Having grown up In churches which teach many of the above things, I will state that it takes a lot of Bible study to discard the teachings which are not in accordance with the Bible. For example, it took me a number of years to understand that salvation is not conditional on how I acted today but is God’s grace freely given.

This is a good post and sadly way too accurate. Besides your own, have you any single website which you would refer others that may be in one of these organizations, where good doctrine is taught (I can think of two or three but on your blog the recommendation, if any, should be yours).

Well, sad but true. All of it. But the Lord always has a remnant. When the Rapture does happen, I don’t believe it will have much impact on the world overall. And if it happens during a time of war, it will be even easier to explain away.

Maybe the only reason to go find a “church building” to visit on Sunday is to stand up in the middle of the service, and loudly call out the errors being espoused. But you would likely only get one, maybe two shots at it before being bounced.(sarcasm) but really, I’ve often thought of doing just that. You could even dress the part of a prophet of old. Now, that might be too entertaining, and the goats would applaud, thinking it was a cleverly conceived part of the service.

It’s just amazing at how fast things are going down hill, but, it started nearly a hundred years ago. There was some effort to reverse this, when the Baptist had the major upheaval and the Fundamentalists broke away. But even they have largely been corrupted into this move towards mysticism, new age, ecumenical movement at large. I was shocked a few years back when I wrote to the editor of Lighthouse Trails about two Fundamentalist Schools, and they wrote back with evidence they were moving into the same errors of mysticism, mind altering, prayer movement that all the other major schools had. And it has to do with accreditation. The world has infiltrated, and the takeover is nearly complete.

Jack Impe hits #34 on a daily basis lol.

That being said, I don’t attend church, and to be honest I don’t like to. I’m not a very outgoing talkative person. I don’t like the chit chat about mundane things that 95% of the world does. The message the pastor gives, while maybe biblically sound, never touches on hot topics like politics, hell, etc.. In fact it just gets me angry that the church as a whole is allowing this evil to spread across the nation. My in laws hound me for not going to church and think I must not be a true christian when that is obviously not true. I just see no reason to go.

I think you covered it all Don. I pretty much gave up looking for a Church. I just read the Bible and sites like yours, Rapture Ready, & a few others. The whole lot of churches have been deceived or are afraid to offend anyone rather than preaching the word. I don’t want to hear stories of how a Pastors week went and spin that into a few bible verses. Most don’t even point out our sins and need for repentance.

For once, I don’t think I could add anything more to what has been said. This might be the best piece of yours I have ever read. Unfortunately, it is all true. I cannot see or believe how we can have much time left here, and I do believe things are going to continue to accelerate towards our departure. The Rubicon HAS been crossed.

65.. I hear that one a lot!

How about the persons that party like nothing drink like fish but when a job or career move is in the balance they go to church so God will help them.

Actually it’s covered under the “love the world” one.

# 8 gets me, it’s a argument u can’t win w/ someone that grew up praying to saints & Marry. I said to some family that are Catholic that all true believers are saints & gave the scripture (I was ready) then I got “oh wow I didn’t know that”

Good article Don. Man I can’t wait until we are raptured! Hollywood is priming the public for the deception I can soo see that w/ all the programming tv shows. We are so close God personally told me 🙂 just kidding.

David,

My comment was intended to say that JVI preaches AGAINST the idea that all paths lead to heaven. I know he regularly attacks “chrislam” for the fraud it is.

Don,

What’s your opinion on Kent Hovind? I’ve been following him since he got out of prison. I love how he attacks evolution, but he also strongly believes the church will go through the tribulation (which all of us here disagree with).

“I’m going to church.” What is that??? It’s a ridiculous concept in our “sacred church building” era we live in. But as believers, it isn’t an option, it is a commandment in scripture that we fellowship together (Col 3:16, Heb 10:25, 2 Tim 4:2, Eph 4:12, acts 9:31-32, acts 2:42). Not doing so because it is annoying, uncomfortable, not edifying, not useful, etc. is a rejection of His Will.

