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The universalists are wolves in sheep’s clothing Acts 4:12 “ Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.” The question to be answered is how the power of the gospel is received, for one to be saved? Jesus spoke about this in no uncertain terms, our redemption begins by believing in the gospel only, in him. It’s said, The road to hell is paved with good intentions -so is the road to heaven from earth. Universalists have been among the church, it has become a mainstay heresy inside the church, that is far and wide from WHAT the Scripture teaches. There are so many more than what we cover here. We are in dangerous times because of the numerous opinions on God and salvation that are bringing confusion. Henri Nouwen is an author often read. He wrote “ Today I personally believe that while Jesus came to open the door to God's house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to help every person claim his or her own way to God” (Sabbatical Journey Henri Nouwen). Besides the general acceptance of all paths lead to God, Neale Donald Walsch :“There are a thousand paths to God, and every one gets you there” (Friendship with God, an uncommon dialogue 1999, p. 357).Walsch, in his ‘Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 2,’ Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc., 1997; p. 3) That completely goes against Jesus said of him being the one and only way.= Walsh is so liberal HE States “Hitler went to heaven” And the reason according to Walsh, “There is no hell, so there is no place else for him to go.” (ibid.p. 42). Part of the universal view is that no one goes to hell, they all get another chance. That every human being will be reunited with God in the afterlife. Walsh:“God is love, no judgement “he will not send anyone to hell.”The universalists ignore the biblical warnings and examples, of not believing and following as a requirement.The Scriptures consistently categorize people into one of two classes (saved/unsaved-- believers/unbelievers). He has self deceived himself and others that there is no hell of which Jesus often spoke of. He knows better. Part of the universal salvific view is that no on goes to hell, they all get another chance, like it or not. That every human being will be reunited with God Andrew Klavan:“People say you can’t be saved without Jesus christ and I agree with that 100%... I count on people like this who are Jews who are Muslim, these people will see the face of Christ when they are before him and they will recognize him and go to him and he will welcome them”(Andrew Klavan; author and conservative political commentator; the Daily Wire). This is the worst kind of universalism, people saved after death, when the Bible Says the very opposite, they face a judgment awaits them. This is why it says today is the day of salvation (2 cvor.6:2. You can’t give the true gospel unless you believe in the gospel as your life saver. What the bible actually says it is. God has expressed His love by mercy, not in many ways but in a certain way. To show love to those who accept His sacrifice. He must punish evil or He cannot be a God of love. If one reads Mt. 25 they find that Jesus sentences those on his left into fire, God does send those to hell that reject him. It is utter nonsense to believe He receives those who reject Him in any fashion into heaven. Michael Savage: is an ASTUTE conservative political Commentator. What we find is that many conservatives are also universalists. Savage says I believe the Holy Spirit is in me (Nov.7,2017). Bu he does not believe the gospel. The only way one hears about a Holy Spirit is from the bible and the bible tells us how HE INDWELLS US, AND IT IS ONLY BY BELIEVING IN THE GOSPEL, which HE DOES NOT.so how did he get to indwell him? Savage believes he has the Holy Spirit without the new covenant that God promised in Jer. 31 in the Hebrew scripture. Savagewrote“GOD, FAITH, AND REASON” released in 2017.He shared some of his ideas on radio.“Alook at faith; religion is different than faith; glimpses of God in things we see and do; America is changing, will religion change too?; Christianity is dying while Islam is growing; Discussion on the crucifixion, Christ, and salvation if you are not Christian; my travels to the South Pacific islands collecting medicinal plants had a deeper meaning, discussed spirituality with the indigenous peoples of these islands; all good religions teach ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you’; Jewish religion the hardest to follow because complicated; a deeper look at the 10 commandments; the meaning of the Garden of Eden; much great art and literature is based on the scriptures; the land of Nod; religion and Faith connect you to the power of the universe. ‘THE POWER OF FAITH’ – The Michael Savage Show, Monday March 22, 2021 – The Savage Nation Christianity is NOT DYING, if one looks strictly at numbers they will arrive at the wrong conclusion BECAUSE Christianity was never about the many, but the few who are faithful. Savage encourages listeners to reconnect with their own religious traditions and find commonality in The Golden Rule, emphasizing the importance of spiritual growth and practice. The Healing Wheel Society aims to promote mutual respect between religions and peoples, provide educational and religious content, and protect wild places and animals as a religious act. Savage invites listeners to contribute to the organization and spread its message to bring better understanding and peace to the world. That becomes a bandaid to an open wound! There is no such teaching as the golden rule, many have pointed to Jesus saying do unto other as you would have them do to you. Which is the Law expressing love. Savage may be politically savvy, but as a Jew he has compromised his beliefs to harmonize by using materials from Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and other spiritual sources, he shows us he is speaking OF universalism which denies an ultimate truth. Mike Adams is another conservatorish commentator. He believes in reincarnation, in numerous new age type concepts (like in Enkankar) He teaches, “This is a key issue to understand. Christ died for the sins of all men, well, all people, even those who don't yet recognize Christ as their savior. And if you don't understand that, then you don't really understand the New Testament, and you certainly don't understand Paul's letters.” 