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WORLD
RELIGION ... a STRONG DELUSION ( 2 Thessalonians
2:11 )
World wide apostasy ( the falling away from basic Biblical
doctrine ) is now rampant. Because people have rejected Truth --
fleshed in the Person of Jesus Christ --- God has turned the
unbelieving masses over to their own imaginations. He has turned
them over to the delusion of their own choosing. They shall have
to eat the bitter fruit of having their own way.
( Proverbs 1, Living Bible. )
" And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie " -- 2 Thessalonians 2:11
A half-truth is a whole lie. The world believes in one god,
meaning one person.
Bible-believing Christians believe in One God meaning a singular
Being of three Divine Persons.
" The LORD Our God is one LORD" ( Deuteronomy 6:4 ... note
the three Divine words ;
and Ephesians 4: 3--6 ) The Godhead is One
Being. And that Being is expressed in three Persons :
the Father, His Son and the Holy Ghost .
Let us examine this present day apostasy, and also the truth of
the Trinity, the Three-in-One.
World
Leaders Pressing for a Common Religion
A Common belief in "one-god" denies the Three Persons
in the Trinity ( the Triune Godhead)
Denying the Trinity is denying the Lordship of Jesus. It is the
spirit of antichrist.
Nov. 12,
13, 2008 Bush to attend UN dialogue on religion Wednesday, Thursday "COMMON VALUES"
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Bush
"remains committed to fostering
interfaith harmony among all religions, both at home and abroad."
She said Bush also plans to meet separately with Abdullah.
D'Escoto believes the initiative "should be broadened to
talking not only about religions but about cultures, about all
the common values
we have," Yeves said.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/01/news/UN-UN-Interfaith-Dialogue.php
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,445866,00.html
Prince Charles assists by reaching out to Moslems --Nov. 3, 2008 "Common Enemies"
" Shortly after landing at Halim
Perdanakusuma airport, Charles proceeded to the Istiqlal Mosque
in Central Jakarta for talks with Din Syamsuddin,
--- ----chairman of the country’s second largest Muslim
organization, the Muhammadiyah ---
and noted Muslim scholars Azyumardi Azra and Tarmizi
Taher.
Din said after the closed-door meeting that Prince Charles was
committed to interfaith dialogue, particularly between Muslims
and Christians.
“Prince Charles underlines that the traditional wisdom of
various religions in the world could help
fight our common enemies, such as poverty and
backwardness,” Din said.
Ed note: And the world has targeted
Christians as their enemy.
Hindus in Orissa,
India and Buddists in China and
Hindu-Buddist-Islamists in Indonesia are behind the murders and
persecutions of Christians in those places...not to mention the
Moslem killing of Christians in Iraq and throughout the MidEast
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/11/02/prince-charles-vows-boost-interfaith-dialogue.html
Vatican reaches out to Moslems also -- Nov. 4, 2008 "Common Belief"
The forum was set up in response to a letter
written last year by 138 Muslim scholars to [ Pope] Benedict [ 16
] and other Christian leaders urging that Christianity and Islam
to build on their common belief
in one God [ Ed: Allah is not God. Allah
had no son that died for me. Therefore there is no commonality in
doctrine......just in wishful thinking.]
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, who heads the
Vatican's Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue , has
said Thursday's papal audience could start a historic dialogue
between the faiths.
Tauran is heading the Vatican delegation, which also includes the
retired archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Theodore
McCarrick, and Chaldean Archbishop Louis Sako
of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081104/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_muslims;_ylt=AoGBqtJuDC4FwyCgZSASlrl
Pope John Paul 2 kissing the
Koran May 14, 1999
Rome hosts Vatican-Muslim Summit -- Nov. 4, 2008 "Common Word" ( blasphemous)
It also prompted leading Muslim scholars to
launch an appeal to the Pope for greater theological dialogue,
called the Common Word
Ed: The Bible is anything but common. It is unique; one-of-a-kind
book inspired by the Holy Ghost and contains knowledge revealed
by God alone.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7707606.stm
Catholics deny their own basic Doctrine in the Trinity when they
unite with Moslems over the concept of 'one person God'.
http://www.justforcatholics.org/islam.htm -- Dr. Joseph
Mizzi
Allah is not God. Allah had no Son Who died for me.
"But there were false prophets also among the people, even
as there shall be false teachers among you, who privately shall
bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought
them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."
