"Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?" -Psalm 94:16
For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.(Philippians 3: 18-19)
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them( I John 4:5)
"Ye that love the LORD, hate evil..." -Psalm 97:10
CALLED TO JUDGE
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2008/02/called-to-judge.html
ROGER OAKLAND'S LETTER TO PAUL CROUCH REGARDING TBN PROMOTING ROMAN CATHOLIC DOGMA
http://www.understandthetimes.org/paulcrouchletter.shtml
http://www.calvarypo.org/pages/hands/0315.htm
http://www.calvarypo.org/pages/harchives.aspx?Cat=Miscellaneous
RESEARCH ON THE WORD FAITH "PROSPERITY GOSPEL" MOVEMENT
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/word_faith_movement.htm
http://www.cephasministry.com/evangelists_2.html
BREAKING OF COVENANTS AND GENERATION CURSES: PROSPERITY VENON FROM THE PIT OF HELL IN AFRICAN BORN AGAIN CHURCHES
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2008/12/breaking-of-covenants-and-generation.html
CAN YOU IMAGINE!!!: PASTOR ROBERT KAYANJA IS BRINGING BACK BENNY HINN(SIN) TO UGANDA IN June 2009
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2008/11/can-you-imagine-pastor-robert-kayanja.html
THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL AND THE CAINIC REBELLIOUS SPIRIT
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2008/08/prosperity-gospel-and-cainic-rebellious.html
Did Jesus Suffer in Hell?
http://www.geocities.com/cobblestoneministries/2005_CRM/DidJesusSufferInHell.html
Transformations II, Political Christianity and False African
Revivals
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Commentary/Comment37.htm
George Otis and his Fallacious Teachings
http://www.discernment-ministries.org/GeorgeOtisFallaciousTeachings.htm
Imagine: Pastor John Mulinde joins hands with Sentinel group and Otis Jr. to spread lies about God centered revival in Uganda
http://worldtrumpetmission.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=27
WHICH SIGNS ARE THESE?
http://www.understandthetimes.org/commentary/c11.shtml
APOSTASY WATCH SITES
http://apostasy.cephasministry.com/
http://www.cephasministry.com/
SHEPHERDS OR WOLVES
http://www.understandthetimes.org/commentary/c69.shtml
http://www.understandthetimes.org/commentary/commentaryro.shtml
ICHABOD
http://www.understandthetimes.org/commentary/c71.shtml
The Laodicean American Church in Bed with another Lover
http://www.cephas-library.com/church_n_state/church_n_state_us_loadicean_church_in_bed_with_another_lover.html
http://www.geocities.com/kmivule7/Article4.htm
The False Todd Bentley Healing Revival in Florida
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Apologetics/Appologs49.htm
MUST READ:TODAY’S CHURCH: MAKING ZOMBIES OUT OF CHRISTIANS
http://www.antipasministries.com/html/file0000168.htm
THE GOD MEN AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER
http://www.antipasministries.com/html/file0000208.htm
RICH WARREN AND HIS PURPOSE DRIVEN DECEPTION
http://www.safeguardyoursoul.com/html/rick_warren__purpose_driven_de.html
Spiritual Politician Rick Warren takes his purpose driven lies to Mukono Christian University,Uganda
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2008/04/spiritual-politician-rick-warren-takes.html
Africa's Worship of Benny Hinn the "Little Messiah"
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Apologetics/Appologs25.htm
Benny Hinn: Quotes, False Teachings, False Prophecies
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Apologetics/Appologs26.htm
TBN'S FALSE TEACHERS, PROHETS AND APOSTLES
http://www.craom.net/articles.htm
INSIDE THE BLACK BUDGET : AMERICA, CHRISTIAN OR OCULT, If you look at the signs carefully you will understand
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/science/01patc.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin
THE FOUNDATIONS AND FALSE TEACHINGS OF KENNETH HAGIN AND KENNETH COPELAND
http://www.takeheed.co.uk
WAIT A MINUTE: COMPARE RICK WARREN’S BOOK WITH THE IDEAS OF JUNG THE PAGAN PSYCHOLOGIST
http://www.sacredsandwich.com/warren_jung_chart.htm#warrenjung
THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE”IS DANGEROUS“THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE”USES MARXIST IDEOLOGY AND LANGUAGE
http://www.lorendavis.com/news_articles_pdl.html
Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Lies Exposed
http://www.abrahamic-faith.com/False-Teachers.html
Spirit Led or Purpose driven
http://www.cuttingedge.org/articles/db035.htm
CRITICAL RESOURCES ON RICK WARREN'S PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
http://www.christian-witness.org/docs/WarrenResources.doc
THE LAST DAYS of RICK WARREN, TIM LaHAYE & HANK HANEGRAAFF
http://www.the-tribulation-network.com/dougkrieger/prophetic_sequence_pt23.htm
CHRISTIANITY BEGUN AS A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS...BUT WHEN IT CAME TO AMERICA IT BECAME A BUSSINESS.
http://www.the-tribulation-network.com/articles/hospital_for_sinners.htm
http://www.inplainsite.org/html/tele-evangelist_lifestyles.html#TBN%20Salari
Kenneth Copeland: Quotes, False Teachings, False Doctrines
http://www.afcministry.com/Kenneth_Copeland.htm
http://www.forgottenword.org/copeland.html
Kenneth Copeland exposed
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/kcopeland.html
Joyce Meyers Message On Being Born Again:
Quotes, Teachings, Doctrines, Beliefs Concerning Salvation
http://www.afcministry.com/Joyce_Meyers.htm
Benny Hinn, Copeland , Dollar, Joyce Meyer Under Senate investigation
http://www.christianresearchservice.com/TelevangelistsSenateInvestigation.htm
Joyce Meyer's $23,000 toilet a sign of prosperity?????
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/42538
Kenneth Hagin - False Prophet
http://www.discernment.org/wordfaith/haginfalse.htm
http://www.forgottenword.org/hagin.html
PAULA WHITE SAYS JESUS IS NOT THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF SON, ACCORDING TO HER VOODOO GOSPEL WE SHOULD NOT PRAY TO JESUS
http://www.alittleleaven.com/2008/03/paula-whites-la.html
PENTECOST OR PLOTINUS
http://www.e-n.org.uk/p-980-Pentecost-or-Plotinus.htm
APOLOGETIC RESOURCES
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/w00.html
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:g-eerbuLXC4J:www.apologeticsindex.org/w00.html+pentecost+or+plotinus&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1
CREFLO DOLLAR’S VOODOO JESUS
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Apologetics/Appologs29.htm
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Apologetics/Appologs14.htm
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Apologetics/Appologs28.htm
Exposing the teachings of Copeland Creflo Dollar’s mentor
http://www.letusreason.org/Wf22.htm
http://www.letusreason.org/Wf21.htm
Kenneth Copeland false prophesy
http://www.letusreason.org/Wf19.htm
Creflo Dollar and Joyce Meyer are serving the Devil together
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/word-faith.html#jmeyer
http://www.factnet.org/discus/messages/3/12609.html?1141862514
http://www.factnet.org/discus/messages/3/1996.html?1143907347
Joyce Meyer says what you say is what you get, word faith GM food
http://www.wfial.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=resources.meyer&badUrl=http://www.wfial.org:80/resources/meyer
Hearts of fire for God but Minds on Ice
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2007/03/minds-on-fire-for-god-hearts-on-ice.html
Africa Saints, Be Warned! Marilyn Hickey is a Heretic!
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Apologetics/Appologs46.htm
Daughter of Mammon Marilyn Hickey is coming to Kampala in March 2008
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Apologetics/Appologs45.htm
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2008/02/daughter-of-mammon-marilyn-hickey-is.html
TBN Robert Kayanja's RIOT, A Rebellious Inverting Of Truth
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Commentary/Comment64.htm
Ecumenical deception:
Rev. Fr. Expedito Magembe the Devil’s anointed one
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Apologetics/Appologs22.htm
'Prosperity' Televangelists Probed for Possible Financial Misconduct
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20071107/29989_
What is Robert Schuller 'rethinking'?
Crystal Cathedral conference accused of twisting biblical Christianity
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58405
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SHULLER
http://www.letusreason.org/Poptea1.htm
SCHULLER ,BILLY GRAHAM AND ECUMENISM
http://www.seekgod.ca/deceptions.htm
BILLY GRAHAM TELLS ROBERT SCHULLER HE BELIEVES PEOPLE CAN BE SAVED APART FROM JESUS CHRIST!
http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1141.cfm
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51461
ROBERT SHULLER AND FREE MASONS
www.geocities.com/endtimedeception/robert.htm
BILLY GRAHAM CATHOLICISM AND APOSTACY
www.jesus-is-lord.com/billy.htm
www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/billy_graham-apostasy.htm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=BILLY+GRAHAM+APOSTACY+&btnG=Search
MEET THE REAL BILLY GRAHAM
http://www.cephasministry.com/billy_graham_meet_the_real.html
ROD PARSLEY’S VOODOO GOSPEL
http://www.pfo.org/parsley.htm
http://www.letusreason.org/Popteach7.htm
www.deceptioninthechurch.com/nextgnostic.htm
FRED PRICE’S VOODO VENON
http://www.letusreason.org/Wf27.htm
SODOMY IN UGANDA’S APOSTATE CHURCH
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Apologetics/Appologs30.htm
PASTOR AUGUSTINE YIGA: LUCIFERIAN OR BORN AGAIN
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2008/03/pastor-augustine-yiga-luciferian-or.html
History of the word faith movement
http://www.victorstephens.com/wordfaithmovementrev.pdf
Word of Faith Error
http://www.geocities.com/johnandursula/wordoffaitherror
Exposing the word faith movement
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/word-faith.html
10 reasons to reject word faith theology of people like dollar
Dollar’s word faith movement teaches that Jesus burned in hell, and was born again
http://www.intotruth.org/wof/moreno2.html
http://www.intotruth.org/wof/moreno3.html
How the wealth, health Gospel twists scripture
http://www.watchman.org/reltop/health$.htm
http://www.intotruth.org/wof/tract3.html
Rick Warren’s Spiritual Junk food
http://simplyagape.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html
JESUISTS OATH EXPOSED
http://www.antichristconspiracy.com/PDFDocs/Antigospel.pdf
Calvinism Examined
http://www.afcministry.com/Calvinism_Examined.htm
ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED NOSENSE EXPOSED
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2007/05/once-saved-always-saved-nosense-exposed.html
TOP TV and LIGHT HOUSE TELEVISION, TBN, God TV. And other apostate stations CAN NOT SHOW YOU THESE FILMS
A MUST WATCH: END TIME REVIVALS UNMASKED
http://www.cuttingedge.org/videoroom.html
A MUST WATCH: THE GREAT GLOBAL APOSTATE CHURCH
http://www.cuttingedge.org/videoroom.html
A MUST WATCH :NEW VINE OR BABYLONIAN VINE
http://www.christianreality.com/videos/vs-vid474.htm
A MUST WATCH :MESSAGES FROM HEAVEN
http://christiananswers.net/catalog/messages-vs.html
MUST WATCH: GREED IS GOOD(GET FREE COPY NOW)
http://www.antipasministries.com/dvd_order.htm
A MUST WATCH: "You would think you walked into a mad house"
http://www.bible.ca/tongues-audio-video-documentation.htm
Benny Hinn and Dr. Nasir Saddiki
http://www.salvacioneterna.com/nasir_siddiki.htm
http://phillyflash.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/dr-nassir-sidiki
http://www.wisdom-ministries.com
Thursday, March 27, 2008
ROME STILL CLAIMS TO BE THE ONE TRUE CHURCH
ANCIENT-FUTURE HERESIES(CAN WE RETURN TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FATHERS?)
http://www.thebereancall.org/node/6535
Rome Still Claims to be the
One True Church
Despite Four Decades of Ecumenism, Protestant Institutions are Not Churches, Says Rome
by Shaun Willcock
http://www.biblebasedministries.co.uk/2007/12/30/rome-still-claims-to-be-the-one-true-church/
http://www.biblebasedministries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/the-one-true-church.doc
To the dismay of ecumenically-minded Protestants, the Roman pope, Benedict XVI, made it clear, in a document released in 2007, that the Roman Catholic institution is the “one, true Church”, and that Protestant institutions, not being in full communion with Rome, are not true churches.
The brief document was released on July 10, 2007, and was entitled “Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church.” It was put out by the Vatican’s “Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith”. This office used to be called the Inquisition, and it should always be remembered that before he became pope, Benedict headed up this sinister institution. The document was approved by Benedict before publication; and it reaffirmed – note that it didn’t say this for the first time, it reaffirmed what Rome had in fact always said – that the Roman Catholic “Church” is the one, true Church founded by Jesus Christ. It did, however, concede that certain “elements of truth” can be found in other “churches” and “ecclesial communities”.
But what is the difference between “churches” and “ecclesial communities”? Was this simply a figure of speech? Not at all. The words were very carefully chosen. The document states that the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s used the term “church” in reference to the Eastern Orthodox institutions. The reason being that, although the Orthodox were separated from the Roman Catholic “Church”, they preserved the Popish doctrines and practices of apostolic succession, the ordained priesthood, and the eucharist. This, in Rome’s view, made them churches, although it went on to state that they “lack something in their condition as particular churches” because they are not in union with the pope of Rome.[i]
The Eastern Orthodox institutions, of course, are essentially the same as Rome when it comes to the doctrines and practices mentioned. They are false religious institutions just as certainly as Rome is, and not in any sense true churches of Christ according to the Scriptures. But they do not recognise the Roman pope as their head, and thus although they are churches in Rome’s judgment, they are deficient ones. And Rome, via the ecumenical movement, is working hard for them to see this deficiency, and once again acknowledge and accept the pope as their head, submitting to Papal authority.
On the other hand, the “Christian communities” born out of the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century, says the document, do not have apostolic succession – the supposed unbroken succession of bishops going back to Peter, which Rome claims it alone enjoys – and therefore “cannot, according to Catholic doctrine, be called ‘Churches’ in the proper sense.”[ii] This is why they are referred to as “ecclesial communities” instead.
Of course, neither the Roman Catholic institution nor the Protestant institutions engaged in seeking unity with Rome are true Christian churches! But the document reveals Rome’s true attitude towards spiritually blind, ecumenical Protestants who are so committed to establishing “unity” with Rome: its purpose has always been to place them all under itself, believing itself to be the “only true Church.” Yet they have naively pressed ahead with their ecumenical plans, believing Rome viewed them all as equals.
Not surprisingly, the document caused ecumenical Protestant institutions to react with shock and dismay. For example, the general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, Setri Nyomi, published an open letter addressed to the Vatican’s chief ecumenist, Roman Catholic cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the “Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity”. He wrote: “An exclusivist claim that identifies the Roman Catholic Church as the one church of Jesus Christ... goes against the spirit of our Christian calling toward oneness in Christ. It makes us question the seriousness with which the Roman Catholic Church takes its dialogue with the Reformed family and other families of the Church.”[iii] And there was a similar reaction from various other Protestant institutions.
Let us backtrack here, so as to put this latest document in its historical context. The official entry of the Roman Catholic institution into the ecumenical movement was the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, held from 1962 to 1965. And that council succeeded in deceiving the Protestant world into believing that Rome had somehow changed; that it no longer viewed itself as the only true Church; that it no longer wanted to persecute Protestants; and that it was open to working towards full unity between itself and all other “churches”, without insisting that it should control all others.
In one of the documents released at Vatican II, it was stated that the Church founded by Christ “subsists in the Catholic Church, governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in union with that successor”.[iv] This was nothing less than the traditional Popish doctrine. But it added, for the first time, that elements of “sanctification and truth” are found outside the Roman Catholic institution’s visible structure.[v] This was new! And it was statements like this that caused ecumenical Protestants to gibber with excitement. They now started to loudly proclaim that there was hope – that Rome had softened its stance, and opened the door to eventual full unity. How wrong they were! Rome never intended any such thing.
In the year 2000, the discussion over the term “churches” surfaced publicly, when the Inquisition – headed by the cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger – said that the term “sister churches” (as used since Vatican II) was being misused in ecumenical dialogue. And Ratzinger became pope upon the death of John Paul II a few years later.
In the year 2000, the Inquisition released a document entitled “Dominus Iesus”, which caused an uproar among ecumenists at the time. It stated that the Roman Catholic institution was necessary to salvation. This of course has always been Rome’s doctrine, but again, it had been played down since Vatican II, to entice ecumenical Protestants. Played down, yes, but never abandoned – and when it was again categorically stated in 2000, ecumenical Protestants expressed shock and dismay.
Hence this new document, released in 2007. According to the Inquisition’s prefect, Romish cardinal William Levada, it was released in response to the critical reactions to the teaching of the “Dominus Iesus” document, and to ongoing confusion over interpretations of the phrase “subsists in”:[vi] that the Church of Christ “subsists in the Catholic Church”, as stated above.
