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It was John Wesley who famously stated that false religious teachers are worse than cutthroats, because they murder the souls of which Jesus Christ died for.
Paul wrote this: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:8-10)
Those who reject the gospel are under a curse. When they die, they'll go straight into hell to await God's final and everlasting judgment. When that day comes, they'll be condemned to eternal damnation in a lake of fiery, burning sulfur:
Who are the modern soul murderers that deny and distort the biblical gospel? They are those who either claim that salvation can be found in religions such as Islam, Judaism or Hinduism, or in pseudo-Christian religions such as Roman Catholicism and Mormonism that promote other Christs and different gospels.
One of the foremost soul murderers today is Rick Warren, the pastor of Saddleback, a megachurch located in Orange County, California. Warren has promoted "Chrislam", a modern movement that seeks to combine Islam with Christianity.
In 2009, Warren spoke before the Islamic Society of North America and said this: We (Christians) ask forgiveness of the All-Merciful One (Allah) and of the Muslim community around the world. Warren was also instrumental in drafting the infamous Yale Covenant Between Islam and Christianity (A Common Word Between Us and You) that claims Islam and Christianity worship the same God. They don't.
Warren was one of several Christian ministers who signed that deplorable document. By doing so, he and the others lent their credibility to Islam and its counterfeit path to eternal life. Sadly, instead of proselytizing Muslims with the genuine gospel of Jesus Christ, Warren and his fellow traitors are allowing their followers to be proselytized into Islam. Shame on them.
Nearly 2,800 years ago, the prophet Isaiah wrote these words concerning those who reject God's wisdom: "Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn." (Isaiah 8:20)
Indeed. The modern soul murderers are the proverbial wolves in sheep's clothing. How can you identify them? By their words. Don't be fooled by their popularity.
Who was Wesley? He was one of the founders of the evangelical movement in the 18th century along with his brother Charles. Both he and Charles clearly understood the difference between the genuine biblical gospel and other gospels that sent souls into eternal damnation.
And long before the Wesley brothers appeared, the apostle Paul warned against those who perverted the gospel by either adding to it or subtracting from it:
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse! (Galatians 1:8-9)What's so critical about the biblical gospel? Let Paul explain it:
It is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." (Romans 1:16-17)What's the essential gospel? Christ explained it: "For God so loved the world that He gave His One and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)
Paul wrote this: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:8-10)
Those who reject the gospel are under a curse. When they die, they'll go straight into hell to await God's final and everlasting judgment. When that day comes, they'll be condemned to eternal damnation in a lake of fiery, burning sulfur:
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death. (Revelation 21:8)And tragically, many of the people who'll be condemned to the second (eternal) death will be those who were deceived into following a false gospel that denied God's grace by promoting unbiblical paths to eternal life. To that, Christ said this: "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the (Heavenly) Father except through Me." (John 14:6)
Who are the modern soul murderers that deny and distort the biblical gospel? They are those who either claim that salvation can be found in religions such as Islam, Judaism or Hinduism, or in pseudo-Christian religions such as Roman Catholicism and Mormonism that promote other Christs and different gospels.
One of the foremost soul murderers today is Rick Warren, the pastor of Saddleback, a megachurch located in Orange County, California. Warren has promoted "Chrislam", a modern movement that seeks to combine Islam with Christianity.
In 2009, Warren spoke before the Islamic Society of North America and said this: We (Christians) ask forgiveness of the All-Merciful One (Allah) and of the Muslim community around the world. Warren was also instrumental in drafting the infamous Yale Covenant Between Islam and Christianity (A Common Word Between Us and You) that claims Islam and Christianity worship the same God. They don't.
Warren was one of several Christian ministers who signed that deplorable document. By doing so, he and the others lent their credibility to Islam and its counterfeit path to eternal life. Sadly, instead of proselytizing Muslims with the genuine gospel of Jesus Christ, Warren and his fellow traitors are allowing their followers to be proselytized into Islam. Shame on them.
Nearly 2,800 years ago, the prophet Isaiah wrote these words concerning those who reject God's wisdom: "Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn." (Isaiah 8:20)
Indeed. The modern soul murderers are the proverbial wolves in sheep's clothing. How can you identify them? By their words. Don't be fooled by their popularity.
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