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The Apostasy Must Happen in the Churches Before the Return of Jesus, says Paul.
The sin in the churches today is rampant as scripture is removed and discarded and other doctrine is set up to allow sinners to be approved inside the church itself.
This would be very depressing except for one thing.
The apostle Paul said this had to happen in the churches before Jesus could return.
II Thess. 2 ... NASB ... Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the LORD) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things?
And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. Then that lawless one will be revealed
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No need to look for antichrist in the world.
Antichrist comes through the churches.
as Paul said ... "sitteth in the temple of God" (KJV) ...
showing himself to be god, ruling over scriptures at will and casting
aside doctrines from the Holy Bible in order to approve sin in the
congregation, that none would feel ashamed of their sin and thereby
everything would seem "watered down" and of no power to those who have
known the real way of God.
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The apostasy is in full force today in the churches as scriptures once upheld are omitted or twisted to approve various sins.
The removal of the restraint against antichrist was the removal of
various scriptures or even portion of scripture removed. The scriptures
restrained antichrist from the churches. But the apostasy in the
churches had to happen, says Paul, otherwise Jesus could not return.
(Antichrist is not one man but is a spirit that is in many men ... Just as the devil is a spirit in many men so is antichrist a spirit in many men.)
(Antichrist is not one man but is a spirit that is in many men ... Just as the devil is a spirit in many men so is antichrist a spirit in many men.)
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As far back as 1979, God showed me apostasy in our church groups by the following terrifying dream:
Destruction was everywhere.
Destruction was everywhere.
I went into a meeting room where a meeting was going on. A man was speaking to a room filled with people. I went in and began to listen.
A second man rushed in and said: "Stop ... Wait ... Can't you see ... It's too late ... It's already begun."
The first man resumed speaking.
I looked out the window to see what had "already begun."
There was a tall pole with a yellow civil defense speaker at top of the pole. A gas was coming out of the speaker. I knew it was poisonous and would kill the people. It was coming directly toward us!
The shocking thing was the speaker that was set there for the purpose of warning us was being used as the instrument which dispersed the gas that was poison and would kill us!
I looked at the man seated next to me. He had a big grin on his face and was looking directly at the man who was speaking to the group. But then I saw this man was a corpse, though he looked alive. He was already dead!
I looked about the room at the other people and realized they were all dead.
As I sat back in my chair and listened to the man speaking I began to feel sleepy and I knew as I sat there among them this was killing me too.
God was showing me the anarchy in the church groups, at the time of the dream, 1979. The destruction in the churches was everywhere, even at that time. And it is much worse today.
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Test your church group with this:
Does your church group permit a man to marry a divorced woman?
Here is what Jesus said:
Mt. 5:32 ... But I (Jesus) say unto you, That whosoever shall put
away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to
commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Has the apostasy already moved into your church group?
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These apostate churches deny the power of the scripture to rule over them.
Paul says: Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. II Tim. 3:5
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They will not take correction. They may try to lead us on and try to make us think they can be corrected in order to hold onto our flesh. We simply have to walk away, from churches and from individuals when we see them remove or explain away scripture, even portions of scripture.
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Years ago, God gave me the following dream. I checked into a hotel and was taken to my room. The room was a mess, not cleaned up from previous guests. I went to desk and told him the problem. I thought they would clean up the room immediately. But they did nothing.
For many years, in trying to find a church to attend, I saw scripture eliminated and misused. Over and over I went to pastor and others who misused scripture. Never did anyone repent nor show any sorrow at all for the misuse of scripture.
This is antichrist in the churches, the apostasy that has to come before Jesus can return. II Thess. 2 (NASB)
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There is nothing to do but walk away and leave them alone.
Your flesh may tell you that you can remain in such a group and work within the group to change the group, but if you do this you will not succeed and you will go dead with them and will perish with them.
II Thess. 2 ... For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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There is such a pleasure in going to church that many try to ignore the wrong doing inside the church. Being with others who call Jesus "Lord" is such a delight to us. But Jesus is not their Lord unless they allow the scripture to rule over them. They will be a constant thorn in our flesh as long as we continue with them.
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In 2012, I met a young man who quoted more scripture than anyone I've ever known. But after he would quote the scripture, he would add to the scripture. I quickly withdrew from him. He tried to stay around me saying he could be corrected. But what I saw in him was a mishandling of scripture. He didn't show a proper respect for the Word of God, a "fear" of the Word of God. He didn't seem to think it serious to mishandle scripture. But handling of scripture is a very serious matter. Over his protest, I withdrew from him.
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There was a woman who was like a daughter to me. She was a devout church goer. She was also very scornful of others, considering them to be foolish in the decisions they were making.
God said to me this woman is "self-righteous" ... her righteousness was of herself, of her own works (her own reasoning as to what is good) which she thought were godly works.
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WE ARE WORTHY THROUGH THE WORKS JESUS DID AND THROUGH OUR BELIEVING ON HIS WORKS.
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It is very dangerous to trust your salvation to your own works on this earth.
Jesus warns us:
Mt. 7 ... Not every one that saith unto ME, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of MY Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to ME in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in THY name? and in THY name have cast out devils? and in THY name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from ME, ye that work iniquity.
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II Tim. 3:5 ... Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
(Denying the power of the scriptures to rule over them.)
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I Cor. 5 ... 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth.
Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
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We must follow God with those who call on God out of a pure heart.