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10 heresies commonly defended by Christians · Cultural Wars | America Out Loud News

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  Good day and welcome to another episode of Unity Without Compromise.
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  Today I'm going to speak to you right from the heart and with the full intent of the title of this program, Unity Without Compromise, I want to talk to you today about 10 heresies that are commonly defended by Christians.
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  So I'm going to be pretty bold, pretty straightforward, and I want to prepare you for that.
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  Truth hurts.
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  We must admit that.
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  For all of us, truth hurts, especially when it applies to our own errors.
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  Keep that in mind.
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  But while truth hurts, deception kills.
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  And I think we should keep that in mind as well.
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  Have you noticed?
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  We survived, right?
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  The entire pandemic, but look at how many people are still suddenly dying because they believed the lie.
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  And of course, we now live in a new age of deception.
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  There's always been deception throughout history.
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  But the new age of deception is pretty strong and it's ramping up.
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  And that really bothers me because a lot of people are going to be cured, killed and hurt.
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  But right now, I'm also pleased because what I find is that people seem to be really clamoring for authenticity.
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  And I'm going to give you a pretty heavy dose of that today.
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  But you know, clamoring for authenticity.
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  What's that?
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  What does that mean?
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  Well, I think it means that you're interested in truth.
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  But let's ask ourselves do we really want the truth?
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  And can we handle it?
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  Well, I'm going to test that today by exposing a few basic biblical truths.
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  And I'll tell you right now, they may offend many Christians.
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  I won't deny that, and I'm I'm not trying to be offensive in exposing these truths, but how can they be offensive?
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  Well, it's very simple.
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  People just don't seem to know the Bible anymore.
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  Or people refuse to accept biblical teaching when it conflicts with their agenda or their job or their personal lifestyle, or their cherished wrong teachings that they were raised with.
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  They cherish them more than the biblical truth.
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  Now, I hope you're thinking right now, hey, wait a minute, just who do you think you are, Mr.
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  Smarty Pants?
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  What makes you think you know the Bible so well, right?
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  I hope you're thinking that about me the way I'm talking right now, because it's a fair enough question, but it is an irrelevant question if we allow the Bible to speak for itself, plain and simple, and if I offer no personal opinions, and if I do nothing to twist the scriptures in any way for any reason.
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  Now, some may think that's impossible to do, and I'll grant you, no speech is free from bias.
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  I totally agree with that.
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  And I'll even go further to say that for humans to agree on every biblical principle, every biblical truth is just asking too much.
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  We are too flawed, we are too tainted by sin, we are too human to be able to attain to full unity without compromise.
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  Now, this statement itself is a biblical truth that everyone might actually agree upon.
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  The Bible does contain some hard sayings.
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  Things that are actually hard to understand.
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  But a lot of the hard sayings in Scripture are hard because they are difficult for us to accept and to put into action for the reasons that I just specified above, because they conflict with our agenda, our job, our personal lifestyle, our reputation, our income, or our former beliefs that we have ingrained into our brains as being biblical truths when maybe they are not.
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  So I'm going to challenge you today, and I am sure that I'm going to make a few people offended, and I don't intend to do that.
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  That is not my plan.
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  But what is important?
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  Well, what's really important is not that we divide over plain biblical truths.
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  The Bible contains hard sayings, many are hard sayings because we simply don't want to accept fundamental biblical truths stated in plain Greek or Hebrew or Aramaic.
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  Some sayings, in fact, in Scripture are so simple and they are so straightforward that you'd think everyone would agree on them.
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  But we don't.
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  Instead, we divide over them.
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  And that might explain the 45,000 plus Christian denominations that we supposedly have in the world today.
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  Now, does this please God?
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  Well, I'm not going to give you my opinion on that.
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  But what does the scripture say?
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  Well, before I get into it, uh, I want to give you a full disclosure so that you can really protect yourself from me.
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  Now, I profess to be a Christian.
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  Nothing more, nothing less.
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  Nothing less.
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  My parents raised me Roman Catholic.
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  My parents raised me Roman Catholic.
