Faith Upholds the Law

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid! On the contrary, we establish the law. Rom 3:31

If you’re told that Salvation is by Faith and NOT of Works, how does the Law come into play? Simple answer: ‘It Doesn’t’…..at least in your mind. But What is Faith? Is ‘faith without works’ dead? As James says or does the ‘works’ he is speaking of ‘FOLLOW’ Faith. Whereas the Faith comes first. So Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him as Righteousness. (Rom4:3)

But what if I also tell you that Abraham WALKED in the STEPS of his faith, doing the DEEDS of faith and thereby OBEYED God? (Rom4:14, John8:39, Heb11:8) Wouldn’t that make faith the following:
A Walk of Faithful Deeds and Obedience! All One in the Same thing. That’s why Faith (real faith) Upholds and Established the law. (Rom13:10) Because it Obeys and Keeps the Commands of Christ! In this the Bible then Makes perfect sense.

As ‘Workers’ together with God, we Work Out our Salvation in fear and trembling, Make our Calling Sure, Run the Race with endurance, Fight the good fight, Holdfast, endure, and obey. It’s no longer necessary for the pastors to explain all these away and convince you Deeds don’t matter. Because the Bible CLEARLY says you will Judged According to your Deeds:

who “will render to each one according to his deeds”: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, Rom2:6-8(Also Check: Matt12:37, 16:27, Jh5:28-29, 2Cor5:10, 1Pet1:17, Rev2:23, 22:11-14)

Now if Deeds will determine the Outcome of your Salvation (as these passages clearly state) WHY would you embrace a System of Doctrine that teaches otherwise? James plainly says that the ‘Devils also Believe’ James2:19. Meaning they indeed possess Faith! It’s undeniable that they (the devils) possess the SAME faith your Churches Preach as SAVING Faith. It’s the faith of Slothful, Biblical illiterate, lukewarm hypocrites who love the fun and games of their ‘religion’ but loath the Commands of Scripture.

Faith is WALKING in the Spirit, not the flesh. (Rom8:1-4) Thus it fulfills the Righteous requirements of the law and falls in line with the Message of Christ. When asked what must I do to inherit eternal life, He answered in this manner: “KEEP the Commandments!” (Matt19:16-22) Explained further therefore in Romans 8, The Greatest of all Commandments to love God is KEPT by WALKING in the Spirit….again a WORK of Faith With Power! (2Thess1:11) DEEDS and FAITH…..Synonymous! You can’t have one without the other or you’re nothing more than a ‘Devil’ who ‘Believes’.
What they have done inside the System is highly ‘Spiritualize’ the Bible and make simple truths into big mysterious doctrines only the theologians can understand. Thereby they can easily convinced the unlearned their ‘System’ is correct and the Bible actually does teach that your Sins are Covered by Grace, your Imputed Righteous and Eternally Secure. All by merely ‘Believing’ in Jesus! From there it’s easy to explain away all the Direct Commands and Warnings of Scripture. It’s says ‘Obey’ but Really means, HE Obeyed for you. It says ‘Serve’, but really means HE Served in your place. In fact, EVERYTHING Jesus said about Holding fast, enduring to the end, Taking up your cross, denying yourself, counting the cost, is to show you HE DID it all so you don’t have to!

You see how Slick this Message really is and why it’s dubbed ‘Great Swelling Words of Emptiness’ in the Bible. (2Pet2:18) Rather than you Working out your own Salvation,  Making your calling Sure, Running the Race with endurance, Patiently Continuing in the faith, JESUS Did it all for you IN ADVANCE! That’s whey Faith can NEVER be associated with Works or Deeds of any sort, no matter What the Bible says. You Remain a Wretched, Chief of Sinners, Convinced that Sin humbles your heart before God, when in reality you’re growing Harder and Harder by the day in rebellion to the truth.

But that’s another discussion entirely, we’ll deal with later. Here we need to understand the Working Dynamic of Saving faith. It’s really VERY Simple: There is a LAW of Faith, Rom3:27, The LAW of Faith is LOVE, Gal5:6, Faith WORKS by Love, And Love Upholds and Fulfills the LAW! Rom13:10.

Without this Working Dynamic, you possess the Faith of Devils. James2:19. That’s why Faith Without Works is Dead and WHY Abraham was Justified by his DEEDS and NOT by FAITH ALONE! Js2:24.
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More Smooth Words!


Do not Prophesy to us right things. Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits! Isa30:10

Brood of Vipers! Who Warned you to flee from the Wrath to Come? DEEDS Prove Repentance! Produce them or Perish. Repentance Proven by Deeds is the Common theme throughout the Scriptures. EVERY Prophet sent of God Preached this Message, including the Gospel of Jesus Christ which is Based on the Solid Foundation of a Departure from Iniquity. Its Fundamental starting in the Book of Acts; Learned from the Prophets and faithfully imitated to the letter.
“Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts2:38

testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts20:21

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me. I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds! Acts26:18-20
In Repentance the Sin has to STOP! You came in Godly Sorrow with a Vehement Desire Change and a CLEARING of Wrong Doing. It’s NOT a mere confession of sinfulness or repeat after me prayer. (You won’t find that anywhere in the testimony of the Prophets.) Real Repentance results in Purity of heart. No one is ‘Saved’ in Sin. When the Lord spoke of Repentance He included this Departure from Sin. As happened in Nineveh under Jonah’s preaching….the People Stopped Sinning and sought the Lord! But such Cities as rejected the Preaching of John and the mighty Works of Christ, He pronounced Doom. Comparing them with the past wicked cities of Tyre and Sidon who did not have the opportunity to hear the preaching of John.

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. Matt11:21
The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. Matt12:41

So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water. But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish? Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it. Jonah3;1-10

For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. For observe this very thing that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter. 2Cor7:10-11
We are told explicitly to Heed the Word of the Prophets. (2Pet1:19-21) But Professed Christianity ignores them and Preaches ‘Another’ Gospel based on the Doctrines of men. The Religious System has not Changed since the days of Christ. He encountered an entrenched and dogmatic Hierarchy who refused to yield. They were the ‘Children of Abraham!’ as YOU are the Product of the ‘Reformation’ Neither WALKS in the Steps of Faith or Performs the Deeds of Faith, but they
occupy the seats of Authority. (and always have) They represent the Greatest obstacle to God’s Truth on Earth.


Do not Prophesy to us right things. Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits! Isa30:10

Do Not be Afraid of their faces. For I AM with you to deliver you, says the Lord. (Jer1:8) The fear of man is a snare and a sure fire way to distort the Truth. The Pastors today are frightened out of their wits that anything they say may cause an offense. They are dismayed by the Faces of the people because the Lord is NOT with them! Therefore they Preach Smooth words and Soft things and make Great Swelling promises based on fallacy.
Do not be afraid of their faces, For I am with you to deliver you,” says the LORD. Jer1:8
And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, though they are a rebellious house. Ezk2:6

Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. Ezk3:8

When you expose sin the faces of the people will appear as though they want to swallow you down whole! They will believe in their hearts that you hate them and you will instantly become their enemy. But whether they hear or refuse to heed is of no effect on you. They are rebellious and unyielding in their delusion. If they would hear you, they would Obey God! They will be Judged according to their ways. Your job is to warn the Righteous and the Wicked that sin will destroy them. Do Not fear them, but fear only God who can Cast body and Soul into hell.
Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.” Ezk3:9

You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious. Ezk2:7
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me: Ezk3:17

Remember the impudent occupy the seats of authority. The Prophets stand aloof and challenge their false gods and lying Doctrines. The Strongest temptation is always, ‘If you can’t beat them Join them!” Many have been lost to the System who could not endure the shame and isolation of renouncing the false Church. But if you have received His Word into your heart, it will burn with an intensity you cannot resist, Deep inside your bones. You Must Speak!