This new document states that Vatican II did not, in fact, change Roman Catholic doctrine on the meaning of the Church! Its precise words are: “The Second Vatican Council neither changed nor intended to change this doctrine, rather it developed, deepened and more fully explained it.”[vii] Nothing could be clearer. Roman Catholic cardinal, Walter Kasper, president of the “Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity”, said that although initial reactions to the document were marked by “irritation among Protestant Christians”, a second reading of the document should lead to the conclusion “that the document does not say anything new”, but rather provides a synthesis of Roman Catholic teaching.[viii] In this he was quite correct – the document indeed does not say anything new. Rome has always stated that its doctrines were not changed at Vatican II.[ix] And yet the belief has persisted among the Protestant institutions that Vatican II somehow represented an about-face by Rome; that it actually altered some of its fundamental doctrines. Rome never said so; but it was happy for the gullible to believe it. And believe it they certainly did! And for over forty years, the ecumenical movement has advanced by leaps and bounds, as foolish and blind Protestants have fallen over themselves in their mad rush for “unity” with Rome.
In answer to the question, “What is the meaning of the affirmation that the Church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church?” the document states categorically, quoting from documents of Vatican II: “Christ ‘established here on earth’ only one Church and instituted it as a ‘visible and spiritual community’, that from its beginning and throughout the centuries has always existed and will always exist, and in which alone are found all the elements that Christ himself instituted.... This Church, constituted and organised in this world as a society, subsists in the Catholic Church, governed by the successor of Peter and the Bishops in communion with him.”[x] There is nothing ambiguous about this, just as there was nothing ambiguous about what Vatican II stated: the only true “Church” is the Roman Catholic “Church”.
The document states that the use of the phrase “subsists in” was intended to show that all the elements instituted by Christ endure in the Roman Catholic “Church” alone. The “sanctifying elements” that exist outside the structure of the Roman Catholic “Church”, it states, can be used as instruments of salvation; but their value derives from the “fullness of grace and truth which has been entrusted to the Catholic Church”, quoting from Vatican II’s “Decree on Ecumenism”. In other words, any sanctifying elements within other religious communities are in some mysterious way derived from the Roman Catholic religion! Take heed to these quotations from the document:
“It is possible, according to Catholic doctrine, to affirm correctly that the Church of Christ is present and operative in the churches and ecclesial Communities not yet fully in communion with the Catholic Church, on account of the elements of sanctification and truth that are present in them. Nevertheless, the word ‘subsists’ can only be attributed to the Catholic Church alone... and this ‘one’ Church subsists in the Catholic Church.” Note the words, “churches and ecclesial Communities not yet fully in communion with the Catholic Church”. Rome’s clear intention is that oneday, somehow, some way, all others will be in “communion” with it, for it alone is the one true Church.
“The use of this expression [“subsists in’], which indicates the full identity of the Church of Christ with the Catholic Church, does not change the doctrine on the Church. Rather, it comes from and brings out more clearly the fact that there are ‘numerous elements of sanctification and of truth’ which are found outside her structure, but which ‘as gifts properly belonging to the Church of Christ, impel towards Catholic Unity.’” Think carefully about what is being stated here! As far as Rome is concerned, those elements which are good within other religious institutions must impel toward Catholic unity! Again, this demonstrates plainly that the “unity” Rome strives for is not a unity of equality, but a “unity” under Rome, a “unity” whereby what it believes to be inferior and defective religious institutions recognise the full authority of the Roman Catholic “Church” and submit to it!
According to an authoritative commentary in the Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (the Inquisition) had acted to protect the unity and uniqueness of the Roman Catholic “Church” by issuing this document! Throughout the centuries, Rome has claimed to be the one, true Church, unique in every way. Gullible ecumenical Protestants thought that at Vatican II Rome cast aside centuries of doctrine and no longer made this claim. It did not! And now this document has again made it clear. Rome still believes itself to be the only true Church, to which the whole world must submit! In the words of the document itself, it took aim at the notion that the Church of Christ was “the sum total of the churches or the ecclesial communities”. Rome had never defined the Church this way. It always insisted that it alone was the truth, and that the ecumenical movement’s ultimate purpose was, not for Rome to join with all other churches in some kind of new set-up, but to get all other churches to submit to the pope, and to ultimately be absorbed by the “Church” of Rome. The Vatican newspaper stated that what Vatican II intended was to recognise ecclesial elements in non-Catholic communities. “It does not follow that the identification of the Church of Christ with the Catholic Church no longer holds”, it said.[xi] Read that sentence again, and see how blind the Protestant ecumenicals have been for four decades, naively assuming that Rome wanted nothing more than for all churches to unite together on some kind of level playing field, as equal partners, with none above the others.
The reason for the issuing of this document is clear. Rome is still committed to ecumenism. But its purpose, in being involved in the ecumenical movement, is to finally take control of all other “churches! Absorption of all other “churches”, not equality with them, has always been Rome’s goal through the ecumenical movement. But as the ecumenical movement progressed over the years, it was becoming clear, to Rome, that this goal was being buried under the momentum of the ecumenical movement itself, which was treating all “churches” as equal and not, in general practice, leading to the kind of dominant position for Rome which it desires. This would never do. Not only was the ultimate goal not always being kept in mind, but increasingly, Roman Catholics themselves, being swept up in the ecumenical excitement, were losing their distinct sense of identity, and coming to view their “church” as just one of many churches in the world, instead of as “the Church” which their parents and grandparents had always been taught to believe it was. Something had to be done. This document marks a turning point. The pope of Rome has drawn a line in the sand: the Roman Catholic “Church” will pursue ecumenism, but only on its terms. All other “churches” must recognise the Roman Catholic “Church” as the one, true Church; this is the ultimate objective of the ecumenical movement, and on this point Rome will not budge.
U.S. Dominican priest, Augustine Di Noia, under-secretary of the Inquisition, said that the document does not call into question Benedict’s pledge to work for ecumenical progress. “The Church is not backtracking on its ecumenical commitment. But... it is fundamental to any kind of dialogue that the participants are clear about their own identity,” he said.[xii] As stated by Robert Moynihan of Inside the Vatican magazine, “The Pope’s intent, it seems clear, is to lessen confusion in the Church, and at the same time to reinforce the sense of Catholic identity over against a type of exaggerated ecumenism in which all Christian communities are increasingly, in practice, regarded as equally valid expressions of Christian faith.”[xiii]
In other words, Roman Catholics (and everyone else) must know that their “church” is the only true “church” on earth, and this fundamental doctrine must never be sacrificed for the cause of unity.
The Vatican newspaper, in its commentary on the document, said: “Despite the fact that this teaching has created no little distress in the communities concerned and even among some Catholics, it is nevertheless difficult to see how the title of ‘Church’ could possibly be attributed to them, given that they do not accept the theological notion of the Church in the Catholic sense and that they lack elements considered essential to the Catholic Church.”[xiv]
Trying his best to put a good spin on it, while at the same time categorically stating Rome’s official position, Popish cardinal Walter Kasper said, “The document does not say that the Protestant churches are not churches, but that they are not churches in the precise sense, that is, they are not churches in the way that the Catholic Church uses the term ‘church’”.[xv] Well, since the way in which Rome uses the word “church” is believed, by Rome, to be the only correct way to use it, no amount of spin will change the fact of the matter: that Rome is saying it alone is the true Church, and all others are false.
This has always been Rome’s belief. For a short while, so as to advance its own agenda, it covered up this “truth” which it had always proclaimed; but Benedict is far less of an “all things to all men” kinda guy than John Paul II was. And the present pope isn’t hiding this doctrine of Rome – he wants it spread abroad as far as possible, so that the world knows what Rome really believes on this point! For William Levada, the cardinal prefect of the Inquisition, asked the world’s Popish bishops to do all they can to promote and present the document to the wider public. There is nothing subtle or underhanded about this at all, and Benedict wants the world to be quite clear on this point: Rome is the one, true Church, and many others, with whom it has been in ecumenical dialogue for decades, must understand clearly that they cannot even be called “churches”, merely separated “communities”.
Incredibly, what we see is this: the Roman Catholic institution proudly and categorically stating that it alone is the one, true Church; and the ecumenical, cowardly, fawning “Protestant” institutions falling over themselves, as they have for decades, telling us all that the Roman Catholic institution is a true church, as much a true church as their own, that Roman Catholics are their brothers and sisters in Christ, true Christians, and that oneday full union would be achieved between Roman Catholic and Protestant institutions, all equally valid, all on the same level, all happily marching forward as Christians together.
And all this time, Rome had never altered its fundamental conviction. If only the ecumenical Protestants had paid attention, they would have noticed that Rome had not changed, and that it was only stating what it had always stated about itself – and about them.
At least Rome is being honest, and true to its own doctrine. Protestants, tragically, are nowhere near as honest to their own written confessions of faith! According to the confessions of faith of many Protestant denominations, the pope of Rome is the Antichrist. This being so, they used to have no fellowship whatsoever with Papists, who they correctly understood to be idol-worshippers, false “christians”, not true Christians. But times have changed. The once-Protestant institutions have abandoned their own doctrinal standards, and are now fully prepared to receive Papists as true Christians, the pope of Rome as a brother in Christ, and the Roman Catholic institution (which they once branded correctly as the Whore of Babylon of Rev. 17) as a true Christian church. They have moved so far away from the Bible as the sole rule of faith, that they readily sprout such nonsense, even though the pope of Rome has officially declared they are not even churches in his eyes!
They register shock when Benedict simply states what has been Roman Catholic belief all along. Yet the ecumenical Protestants did not have the backbone, nor indeed the spiritual conviction, to have said from the very start of the ecumenical movement, “The Roman Catholic institution is not a true church, and there will be no unity with it.” The ecumenical Protestant attitude is well encapsulated in the words of Thomas Wipf, president of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe: “We recognise the Roman Catholic Church as a church. It is and remains regrettable that this is not made possible the other way around.”[xvi] They continue to recognise Rome, but Rome does not recognise them! How utterly naive and blind!
The tragedy of all this is that neither the Roman Catholic institution, nor the Protestant institutions seeking unity with Rome, are true churches of Christ! They are both full of false, unbiblical doctrines and practices, and with wolves in sheep’s clothing in the pulpits and goats in the pews.
Will this latest bombshell from the Vatican put an end to the ecumenical Protestant obsession with seeking unity with Rome? No, it will not. The ecumenical movement is now too far advanced. Perhaps, if this latest document had been released three decades ago, it might have stopped the ecumenical bulldozer in its tracks. But not today. Rome evidently feels confident enough to release such a document now, without fear of it permanently stopping the ecumenical advance. This is why the Vatican’s chief ecumenist, the cardinal Walter Kasper, could make the statement that by clarifying its own position, the Vatican was actually helping ecumenical dialogue! He said that while initial reactions were marked by “irritation among Protestant Christians”, yet by explaining what still divides “Christians” the document “does not limit dialogue, but promotes it.” [xvii]
The Protestant institutions have all been sufficiently weakened, doctrinally and practically. They have cast off their own confessional standards. They have cast aside various doctrines of the faith. They are filled with unregenerate men and women. They are floundering, rudderless, uncertain, shedding members, losing credibility. They are increasingly ripe for the picking by Rome.
True Christian unity is a reality and always has been, because it is a spiritual unity between all true believers in Christ, and Christ Himself as their Head. This is what the Lord Jesus Christ prayed for (Jn. 17:20,21), and His prayer was answered, for His prayers were always answered (Jn. 11:41,42). “There is one body” (Eph. 4:4). All true Christians are united to Christ their Head, and form the one, united, mystical body of Christ, the true Church.
The ecumenical movement is the attempt of worldly men, falsely professing to be “christians”, to create some kind of external, structural “unity” between false “churches”. The Papal Antichrist is doing his utmost to expand his territory and increase his power. From such a devilish “unity” all true Christians must remain absolutely separate (2 Cor. 6:14-18; Rev. 18:4,5).
December 2007
[i].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church, document of the “Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith”, June 29, 2007.
[ii].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.
[iii].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
[iv].The Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 8.2.
[v].The Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 8.2. Also the Encyclical Letter Ut unum sint, by John Paul II.
[vi].The Southern Cross, July 18 to 24, 2007.
[vii].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.
[viii].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
[ix].e.g. Address of Paul VI, 29 September 1963; Address of Paul VI, 21 November 1964.
[x].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.
[xi].The Southern Cross, July 18 to 24, 2007.
[xii].Vatican Congregation Reaffirms Truth, Oneness of Catholic Church, by John Thavis, Catholic News Service, as quoted in Pope Benedict Continues His “Benedictine Reform” by Stressing Catholic Identity, by Robert Moynihan, 10 July 2007. www.InsideTheVatican.com
[xiii].Pope Benedict Continues His “Benedictine Reform” by Stressing Catholic Identity.
[xiv].Vatican Congregation Reaffirms Truth, Oneness of Catholic Church.
[xv].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007
[xvi].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
[xvii].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
Shaun Willcock is a minister of the Gospel, and lives in South Africa. He runs Bible Based Ministries. For other articles (which may be downloaded and printed), as well as details about his books, audio messages, pamphlets, etc., please visit the Bible Based Ministries website, or write to the address below. If you would like to be on Bible Based Ministries’ electronic mailing list, to receive all future articles, please send your details.
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ENDNOTES:
[1].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church, document of the “Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith”, June 29, 2007.
[1].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.
[1].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
[1].The Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 8.2.
[1].The Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 8.2. Also the Encyclical Letter Ut unum sint, by John Paul II.
[1].The Southern Cross, July 18 to 24, 2007.
[1].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.
[1].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
[1].e.g. Address of Paul VI, 29 September 1963; Address of Paul VI, 21 November 1964.
[1].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.
[1].The Southern Cross, July 18 to 24, 2007.
[1].Vatican Congregation Reaffirms Truth, Oneness of Catholic Church, by John Thavis, Catholic News Service, as quoted in Pope Benedict Continues His “Benedictine Reform” by Stressing Catholic Identity, by Robert Moynihan, 10 July 2007. www.InsideTheVatican.com
[1].Pope Benedict Continues His “Benedictine Reform” by Stressing Catholic Identity.
[1].Vatican Congregation Reaffirms Truth, Oneness of Catholic Church.
[1].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007
[1].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
[1].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
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Rome Still Claims to be the
One True Church
Despite Four Decades of Ecumenism, Protestant Institutions are Not Churches, Says Rome
by Shaun Willcock
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To the dismay of ecumenically-minded Protestants, the Roman pope, Benedict XVI, made it clear, in a document released in 2007, that the Roman Catholic institution is the “one, true Church”, and that Protestant institutions, not being in full communion with Rome, are not true churches.
The brief document was released on July 10, 2007, and was entitled “Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church.” It was put out by the Vatican’s “Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith”. This office used to be called the Inquisition, and it should always be remembered that before he became pope, Benedict headed up this sinister institution. The document was approved by Benedict before publication; and it reaffirmed – note that it didn’t say this for the first time, it reaffirmed what Rome had in fact always said – that the Roman Catholic “Church” is the one, true Church founded by Jesus Christ. It did, however, concede that certain “elements of truth” can be found in other “churches” and “ecclesial communities”.
But what is the difference between “churches” and “ecclesial communities”? Was this simply a figure of speech? Not at all. The words were very carefully chosen. The document states that the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s used the term “church” in reference to the Eastern Orthodox institutions. The reason being that, although the Orthodox were separated from the Roman Catholic “Church”, they preserved the Popish doctrines and practices of apostolic succession, the ordained priesthood, and the eucharist. This, in Rome’s view, made them churches, although it went on to state that they “lack something in their condition as particular churches” because they are not in union with the pope of Rome.[i]
The Eastern Orthodox institutions, of course, are essentially the same as Rome when it comes to the doctrines and practices mentioned. They are false religious institutions just as certainly as Rome is, and not in any sense true churches of Christ according to the Scriptures. But they do not recognise the Roman pope as their head, and thus although they are churches in Rome’s judgment, they are deficient ones. And Rome, via the ecumenical movement, is working hard for them to see this deficiency, and once again acknowledge and accept the pope as their head, submitting to Papal authority.
On the other hand, the “Christian communities” born out of the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century, says the document, do not have apostolic succession – the supposed unbroken succession of bishops going back to Peter, which Rome claims it alone enjoys – and therefore “cannot, according to Catholic doctrine, be called ‘Churches’ in the proper sense.”[ii] This is why they are referred to as “ecclesial communities” instead.
Of course, neither the Roman Catholic institution nor the Protestant institutions engaged in seeking unity with Rome are true Christian churches! But the document reveals Rome’s true attitude towards spiritually blind, ecumenical Protestants who are so committed to establishing “unity” with Rome: its purpose has always been to place them all under itself, believing itself to be the “only true Church.” Yet they have naively pressed ahead with their ecumenical plans, believing Rome viewed them all as equals.