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  But that did not make me a Christian.
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  But that did not make me a Christian.
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  I didn't become a Christian until I actually read God's word myself in the Bible and responded to its teachings based on what I've read.
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  I didn't become a Christian until I actually read God's word myself in the Bible and responded to its teachings based on what I've read.
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  And it was very refreshing.
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  And it was very refreshing.
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  But as I grew in the faith by studying the Bible, I saw
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  But as I grew in the faith by studying the Bible, I saw pretty quickly that division in God's family was the norm.
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  And it really troubled me.
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  This is the work of Satan.
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  And so I determined early on in my Christian walk to know Jesus Christ and God's revelation according to the scriptures alone.
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  And I was passionate, and I still am passionate about never being deceived again, as I was deceived in the Roman Catholic Church.
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  Now, if I must have a bias, then I just pray that I'm going to have the bias of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.
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  In that spirit today, I want to expose some common heresies that the overwhelming majority of Christians defend and teach.
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  Now I'll be right up front with you.
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  I want to invite anyone to challenge me on these heresies.
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  If you're serious and if you're sensible, and if you believe that I'm wrong, I invite you to come on this show.
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  We'll talk.
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  But you have to have your Bible open and you have to put aside your opinions.
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  And let's examine the scriptures to see whether these things are so or not.
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  In the spirit of the noble-minded Bereans.
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  We just have to do our best to reason together to make sense out of these straightforward teachings.
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  Well, shall we begin?
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  Now remember, how many am I going to offend today?
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  Well, I don't know.
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  Hopefully not everyone, but that is not at all my intent.
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  So here they are.
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  The quintessential question that I ask you to keep in your mind is what does the Bible say?
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  All right, so ten heresies commonly defended by Christians.
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  Now, this is by no means an exhaustive list, and I can by no means do justice to any of the ten heresies that I'm going to expose today.
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  I could take each one of them and I could easily do one, two, three, four, five shows on each heresy.
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  But I'm going to do my best to at least introduce them.
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  And if I cause you to be angry or disturbed or upset, it's very easy the solution to that problem.
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  Look for yourself into the scriptures, study the scriptures.
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  If I uh if I get you angry, but I do that, get you into the Bible to study it closer, then there can be a lot of good that comes from this, right?
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  So that is the spirit in which I proceed right now.
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  So number one heresy is denominational.
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  You have heard me perhaps say this many times before.
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  Unity without compromise is based on a disdain for denominationalism.
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  I hate it.
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  You cannot have unity through division.
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  It is absolutely impossible to do.
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  We are told in scripture that a house divided is unable to survive.
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  If you war among yourselves, you're going to destroy each other.
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  So a house divided is not unified.
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  It is evil.
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  And is that my opinion?
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  No, it is not my opinion.
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  Let me read the plain words of scripture.
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  Go to 1 Corinthians, which is a book written about the problems in the church of Corinth, problem after problem after problem.
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  And Paul just starts out with this church by appealing to the unity of the church.
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  If I read in 1 Corinthians chapter 1, verses 10 through 13, Paul says, Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.
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  For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you.
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  Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, I am of Paul, I and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.
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  Has Christ been divided?
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  Paul was not crucified for you, was he?
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  Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
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  So Paul is saying, look, stop being divisive, stop being denominational.
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  That's exactly what he is saying right there.
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  Stop dividing the body of Christ.
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  Go to chapter 3, verses 1 through 7.
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  And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.
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  I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able to receive it.
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  Indeed, even now you are not yet able, for you are still fleshly.
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  Paul is talking to Christians here.
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  You are still fleshly, for since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly?
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  Are you not walking like mere men?
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  For when one says, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are you not mere men?
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  What is Apollos?
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  And what is Paul?
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  Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one.
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  I planted Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.
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  There's the point of it.
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  Christ is head of the church, and only Jesus Christ is head of the church.
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  Now we do the same thing today.
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  Instead of saying I am of Apollos, we say, what?
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  Instead of saying I am of Apollos, we say, what?
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  How many people, how many Christians claim I am of Luther or of Calvin or of Arminius?
