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Saturday, September 18, 2021
Can You Be a Believer Without Being a Disciple?
BERT FARIAS
In the church today there is much deception because people have been made to believe that their entire consecration is not necessary for them to be followers of Jesus.
Many have never been made to see the degree of hindrance their flesh is having on their spiritual lives.
Most people attend church to learn to be a success in life or ministry, but only a few truly pursue the heart of God.
Charles Finney, the father of modern revivalism, made this piercing statement:
"There is a certain type of Christian that although being constructively involved in the Church and pass off as being very good Christians are useless in revival. I do not mean that they are wicked, but they have a form of piety which has no fire or efficiency and actually repels new believers, and wards off the truth."
True Repentance
True repentance is not what you can get out of God like "your best life now." But it's what God gets out of you, like death to your own plans and desires. At the cross, you surrender and die in order to live for Him and His glory.
True repentance leads to obedience to the faith. You cannot be saved without obedience.
"And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him" (Heb. 5:9, NKJV, author's emphasis).
If your motivation is not to please God and obey Him, I must doubt your salvation. Your heart has not been changed. Your conscience has not yet been purged from dead works by the blood of Christ. You are still living for yourself.
The big lie of the Western gospel is "just say this prayer and accept the poor rejected Jesus into your heart."
Or "just confess Jesus and you're in." Make Jesus your Savior but not your Lord. Such deception. He is Lord of all or not at all! This is the greatest delusion in modern Christianity. We tell sinners to accept Jesus and He'll give you peace and joy. He loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. He'll make all your dreams come true.
This concept has filled our churches with false converts and opened up the broad way to destruction for multitudes.
You cannot receive the Holy Spirit until your motivation is to obey Him.
"And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him" (Acts 5:32, author's emphasis).
The foundation of today's church has cracks in it. "Repentance from dead works" and "faith toward God" are not accurately preached.
Or as Paul said it: "repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ" (Acts 20:21b).
If we could just fill our churches with true converts and move everyone toward the "obedience of the faith," the churches of Jesus Christ would come alive.
"Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name" (Rom. 1:5, author's emphasis).
As an apostle of Jesus Christ this was Paul's passion.
You must ask yourself why you are serving God. Is it for the blessings and what He can give you out of life, or what you can give back to Him for giving you His life? That's the basic difference between a true and false conversion.
True repentance leads to obedience and the pursuit of holiness.
"Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord" (Heb. 12:14, author's emphasis).
Without holiness, you won't see the Lord. Without purity of heart, you can't see God.
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Matt. 5:8).
We must recover the message of true repentance and the cross. The coming storm will sweep many away in the Western church until true repentance, obedience to the faith, and holiness are found among us.
Bert Farias' books are forerunners to personal holiness, the move of God, and the return of the Lord. They also combat the departure from the faith and turning away from the truth we are seeing in this hour. Bert's current passion is to promote a culture of the supernatural manifestations and ministries of the Holy Spirit in the church today and to pass it on to the next generation (Passing on the Move of God to the Next Generation). Other materials/resources are available on his website, Holy Fire Ministries. You can also follow him personally on YouTube (Holy Fire Ministries), Facebook, or Twitter.
Monday, September 13, 2021
Carnegie Foundation and Elijah Interfaith Institute to Draft Friendship Pact for World Religions
Press Conference Peace Palace
The Carnegie Foundation and The Elijah Interfaith Institute have announced that they are working on a historic friendship treaty between the world’s largest religions, intending to invite senior leaders from various world faiths—such as the Dalai Lama, the Pope, and the Grand Mufti—to The Hague in June 2020 to sign the historic declaration at a summit to be held at the Peace Palace.