023 -1 Timothy - Correcting the WICKEDNESS that has festered inside the Church for millennia) True that Christ died for all but it is not applied to all, one does not have it applied without believing in the gospel. “You still qualify for heaven if you're a good person. Okay?”(085 John ch14- Is CHRIST the only pathway to Heaven? ) He claims he is a Christian but abandons the gospel. Saying, “I don't exclude people of other faiths just because they don't read from the same book that I read from and teach from.” (Mike Adams Sermon 020 - Churchery TREACHERY). Adams presents himself as someone more OPEN MINDED, a better, and more loving Christian than others. Rob Bell who claims Christianity denies being a universalist, but he teaches of an ultimate salvation of all people through God’s love and grace. Bell’s view is that God’s love will ultimately reconcile everyone to Himself ignoring the many scriptures of his punishment Against the unrepentant So he does not comprehend what universalism is, or has isolated A CERTAIN FORM OF Universalism. One of the components of Universalism, teaches the one way is all ways that lead to God. without judgment Their influence is widespread by their books carried in Christian bookstores, their sermons are broadcasted on Christian radio stations and TV. Daniel Kikawa“Christians should cease representing Jesus as the Son of the foreign God of a foreign people, especially if these foreigners had never shown concern for nor had any involvement in the lives or culture of the natives. We should instead introduce Jesus as the Son of their creator God.” God lovingly created them in the beginning never left them without a witness and, in his great love for them, even sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, to die for them! (Daniel Kikawa, Perpetuated In Righteousness, pp.26-27 4th ed.) This means Jesus is not connected to his Hebrew heritage, his lineage or prophecy, this makes him a different Jesus that is promoted by Christian terminology, culturized for a universal acceptance. YWAM were the first to promote and incorporate his teachings that were spread throughout the ISLANDS. Since he borrowed Don Richardson concepts echoing his universal view it was no surprise that Richardson supported him, as did YWAM. Don Richardson collected missionary stories of the Supreme gods/sky gods of various tribes that knew nothing about Abraham, Israel or the Bible. Who also taught YWAM. He taught in YWAM to call forth gods gift and fingerprint in every culture. Richardson states “Young men and women are learning that there are things in every culture that are not from the evil one, they’re from God. Things that God has given people to serve as eye openers to help them understand their need of Jesus. And these things are like compasses, cultural compasses that point people to them.” After Richardson we see on the video the application to what he is teaching. Another says he has “learned so much about cultural redemption and how to DISCOVER CHRIST IN OUR CULTURE…speaking that“It has inspired me to go back and redempt my culture through god” (University of the nations “Principles of Redeeming cultures school” posted on youtube). Richardson wrote,”the Holy Spirit already indwells them as responders to general revelation.” (p.71,Heaven Wins) another blasphemy about God. GEORGE OTIS, JR.(The Sentinel Group – Transformations) also was DEEPLY associated with YWAM taught, “If Jesus literally paid for our sins with His blood, and a paid debt is no longer a debt, and He died for the sins of the whole world, then we can only come to one conclusion and the theological word for that is Universalism – which means that everybody will be saved”(George Otis Jr., Lecture to YWAM DTS, 1981:lecture 4). Apparently he did not know what is required to apply the gospel! Many of these men do no understand the gospel. YWAM (Youth With A Mission):Charisma article: "Messianic Muslims, who continue to read the Koran, visit the mosque and say their daily prayers but accept Christ as their Savior, are the products of the strategy which is being tried in several countries." A YWAM staff writer wrote: "They continue a life of following the Islamic requirements, including mosque attendance, fasting and Koranic reading, besides getting together as a fellowship of Muslims who acknowledge Christ as the source of God's mercy for them...."(YWAM in Foundation, May/June 2000, p. 39) this became the first vestiges of Chrislam that Rick Warren USED. William Barclay“I am a convinced universalist. I believe that in the end all men will be gathered into the love of God.”(William Barcley, I Am A Convinced Universalist, http://www.tentmaker.org/biographies/barclay.htm) Tony Campolotries his best to compromise (The Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education): "I am saying that there is no salvation apart from Jesus; that's my evangelical mindset. However, I am not convinced that Jesus only lives in Christians " (National Liberty Journal, 8/99). CNV News Service). He also says“We want to convince the whole human race that there is a God who established the infinite value of every person, who mystically dwells in each person ...” (A Reasonable Faith: Responding to Secularism, p. 59). “I mean that Jesus actually is present in each other person”(ibid. p. 192). How did he get there without them knowing? This is typical twisting of the Scripture that these liberal /Socialist OFTEN DO. Madam Guyon" spoke of univrsalism in [the contemplative state] everything is God. God is everywhere and in all things ."'For in man is God, and God is in all."" And I saw no difference between God and our Substance: but as it were all God."