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  How many people, how many Christians claim I am of Luther or of Calvin or of Arminius, or I am a full gospel Christian, or a spirit filled Christian, or an evangelical Christian, or a fundamentalist Christian, or a Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, or a Pentecostal?
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  Or I am a full gospel Christian or a spirit-filled Christian or an evangelical Christian, or a fundamentalist Christian, or a Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, or a Pentecostal.
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  Remember, they were first called Christians at Antioch, Acts 11 26.
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  A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ.
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  Now why isn't that enough?
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  Well, the answer is very simple, because we are divisive.
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  We like to think that we all have the sharper edge on God's truth, when in fact we don't even know what the Bible really says.
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  There, I'm sure I've made some people angry.
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  Don't mean to do that, but I'm not going to apologize for the word of God.
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  If you read John 17, the real Lord's Prayer, Jesus prayed for unity, that we would all be one, not 45,000 different denominations.
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  That is the work of Satan, and yet many Christians defend it.
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  If you think that having all these different beliefs glorifies our Lord, please think again.
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  Paul the Apostle said, Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
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  This is in the book of Philippians, chapter two.
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  And then he says, have this attitude in yourselves, which was also in Christ Jesus.
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  Wow.
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  Powerful, powerful words.
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  Denominationalism is the work of Satan.
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  It is the work of dividers, whom God will judge for dividing his body.
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  And God takes that very, very seriously.
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  And so we ought to do the same thing.
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  Heresy number two.
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  And I can't do it justice today because it's just too much to support this in scripture.
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  But a lot of Christians believe that miraculous gifts continued beyond the apostolic age.
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  Well, this is just pure nonsense.
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  There is no biblical need to authenticate new messengers of God's revelation any longer.
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  Because we have the Bible, the complete scriptures, and therefore the biblical purpose of miracles is over.
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  And what was the purpose of miracles?
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  One thing to authenticate the messenger, bringing forth the word of God, to say this truly is from God.
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  We are now complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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  2 Timothy chapter 3, verse 17.
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  The repeated Bible pattern was this.
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  Miracle, see the miracle, believe the miracle, believe the word, believe the messenger, because it was just authenticated by a miracle.
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  You see, you can't just define a miracle.
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  You have to understand the purpose of every miracle.
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  And the purpose of every miracle performed in the Bible, Old Testament and New was simply to validate the message spoken by the messenger.
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  If we reject the already established evidence authenticating the messianic life and death of Christ, then no modern day miracle will serve any further purpose.
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  And therefore we don't see miracles anymore.
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  Take for example in Luke chapter 16, Lazarus and the rich man, where the rich man petitions Abraham, who who is has Lazarus in his bosom, comforting him.
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  And the rich man says, Hey, please, Abraham, let me go and tell my brothers, let me warn them about the torment I'm in now.
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  And Abraham responded, he said, if they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded through one, though one rise from the dead.
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  In other words, there's no need for further authentication of what God's word says.
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  If the authority of God's word has been established, and it has, we have the scriptures, then nothing more is needed.
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  And to ask for a miraculous sign in modern days is superfluous and contrary to God's will.
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  This is why the Apostle Paul left behind the sickly and unhealed Trophimus in Miletus.
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  We read about that 2 Timothy chapter 4.
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  And it's why Epaphroditus, a beloved friend of Paul, who was, quote, sick almost unto the point of death, Philippians 2 27, he was left sick.
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  Paul could not heal two good friends.
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  Why no healing?
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  Because they were already Christians.
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  There was no need for authentication of the word that Paul was speaking.
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  Likewise with Timothy, whom Paul affectionately called a true son in the faith.
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  1 Timothy 1 2.
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  He did not receive any miraculous healing by Paul, who had the power to even raise the dead, but he couldn't heal his beloved true son in the faith, Timothy.
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  Paul, what did Paul say?
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  Well, instead of healing him, which he could not do, he advised Timothy to quote, use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.
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  That's in 1 Timothy chapter 5.
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  Paul himself entreated the Lord to have his own unspecified thorn in the flesh, some ailment, something that was gnawing at Paul physically.
