I write this message as if I’m writing to my very own family.
One of the scariest things I have ever seen is not the current
president!
Rather, a
man of great
stature who
at this
moment in
time comes
in P.E.A.C.E
with an
ecumenical
plan to sign
a covenant
with Islam,
giving Imams
access to
pulpits.
Jesus said
that He did
not come to
bring peace
but a sword!
He didn’t
say, “We all
need to work
together,”
He said, “I
AM The WAY”
and “follow
me.” YET due
to the
biblical
illiteracy
of this
hour─hundreds
of thousands
of
professing
“Christians”─who
have been
fed
spiritual
fluff are
now led to
call this
heretic,
Rick Warren,
“America’s
pastor.” Now
that is
scary!
In my hometown there is a restaurant (which I will not name) where a lot
of people
eat. It is
constantly
in the local
paper with
critical
“complaints”
from the
county
health
inspector.
This
restaurant
is
convenient,
has a large
buffet and
many people
eat there.
That is the
reason it
continues to
exist. It
draws a
crowd. But I
refuse to
take my
family
there. No
way! I don’t
want to take
my family
there and
give them
“food
poisoning.”
“There
is a way
that seems
right to a
man, but in
the end it
leads to
death”
(Proverbs
16:25).
The Word
of God
warned of a
time when
many would
“fall away.”
In fact it
describes
what
they will
fall away
to:
“For the
time will
come when
men will not
put up with
sound
doctrine.
Instead, to
suit their
own desires,
they will
gather
around them
a
great number
of teachers
to say what
their
itching ears
want to
hear” (2
Timothy
4:3).
Sadly, in
this
apostate
hour it is
growing more
and more
painful to
watch and
hear as
people who
name
the name of
Christ,
“proclaim”
many
messages in
His name
which go
unchecked,
and allowed
to proclaim
it to the
multitudes
who “drink
it in” as
TRUTH,as it
appeals to
the flesh
and
proclaims
Man to be
“good” and
“righteous.”
So many of
the selling
points of
what is
allowed come
in under
this
heading:
“He’s a good
guy.” But
that premise
is not
biblical.
“Why do you
call me
good? No one
is good but
One that is
God.” (Mark
10:18).
It seems the
only thing
that needs
to be said
for someone
to gulp down
false
doctrine is
to just use
Jesus’ name,
and once his
name is
used, it
becomes a
license to
authenticate
everything
else as,
“okay.” But
Jesus warned
us in Mathew
24, “Take
heed and let
NO MAN
DECEIVE
YOU.”
Through Paul
we’ve been
taught to
“test all
things.”
We’ve been
exhorted to
be good
Bereans, to
“study to
show
ourselves
approved.”
YET…
Most
Christian
bookstores,
now owned by
secular
companies,
promote
“bestsellers”
that say you
“can have it
all” if
you just
follow these
“seven
steps.” And
NOT that
heaven is
your reward,
but NOW is
when you can
have your
best life.
There are
even books
on “how to
prophesy,”
as if you
can just “do
it.”
It’s all
such a far
cry from the
actual Word
of God, but
the problem
is we have a
generation─if
not
generations─that
have
forsaken
God’s Word
with itching
ears.
WHY?
Because many
were raised
under a
legalistic
religion of
do’s and
don’ts
instead of
being raised
and trained
up to “hide
God’s Word”
in our
“hearts.”
Many in this
generation
have
rebelled
against
“sound
doctrine”
thinking
they are
rebelling
against
“legalism”
and that is
very
understandable.
But running
toward
“seeker-friendly,”
“entertainment”
in the name
of Jesus
instead of
running to
the “Word
that became
flesh,” is a
major point
of
distinction.
And this is
lulling many
into a false
assurance of
salvation
because they
are trusting
in this “new
(wrong)
calling” for
salvation
instead of
Christ
alone.
A famous
burger chain
was just
busted for
using
horsemeat
instead of
beef in the
UK. Now the
burgers
themselves
were sold
under the
banner of
the
restaurant
and under
the same
name, “The
Whopper” or
“Whopper
Jr.,” but it
wasn’t real
anymore, it
had become
“a form of”
but denied
or hid “the
truth of”
what was
really being
consumed.
Overturn the
Contaminated
Buffet Table!
We live in a
time where
the litany
of sins
grows darker
and darker:
Euthanasia,
abortion on
demand,
adult
entertainment─a
global
leader in
industry,
drug
trafficking,
sex trade,
kidnapping
for sex
trade,
divorce,
addictions
of all
kinds,
credit card
debt,
godlessness,
lawlessness,
video games
that promote
the vilest
of sins that
now baby sit
an entire
generation
-- and then
people are
shocked at
school
shootings?