The question is, how do we do obey? Are we, sheep as we are, to go into a building every week and trust and follow shepherds that may be leading the flock astray? And then comes the challenge to find meaningful fellowship among lost sheep. The shepherds are put in their place on divine authority (Thes 5:12) We know and recognize that they are human, with human weakness and sin, so we know they aren’t going to be perfect. So at what point, at what level of “failure” in the duties a leader has been appointed, does a sheep turn and go another way?

A pastor of a church I was attending recently invited a Myles Monroe disciple to teach in front of his congregation. Of course he was teaching pure crap. When I questioned the pastor why he would allow a false teacher among his flock, he advised that I must learn to chew the meat and spit out the bones. That I need to practice more grace with church leaders. However, my problem with this advice is that sheep, who are known for going astray and for being foolish, sheep who are not anointed as leaders, sheep who are called to follow, will be unable to discern meat from bones and choke. But certainly it is no small thing for a silly, foolish sheep to cry out saying that all the shepherds appear to be incompetent! It is like the sheep is rejecting authority, even God’s authority. But all around me seems to be compromise. Shepherds are so often turning from God’s Word and instead are turning to human thought, writings and processes, so many of them faulty, ecumenical, gnostic, or human-centric with only faint shadows and allusions to God’s truth. Pastors who access, affirm, and encourage teachings of CS Lewis, Blackaby, Ken Ham, Norman Vincent Peale (Guidepost), Billy Graham, Chuck Colson, etc., even the Roman Catholic church, ALL of whom, at times, have offered terrifying half truths and a tainted gospel message.

Furthermore, pastors seem to be much too busy with church business to spend time with a sheep who has questions, who is hungry and wanting so badly to be fed the meat of scripture.

I Cor 11:17 would suggest that our struggle is not a new development and that we must keep going, continue to fellowship, and to stay strong and courageous. Computerized fellowship is extremely valuable but I wonder if we can effectively minister to one another the way God intended. I often think of the young church of the New Testament and the great love they had for one another, sustaining each other both physically and spiritually.

Wow! This is great! I’m going to bookmark this page. Thank you for this. My mother in law watches word of faith preaching because it makes her feel good and Benny Hinn and I constantly warn her. I’m going to show her this.

Julie,

If u think for yourself that doesn’t make u a renegade thinker & u should be able to ask anything to any so called leader of a church. Keep in mind that not all church leaders have your best interest at heart.

Just because a mouse is in a cookie jar doesn’t make that mouse a cookie. Just because someone either leads or assist in leading some church doesn’t make him a leader, could be a wolf in sheep clothing. bahhh

Julie brought up some interesting points. A few I used to struggle with. I understand how she’s trying to be scriptural in an unscriptural world.

Leaders are sheep too but when they start believing they are rulers the trouble begins. What obedience do they ask the “sheep” to conform to? Things on Don’s above mentioned list?

The churches around here are so small they don’t even have elders. There’s usually a part time pastor who has a full time secular job, and maybe a paid music director and a youth director who gets paid for teaching a Sunday School class of three. Everyone wants to get paid. Seems like no one volunteers their service for the Lord anymore.

Women should be quiet in church. Apparently that doesn’t include teaching Sunday School?

I had a phone conversation with a pastor once and I asked him what his position was on replacement theology. He said, “What’s replacement theology?” So I explained it to him. Was that disobedience because of my gender? I didn’t think so.

Or take the pastor I knew who took it to an extreme. A small group of us from the church were sitting in his living room one afternoon having a conversation about nothing in particular when his wife innocently tried to enter the conversation. “Shut up, Cheryl,” he snapped.
The same thing happened on another day. I high-tailed it out of that church. I don’t care what he preaches I’m not following that jerk.

I like being single and am quite capable of understanding without having to ask a husband so I may be wrong but I think there is more to that passage than just ‘shut up, you’re a woman.’

