tyrus: 'Because thine heart is lifted up (saith the Lord) and thou hast said, I am a god, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am god? but thou shalt be a man, and no god, in the hand of him that slayeth thee' (Eze 28:2,7-9).

If God will not give his name or glory to another, be sure he will not be under another; but this to have, and thus to do, Antichrist has attempted. But how? In that he has been so bold as to prescribe and impose a worship besides, and without reverence of that which God has prescribed and imposed: For to do this, is, to make one's self a God. 'Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them': For he that thus doth, is an idolater; and he that these things doth impose, is one that shews himself a God. But this doth Antichrist do: And 'tis worth the noting, That God forbids not only images, but the likeness of any thing ; books, altars, fancies, imaginations, or any thing in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, to bow down to, or to make them a means to worship or come to God by, if he has not commanded nor tolerated them in his holy word.

Thus saith the Lord : And, I am the Lord , is the stamp , the seal , and sign of all true rules of worship; and therefore it is so often repeated both in Moses, and in the prophets, where God commandeth worship to be performed, and imposeth the means and methods of it. Now this, Thus saith the Lord , Antichrist has rejected; and I am the Lord , he hath assumed to himself: and therefore without the law, the word and commandment, hath framed and imposed a worship, exalting himself in the temple of God, although he is but the man of sin, above all that is called God, or that is worshiped.

Nor is he in this his so foul a fact, without them that adore, worship his image, and wonder after him; yea, he hath got by this means almost the whole world to himself, who say, 'Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?' (Rev 13:4). And that they might shew their resolvedness to stand by him, they receive his mark in their forehead, or in their hand; His mark ; that is, they either openly or seriously become his disciples, and worship him according to the rules, methods, and ways that he hath prescribed. Wherefore, these with him, are also to drink of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God: 'If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb' (Rev 14:9,10).

But, I say, for that Antichrist hath thus taken the place of God , prescribed and imposed a worship as a God , got the world to worship and wonder after him as after a God . Therefore shall he die the death of the uncircumcised, both in the soul, spirit, body, or flesh of Antichrist; therefore will God enlighten, and gather, and set the kings and nations against him, that both he and his may be buried, and have their dolesome withdrawing-rooms from the world in the sides of the pit's mouth.

SECOND CAUSE.

Secondly , Antichrist must be destroyed, because he hath set himself against the Son of God; against the Father, and against the Son. He had a spite against the Son betimes, even then when he came forth but in little bits , when he attempted to deny that he was come in the flesh (1 John 4:1-4). But seeing he could make no earnings of that, he hath changed his methods, and seeks to run him out and down by other means and ways: because therefore he hath set himself against the Son of God, the king, therefore he must die. That he hath set himself against the Son of God, is also evident; for he hath his name from thence: He is therefore called Antichrist. That he hath set himself against him, is yet further evident; for that he hath endeavoured to take from him his headship over, and his offices for and in the church, which is his body. He hath plainly endeavoured to be head, for that he hath striven to take his wife from him, and to cause that she should be called HIS: Yea, he hath endeavoured by all inventions to prostrate her to his lusts, to deflower her, and to maker her an adulteress. He has been worse than Pharaoh, who took Abraham's wife (Gen 12); and worse than Abimelech, who lusted after Isaac's (Gen 26): Yea, worse than Phalti, who run away with David's (1 Sam 25:44); forasmuch as she is higher, beloved better, and cost more than did any of these. Would it not be counted an high affront, for a base inferior fellow, to call himself the head of the queen? Yet thus has Antichrist done, and worse; he has called himself the head of the universal church of God.

And as he has attempted to be head in his stead, so to be king, priest, and prophet.

[1.] He has attempted to wrest his sceptre and kingdom from him, in that he hath endeavoured to thrust himself into his throne, which is the heart and conscience of his people. The heart and conscience is that which Christ claimeth for his own proper and peculiar seat: 'My son, give me thy heart.' 'That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith' (Eph 3:17). In this therefore the church is not to be for another man, so will he be for her; but this throne Antichrist has lusted for, attempted to take, and made war with Christ and his church, because they would not yield up to him this glorious throne of his, and therefore he must die.

[2.] He hath intruded upon the priestly office of Christ, hath called himself high-priest ; though the Lord hath said, 'Because thou has rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children' (Hosea 4:6). But he will make himself a priest; he hath invented sacrifices for the quick and the dead : he hath put, as he presumes, merit and worth into these sacrifices; he hath commanded that those that worship, should have faith in, and expect benefit by these sacrifices, although he offereth to his God nought else but the flesh of the hog , and of the mouse , with the broth of his abominable things (Isa 66:17). Many and sundry ways he hath set himself up to be high-priest, though God knows no high-priest but one, though the church ought to know no high-priest but one; yea, though no high-priest but one can approach God's mercy-seat, to do for us the necessary and desired work.

