The enemies of Christianity and freedom (Marxists, Leftists etc.) have been waging a subtle but highly organized war against the Word of God. Unfortunately, the effects of this war can now be seen in many of our local churches. You see it is very difficult for our enemies to openly attack Christianity, because that tends to awaken and unite Christians in defense of their beliefs. So they seek to divide and conquer by infiltrating Christian universities, seminaries, and church leadership positions to spread confusion and doubt as to the absolute truths contained in the Bible. By doing so, this enables them to redirect the minds of Christians towards their agenda, while giving them the illusion that they are still serving God.
After they get control of so-called mainstream Christianity, they will then try and marginalize true Bible believing Christians by labeling us as dangerous, intolerant, fundamentalists, and right wing extremists. And guess who will be your number one enemy?
People who think they are serving Christ, but who are now pawns in the hand of the enemy.
This has happened before, as Christ forewarned His disciples:
“They shall put you out of the synagogues (churches): yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God’s service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor Me.” –John 16:2-3
Even though they claim to be followers of God, they do not know Him because they do not follow His teachings. They have been duped into following false teachings espoused by the enemy.
That is why we need to take heed to warnings like this one from Christ when He says:
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves” –Matthew 7:8
You see Marxists have done just that. They came in claiming to be Christians in order to destroy Christianity and to reeducate the people into Marxist ideologies.
You know, it struck me the other day when a lesbian pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America defended the decision of the church to allow gays and lesbians into the clergy by saying, the church shouldn’t concentrate on keeping gays out of the pulpit but that “We should be against poverty. I wish we were as zealous about that.”
In other words, she is saying, let’s not worry about spiritual matters and morality, but let us only think about redistributing material things so everyone can be happy in a Socialist Utopia.
I understand that Christ teaches us to help the poor, but that doesn’t include having the government steal our money to redistribute it to others. And it doesn’t include pastors putting Christians on a guilt trip for enjoying the blessings God has blessed America with. The enemy knows this, but has made every effort possible to twist the scriptures in order to redirect the focus of the church from teaching the True Gospel to teaching a “Social Gospel” - a gospel that focuses on building a Heavenly Utopia on earth. And they know it’s hard for someone to talk against feeding the poor and ending poverty without sounding like a big jerk.
That’s why they have been so successful in synthesizing Marxism with Christianity. Every good Christian wants to feed the poor, right?
But you see anyone who has read the Bible knows that ending world poverty will not happen until Christ returns. For Jesus even said to His disciples that, “Ye have the poor always with you; but Me ye have not always” (Matthew 26:11). You see Christ consistently tried to get His followers to think about spiritual and moral things rather than the physical. The direct opposite of what the so-called Lesbian pastor I quoted earlier would have you believe.
For example when Satan tried to tempt Christ into making the stones into bread:
“He answered and said, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” –Matthew 4:4
And when talking to the woman of Samaria about physical water to drink:
Jesus answered and said unto her, “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” – John 14:13-14
You will find that many of the same people claiming to be Christians, who focus mainly on the material things such as ending poverty and world hunger, are the same ones who believe in pacifism, tolerance, diversity, and multiculturalism. And they have no idea that they have been duped into putting their faith in the teachings of Karl Marx rather than the teachings of Jesus Christ. And they actually think they are still following Christ!
Beloved don’t just take my word for it, research it on your own. Read the Humanist Manifesto’s I and II. Find out what Karl Marx’s doctrine is and compare it to your local church down the street. Then take out your Bible and see what it says.
Always, always be aware of wolves in sheep’s clothing and be a Christian Overcomer!
God Bless, Pastor Ben Heath
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