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  Intreated the Lord to have his own unspecified thorn in the flesh, some ailment, something that was gnawing at Paul physically.
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  He asked God to take it from him.
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  He asked God to take it from him, remove it from me, Lord.
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  Remove it from me, Lord.
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  But God said no, no miracle, no healing.
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  But God said no, no miracle, no healing.
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  But sometimes we are blessed through physical affliction.
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  But sometimes we are blessed through physical affliction.
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  Now that's a hard saying.
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  Now that's a hard saying.
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  That's hard to accept, but we are told that multiple times throughout scripture.
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  Actually called his ailment a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I exalt I be exalted above measure.
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  Wow.
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  Second Corinthians chapter 12, verse 7.
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  And Jesus affirmed Paul's denied request, telling him, My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
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  So sorry, Paul.
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  No need for a miracle, no need for healing.
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  Hard saying, isn't it?
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  It's very humbling.
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  Okay, another heresy.
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  We see a lot of false teaching, and that's what a heresy is, something that that contradicts scripture.
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  The creation narrative.
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  I get really frustrated with a lot of good Christian people because they simply refuse to accept Genesis chapter one and two.
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  The creation narrative was written in a prose narrative in ancient Hebrew.
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  In other words, it was written to tell, narrate a story of facts as the facts or events unfolded.
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  But what we see with a lot of Christians is an evolutionary variant because you know we are scientific minded.
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  We have so much more enlightenment, so much more intelligence.
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  We know better.
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  And so few Christians actually believe in a six-day creation.
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  And I say few.
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  I've I've looked up online, maybe about 50% of Christians do not believe in a six-day creation.
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  And I suspect it might be less than that, despite the clear teaching of Genesis chapter one, which says there, as each at the end of each creation day, and there was evening and there was morning, one day, a second day, a third day, and so forth, and then finally the sixth day.
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  Well, what do Christians say?
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  Well, they say, oh no, no, no, that that couldn't possibly have been what they meant because you know, maybe a day was like a thousand years or million years to God.
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  Well, where do you get that from?
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  You see, if you apply the simple rules of Bible interpretation, and the applicable rules here are number one, context, as I said, this is a narrative that is told sequentially, the first day, second day, third day, and there was morning and there was evening, or evening and morning, a second day, a third day, the sixth day.
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  Uh so context is important.
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  But people will quote, you know, trying to make uh because we we read, for example, in Psalms chapter 90, verse 4, for a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is passed.
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  Well, that has nothing to do with the context of Genesis at all.
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  Take the law of harmony, take the law of literal versus figurative.
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  Is this figurative speech?
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  No.
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  This is not Jewish apocryphal literature, it is to be meant to be read literally.
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  And as you get into the applicable rules of usage and parsimony, or uh you might know it as Acham's razor, the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.
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  Well, Genesis 1 has no symbolic language, no figures of speech, no allegory, or any other compelling reason to redefine the boundaries of a 24-hour day.
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  In fact, we read elsewhere, like in Exodus chapter 20, verses 9 and 11, where we are told to honor the Sabbath, because we're told to work six days out of the week and rest on the seventh, because why?
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  Because the Lord created the heavens and the earth in six days.
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  So imitate him.
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  There is no suggestion that is that there's been any change in a 24-hour period.
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  So we get a knock off being silly and just read the Bible for what it says.
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  Do we see it anywhere else in scripture?
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  No.
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  A day is a day, is a day is a day.
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  So beware of isegesis or reading into something in scripture, your own opinions or beliefs, or crazy thinking.
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  Another heresy pertains to the personhood of Jesus Christ.
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  Now, I could offend a lot of people here because the Mormons do not believe in the biblical Jesus Christ.
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  And I can't get into that today.
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  It's just too much to support that.
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  But when you read about Jesus Christ being God Himself, present with the Father, present with the Holy Spirit before the world was created.
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  Well, there it is.
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  And we see that in John chapter 1 and verse 14.
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  In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.
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  Literally, God was the word.