[3.] He hath intruded upon the prophetical office of Jesus Christ. What else means his pretences to infallibility?[16] And that too when he imposes unwritten verities, abominable traditions, blasphemous rites and ceremonies; and forbids or dispenseth with the holy commands of God: Yea, when he enforceth these his Omrian statutes, and doth impose the works of the house of Ahab (Micah 6:16), he doth all in the name of the Lord Christ, when himself hath set himself in his place, and in his room. This is mystery Babylon, the mystery of iniquity : This is Antichrist's soul and body, and as such, must be destroyed. But,

THIRD CAUSE.

Thirdly, Antichrist must be destroyed, because he hath blasphemed against the Holy Ghost, and so set himself above the Father, the Son, the Spirit; against ALL that is called God. The Holy Ghost is that Spirit of truth that Christ has promised to give unto his church, to help her in the understanding of his holy word, and to enable her to believe, and walk humbly and holily before God and man. The spirit of Antichrist is that spirit of error that hath puffed up the false church into a conceit of herself, and unscriptural worship; and that hath made this false church, which is his body, to ascribe all the horrible things and acts thereof, to the wisdom, guidance, directions or operations of the Holy Ghost: As,

1. In all her unscriptural councils, assemblies and convocations, they blasphemously father what they do upon the Holy Ghost, and make him the inventor and approver thereof.

2. She also blasphemeth the Holy Ghost, in accusing and condemning the holy scriptures of insufficiency, for that she saith, though it is a rule, yet but an imperfect one; one deficient, one that is not able to make the man of God perfect in all things, without the traditions, inventions, and blasphemous helps of antichristian wisdom.

3. She hath also blasphemed the Holy Ghost, in that she hath set up her own church-government, offices, officers and discipline: None of all which is the church of Christ directed to by the wisdom of the Spirit of God in his testament.

4. She hath also sinned against the Holy Ghost, in that she hath, as it were, turned the Holy Ghost out of doors, in concluding that he, without the works of the flesh, is not sufficient to govern the hearts of worshippers, in the service and worship of God.

5. She hath also thus sinned, in that she hath wrought many lying miracles in the face of the world, and imposed them upon her disciples for the confirming of her errors and blasphemous opinions, to the confronting of the true miracles wrought by the Holy Ghost; and also to the concluding, that there was an insufficiency in those that were true, to confirm the truth, without the addition of hers; which she has wrought by the power of Satan, and the spirit of delusion, only to confirm her lies.

6. She hath sinned against the Holy Ghost, in that she hath, with Jeroboam the son of Nebat, striven against the judgments wherewith God hath punished her; to call her back from her wicked way; and persisted therein, to the effectual proving of herself to be the lewd woman (2 Kings 13:4-7,23,24).

7. She hath sinned, by labouring to hide all her wickedness, by lies, dissimulations, and filthy equivocations of her priests, friars, Jesuits, &c. I say, her labouring to hide the wickedness that she hath committed against kings, countries, nations, kingdoms and people. She hath hid these things by the means or persons made mention of before; as by the tail; for they indeed are the tail of the beast, that cover his most filthy parts: The prophet that speaketh lies, he is the tail (Isa 9:15). But,

FOURTH CAUSE.

Fourthly, Antichrist must be destroyed, for the horrid outrage, and villainous murders that she hath committed upon the bodies of the saints. For there is none, as to these things, for cruelty, to be compared with the church of Antichrist, and her followers: For upon whom hath not her cruelty been shewed; have they never so little stood in her way, though never so innocently and honestly by so doing, stood to the truth and verity of God? Yea, the promoting of her own superstition, idolatry, and blasphemous rites and ceremonies, have been so pursued by her, that she has waded through a sea of innocent blood for the accomplishment thereof.

The poor church of God is a sensible bleeding witness of this, and so has been for hundreds of years together; witness the chronicles of all nations where she hath had to do; yea, and the sackcloth and ashes, and tears, and widows, and fatherless children, and their cries, of all which the holy word of God is a sufficient confirmation; 'And in her,' when God shall come to make inquisition for blood, 'will be found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth' (Rev 18:24). And yet has she such a whore's forehead, such a blindness in her judgment, and such an hard and obdurate heart, that it is not possible she should ever repent. Murders have been so natural to her, and in them her hand has been so exercised, that it is now become a custom, a trade, a pastime to her, to be either in the act, or laying some foundation for murders: Witness those plots, designs conspiracies, and frequent attempts that are, one or other of them, continually on foot in the world for the commission of murders.