There are the other mystics, like Julian of Norwich
'For in man is God, and God is in all." Meister Eckhart “ believed that in every human soul there is something of the very nature of God. Here it is that the human soul meets God…. [His] doctrine of the human soul has lasted to the present, and is reaffirmed whenever one speaks of a Divine Spark within each of us.” (Georgia Harkness, Mysticism, (Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 1973), p. 106 Sue Monk Kidd in her book When the Heart Waits. =explains: There's a bulb of truth buried in the human soul [not just Christian] that's "only God. " Apprehend God in all things,for God is in all things." "Every single creature is full of God, and is a book about God." "Every creature is a word of God. The occultist Alice Bailey who was ahead of her time in many respects had this to say about the wider road and Christ in all people, “This is the challenge which today confronts the Christian Church. The need is for vision, wisdom and that wide tolerance which will see divinity on every hand and recognize the Christ in every human being.” (Alice Bailey From Bethlehem To Calvary, p. 273, Lucis Publishing Company: New York, 1937). Rick Warren told an interfaith audience at the 2005 UN Prayer Breakfast “that God didn't care what religion they were, they just needed to add Jesus to their lives, what he meant was that you can stay Hindu, or Buddhist, or Muslim, but you need Jesus. It's called the New Missiology. It promotes the following ideas: 1. You can keep your own religion - Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Mormonism - you just need to add Jesus to the equation. Then you become complete. You become a Buddhist with Jesus, a Hindu with Jesus, a Muslim with Jesus and so on. 2 . You can throw out the term Christianity and still be a follower of Jesus. …and there is no need for that. Just ask Jesus into your heart, you don't have to identify yourself as a Christian. (Rick Warren, UN Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, referenced Warren’s doctrinal compromise brings him in alignment with Bahai. Who say “Although we may have different concepts of God's nature, although we may pray to Him in different languages and call Him by different names--Allah or Yahweh, God or Brahma--nevertheless, we are speaking about the same unique Being” (The Bahá'í Concept of God http://info.bahai.org/article-1-4-0-2.html) Lenoard Sweet: "One can be a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ without denying the flickers of the sacred in followers of Yahweh, or Kali, or Krishna. A globalization of evangelism 'in connection' with others, and a globally 'in-formed' gospel, is capable of talking across the fence with Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Muslim--people from other so called 'new' religious traditions ('new' only to us)--without assumption of superiority and power."129-130 Soul Tsunami: Sink or Swim in the New Millennium Culture (Zondervan, 1999 Sweets book-Quantum Spirituality he writes, One can be a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ without denying the flickers of the sacred in followers of Yahweh, or Kali, or Krishna.” “A globalization of evangelism “in connection” with others, and a globally “in-formed” gospel, is capable of talking across the fence with Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Muslim--people from other so called “new” religious traditions (“new” only to us)--without assumption of superiority and power.He then quotes favorably a Caribbean theologian “It will take a decolonized theology for Christians to appreciate the genuineness of others’ faiths , and to see and celebrate what is good, beautiful, and true in their beliefs without any illusions that down deep we all are believers in the same thing ” (pp.130-131 emphasis mine) Genuineness in other faiths? The bible says there is only one faith that God accepts. A "Conference on Interfaith Cooperation for Peace"in June 2005. It was sponsored by a tripartite group that included sixteen governments, three UN agencies, and eight religious and civil society organizations. The Community's principal representative to the United Nations, Bani Dugal, stated:"It is this essential unity of religion, across the tremendous diversity of history, culture, tradition, philosophy, and practice, that should now become the operating principle of religious discourse," Growing numbers of people are already coming to realize that the truth underlying all religions is, in its essence, one . We see what has been developing and what the goal is. It has reached the White house years AGO."Americans of many faiths and traditions share a common belief that God hears the prayers of His children and shows grace to those who seek Him. ... There is a power in these prayers [to various gods].... I ask the citizens of our Nation to give thanks, each according to his or her own faith, for the freedoms and blessings we have received and for God's continued guidance, comfort, and protection."