Moreover He said to me: “Son of man, receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears. Ezk3:10
“LORD, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life Rom9:3

Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him, Nor speak anymore in His name.” But His word was in my heart like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, And I could not. Jer19:9
Standing in the Gap is always Costly. Even close friends and loved ones will forsake you. False brethren will try to bring you down. You’ll be miss-understood and spoken of as an evil doer. But your Vindication is in the Lord, He is the final Judge. His Word will live forever and those who Serve Him faithful to the end will enter His Kingdom in Glory.
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Wolves: Examining the Spirit of Error within the Churches of today

"IF ANYONE Comes to you and DOES NOT bring THIS DOCTRINE (the doctrine that is according to godliness, 1Tim6:5) DO NOT receive him into your house nor greet him, for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds!" 2John 10-11

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits!" Matt7:15

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The System is overrun with an ARMY of False Teachers (too many to count and/or refute) leading Millions into the Spirit of Error. They use the Scriptures to teach a Pagan Doctrine derived out of third Century Rome! Dubbed: 'Reformed Theology' ..... This includes a very slick, and sophisticated version of Satisfaction Doctrine based on a Substitution theory developed by a Catholic Bishop over a thousand years ago! 

The Modern version dates from the Reformation (1500-1800) and is based on a Moral Transfer, Pre-forgiveness of Sin, Rewards issue and Eternal Security. (all explained with great detail on this blog AND here) 

To Various degrees of influence this form of False Doctrine is Preached and Taught Worldwide, inside the System of Churches, Seminaries, Bible Colleges, publishing houses and dominates the airwaves. 

Many further confuse the issue by Mixing the theories and introducing partial quotes of early church fathers without actually examining the facts and properly disseminating it against the Word of God. 

Thus the spirit of error runs rampant throughout the System and more un-discerning victims fall pray to the Swelling Words of emptiness and follow these teachers down the Wide Road to Destruction. It is our sincere desire to shine the Light of Truth into this Darkness and wake you up before it's too late.
 
You will be Shocked to find Many of your Favorite and Famous Teachers on this list. Perhaps even your own Pastors and Church Leaders! But the Truth is not always Pleasant. Often times it Cuts you to the heart! Therefore DON'T Say that you can SEE, if the Light in you is Really Darkness....then How GREAT is that Darkness! SO: 
AWAKE to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. 1Cor15:34
Remember: 'WIDE is the Gate & Broad is the Way that Leads to Destruction, and MANY Go in by it!' Matt7:13

How to recognize a Savage Wolf: 
1) They are 'Known by their Fruits', Matt7:15-20 (Rotten Fruit!)
2) They Preach themselves! Their entire ministry revolves around self-promotion.
3) They handle the Word of God deceitfully with much craftiness. 2Cor4:2-3
4) They Peddle the Word of God for money. 2Cor2:17, 1Tim6:5
5) They reject the Doctrine that is according to godliness. 1Tim6:1-5
6) They will exploit you with great swelling words of emptiness & Promise you Liberty in your sins! 2Pet2:1-3, 18-19
7) With flattering speech they will deceive the hearts of the new convert! Rom16:18
8) Summary of License to Sin teaching
 

Audio Clips from the Wolves Mouth! 
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“Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life Ezk13:22


The Present Day Spirit of Error!
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John Stephen Piper (born January 11, 1946) is an evangelical Calvinist Christian Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous books. His theology is strictly Calvinist adopted from the Reformation, NOT the Apostles! He believes in double predestination, which includes "unconditional reprobation" as a corollary to the Calvinistic doctrine of unconditional election, Thus Man does not posses Free Will or Ability to Repent and turn from his sins unless God has so elected him to do so. He teaches justification by faith alone apart from works, and perseverance of the Saints, (eternal Security) His Errors are legion and far to many to enumerate. We have a Number of Audios Comparing his teaching with the Bible and pointing out the blatant contradictions in his theology. Basically he (like many others) Preaches a Sinning Gospel, covered by a mountain of fluff. However he is very slick, well polished, professional and has the persona of a Lamb. preacher and author, currently serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of 


Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (born October 3, 1941) is an evangelical Christian pastor, teacher and author. He is currently the senior pastor of Moody Church, in Chicago, Illinois. He loves to place a great empathizes on infants being born into sin, comparing them to Hitler, separated only by circumstances. His theology builds on this false notion and creates another ear tickling message that God declares you righteous while you remain in your sins. He often teams up with Ankerberg on their TV Show in a question / answer format to spread the lie. He has been Pastor of Moody Church since 1980. 
 



John Ankerberg:
John Ankerberg (born December 10, 1945 in Chicago) is an ordained minister and the author or co-author of 87 books, primarily through Harvest House Publishers. He also produces and hosts his own nationally-syndicated Christian television talk show, The John Ankerberg Show. He is instrumental in the Promise Keepers rallies that cater to 'addicted' Christians in bondage to pornography, lust and various other vices. Proving that birds of a feather flock together the promise keeper movement involves a wide range of evangelical ministers from the Main Stream.....Including: Max Lucado. The movement itself is based solely on Reformed theology and has NOTHING to do with Real Repentance or breaking the bondage of sin. They have been charged with serious infractions against the Holy Character of Jesus Christ that many would call Blasphemy. Many unsuspecting victims have been drawn into their hype only to be further deceived by the lies they put forth. 


John Fullerton MacArthur, Jr. (born June 19, 1939) is a United States evangelical writer and minister noted for his radio program entitled Grace to You. MacArthur is a popular author and conference speaker and has served as the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969, and as the president of The Master's College (and the related The Master's Seminary) in Santa Clarita, California. He holds to Reformed theology but is not a traditional Calvinist in the strictest since. He mixes theologies and covers himself with a great deal of contradictory rhetoric. At one moment it will sound as though he is promoting obedience and righteous living and then he will promote Carnal Christianity. He agues for 'Lord-Ship' Salvation (meaning Jesus must be accepted as Savior and Lord of your life) but ignores Repentance Proven by Deeds. (Acts26:19-20) His opinions often put him at odds with other ministries. But bottom line he teaches Penal Substitution, Moral Transfer and Eternal Security, although he may cloak his doctrine with high sounding words of fluff. 


 
Pastor Richard Warmack 2808 North Trenton Ruston LA, Grace Baptist Church. A typical independent, 'sovereign grace' fellowship established October of 1987. Warmack teaches the Five Tenets of Calvinism, the 'TULIP' He proudly proclaims that the Elect are Not Condemnable, although they sin grievously and that Christ's Righteousness and Obedience is transferred to them by faith alone. Under his teaching man is unable to access his free will unless God has so ordained from the foundation of the world. He has very little patience with dissenters and typifies these type of 'Baptist' preachers throughout the South.  


Ray Comfort is a New Zealand born Christian minister and evangelist. Comfort started Living Waters Publications and The Way of the Master in Bellflower, California and has written a number of books. Comfort's claim to fame is 'Hell's Best Kept Secret', in which he believes preaching the law as basic evangelism will bring about real conversion. If a person is effectively shown they have broken God's Holy Law and that Christ is the remedy it will persuade them to 'receive' Jesus as their personal Savior. However, with all the fluff removed, Comfort is pushing the exact same message as everyone else.