Nay, the text last mentioned seems to import, that blood is so natural to her, that she sticketh not at any condition, sex, age, or degree, so she may imbrue her hands in blood. In her was found the blood of saints and prophets, and of all other carnal, natural, ignorant, graceless men that have been slain upon the earth. It is she that sets kings and kingdoms at variance: It is she that sets parents and children at variance, by her abuse of the word of our Lord and Christ. And besides, is it not easy, if we do but consider those bloody massacres that have been committed by her hand, both in France, Ireland, Piedmont, and in several places besides, without wronging of her, to conclude, that the blood of thousands, that have not known their right hand from their left in religion, hath been shed, to quench, if it might have been, her insatiate thirst after blood. Therefore, for these things shall she be judged, as women that shed blood are judged; because she is an adulteress, and blood is in her hands (Eze 23:45). She hath been as a beast of prey: Nay, worse; for they do but kill and tear for the hunger of themselves, and of their whelps: but she, to satisfy her wanton and beastly lusts. 'They have cast lots for my people; [saith God] and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink' (Joel 3:3): and therefore must Antichrist be destroyed. Forbearance is no payment, God's patience is not a sign that he forgetteth to take vengeance; but rather, that he waiteth till his own are come out of her, and until her iniquity is filled up: For then he will execute the judgment written, and will remember, as has been said, the Babylonians, and all their ways. [17]

FIFTH CAUSE.

Fifthly, Antichrist must be destroyed, because she hath put out of order, and confounded the rule and government that God has set up in the world. I say, she has put it out of order, and confounded it in all places where she rules; so that it cannot accomplish the design of him that ordained it, To wit, To be a terror to evil works, and a praise to them that do well. Wherefore we read, That those horns or kings where Mystery Babylon sitteth, are upon the heads of that beast that carrieth her, which beast is her protector. Magistracy is God's ordinance, appointed for the good of society, and for the peace and safety of those that are good. But this Antichrist has, where she rules, put all out of order; and no wonder, for she has bepuddled the word of God; no wonder, then, I say, if the foundations of the world be out of course. 'Tis she that hath turned the sword of the magistrate against those that keep God's law: 'Tis she that has made it the ruin of the good and virtuous, and a protection to the vile and base. Wherefore, when the Holy Ghost tells us, that the time is coming in which God will count with the bloody-minded, for the murders that they have committed; he in a manner doth quite excuse the magistrate, saying, 'Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not: The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots. The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword, and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is no end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses' (Nahum 3:1-3). But what is the cause of all this slaying, and the reason of this abundance of corpses? Why, it is because of the unsatiable thirst of the bloody city after blood: and, 'Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts' (verse 4). But doth this bloody city spill this blood by herself simply, as she is the adulterated whore? No, this church has found out a trick; that is to say, to quarrel with Christ in his members; and to persuade the powers where she rules to set ensnaring laws to catch them, and to execute the same upon them.

Thus when the synagogue of Satan, of old, had taken Christ, and accused him, they made Pontius Pilate to condemn and hang him. But God has begun to shew to some of the kings this wickedness, and has prevailed with them to PROTEST against her. And in the mean time, for those that are yet in the bed of love with her, the Holy Ghost doth, in the text last mentioned, and in Revelation 18:24 much excuse them for the blood that they have shed, and for the injuries that they have done to his people; because they have not done it of their mere inclinations, nor in the prosecution of their office, but through the whoredoms and witchcrafts of this well-favoured harlot, who hath with false doctrines, false promises, and causeless curses, prevailed on them to do it. And they have done it, rather of fear than favour . Some indeed have more doted upon her beauty, and have more thoroughly been devoted to her service: But they also had not that aptness to do so of themselves, but have been forced to it by the power of her enchantments: Therefore, I say, the main guilt shall be laid at her door, for that she in chief has deserved it. 'Son of man [says God] take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel.' Why? Because their mother, the church, was at that time adulterated, and become a lioness, had lain down with the heathen, and so brought forth young lions, that is, rulers: 'And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men' (Eze 19:1-3). It learnt, It learnt: But of who but of its dam, or of the lioness to whom she had put it to learn to do such things? Therefore they are to be lamented and pitied, rather than condemned, and their mother made to bear the blame. Wherefore it follows, 'She was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. And now she is planted in the wilderness, (in the provinces of Babylon,) in a dry and thirsty ground. And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that he hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation' (Eze 19:12-14).

SIXTH CAUSE.