Not surprisingly, the document caused ecumenical Protestant institutions to react with shock and dismay. For example, the general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, Setri Nyomi, published an open letter addressed to the Vatican’s chief ecumenist, Roman Catholic cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the “Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity”. He wrote: “An exclusivist claim that identifies the Roman Catholic Church as the one church of Jesus Christ... goes against the spirit of our Christian calling toward oneness in Christ. It makes us question the seriousness with which the Roman Catholic Church takes its dialogue with the Reformed family and other families of the Church.”[iii] And there was a similar reaction from various other Protestant institutions.
Let us backtrack here, so as to put this latest document in its historical context. The official entry of the Roman Catholic institution into the ecumenical movement was the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, held from 1962 to 1965. And that council succeeded in deceiving the Protestant world into believing that Rome had somehow changed; that it no longer viewed itself as the only true Church; that it no longer wanted to persecute Protestants; and that it was open to working towards full unity between itself and all other “churches”, without insisting that it should control all others.
In one of the documents released at Vatican II, it was stated that the Church founded by Christ “subsists in the Catholic Church, governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in union with that successor”.[iv] This was nothing less than the traditional Popish doctrine. But it added, for the first time, that elements of “sanctification and truth” are found outside the Roman Catholic institution’s visible structure.[v] This was new! And it was statements like this that caused ecumenical Protestants to gibber with excitement. They now started to loudly proclaim that there was hope – that Rome had softened its stance, and opened the door to eventual full unity. How wrong they were! Rome never intended any such thing.
In the year 2000, the discussion over the term “churches” surfaced publicly, when the Inquisition – headed by the cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger – said that the term “sister churches” (as used since Vatican II) was being misused in ecumenical dialogue. And Ratzinger became pope upon the death of John Paul II a few years later.
In the year 2000, the Inquisition released a document entitled “Dominus Iesus”, which caused an uproar among ecumenists at the time. It stated that the Roman Catholic institution was necessary to salvation. This of course has always been Rome’s doctrine, but again, it had been played down since Vatican II, to entice ecumenical Protestants. Played down, yes, but never abandoned – and when it was again categorically stated in 2000, ecumenical Protestants expressed shock and dismay.
Hence this new document, released in 2007. According to the Inquisition’s prefect, Romish cardinal William Levada, it was released in response to the critical reactions to the teaching of the “Dominus Iesus” document, and to ongoing confusion over interpretations of the phrase “subsists in”:[vi] that the Church of Christ “subsists in the Catholic Church”, as stated above.
This new document states that Vatican II did not, in fact, change Roman Catholic doctrine on the meaning of the Church! Its precise words are: “The Second Vatican Council neither changed nor intended to change this doctrine, rather it developed, deepened and more fully explained it.”[vii] Nothing could be clearer. Roman Catholic cardinal, Walter Kasper, president of the “Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity”, said that although initial reactions to the document were marked by “irritation among Protestant Christians”, a second reading of the document should lead to the conclusion “that the document does not say anything new”, but rather provides a synthesis of Roman Catholic teaching.[viii] In this he was quite correct – the document indeed does not say anything new. Rome has always stated that its doctrines were not changed at Vatican II.[ix] And yet the belief has persisted among the Protestant institutions that Vatican II somehow represented an about-face by Rome; that it actually altered some of its fundamental doctrines. Rome never said so; but it was happy for the gullible to believe it. And believe it they certainly did! And for over forty years, the ecumenical movement has advanced by leaps and bounds, as foolish and blind Protestants have fallen over themselves in their mad rush for “unity” with Rome.
In answer to the question, “What is the meaning of the affirmation that the Church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church?” the document states categorically, quoting from documents of Vatican II: “Christ ‘established here on earth’ only one Church and instituted it as a ‘visible and spiritual community’, that from its beginning and throughout the centuries has always existed and will always exist, and in which alone are found all the elements that Christ himself instituted.... This Church, constituted and organised in this world as a society, subsists in the Catholic Church, governed by the successor of Peter and the Bishops in communion with him.”[x] There is nothing ambiguous about this, just as there was nothing ambiguous about what Vatican II stated: the only true “Church” is the Roman Catholic “Church”.
The document states that the use of the phrase “subsists in” was intended to show that all the elements instituted by Christ endure in the Roman Catholic “Church” alone. The “sanctifying elements” that exist outside the structure of the Roman Catholic “Church”, it states, can be used as instruments of salvation; but their value derives from the “fullness of grace and truth which has been entrusted to the Catholic Church”, quoting from Vatican II’s “Decree on Ecumenism”. In other words, any sanctifying elements within other religious communities are in some mysterious way derived from the Roman Catholic religion! Take heed to these quotations from the document:
“It is possible, according to Catholic doctrine, to affirm correctly that the Church of Christ is present and operative in the churches and ecclesial Communities not yet fully in communion with the Catholic Church, on account of the elements of sanctification and truth that are present in them. Nevertheless, the word ‘subsists’ can only be attributed to the Catholic Church alone... and this ‘one’ Church subsists in the Catholic Church.” Note the words, “churches and ecclesial Communities not yet fully in communion with the Catholic Church”. Rome’s clear intention is that oneday, somehow, some way, all others will be in “communion” with it, for it alone is the one true Church.
“The use of this expression [“subsists in’], which indicates the full identity of the Church of Christ with the Catholic Church, does not change the doctrine on the Church. Rather, it comes from and brings out more clearly the fact that there are ‘numerous elements of sanctification and of truth’ which are found outside her structure, but which ‘as gifts properly belonging to the Church of Christ, impel towards Catholic Unity.’” Think carefully about what is being stated here! As far as Rome is concerned, those elements which are good within other religious institutions must impel toward Catholic unity! Again, this demonstrates plainly that the “unity” Rome strives for is not a unity of equality, but a “unity” under Rome, a “unity” whereby what it believes to be inferior and defective religious institutions recognise the full authority of the Roman Catholic “Church” and submit to it!
According to an authoritative commentary in the Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (the Inquisition) had acted to protect the unity and uniqueness of the Roman Catholic “Church” by issuing this document! Throughout the centuries, Rome has claimed to be the one, true Church, unique in every way. Gullible ecumenical Protestants thought that at Vatican II Rome cast aside centuries of doctrine and no longer made this claim. It did not! And now this document has again made it clear. Rome still believes itself to be the only true Church, to which the whole world must submit! In the words of the document itself, it took aim at the notion that the Church of Christ was “the sum total of the churches or the ecclesial communities”. Rome had never defined the Church this way. It always insisted that it alone was the truth, and that the ecumenical movement’s ultimate purpose was, not for Rome to join with all other churches in some kind of new set-up, but to get all other churches to submit to the pope, and to ultimately be absorbed by the “Church” of Rome. The Vatican newspaper stated that what Vatican II intended was to recognise ecclesial elements in non-Catholic communities. “It does not follow that the identification of the Church of Christ with the Catholic Church no longer holds”, it said.[xi] Read that sentence again, and see how blind the Protestant ecumenicals have been for four decades, naively assuming that Rome wanted nothing more than for all churches to unite together on some kind of level playing field, as equal partners, with none above the others.
The reason for the issuing of this document is clear. Rome is still committed to ecumenism. But its purpose, in being involved in the ecumenical movement, is to finally take control of all other “churches! Absorption of all other “churches”, not equality with them, has always been Rome’s goal through the ecumenical movement. But as the ecumenical movement progressed over the years, it was becoming clear, to Rome, that this goal was being buried under the momentum of the ecumenical movement itself, which was treating all “churches” as equal and not, in general practice, leading to the kind of dominant position for Rome which it desires. This would never do. Not only was the ultimate goal not always being kept in mind, but increasingly, Roman Catholics themselves, being swept up in the ecumenical excitement, were losing their distinct sense of identity, and coming to view their “church” as just one of many churches in the world, instead of as “the Church” which their parents and grandparents had always been taught to believe it was. Something had to be done. This document marks a turning point. The pope of Rome has drawn a line in the sand: the Roman Catholic “Church” will pursue ecumenism, but only on its terms. All other “churches” must recognise the Roman Catholic “Church” as the one, true Church; this is the ultimate objective of the ecumenical movement, and on this point Rome will not budge.
U.S. Dominican priest, Augustine Di Noia, under-secretary of the Inquisition, said that the document does not call into question Benedict’s pledge to work for ecumenical progress. “The Church is not backtracking on its ecumenical commitment. But... it is fundamental to any kind of dialogue that the participants are clear about their own identity,” he said.[xii] As stated by Robert Moynihan of Inside the Vatican magazine, “The Pope’s intent, it seems clear, is to lessen confusion in the Church, and at the same time to reinforce the sense of Catholic identity over against a type of exaggerated ecumenism in which all Christian communities are increasingly, in practice, regarded as equally valid expressions of Christian faith.”[xiii]
In other words, Roman Catholics (and everyone else) must know that their “church” is the only true “church” on earth, and this fundamental doctrine must never be sacrificed for the cause of unity.
The Vatican newspaper, in its commentary on the document, said: “Despite the fact that this teaching has created no little distress in the communities concerned and even among some Catholics, it is nevertheless difficult to see how the title of ‘Church’ could possibly be attributed to them, given that they do not accept the theological notion of the Church in the Catholic sense and that they lack elements considered essential to the Catholic Church.”[xiv]
Trying his best to put a good spin on it, while at the same time categorically stating Rome’s official position, Popish cardinal Walter Kasper said, “The document does not say that the Protestant churches are not churches, but that they are not churches in the precise sense, that is, they are not churches in the way that the Catholic Church uses the term ‘church’”.[xv] Well, since the way in which Rome uses the word “church” is believed, by Rome, to be the only correct way to use it, no amount of spin will change the fact of the matter: that Rome is saying it alone is the true Church, and all others are false.
This has always been Rome’s belief. For a short while, so as to advance its own agenda, it covered up this “truth” which it had always proclaimed; but Benedict is far less of an “all things to all men” kinda guy than John Paul II was. And the present pope isn’t hiding this doctrine of Rome – he wants it spread abroad as far as possible, so that the world knows what Rome really believes on this point! For William Levada, the cardinal prefect of the Inquisition, asked the world’s Popish bishops to do all they can to promote and present the document to the wider public. There is nothing subtle or underhanded about this at all, and Benedict wants the world to be quite clear on this point: Rome is the one, true Church, and many others, with whom it has been in ecumenical dialogue for decades, must understand clearly that they cannot even be called “churches”, merely separated “communities”.
Incredibly, what we see is this: the Roman Catholic institution proudly and categorically stating that it alone is the one, true Church; and the ecumenical, cowardly, fawning “Protestant” institutions falling over themselves, as they have for decades, telling us all that the Roman Catholic institution is a true church, as much a true church as their own, that Roman Catholics are their brothers and sisters in Christ, true Christians, and that oneday full union would be achieved between Roman Catholic and Protestant institutions, all equally valid, all on the same level, all happily marching forward as Christians together.
And all this time, Rome had never altered its fundamental conviction. If only the ecumenical Protestants had paid attention, they would have noticed that Rome had not changed, and that it was only stating what it had always stated about itself – and about them.
At least Rome is being honest, and true to its own doctrine. Protestants, tragically, are nowhere near as honest to their own written confessions of faith! According to the confessions of faith of many Protestant denominations, the pope of Rome is the Antichrist. This being so, they used to have no fellowship whatsoever with Papists, who they correctly understood to be idol-worshippers, false “christians”, not true Christians. But times have changed. The once-Protestant institutions have abandoned their own doctrinal standards, and are now fully prepared to receive Papists as true Christians, the pope of Rome as a brother in Christ, and the Roman Catholic institution (which they once branded correctly as the Whore of Babylon of Rev. 17) as a true Christian church. They have moved so far away from the Bible as the sole rule of faith, that they readily sprout such nonsense, even though the pope of Rome has officially declared they are not even churches in his eyes!
They register shock when Benedict simply states what has been Roman Catholic belief all along. Yet the ecumenical Protestants did not have the backbone, nor indeed the spiritual conviction, to have said from the very start of the ecumenical movement, “The Roman Catholic institution is not a true church, and there will be no unity with it.” The ecumenical Protestant attitude is well encapsulated in the words of Thomas Wipf, president of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe: “We recognise the Roman Catholic Church as a church. It is and remains regrettable that this is not made possible the other way around.”[xvi] They continue to recognise Rome, but Rome does not recognise them! How utterly naive and blind!
The tragedy of all this is that neither the Roman Catholic institution, nor the Protestant institutions seeking unity with Rome, are true churches of Christ! They are both full of false, unbiblical doctrines and practices, and with wolves in sheep’s clothing in the pulpits and goats in the pews.
Will this latest bombshell from the Vatican put an end to the ecumenical Protestant obsession with seeking unity with Rome? No, it will not. The ecumenical movement is now too far advanced. Perhaps, if this latest document had been released three decades ago, it might have stopped the ecumenical bulldozer in its tracks. But not today. Rome evidently feels confident enough to release such a document now, without fear of it permanently stopping the ecumenical advance. This is why the Vatican’s chief ecumenist, the cardinal Walter Kasper, could make the statement that by clarifying its own position, the Vatican was actually helping ecumenical dialogue! He said that while initial reactions were marked by “irritation among Protestant Christians”, yet by explaining what still divides “Christians” the document “does not limit dialogue, but promotes it.” [xvii]
The Protestant institutions have all been sufficiently weakened, doctrinally and practically. They have cast off their own confessional standards. They have cast aside various doctrines of the faith. They are filled with unregenerate men and women. They are floundering, rudderless, uncertain, shedding members, losing credibility. They are increasingly ripe for the picking by Rome.
True Christian unity is a reality and always has been, because it is a spiritual unity between all true believers in Christ, and Christ Himself as their Head. This is what the Lord Jesus Christ prayed for (Jn. 17:20,21), and His prayer was answered, for His prayers were always answered (Jn. 11:41,42). “There is one body” (Eph. 4:4). All true Christians are united to Christ their Head, and form the one, united, mystical body of Christ, the true Church.
The ecumenical movement is the attempt of worldly men, falsely professing to be “christians”, to create some kind of external, structural “unity” between false “churches”. The Papal Antichrist is doing his utmost to expand his territory and increase his power. From such a devilish “unity” all true Christians must remain absolutely separate (2 Cor. 6:14-18; Rev. 18:4,5).
December 2007
[i].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church, document of the “Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith”, June 29, 2007.
[ii].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.
[iii].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
[iv].The Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 8.2.
[v].The Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 8.2. Also the Encyclical Letter Ut unum sint, by John Paul II.
[vi].The Southern Cross, July 18 to 24, 2007.
[vii].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.
[viii].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
[ix].e.g. Address of Paul VI, 29 September 1963; Address of Paul VI, 21 November 1964.
[x].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.
[xi].The Southern Cross, July 18 to 24, 2007.
[xii].Vatican Congregation Reaffirms Truth, Oneness of Catholic Church, by John Thavis, Catholic News Service, as quoted in Pope Benedict Continues His “Benedictine Reform” by Stressing Catholic Identity, by Robert Moynihan, 10 July 2007. www.InsideTheVatican.com
[xiii].Pope Benedict Continues His “Benedictine Reform” by Stressing Catholic Identity.
[xiv].Vatican Congregation Reaffirms Truth, Oneness of Catholic Church.
[xv].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007
[xvi].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
[xvii].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
Shaun Willcock is a minister of the Gospel, and lives in South Africa. He runs Bible Based Ministries. For other articles (which may be downloaded and printed), as well as details about his books, audio messages, pamphlets, etc., please visit the Bible Based Ministries website, or write to the address below. If you would like to be on Bible Based Ministries’ electronic mailing list, to receive all future articles, please send your details.
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ENDNOTES:
[1].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church, document of the “Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith”, June 29, 2007.
[1].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.
[1].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
[1].The Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 8.2.
[1].The Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 8.2. Also the Encyclical Letter Ut unum sint, by John Paul II.
[1].The Southern Cross, July 18 to 24, 2007.
[1].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.
[1].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
[1].e.g. Address of Paul VI, 29 September 1963; Address of Paul VI, 21 November 1964.
[1].Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.
[1].The Southern Cross, July 18 to 24, 2007.
[1].Vatican Congregation Reaffirms Truth, Oneness of Catholic Church, by John Thavis, Catholic News Service, as quoted in Pope Benedict Continues His “Benedictine Reform” by Stressing Catholic Identity, by Robert Moynihan, 10 July 2007. www.InsideTheVatican.com
[1].Pope Benedict Continues His “Benedictine Reform” by Stressing Catholic Identity.
[1].Vatican Congregation Reaffirms Truth, Oneness of Catholic Church.