Richard Duane "Rick" Warren (born January 28, 1954) is an American evangelical Christian minister and author. He is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, an evangelical megachurch located in Lake Forest, California, currently the eighth-largest church in the United States (this ranking includes multi-site churches). He is also a bestselling author of many Christian books, including his guide to church ministry and evangelism, The Purpose Driven Church, which has spawned a series of conferences on Christian ministry and evangelism. He is perhaps best known for the subsequent devotional, The Purpose Driven Life, which has sold over 30 million copies, making Warren a New York Times bestselling author. 
   



Driscoll was born in 1970, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and was raised Roman Catholic in the Riverton Heights area of Seatac, WA, which is located just south of Seattle, WA.  He is a 1989 graduate of Highline High School in Burien, Washington, where he served as student body president and editor of the school newspaper. He earned a Bachelor's degree in communications from Washington State University with a minor in philosophy and holds a Master of Arts degree in exegetical theology at Western Seminary. As a pastor and author he is  co-founder and preaching pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, he co-founded the Acts 29 Network, and has contributed to the "Faith and Values" section of the Seattle Times. He helped start The Resurgence, a repository of missional theology resources. This guy is Vile beyond Vile! Take a look at his web site and get ready to vomit. He promotes open carnality, worldly music, profanity and much, much more. He  proudly promotes sinful behavior in so-called believers and applauds disobedience. You should avoid this ministry like the spiritual 'Bubonic'  Plague. It is of Satan and controlled by Demons!

Charles Rozell "Chuck" Swindoll (born October 18, 1934) is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator and radio preacher. He founded Insight for Living, currently headquartered in Plano, Texas, which airs a radio program of the same name on more than 2,000 stations around the world in 15      languages. He is currently the senior pastor of Stonebriar Community Church, in Frisco, Texas. 



Pastor Mike is the founding pastor of Compass Bible Church. Mike and his wife Carlynn grew up in Long Beach, California, attending high school together and then the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Pastor Mike graduated from Moody with a Bachelor's degree in Bible and Theology. Mike and Carlynn also attended the University of Arizona with Carlynn receiving her Bachelor's degree in Education. Pastor Mike earned his Master's Degree from Talbot School of Theology and a Doctorate from Westminster Theological Seminary in California. Carlynn and Mike have three children, Matthew, John and Stephanie. Mike is the author of several books including: Why the Bible?, Praying for Sunday, Preaching that Changes Lives, Saturday's Hope, Bible Survey for Kids and Beyond Bible Basics.


Charles Frazier Stanley (born September 25, 1932) is the senior pastor of megachurch First Baptist Church Atlanta in northern Atlanta, Georgia. He is the founder and president of In Touch Ministries. Dr. Stanley also served two terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1984-1986. He was divorced from his wife of 44 years in 1993, sighting an 'Irretrievably' broken relationship. He remains eligible to remain pastor of his church as long as he remains un-married. Surly these men are KNOWN by their Fruits! 


Greg Laurie:

Greg Laurie (born 10 December 1952) serves as the Senior Pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California. He became a Christian under the ministry of Pentecostal evangelist Lonnie Frisbee. Then, at the age of 19, he had the opportunity to lead a Bible-study of 30 people originally started by Frisbee at All Saints Episcopal Church in Riverside, CA. The church that formed from this group has grown to become one of the largest churches in the United States. He teaches essentially the same thing as all the others, based on Reformed theology, and expands the lie worldwide with his books, telecasts and Harvest Crusades. 

Ed Young is the founding and Senior Pastor of Fellowship Church. The church has its main campus just north of the DFW Airport and operates three satellite campuses in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area and one in Miami, Florida. This guy is the Spirit of Error personified! He has bewitched Millions of young people with his soft-sell approach to the Gospel. They buy into his lies because it cuddles their flesh and gives them the perfect excuse for sin. Young's catch phrases are legion. He loves to call himself the 'Supersonic' Sinner, a Liar, the Chief of Sinners and Roman's Wretch. He uses tasteless language on stage and tells offense Jokes with sexual innuendoes. Of course the people love it! He has went as far as to promote a theme of 'sexual' relations with your spouse, LIVE on stage with his wife, making silly remarks and jesters while setting on a King size bed! Young could very well be one of the Main-Stream Anti-Christ's of our Century marching thousands of our young people down the Wide Road to Destruction.   

 Joslin 'Josh' McDowell, Born in Union City Michigan in 1939, is a Christian apologist, evangelist and writer. He is within the Evangelical tradition of Protestant Christianity, and is the author or co-author of some 77 books. His best known book is Evidence that Demands a Verdict, which was ranked 13th in Christianity Today's list of most influential evangelical books published after WWII. Other well known title are More than a Carpenter, A Ready Defense and Right and Wrong He was instrumental in the 1960's Campus Crusade for Christ that promoted the Cheap and Easy Evangelism of 'Receive' Jesus, that STILL effects College Compasses today immersed in debauchery and claiming to be 'Saved' in their sins! 
 


Joel Osteen (born March 5, 1963) is an American author and the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. His ministry reaches over seven million broadcast media viewers weekly in over 100 nations around the world. Truly a Wolf among wolves! Osteen is a Charlatan extraordinaire, teaching the Prosperity Gospel, making godliness into gain. He is an expert at exploitation and selling a Positive image to the people. It has Nothing to do with Preaching the Gospel of Repentance and Faith, but it lines his pockets with a lot of Green! His mass appeal is to the Biblical illiterate who think God is some kind of Cosmic slot machine anxious to pay off.     

(born 1961) is Director of the HeartCry  Missionary Society that supports indigenous missionary work.  He is also a Southern Baptist itinerant preacher. Washer's sermons tend to have a particular focus on the Gospel and the doctrine of Assurance of salvation, and he frequently speaks out against practices such as Altar calls, the Sinner's prayer, and church growth. Washer has cited George Muller, John Piper, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Charles Spurgeon, Leonard Ravenhill, John Wesley, A.W. Tozer and Martyn Lloyd-Jones among others, as influences.  He has frequently appeared on Christian radio and television discussing the Gospel. Washer became a Christian while studying to become an oil and gas lawyer at the University of Texas. Upon graduation, he attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and achieved a Master of Divinity degree. He then moved to Peru to become a missionary for 10 years, after which he returned to the United States. Today, Washer resides in Radford, Virginia, where he lives with his wife and three children. Washer is a very deceptive Wolf and loves to Twist the Scriptures to prove his lies.

(born February 13, 1939, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American Calvinist theologian and pastor. He is the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries (named after the Ligonier Valley just outside of Pittsburgh, where the ministry started as a study center for college and seminary students) and can be heard daily on the Renewing Your Mind radio broadcast in the United States and internationally. "Renewing Your Mind with Dr. R.C. Sproul" is also broadcast on Sirius and XM satellite radio.  Ligonier Ministries hosts several theological conferences each year, including the main conference held each year in Orlando, Florida, at which Sproul is one of the primary speakers. Sproul is a long time deceiver and well known in reformed circles. His teaching is guaranteed to keep you bondage to your sins and convince you God is pleased with such an arrangement. 


Famous False Teachers of the Past: 
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Henry Allen "Harry" Ironside (October 14, 1876-January 15, 1951) was a Canadian-American Bible teacher, preacher, pastor, and author in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was influential in popularizing dispensationalism among Protestants in North America, much like Cyrus Scofield. His theological views were strictly reformed and remain in circulation today in many books and commentaries. 