Sixthly, Antichrist must be destroyed, because of her exceeding covetousness. Religion, such as it is, is the thing pretended to: But the great things of this world, are the things really intended by her in all her seeming self-denials and devotions. And for this covetousness also it is that this destruction is to fall upon her: 'Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, (to his church) that he may set his nest on high' (Hab 2:9); (for he could not do the one, before he had obtained the other:) for then indeed they began to be high, when they had so inveigled Constantine, that he bestowed upon them much riches and honour; and then it was cried by an angel, and the cry was heard in the city, Constantinople! 'Woe! woe! woe! this day is venom poured into the church of God!' (as both my Lord Cobham and Mr. Fox witness in the book of Acts and Monuments).[18]

Nor has any generation since the world began, been so insatiably greedy of gain, as these poor people have been: They have got kingdoms, they have got crowns, they have got, What have they not got? They have got everything but grace and pardon. Did I say before, that religion is their pretence?
Doth not the whole course of their way declare it to their face? Every one of them, from the least even to the greatest, is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest, every one dealeth falsely (Jer 6:13, 8:10): Money, money , as the peddlar cries,[19] broken or whole, is the sinews of their religion: And it is for that they set kingdoms, crowns, principalities, places, preferments, sacraments, pardons, prayers, indulgences, liberty; yea, and souls and bodies of men, women and children, to sale. Yea, it is for this that they have invented so many places, offices, names, titles, orders, vows, &c. It is to get money, to rob countries, that they may make their nests on high. And indeed they have done it, to the amazement of all the world.
They are clambered up above kings and princes, and emperors:[20] They wear the triple-crown : They have made kings bow at their feet , and emperors , stand barefoot at their gates : They have kicked the crowns of princes from their heads, and set them on again with their toes .[21] Thus their covetousness has set them high, even above the suns, moons and stars of this world: but to what end? That they may be cast down to hell.

SEVENTH CAUSE.

Seventhly , Antichrist must be destroyed, because he standeth in the way of the setting up of the kingdom of Christ in the world . Many princes were in Edom before there was a king in Israel; and Christ has suffered Antichrist to set up before him. And he standeth in his way, and has so overspread the world in all places, with that which is directly contrary to him, that he cannot set up his kingdom, until that which is Antichrist's is tumbled down to the ground; even as a man whose ground is full of thorns, and briars, and weeds, cannot sow in expectation of a crop, until he hath removed them.

And these seeds has Antichrist sown where the kingdom of Christ should stand: 'Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briars; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks, [this is to happen to the church of God,] Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest' (Isa 32:13-15). And the antichristian synagogue be turned into a wilderness.

When God came from Egypt with his people, to set up his kingdom in Canaan, he cast out the heathen before them in order thereunto; 'Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it' (Psa 80:8). Wherefore, Antichrist must be removed and destroyed for this: For Antichrist is in flat opposition to Christ, as Tibni was to Omri (1 Kings 16:21,22): Wherefore Antichrist must die. The reason is, because Christ's kingdom shall be peaceable, without molestation; and glorious, without the fumes and fogs of antichristian darkness: Because also, as the world hath seen the manner of the reign of Antichrist, and how tyrannical and outrageous a kingdom his is: so they shall see the reign of Christ, by his word and spirit in his people, how peaceable, how fruitful in blessedness and prosperity his kingdom is. And hence it is that God purposeth to bury Antichrist, before he sets 'glory in the land of the living' (Eze 26:20, 21). As also you read in the book of Revelations; for there you find the kingdom of Antichrist was destroyed before the new Jerusalem was set up. When men intend to build a new house, if in the place where the old one stood, they first pull down the old one, raze the foundation, and then they begin their new. Now God, as I said, will have his primitive church-state set up in this world, (even where Antichrist has set up his;) wherefore, in order to this, Antichrist must be pulled down, down stick and stone; and then they that live to see it, will behold the new Jerusalem come down from heaven, as a bride adorned for her husband.

New wine is not put into old bottles, nor a new piece into an old garment; nor shall any of the old anti-scriptural ordinances, ceremonies, rites, or vessels of the man of sin, be made use of, or accounted anything worth, in this day of the kingdom of Jesus Christ. And thus I have shewed you something of Antichrist, of his ruin, and of the manner and signs of the approach thereof; together with the means and causes of his ruin. All which I leave to the judgment of the godly, and beg their instruction where they see me to be out; and shall conclude, after a short word of application.

First, Must Antichrist be destroyed? Then this informs us, that a time is coming wherein there shall be no Antichrist to afflict God's church any more. 'Tis Antichrist, antichristians, and antichristianism, that is the cause of the troubles of Christians, for being Christians. And therefore 'tis from the consideration of this that it is said, men 'shall beat their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks,' and that they 'shall learn war no more' (Isa 2:4): Yea it is from the consideration of this, that it is said the child shall play with venomous and destroying beasts, and that a little child shall lead the wolf , the leopard , and the young lion , and that the weaned child shall put his hand into the cockatrice's den, and catch no hurt thereby (Isa 11:6-9). For as was said before, 'tis through the instigation of this spirit of error, that the governors of the world have heretofore done hurt to Zion, and I say now again, all things shall turn to their right course, and occupy their places, as do the bodies in the higher orbs.