[1].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007
[1].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
[1].The Southern Cross, July 25 to 31, 2007.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
THE CRIMINAL HISTORY AND HERESIES OF ROMAN CATHOLICISM
Unmasking Catholicism
http://www.unmaskingcatholicism.com/Contents.shtml
Did The Catholic Church Give Us The Bible?
http://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-origin.htm
http://www.chick.com/ask/articles/rcc+bible001.asp?FROM=Catholicpage
THE ROMAN CHURCH'S DISPUTES WITH THE BIBLE
http://www.lorendavis.com/news_articles_roman.html
HAIL MARY HAIL SATAN
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Roman%20Catholicism/hail_mary_hail_satan.htm
PAUL CROUCH'S TNB PROMOTING ROMAN CATHOLIC DOGMA
http://www.understandthetimes.org/paulcrouchletter.shtml
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2008/06/paul-crouchs-tbn-are-promoting-roman.html
MOTHER TERESA'S LETTERS RECOUNT CRISIS OF FAITH
http://www.calvarypo.org/pages/hands/0480.htm
MOTHER TERESA: A SERVANT OF SATAN AND THE ANTICHRIST
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/teresa/general.htm
HERESIES OF ROMAN CATHOLICISM
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2006/12/history-of-papacy-heresies-of-rome.html
ANCIENT-FUTURE HERESIES(CAN WE RETURN TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FATHERS?)
http://www.thebereancall.org/node/6535
Catholicism... Christian or Cult?
http://www.inplainsite.org/html/catholicism.html
PROOF AIDS AND EBOLA WERE MANUFACTURED, DR.HOROWITZ
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2035439503178314656
Understanding Roman Catholicism
http://www.chick.com/reading/books/160/160cont.asp
Inside the Catholic Catechism
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/cat-ndx.html
WHAT EVERY CATHOLIC SHOULD KNOW??
http://www.erwm.com/CatholicIssues.htmhttp://whateverycatholicshouldknow.com/wecsk.htm http://bereanbeacon.org/
SMOKE SCREENS
http://www.chick.com/reading/books/153/153intro.asp
ALEXANDER HISLOP:THE TWO BABYLONS(SEE LINK WHORE OF BABYLON)
http://www.gospelgrace.com/
The Fallacy of Catholicism's
Papacy
http://www.contenderministries.org/Catholicism/papalfallacy1.php
The Criminal History of the Papacy
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/Papacy1.html
Dogmas and Prospects of the papacy
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/papacy/overview.htm
THE TRUE FACE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC INQUISITION -- ROTTEN SPIRITUAL FRUIT FROM THE ABYSS OF HELL
http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1676.cfm
The Inquisition - A Pictorial History
www.gospelgrace.com/romancatholicism/inquisition/inquisition.html
The Pope And The Roman Catholic Papacy
www.gospelgrace.com/romancatholicism/PopeAndPapacy.html
ESCAPED CATHOLICS SAVED BY GRACE
http://hometown.aol.com/ecsbg/myhomepage/index.html
WHO OR WHAT IS THE ANTICHRIST? By Roderick C. Meredith
http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/cgi-bin/tw/booklets/tw-bk.cgi?category=Booklets1&item=1104415262
THE GREAT APOSTATE CHURCH, SEE POPE PRAY FOR PEACE WITH ANIMISTS, SNAKE WORSHIPPERS ETC
http://www.cuttingedge.org/videoroom.html#ApCh
Pope kisses Koran
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/popekiss.html
Sex crimes and the Vatican SEX CRIMES IN THE VATICAN The Vatican is fighting the video on its sex crimes, the video has been removed from google many times. Below are the various sites where you can watch it.
WATCH SEX CRIMES IN THE VATICAN ON BBC IF NOT DELETED.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_5400000/newsid_5403100/5403158.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm
SEX CRIMES ALSO AVAILABLE HERE
http://www.jefound.org/2006/10/05/documentary-sex-crimes-and-the-vatican-implicates-pope-ratzinger-in-child-abuse-cover-up
YOU CAN ALSO WATCH SEX CRIMES HERE
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15190.htm
OR HERE
http://dark-truth.blogspot.com/2007/01/sex-crimes-and-vatican.html
http://bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com/2007/03/sex-crimes-and-vatican.html
READ ABOUT SEX CRIMES IN THE VATICAN
Sex crimes and the Vatican Transcript
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/5402928.stm
Confidential documents on Vatican sex crimes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/28_09_06_Crimen_english.pdf
Interpretation of Document
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/5392338.stmhttp://www.oneinfour.org/press/sexcrimes
Clergy Abuse
http://www.rickross.com/groups/clergy.html
VATICAN ISLAM CONNECTION
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4762830765958178414&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
ROME CONTROLLS EVERY NATION UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4921233338865671404&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
HAVE YOU WATCHED MESSAGES FROM HEAVEN. THERE IS A CLAIM THAT THE CATHOLIC MARY IS GIVING MESSAGES TO THE CHURCH. SEE HOW THE MESSAGES FAIL TO PASS THE BIBLICAL TEST. JUST GO TO THE LINK BELOW AND CLICK WATCH ENTIRE VIDEO .PROTECT YOUR SELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES. GOD BLESS YOU.
http://christiananswers.net/catalog/messages-vs.html
Roman catholic Church:Past and Present
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=551463427654348280&q=Catholicism&hl=en
WOMAN RIDING THE BEAST:DAVID HUNT
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5656543228879822494&q=Catholicism&hl=en
Exposing the ecumenical consipiracy of Rome
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonID=150717371
ROME CONTROLS THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-47281780364293446&q=Prof.+veith&hl=en
ROME AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4833316445096517757&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
The Underground Christian net work
http://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=musicalgardens
Rome is behind secret societies, The Jesuits are the backbone of all secret societies
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3802649594045389359&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8495372476179960226&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS
http://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html
http://www.jesus.org.uk/vault/library/foxes_book_of_martyrs.pdf http://www3.calvarychapel.com/library/foxe-john/text/bom.htm http://www.biblebelievers.com/foxes/findex.htm
Catholic Inquisition: The hidden bitter and real side of Rome The Catholic Inquisition and tools of torture
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=571538940742386630&q=the+catholic+inquisition&hl=en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx8PdvOELvY
Did the Inquisition Accomplish the goals of Rome, testimony by a former priest
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1220930449599880576&q=the+catholic+inquisition&hl=en
ERROS OF ROME
http://www.ianpaisley.org/article.asp?ArtKey=mary2
Total Onslaught - 213 – Battle of the bibles
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1356136486318407242&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&num=10&so=0&hl=en&start=0
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&num=10&so=0&hl=en&start=10
The Roman Catholic cult
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/Catholicism
The Anti-Christ
http://www.antichristconspiracy.com/the_antichrist.htm
History of protestants
http://www.reformation.org/wylie2.html
History of the papacy , heresies of Rome , scandals of the papacy The Papacy: Its History, Dogmas, Genius, and Prospects by Rev. J.A. Wylie, LL.D.
http://jesus-is-lord.com/papacy/overview.htm
http://www.wayoflife.org/papacy/00.htm
The Priest, The Woman and the confessional
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/chiniquy.htm
Sister Charlotte Keckler and The Black Veil Part 1
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5552482923569043893&q=Sex+crimes+and+the+Vatican%28VIDEO%29&hl=en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6yDuxzjpxE
The Hall of Church History
http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/catholic.htm
Bennet, An over view of history of the papacy.
http://www.bereanbeacon.org/articles/hist_overvw_papacy.htm
History of the papacy, Google video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-520611150479939321
Chick Alberto series
http://www.chick.com/information/religions/catholicism
Alberto series
http://www.chick.com/catalog/comiclist.asp#alberto
VATICAN ASSSASSINS
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5462018011643775425
http://www.vaticanassassins.org/
http://whale.to/b/phelps2.html
Sex crimes and the Vatican(VIDEO)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_5400000/newsid_5403100/5403158.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5608788612031906158&q=Sex+crimes+and+the+Vatican%28VIDEO%29
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/06/eveningnews/main566978.shtml
Google videos COLLECTION SOME OF THE VIDEOS ON THIS LINK ARE NOT CHRISTIAN,SO BE DISCERNING
http://www.redicecreations.com/news/2006/08aug/goodoc2.html
UNDERSTANDING ROMAN CATHOLICISM
http://www.chick.com/reading/books/160/160cont.asp
POPE KISSES KORAN
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/popekiss.html
http://www.pawcreek.org/wstream/ListOBDArchives.asp -listen on line
http://www.chick.com/reading/comics/0112/0112_allinone.asp.htm
THE JUSUISIT PRIEST
http://www.craom.net/articles.
http://www.cephasministry.com/index_catholic_files.html
Do not be deveived by the Psuedo split in catholic Church:There is a group that claims to be fighting from with in. They are arguing that the catholic church is the only source of salvation.Well, there is no salvation inside the Roman catholic cult do not be fooled.Every catholic who finds the truth must live this cult.This split group still holds to rosaries , scapulas, and the flawed argument that Mary is a Crusher of Heretics.WATCH VIDEOS, YOU WILL BE SHOCKED.
Catholics fighting from within, attack on Jews, protestants, Video 1
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1551673167067628330&q=%22The+Great+Apostasy&hl=en
Catholics fighting from within, attack on Jews, protestants, Video 2
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-
485267351425543383&q=%22The+Great+Apostasy&hl=e
Richard Joseph Michael Ibranyi THE DECEIVER AND DECEIVED
http://www.johnthebaptist.us/sbw/default.htm
The secrets of the Vatican
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7292917241920717553&q=The+vatican&hl=en
AIDS Ebola were manufactured, DR.Leonard G. Horowitz
http://www.archive.org/stream/Proof_AIDS_and_Ebola_were_manufactured__Dr_LG_Horowitz_P2/Proof_AIDS_and_Ebola_were_manufactured__Dr_LG_Horowitz_P2_256kb.mp4
VATICAN ISLAM CONNECTION
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4762830765958178414&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
HOW THE VATICAN CREATED ISLAM
http://www.americanholocaust.50megs.com/The_Prophet.htm
http://www.chick.com/reading/comics/0117/0117_allinone.asphttp://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-origin.htm
is the catholic church the Author of the bible
http://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-origin.htm Roman catholiticism Christian or pagan
Why I left the catholic church
http://www.bible.ca/cath-why-I-left.htm
Roman Catholicism in Theory and Practice http://www.biblebelievers.com/misc_periodical_articles/mrw_001.html
False Doctrines
http://www.biblebelievers.com/FalseDoctrine.html
Mother Teresa:was she a counterfeit
http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/motherteresa.htm
Mother Teresa's House of Illusions
http://www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/shields.htm
WAS MOTHER TERESA A TRUE CHRISTIAN?
http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/motherteresa.html
The Pope's Push for a One-World Religion
http://www.reachingcatholics.org/pope.html
http://www.unmaskingcatholicism.com/Contents.shtml
Did The Catholic Church Give Us The Bible?
http://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-origin.htm
http://www.chick.com/ask/articles/rcc+bible001.asp?FROM=Catholicpage
THE ROMAN CHURCH'S DISPUTES WITH THE BIBLE
http://www.lorendavis.com/news_articles_roman.html
HAIL MARY HAIL SATAN
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Roman%20Catholicism/hail_mary_hail_satan.htm
PAUL CROUCH'S TNB PROMOTING ROMAN CATHOLIC DOGMA
http://www.understandthetimes.org/paulcrouchletter.shtml
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2008/06/paul-crouchs-tbn-are-promoting-roman.html
MOTHER TERESA'S LETTERS RECOUNT CRISIS OF FAITH
http://www.calvarypo.org/pages/hands/0480.htm
MOTHER TERESA: A SERVANT OF SATAN AND THE ANTICHRIST
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/teresa/general.htm
HERESIES OF ROMAN CATHOLICISM
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2006/12/history-of-papacy-heresies-of-rome.html
ANCIENT-FUTURE HERESIES(CAN WE RETURN TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FATHERS?)
http://www.thebereancall.org/node/6535
Catholicism... Christian or Cult?
http://www.inplainsite.org/html/catholicism.html
PROOF AIDS AND EBOLA WERE MANUFACTURED, DR.HOROWITZ
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2035439503178314656
Understanding Roman Catholicism
http://www.chick.com/reading/books/160/160cont.asp
Inside the Catholic Catechism
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/cat-ndx.html
WHAT EVERY CATHOLIC SHOULD KNOW??
http://www.erwm.com/CatholicIssues.htmhttp://whateverycatholicshouldknow.com/wecsk.htm http://bereanbeacon.org/
SMOKE SCREENS
http://www.chick.com/reading/books/153/153intro.asp
ALEXANDER HISLOP:THE TWO BABYLONS(SEE LINK WHORE OF BABYLON)
http://www.gospelgrace.com/
The Fallacy of Catholicism's
Papacy
http://www.contenderministries.org/Catholicism/papalfallacy1.php
The Criminal History of the Papacy
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/Papacy1.html
Dogmas and Prospects of the papacy
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/papacy/overview.htm
THE TRUE FACE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC INQUISITION -- ROTTEN SPIRITUAL FRUIT FROM THE ABYSS OF HELL
http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1676.cfm
The Inquisition - A Pictorial History
www.gospelgrace.com/romancatholicism/inquisition/inquisition.html
The Pope And The Roman Catholic Papacy
www.gospelgrace.com/romancatholicism/PopeAndPapacy.html
ESCAPED CATHOLICS SAVED BY GRACE
http://hometown.aol.com/ecsbg/myhomepage/index.html
WHO OR WHAT IS THE ANTICHRIST? By Roderick C. Meredith
http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/cgi-bin/tw/booklets/tw-bk.cgi?category=Booklets1&item=1104415262
THE GREAT APOSTATE CHURCH, SEE POPE PRAY FOR PEACE WITH ANIMISTS, SNAKE WORSHIPPERS ETC
http://www.cuttingedge.org/videoroom.html#ApCh
Pope kisses Koran
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/popekiss.html
Sex crimes and the Vatican SEX CRIMES IN THE VATICAN The Vatican is fighting the video on its sex crimes, the video has been removed from google many times. Below are the various sites where you can watch it.
WATCH SEX CRIMES IN THE VATICAN ON BBC IF NOT DELETED.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_5400000/newsid_5403100/5403158.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm
SEX CRIMES ALSO AVAILABLE HERE
http://www.jefound.org/2006/10/05/documentary-sex-crimes-and-the-vatican-implicates-pope-ratzinger-in-child-abuse-cover-up
YOU CAN ALSO WATCH SEX CRIMES HERE
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15190.htm
OR HERE
http://dark-truth.blogspot.com/2007/01/sex-crimes-and-vatican.html
http://bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com/2007/03/sex-crimes-and-vatican.html
READ ABOUT SEX CRIMES IN THE VATICAN
Sex crimes and the Vatican Transcript
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/5402928.stm
Confidential documents on Vatican sex crimes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/28_09_06_Crimen_english.pdf
Interpretation of Document
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/5392338.stmhttp://www.oneinfour.org/press/sexcrimes
Clergy Abuse
http://www.rickross.com/groups/clergy.html
VATICAN ISLAM CONNECTION
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4762830765958178414&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
ROME CONTROLLS EVERY NATION UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4921233338865671404&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
HAVE YOU WATCHED MESSAGES FROM HEAVEN. THERE IS A CLAIM THAT THE CATHOLIC MARY IS GIVING MESSAGES TO THE CHURCH. SEE HOW THE MESSAGES FAIL TO PASS THE BIBLICAL TEST. JUST GO TO THE LINK BELOW AND CLICK WATCH ENTIRE VIDEO .PROTECT YOUR SELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES. GOD BLESS YOU.
http://christiananswers.net/catalog/messages-vs.html
Roman catholic Church:Past and Present
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=551463427654348280&q=Catholicism&hl=en
WOMAN RIDING THE BEAST:DAVID HUNT
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5656543228879822494&q=Catholicism&hl=en
Exposing the ecumenical consipiracy of Rome
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonID=150717371
ROME CONTROLS THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-47281780364293446&q=Prof.+veith&hl=en
ROME AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4833316445096517757&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
The Underground Christian net work
http://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=musicalgardens
Rome is behind secret societies, The Jesuits are the backbone of all secret societies
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3802649594045389359&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8495372476179960226&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS
http://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html
http://www.jesus.org.uk/vault/library/foxes_book_of_martyrs.pdf http://www3.calvarychapel.com/library/foxe-john/text/bom.htm http://www.biblebelievers.com/foxes/findex.htm
Catholic Inquisition: The hidden bitter and real side of Rome The Catholic Inquisition and tools of torture
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=571538940742386630&q=the+catholic+inquisition&hl=en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx8PdvOELvY
Did the Inquisition Accomplish the goals of Rome, testimony by a former priest
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1220930449599880576&q=the+catholic+inquisition&hl=en
ERROS OF ROME
http://www.ianpaisley.org/article.asp?ArtKey=mary2
Total Onslaught - 213 – Battle of the bibles
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1356136486318407242&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&num=10&so=0&hl=en&start=0
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&num=10&so=0&hl=en&start=10
The Roman Catholic cult
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/Catholicism
The Anti-Christ
http://www.antichristconspiracy.com/the_antichrist.htm
History of protestants
http://www.reformation.org/wylie2.html
History of the papacy , heresies of Rome , scandals of the papacy The Papacy: Its History, Dogmas, Genius, and Prospects by Rev. J.A. Wylie, LL.D.
http://jesus-is-lord.com/papacy/overview.htm
http://www.wayoflife.org/papacy/00.htm
The Priest, The Woman and the confessional
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/chiniquy.htm
Sister Charlotte Keckler and The Black Veil Part 1
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5552482923569043893&q=Sex+crimes+and+the+Vatican%28VIDEO%29&hl=en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6yDuxzjpxE
The Hall of Church History
http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/catholic.htm
Bennet, An over view of history of the papacy.
http://www.bereanbeacon.org/articles/hist_overvw_papacy.htm
History of the papacy, Google video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-520611150479939321
Chick Alberto series
http://www.chick.com/information/religions/catholicism
Alberto series
http://www.chick.com/catalog/comiclist.asp#alberto
VATICAN ASSSASSINS
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5462018011643775425
http://www.vaticanassassins.org/
http://whale.to/b/phelps2.html
Sex crimes and the Vatican(VIDEO)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_5400000/newsid_5403100/5403158.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5608788612031906158&q=Sex+crimes+and+the+Vatican%28VIDEO%29
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/06/eveningnews/main566978.shtml
Google videos COLLECTION SOME OF THE VIDEOS ON THIS LINK ARE NOT CHRISTIAN,SO BE DISCERNING
http://www.redicecreations.com/news/2006/08aug/goodoc2.html
UNDERSTANDING ROMAN CATHOLICISM
http://www.chick.com/reading/books/160/160cont.asp
POPE KISSES KORAN
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/popekiss.html
http://www.pawcreek.org/wstream/ListOBDArchives.asp -listen on line
http://www.chick.com/reading/comics/0112/0112_allinone.asp.htm
THE JUSUISIT PRIEST
http://www.craom.net/articles.
http://www.cephasministry.com/index_catholic_files.html
Do not be deveived by the Psuedo split in catholic Church:There is a group that claims to be fighting from with in. They are arguing that the catholic church is the only source of salvation.Well, there is no salvation inside the Roman catholic cult do not be fooled.Every catholic who finds the truth must live this cult.This split group still holds to rosaries , scapulas, and the flawed argument that Mary is a Crusher of Heretics.WATCH VIDEOS, YOU WILL BE SHOCKED.
