IT MAY SOUND GOOD, BUT DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR FROM NEWS MEDIA OR LIBERAL CHURCH PULPITS!

                                               By Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.

“Beloved BELIEVE NOT every spirit, but TRY the spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh (God Incarnate) is of God:

“And every spirit that CONFESSETH NOT that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh (God in human flesh) is NOT OF GOD: and this is that spirit of ANTICHRIST, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now is it in the world.” (1 John 4: 1-4)

It makes you wonder what part of the above Holy Scripture the deceived promoters of the perverted CHRISLAM do they not understand.!!! They are preaching a PERVERTED gospel.

St. John warned: “Who is a LIAR but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is ANTICHRIST That DENIETH the Father and the SON. Whoso DENIETH the SON, the same HATH NOT the Father: but he that ACKNOWLEDGETH the SON hath the Father also.” (1 John 2: 22 & 23)

A study of Islam shows that that religion DENIES that their god Allah had a SON. The desert god that Mohammed elevated was Allah the son of Alillah the MOON-GODDESS who had NO SON, but only three daughters!

ST. JOHN declared that TRUE BELIEVERS in the Gospel of Jesus Christ would not fall for that utter nonsense and blasphemy. Here are his powerful words of Holy Scripture:

“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them (deceivers and the evil spirits who control them), because greater is He (Holy Spirit) that is in you, than he (the Devil) that is in the world.

“They are of the world, therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: He that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth us NOT. Hereby KNOW we the Spirit of Truth, and the spirit of ERROR.” (1 John 4: 4-7)

As a young man in the Evangelical Lutheran Church (when they believed in ordaining only Godly Ministers), I was concerned that the Mormons had visited my home while I was away on business. My pastor, Rev. Ozzie Olsen gave me a pamphlet called Spirit of Truth and Spirit of Error which outlined the true teachings of Christ's Church as opposed to the Cults. I asked Donna to invite them back because I wished to meet them. When they arrived, I read to them all the Scriptures from that pamphlet and they never returned!

                COME YE OUT FROM AMONG THEM!

St. Paul tells us what to do when we hear false teaching from the pulpit: “Wherefore COME YE OUT from among them, and be ye SEPARATE, saith the Lord, and touch not the UNCLEAN THING, and I will receive you. And I will be a FATHER unto you, and ye shall be My SONS and DAUGHTERS, saith the ALMIGHTY.” (2 Corinthians 6: 16, 17)

Don't walk, but RUN away from APOSTACY, my friend. Find a real, genuine Gospel Church that preaches the Truth of God, and not man's philosophy and ideology!

Again God warns about the Harlot Church of the End Times: “And I heard another Voice from Heaven, saying, Come out of her My people, that you be not partakers of her SINS, and that ye receive NOT her plagues. For her sins have reached unto Heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.” (Revelation 18: 4, 5)

St. Paul's admonishes pastors: “That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, UNTIL the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in His times He shall show, Who is the blessed and ONLY POTENTATE, the King of kings, and Lord of Lords;

“Who ONLY hath immortality, dwelling in the LIGHT (God, the Father) which no man can approach unto; Whom no man hath seen: to Whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.” (1 Tim. 6: 16)

     INCREDIBLE CREDULITY OF THIS GENERATION!

Malcolm Muggeridge, the celebrated BBC Correspondent, radio and TV Commentator and former Communist and atheist stated: “I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially the extent to which it's being applied, will be one of the GREAT JOKES in the history books in the future.

“Posterity will marvel that so very flimsy and dubious an hypothesis could be accepted with the incredible credulity that it has. I think I spoke to you abut this age as one of the most credulous in history, and I would include evolution as an example.

“I am very happy to say I live near a place called Piltdown. I like to drive there because it gives me a special glow. You probably know that a skull was discovered there and no less than five hundred doctoral thesis were written on the subject and then it was discovered that the skull was a practical joke by a worthy dentist in Hastings who'd hurriedly put a few bones together, not even from the same animal, and buried them and stirred up all this business. So I'm not a great fan of bones.”

                        TURNING TO POLITICS!
The first US President, General George Washington, stated: “I cannot tell a lie.” The most loved and respected US President Abraham Lincoln was called, 'HONEST ABE'. The present occupant of the White House is said to have made a myriad promises and has broken them all. I pray that President Barack Obama would emulate Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

I clearly remember watching President Boris Yeltsen speaking at the US CONGRESS after the fall of the Berlin Wall. He said: "The Soviet Union has lied to you for 70 years. Communism is now dead in Russia. There will be no more lies from Russia." 

I was preaching in the former Soviet Union at that time and rejoiced because of the dissolution of the 'Evil Empire', and the opportunity  to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those who had been enslaved by cruel atheists for 70 years. I  shouted: "Praise the Lord!"