Secondly, Is Antichrist to be destroyed, and must she have an end? Then this gives us to understand, that a day is coming when Antichrist shall be unknown, not seen, nor felt by the church of God. There are men to be born who shall not know Antichrist, but as they read in the word that such a thing has been. These shall talk of her, as Israel's childrens' children were to talk of Pharaoh, of his cruelty; of his tasks, of his pride, of the Red Sea, and how he was drowned there: They shall talk of them, as of those that have been long dead; as of those who for their horrible wickedness, are laid in the pit's mouth. This will be some of that sweet chat that the saints shall, at their spare hours, have in time to come. When God has pulled this dragon out of the sea, this leviathan out of his river, and cast his dead carcase upon the open field, then shall those whose ancestors have been put into terrors by him, come flocking to see the monster; and shall rejoice for all the mercy. In that day, the church of God shall say, 'O Lord I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortest me. In that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people,' &c. (Isa 12:1,4). O how sweetly did David, and the church in his day, sing of the ruins of the Egyptians, and the deliverances of their fathers, which had been in times of old! (Psa 68). to wit, what God did in Egypt, what he did at the Red Sea; what he did to Sihon, to Og, and to the remnant of the giants: How he divided the waters of Jordan, and gave the land of Canaan in its fruitfulness among his people (Psa 105): How that though Pharaoh and his horsemen and chariots were terrible then , yet now there is nothing left but their souls, their feet, and the palms of their hands; nothing but that which can do no hurt; nothing but what may minister an occasion of joyful remembrance of them (Psa 106; 132).

Thirdly, Is Antichrist to be destroyed? Then this calls aloud to God's people to make haste to come out of her. 'Ho, ho,' says the prophet: He cries out as if the people were asleep: 'Come forth , and flee from the land of the north' (Zech 2:6). The people of God in the latter days will want a heart to come out of her, with that fear of her plagues as they should: Wherefore another says, 'Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins and that ye receive not of her plagues' (Rev 18:4).

When Israel was carried into Babylon, 'twas not that they should dwell there for ever: Though they were bid to build them houses, and beget them children there. But when they had built, planted vineyards, and got wives and children there, 'twas hard getting them from thence again: For now they were as it were naturalized to the country, and to the manners of it (Jer 29:4-7). But God will have them out, (but they must not think to carry thence their houses and vineyards on their backs,) or he will destroy them with those destructions wherewith he hath threatened to destroy Babylon itself. Flesh will hang behind, because it favoureth the things of the flesh, plenty of which there is in that country: But they that will live after the flesh must die. 'Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing ; and I will receive you, and will be a father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty' (2 Cor 6:17,18).

But why (some may say) must we come out ? I answer, because God has temple-work to do, temple-worship to do, temple-sacrifices to offer, and none of these things can by any means be done, but at Jerusalem. But if you still object and say, 'The Lord has raised us up prophets in Babylon,' and we will not come out; you must not murmur if you feel what is to follow. And that such may know upon what bottom they stand, let them read the 29th chapter of Jeremiah 15-19.

Fourthly, Must Antichrist be destroyed? Then what mean they, who were to appearance once come out, but now are going thither again? If it cost Lot's wife dear for but looking back, shall not it cost them much dearer, that are going back, that are gone back again? and that, AFTER the angel had fled through the midst of heaven, preaching the gospel to those that dwell on the earth? (Rev 14:6-10). They that received the mark of the beast at first, before this angel came forth, are when compared with these, excusable (Rev 13:16,17): Wherefore, they are not threatened with that smoking wrath, as are these which are here under consideration.

You dread, that which is like to become of them that will be so mad to run into an house, when fire is putting to the gunpowder barrel, in order to its blowing up: Why thus do they, let their pretended cause be what it will, that are returning again to Babel. Are her plagues pleasant or easy to be borne?
Or dost thou think that God is at play with thee, and that he threateneth but in jest?

Her plagues are death, and mourning, and famine, and fire (Rev 18:8); are these things to be overlooked? And they that, as before is hinted, shall receive the mark of the beast in their forehead, or in their hand, and shall worship him, they, 'the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God' (Rev 14:10): And will this be a delightsome draught? Remember how ill God took it, that his people of old, in their hearts, though but in their hearts, went back again into Egypt. You may say, but I have friends, relations, and concerns in Babylon. And, I answer, so had Lot in Sodom (Gen 19:14-16); but for all that, he must either quickly come out, or run the hazard of being burned there with them. But methinks, a people that belong to God, should be willing to leave all to follow him: Besides, his presence is promised at Jerusalem, there also will he accept thy offerings.