Catholics fighting from within, attack on Jews, protestants, Video 1
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1551673167067628330&q=%22The+Great+Apostasy&hl=en
Catholics fighting from within, attack on Jews, protestants, Video 2
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-
485267351425543383&q=%22The+Great+Apostasy&hl=e
Richard Joseph Michael Ibranyi THE DECEIVER AND DECEIVED
http://www.johnthebaptist.us/sbw/default.htm
The secrets of the Vatican
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7292917241920717553&q=The+vatican&hl=en
AIDS Ebola were manufactured, DR.Leonard G. Horowitz
http://www.archive.org/stream/Proof_AIDS_and_Ebola_were_manufactured__Dr_LG_Horowitz_P2/Proof_AIDS_and_Ebola_were_manufactured__Dr_LG_Horowitz_P2_256kb.mp4
VATICAN ISLAM CONNECTION
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4762830765958178414&q=veith%2C+Amazing+Discoveries&hl=en
HOW THE VATICAN CREATED ISLAM
http://www.americanholocaust.50megs.com/The_Prophet.htm
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Uganda's Rotten Prosperity Movement
Uganda's Rotten Prosperity Movement, Very Unchristian
Commentary By Kato Mivule
Sept 19 2006
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Commentary/Comment52.htm
>>Is Pastor Robert Kayanja's Christianity Christian?...Monitor
>>Smuggled Wine Held at TBN's Televangelist Million Dollar Home in Africa...All Africa
>>TBN Televangelist refutes Wine Saga...defends "Prosperity" Teaching...Kayanja.org
>>When Evil Turns Water Into Wine...Monitor
>>Africa's TBN Preacher is "Renown"...
A Crisis (actually a shaking) is happening in Uganda as the main leaders of the Prosperity Movement are having almost daily appearances in the local press concerning their wealth, greed, materialism, and misrepresentation of Jesus Christ...most notably is one preacher who is a darling of TBN TV and recently 'smugglers' managed to 'use' his highly secure million dollar house in Africa to smuggle top world class wines into the country...
When responding to his critics concerning his wealth, this preacher told them "to mind their own business"...I will have more on this topic soon...
I recently wrote a pastor of a Mega Church with a powerful FM Radio ministry in Kampala concerning the Apostasy and Greed taking place in mainly Kampala Churches , I warned him about the coming judgment as stipulated in scripture and that it begins in God's House, and the Call to Repentance...This "pastor" responded to me that I was only "self-conceited"...this same "pastor" claims blindly that "revival" is happening in Uganda...well, now the Chickens come home to roast...I am not rejoicing over this but saddened and grieved because of the rebellion of such "pastors" (Oh, maybe 'imposters') today against God's Word to which we hold ourselves accountable...
Most of this prosperity movement is a mirror of the rotten and stinking prosperity and political Christian movement of the West...The So-called Christian Right and their bogus "Christian" agendas...Pastors leave Africa and go and beg these imposters who purport to be Christian men in the West and in exchange they return to Africa spreading Western Christianity or Political Christian Dominionism and the expansion of the American Hegemony...The world clearly sees this, those who are not born again see that this is not the Jesus Christ of the Bible and something is wrong...they are right.
Just as the Prosperity Movement in the West is very Political, i.e. folks like Pat Robertson and John Hagee, so is the Prosperity Movement in Uganda, it is so politically involved with the state and such is the unholy alliance between Church and State...we see preachers who claim to have access to the State House (Uganda's Equivalent of the White House) more often they desire than any Minister, or MP (Senator)...
These folks don't worship the True Jesus Christ of The Bible, they worship the god of Mammon and the god of political power, they are imposters, thieves, robbers and have turned God's House into a political den of thieves and robbers...avoid such folks...to these guys, godliness is a means of gain...
Jesus Christ and the Apostles foretold of the great falling away or the Apostasy that would happen at the end of age and Africa has not been immune to it courtesy of so-called western missionaries, bogus and greedy Western Televangelists parading so-called Christian TVs like TBN, and now infamous conmen pretending to be "anointed" preachers of mega churches in Kampala (Uganda's Capital) here in Africa....There is still a chance for forgiveness before The Lord and He is calling on you all preachers who are in this "prosperity" movement to REPENT least you perish! I will have more on this soon...Kato Mivule
Prosperity Gospel - A Gospel Of The Antichrist
By Kato Mivule
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Commentary/Comment53.htm
October 8, 2006
1 John 4:1-6
(1) Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
(2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
(3) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
(4) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
(5) They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
(6) We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh...this is the spirit of the Antichrist... However, the 'confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh' is not a mere outside mouth confession or a religious confession in church but an acknowledgment, realization, submission to The Lordship of Jesus Christ in our personal life and from the heart to the fact that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh...that He reigns as Lord in our personal lives.
1 John 4:2
(2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
It is the recognition, realization, submission, and obedience to the Life, Authority, Power, Lordship, Command, Word of God, and Life of Suffering, of Jesus Christ. So, this is not just mere confession on the outside that “Jesus Christ is come in the flesh” yet when one’s life and heart are totally contrary to the ‘Life of Jesus Christ in the Flesh’.
'Confess' in Greek...
G3670
ὁμολογέω
homologeō
hom-ol-og-eh'-o
From a compound of the base of G3674 and G3056; to assent, that is, covenant, acknowledge: - con- (pro-) fess, confession is made, give thanks, promise.
So, the Greek word that John used here ‘confess’ is ‘homologeo’ meaning…
· To Assent...
· Covenant…
· Acknowledge…
· Confess…
· Give Thanks…
So, the verse above speaks about not only confessing the that 'Christ Jesus is come in the flesh' but obeying Jesus Christ and living the life of Jesus Christ in us. Just as Christ Jesus walked in the flesh, so we follow His example and we too walk a life that is dead to this world, sin and evil and live the life of Jesus Christ in us.
This means total obedience to the commands of Jesus Christ in us. It means dying to the things of the world and the pleasures of the world. It means carrying our cross and following Jesus Christ daily.
If we Confess, Acknowledge, Realize, Covenant, Assent that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, then we live that life of suffering just as Jesus Christ suffered, we live the life of the cross, we then love the things Jesus Christ loves and hate what He hates. This means not being a friend of the world and not loving the things that are in the world. It means 100% obedience to Christ Jesus regardless of the price and cost, even if it means our very lives.
1 John 4:3
(3) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
The Antichrist spirit confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh...this is a spirit of rebellion that does not realize, acknowledge, submit to the Lordship and Life of Jesus Christ. This Antichrist spirit submits to the things of the world, to the life and lordship of the world, riches, materialism, silver, gold, and submission to man.
The deceptiveness about this Antichrist spirit is it's characteristic of hypocrisy; religious Christians in this category merely “confess” that Jesus Christ is Lord and that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh but they do not obey the commands of The Lord...they merely say Lord, Lord but don't do the things The Lord commands...
Matthew 7:19-23
(19) Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
(20) Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
(21) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
(22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
(23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
It is interesting to note that the ‘Confess Jesus Christ is come in the flesh’ is in present tense and not past. Christ Jesus dwells in those who obey his commands, those who love Him, His saints, His True Church…and in Him we live, move, and have our being.
Acts 17:28
(28) For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
'Is come' in Greek...
G2064
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
er'-khom-ahee
Middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred [middle voice] word, ἐλεύθομαι eleuthomai or ἔλθω elthō; which do not otherwise occur); to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively): - accompany, appear, bring, come enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.
So, the 'Is Come' in Greek is 'erchomai' generally meaning here...
· Accompany
· Appear
· Bring
· Come
· Enter
· Fall Out
· Go
· Grow
The life we live, we live in Christ Jesus and Jesus Christ in us. We don't live on our own but submit to His will and obey His commandments. Such a life is a life of the Cross, it is not a life of pleasures of this world as the Prosperity preachers desire us to believe.
Galatians 2:20
(20) I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
If Christ Jesus lives in us then we shall follow after His leading and example and not conform to the standards of this world.
For Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever…as He walked, so does He still walk, and so will He walk and even so we ought to walk after His likeness and character...
Jesus Christ was not parading around in the best SUV, Corporate Jet, designer clothing, million dollar houses, fat bank accounts, expensive vacations and cruises...Jesus Christ lived a simple life, a life that was not attached to the riches of this world and not a friend to the powerful and the elite. Jesus Christ reached out to the sinners, sick and the poor of His day and so must we if Christ Jesus truly dwells in us and if we truly confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh....
James 4:4-5
(4) Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
(5) Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Prosperity Preachers always speak about terms like 'increase', 'going to the next level', 'being fruitful', 'divine favor in the world and business', financial increase, influence...and many other blasphemous terms...what the Prosperity teachers are doing is conforming Christian to the world and submission to man...this is the spirit of the Antichrist that 'Confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh'...
Brothers and Sisters be forewarned that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God. Those preachers who seduce you to such philosophies are liars and wolves in sheepskin seeking only to destroy your faith in Christ Jesus.
Now, many prosperity preachers argue that they also take care of the poor, orphans and help the sick but this is just Hypocrisy 101; these greedy preachers simply throw money in orphanages and pretend to help the poor not because they love to but because they seek to use the poverty of the poor for their own gain...
They get more donations when they show pictures of the poor to their donors...they pretend to preach the gospel but what they preach is heresy...their care for the poor is nothing but pure hypocrisy...they are like the IMF and World Bank “giving” Africans “Grants” which they expect Africans to repay somehow somewhere sometime in the future back to the world's elite Bankers - IMF and World Bank.
John 15:4
(4) Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Hebrews 13:8
(8) Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
1 John 2:6
(6) He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
So, we understand that the “confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh” has to do with our total obedience to Jesus Christ, abiding in Him, He abiding in us and them we as a must, walking even as Jesus Christ walked…
We now understand that we must bear fruit and that fruit is the Life, character and likeness of Jesus Christ in us…walking just as He walked…acknowledging that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh…He abides in us even to this day, therefore His character and likeness is not just historical and past and irrelevant as the world says but is and must be manifest in us today…
So, we take a moment and ask our selves, did Jesus Christ live a life of materialism, worldliness, greed, sin, hate, murder, jealousy, political Christianity?…which things, sad to say is what many Christians are walking in today blinded by foolish pastors and so-called apostles (actually apostates) who are busy committing adultery with the world and loving the things of the world.
1 John 2:15-18
(15) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
(16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
(17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
(18) Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
The spirit of the Antichrist is that which causes men to love the world and hate Christ and become enemies of God. Brothers and Sisters, let us watch and be very careful, today's prosperity preachers are agents of the Antichrist regardless of if they know it or not...the gospel of prosperity, riches and materialism is one that conforms Christians to the standards of this world while hypocritically using The Name of Jesus Christ.
Now, you CANNOT love Jesus Christ and at the same time love the things of the world such as materialism, posh cars first class air travel, the best cars – SUVs, Gulf Stream Jets, Million Dollar houses, huge dollar bank accounts, fame, upper class neighborhoods, the rich, powerful politicians and so forth…all best the world can give…
The prosperity gospel conforms people to love the things of this world and as such makes Christians friends with this world and as such they become enemies of God.
You cannot love such and think that you are abiding in Christ Jesus…those who think in such a way are hoodwinked and bewitched by Satan himself…and such is the prosperity doctrine and purpose driven life of lies and a life outside Jesus Christ.
Those who live in such lies called “prosperity gospel” will never be fruitful with The Life of Jesus Christ in them…they will never ‘Confess, acknowledge, realize, assent, covenant, that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh’; they will always say that “Jesus Christ CAME in the flesh”…such is the spirit of the Antichrist…the spirit of the world and love for the things of the world…the spirit that rejects continual submission to the Lordship, Character, and Likeness of Jesus Christ.
1 John 2:15-19
(15) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
(16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
(17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
(18) Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
(19) They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
The Antichrist spirit is very much connected to the love of the world and things of the world...
Those who love the world and the things of the world have no love of the Father in them… These are they that refuse to ‘confess, acknowledge, and assent that Jesus Christ IS COME in the flesh’; they refuse the Lordship and Life of Christ Jesus in their personal lives…
Such is the Prosperity Movement…this Movement is one that promises Christians riches here on earth and the best of the world here in this dying world that is certainly passing away. The prosperity movement is one that subtly indoctrinates its believers to love the world and the things of the world and in the process, they do away with the Love of The Father and ‘Confess Not that Jesus Christ IS COME in the flesh’…this is a movement of rebellion and as such it is an Antichrist Movement.
Sad to note is the fact that many churches here in Africa are being swept by this diabolical movement called the prosperity and purpose driven movement… TBN TV is the greatest dispenser of this World Love prosperity and purpose driven venom from the Antichrist.
I sometimes wonder why these TBN guys don’t stop their broadcasts here in Africa…we don’t need such venom, we are tired of it and please TBN keep your Antichrist programming to yourself. We shall have our bibles, those will be enough for us.
We are tired of such lies like “Enjoying Everyday Life” with Joyce Meyer, not forgetting Benn Hinn’s Jet purchase campaigns…
Benn Hinn says that we should give him money so he can buy a new plane and that we so send him to preach the gospel around the world…we are tired of such lies, we don’t see Jesus Christ in such, we don’t see, His character and likeness in such preachers but greed, materialism, covetousness, merchandising and selling of all those small idols Benn Hinn loves to call gifts for the price of donations from his viewers, and sure enough this is an Antichrist spirit!
Sad and so sad is the fact that the ‘emperor walks naked’ and does not even realize it…the TBN promotion of such filth around the world is such and simply a walking naked emperor here on Africa’s airwaves.
Revelation 3:17-18
(17) Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
(18) I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
What amazes me is the fact that despite heavy criticism against the prosperity movement and its preachers, many of them still continue to stubbornly preach this Antichrist Gospel of riches, fame, ‘getting to the next level’ “being fruitful” which is nothing other than love for the world.
Brethren, truly this is the last hour just as The Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostles warned us 2000 years ago about the great deception that would happen prior to The Lord's Second coming.
The storms of deception are blowing left and right and against the people of God, those who call themselves after the name of The Lord.
Deception is so rampant that Pastors of churches and Christians are giving themselves over to the overt love for the things of the world.
The deception is packaged to seduce Christians in accepting a “good” life in the world. They are promised the 'best in the world' if they 'saw' seeds of faith... The talk in Christendom these days is about being “fruitful” and getting to the “next level” but the fruitfulness spoken about by these imposters who pretend to be pastors is all about getting more influence, materialism, riches and money in the world.