DL Moody:
Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 - December 22, 1899), also known as D.L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts (now Northfield Mount Hermon School), the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers. Moody was outspoken and dynamic, people flocked to hear him. But he preached the same Redemption Model as his peers. The Message tickled ears far and wide and brought thousands into a false relationship with Christianity. Unfortunately his influence is still felt today at the famous Moody Church in Chicago and the Bible Institute he founded. Although he would be appalled at the lukewarm complicacy griping the main stream churches of our day, he would still fail to understand how his own message contributed to the mess. Moody was a Calvinist, Reformed and preached the classic Doctrines of Substitution, Moral Transfer, pre-forgiveness of sins and eternal security.

Donald Grey Barnhouse Th.D (March 28, 1895 – November 5, 1960), was an American Christian preacher, pastor, theologian, radio pioneer, and writer. Barnhouse pastored the Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1927 until his death in 1960. He was a pioneer in preaching over the radio on a program known as "The Bible Study Hour".[1] Today, the program continues to air and is entitled "Dr. Barnhouse & the Bible". In 1949, his program began a weekly study of the Book of Romans, which lasted until his death. He also wrote many articles and books. Barnhouse was a full fledged Calvinist. His Model of Redemption is based on Substitution and Moral Transfer. Many of his views were truly outrageous. Click on his name and read for yourself. He has Ananias and Sapphira, saved and even Judas! He may as well have been a Universalistic with such opinions. 

John Calvin (Middle French: Jean Cauvin; 10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530. After religious tensions provoked a violent uprising against Protestants in France, Calvin fled to Basel, Switzerland, where he published the first edition of his seminal work Institutes of the Christian Religion in 1536.
Calvin was influenced by the Augustinian tradition, which led him to expound the doctrine of predestination and the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. His work codified what later would be called 'Calvinism' and adopted to some extent by thousands of false teachers after him. He had no patience with retractors and ruled Geneva with an iron fist. Michael Servetus, a Spaniard who opposed him was deemed a heretic by Calvin and Burned at the Stake! He also participated in other executions and even torture. Calvin was anything but a Christian! It's Sad that his theology is upheld in our higher institutions to this day. The man was a despot and criminal and should be exposed as such.

Martin Luther: 
10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest and professor of theology who initiated the Protestant Reformation. He was a dedicated Augustinian Monk and believed that the Catholic church had drifted too far from the original intent of Augustine's teachings. Although he opposed the indulgences of the Catholic church in his 95 Thesis, he held to many heretical views that brought about severe persecutions and even torture of various groups. Such as the Anabaptists and Jews. He was so much opposed to Justification being associated with any Works of Righteousness that he dubbed the Book of James, the 'Epistle of Straw!' To him Election of God was absolute and Man was void of Free Will. Like Most of the so-called Reformers, he was totally deceived in his understanding of the Bible, but managed to influence his own and future generations with Doctrines of Demons that have seared millions to this day. Exposing his legion of errors would fill pages on this Blog.

Charles Haddon (C.H.) Spurgeon (June 19, 1834 – January 31, 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the Church in agreement with the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith understanding, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church in his day. With his golden voice he deceived millions preaching the Gospel of Sin. He was an outspoken Calvinist and severely criticized anyone who strayed from Reformed Doctrine. 


Do Not Be Deceived: You Reap what you Sow!

Conclusion

Natural sin, Substitution, Moral Transfer, Imputed Righteousness and Eternal security are NOT taught in the Bible, nor were they entertained by the Pre-Augustinian writers of the Christian Faith. At best, these Notions are based on pure Conjecture. Study the record and discover that each of these tenets were INVENTED at some Point in History LONG after the Early Church passed away. Most of the Fallacies can be traced directly back to Pagan Teachings derived out of ancient Rome. All this can easily be confirmed by Study of historical Documents available on line with a close Comparison of Bible Scripture. 

For those of you who are unaware, the Early Christians emphatically Taught and Believed that Jesus was a Teacher of Righteousness by Example. Sound Doctrine meant Godly Living here and now. Jesus Death on the Cross was Not only a fulfillment of Prophesy, but in theory a Ransom aimed at Rescuing man from the Corrupting influence of sin. Faith Purified the heart by Obedience to the Truth and Repentance meant you STOP Sinning Before the Holy Spirit could indwell. Judgment was according to Deeds done in the Body and Both Repentance & Faith were PROVEN by Deeds.



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You Should Rule Over it!


If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.” Gen 4:7

You should rule over it! God’s decree to the FREE WILL of man, ‘Sin shall not have dominion over you!’ Unless you CHOOSE to follow its deadly path. However according to the Vast Majority of Present Day preachers, you CAN’T rule over it because it RULES over you! Your very Nature is corrupted, inherited from Adam! You have no Choice in the matter. You were BORN a sinner by nature.

This horrible Doctrine is preeminent throughout the church world. To challenge it is equal to heresy in the highest order! Nearly everyone assumes it to be written in stone by the hand of God Himself. What better excuse for sin could anyone invent, than being BORN sinful? Not only has this Doctrine nullified the Preaching of Repentance and Obedience by Faith, but also serves as the PERFECT evasion for DOING ANYTHING God has Commanded in His Word!

How can a Pastor who believes this non-sense speak boldly against sinful behavior or demand Purity of heart in his converts? The people were born addicted to drugs, alcohol, immorality and vile passions. How could he possibly convey a ‘Conviction’ of sin, leading to godly sorrow and Repentance, when their sin is not a CRIME against a Holy God, but something they have no control over? WHO would accuse themselves of sin and forsake it with Zealousness, under such delusion?

It’s no great mystery therefore why our churches are overflowing with carnality, lust and worldliness. Why no one seems to get too far past ‘Receiving Christ’ and joining the club. The Doctrine has excused every form of sinful behavior and embraced every excuse for the sin. Converts are persuaded to ‘Come as they are’ and receive forgiveness by Grace. God is not concerned about their sinfulness, He will clean them up later, as you allow His Spirit to Work. Thus people come into the faith still in BONDAGE to their sin! Their hearts are not Purged and Cleansed by faith, there was no season of godly sorrow and crisis of Conviction. HOW could there be any CLEARING of the sin!?

STOPPING the sin is Absolutely one hundred percent IMPOSSIBLE under this teaching! The sin will NEVER Stop! (every pastor affirms this!) How can it?  You were BORN a sinner and REMAIN sinful! The best you can hope is that God may be able to ‘Sanctify’ the carnality out of you by degree, but until then, He will have to COVER you by His Grace. Consequently the vast majority of the Evangelical church today lines up on the imputed righteous, eternal security side of doctrinal teaching rather then a gradual obedience leading to some form of holiness.

This teaching serves as the silent opium of the masses in keeping them convinced that God has designed the Gospel Message especially to accommodate their ‘sinful’ Condition. No one has to attend church and worry about being exposed for bad behavior. Even the pastors admit to their ‘humanness’ and failings making for a comfortable environment. Who could approach the Gospel with any Urgency against sin and the desperate need for people to repent if they wholeheartedly ‘believe’ that men are born with a diseased nature they have no control over?

The inevitable outcome of such a Message is seen in present day evangelism where people respond in droves to ‘Receive’ a Jesus who makes no Demands or requires any Conditions. They merely believe that He Obeyed the Father, lived a sinless life, died and rose again, all to Freely Justify them in their wretched Condition because they are powerless to follow or Obey. Seldom (if at all) is anyone convicted of a particular sin or the least bit concerned that such behavior will disqualify them from the Kingdom. The Message is always soft peddled and cushioned in a manner fitting their ‘sinful’ nature, it is NEVER designed to Pierce their hearts and bring them to their knees! Some may indeed experience worldly sorrow for the consequences of their actions. But any actual and lasting reform can only come with the Genuine sorrow of God and a True Repentance that forsakes the sin and then BURNS with a ZEAL to Clear oneself of the wrong doing and Please a Holy God.