2 Peter 2: 1.
Common
Values in other Places
Japan wants to share "common values" with other Eastern
Hemisphere nations
http://www.livemint.com/2008/09/26115550/Japan-PM-eyes-8216common-va.html
UN explores "common values" for the Third Millenium
http://www.esf.org/media-centre/press-releases/ext-single-news/article/exploring-common-values-for-the-third-millenium-355.html
Common Values for a Common Era
http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/articleFull.asp?TID=37&Type=Article
In Daniel7:25 it says that the Beast antichrist will think to
change Times and Laws. As of 2008 our calendars date from the
time of Jesus Christ, over 2000 years ago. When the common values
are declared worldwide, the calendars will change from B.C (
Before Christ ) and A.D.( "anno Domino ' the year of our
Lord ) to C.E. ( Common Era ). Our laws too
are soon to change, becoming compliant with Sharia Law ( Moslem
Law ).
The
Trinity in the Old and New Testaments
The "one-God " of world religion is a strong delusion.
The "one-God" of the world's COMMON religion is not
Triune ... it does not include the three
Persons in One Being...the Father, His one
and only Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit ).
The Three-in-One Godhead is called "the Trinity". The
COMMON World Religion denies the Trinity, and especially denies
Jesus as God , come in the flesh ( the Incarnation ). That is the
spirit of antichrist.
1 John 2:22 and 1 John 4:2, 3 and John 1:1--5 and John 1: 14.
Are there really three Persons in ONE God ? Yes.
Please see Matthew 28:19 and
John 14:26 and
John 15:26; and
2 Corinthians 13:14; and
1 Peter 1:2
Is the Godhead plural in
the Old Testament ? Yes.
"In the beginning, God " ...... "Elohim"
[ God ] is a plural noun in the Hebrew language-- Genesis
1:1
"Let US make man in
OUR image, after OUR
likeness" Gen 1:26
"let US go down and
confound their language " Gen. 11:7
"Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and
fire FROM the LORD out of heaven."
Gen. 19:24
"Who hath ascended up into heaven or descended ? Who hath
gathered the wind in his fists?
Who hath bound the waters in a garment ? Who hath established all
the ends of the earth ?
What is His name, AND WHAT IS HIS SON'S NAME
if thou canst tell?" Proverbs 30:4
Messianic Jews who believe that Yeshua-Jesus is the Messiah have
researched the Hebrew texts
and know the fullness of the Truth.
What is that truth ? WHO is TRUTH ? .. " I AM the Way, the
Truth and the Life.
No man comes to the Father but by Me" John 14:6
It is no great revelation to believe in one God ... the devils
also believe in one God, and tremble. James 2:19
What
is "Common " ?
The word "common" means to hold in mutuality ... a
common way of thinking, or of living ; people who think alike,
think in common. People who live in community have material goods
in common ( Religious orders ) .
In order to have a common Religion, Beliefs, Values and WORD, the
people must agree on certain matters, and be of one mind in
Doctrine ( Sustainable truths ) .
Born again Christians have a common Faith ( Titus 1:4 ) and a common
Salvation ( Jude 3 ).
We hold to the belief that Biblical Truths are self-evident in
the Person of our Lord and Savior Jesus, Yeshua H'Mashiach.
Truths held in common ( Doctrine )
Born again Christians are of "one accord" ( Acts 2:1 ). We are
multicultural and of varied backgrounds, yet we hold these main
Judeo-Christian truths in common, as revealed in the Holy
Scriptures. We believe that Jesus is both God and man, and that
no other person in all of the human race has both the Divine
nature and human nature dwelling within him. Jesus is unique in
all of history.
Born again Christians have repented of their sins and have
confessed them to our Lord Jesus . We seek to amend our lives (
conform to His image and example ) on a daily basis. Our sins are
forgiven by God only because we have placed them under the
atoning blood shed by Jesus on Calvary for the remission of our
sins. Jesus is the ONLY perfect sacrifice for our sins out of all
beings created. Rev. 5: 1--10
( especially verse 5 ).
"And when I see the blood, I will pass over
you" -- Exodus 12: 13.
Remnant of the 3 Major religions
research the Word
Bible-believing Christians, Messianic Jews and Born-Again Moslems
believe that Jesus is the only way, truth and life, and that no
man comes to the Father except through a personal relationship
with Jesus as Lord of their life ( John 14:6 ) . We submit to
His Lordship through obedience to the counsel given by the Holy
Ghost, the One Voice we listen to ...our conscience, enlightened
by the Word of God.