( President George W. Bush, National Day of Prayer, 2007: A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America, http://www.ndptf.org/press_room/Index.cfm?Entity=4&Department=4&Dept_Order=1&This_TopicOrder=8&This_SubtopicOrder=1#3) President Bush hosted an Islamic celebration at the White House on October 4. He welcomed his guests with these words, "Laura and I are pleased to have you here for our seventh Iftaar dinner. Tonight we celebrate traditions of Islamic faith, which brings hope and comfort to more than a billion people. For Muslims around the world, the holy month of Ramadan is... a time to celebrate Islam's learned and vibrant culture, which has enriched civilization for centuries.... Ramadan is also a good time for Americans of all faiths to reflect on the values we hold in common -- including love of family, gratitude to the Almighty ....” ("President Bush [speaks at Islamic] Dinner at the White House," 10-4-07, http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/print/20071004-9.html) Islam is bringing “hope and comfort”? do we see this today? George Bush,a professing Christian"I believe that all the world, whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God . That's what I believe. … See, I believe there is a universal God. I believe the God that the Muslim prays to is the same God that I pray to. After all, we allcame from Abraham. I believe in that universality." (Interview of the President by Al Arabiya, Oval Office, White House, October 4, 2007 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071005-5.html) Pearson explains this view in his position paper "Jesus, Savior of the World: Gospel of Inclusion," He states: The theory of Universal Reconciliation (the Gospel of Inclusion) maintains that Christ's death accomplished its purpose of reconciling all mankind to God … The substitutional death of Christ not only made it possible for God to accept mankind as totally clean before Him but, more importantly, it demonstrated or proved God's unconditional love for His own creative handiwork. As a result, whatever separation now exists between man and the benefits of God's grace is subjective in nature; it is illusionary, existing only in man's unregenerated mind, his unenlightened or uniformed way of thinking . The message (Good News or Gospel) people need to hear, is not that they simply have an opportunity for Salvation, but that they, through Christ, in fact, have already been redeemed, reconciled and saved, and that this information , (Good News) frees them to enjoy the blessings that are already theirs in Him. "http://wfial.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=artOther.article_12" \l "10#10" He died for sin of all but it is not and cannot be applied with one exercising faith in the gospel. so Pearson is 100% wrong. Jesus, said unless you believe he is I am you will die in your sin. How do they distinguish between the Holy Spirit is sent to indwell only believers, to his universal indwelling of all humanity without them knowing? HannahHurnard’s 1981 book, Eagles’ Wings to the Higher Places , (Harper & Row), she announces that the love of God will ultimately deliver all men from hell. (PFO article) showing she has become a universalist.In her book Mountains of Spices, and Hind's Feet in High Places, she writes The School of Birth Experience, "The Lord, in the clearest possible way, confirmed His own belief in the Old Testament teaching concerning the necessity for human souls to visit the earth's school more than once . Her own view led her into the new age, regardless that Jesus did not teach reincarnation. In a 1994 biography by Isabel Anders (Standing on High Places), writes of Hannah Hurnard’s shift from sound biblical doctrine. “The view that she strongly sets forth is one of universalism, or a belief that all will be saved in the end . This was an understanding that caused Hannah to reconsider all of her early evangelical zeal, as well as look with new eyes at the meaning of life and death ” (pp. 154-155, quote from PFO article). =
William Branham:was an on-and-off universalist.“It’s
into the Kingdom of God with Eternal Life, with the predestinated that never
did start. It never started on any day. You wasn’t saved on any day.
You was always saved.