But how could any of this happen if you are a ‘Born Sinner’ SOLD under the power of sin?

Have you ever done any serious investigation into this awful Doctrine? Do you know from who and where it originated? Most of you in the church today just accept it without question, as you do everything else. But if you REALLY knew what was behind it and where it came from, would it make any difference how you present the Gospel? Presently it is casting a grim pale on how you are ‘supposedly’ bringing people into the faith. If exposed as false, could you abandon it as your chief excuse?

To Begin here’s Short List of Some who line up on the side of Original Sin Doctrine:
1)       Jehovah’s Witness
2)       Mormons or LDS Church
3)       Unification Church
4)       Sigmund Freud
5)       Calvinists

The Doctrine itself Originated with Augustine of Hippo (354-430AD) a Catholic Bishop, from North Africa. He concluded that infants would go to hell because of ‘original sin’ if not Baptized by the church. Augustine was deeply influenced by the Gnostic teaching of his day that advocated among other things, that all matter is inherently evil. Because of this view, they also taught that Christ's bodily manifestations were only apparent, and that he did not actually come in the flesh. They denied the real incarnation of Christ, as well as his bodily resurrection, because of their view of the essentially evil nature of all matter.

Also because he taught a twisted view of the union between a husband and wife that involved lust in their conception, he invented the origins of the Catholic Doctrine of ‘Immaculate Conception’ (whereby Mary was conceived in the same Miraculous manner as Christ by the Holy Spirit!) Therefore she could bare the Christ Child, without the stain of original sin.

From his teaching originated absolute and unconditional predestination and election, irresistible grace, complete bondage of the will (a necessitated will man is free only to do evil), and natural inability to obey God. He taught that all mankind sinned in Adam when he sinned and is condemned with him. Men are born sinners now and are completely unable to obey God or do anything good. The Bases of ALL Calvinist Doctrine in the Present day church.

As you can see from the Historical Evidence, MANY of the Doctrines held by the reformers originated with Augustine and the Gnostics. (which places their roots in heathenism!) Moreover it’s VERY Interesting to note that the Jewish Rabbis DID NOT teach that man was born a sinner or inherited anything from Adam’s fall. Rather they taught that people were born innocent, FREE to choose right or wrong at the age of accountability. (in light of this fact, it’s strange that most of the so-called ‘Proof’ text for the sin nature come out of Old Testament Scripture – hence, the Jewish Bible!)

Historically Prior to the Council of Nicea 325AD, NONE of these outrageous Doctrines can be found except among the Gnostics and those influenced by them. You can easily find in many of early Christian writings statements that Babies are Born Innocent and man is free to choose right or wrong! It’s astonishing that the so-called Reformers almost entirely adopted these heresies as Doctrine. By the time of Martin Luther and John Calvin (1500’s) most of these false Doctrines were written into Church Creed and setting the tone for evangelism over the next four hundred years!

The Westminster Confession of Faith, 1646, is probably the most well known of these Creeds still in use today. Adopted largely by the Church of England it set the tone for Wesleyan style preaching (or the holiness movement) into the twentieth century. Article Six of the Confession affirms the existence of the sinful state into which we are born. Observe that it renders Obedience to God an impossibility ‘BEFORE’ Regeneration and Divides Sin into TWO Separate Categories: ‘Original and Actual’ .    

In so doing because of the Original sin man cannot properly forsake any of his sins preceding his regeneration. Therefore he MUST be Saved ‘in his sins’ and WAIT for God to CHANGE him! This teaching has ultimately lead to the demise of Repentance since the sin can never really stop, even in rebirth. The convert is told that his nature remains corrupted and his heart divided. His best efforts remain tainted by the stain of sin still within him. Therefore sin is the ultimate outcome of everything he does!   

Westminster Confession of Faith, Article VI:
Our first parents, being seduced by the subtlety and temptation of Satan, sinned, in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin, God was pleased, according to his wise and holy counsel, to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory.

II. By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the parts and faculties of soul and body.

III. They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed; and the same death in sin, and corrupted nature, conveyed to all their posterity descending from them by ordinary generation.

IV. From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions.

V. This corruption of nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are regenerated; and although it be, through Christ, pardoned, and mortified; yet both itself, and all the motions thereof, are truly and properly sin.

VI. Every sin, both original and actual, being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, doth, in its own nature, bring guilt upon the sinner, whereby he is bound over to the wrath of God, and curse of the law, and so made subject to death, with all miseries spiritual, temporal, and eternal. 

If Sin is the Foregone Conclusion throughout the Christian experience (as is being taught everywhere!) WHERE Does DOING the Right thing come in? The answer is: ‘IT DOESN'T!’ Man is either ‘Imputed’ Righteous by the Transfer of Christ’s Righteousness to his account or ‘Sanctified’ Righteous through a progression of putting the old man to death. In either case, the Sin NEVER Stops (as affirmed by every pastor you speak to) and God has to regard you as ‘Positionally’ holy and pure.

Envision the effect this Doctrine has had on our society as a whole. Even the holiness preachers of 200 years ago, who held this Doctrine, were deeply effected by it. Although you can find that many of them preached hard against sinful conduct and put the fear of God into people’s hearts and minds, they STILL would not say that the sin has to STOP in the process of Repentance! They would go as far as to insist that the Heart, Mind, Inclinations and Conduct must change, but they ALL Affirmed that the ‘STAIN’ of sin remained in the Convert, because of his corrupted nature.

Thus the drug out explanations why men remained ‘Double-minded’ and ‘Divided’ in heart even after Conversion and the painstaking attempts to ‘forbid’ overt sins while at the same time making room for the ‘sinful nature.’ Of course, Full Sanctification was the solution in their view, if the person after having the eyes of their understanding open sufficiently by the Spirit, sees his ‘sinful’ state exposed in the light, he will then consecrate his heart completely to Christ and have it washed clean by Faith, purged of the last remnants of sin inside.

However, this sounds ‘suspiciously’ like the REPENTANCE described in 2Cor7:10-11. Where the Process resulted in: ‘Clearing, Zeal, Vindication and Fear’ with PURITY in the finality. Perhaps this so-called, ‘Second’ act of Grace or (Sanctification) was really the New Birth taking place in real Repentance. (Much like happened in the Book of Acts) Where it is constantly affirmed that the Process, ‘Repentance then Holy Spirit given’ resulted in Purity of heart by faith! (See Acts15:9)

What hinders this Process from taking place in Repentance, then and now? The Sinful Nature Doctrine! As long as you remain ‘sinful’ (even though you’re an admitted sinner, supposedly forgiven in Christ) there is NO CHANCE of ever Repenting as Paul described in the Bible. Consequently without Repentance (or repentance in the proper sense) there is also NO POSSIBILITY of being forgiven of your sin! Isa 55:7 “Let the wicked FORSAKE his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”

This Doctrine removes all responsibility from the sinner and places everything on God Himself! Naturally most preachers would fear actually saying that God is the Author of sin, but it is CERTAINLY Strongly implied in this Doctrine! How could anyone deny that? Where did the sin come from? The Bible Affirms that God Created man in ‘HIS OWN Image’ “Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have ought out many schemes.” Ecc7:29.  “

The sin was his own doing. Even Cain has the opportunity to DO what was Right. “You should RULE over it!” God told him. Accordingly isn’t this simply what James has said about sin in his Epistle?

“Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.” James1:13-15

Wouldn’t it make more sense that as men we have ‘similar’ desires developed by the process of maturity? Rather than a ‘Nature’ inherited genetically from Adam! How is a ‘Nature’ passed from one generation to another? In the blood? In the spirit? (thus the bases of cultish Doctrine!)