Fifthly, Is Antichrist to be destroyed? Then let them that love God, his Son, and his Zion, cry to God, that it may be hastened in its time. One of the songs of Zion is, that Babylon shall be destroyed. The cries of the souls of them that were slain for the witness of Jesus is, that Babylon may be counted with, and that their blood may be revenged upon her. The promise is, that Babylon shall be destroyed: And do we hold our tongues? The church of God will not flourish as it should, until Babylon is destroyed: The world will never be in its right wits, until Babylon is destroyed: The kingdom of Christ will never be set up, in and by his church, as it ought, and shall, until Antichrist is destroyed: There will never be peace upon earth till Antichrist is destroyed: And God has promised that there shall be peace and truth, and glory, when Babylon is destroyed: And do we hold our peace? Besides, your innocency in suffering; your honesty towards God, in your testimony for his truth; the substantial ground which you have for the bottom of your faith, as to things controverted betwixt Antichrist and you, will never be manifested as it will then; and so consequently, you never so brought out to the light, and your enemies never so put to shame as then. 'Then shame shall cover her that said unto thee, Where is the Lord thy God?' Wherefore, as I said, cry unto the Lord, keep not silence, give him no rest, let him not alone, until he has delivered his miserable people out of the mouth of this lion, and from the paw of this bear.

Sixthly, Is Antichrist to be destroyed? Then let us live in the expectation of it; and let this be one of our songs in the house of our pilgrimage. God bids his people, while in Babylon, to let Jerusalem come into their mind (Jer 51:50), and writes to them that then were in her, to acquaint them that he remembered them still, and would assuredly deliver them from that place and state . And wherefore doth he thus, but to beget an expectation in them of their salvation and deliverance? (Jer 29:13, 14). The Lord is so pleased with the faith and expectation of his people, as to this, that they seldom are herein concerned as they should, but he steps in with them, and warms their hearts. The reason is, because the faith of God's people, as to the downfall of Babylon, stands upon as sure a foundation as doth the salvation of their souls; and that next to that, God is as much delighted in what he has purposed to do against Babylon, as in anything else in the earth: And therefore, if you consider it well, the great and glorious promises that are to be fulfilled on earth, are to be fulfilled when Antichrist is dead and buried: These bits are too good even for his children to have, so long as this dog is by, lest he should snatch at the crumbs thereof; wherefore they are reserved until he is gone: For thus saith the Lord, 'That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word towards you, in causing you to return to this place: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.' This is in Jeremiah the 29th chapter, verses 10, 11 and in the 31st chapter he adds, 'Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and of the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord' (verse 12-14). Again, in the 32nd chapter, still speaking of the same thing, he saith, 'Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul' (verse 41).

I conclude this with that which I find in the 33rd chapter: 'And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise, and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble, for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it' (verse 8, 9).

Seventhly, Must Antichrist be destroyed? Then this should make us glad, when we see the signs of his fall presenting themselves to our view. Indeed, the signs of his fall, or those that forerun it, are terrible, and amazing to behold. But what of that, since the wrinkles that are in their faces threaten not us but them? A man is angry, and will punish; yea, and whets his sword, makes his rod, and he speaks not a word, but blood, blood, is in it. Indeed, this should make them that are concerned in this anger, be afraid; (but the judgment is, they are fast asleep,) but what is in all this of terror to them, for the pleading whose cause he is so angry with the other? Nothing whereat the innocent should be afraid. Cold blasts in November are not received with that gentleness as are colder in March and April; for that these last cold ones are but the farewell notes of a piercing winter; they also bring with them the signs and tokens of a comfortable summer. Why, the church is now at the rising of the year; let then the blasts at present, or to come, be what they will, Antichrist is assuredly drawing towards his downfall: And though the devil, knowing what is to be done to him, and to his kingdom, shall so blind his disciples, and fright the godly, do something like it upon the church of Christ; yet we should look through these paper-winkers ,[22] and espy in all this, that fear, yea, certain terrible judgments are following of him at the heels, by which not only the soul, spirit, and life of Antichrist, but the body thereof; yea, body, and soul, and head, are quickly to go down thither; from whence they, as such, shall not arise again.

Amen.

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JOEL OSTEEN EXPOSED A man made religion without Christ!

2010-11-13T02:03:00.000-08:00

JOEL OSTEEN EXPOSED A man made religion without Christ!

“I don’t get deep and theological.”

Expect Gods Favor Interview with Joel Osteen

http://www.beliefnet.com/Inspiration/Christian-Inspiration/2004/12/Expect-Gods-Favor-Interview-With-Joel-Osteen.aspx

-- He spoke with Beliefnet recently about his first book, "Your Best Life Now."

Your book speaks about living at your full potential and getting the most out of life, which is what you say God wants for us. How does God want us to live our lives?
It almost seems like cognitive therapy: Think your way happy, be optimistic, and expect the best.