Amen. Jesus just come to redeem that, but you was saved from the beginning,
because you had Eternal Life to begin with.” “He saved everybody in the world when He died at Calvary. You believe that?” (53-0907E, Healing Line, Chicago Gospel Tabernacle, Chicago, IL). “Now, we realize, heavenly Father, that when You died for our sins, then every sin in the world was forgiven." (62-0724, Sir, We Would See Jesus). If that is true then no one is going to be judged “It’s not easy for a person to go to hell. A man fights his way to hell . (63-1124M What Shall I Do With Jesus Called Christ? ) The bible teaches we are all condemned headed to hell already unless God intervenes and we accept the gospel (John 3). Even though Branham did not believe in hell, he said,”I got the baptism of the Holy Ghost; I’m going to heaven.’ That don’t mean one thing that you’re going to heaven. No, sir. You can have the baptism of the Holy Ghost every hour in your life and still be lost and go to hell. The Bible says so. See? It’s exactly right.” (65-1207,Leadership, December ) “ the seed of God is actually placed in us from the foundation of the world. And when that Light first strikes that seed, It brings it to Life, but the Light first has to come upon the seed” (63-0714M, Why Cry? Speak!, Branham Tabernacle). Meaning we were saved before we were born in heaven, he explained the seed as a spark of divine nature in us. Like the Occultists. Brian McLaren: “ This is how I feel when I’m offered a choice between the roads of exclusivism (only confessing Christians go to heaven), universalism (everyone goes to heaven), and inclusivism (Christians go to heaven, plus at least some others). Each road takes you somewhere, to a place with some advantages an See, the seed of God is actually placed in us from the foundation of the world. And when that Light first strikes that seed, It brings it to Life, but the Light first has to come upon the seed” ( 63-0714M, Why Cry? Speak!, Branham Tabernacle).d disadvantages, but none of them is the road of my missional calling: blessed in this life to be a blessing to everyone on earth.” (ibid. p. 113.) Emergent church leader Brian McLaren, says,“Universalism is not as bankrupt of biblical support as some suggest,” (Brian McLaren, The Last Word and the Word After That,(San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003), pp. 103 (cf. pp. 182-183) “The gospel is not our gospel, but the gospel of the kingdom of God, and what belongs to the kingdom of God cannot be hijacked by Christianity" (p. 194).(Brian McLaren, An Emergent Manifesto) Meaning it is not exclusive to Christ and Christians. Billy Graham:“ I used to think that pagans in far-off countries were lost--were going to hell--if they did not have the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached to them. I no longer believe that. ... I believe there are other ways of recognizing the existence of God--through nature, for instance--and plenty of other opportunities, therefore, of saying yes to God. ” (Billy Graham, McCall’s Magazine, 1978). 20 years later Billy Graham Evangelism Association: They (the heathen) may not even know the name of Jesus but they know in their hearts that they need something that they don't have, and they turn to the only light that they have, and I think they are saved, and that they're going to be with us in heaven"(Billy Graham, Straightway, September, 1997. ) . Gregory MacDonald(Author of "The Evangelical Universalist?")Asks, “Can an evangelical be a universalist?” In other words, could someone be an evangelical and also believe that one dayall peoplewill be saved? If I asked that question of almost any evangelical I know the answer would be a clear and unequivocal, “No!” Rodney R. Romney (Pastor of Seattle’s First Baptist Church): “He [Jesus] meant to establish a world religion that would embrace every soul and synthesize every creed, and his work will not be consummated until he has done just that.”(Rodney R. Romney Pastor of Seattle's First Baptist Church. Romney Journey, p. 31.) George Fox said, “of God in everyone.” He claimed that he received the doctrine of the inner light without help from the Scriptures (The Journal of George Fox, revised by John Nickalls, 1952, pp. 33-35). In his journal Fox said, “I was glad that I was commanded to turn people to that inward light, spirit, and grace, by which all might know their salvation, and their way to God; even that divine Spirit which would lead them into all Truth, and which I infallibly knew would never deceive any” (The Journal of George Fox, revised by John Nickalls, 1952, p. 35). Robert Schuller"The Christ Spirit dwells in every human being, whether the person knows it or not."(Robert Schuller, Possibilities Magazine, Summer 1986, p.12). Roman Catholicism has many representatives, least of all is, MOTHER THERESA “ All is God--Buddists, Hindus, Christians, etc., all have access to the same God.”(12/4/89 Time, pp. 11, 13). This is all DANGEROUS doctrines that are contrary TO THE WAY OF SALAVTION, CALLED THE GOSPEL. From the 1964 dogmatic constitution Lumen Gentium: “But the plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator . In the first place amongst these there are the Muslims, who, professing to hold the faith of Abraham, along with us adore the one and merciful God, who on the last day will judge mankind. Nor is God far distant from those who in shadows and images seek the unknown God, for it is He who gives to all men life and breath and all things,(127) and as Saviour wills that all men be saved.(128) Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience.(19*) Michael Heiser:we want to avoid universalism (see this article “ for a recent treatment of this – not my view, but there is some overlap; and he lays out the universalism problem nicely”). But then what do we do with Romans 5:18 “Therefore as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.”