The “next level” that these false apostles speak about is all about “getting to the next level” in the social ladders of the affluent societies...this is the gospel of elitism and it only leads towards destruction.
Sad it is to say that the greatest proponents today are the Western Preachers and Pastors, almost 99 per cent of TBN TV is about the promotion for love of the world and the things of the world.
We in Africa are daily being bombarded by the false teachings on TBN about a “good life”, “being fruitful”, and “ getting to the next level” by mainly American preachers and America-nized preachers...
When one turns on Christian TV, all you see and hear is a gospel that speaks not about the cross of Jesus Christ but about “making it in life”, all we hear constantly is the heresy and error by such speakers as Joyce Meyer, and not to mention Kenneth Copeland and his “Faith” programs...all these guys do is speak about being conformed to the world...
Brethren, those who want blunt discernment concerning TBN TV, here is it...this is a TV that promotes a false gospel, another gospel, a gospel of the Antichrist, a gospel that conforms believers to love the world and to get justification from man. Yes, regardless of how many innocent and sincere preachers are on this TV, they have been blinded by the god of this world and to seduce and deceive believers in loving the world while hypocritically singing the Name of Jesus Christ.
These are the last days and the Antichrist does not come dressed in Halloween attire, the Antichrist comes dressed in business attire - in a corporate suit and a briefcase full of 100 US Dollars bill notes, credit and debit cards, with a brand new SUV, flies in a personal corporate Gulf Stream jet, being welcomed on pulpits every Sunday, and having his programs aired across the world on "Christian TV", while promising millions peace, prosperity, and a good life here on earth...
It is no wonder that his (antichrist) gospel connects well with the elite political establishment; they are all seeking peace and prosperity...and the establishment know that what some “Christians” need today is just money and 'making it in life', the very thing the Antichrist is willing to offer in his peace and prosperity initiatives...
1 Timothy 6:3-10
(3) If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
(4) He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
(5) Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
(6) But godliness with contentment is great gain.
(7) For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
(8) And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
(9) But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
(10) For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
For the love of money is the source of all evil...don't be deceived, you cannot serve Jesus Christ and at the same time serve money...the prosperity preachers are liars and deceivers who desire us to believe that we can love Jesus Christ and money at the same time...those who heed these wolves who love to call themselves prosperity teachers and 'enjoying everyday life' preachers are doomed for destruction...brethren, repent!
Brethren, come out from such, be separate and The Lord will receive you...Amen
Revelation 18:4
(4) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
(14) Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
(15) And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
(16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
(17) Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
(18) And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
In Christ Jesus
Kato Mivule
Uganda, Africa
America-nized Christianity, ‘Another Gospel’ To Africa
By Kato Mivule
October 10, 2005
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Commentary/Comment33.htm
Galatians 1:3-12
3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
God Knows The True Western Humble Servants to Africa...
It is with a great burden and sorrow, filled with brokenness that I write this article. I would like to clear the air by first acknowledging all the hundreds of Western humble servants of Christ Jesus who out of Love for Him from a pure heart with no strings associated, have laid down their lives for the brethren in Africa. I would say with all humility, that my prayers are with them constantly that you will continue in this good work, standing on God’s True Holy Word and pointing all men to nothing but Jesus Christ who alone is able to save.
These Western Christians have sacrificed all they have to see that the gospel is preached in Truth to this continent that once hosted Jesus Christ in His young days while He and His earthly parents, Joseph and Mary sought refuge and exiled in Egypt. I do sincerely appreciate all their efforts and I am not blind about them. As I have written before, God truly will reward this unknown men and women of God from The West who have denied themselves earthly pleasures and delicacies to have the True Gospel preached in Africa. Please keep them in your prayers and do support them.
Having said that however, this will not blind me from the deceit and hypocrisy that is blinding the peoples of Africa and especially in Uganda where I grew up; this deceit and hypocrisy being spread overtly and subtly by American Apostate Christianity with the power and anointing from their god called mammon.
I find it very difficult to explain to many Africans that the current gospel they are receiving is one from the main stream Apostate Laodicean American Church that worships, Man and Mammon; a Babylonian Mammon or Money gospel with very dare end time implications that will lead these Christians to worship the Beast and his system. However, someone will have to stand and speak Truth.
Un-Schooling, Un-Learning Westernized Christianity…
It is time to return to the True Gospel of Jesus Christ with no strings attached. It is time to return to The Gospel of Salvation, Holiness, Purity, Simple Lifestyle and not the Western Gospel of Man, Money, Riches, Materialism all in the name of a Purpose Driven Prosperity Gospel.
It is sad that Africa has been blanketed by a TBN False gospel of lies and prosperity overtly while the Rick Warren deceit from hell of a Purpose Driven life spreads subtly in Africa’s wealthy and Urban core.
For this reason, there is a big need to un-school and un-learn what we have been taught by liars and pranks who purport to be bible teachers and missionaries in Africa. It is a time to unplug from the Western Christian Mindset and return back to Simple Bible Truth and walk as the Disciples and Apostles walked in the Book of Acts in this evil last days. The Best Manual we can have in Africa is a Bible and not Bible Colleges, Multi-Million Dollar Churches, and Designer Suit dressed thugs who call themselves men of God.
I won’t keep silent – won’t be threatened…
It is from this point that I cannot keep silent and watch as my fellow brethren in Africa are swept away by the lies and deceit streaming from Lucifer Himself. The Leadership in Africa is partly to blame for turning a blind eye to the Word of God and Truth for money and accolades awarded to them from the Apostate Laodicean Church in America. It is my prayer that God will raise new leaders in Africa. Current leadership has TOTALLY failed and has been ‘bought’ by the Apostate Church of America. They are guilty for exchanging God’s Truth for Money and Accolades.
Because of the extreme poverty and need, African brethren become vulnerable to believing that every thing said and done in The West by American Christians is true and lines up to sound biblical doctrine. There is a lack of sound biblical based critical thinking and often those who arise to challenge the authenticity of the status quo are often maligned and excommunicated and denied fellowship.
The Village Chief Mentality…
This is mainly due to a cultural belief in most if not all African Cultures of never questioning ‘The Village Chief’. Village Chiefs were and are still a very strong authority widely respected in African Cultures. While I have great honor and respect that my African culture taught me in regards to respecting the elderly…which I appreciate so much when placed in perspective to the Western degrading of the elderly to nursing homes, however, we are all personally responsible for the accountability of our personal lives before God. Every one will stand to give account on their own…the Village Chief will too stand to give account for their actions.
The Pastors and leaders in many African Churches have taken on the mantle of a ‘Village Chief’ because of their growing affluence and power, often supplied by Western Preachers who also play usury so as to report ‘Big Numbers of Converts’ to their denominational headquarters in the USA and in return the blind undiscerning American Christians drunk with stupor, fill the offertories of these supposedly ‘missiologists’ who have done such a “great job of winning souls to Jesus Christ”…mammon becomes a factor in such events... Such duplicity certainly waters down the True Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The ‘Village Chief’ mentality has succeeded in turning true ministers of God into dictators, controllers, and manipulators with sponsorship from the American Laodicean Church that cements their legitimacy.
Divide and Rule NWO Hegelian Dialectics…
No wonder it has always been a Hegelian Dialectic principle of the New World Order to Divide and Rule. The Christian Dominations of the West have played this game over and over again. Instead of preaching Jesus Christ they have promoted a false Gospel of denominationalism. You have the Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Charismatics, and Pentecostals; all rushing to get as many converts for themselves and not Jesus Christ. As such American Denominational Christianity has failed greatly in Africa and is just a tool and program for the New World Order to Control and Manipulate Africans and removing Africa’s Religious and Spiritual independence.
The greatest historical lie is that the gospel spread to Africa in the late 1600s, this is a lie and a re-writing of History because the Bible itself disapproves that with the account of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. Countless references in the Old Testament books show the interaction of Africa and Israel; obviously the rulers and cultures of Africa were not blind to The God of Israel… Africa has never been a dark continent as reported by so-called western missionaries who came to exert control and lay ground for a one-world government. It is these political dominion Christian missionaries that were blind and saw darkness in the continent and sadly enough we see their seed arise again preaching Dominion Christianity again through the likes of Rick Warren Purpose Driven Doctrines, TBN Putrid Prosperity Churchianity and False Patriotism Evangelicalism.
New World Order Mind Control and Programming Africa…
So, Africa has suffered divide and rule at the hands of Western Missionaries who have sadly been programmed and Mind Controlled by the New World Order to setup ground for a one world religion and one world government… A 21-century scramble for Africa is under way because of her resources such as Oil, as such The American New World Order sees if fit to manipulate ‘false patriotic’ dominionist Christians to go all around the World and spread a false gospel and totally Mind Control Multitudes upon multitudes in Africa…their mission is almost complete and they have succeeded in giving Africa a false Jesus Christ, they have given Africans an Anti – Christ and not The Real Historical Jesus Christ.
As such they have taken away the spiritual independence of Africans who are no longer accountable directly to Jesus Christ but now have a Western Intermediary through whom they seek accountability to God… This is totally false and it is so sad that with millions and millions of dollars wasted, the counterfeit is what Africans have been given. However, there is good news, The New World Order Religious planners forgot about God and his Sovereignty. They forgot that God does exist, like the bible says the fool says God does not exist… They forgot that God still has a remnant left behind as the majority is taken away or ‘raptured’ or ‘ruptured’ away by False Western Doctrines… :>)
A false Jesus Christ is what the New World Order seeks to spread in Africa to control minds and break any logical and independent thinking among Africans that can offer resistance to Western Christian Ideologies from Hell. So, the saying goes that behind the Cross, was the Flag. So, behind the false western gospel is the New World Order Flag. We must remember that Western Gospel now has to do with ruling and taking over Nations and Cities for Christ – That is the sad and Nazi-ism ideology of Dominion Christianity or Kingdom now theology…
True Saints of God Please Stand up…
It is my prayer, even through this writing that God will raise men and women who will stand on the True Word of God and reject the false gospel being spread around by American Religious Right Apostate Neo-con bewitched lunatic Christians masquerading around the globe as “missionaries” yet seeking to control and manipulate their constituents by imposing subtly and overtly a Gospel filled with Dominionism and Mammon. The Greatest Tool for Discernment is your Bible…The Word of God is enough to help you discern The Lord’s Voice and not follow after Purpose Driven Prosperity Wolves. Anything that is not lined up with scripture, reject…preach the Gospel verse by verse, precept upon precept as in the Book of Acts and not Purpose Driven Books by doctored by power hungry Neo-con Western preachers.
Political America Married to Religious America = Harlotry…
It is interesting that liaison exists between Political America in its manipulation of African Politics for usury and Religious America who see the ‘results’ of the gospel and as catalyst for the expansion and fattening of their checkbooks. The saddest of these is the current marriage of Political America and Religious America, being used by the Neo-Conservatives (Neo-cons) to spread The New World Order (NWO) as reported in a number of Exposes‘.
This marriage is mainly composed of The American Religious Right who see it fit to spread Dominionism around the world and as such seek to pervert the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Africa by spreading their teachings of how Christians must take over governments in Jesus Name just like they did in America by voting for GW Bush back into office. This deceit from The Religious Right in America backed by the power of Mammon has become the most dangerous weapon Satan is using to hoodwink Christians in Africa away from the True Gospel of Jesus Christ and His Sufferings - the Cross. However, The Lord Jesus Christ will no longer stand such duplicity and lies; His True Words will certainly expose the very intents of the heart of men.
Say No to Christian Usury...
I would also like to point out that I am not advocating a gospel of laziness or preaching to Africans that they are not to work and never to fight social ills like illiteracy and corruption that bind them in poverty. I am not rejecting the responsibility of the African Leader; his current failure is a work orchestrated by the New World Order American Christians sent allover the world to weaken The ‘African Man’ with false spirituality and exert on them a capitalistic gospel from New World Order America that lays ground for The New World Order American empire to take over resources such as Oil with no objections. However, African Christians should never turn The Word of God into usury for supposedly promised prosperity. God honors Truth and those who will work under the influence of God’s Truth will surely receive His Justice.
However, the deceit being marketed by American preachers is one of lies and heave from hell that supposes that people can turn The True Word of God into usury so as to get all the prosperity, power, affluence and mammon…this has never been the Gospel and never Truth but lies. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is about forgiveness of sins, deliverance from demonic oppression, and carrying our crosses and following Him. If we love godliness then we must endure sufferings for Christ Jesus…it has been that way for all Christians through the centuries. We in the last days are even to endure more, seven years of tribulation.
Secondly, American preachers are constantly painting a picture through powerful media outlets like TBN that those who supposedly live right as they do will enjoy such an affluent Christian life as shown on TBN. To my number of trips back and fro to Africa, I have seen this deceit over and over again, especially in urban areas were Christians think that True Christianity is one portrayed by Paul Crouch and his preposterous Seed-faith Mammon family. I have found many Christians in Africa wasting resources to build structures just like those rendered on TBN and with all the Red Carpets…they have been bewitched and blinded by Paul Crouch and his fellow preachers in believing such deceit from Satan…this is truly ‘Another Gospel’.
Giving not tantamount to Righteousness…
As I have previously mentioned before, giving is never synonymous with Holiness and righteousness. Reading the bible, one clearly sees Jesus Christ confronting this type of deceit that the Pharisees and Scribes enjoyed to display. For they loved to be seen as the greatest givers and enjoyed the honors accorded to those who gave large sums of money.
Many Christians in the West have been deceived that if the give to Africans or poor people, then they are righteous and holy and therefore see themselves as next to God. Jesus bemused these Pharisees when He categorically charged to their ears that the old lady who gave her button had given more than all the rich men had done. Jesus Christ was not to be deceived, for He checked the hearts of men and motives.
The greatest tool being used by Satan to propagate deceit from the Apostate Churches in America to Africa has been through giving…using the power of Mammon, which is a pretext for spreading The Satanic New World Order America-nized Gospel. Many in Africa because of their plight in poverty don’t question the waters from whence they drink from. They don’t question the contamination of the milk they are getting…as long as it is 90 per cent milk, they will not question the subtle 10 per cent poison meant to kill them spiritually. On the other hand American so-called preachers and missionaries cement their motives by thinking that if they care for the poor and orphans in Africa, then they would have done Jesus Christ a great service and as such expand what they think is the kingdom of God yet what they propagate are their American denominations always giving handouts of half truth and lies. Jesus was so clear to His disciples when He warned then against the yeast of the Pharisees and Herod – the teachings of the False Leaders and Political Christianity. The Paul in the letter to the Galatians warns the Christians of the same…
Galatians 5:9
9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
So, half-truth is no good truth at all but lies. The notion that it is okay to take 90 percent truth and accept 10 per cent deceit from false teachers, hypocrisy and lies from Satan is no truth at all…the little leaven leaveneth the whole lump…be aware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees for it is hypocrisy.
This is what has killed the Church, especially in America where the same lies are propagated around the world. Half-truth and half lies is nothing but mere propaganda. The churches have become propaganda centers for the New World Order. It is a form of Mind Control and manipulation by those in Christian leadership. No true Christian can have a flourishing spiritual life in such churches. The leaders of these Mind Controlled churches always claim that “there is no church that preaches all truth” – this is in itself a lie and I urge saints to avoid such “men of God”.
Matthew 16: 5-12
5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. 8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? 9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Luke 12: 1-3
1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops
Spending Millions with Strings Attached…
So, we hear churches and pastors boast of how they are to spend millions to care for the orphans and poor in Africa yet behind the curtains they are in usury schemes to collect more offertories for their ministries and gain accolades of men as being so humanitarian. So, in most cases you find out that the entire project they run across Africa are a means for survival and gain from them. It is how they benefit. That is why most of the so-called Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) spend huge amount of donor funds on so-called administrative costs, which can be defined as anything, and as such the poor become a source of means for survival…
Social Works Not Gospel of Jesus Christ…
So, giving powered by mammon become a conduit for manipulations and certainly evil and distortion of Truth and The Gospel. While I do appreciate the need to help the needy in Africa by clothing the needy and feeding the hungry, which should even be done at a greater degree, I do believe that we cannot substitute the Gospel of Jesus Christ that saves man from sin with American noodle soup gospel. The greatest need for any human soul is Jesus Christ and His Cross…we cannot pretend that we are preaching the gospel by simply giving hand outs yet deny these souls the message of salvation through Jesus Christ.
African Man seen as ‘Evil’ and ‘Corrupt’…
It is at this point that American Christian NGOs and Missionaries feel the need to assert control. The African man is always seen as the most corrupt and unable to care to his own business, therefore these missionaries engage in a colonial and imperialistic mode of imposing their “managerial skills’ on the “less skilled” Africans. The result is a perpetual dependency on Western Aid and Donor funds with the Africans conditioned to think that they can never take control of their own affairs – Total Mind Control.