I think a lot of it is. A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine. I’ve read many articles on how a positive attitude, laughing every day and being happy, does help people to recover and live longer.

What are the biggest problems people come to you with?

I would say it’s relationships. People are discouraged, beaten down. Relationships, finances, health [are] probably the big categories.

The book’s title and subhead--Your Best Life Now: Seven Steps to Living at Your Full Potential--don’t include specific Christian terms. To whom are you marketing the book?

You’re exactly right. I don’t want to just preach to the church and I just feel like I have a broader message. I’d like to think that I can help everyday people who don’t necessarily go to church. I bet half the letters I get, the first line is "I’ve never been to church. I don’t watch a preacher on TV, but..."

When I first started, I played basketball down at the YMCA with a bunch of guys—I don’t know if they’re Christian, but they’re not living a Christian life. I always thought, when I speak, if they can’t understand what I’m saying, then I’m not doing the right thing. So I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical. ---
Practical – neat, multipurpose, smart, tidy, stylish, well-dressed, elegant, brainy, sting, burn, hurt, nearby, close,

--- What moral values are important to focus on now?

I think most of it has to do with the family and the marriage situation and all that.
What's the most important thing to do to overcome guilt and shame?

We've got to forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made. A lot of people tell me, "I don't feel like God wants to bless me."

If we don't forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made-and everybody's made their choices, some worse than others--we'll never experience the good life God has in store.

It's just changing your attitude and knowing that God gives you your value. Even though somebody's tried to devalue you, you've just got to say, "I've gotta let that go and know who I am, who God made me to be." ---

Attitude – outlook, manner, thoughts, mind-set, way of thinking, opinion, point of view, viewpoint, view, standpoint, line, way of behaving, posture, pose, stance, posture, pose, position, bearing,

Here you find on the link of Holistic living! A Joel O. way of behaving?

Go to: http://www.beliefnet.com/Holistic-Living/index.aspx

Holistic –general, universal, all-inclusive, broad, wide, large, big, open, far-reaching, sketchy, hazy, imprecise, marked, all-embracing, catholic, across-the-board, varied, all-encompassing, wide-ranging, comprehensive, rounded, curved, smoothed, charming, silver-tongued, slick, easy, trouble-free, undemanding, unproblematic, comfortable, relaxed, laid-back, cool, calm, at ease, composed, collected, self-possessed, self-confident, suspended, perched, dignified, dignify, pride, arrogance, conceit, self-importance, satisfaction, pleasure, delight, gratification, self-esteem, honor, poised, tranquil, make comfortable, ease, compose, happy, effortless, efficient,

Holistic spirituality is an acceptance of others beliefs!

Quote:
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it: Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
-Goethe

-- Each individual seeks their own truth.
There is NO certain way of doing anything.

If you choose to attend church and read ancient texts, do that.
If you choose to meditate and/or attend church or not attend church, do that. ---

--- Many spiritually grounded people have set up a little alter in their homes with candles, pictures or anything that has deep meaning for YOU. ---

A morally, ethically, credo, philosophy, ideas, principles, beliefs, thinking, doctrine!

A man made religion without Christ!

JOEL OSTEEN EXPOSED
“I don’t get deep and theological.”

Go to: http://www.safeguardyoursoul.com/html/joel_osteen_exposed.html

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Is Benny Hinn adding one lie to another?

2010-11-11T03:03:00.000-08:00

Is Benny Hinn adding one lie to another?

“The Vatican did invite me a few days ago. They made me a Patron of the Arts in the Vatican two weeks ago. And that’s a fact! A Patron of the Arts means you support the Vatican so they can maintain all the work of Michelangelo. I’m one of the guys now that supports what they do. And that is a fact. I was there, and we were taken around by a man named Wilhelm Kramer [or Cramer]. And they asked me, literally they said, “Do you know people that can help us financially?” I said, “Alright.”

Now here’s where I made my mistake: I let her [Paula White] come with me to Rome, so she can donate money. That was stupid on my part.”

“Christian Research Services queried Fr. Mark Haydu,
International Coordinator/Director of The Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums.

His response:

To my knowledge, Paula White or Benny Hinn were not invited to the Vatican Museums in any official context, nor did we find anyone on our donors database of Patrons under those names. [Original on file with CRS]”

“I publicly profess and forcefully renounce assertions that the recent trip to Italy to meet with Vatican officials suggests that the friendship is in any way improper or morally impure. We traveled independently to the region for respective ministry duties…

Since Hinn and White were ‘being made’ Patrons, they would have had to give the Vatican Museums money.

Donating would require real names or the name of their US ministries (donor money) and not the name David Solomon that Hinn supposedly used to check into the Rome hotel. It’s possible Hinn and White gave the Vatican a cash donation and phony names to become Patrons, anything is possible. But not probable.