Rom. 5:18-19 “Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men , resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous .” Paul is making a specific correlation to those who are made righteous by Christ. The many who are qualified by the judgment that came to “all men’. The free gift from Christ is to all who will receive it. Those who believe and follow Christ are the many who were sinners who are made righteous ; this is not a general phrase for all sinners will be made righteous. In contrast, this second portion Paul is explaining of those who received the free gift, are the many who are made righteous. What’s so hard to understand? Christ did lead to justification for all men – for all those who Believe! This is said as the qualification in so many other places. There is no universalism for salvation, there is for being sinful. Paul states “For asin Adamall die, even soin Christshall all be made alive.” (1 Cor. 15:22). The unclear scriptures are always understood by the clear Scriptures. They must put their trust and faith in him or they're not a believer.Who is the him that they call Jesus? Heiser referred to Jesus Christ coming in the flesh, as not really referring to him being God coming in the flesh, but rather just the savior; of Israel which is not the point of the gospel. 2 John 7-11 “For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist”V.9 “Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God.” This doctrine of Christ involves who he is, being fully sinless to be Gods sacrifice for mankind's sin.
Mr.Heiser had his intellectualism interfere with understanding the Bible. Heiser stated one only needs to believe Christ is the lone way of salvation, but nearly every cult holds to this. The doctrine of Christ involves who he is and he being fully sinless to be God’s sacrifice for mankind's sin. This is the gospel. Heiser’s conclusion, is that Salvation isapart from the understanding that it is God who came as man to die for ones sin.Which is not the correct gospel. Andrew Wommack’s gospel, “The good “news” of the gospel is that God has already forgiven you. Why would you choose to go to hell with your sins forgiven?” I thought the forgiveness of our sin keeps us from hell? He teaches universal or general atonement from his own book, “As far as God’s concerned, the sins of the entire world have already been forgiven. The Lamb’s perfect sacrifice dealt decisively with the past, present, and future sins of every believer and nonbeliever alike. Understand his doctrinal gymnastics. Jesus justified everyone, atoned for everyone. Here is the problem with claiming that all sin has already been paid for, so then even if a person doesn’t repent and believe in Christ, their sin is already atoned for. That means they have no guilt before God. There is no need for anyone to accept salvation or the gift as he puts it. It is a ridiculous statement. This is what happens when you let bad theology, emotions, and word faith tradition dictate your faith. No on is “automatically” saved. A gift given isn’t fully yours until it’s received!” All individuals must receive for themselves by a willful decision of faith what Jesus Christ has provided in order to actually benefit from it. PETER KREEFT:(professor of philosophy at Boston College ): “Allah is not another God...we worship the same God” (Peter Kreeft Ecumenical Jihad p.30). “The same God! The very same God we worship in Christ is the God the Jews-and the Muslims-worship.”(Ibid. p. 160).One cannot be more wrong than this statement For the God of Israel says to love, not to kill, and he loves Israel. The God of Islam says to hate Israel and kill Jews, and Christians. No they are not the same God and every Muslim will admit this. Freemasonry:Manly P. Hall, a Mason, wrote: “ As a Mason his religion must be universal: Christ, Buddha or Mohammed, the names mean little, for he recognizes only the Light and not the bearer [person] (Lost Keys of Masonry, pp. 64-65, Manly Hall). Paul Young: in his book Lies We Believe About God, Paul Young openly describes himself as a universalist. In chapter 13, Young would have us believe it is a "lie" to tell someone, "You need to get saved."\oung asks himself the rhetorical questions, "Are you suggesting that everyone is saved? That you believe in universal salvation?" He answers, "That is exactly what I am saying!" Young then goes on to teach that "every single human being is in Christ" and that "Christ is in them." With this unbiblical teaching, one recalls how Young put these same heretical "God in everything" words in the mouth of his "Jesus" character in The Shack. He wrote: God, who is the ground of all being, dwells in, around, and through all things. Samir Selmanovic is one of the co-authors of An Emergent Manifesto of Hope and a EC leader in New York, is recommended by Brian McLaren who is on the board of their Sojourners Magazine, also endorsed by Leonard Sweet , Sally Morgenthaler and Tony Campolo. Samir says his ministry seeks “to bring progressive Jews, Christians, Muslims, and spiritual seekers of no faith