Poor African Bewitched by Denominational Funding…
These missionaries backed by humongous denominational funding always seek to impose the doctrines NOT of Christ Jesus but that of their American Denomination. The poor Africans will never question the “generous” missionary simply because they see it as the only way to escape their predicament of vicious poverty…as such they will accept any false doctrines and drink from mudded waters that flow from the ponds of the Apostate American Christianity.
Giving By American Evangelicals Neo-Imperialistic…
Giving by American Christian Denominations has become a Neo-Imperialistic and Neo-colonial New World Order adventure. These well established American Christian denominations see the poor in Africa as subjects who they must control and indoctrinate so as to expend their statistics and enlarge their checking accounts with huge donor funds from unsuspecting American Christians happy with the “Church Growth” of their denominations and what they see as a spread of Christianity with combined American democracy and so-called freedoms.
Be Aware of Yeast of Herod…
As mentioned earlier, there is always a link between the Religious Right America in and The Neo-con Political America. We are witnessing history repeat itself with the saying come true that “Behind the Cross was The Flag”. American Christian Dominionism together with all who perpetrate it has become one of the most repugnancies and smears from Satan against the True Christians who have nothing at all to do with such hypocrisy. American Christians, because of their affluence and wealth have resorted to worshiping the god of Mammon and use Missions as a means of gain from other Americans while at the same time blinding the Africans from a true personal relationship with Jesus Christ that has no imperialistic string attachment to it.
Jesus saw such hypocrisy and warned his disciples against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees…and interestingly, also the yeast of Herod…
Mark 8:14-19
14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
Jesus Christ warns us first of the Yeast of The Pharisees and Second The Yeast of Herod. We know that the Pharisees represented The Religious Right of that day and all those who wanted to be seen as holy yet practiced deceit in darkness. They used good to pretend to be good on the outwards but the good acts were mere strings to bind yokes on those under them. The Pharisees just like the American Religious Right and Dominionism Movement had political backing…and that was King Herod who surprisingly loved to be seen as a solutions provider, and loved to be worshiped. He loved to be seen as a protector of religious freedoms of the Jews, yet many saw him as a traitor, even the Pharisees, but used him anyway to get their agendas done. Herod likewise used the Pharisees to legitimize his authority.
The differences are not so much different today with the advent of the Religious Right Dominion Movement…these are our modern day Pharisees and have a backing of an “evangelical” President of The United States of America who sees these religious lunatics as extending his “Freedoms” around the world. The Political and Religious, the Pharisees and Herod, all joining hands to establish deceit and lies as they push forward for world Dominionism.
Yes, Jesus Christ warned us against such ‘Political Christianity’…
Jesus Christ was very adamant about such hypocrisy and said that we are to be aware of the Yeast of The Pharisees and The Yeast of Herod. Now, many are surprised that Jesus Christ would attack such a political figure as Herod…some Christians who will read this will be mad and go like…”oh no! How can he attack our Christian Brother, The evangelical President of the USA?” Jesus Christ was very clear…the Yeast of Herod was to be rejected…the usury of politicians to use Christianity to foster their agendas was and is to be rejected by all Christians.
The recent usury demonstrated by the Herods of our day in the US has brought disdain to The Name of The Lord Jesus Christ. The war in Iraq had a blessing on many American non discerning Christians who bought into the Herod Yeast and with the blessings of the Yeast of the Religious Right Evangelicals, these poor Christians were deceived into a war that turned out to be lies and greed of the Rich Men of The Earth who are waging wars for Oil.
The Church in America has become so tied with the Political and that is what they are propagating around the world. That is the essence of Dominion Christianity. They see themselves as taking over politics and as such ushering in Jesus Christ’s Kingdom by having so-called Christian nations and so-called Christian politicians. This is the doctrine that was used to support GW Bush to office in America and support his imperialistic wars in Iraq for oil with lies as evidence…such Christianity is NOT and we should separate from such Political Evangecalism…
It is sad that Christians in Africa are drinking from the same cup of deceit from American Evangelical Political Christianity. As Christians it is time we renounce such activities, repent and love Jesus Christ, flee from such hideous yeast of Pharisees and Herod of Today.
So, the business of using missions to bind Africans in another form of religious slavery and form denominational colonies is absurd and a reproach to the preaching of the true gospel.
Racist and Fascist Missionary Mentality…
Because of this racist mentality by American missionaries, African peoples have resorted to see themselves and not real men and people who cannot think for themselves but have to wait on the white man from America to think and make plans for them. The American Pharisee Missionaries have succeeded in their mind control mission. It is interesting that American missionaries claim that handling of their institutions to the African Man will ruin their missions still largely control most of the missions and bible colleges being setup in Africa today. Most of the churches bare overtly mark of Americanization with no shame to these missionaries. The simple fact they give is that they supply money and resources and therefore Micro and Macro Manage the African Christian Man. This has been one of the greatest setbacks in developing true leadership in African Christian Communities. The whole notion is racist and at the very best fascist.
This mentality being fostered by American Missions is a very big hindrance to the furthering of the gospel in many parts of Africa and the cried a lot about 10-40 Window. American Missionaries see themselves with the ordained right, skills and endeavors from Heaven of fulfilling these missions. However, the mentality is sorely based on the dominion gospel that sees American Christians take all nations for Christ.
America-nized Christian Culture a Reject…
There are many setbacks that many have endeavored to write about on this subject. I for one being from Africa see that American Culture is constantly being rejected by thousands around the world, they are drained of all the imperialistic predilection that is portrayed by the religious right and neo-con politicians in America. They see this as an invasion to take away their religious freedoms and political freedoms and get imposed with the religion of GW Bush and his Neo-cons. However, dominionist American Missionaries refuse to see this and instead think that money will buy blessings. The poor Africans in turn resort to siphoning all the monies from the West while themselves turning corrupt more than their western dominionist sponsors…thus fulfilling the sayings of Jesus Christ to the Pharisees…
Matthew 23:15
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Making Twice The Sons of Hell…
So, shame and reproach is brought on The Name of The Lord in Africa by Christians who end up becoming more corrupt and reprobate than their American TV Evangelists and Denominational Missionaries who care more about expending their kingdoms. African Christians are now being turned into twice sons of hell than the American Evangelical political Christians. It is time to repent from all these dead works of men. I call upon African Christians to Repent and Turn Back to The True Word of God, a life of holiness, purity and righteousness, until we no longer live but Jesus Christ lives in us for His glory as we totally submit to Him alone and not to the laws and rulings of the America-nized Man.
American Missionary-ism is over!!!
At this point I would like to say that the American Missionary Enterprise is over! Yes, Missionary work, as we know it today will cease and stop because it has become a reproach before The Lord and His saints around the world. The era of American Denominational worldwide evangelism is over! This is a very hard saying and many will disagree…especially the imperialistic American dominion evangelicals. However, those who will critically look at these things will see otherwise. American evangelical Dominion Christianity is nothing but simply a push and extension of the American Empire and not the True and Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is coming to an end and will not endure in the end times. It will not endure the great tribulations. Thanks to Jesus Christ for the great tribulation because it will be a time for cleansing and purification of the Church and death dead works of men such as the pathetic Dominion Evangelical Christianity.
Matthew 23:13
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Some of the False Peace and Security America-nized Church Doctrines…
Once Saved Always Saved…
Raptured Away before the Tribulation…
Peace Prosperity, Tithe Gospel – Bribe God To ‘Get Rich Quick’ Theology…
Purpose Driven Satanic Gospel – Goats are driven but Sheep are led…
False Patriotism – ‘God Bless America Political Christianity’…
Dominionism – Christian Political Takeover of all Nations for Christ…
Commercialized Christianity – Sell DVDs Books, CDs and all spiritual junk food…
Rejection of God’s Ordained Five Fold Ministry Leadership…
Rejection of God’s Truth, His Word…
Rejection of Holiness, Purity, and Righteousness…
Rejection of The Holy Spirit – “I am already filled” Baptist nonsense and stupidity…
Christian Feminism, usurping Man’s Authority and destroying leadership…
One-Man CEO Pastor Churches/Ministries – Doctrine of the Nicolaitanes…
Multi-Million Dollar Mega Church Building Theologies…
Seeker Friendly Christianity – Friends of the World = World in Church…
False Church Growth and Home Cell Movement – Playing The ‘Number’s Game’…
False Worldwide American Missionary Outreaches – New World Order CIA Cover…
…And many more…
What to do…
>>Totally Surrender Your Life To Jesus Christ
>>Surrender yourself under the Covering of Jesus Christ and NOT any Man! Yes, don’t be accountable to mere Men to please Men, be accountable directly to the word of God, to Jesus Christ… Man cannot help, cursed is he who trusts Man, Trust Jesus Christ…
>>His Word…Study God’s Word
>>Holiness… Live a life of Holiness; separate from ALL that which is unholy…
>>Simple Fasted Lifestyle, stop hoarding wealth, stop that nonsense, it won’t help you a bit... live a simple life, if you have food, water and a roof over your head, that should be enough…
>>Be ready to suffer for Christ Jesus holding His Testimony True even unto death…
>>Preach The Gospel…preach repentance as in the Bible and not smooth-talker messages from corrupt and filthy American pulpits…
>>Be filled with The Holy Spirit, Yes Be filled with The Holy Spirit just like it happened in The book of Acts, stop your Baptist preconceived Ideas and nonsense and repent of them and Be filled with The Holy Spirit and learn to pray and worship in the Spirit.
>>Prayer and Fasting…you will need to develop a devotion of prayer and forgo meals, yes fasting, it is hard work but you will need that…maybe that will help you loose some pounds…LOL!
>>Ask The Lord what He requires of you…His Will For Your Life
>>Meet and Fellowship with those of like-mind, who call on The Name of The Lord and will challenge you to a deeper Personal Relationship with Jesus Christ, to Holiness, Purity and Righteousness… Leave Babylonian Churches, yes, it is time to leave All Purpose Driven Prosperity Churches that do nothing but exalt Man. Yes, leave America-nized Churches and leaders…
>>Care for the Poor, Orphans and the Neglected of This world.
Your Brother In Christ
Kato Mivule
Won't Remove Article from Website
http://www.isrp.org/GuestCommentaries/mivulecom080206.htm
by Kato Mivule
Commentary on The Antipas Article...
July 29, 2006
The original URL for this article is:
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Articles/Article4.htm
African Christians Awake, Babylon USA Not a Friend...Antipas New!
Babylon and her scramble for African resources using Christianity as a pretext...
"Behind the Cross, was the Flag"...African Independence Activists and their description of Western Missionaries...
America is Babylon, Virgin Daughter of Babylon, and Daughter of Babylon spoken about in:Isaiah 13, Isaiah 14, Isaiah 47, Isaiah 48, Jeremiah 50, Jeremiah 51, Habakkuk 1:1-2, Zechariah 5:5-11, Revelations 17, Revelations 18.
America is head of all Religious, Political, Social, Economical, Physical and Greater Babylon...
I believe that there is that Greater Babylon but America in Rev 17 is not only the head of the Religious Babylon but also Physical Babylon...
...and God's command is to come out of her and flee from her midst...Amen
I have received e-mails from American Christians requesting that I remove this article from this website because Antipas Ministry is "Apostate" and spreading "Hate". Though I don't agree with S.R. Shearer and Antipas Ministries on 'every topic' but when it comes to this article, they are right on the mark and I will not allow myself to be deceived by some naive Americans that what is happening in Africa courtesy of the American Missionaries is "not happening".
I will not pretend that these facts are not true simply because I want to please some Americans. What is stated in this article is very, very true and regardless of what problems some American Christians have with S.R. Shearer and Antipas Ministries, what was said in the article is truth and is exactly what is happening on the ground here in Africa...I am a witness.
I don't deny the fact that some good missionaries have helped Africans here and are helping out...in most cases, these Missionaries come alone and are not part of the American Christian Enterprise, and currently many are undoing what the American Missionary Enterprise has done to Africa...I am not blind about that fact.
The Whole so-called Missionary Projects by American Christian Denominations to Africa and the 10-40 window is a false and a counterfeit. I have written about this in my articles... 'Americanized Christianity, Another Gospel to Africa'; 'Jesus Christ, an Offence To Westernized Christianity'; 'The Laodicean American Church in Bed with Another Lover'; 'Transformations II, Political Christianity, and False African Revivals'.
American Christianity is an Abomination, an evil, detestable and only corrupts. Currently in Africa, we are facing apostasy in Churches courtesy of Americanized Christianity.
Having said that, I know very well, that there is a remnant in America and the Lord knows them, they are not part of this false religious-political system and The Lord is calling them to come out of this Babylonian System (Daughter of Babylon = USA). To simply deny the link between American Political System and the False Christianity in America is a evil and being very, very unjust.
Just because American Christians give money to Africa does not make their Political - Christianity alliance right. In Africa, we pray that we should not fall into the same trap and as such True Christians in Africa stand out as a witness against the whole American Christian Babylonian enterprise that it is false, apostate, and an abomination before God of Heaven and all True Christians in America should NEVER be apart of it and should come out of it.
So, for those who think Truth is Hate, go ahead and call it that...call evil good and good evil, or simply play ignorance and 'self righteousness' for which I have seen a lot in America and especially among 'American Christians'...Many think that the USA is so holy and righteous and deny the fact that her Christianity has been soiled by her political alliance with the American State and even gone further to make other nations drunk with the same apostasy of Dominionism, religious right movement and other abominable "Christian social practices...
True American Christians are to come out of such diabolical alliances and renounce such associations and be a True Witness for Jesus Christ against such False Christianity that has been birthed, groomed and natured in America and certainly for American Hegemonic Interests.
Those who refuse to come out from such a filthy American Christian Dominionist Enterprise are also doomed for Hell, unless they repent. America is the greatest nation on planet earth in regards to Political, Social, Religious, and Economic Hegemony and as such receives the greatest rebukes and judgment from The Lord.
This writer has also studied and lived in America for seven years until he 'Came Out' of America and as such I know Africa very well and I know America very well. I am not a fool, stupid, or seeking some gain out of this...The American Hegemony is evil and on a collision course with God Almighty for Judgment. America among all nations will receive the severest of judgments...Amen.
The fact is that we have gained nothing from so-called missionaries from the America Christian Enterprise here in Africa apart from Apostasy, materialism, control, manipulation, denominations, divisions, spiritual whoredoms, spiritual harlotry, and spiritual imperialism.
Just check and see what the likes of Benny Hinn, TD Jakes, Joyce Meyer, Rick Warren and other American Liars and Apostates are doing here in Africa. African Christians lost their religious and spiritual liberties to American Preachers, Denominations, controllers etc...we don't want to be a part of that American religious political system anymore. Jesus Christ and True Christianity is not American and will NEVER be!
Please, those among the so-called remnant movement in America, don't send me your emails of how you hate each other and how many divisions you have among yourselves. How such and such remnants are evil and you are okay, how, America is not Babylon etc...I am tired of such emails; they are nauseating, nasty, bogus, and not helpful at all. I don't need your divisions, and Africa does not need them...
If you have problems among your selves, contact the very persons involved and solve them. The fact that the whole so-called end time remnant movement in America is filled with hate, divisions, makes me believe it is false and a counterfeit! The Problem among you all is AMERICA. So, my simple advice is Come out of her! Rev 18:4...
Revelation 18:4
(4) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Kato Mivule
Uganda, Africa
WHAT BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS CAN'T SEE THE NON CHRISTIANS READ THE BIBLE AND SEE THAT THE CHRISTIANITY OF PROSPERITY PREACHERS LIKE KAYANJA IS A FRAUD.REMEMBER CHRIST SAID THE CHILDREN OF THIS WORLD ARE IN THEIR GENERATION WISER THAN THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT.
SEE Kevin O'Connor'S ARTICLE
Is Pastor Robert Kayanja’s Christianity Christian?
September 17, 2006
ROVING EYE
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/OConnor/Is_Pastor_Robert_Kayanja_s_Christianity_Christian.shtml
Pastor Robert Kayanja is rarely out of the news. Recently, there has been his alleged involvement in a wine smuggling racket. I have no idea whether there is any truth in these allegations, but what I do know is that it takes an immensely rich and powerful man to have organised and funded the large newspaper advertisements that subsequently appeared denying his involvement in the smuggling scandal.
Kayanja oozes and drips wealth. According to The Red Pepper (September 2 2006 Page 2) he owns:
Rubaga Miracle Cathedral;
Highway Holiness International, an NGO with many American links;
Robert Kayanja Ministries, an NGO with over 1000 branches in Uganda and the USA;
a house in Chicago;
businesses in the USA;
innumerable Mercedes Benz and land cruisers;
a private jet
Furthermore, Kayanja is building a magnificent house at Ggaba on the shores of Lake Victoria. Last Sunday, at his Rubaga Miracle Centre his reaction to critics who say he is amassing wealth and building a palace in Ggaba, was: "It's none of their business!"
I find Kayanja's version of Christianity most distasteful. Jesus Christ lived in, and amongst, the poor. He travelled not in a private jet but on a donkey, whose modern day equivalent would perhaps be a bicycle or a boda boda. And should Jesus have flown in a plane, he would surely have accompanied the less wealthy passengers in economy class.