The objective of the initiative is to counter hatred, division, and intolerance, and to enhance friendship, understanding, and collaboration between religious traditions. While most teachings emphasize friendship within, the declaration hopes to extend that to the religious other: “The idea is that spiritual world leaders will promote solidarity between religions. This is also in line with their religions,” commented Erik de Baedts, director of the Carnegie Foundation. “If the religious leaders declare that you can treat each other peacefully, we hope that people realize that you do not have to oppose each other on religious views at least.” (NLTimes.nl)
ONE WORLD RELIGION SIGNED
ONE WORLD RELIGION SIGNED. The signing of the Unity of World Religions ceremony led by Pope Francis has been sealed. The count Down to the Revelation of the Antichrist has started. Pope Francis is true “Peter Romanus” in the Prophesy of the Popes. We as the remnant Church must utilize the time we have now, to aggressively preach the Gospel before the door is closed.
An Open Letter to the Singapore Church Leadership (I’m writing in my personal capacity) – By Rev George Ong
Dr. Simon Chong’s article was published on this website on 4 Sep 2021, last Saturday and the following are amongst the many things he said:
“How much more than the countless souls at risk of hell? In Joseph Prince, the Church is faced with a perpetrator of falsehoods and twisted doctrines, with many of the flocks drawn to it, as well as non-believers being seduced into a completely new brand of Christianity that is totally unlike what the Church preaches. For years, what has the Church done? Our response…Silence.”
“Hence to say one is ignorant and lacks information, that is totally inexcusable. But to have the inertia within to do or say anything, then that is disobedience, a spiritual malaise to a task or responsibility placed on every Christian and even more so Church Leaders & Pastors! For church leaders to continue to treat a heretic like Joseph Prince as a fellow shepherd is just unthinkable!”
“Will you continue to allow falsehood and lies to reign in your midst? Particularly as spiritual leaders, you must take responsibility and do what’s right!”
(If you have missed reading Dr. Simon Chong’s article and my response, please click here)
Upon reading Dr Simon Chong’s article, a friend of mine (who is willing to be identified by name if it becomes necessary) wrote the following to me on 4 Sep 2021:
“Hi George, just to let you know that I have written to the National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) about 2-3 times about 1-2 years ago on what are they going to do with Joseph Prince and his teachings. I was met with silence.”
The Singapore Church leadership cannot remain silent anymore. If leaders choose to stay cowardly silent against the onslaught of Joseph Prince’s heresies, the Church is in dire straits. Silence is not an option. “To stay silent against the onslaught of false teachings is to acquiesce.” (George Ong)
They must demonstrate the courage that is expected of Christian leaders. They must come up front and state their stand. Is Joseph Prince a fellow shepherd or a heretic? They must examine what he said in his sermons and wrote in his books throughout his last 25 years of ministry.
If they can prove that he is teaching sound doctrine according to the scriptures and the church fathers, I will publicly apologize not only to Joseph Prince but also to the entire Christian Community – not only in Singapore but the whole world for falsely accusing him. If need be, I will make amends with concrete works or deeds of repentance.
But if they can’t, they must disfellowship and expel Joseph Prince from the Christian Community if he still chooses to remain unrepentant.
Allowing a heretic to operate under the official umbrella of the Singapore Church and preaching the false gospel for so many years leading many to their destruction is totally intolerable, unimaginable and starkly going against the scriptures.
Because of the inaction (irresponsibility to be exact) of the Singapore Church leadership (not just the present council but also the past councils throughout all these years; not just the council but also every pastor in the Singapore Church, including myself) to deal with Joseph Prince, it has somewhat caused his heresies to spread to the nations worldwide. Germany, which Timo Giesmann hails from (see below for his article) is just one of these nations.
Do we, as leaders of the Singapore Church even feel responsible to start with? Are we going to remain apathetic and pretend that everything is as normal? Are we so afraid of rocking the boat that we have become paralyzed to what needs to be put right? Can we be true to our conscience for failing to act for all these past 25 years and still refusing to act? Have we forgotten that Joseph Prince hails from our own nation of Singapore? So cleaning up the heretical dirt in our own backyard is our basic duty and obligatory responsibility. Period!
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