Because the Bible is the ONLY book
given by direct revelation of truth from God ( John 17:17 ) and because the
Holy Ghost ( also called the Holy Spirit ) is the Author ( 2 Timothy 3:16; and
1 Peter 1:12 ) of the complete
66 books of the Bible, the Old and New Testaments) it remains a
Book different from all books ever written throughout History. No
other book contains Divine Revelation with Divine Authorship.
Holy men of God throughout history have written under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit, but whatever is written must be
verifiable by the singular WORD of God, the Holy Bible.
The word "Holy " means "separate". It means
to be singular and unique. Therefore the Bible --the Holy
Scriptures of God--- cannot be subject to the affirmation of man,
as are all other books. All other books of religion are basically
man's attempt to define God, and they pale and fail in accuracy,
and they lack the verity of the Holy Bible. Religion is a
man-made system ( Matthew 23 ).
Spirituality is from above. ( John 4: 23, 24 ) and James 1: 17, the Father of
enlightenment, "Lights").
The Lord commands His blood-bought followers --- who have placed
their trust in Him -- to"be ye separate" ( 2 Corinth 6:17 ) , "ye are to
be ye holy even as I AM holy " ( 1 Peter 1: 15, 16 )
We are to be "called out" ( L."eclesia",
ecclesiastical ) of the world's system ( 1 John 2:15-17) and the
Babylonian ( Rev. 18: 4 ) religious system
of:
1. idols ( fawning over anything or anyone as the priority in our
life ; Also: Statues, relics, ritual, tradition,
2. Political correctness ( people-pleasing; manchurian robotic
conformity to unlawfulness )
3. merchandising ( taking advantage, manipulation, domination;
the love of money ( wealth )
4. Crowd-mentality ( fear of not belonging to the majority of
mass-think)
5. Lack of zeal for a personal relationship with Jesus of
Nazareth, son of David. ( Rev. 3: 15, 16 )
LINKS:
Trinity in the Old Testament -- Peter Wise
http://www.biblicalresources.info/pages/ot1/trinityot.html
The Trinity: One
God or Three www.khouse.org/articles/biblestudy/19950801-42.html -- Chuck
Missler
The Doctrine of the Trinity www.aloha.net/~mikesch/trinity.htm# Michael Scheifler
The Sacred Mystery of the Trinity www.grantjeffrey.com/article/chphnwr.htm -- Grant Jeffrey
Explaining the Trinity
for Moslems http://answering-islam.org/Trinity/ many LINKS and resources
The
Trinity...Father, Son and Holy Ghost http://www.the-good-way.com/eng/intro/i10.htm
Explaining the Trinity for
Jehovah Witnesses
http://www.waltermartin.com/articles.html#doctrine --- Walter Martin
( Must hit
"Edit" and then "Select all" in order to read
)
What
Saith the Scriptures http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Fellowship/Edit_Trinity.and.Shamrock.html -- Tom Stewart
The
Trinity...Father, Son and Holy Ghost http://www.the-good-way.com/eng/intro/i10.htm
God as a
Plural Being http://www.direct.ca/trinity/elohim.html --Chuck Missler
"The Triunity Report" http://www.direct.ca/trinity/
The Holy Spirit is God -- consubstantial
-- http://www.godandscience.org/doctrine/spiritgod.html
-- http://www.gotquestions.org/who-Holy-Spirit.html
-- http://www.wcg.org/lit/god/deityHS.htm
-- http://www.spirithome.com/spirpers.html
-- http://www.allaboutgod.com/holy-spirit.htm
-- http://www.lifetalk.net/lifequest/study/holyspirit.html
-- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07409a.htm
The Doctrine of the Incarnation http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=651
The spirit of antichrist ( denying that Jesus was God
come in the flesh )
http://www.anabaptists.org/bh/289.html
http://www.act3.org/
http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/antichrist_and_jesus.htm
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:KjuCYvMVOHEJ:firstbaptistchurchoc.org/Sermons04/spirits.htm+Incarnation+and+spirit+of+antichrist&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us
http://books.google.com/books?id=UQjtCc-num8C&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&dq=Incarnation+and+spirit+of+antichrist&source=web&ots=Paiyz_dqI4&sig=715F
cuUQ4u-SCBUk8iuxHUII1YE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result
http://books.google.com/books?id=FwAKf0kzfREC&pg=PA131&lpg=PA131&dq=Incarnation+and+spirit+of+antichrist&source=web&ots=IjVtMQKgIg&sig=t8lhTZS3
vkvnSfLeCOrSRGThvN0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result
Doctrine of the Atonement ( Jesus is the ONLY way to the
Father ) Blood-bought redemption
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02055a.htm
Salvation www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/sal.htm
Bible www.blueletterbible.org