DECEPTION IN THE END TIMES Pt 1
PART 1: TRUE & FALSE CONVERSION
1.THE CORE OF THE GOSPEL
In my 52 years as a saved person, I have witnessed scores of Religious friends get
into false doctrine of different kinds. I am not talking about other religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam but deviate forms of Religion; Yahvahosha made a
statement that few Brethren have understood concerning this departure:
“…Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” Lk 18:8b
Yahvahosha was not speaking of personal faith but asking if the Gospel would still be preached when He came back. If we look at the verses after this statement, it
Becomes clear that this was not taken out of context.
Lk 18: 9-14 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, Yahvah, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, Yahvah be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Salvation in Messiah is the core of the Gospel.
II.TAMPERING WITH THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION
Let me begin with the worst type of deviation of false doctrine which is fatal to the
person developing it and to the people who buy into it.
Rev 22:18-21 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, Yahvah shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, Yahvah shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Halleluyah. Even so come, Saviour Yahvahosha. The unmerited favour of our Saviour Yahvahosha Messiah be with you all. Halleluyah.
1.The doctrine of salvation in Pentecostal assemblies teaches that you are saved by unmerited favour, but you must stop sinning all the time in order to keep it.
If you sin all the time, you never had salvation and need to be saved. You are never once saved always saved no matter what you do.
2.There is also the circular teaching that you must speak in tongues in order to be saved, you cannot speak in tongues unless you have been baptized in the Holy Ghost, and if you do not speak in tongues,you are not saved.
This is a fringe doctrine that is common in the United Pentecostal Churches and
independent fringe Pentecostal churches like those following William Sowders (1879
-1952) and others.
3.Ellen G. White of the Seventh Day Adventists taught that you had to keep
the Sabbath on Saturdays, baptized in a SDA Church and be a vegetarian
to be saved.
Salvation is not based on being a Sabbath Keeper or be vegetarian. But when we know the truth I believe we will need to be keeping the Sabbath to be part of His Kingdom.
4.The different Catholic Assemblies (Roman, Greek, Russian, etc.) teach that salvation is of the assembly and that membership in the Assembly saves a person. To be a member, you must be baptized through sprinkling, go through confirmation, take communion, attend mass on Sundays, confess your sins to a priest on a regular
Basis and pray to Mary.
Nothing says in Scripture that you have to do any of those things to be saved or part of the Assembly.
5.Then there are denominations and organizations like the Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregational Churches, the Salvation Army Baptist, Pentecostal,etc. that have lost their way during the years.
They are no longer the firebrands they once were in the 19th century. They no longer preach that people must be born again, but emphasize social outreaches, liberal causes, some accept homosexual clergy and even perform homosexual marriages. The common message is to become a good person and becoming a member of the Assembly makes them a part of the Messiah and have Salvation.
6.The Unitarian Assemblies do not believe in the divinity of Yahvahosha and deny that salvation comes through Him. Carlton Pearson broke away from his Pentecostal roots in the last century when he declared hell to be non-existent. He believes in universal reconciliation, meaning that everyone will be saved and go to heaven.
Evangelist and radio speaker Bob George teaches that a person is not saved by unmerited favor, but exclusively by faith. He believes that once you are saved,
you don’t need to ask Yahvah to forgive you of sins you might commit after salvation.
This is just a small sampling of false teaching on salvation. Having shown you some of the errors, let’s examineScriptural salvation step by step.
II.THERE MUST BE A SAVIOR
In order to receive salvation, there must be a Saviour. Yahvah only offers one eternal
Savior.
Hebrews 9:11-28 But Messiah being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the Most Set Apart Place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to Yahvah, purged your conscience from dead works to serve the living Yahvah? And for this cause he is the mediator of the Restored Covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgression that were under the first covenant, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a covenant is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a covenant is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. Whereupon neither the first covenant was dedicated without blood. For Moshe had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the books, and all the people, Saying, This, is the blood of the covenant which Yahvah hath enjoined unto you. Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these;. But the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Messiah is not entered into the Most Set Apart Place made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of Yahvah for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the Most Set Apart place every year with the blood of others. For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Messiah was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
III. RESTORED COVENANT
Here is what the Restored Covenant has to say about salvation:
1.The word “salvation” refers to being saved from being burnt up in Hell fire. Not being there forever.
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Mt 25:41 Then shall he say unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Revelation 20:10-15 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before Yahvah; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life were cast into the lake of fire.
2.Since all people living on earth will die and there actually is a Hell and a Lake of Fire, (Where you are burnt up), it is of great importance to tell them of the way to escape being burnt up.. Yahvahosha said a person must be “born again.”
Jn 3:1-8 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; The same came to Yahvahosha by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from Yahvah: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except Yahvah be with him. Yahvahosha answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of Yahvah. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Yahvahosha answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of Yahvah. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is bon of the spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it liseth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
3.To be born again a person must believe that Yahvahosha was the Messiah and took the punishment for sin on Himself.
4.How does a person become born again? The Apostle Peter provided the answer.
Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Saviour.
5.Repentance is the key to salvation.
Romans 10:9-10 That if thous shalt confess with thy mouth the Saviour Yahvahosha, and shalt believe in thine heart that Yahvah hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation
6.As many as receive Messiah will become the sons of Yahvah.Jn 1:12-13
7.The penalty for sin was paid by Yahvahosha on the stake. Man cannot earn salvation
through good works; it is a gift and comes by unmerited favor, not by works.
Eph 2:8-10 For by unmerited favor are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of Yahvah: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Messiah Yahvahosha unto good works, which Yahvah hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
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