”Why should the son not bear the guilt of the father?’ Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live. The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.” Ezk18:19-20

Consider that MOST of the so-called Christian world today is in line with the ‘imputed’ Righteous side of Doctrine. WHY? Because it FITS so easily into the sin nature teaching! You can be Declared Righteous while still sinful by merely ‘Trusting’ that Jesus Obeyed for you. It’s the PERFECT Cover! God no longer holds you accountable for your sinful nature (which you can’t control anyway) because He has made allowance for it on the Cross. The sin is PAID for in ADVANCE. NOW Nothing you DO can affect the Outcome of your Salvation. (that is an arrangement made 2000 years ago between God and Jesus for all time, in which you are trusting.)

It’s no longer, ‘The Soul that sins shall die!” BUT: ‘You shall surly NOT Die!’ The Exact Same LIE Satan used in the Garden on Eve that distracted her from the simplicity of God’s Truth. (2Cor11:3-4) The ‘DIFFERENT’ Gospel referred to in this passage is Certainly the one that turns the Grace of God into License for immorality! (Jude3-4) What better method to corrupt the entire Message than to remove the very underpinnings of Biblical Repentance!

If man is incapable of Repenting and forsaking his sin as a Crime against God, he MUST conclude that God is going to SAVE him as he is! Because the sin is inbred Sympathy is extended, not CONVICTION. The Preacher himself feels sorry for the sinner, as anyone would someone afflicted with a deadly disease. He handles the situation with ‘kid gloves’ (so to speak) and gently encourages the poor wretch to ‘confess’ his sinful state and ‘Receive’ Jesus into his heart! 

Therefore NO ONE ever actually Repents of their sin. They continue in Bondage under the impression that the Holy Spirit is going to help them CHANGE their desires and eventually do what is right. However the entire Premise is in error because of the ‘assumption’ that man is born a sinner powerless to repent or obey God from his heart. The Gospel is turned on its head! God becomes a Tyrant by demanding that man Repent of something he inherited from Adam and WORSE than that, He Decrees that this SAME Sin will send the soul to eternal Perdition if not repented of! (which is exactly affirmed in the Westminster Confession of faith!)

The entire system is based on a Fallacy, Standing on the false premise of ‘reformed doctrine’. The Historical evidence refuting it is overwhelming. The Early Fathers rejected it, the Jewish Rabbis never taught it and NOTHING in the Bible Supports it. Yet the so-called Christian Evangelical world has embraced it with open arms and marched straight down the Wide Road to Destruction preaching it.

Does ANYONE have the Moral Courage to Re-think this Doctrine and Examine the Evidence? Most of you are Standing on shifting sands in blissful ignorance. But consider what’s at stake here.

It’s not our purpose in this article to present an exhaustive study of this issue, but to give you a through overview to consider the fallacy of this Doctrine. Others have dwelled more deeply into this subject and written some fine material that you can easily find by searching the Web. Our purpose is to give you a foundation of evidence, historical and Bilabial so you can further study the issue and come to a Proper Conclusion of the Truth apart from your ‘beloved’ Doctrines.

Initially let’s look at a few quotes from the Pre-Nicene Fathers. These are generally the Disciples of the Apostles. (Taught exclusively by word of Mouth from men like: Paul, Peter, John, James, etc)

Quote: But the other round stones, which had not yet been adapted to the building of the tower, and had not yet received the seal, were for this reason put back into their place, because they are exceedingly round. Now this age must be cut down in these things, and in the vanities of their riches, and then they will meet in the kingdom of God; for they must of necessity enter into the kingdom of God, because the Lord has blessed this innocent race. Of this race. therefore, no one will perish; for although any of them be tempted by the most wicked devil, and commit sin, he will quickly return to his Lord. I deem you happy, I, who am the messenger of repentance, whoever of you are innocent as children, 

Quote: that the end of life may to you prove the beginning of salvation. You have become old in superstition; as young, enter on the practice of piety. God regards you as innocent children. 

Quote: being spiritually regenerated as new-born babes, even as the Lord has declared: "Except a man be born again through water and the Spirit, he shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

QUOTE: “Do you, therefore, show me yourself, whether you are not an adulterer, or a fornicator, or a thief, or a robber, or a purloiner; whether you do not corrupt boys; whether you are not insolent, or a slanderer, or passionate, or envious, or proud, or supercilious; whether you are not a brawler, or covetous, or disobedient to parents; and whether you do not sell your children; for to those who do these things God is not manifest, unless they have first cleansed themselves from all impurity. All these things, then, involve you in darkness, as when a filmy defilement on the eyes prevents one from beholding the light of the sun: thus also do iniquities, man, involve you in darkness, so that you cannot see God. For the Lord says, "Ye are of your father the devil; and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it." But among the lies, the false prophets also told some true things."For he speaks some truths. For the devil fills him with his own spirit, if perchance he may be able to cast down any one from what is right."


Quote: “Also, is what in each case the end of all cries aloud. So that even in the case of one who has done the greatest good deeds in his life, but at the end has run headlong into wickedness, all his former pains are profitless to him, since at the catastrophe of the drama he has given up his part; while it is possible for the man who formerly led a bad and dissolute life, on afterwards repenting, to overcome in the time after repentance the evil conduct of a long time. But it needs great carefulness, just as bodies that have suffered by protracted disease need regimen and special attention. Thief, dost thou wish to get forgiveness? steal no more. Adulterer, burn no more. Fornicator, live for the future chastely. Thou who hast robbed, give back, and give back more than [thou tookest]. False witness, practice truth. Perjurer, swear no more, and extirpate the rest of the passions, wrath, lust, grief, fear; that thou mayest be found at the end to have previously in this world been reconciled to the adversary.”

Quote: “He bade the baptism of repentance lead the way, with the view of first preparing, by means of the sign and seal of repentance, them whom He was calling, through grace, to (inherit) the promise surely made to Abraham. John holds not his peace, saying, "Enter upon repentance, for now shall salvation approach the nations"--the Lord, that is, bringing salvation according to God's promise. To Him John, as His harbinger, directed the repentance (which he preached), whose province was the purging of men's minds ,that whatever defilement inveterate error had imparted, whatever contamination in the heart of man ignorance had engendered, that repentance should sweep and scrape away, and cast out of doors, and thus prepare the home of the heart, by making it clean, for the Holy Spirit, who was about to supervene, that He might with pleasure introduce Himself there-into, together with His celestial blessings. Of these blessings the title is briefly one the salvation of man--the abolition of former sins being the preliminary step.”

For further evidence simply pull up links on the early Fathers and search the Documents. Notice too their understanding of Repentance. Since man is NOT Born a sinner, incapable of Obeying God, Repentance is ‘Sweeping, Scraping, Casting out of doors’ ALL SIN, BEFORE the Holy Spirit can enter into a Clean vessel! NOTHING like what most of you are preaching today.
Couple this evidence with the Words of Jesus Himself in Three Gospels and you have undeniable truth that Children are NOT Born Sinners!

Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Matt19:13-14 (Also See: Mark10:14, Luke18:16)

Scripture Testifies that Children are Born Morally Innocent, having done nothing good or evil. Wouldn’t something as serious as a ‘Depraved Nature’ be made CLEAR in the Bible? Yet the Opposite is shown!

for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls), Rom9:11

Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings. Isa7:15-16

Moreover your little ones and your children, who you say will be victims, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it. Deut1:39

(Also see: 2Kings21:16, 24:4, Joel 3:19, James4:17)

Also Scripture Makes Clear that Children do not inherit the guilt or sin of the parent: Deut 24:16, 2 Kings 14:6, 2 Chron25:4, Ezekiel 18:2-4, Ezekiel 18:19-20

The Evidence is overwhelming and you could easily stack up a great deal more with a little research of your own. Augustine was WRONG! The Reformers who followed him are WRONG. They have all been duped by Satan’s brilliant trap to render the Gospel ineffective to save anyone OUT of sin! Surly it took some time. The early reformers were not nearly as blatant in favor of sin as the Preachers and Pastors of today. But they laid the ground work for apostasy by NOT Refuting this LIE!