It has
been said if
God doesn’t
judge
America and
every
nation, then
He will owe
Sodom and
Gomorrah an
apology.
Yet the
Word tells
us “judgment
begins in
the House of
God” and
that is a
place where
the saddest
of all acts
of
godlessness
has taken
place.
Tolerance
has replaced
repentance.
Fattening
self-inflating
words
causing
spiritual
coronaries
have
replaced the
meat of
God’s Word.
AGAIN, There
is a way
that seems
right to
man, but it
leads to
death, and
I’m in shock
that we have
been sold
that we need
to be
“purpose
driven”
instead of
“Spirit led”
and because
so many
bought into
that
message,
they are now
being sold a
way that is
even more
dangerous
and
deceptive.
There is
an
ecumenical
message that
has spread
across the
globe
called:
COEXIST. Its
origin is
from Babel
and Satan
and it has a
forerunner
called,
Chrislam,
and its
coming in
the name of
a movement
called
P.E.A.C.E.
It’s
covenant
agreement
between
Islam and
Christendom,
trumpeted by
a man that
many are
woefully
deceived
into
believing is
“America’s
pastor.”
That poison
has flooded
churches
with “church
growth” of
man-made
marketing
“schemes” It
actually has
the mindset
that the
church needs
to ask goats
what they
need to
become
sheep?
It’s
marketed in
the vein
of...
“Can’t we
all just get
along?”
“We are the
world.”
“In the name
of unity and
tolerance.”
But I remind
you, broad
is the way
that leads
to
destruction
and narrow
is the way
that leads
to life.
We are
not called
to
compromise
TRUTH for
the sake of
“getting
along.” Yet
that spirit
and ideology
has spread
like
wildfire
amongst this
generation.
Moral
relevance
and
humanistic
poison has
come in and
said that
MAN is
central and
what is
right or
wrong for
one might
not be right
or wrong for
another. It
comes
asking,
“What’s
your
dream?”
Instead of
calling for
you to DIE
TO SELF!
No one can
serve two
masters.
“You
adulterous
people,
don’t you
know that
friendship
with the
world means
enmity
against God?
Therefore,
anyone who
chooses to
be a friend
of the world
becomes an
enemy of
God” (James
4:4).
If you
research
just a
little you
will see
that the
explosive
“church
growth
movement”
was not born
in prayer
but through
compromise.
Mankind, in
his in
desire to
become
“successful
and popular”
sold out and
began to
seek out
wisdom NOT
from God but
from CEO’s
of
successful
enterprises
and began to
espouse, not
the word of
God, but
“clichés”
and
quotations
from the
hierarchy of
this “new
calling.”
But this
“new
calling” is
a strange
fire and it
is
ecumenical
in nature!
So much of
what is
shared comes
not from the
actual word
of God but
from the
latest book
that is
“trending”
and because
so many are
digesting
it, it must
be not only
good, it
must be
the
“way.” I
mean if it’s
popular and
the “fastest
growing” in
the region
or the US,
that has to
mean they
are doing
something
right.
RIGHT? Okay,
so now we
are being
told to go
“the broad
way?” Is
that how we
are to
discern if
something is
of God,
because so
many are
going that
way?
In the book
of Acts, the
church grew
because the
gospel was
being
preached and
God Himself
added to
their
numbers
daily. That
is true
biblical
growth. If
you’re
adding
numbers
through
marketing
and manmade
efforts you
have just
“church
planted” a
bunch of
tares! You
have three
thousand
people
coming to
“church” but
how many
have been
changed from
being a goat
into sheep?
We
cannot hang
onto this
world’s
message of,
“We are the
world, we
are all
god’s
children”
falsely
believing
that
everyone is
good and
right when
the
Bible─God’s
Word, tells
us the
complete
opposite.
”There
is no one
righteous,
no not one.”
No
matter how
good it
might “feel”
we are
not
called to
compromise
but just the
opposite: To
boldly
proclaim the
“narrow way”
which is
Jesus
Christ. Not
the brand
name of some
church, but
Jesus Christ
and Him
crucified.
No one
comes to the
Father but
through the
Son. NO ONE!
And it’s not
the
“thought”
that counts.
You can’t
serve this
world or
another
“god” and
serve
Jesus the
Christ. It’s
NOT
possible.
You must
repent or
you will
perish.
Have you
repented of
your sins?
Have you
taken hold
of Jesus
Christ?
Let me
illustrate a
huge
difference
between
biblical
“believing/repentance”
and the
world’s
version.