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  And the word became flesh and dwelt among us.
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  There it is.
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  And we read for this reason also, God highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
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  Philippians 2, verses 9 and 10.
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  So it's extremely important that we simply read the scriptures for what they say, and we won't be led astray.
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  Jesus is God, fully God, fully man.
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  He took on human flesh for the very purpose of saving us for our sins, being the perfect sacrifice, period.
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  Another heresy.
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  And you've heard me talk about this in the past.
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  The Jews will be saved apart from Christ's saving work.
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  The Jews will be saved apart from Christ's saving work.
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  That is blasphemy.
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  That is blasphemy.
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  That is an absolute false teaching that was incorporated into a fake Christianity into an ugly ism called dispensationalism.
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  That is an absolute false teaching that was incorporated into a fake Christianity into an ugly ism called dispensationalism.
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  And it is a lie.
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  And it is a lie.
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  And this lie has afflicted a lot of Christians.
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  And this lie has afflicted a lot of Christians.
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  And it made a lot of people a ton of money.
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  Because it was a new twist, but a distortion of scripture.
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  It has afflicted many politicians like Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, and a lot of media influencers who spread this heresy to this day.
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  Now they may be very good people.
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  I'm not saying that they're not, but I will say this.
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  They are babes in the faith.
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  They are spiritual infants who have been misled and who now mislead others.
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  And look at the division it causes, even outside of the church.
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  It affects our politics.
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  Do you think that this has an influence our nation on our nation?
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  Absolutely, it does.
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  But what is important?
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  Well, what's important to me is rightly dividing the word of God.
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  We have so many warnings, harsh warnings in scripture about distorting, adding to, taking away from what the Bible says in plain English.
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  Read John chapter 8, verse 24.
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  Read Colossians chapter 3, verse 11.
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  Read Ephesians 214.
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  If you think that the Jews are going to be saved by some other way than through the saving blood of Jesus Christ, that is heretical teaching.
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  Well, I'm going to take a short pause and I'll return with the next five heresies.
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  I hope you are planning to attend the Great America Out Loud 250 Nashville celebration.
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  We'll be celebrating 250 years of freedom and the United States of America.
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  This is going to be one superb very memorable event.
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  We're gonna have a lot of patriotic stuff going on.
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  We're gonna have some great speakers there and some panels discussing some important things pertaining to our great country.
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  But above all, it is going to be a celebration.
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  So if you want to hear some of your favorite speakers, your favorite radio show hosts, please join us for that event.
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  It's gonna be one that you will remember for the rest of your life.
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  And I hope you have checked out America Outloud.news because there you can find the great radio shows that are informing us all of what is going on in America and what it means.
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  We are not censored on this program.
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  I love America Out Loud Network simply because we can say what's on our mind without fear of retribution or being silenced.
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  Our speakers, our radio show hosts love the fact that we can speak the truth.
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  We love our nation, we love our God and country, and we simply want to do whatever it will take to save this great nation, to make it an absolutely great nation in the eyes of God, because that's what counts.
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  Well, today I have been challenging you with 10 heresies that are commonly defended by Christians, and they should not be.
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  Now, if you disagree with me, speak up, leave me a comment, um, leave your contact information.
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  I may get in touch with you and invite you on this radio show to discuss your viewpoint, but be ready to do it with an open Bible and putting aside all opinions as opposed to letting the Bible speak for itself, because that is where it at it is at.
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  Radio show to discuss your viewpoint, but be ready to do it with an open Bible and putting aside all opinions as opposed to letting the Bible speak for itself, because that is where it is at.
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  That's where authentic Christianity really comes from.
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  That's where authentic Christianity really comes from.
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  So I've listed five already five heresies, starting with number one denominationalism, which is a huge one with me.
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  So I've listed five already, five heresies, starting with number one, denominationalism, which is a huge one with me, but also the idea that miraculous gifts continue beyond the epistolic age.
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  We don't see them anymore.
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  They don't happen.
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  We see a lot of hyperbole, a lot of things that we want to call miracles, but when you analyze them, they are not miraculous events, which are a divine intervention.