SATAN was the First Liar and Jesus Christ called him the 'Father of Lies' as well as a 'murderer' (John 8: 44). It was he who beguiled Eve who persuaded Adam to eat the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. They were innocent and therefore naive and fell for his treachery and the human race has been paying a heavy price for their High Treason! The wily old liar planted doubts in their hearts about their Creator and God.

No wonder that Jesus called him by three names: Satan meaning Adversary, Enemy; Devil meaning liar, accuser, traducer; Beelzebub meaning the god of flies, dirty, filthy flies.

Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life. (John 14:6) The Word of God is true! Jesus said, “Sanctify them through Thy Truth. Thy Word is truth.” (John 17: 17)

The Word of God is True. Jesus said it and I believe Him! I could give you dozens of proofs that the Bible is the Absolute truth and totally inerrant, but the most important proof is that JESUS CHRIST the very Son of the Father believed the Holy Scriptures!

                            JESUS BELIEVED THE

BIBLE RECORD OF CREATION!

He did NOT believe in the evolutionary theory. JESUS said: “But from the beginning of the CREATION God made them male and female...” (Mark 10:6; Gen. 5: 2). Our Saviour believed that Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible, we call the Pentateuch. The Bible says: “And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets , He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” (Luke24: 27; Duet.18: 15).

Jesus spoke of Abraham: “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My Day: and he saw it and was glad.” (JOHN 8:56). Our Lord spoke of Nineveh, Jonah and the great fish and repentance, Solomon and the queen of the south. (Matt. 12: 39-42) Our master was comfortable with the Holy Scriptures and had total faith in them. He referred to the Widow of Sarepta and the miracle of provision, as well as well as the cleansing of Naaman through Elisha the prophet. (Luke 4: 25-27; 2 Kings 5: 1-19)

Jesus Christ believed the entire Old Testament and fulfilled 332 Scriptures that spoke of the Coming Messiah! He believed in life after death: “Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they nether marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in Heaven.

“But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken by God in Heaven. I AM the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead but of the Living. (Matthew 22: 29-32).

Jesus spoke of the beggar Lazarus and the rich man who went to Hell: “And in Hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham a far of f. And Lazarus in his bosom.. And he cried out Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.” (Luke 16: 19-31)

God the Son often referred to God from the Old Testament. Here He brings up the judgment of God on Sodom and Gomorrah: “Verily, I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that city.” ( Mathew 10: 15)

Repeatedly, Jesus was fulfilling Old testament prophecies throughout his earthly Ministry as Jewish Messiah: “Pilate therefore said unto Him, Art Thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Everyone that is of the truth heareth My voice.” (John 18: 37)

                      JESUS CHRIST IS THE TRUTH!

Pontius Plate asked: “What is truth ?” The Truth was standing before Him and that pagan Roman didn't know it, however he noted the innocence of the 'Man from Galilee'.

Before that day was over he would have heard and seen accounts of the darkness at noon, the earthquake, the earth opening up to receive Christ blood, the damage done to the Temple with the desecration of the the Holy of Holies by the RENT VEIL from top to bottom. And surprisingly, no one died in the Temple, proving Almighty God had vacated the Holy of Holies and the Temple!

Jesus Christ stated: “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY Words shall not pass away.” (Mathew 24: 35) His PROPHECIES are one hundred percent true and sure. They will not fall to the ground but will be fulfilled exactly as spoken.

His POWER is unlimited: “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me on Heaven and in earth.” (Mathew 28: 18)

His MERCY is unsurpassed as He prayed for those who nailed Him to the Cross: “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do...” (Luke 23: 34). His LOVE is apodeictic (evident beyond contradictions).

Calvary proved that: “For when we were yet without strength (hopeless), in due time Christ died for the ungodly. But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if, when we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.” (Romans 5: 6, 8-10)

Don't believe everything you hear. Check it out with the Holy Scriptures. Open the Bible and read it for yourself. Ask the Blessed Holy Spirit to lead you to the truth of His Word and to illuminate His Word to you. Jesus called Him the Spirit of Truth:

“And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever; Even the Spirit of Truth; Whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not,neither knoweth Him: But ye know Him; for He dwelleth with and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” (John 14: 16-18)

                               THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACHES US!

Our Lord Jesus promised: “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, Whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14: 26, 27)

Don't listen to the TEMPTER, but listen to the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, and make absolutely sure that everything lines up with God's Word the Bible. When you pray, plead the Blood of Jesus over yourself, your family and your home and everything you do.

Also plead the promises of God for protection, healing and health and success in whatever you are doing. And don't forget to sow something back into the Kingdom of God through tithes, offerings and helping reach others for Christ through prayer, witnessing and helping those less fortunate! Amen.

Benediction:

May God's amazing grace, magnanimous love, bountiful mercy, oceanic peace, unquestionable long suffering, omnipotent power, infallible justice, omniscient wisdom, undeniable compassion, indescribable joy and His unfailing faithfulness be and abide with us all until Jesus Comes. Amen.