Tonight
you sit on
your couch.
Your TV
interrupts
your evening
by bringing
to you an
urgent
warning. A
tornado is
headed
toward your
town. You
see the
radar. A
friend calls
you and
says, “Get
over to the
basement.”
To
biblically
believe
(repent) you
would not
only have to
agree
there’s a
tornado
coming, but
you would
respond by
running to
the
basement,
producing
“fruit,”
obeying the
message
But
today we
have
multitudes
and
multitudes
in the
valley of
decision
being taught
that all
they have to
do is
“believe” in
the storm
without
“repenting.”
Instead of
going to
“the
basement” to
a place of
safety and
redemption
many sit
believing
they are
okay...trusting
in
themselves
or their own
wisdom or
what some
preacher has
falsely
assured them
of instead
of running
to Jesus and
clinging to
Him -- and
never
letting go.
WHY? Because
people are
too
comfortable
in their
lazy-sin-filled
lifestyles
to leave the
place where
they sit.
“Then
another of
His
disciples
said to Him,
“Lord, let
me first go
and bury my
father.”
But Jesus
said to him,
“Follow Me,
and let the
dead bury
their own
dead”
(Matthew
8:20-23).
Jesus didn’t
say
“Sure, I
understand,
believe and
then follow
Me, later.”
“Now a
certain
ruler asked
Him, saying,
“Good
Teacher,
what shall I
do to
inherit
eternal
life?”
Sell all
that you
have and
distribute
to the poor,
and you will
have
treasure in
heaven; and
come, follow
Me” (Luke
18:18; 22b).
The
rich young
man went
away sorry
because he
loved his
rich
lifestyle.
Today he
would be
given a
false
assurance
and welcomed
in gladly.
What are
the
differences
between
Judas and
Peter? They
both failed
Jesus by
denying and
betraying
Him. But one
in his
failure
looked to
him self and
found
despair, the
other looked
to the One
he failed
and sought
Him and His
forgiveness.
He truly
repented.
We have got
to get back
to biblical
disciplines
and doing
things God’s
Way.
You can’t make a goat into a sheep by any human endeavor. It’s
impossible.
God has
ordained
that it’s
possible to
make a goat
into a sheep
by
proclaiming
the gospel!
That divine
intervention
can happen
anywhere. In
a barn, in a
bar, on a
side walk or
even in
church. It
has nothing
to do with
special
lighting or
coffee or
comfort or
cool music.
All those
things can
make a goat
believe it
is now a
sheep
because they
are told
they are
loved, “just
the way they
are” and all
they need to
do is “be
themselves.”
God loves us
just the way
we are…that
much is
true, but
because of
that same
love, in His
goodness, He
leads us to
repentance!
Seeker-friendly
churches?
As an illustration, let’s change that into seeker-friendly hospitals!
You show up
with Stage
IV
something,
but because
they want
you to come
back and
love the
experience
so they
pronounce
you healthy
and give you
a
placebo...is
that love?
What is the power of God unto salvation? What does God bless or anoint
or give His
seal of
approval
upon that we
would share
with someone
in hopes to
take them
out of
darkness
into the
light? What
is THAT
which is
sincerely
Good News,
not watered
down or
generically
labeled?
So many are striving to get believers to unite around a church. But
believers
are to unite
at the
cross, and
that is what
makes us─the
church! In
seeker-friendly
terms, the
effort has
become to
try and get
you to like,
church. That
would be as
if you have
Stage IV,
just trying
to get you
to like the
hospital.
You don’t
need to like
the ambiance
of the
hospital.
What
you need is
to take the
medicine
that the
hospital has
way more
than you
need the
ambiance.
The medicine
is your only
hope and if
they are
getting you
to come
there only
to give you
a placebo.
That is a
picture of
the apostasy
that is
running
rampant in
the land
today!
Our job as
Christians
is to
proclaim the
cross.
And it’s THAT cross that is the power of God unto salvation! But
devastatingly
sad is the
truth that
the cross
has been
replaced. No
longer do
believers
unite under
the cross
but under
the brand
name of
their local
“in-thing,”
whatever it
may be.
It is time
to return to
the cross,
cling and
never let
go!
Our greatest
commandment
is to “love
the Lord
Your God
with all
your heart,
soul and
strength”
and we can’t
do that
hanging on
to false
teachings
and
doctrines of
“me.”
That
would be
like telling
my wife that
I “love her”
but want to
stay in
touch will
all those
before her
by “not
forsaking
all others.”
That
wouldn't fly
with her and
it doesn’t
fly with
God.