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  Doesn't mean God does not answer prayer.
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  All I'm saying is, according to the scripture, that time is over.
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  Also the creation narrative.
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  A lot of Christians think that this world was formed, created by God through an evolutionary process that took millions and millions of years.
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  I say that is nonsense based on the best science we have, based on historical facts and based on the authenticity of God's word and the truth of God's word.
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  We must also remember who Jesus Christ is, because that determines whether or not we are saved, whether or not we are true Christians.
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  And if you believe that the Jews will be saved apart from Christ's saving work, please think again, because that simply is not so.
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  I challenge you to read the verses of scripture when we are told that God created us into one body through the cross, because he put enmity, uh the enmity to death, which was the law, and he says he has made both groups into one.
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  That means that there is one path to salvation, just as the Bible says when Jesus said, I am the truth.
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  I am the only way to the Father.
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  We have to believe what the word says.
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  Well, heresy number six is that we are justified by faith alone, or by faith only.
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  Now that raises a lot of dander among Christians when they hear that.
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  But I challenge you, look up the words faith alone in the Bible, or by faith alone, or by faith only, your version may say.
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  And you will see it one time in the book of James, chapter two, verse 24.
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  You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith alone.
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  Plain English, right there, plain corn coin, I should say in the Greek.
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  Now, this subtle deception of saying we're justified by faith alone actually encourages idle and silent Christians in a world of sinners.
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  It is the last thing we need.
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  Now, this statement makes Christians angry because they think that when somebody like me points this out, they think I'm promoting a works salvation.
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  No, I am not.
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  We cannot be good enough to earn our own way to heaven.
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  We all need a savior because nobody is good enough to earn their own ticket to heaven.
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  Okay, so I want to make that very, very clear.
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  Everyone needs the Savior, Jesus Christ, every one of us.
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  But saving faith is never present apart from good works, and that is throughout the scriptures.
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  We see that.
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  That's what James, who was Jesus' half-brother, is saying here.
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  And Paul said the same thing in his letter to the Ephesians.
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  Jesus also said, Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven, Matthew 5, 16, which leads me to heresy number seven.
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  And that is that baptism, repentance, and good works are non-essentials in Christian conversion.
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  Now, if you simply read the words of scripture, this is laughable.
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  It's just, it's not there in a sad way, okay?
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  Because remember the Great Commission, Matthew 28, verse 19 and 20.
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  The words that you read there are pretty straightforward.
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  If you read them, uh the Great Commission says, Go, go, therefore, and make disciples by doing two things, baptizing them and teaching them all things that I commanded you, Jesus said.
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  Now, John the Baptizer prepared the way for Jesus in the church age by baptizing with the baptism of repentance, but Jesus Himself was baptized to set a precedent to set a precedent for us, because he would have us baptized at conversion, at which time we would receive the indwelling gift of the helper, the Holy Spirit.
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  Isn't that what the Bible says?
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  I mean, Peter preaches the first Christian sermon in the book of Acts.
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  And when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, brethren, what shall we do?
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  And Peter said to them, repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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  What does that say?
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  That's in Acts chapter 2, verse 37.
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  So he shares the gospel to those gathered on that momentous day of Pentecost, the first day of the church age, the beginning of the last days, the end times, and he exhorted them at that time.
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  He said, Be saved from this perverse generation.
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  And so then those who had received his word were baptized, which means immersed, dunked, submerged underwater.
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  And there were added that day about 3,000 souls.
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  And so we read in other conversions in Acts.
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  They heard, they believed, they repented, they confessed Christ as Lord, and they were baptized.
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  Who in the world would say that baptism is not a part of the conversion process, not essential.
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  Baptism is not a part of the conversion process, not essential.
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  It's just a, you know, just an idea.
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  It's just a, you know, just an idea.
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  Jesus didn't say that.
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  Jesus didn't say that.
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  And the apostles didn't teach that.
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  And the apostles didn't teach that.
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  They obeyed the Great Commission and did things God's way.
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  They obeyed the Great Commission and did things God's way.