Imagine the effect it would have had on future generations had some of these men challenged this non-sense. If they had joined their voices and talents together to Refute this monster as many of them did Calvinism, Catholicism and Universalism. What a difference it would have made!

This LIE has directly effected how converts are brought into the Faith. The VERY Bases of Salvation! Most of you out there today THINK people are getting ‘saved’ in your churches by confessing their sinful state to God and ‘Receiving’ Jesus into their hearts. It’s of no Concern to any of you if they Come out of their sins, or STOP their vile behavior in Repentance. You are satisfied they are ‘Saved’ and God will clean them up later (somewhere down the road) as they allow Him. BUT if you could Recognize sin for what it IS and that men are WHOLLY Responsible for their Actions unto God, you would be Preaching Repentance with an Urgency unparalleled in history because our society is charging down the Road to hell faster than anyone could imagine in their WORST Nightmare!

Next let’s take a look at what the Jewish Rabbis have to say about Original Sin and Repentance. Why is their view significant to our discussion? (they being blinded to Christ and rejected) Mainly because Christianity Originated with the JEWS! The BASES of Christian teaching is in the Foundations of Judaism. (minus the traditions and ceremony which were shadows and types) The ROYAL Law, upheld by Faith, began under Moses and was passed down through the Holy Prophets to Jesus Himself! Therefore if the Old Testament shows PROOF Positive of this supposed ‘sin nature’ we are born with from Adam, it should be CLEARLY Evident in the teaching of Moses and the Prophets. Yet the Rabbis Refute it, then and now.

Here is a sample of Responses from Present Day Rabbis on the Subject:
The simple answer to your question is no, Judaism does not believe people are born as sinners.  We believe that people are born with the ability to do good and bad and it is up to each person to overcome their bad tendencies and to do good with their life.  There is no concept of original sin in Judaism. Learning about our religion, practicing our customs, learning and following the laws of the Torah (the Old Testament), and observing our holidays all help to guide us to good lives. I hope this answers your question. Rabbi

No, we are born free of sin, and have to work on ourselves to make sure not to sin, we are born just fine. I hope this helps.  Rabbi

Judaism completely rejects the notion of original sin. According to Judaism, a child is born pure, completely free from sin. We pray daily "Oh G-d, the soul which you gave me is pure. You created it, you fashioned it, you breathed it into me."
Shalom, Rabbi Chaim

Our “Bible” is the same as what Christians call the Old Testament (though Christianity changed the order of the books.)  But the short answer is, no. We do not believe in original sin.  We believe people are born with the ability to choose between good and evil.  We all mess up sometimes; that’s why there is repentance.  But we don’t mess up because we are born sinful and in need of redemption.  Rabbi Dan

No. We are born clean. We sin on our own. We are given free will. We choose good or bad.
Rabbi Art

No, man has the freedom to choose. Rabbi Yakov

Repentance is the stopping of a particular sin, and more.  It is the conscious re-making of the soul, with God’s help, so that one no longer repeats the sin, even if one could do so without fear of getting caught.  Rabbi Dan

Prayer makes atonement for sin—but only AFTER we make teshuvah, true repentance, which means changing our souls and our selves so that we do not continue to make the same errors.
Rabbi Dan

Concerning PS51:5 “I was shapen in Iniquity” The verse is translated to mean that in order to conceive a child with totally pure motivations without any lust attached one must be on a very high spiritual level, a level that most of us are not able to attain. Benjy Brackman, Rabbi - Executive Director
that refers to humans already sinned or near sin.... not born that way, Rabbi Mendel 

It just means that we have tendencies that we need to overcome…….just like in Genesis 8:21 our evil inclination is from childbirth…see Rashi there.

In Hebrew that verse means "For I recognize my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
I don't know what your translation. but it is wrong. Rabbi Joseph Radinsky

Now we can launch into the Scriptures, dealing first with Old Testament Text that Evangelicals say support the notion of original sin. Notice our last Rabbi translating Ps51:5 for us from the Hebrew. The word, ‘Shapen’ is NOT in the Hebrew Text! It appears in the English Translators to show David acknowledging the sin of his mother, not his personal sin. Having followed her in down the path of immorality, he laments that his sin is ever before him, spreading itself also to his sons and family.

First understand what the Bible Calls Sin. 1John3:4, ‘Sin is Transgression of the law.’ In Scripture Responsibility is linked to ability and Accountability limited to Knowledge. Therefore sin cannot possibly be something immaterial, lacking substance and form. How can Virtue be passed from one generation to another? It Can’t. Just as Iniquity cannot be inherited or passed down from Adam! 

If a sinner can only produce another sinner by nature, as they try to prove in Job14:1-4, 15:14, (‘Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean!’)  Then it would stand to reason that as Saints, Cleansed and Purified by faith of all Carnality, we would be able to Produce another Saint.

Psalm58:3 is another Support Text they like to use. ‘The Wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies!’ 

If sin is Transgression the Law according to ones ‘knowledge’ of that law, HOW can an infant, who CANNOT yet SPEAK, tell lies? This Text is not to be understood in a literal sense, since it would defy reality. And it would Contradict many other passages that show children are born innocent and even FILLED with the Holy Spirit in the Womb! (Lk1:15)

Think about it. If Augustine was correct on original sin, then Babies are Born Depraved Sinners as Children of the Devil! (for the Bible testifies that sinners are children of Satan, Jh8:44, 1John3:8,10) Do you REALLY Believe that Children, of who Ps127:3 says, ‘Are an heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb is his reward.’ Are children of the Devil!?  Re-examine your Doctrines!

Job 15:14 Says:  "What is man that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?"  BUT this is not God Speaking, it’s the words of Eliphaz one of Job’s supposed comforters in his distress. Of Whom God said does not hold to Truth. (Job42:7)  So again, it’s a stretch to use this passage to support the notion of original sin. (Like all the others)

Perhaps you can better understand now why the Rabbis never espoused this awful Doctrine. BECAUSE Nothing in their Bible Clearly and Concisely Supports it! In fact, man is shown time and again having Free will to Choose right or wrong and the ability to do so. Infants are said continually to be INNOCENT of sin! And God does not Change anyone with the sins of a previous generation.

We move forward into the New Testament. IF this Doctrine did indeed originate with Christianity, it should be Clearly shown somewhere in the testimony of Christ and writings of His Apostles. NOT by Conjecture or implication, but DIRECTLY Evident to anyone wanting to know.

Eph2:1-3:
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

‘By Nature’ in this Text does not refer to something we were Born with. Again, that would make God a Tyrant. Creating us as Children of His Wrath! Outrageous. No. The Word simply means: ‘a mode of feeling and acting which by long habit has become nature.’ It is CLEARLY a Learned Response Paul is speaking of, Voluntary Wickedness! Fulfilling the lusts of our flesh and becoming separated from God as a result. Peter refers to this same Truth in 1Pet1:18, where he says you were redeemed from your aimless conduct RECEIVED by Tradition from your fathers! (not inherited in birth.)