We must
forsake
humanistic
Christianity,
which is no
Christianity
at all. WE
must be
born-again
by His
Spirit and
be led of
Him to live
a life that
causes the
world to
say, “You
live like
Christ,” and
that only
comes from a
person who
has been to
the cross
and has died
to SELF.
I don’t
expect this
message is
one to
applaud but
rather blast
and I
understand.
I’m sure
it’s heard
as
“critical”
but thank
God there
are those
out there
holding up
Scripture as
the standard
and not what
popular
church
culture
declares as
“the
standard.”
To those who
have ears to
hear, I pray
God’s
challenge to
“take up
your cross
and follow
Him” will be
heard. Part
of taking up
our cross,
is taking
hold of
God’s Word
and hiding
it in our
hearts, so
that no man
can deceive
us.
I pray for
every
minister,
pastor, or
believer who
might read
this. Please
examine the
origin of
what you are
feeding your
people. I
challenge
you to take
an hour and
a half of
your day and
watch a
YouTube
video
called,
“Church of
Tares.”
I pray you
awaken to
the hour at
hand and
realize our
Lord and
Savior said
one of the
things that
makes today
a “perilous
time” is
APOSTASY.
Falling away
from
biblical
truth.
Today, one
of the most
quoted
passages of
Scripture is
Jeremiah
29.11-13:
“For I know
the plans I
have for you
says the
Lord” and
its awesome
and “feel
good” and
yet in
context of
what is
being sold
especially
here in
America, can
I ask you
this: How
does that
mindset line
up with the
early
church?
“Today I
want you to
dream big,
Stephen, for
today my
plans are
for you to
preach the
gospel, and
in so doing
you will be
stoned to
death for my
glory.”Or,
“Church, I
want you to
assemble
today in My
name, for my
plans are
for you to
be arrested
and thrown
into an
arena and be
eaten by
lions.”
Or the
prosperity
preachers
who sell to
people that
God wants
you to live
in
multiplication
and you are
the standard
bearer,
driving the
latest
Mercedes. If
that
doctrine is
true, then
why don’t
they take
that to the
Sudan and
give just a
handful of
people a
million
dollars and
by the
wisdom of
increase, a
multi-level
marketing
miracle
should take
hold and
poverty
would be
eradicated
in
supernatural
fashion! But
no, it is
taken to the
neighborhoods
that already
have a means
to the
desired end!
Believe it
or not, I
say all this
in the love
of God! I’m
compelled to
self-examine
my own heart
and in so
doing, if I
don’t share
this, then I
don’t love
you!
We are
staring down
at a time
that has
eternal
consequence
and the only
bridge from
death to
life is the
biblical
truth of the
cross!
I will close
with this:
When I take
my family to
an event or
place where
we all tend
to scatter,
my wife and
I always
instruct our
kids to
“meet back”
at a certain
place, at a
“certain
time.” Jesus
Christ has
done the
same. His
people have
been
scattered
into
denominations
of all
kinds, under
a gazillion
different
banners and
movements
and there is
NO WAY we
can meet at
any of those
places at
any time in
any
agreement
because we
are a sinful
people.
But there is
ONE place
that was set
for an
appointed
time for us
all to meet:
At the
cross.
Today is the
day, and NOW
is that
appointed
time. At the
same cross
where I
first saw
the light
and the
burden of my
heart was
rolled away.
God is
calling out
all those
who are His
and know Him
by name to
come out
from being
under any
other banner
and any
other
name...to
meet HIM and
meet
together...AT
THE CROSS!
2 Peter 3
teaches that
this world
in which we
live is
headed for a
time of
destruction,
by fire.
That this
planet will
go the way
of “as in
the days of
Noah” and
“as in the
days of
Lot.”Noah’s
role was not
to change
culture or
to win a
cultural
war. It was
to build an
ark of
salvation
for himself
and his
family and
anyone else
that would
hear.
That today
is our
calling, our
mission.
There is no
place on
this planet
that the
church is
winning the
cultural
war. Is God
failing? No,
He’s
yielding to
the will of
man, giving
them up to a
reprobate
mind and
it’s heading
for a time
of such
peril that
unless God
shortens the
days “no
flesh will
survive.”
Yet in His
goodness He
has made a
way of
escape. That
escape is
not a church
or brand
name, it’s
not a
movement.
It’s not a
denomination
or the
trendiest
conference.
It’s an
end-time
ARK...named
Jesus
Christ.
“Come
quickly,”
Lord Jesus.
In Christ,
Tim Cameron
timcameron@centurytel.net