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  This is called obedient faith.
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  This is called obedient faith.
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  And that's real important for all of us.
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  And that's real important for all of us.
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  And we are witnesses of these things.
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  And we are witnesses of these things, and so was the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.
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  And so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.
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  Acts chapter 5, verse 32.
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  Nowhere will you find the words at conversion.
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  Ask Jesus into your heart or pray the sinner's prayer.
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  It's just not there.
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  We need the full picture for salvation.
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  We need to put it all together.
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  Number eight, another heresy.
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  The Bible is not in errant.
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  So goes the arguments.
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  They say, well, you know, it was written by humans, human writers, right?
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  Has to be errors, scribal errors, the ones that copied the original autographs.
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  There are no original autographs.
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  We don't have any of them, but we do have a ton of copies.
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  And they are the accuracy is incredible beyond imagination.
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  Oh, but what about the ridiculous claims?
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  How silly it is that you know the book of Job speaks about dragons, you know, that that figure from mythology.
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  And what about dinosaurs?
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  Because it mentions dinosaurs too, behemoth, right?
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  Um, you know, and a worldwide flood.
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  Oh, come on.
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  Well, the effective evangelist knows that nothing is more important than proving the authority of scripture.
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  Okay.
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  Dragons existed.
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  Easy to explain that scientifically or otherwise.
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  Dinosaurs, the same thing.
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  They walked the earth when God created the heavens and the earth.
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  They didn't evolve over millions of years.
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  They died off, likely at the time of the flood.
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  That's what all of the evidence shows.
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  But let me say this: you cannot deny the authority of scripture and the claims of scripture and be a Christian.
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  You can't claim to be a Christian if you deny what the scripture does not deny.
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  And that means you cannot hold to other than a biblical world view and be a real Christian.
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  Kind of scary, isn't it?
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  But it's true.
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  It's what the Bible teaches.
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  Heresy number nine, religions other than Christianity can save the soul.
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  Which means leading to eternal life in heaven with God.
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  John 17, verse 3.
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  This is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
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  And in Acts 4, 12, and there is salvation and no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.
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  And get right down to it.
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  First John chapter 2, verses 22 and 23.
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  Who is a liar?
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  But he who denies that Jesus is the Christ.
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  Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either.
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  To claim that salvation comes from any other religion, including Judaism, is heresy.
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  Look what follows.
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  These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you, John said.
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  And heresy number 10 is that false teachers are not popular or prosperous.
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  The prosperity gospel says, hey, if you want to be prosperous, uh you got to be a good Christian, and then God will make you rich.
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  Wow.
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  False teachers.
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  False teachers.
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  Read first John chapter 4, verses 1 through 3.
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  Read 2 Peter chapter 2, verses 1 through 3.
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  The warnings about false teachers.
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  Some false teachers are very obvious, some are very subtle.
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  Look at how popular are the prosperity gospel deceivers.
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  There's a simple test.
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  If you want to know that if you're if somebody's speaking to you and they are a true teacher, the simple test is, and this applies to any church.
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  Who is Jesus?
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  Who do they say Jesus is?
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  If he is not God come in the flesh as the Savior who shed his blood on the cross and was raised on the third day for the purpose of saving us from our sins, you're listening to a false teacher or a false religion or denomination.
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  And what do they say about the Bible?
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  Do they have the Bible plus some other writing like the book of Mormon, like the Pearl of Great Price?
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  Beware.
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  Beware.
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  Do they have a Bible that is totally distorted?
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  Be careful.
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  Be careful.
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  There's a lot of cults out there that are willing to deceive you.
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  And if they have a modern-day prophet bringing new revelations, well, that's just a dead giveaway.
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  They're false teachers.
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  We are told, we are warned, beware the leaven of the Pharisees.
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  Beware of those who take the title reverend and prophet, an apostle and rabbi, father.
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  Jesus told us, do not be called rabbi, do not call anyone on earth your father.
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  Do not be called leaders, for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
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  See, no clergy laity distinction whatsoever.
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  For one is your father, he who is in heaven.