If anything changes in this “I said/The Vatican said” discrepancy, I’ll post.
Update: Fr. Federico Lombardi of the Holy See Press Office says Benny Hinn met with the Pope in 1989 and visited the Vatican in 2008. DagenMaganinet July 31/10:
Some visitors will sit on the top row at a papal audience. They considered donating money to a major restoration of an organ. Hinn was one of them. If he gave money or not is unknown, Lombardi said.”

From: http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2010/08/14/vatican-says-benny-hinn-and-paula-white-not-patrons-of-the-arts/

DagenMaganinet July 31/10:http://www.dagenmagazinet.no/Kristenliv/tabid/256/Default.aspx?ModuleId=67966&articleView=true

The full story you can read here: http://www.christianresearchservice.com/BHinn44.htm

Benny Hinn a pure lie?: http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2010/08/05/benny-hinn-national-enquirer-article-pure-lie/

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Stanley Sjöberg på korståg!

2010-11-07T04:03:00.000-08:00

Stanley Sjöberg på korståg!

Stanley vill uppmana till en ny taktik, härförarkonst, krigföring, det handlar om överfyllda kyrkor och tätt packade samlingar på nattklubbar och i restaurangmiljöer.?

”De vill inte kalla sig "kristna" men gärna Kristi efterföljare. Men istället för att påverka, väljer de att påverkas.

I Sverige har vi Pingströrelsen, EFK, Trosrörelsen och Oasrörelsen utöver tio, femton andra etablerade kyrkor och samfund. Dessutom finns i vår tid en mångfald olikheter utifrån musikaliska stilar och andliga företeelser.

I Sverige finns mer lågmälda olikheter, allt från "Hillsongs" högljudda musikaliska lovsång, till kontemplativ andakt med förebilder från Taizé. Det finns en evangelikal linje som gärna dämpar det som kan beskrivas som karismatiskt.

Högkyrklig liturgi tillämpas med inspiration av katolska, ortodoxa förebilder. Ikoner, rökelse, ljuständning och tystnad ingår i former av retreater och andakt. Traditionella frikyrkor vill vara konservativa och utmärker sig främst med att ha äldre medlemmar.

Vårt behov är inte en ny inomkyrklig trend, utan en period av strategisk evangelisation.

När jag planerar inför 2011 har jag en förhoppning om att bli inbjuden till platser och församlingar som vill ordna möten med yrkesgrupper och olika kategorier av vanliga människor som vanligtvis inte besöker en kyrka. Då är jag beredd att beskriva kristen tro utifrån spännande ämnesrubriker som anknyter till "new age", muslimska föreställningar och ateismens alla fördomar.”

Från: http://www.hemmetsvan.se/nyhetstexter.jsp?oid=3466&coid=3

Min kommentar:

Här går Stanley Sjöberg i organiserings funderingar!

Med samlingar på nattklubbar parat med de till hedendom förfallna rörelserna såsom pingst ffs, Efk, Oasrörelsen, Taize`, (mysticism) vilka alla är anslutna till den ekumeniska uppgörelsen med den katolska hedendomen, kyrkornas världsråd, och uppgår i samarbetet med den antikristliga påvekyrkan, nu ska Stanley Sjöberg gå på ett förnyat härförartåg, det handlar inte om en väckelse inom de ”etablerade” kyrkorna, utan hur han vill fånga intresset bland new age kulten etc.

Ja Stanley Sjöberg tycks ständigt komma med nya infall och uppfinningar, och samtidigt står han kvar med rötterna i den karismatiska förvirringen, kaos!
Nu när hedendomens mörker lägrat sig i de etablerade kyrkorna, med mystik, ljuständningar, ikoner, prästvälde, new age, katolsk villolära, främlingskap för Bibeln som ersatts med offer gång, kulter etc.

Någon återgång till Bibeln lär väl vänta på sig, om den alls kommer!?

Job 17:11 Mina dagar äro förlidna, sönderslitna äro mina planer, vad som var mitt hjärtas begär.

Psa 140:4 (140:5) Bevara mig, HERRE, för de ogudaktigas händer, beskydda mig för våldets män, som uttänka planer för att bringa mig på fall.

Ord 19:21 Många planer har en man i sitt hjärta, men HERRENS råd, det bliver beståndande.

Ord 22:12 HERRENS ögon bevara den förståndige; därför omstörtar han den trolöses planer.

Hes 38:10 Så säger Herren, HERREN: På den tiden skola planer uppstå i ditt hjärta, och du skall tänka ut onda anslag.

Dan 11:28 Han skall vända tillbaka till sitt land med stora förråd, och han skall lägga planer mot det heliga förbundet; och när han har fullbordat dem, skall han vända tillbaka till sitt land.

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