It is also used in Rom2:14: "For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law.”  If this ‘Nature’ was Corrupted, as supposed, HOW could the Gentiles use the SAME Nature to KEEP the things contained in the law? Wouldn’t it stand to reason they would violate it instead because of this Nature?

Remember also that if this supposed Sin Nature is passed to us through our Genetics from Adam, then Christ Himself, being born of Mary (a depraved sinner) would then be infected! Thus as stated previously, the Catholics had to invent the Doctrine of ‘Immaculate Conception’ whereby Mary was born of the Holy Spirit like Christ to avoid the infection of original sin. (Pure heresy!) Otherwise the Gnostics have to be correct, that Christ was not actually ‘in the flesh’ but a Spirit manifested to us in some form or substance other than flesh. (which violates much of Scripture, ‘The Word became flesh!’)

The Whole concept of this sin nature dilemma is shattered by the fact that John the Baptist parents brought him into the world (in the usual manner) already FILLED with the Holy Spirit in the Womb! How could they be ‘depraved sinners’ and be chosen for such a task by God? Mary and Joseph were also found UPRIGHT in heart, pure before God and chosen to bring about the Birth of the Messiah.

(See: Lk1:6, 15, 28, 41) Therefore unless you have some sort of ‘explanation’ WHY Jesus was Free of a ‘sinful nature’ from Birth, you need to abandon this horrible Doctrine and start refuting it.

Now we deal with Rom5, the Stronghold of every theologian from Augustine to Luther and beyond.  These passages seem to take precedence over all the others and by them, most of you have thrown Reason OUT the window! Because also everyone agrees that Paul is teaching that Adam’s sin infected his posterity, they also argue in favor of Romans 7 as the Normal Christian experience. That man is incapable of Right action, in bondage to his sin, wretched to the end and sold to his carnality. (Although you will find that some of the older holiness type preachers refute this, they still agree that Rom5 supports original sin.)

Rom. 5:12, 18, 19 "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned...Therefore as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous."

Does the Bible teach that men are "made righteous" involuntarily through Christ? Of Course not! That would be Universal Salvation of all mankind, a false heresy. Then WHY is the Reverse thought to be True? That men are ‘made sinners’ involuntarily through Adam? Rather sin entered the world through Adam, when he and Eve Transgressed and Death as a result passed to all men, ‘BECAUSE ALL SINNED!’ (Rom5:12) Many in fact did not Sin after the ‘likeness’ of Adam, (who Transgressed God’s Law) But sinned against Conscience, not knowing the law. (Rom2:14-15)

Therefore Nothing was Imputed to them from Adam other than a likeness of evil desires enticed by the lust of the flesh. The Message of Rom5 is one of the Redeeming Power of Christ to Rescue man FROM the Corrupting influence of his sin and restore him to the Image in which he was created, in Righteousness and True holiness! Man is NOT automatically made a sinner because of Adam’s transgression, no more than any of us are made drunks, or immoral wretches by the actions of our parents.

What is it that compels people into selfless acts of personal sacrifice? To run into burning buildings, expose themselves to deadly fire on the battlefield for their friends? To give up their life for a just cause? It’s not that these things can GAIN anyone eternal redemption, it can’t. (as 1Cor13 explains) BUT it is certainly extraordinary that supposed, ‘depraved sinners’ are capable of doing such things! Even the Bible testifies of this concept in mankind in Rom2:14. The Gentiles without Law, DO the things contained in the Law through Conscience accusing or excusing them! HOW, if they are Born Wholly Depraved, incapable of Right action until Born Again?

How could God Rightly Judge the World in Righteousness if He made all men sinners in Adam? He would have to Universally Condemn the heathen unless they embraced the Gospel message. Yet Rom2 explains that He is NO Respecter of persons and Judges each one according to his ‘Patient Continuance’ in DOING GOOD! Whether they have the Law or not. SO it’s according to the LIGHT received that holds man accountable to God. (which is the tone of ALL Scripture!)

The Sin Nature Doctrine is a Fallacy and needs Desperately to be discarded by the Church. It has caused more people to lose their souls in hell than anyone could measure. It is indeed, Satan’s Masterpiece!

In Summary we will look at the devastating effects this Doctrine has had on the Preaching of Repentance and Faith. Of course those who hold to it with iron clad resolve will not agree that their efforts are being spent in vain. That would mean the people converted under their ministries are in great jeopardy of being deceived! But as long as everyone is satisfied believing they are Born Sinners and can’t help but sin in thought, word and deed everyday for the remainder of their lives, then everyone’s a Christian. In it’s finality it teaches that No body is perfect and that it is God’s responsibility to Change them when He’s ready. (Thus converts are saved in their sins never OUT of them!)

Therefore First and Foremost, the Sin Nature Doctrine EXCUSES the Sinner! 
1)       It makes his Sin a Calamity instead of a Crime!
2)       It makes God Responsible for the sin!
3)       It creates double-minded, complacent professing Christians and breeds deception
4)       It cause Ministers to excuse sin and not preach against immoral behavior
5)       It Contradicts the Bible!
6)       It Creates a HUGE Problem with Jesus being born of a woman into flesh
7)       It Promotes other False Doctrines
8)       It is absurd and unfounded, supported only by Conjecture and improvable!

The Purpose of this article has not been to prove that Real Christians are without sin in this world or that sinning is impossible after the New Birth takes place. But only that sin is NOT the foregone conclusion nor is it ‘inbred.’ Man is NOT Born a Sinner by Nature! That means he is Perfectly capable of Repentance toward God, PROVEN by DEEDS! (Acts20:21, 26:18-20) AND a Faith that OBEYS from the Heart and DOES what is RIGHT! He can INDEED STOP Sinning!

What you have done in the churches by embracing this Doctrine has compelled you to soft peddle the Gospel and treat the sinner with sympathy instead of conviction for his sin. This is why no one is actually repenting of anything. And the reason why no pastor we can find will say that the sin has to stop. Therefore it is universally preached that a person has to be Born Again BEFORE he has any chance of stopping his sin and as a result the churches are full of professing converts who are immoral, drunkards, lairs, adulterers, cheats, covetous, etc. ALL WAITING for the Holy Spirit to Clean them up somewhere down the road.

But the Whole Process is Backwards! Can you be forgiven of adultery while still committing adultery? Would a thief be forgiven who did not seek to clear himself of the wrong doing by making just restitution to his victims? Would a chronic lair ever be trusted to tell the truth if his heart wasn’t first made PURE through Repentance and faith? It’s unimaginable, according to Scripture, to suppose that God will forgive someone ‘IN’ their sins! NOTHING in the entire Bible could be more UNMISTAKABLE than the Wicked MUST forsake his wickedness, amend his ways and seek the Mercy of God! (Isa55:7, Ezk218:19-32)

As a final thought ask yourself the question: ‘Where did sin come from?’ If it’s inbred, inherited from Adam (as most of you believe) then the Devil has no role in tempting the believer into sin. The Roaring Lion seeking who he may devour is actually a toothless kitten! What purpose would there be for Satan and his minions to entice someone into wrong doing, if ‘Inherently’ they are depraved and can’t help but sin anyway? It would be ludicrous to blame him for your sin when you were born ‘speaking lies’ from the womb! The sin couldn’t possibly be his fault, but the old carnal nature of your flesh that refuses to be Sanctified out.

So Daily this preposterous Doctrine wrecks its havoc on the church and no one cares enough to examine the evidence pro or con. The pulpits are compromised and immoral behavior is rampant among Pastors and parishioners. Will anyone seek to RULE OVER IT as God has Decreed? Sin will always ‘lay’ at the door. Will it find you or will you conquer it?
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