to become an intrerfaith community for the good of the world. We have one world and one God.” (from Faith House project website.) He states “ to believe that God is limited to it [Christianity] would be an attempt to manage God. If one holds that Christ is confined to Christianity, one has chosen a god that is not sovereign” “Is our religion [Christianity] the only one that understands the true meaning of life? Or does God place his truth in others too? Selmanovic's website, Faith House project, has his interfaith vision (universalism ) that will: ... seek to bring progressive Jews, Christians, Muslims, and spiritual seekers of no faith to become an interfaith community for the good of the world. We have one world and one God." Selmanovic has some alarming views on Christianity. He states: If one holds that Christ is confined to Christianity, one has chosen a god that is not sovereign. Soren Merkegaard argued that the moment one decides to become a Christian, one is liable to idolatry. 17 Selmanovic says Is our religion [Christianity] the only one that understands the true meaning of life? Or does God place his truth in others too? Well, God decides, and not us. The gospel is not our gospel, but the gospel of the kingdom of God, and what belongs to the kingdom of God cannot be hijacked by Christianity.'p.188) These statements are of those who are not on the narrow way but on the wide path that is leading to a common humanistic 1 universal religion of the end times mentioned in Revelation. The central concept of Universalism teaches that all religions hold elements of the truth and that no religion or religious teacher is fully right or wrong (like Rosicrucianism teaches). This is the bridge being built to unite religions, a claim that God is the same and we can be diverse in our approach to him. It also presupposes that as long as people worship the same God in their own ways they are all accepted. Interfaith is todays attempt to unify all of the world’s religions, to dispense with our differences to work together. Their mission is to convince you to let go of the Biblical narrow road for the wider road. This change is to make you a disciple of the new interspirituality which is The harlot woman that is mentioned in the book of Revelation. 'Exclusivism' or 'Inclusivism': which does the Bible teach? Those who claim Christ but oppose the bibles WAY TO KNOW God have to dismiss or distort these verses. John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me.” No one! Jesus explains in Matt. 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and ONLY A FEW WILL FIND IT.” Not the many, as some say. Otherwise the way through Jesus for salvation is made irrelevant. One can go from from atheist to agnostic, from agnostic to believing there is a god. No one is saved from general revelation. It is to lead one into the gospel that alone saves. As Paul proclaimed the “gospel message" of the Unknown God to the Greeks. Believing that God exists is not enough, even the demons have this belief and fear. Believing in a creator is just one step away from being an agnostic. There’s no relationship to God without Christ being our mediator, Christianity is not just religion, it is relationship with the eternal creator of all things. It is the only religion that gives you a Way to have a relationship to the God who cares for you. All religions are guessing, assuming they are right. Both the Old and New Testaments declare that there are many gods and they are all false: "there be gods many...there is but one God" (1Cor. 8:5-6). YHWH did not consider all the other ancient gods were him. Being "against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment" (Ex 12:12); We need to be aware of who we listen to andwhat they believe‘ Micah 4:5 “All the nations may walk in the name of their gods, but we (Israel) will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever .” Therefore there are different gods for the nations. The bible teaches of universal sin not universal salvation. EACH PERSON, must make an individual choice to respond in faith (trust) the gospel message. Mal. 2:17 You have wearied the LORD with your words; Yet you say,"In what way have we wearied Him?"In that you say,"Everyone who does evil Is good in the sight of the LORD,And He delights in them,"Or, "Where is the God of justice ?" The God of love is the God of justice. Ps 89:14 “Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne” We are told in Ps. 97:2-3b “ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. A fire goes before Him, And burns up His enemies round about.” Rom. 5:10-11” we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. We must be reconciled cleansed BY THE BLOOD OF God’s precious lamb. ‘having made peace through the blood of His cross.”(Col 1:20) To sum all this up with God’s word, and set the record straight. God intention is to forgive, an act that reconciles, which saves us. For this to happen We must be cleansed first before we are to be restored in this relationship. |
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