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  For one is your leader, that is Christ.
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  And one is your teacher.
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  You are all brothers.
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  But the greatest among you shall be your servant.
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  And we don't see that in false teachers.
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  Read Matthew 23, verses 8 through 11.
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  23 verses 8 through 11.
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  Remember that Lucifer, the light bearer or the angel of light, is a deceiver.
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  Remember that Lucifer, the light bearer or the angel of light is a deceiver.
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  False teachers can be very wealthy.
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  False teachers can be very wealthy.
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  They can be very popular.
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  They can be very popular.
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  They dress beautifully, they speak eloquently.
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  They dress beautifully, they speak eloquently, but they are deceivers.
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  But they are deceivers, do not be deceived.
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  Do not be deceived.
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  We are warned time and time again.
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  We are warned time and time again.
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  Let the Bible speak for itself.
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  And stop basing your beliefs on opinions, and instead base them on what the Bible says.
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  Now, I've kind of hit this pretty hard.
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  I could have hit a lot more things.
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  I could have gone into a whole lot more death depth on each of these heresies.
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  But I want to clarify something to you.
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  What I'm not saying today is that everyone who has bought into these false teachings or who has been a member of a church teaching bad doctrine, and there's a lot of them.
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  There are a lot of them.
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  And perhaps who spread false teaching.
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  All of these followers are condemned.
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  But if you read the scriptures, we are told to beware because deception is possible.
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  They can lead you down the wrong road.
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  How many Christians today believe that it's okay to be homosexual?
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  To be a sodomite.
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  How many people believe there are other paths to salvation?
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  There's a lot of them.
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  How many people will acknowledge that maybe the Bible contains truth, but is not the truth in errant as it claims itself to be.
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  Most Christians, if called to defend their faith, would have no idea how to do it.
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  A saving faith is not a blind faith.
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  You have to know something about what you believe in.
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  A saving faith is not an idle faith.
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  We are called to action.
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  We are called to do good works, to make the world a better place, because we have a living faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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  And a saving faith is not a compromising faith.
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  Read the warnings to the seven churches of Asia Minor in Revelation chapters one through three.
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  Whenever we willingly compromise God's word, we compromise our own life, our own family, our own society, and as leaders, we compromise our nation.
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  Now, I'll gladly take a Catholic vice president like J.D.
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  Vance over a Muslim.
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  That's an easy choice.
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  I'll take a sincere Mormon like Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs over a Hindu or a Buddhist, because America's survival depends on us being a Christian nation.
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  But our Christian faith or lack of it or distorted faith affects our politics in a big way.
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  And we see how that is playing out, how it affects everything else in our lives.
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  Every time we surrender the biblical truth, we fail our American flag.
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  The only defense against biblical heresy is a biblical worldview.
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  Ask yourself this.
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  What we need more than ever is for genuine Christians to speak Bible truths plainly, boldly and truthfully.
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  Forget touting the popular Christian party line.
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  When you know what's being taught is heresy.
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  Speak up, otherwise you're just as guilty as the false teachers.
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  Interpreting scripture soundly is not rocket science, but it does take integrity and courage and boldness to speak the truth.
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  Yes, you will be persecuted, of course.
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  Indeed, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
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  2 Timothy 3 12.
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  But don't be afraid of a little persecution.
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  Don't be afraid to suffer for the sake of Christ.
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  Because that's what we have been granted to suffer for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake.
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  Not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for his sake.
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  Philippians 1 29.
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  Philippians 1 29.
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  So please don't be silent.
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  So please don't be silent.
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  Please don't comply, and don't do what you're told when you know God would say otherwise.
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  Please don't comply.
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  And don't do what you're told when you know God would say otherwise.
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  We need watchmen to blow the horn on all Bible-defined heresies.
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  We need watchmen to blow the horn on all Bible defined heresies.
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  So please be a watchman, and you will not be ashamed when Christ returns.
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  So please be a watchman, and you will not be ashamed when Christ returns.
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  That's my message today.
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  Thank you for joining me on Unity Without Compromise.
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  Adieu.