I got off on something there but it’s about following and obedience; the line between scripture and pseudo scripture.

Most pseudo Christian believe that there religion is what saves them. They have the religion of Cain, the works of their own hands, Instead of the righteousness that Christ gives freely by His blood sacrifice. Most are trusting in their own righteousness.

First John 1:8 says, If you say you have no sin, you are a liar and do not the truth. Rather than trust in Jesus and His righteousness, they are trusting in their own righteousness. They have to make themselves perfect, as they believe their righteousness will get them to heaven.

For pseudo Christians it is all about what they are doing for God, rather than what Jesus did for us.
They are trying to earn their salvation through good works instead of doing good works because of what Jesus has done for us. Most are still living under the law instead of a love relationship with Jesus because He first loved us. They go about trying to establish their own righteousness through obedience to laws, rituals of obedience, and rules of conduct.

They have no love for Jesus. Who needs Jesus when you are already perfect in your own eyes. They believe they have made themselves righteous not realizing they are sinners and can only be saved by trusting in Christ’s righteousness which comes by faith.

If we could have kept the law, then Jesus died in vain. Obeying the law just fills us with pride and self righteousness. Doing those things in the law because we love Jesus for giving us the free gift of salvation is true Christianity. Most love themselves more than God. Maybe they have just lost their first love. It is getting harder to tell the sheep from the goats.

If history repeats itself, the religious leaders of today are the Pharisees when Jesus came the first time.

We don’t have a fake president & fake country anymore b/c the real Christian patriots came to the polls. This country was never fake by the way just idiots running it.

Can relate to the “Am I the crazy one here” re: sitting in a church and hearing “off” teachings start to take hold. One I attended fell under sway of desiring the Toronto Blessing. The pastor was sincere, but “a little leaven leavens the whole lump”. I left and have mostly been in the wilderness. Tangling with Church and all the associated issues of trust/hope/Heaven/Hell/ betrayal/loss can leave one with the effects of having touched a hot burner and (wisely?) saying “Never again!” Or a vague “Maybe again…”

I’m in God’s Word now daily, so many of the pseudo messages preached seem ridiculous to me now. I like Dispensational teachers in part because they major on Scripture (and diagrams/charts!). They don’t teach signs and wonders or adding works to the FINISHED work of Christ. They are solid on Security. They embrace the mystery hidden for ages (God created one new man out of the two). You could say I have “submitted” to more mature Christians as pastors without being told to.

We all need a brass tacks relationship with GOD through CHRIST JESUS all on our own, when there is no visible flesh to submit to, “in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth”, outside of “church” (Heb.11:38). Pseudo Christianity gets it all backwards and promotes the idea that “IT” all happens on Sunday in a building. There the eggheads and gurus explain it all for you and you’re set for the week!

Take all that with a bit of salt, please. Don’t always feel that way, having have been blessed by many other believers in the visible churches. Some of them would say that they were also blessed by me.

I’m eager to go HOME so we can all be with the LORD and see face to face and have true fellowship forever.

It’s easy to fall into a pseudo trap depending on where your weak spots are. I’m very guilty of thinking other’s are earning brownie points with God; everyone except me. That’s kind of egotistical isn’t it? To put myself out in the universe as the only Believer to not win favor with God. I correct my thinking but it always comes back again another day to try to pull me down.

Then there are the King James Version only people who say if you aren’t reading the KJV you aren’t reading the true Word of God. The NKJV doesn’t count either.

I have a family member who’s been blessed by Gloria Copeland’s teachings and one who’s been blessed by Joyce Meyer’s teachings. So they say. The fake and the real get all tangled up together and people are confused and don’t know it.

Back to my premise. All these people are doing better than I am so they must be earning brownie points and they think so too. Pseudo World.

Hi Faith,

Thank you. Wouldn’t it be great to fellowship with some of the women who follow this blog, like Adriana, Tara and others? I think we all live in different states.

Until we meet in person I get encouragement just from reading the comments.