But that would not be good enough for Pastor Robert Kayanja. According to the same Red Pepper article: "The Kampala staff and ticketing agents of his favourite airline, British Airways, privately express surprise and concern that while some religious leaders fly aboard British Airways in any class available, Kayanja, who pastors a church of ordinary struggling Ugandans, can splash large amounts of money on First Class travel."I spoke to three Ugandans, and I found it reassuring that none of them respected Kayanja.
Catharine, a 20-year old athlete and a born-again Christian, drew upon that famous verse in the Bible: "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." (Mathew 19:24).
As Joachim Buwembo rightly pointed out (The East African, June 27 2006, P 15) this is a verse "you are not likely to hear anymore crossing a preacher's lips. Many a pastor has probably already deleted it from his Bible."But the verse had not been deleted from Catharine's brain. She commented: "The Bible says a certain man asked Jesus how he could enter God's Kingdom. Jesus said that he should sell everything and give to the poor. Rich pastors, if they are genuine, should give back their wealth to the poor. "Yusuf, a 25-year old computer engineer, had no doubts as to what motivates rich pastors:
"These people, the so called pastors, are out to make money. They go out there in developed countries asking money from people who are actually serious with Christian religion. And when they get this money, they come back here build a simple church using a quarter of what they were given. And the rest of the money is his and his family. They are just making money - their Christianity, I doubt."
But the most forceful views were those of Stephen, a 31-year old IT professional. Almost yelling, he told me:
"It is wrong for a man of God to be so filthy rich. But this is the way the whole pentecostal church thing has gone." "And what, Stephen, do you think of Pastor Kayanja's 'it's none of their business' reaction to those who criticise his huge wealth?"
"It is total nonsense!" replied Stephen. "A church is a public thing. He has to be accountable. People rightly want to know how he lives his life and what his values are. He is a public figure, full stop. That 'mind your business' statement is so annoying. Does Miracle Centre have audited books? I know KPC has."
Today, Sunday, I will not be in the Rubaga Miracle Centre, but hopefully watching Manchester United V Arsenal. Pastor Robert Kayanja, you can keep your form of Christianity. It is not for me, nor for my three Ugandan friends.
kevin@imul.com
Commentary By Kato Mivule
Sept 19 2006
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Commentary/Comment52.htm
>>Is Pastor Robert Kayanja's Christianity Christian?...Monitor
>>Smuggled Wine Held at TBN's Televangelist Million Dollar Home in Africa...All Africa
>>TBN Televangelist refutes Wine Saga...defends "Prosperity" Teaching...Kayanja.org
>>When Evil Turns Water Into Wine...Monitor
>>Africa's TBN Preacher is "Renown"...
A Crisis (actually a shaking) is happening in Uganda as the main leaders of the Prosperity Movement are having almost daily appearances in the local press concerning their wealth, greed, materialism, and misrepresentation of Jesus Christ...most notably is one preacher who is a darling of TBN TV and recently 'smugglers' managed to 'use' his highly secure million dollar house in Africa to smuggle top world class wines into the country...
When responding to his critics concerning his wealth, this preacher told them "to mind their own business"...I will have more on this topic soon...
I recently wrote a pastor of a Mega Church with a powerful FM Radio ministry in Kampala concerning the Apostasy and Greed taking place in mainly Kampala Churches , I warned him about the coming judgment as stipulated in scripture and that it begins in God's House, and the Call to Repentance...This "pastor" responded to me that I was only "self-conceited"...this same "pastor" claims blindly that "revival" is happening in Uganda...well, now the Chickens come home to roast...I am not rejoicing over this but saddened and grieved because of the rebellion of such "pastors" (Oh, maybe 'imposters') today against God's Word to which we hold ourselves accountable...
Most of this prosperity movement is a mirror of the rotten and stinking prosperity and political Christian movement of the West...The So-called Christian Right and their bogus "Christian" agendas...Pastors leave Africa and go and beg these imposters who purport to be Christian men in the West and in exchange they return to Africa spreading Western Christianity or Political Christian Dominionism and the expansion of the American Hegemony...The world clearly sees this, those who are not born again see that this is not the Jesus Christ of the Bible and something is wrong...they are right.
Just as the Prosperity Movement in the West is very Political, i.e. folks like Pat Robertson and John Hagee, so is the Prosperity Movement in Uganda, it is so politically involved with the state and such is the unholy alliance between Church and State...we see preachers who claim to have access to the State House (Uganda's Equivalent of the White House) more often they desire than any Minister, or MP (Senator)...
These folks don't worship the True Jesus Christ of The Bible, they worship the god of Mammon and the god of political power, they are imposters, thieves, robbers and have turned God's House into a political den of thieves and robbers...avoid such folks...to these guys, godliness is a means of gain...
Jesus Christ and the Apostles foretold of the great falling away or the Apostasy that would happen at the end of age and Africa has not been immune to it courtesy of so-called western missionaries, bogus and greedy Western Televangelists parading so-called Christian TVs like TBN, and now infamous conmen pretending to be "anointed" preachers of mega churches in Kampala (Uganda's Capital) here in Africa....There is still a chance for forgiveness before The Lord and He is calling on you all preachers who are in this "prosperity" movement to REPENT least you perish! I will have more on this soon...Kato Mivule
Prosperity Gospel - A Gospel Of The Antichrist
By Kato Mivule
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Commentary/Comment53.htm
October 8, 2006
1 John 4:1-6
(1) Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
(2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
(3) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
(4) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
(5) They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
(6) We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh...this is the spirit of the Antichrist... However, the 'confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh' is not a mere outside mouth confession or a religious confession in church but an acknowledgment, realization, submission to The Lordship of Jesus Christ in our personal life and from the heart to the fact that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh...that He reigns as Lord in our personal lives.
1 John 4:2
(2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
It is the recognition, realization, submission, and obedience to the Life, Authority, Power, Lordship, Command, Word of God, and Life of Suffering, of Jesus Christ. So, this is not just mere confession on the outside that “Jesus Christ is come in the flesh” yet when one’s life and heart are totally contrary to the ‘Life of Jesus Christ in the Flesh’.
'Confess' in Greek...
G3670
ὁμολογέω
homologeō
hom-ol-og-eh'-o
From a compound of the base of G3674 and G3056; to assent, that is, covenant, acknowledge: - con- (pro-) fess, confession is made, give thanks, promise.
So, the Greek word that John used here ‘confess’ is ‘homologeo’ meaning…
· To Assent...
· Covenant…
· Acknowledge…
· Confess…
· Give Thanks…
So, the verse above speaks about not only confessing the that 'Christ Jesus is come in the flesh' but obeying Jesus Christ and living the life of Jesus Christ in us. Just as Christ Jesus walked in the flesh, so we follow His example and we too walk a life that is dead to this world, sin and evil and live the life of Jesus Christ in us.
This means total obedience to the commands of Jesus Christ in us. It means dying to the things of the world and the pleasures of the world. It means carrying our cross and following Jesus Christ daily.
If we Confess, Acknowledge, Realize, Covenant, Assent that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, then we live that life of suffering just as Jesus Christ suffered, we live the life of the cross, we then love the things Jesus Christ loves and hate what He hates. This means not being a friend of the world and not loving the things that are in the world. It means 100% obedience to Christ Jesus regardless of the price and cost, even if it means our very lives.
1 John 4:3
(3) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
The Antichrist spirit confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh...this is a spirit of rebellion that does not realize, acknowledge, submit to the Lordship and Life of Jesus Christ. This Antichrist spirit submits to the things of the world, to the life and lordship of the world, riches, materialism, silver, gold, and submission to man.
The deceptiveness about this Antichrist spirit is it's characteristic of hypocrisy; religious Christians in this category merely “confess” that Jesus Christ is Lord and that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh but they do not obey the commands of The Lord...they merely say Lord, Lord but don't do the things The Lord commands...
Matthew 7:19-23
(19) Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
(20) Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
(21) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
(22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
(23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
It is interesting to note that the ‘Confess Jesus Christ is come in the flesh’ is in present tense and not past. Christ Jesus dwells in those who obey his commands, those who love Him, His saints, His True Church…and in Him we live, move, and have our being.
Acts 17:28
(28) For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
'Is come' in Greek...
G2064
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
er'-khom-ahee
Middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred [middle voice] word, ἐλεύθομαι eleuthomai or ἔλθω elthō; which do not otherwise occur); to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively): - accompany, appear, bring, come enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.
So, the 'Is Come' in Greek is 'erchomai' generally meaning here...
· Accompany
· Appear
· Bring
· Come
· Enter
· Fall Out
· Go
· Grow
The life we live, we live in Christ Jesus and Jesus Christ in us. We don't live on our own but submit to His will and obey His commandments. Such a life is a life of the Cross, it is not a life of pleasures of this world as the Prosperity preachers desire us to believe.
Galatians 2:20
(20) I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
If Christ Jesus lives in us then we shall follow after His leading and example and not conform to the standards of this world.
For Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever…as He walked, so does He still walk, and so will He walk and even so we ought to walk after His likeness and character...
Jesus Christ was not parading around in the best SUV, Corporate Jet, designer clothing, million dollar houses, fat bank accounts, expensive vacations and cruises...Jesus Christ lived a simple life, a life that was not attached to the riches of this world and not a friend to the powerful and the elite. Jesus Christ reached out to the sinners, sick and the poor of His day and so must we if Christ Jesus truly dwells in us and if we truly confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh....
James 4:4-5
(4) Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
(5) Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Prosperity Preachers always speak about terms like 'increase', 'going to the next level', 'being fruitful', 'divine favor in the world and business', financial increase, influence...and many other blasphemous terms...what the Prosperity teachers are doing is conforming Christian to the world and submission to man...this is the spirit of the Antichrist that 'Confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh'...
Brothers and Sisters be forewarned that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God. Those preachers who seduce you to such philosophies are liars and wolves in sheepskin seeking only to destroy your faith in Christ Jesus.
Now, many prosperity preachers argue that they also take care of the poor, orphans and help the sick but this is just Hypocrisy 101; these greedy preachers simply throw money in orphanages and pretend to help the poor not because they love to but because they seek to use the poverty of the poor for their own gain...
They get more donations when they show pictures of the poor to their donors...they pretend to preach the gospel but what they preach is heresy...their care for the poor is nothing but pure hypocrisy...they are like the IMF and World Bank “giving” Africans “Grants” which they expect Africans to repay somehow somewhere sometime in the future back to the world's elite Bankers - IMF and World Bank.
John 15:4
(4) Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Hebrews 13:8
(8) Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
1 John 2:6
(6) He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
So, we understand that the “confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh” has to do with our total obedience to Jesus Christ, abiding in Him, He abiding in us and them we as a must, walking even as Jesus Christ walked…
We now understand that we must bear fruit and that fruit is the Life, character and likeness of Jesus Christ in us…walking just as He walked…acknowledging that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh…He abides in us even to this day, therefore His character and likeness is not just historical and past and irrelevant as the world says but is and must be manifest in us today…
So, we take a moment and ask our selves, did Jesus Christ live a life of materialism, worldliness, greed, sin, hate, murder, jealousy, political Christianity?…which things, sad to say is what many Christians are walking in today blinded by foolish pastors and so-called apostles (actually apostates) who are busy committing adultery with the world and loving the things of the world.
1 John 2:15-18
(15) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
(16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
(17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
(18) Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
The spirit of the Antichrist is that which causes men to love the world and hate Christ and become enemies of God. Brothers and Sisters, let us watch and be very careful, today's prosperity preachers are agents of the Antichrist regardless of if they know it or not...the gospel of prosperity, riches and materialism is one that conforms Christians to the standards of this world while hypocritically using The Name of Jesus Christ.
Now, you CANNOT love Jesus Christ and at the same time love the things of the world such as materialism, posh cars first class air travel, the best cars – SUVs, Gulf Stream Jets, Million Dollar houses, huge dollar bank accounts, fame, upper class neighborhoods, the rich, powerful politicians and so forth…all best the world can give…
The prosperity gospel conforms people to love the things of this world and as such makes Christians friends with this world and as such they become enemies of God.
You cannot love such and think that you are abiding in Christ Jesus…those who think in such a way are hoodwinked and bewitched by Satan himself…and such is the prosperity doctrine and purpose driven life of lies and a life outside Jesus Christ.
Those who live in such lies called “prosperity gospel” will never be fruitful with The Life of Jesus Christ in them…they will never ‘Confess, acknowledge, realize, assent, covenant, that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh’; they will always say that “Jesus Christ CAME in the flesh”…such is the spirit of the Antichrist…the spirit of the world and love for the things of the world…the spirit that rejects continual submission to the Lordship, Character, and Likeness of Jesus Christ.
1 John 2:15-19
(15) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
(16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
(17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
(18) Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
(19) They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
The Antichrist spirit is very much connected to the love of the world and things of the world...
Those who love the world and the things of the world have no love of the Father in them… These are they that refuse to ‘confess, acknowledge, and assent that Jesus Christ IS COME in the flesh’; they refuse the Lordship and Life of Christ Jesus in their personal lives…
Such is the Prosperity Movement…this Movement is one that promises Christians riches here on earth and the best of the world here in this dying world that is certainly passing away. The prosperity movement is one that subtly indoctrinates its believers to love the world and the things of the world and in the process, they do away with the Love of The Father and ‘Confess Not that Jesus Christ IS COME in the flesh’…this is a movement of rebellion and as such it is an Antichrist Movement.
Sad to note is the fact that many churches here in Africa are being swept by this diabolical movement called the prosperity and purpose driven movement… TBN TV is the greatest dispenser of this World Love prosperity and purpose driven venom from the Antichrist.
I sometimes wonder why these TBN guys don’t stop their broadcasts here in Africa…we don’t need such venom, we are tired of it and please TBN keep your Antichrist programming to yourself. We shall have our bibles, those will be enough for us.
We are tired of such lies like “Enjoying Everyday Life” with Joyce Meyer, not forgetting Benn Hinn’s Jet purchase campaigns…
Benn Hinn says that we should give him money so he can buy a new plane and that we so send him to preach the gospel around the world…we are tired of such lies, we don’t see Jesus Christ in such, we don’t see, His character and likeness in such preachers but greed, materialism, covetousness, merchandising and selling of all those small idols Benn Hinn loves to call gifts for the price of donations from his viewers, and sure enough this is an Antichrist spirit!
Sad and so sad is the fact that the ‘emperor walks naked’ and does not even realize it…the TBN promotion of such filth around the world is such and simply a walking naked emperor here on Africa’s airwaves.
Revelation 3:17-18
(17) Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
(18) I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
What amazes me is the fact that despite heavy criticism against the prosperity movement and its preachers, many of them still continue to stubbornly preach this Antichrist Gospel of riches, fame, ‘getting to the next level’ “being fruitful” which is nothing other than love for the world.
Brethren, truly this is the last hour just as The Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostles warned us 2000 years ago about the great deception that would happen prior to The Lord's Second coming.
The storms of deception are blowing left and right and against the people of God, those who call themselves after the name of The Lord.
Deception is so rampant that Pastors of churches and Christians are giving themselves over to the overt love for the things of the world.
The deception is packaged to seduce Christians in accepting a “good” life in the world. They are promised the 'best in the world' if they 'saw' seeds of faith... The talk in Christendom these days is about being “fruitful” and getting to the “next level” but the fruitfulness spoken about by these imposters who pretend to be pastors is all about getting more influence, materialism, riches and money in the world.
The “next level” that these false apostles speak about is all about “getting to the next level” in the social ladders of the affluent societies...this is the gospel of elitism and it only leads towards destruction.
Sad it is to say that the greatest proponents today are the Western Preachers and Pastors, almost 99 per cent of TBN TV is about the promotion for love of the world and the things of the world.
We in Africa are daily being bombarded by the false teachings on TBN about a “good life”, “being fruitful”, and “ getting to the next level” by mainly American preachers and America-nized preachers...
When one turns on Christian TV, all you see and hear is a gospel that speaks not about the cross of Jesus Christ but about “making it in life”, all we hear constantly is the heresy and error by such speakers as Joyce Meyer, and not to mention Kenneth Copeland and his “Faith” programs...all these guys do is speak about being conformed to the world...
Brethren, those who want blunt discernment concerning TBN TV, here is it...this is a TV that promotes a false gospel, another gospel, a gospel of the Antichrist, a gospel that conforms believers to love the world and to get justification from man. Yes, regardless of how many innocent and sincere preachers are on this TV, they have been blinded by the god of this world and to seduce and deceive believers in loving the world while hypocritically singing the Name of Jesus Christ.
These are the last days and the Antichrist does not come dressed in Halloween attire, the Antichrist comes dressed in business attire - in a corporate suit and a briefcase full of 100 US Dollars bill notes, credit and debit cards, with a brand new SUV, flies in a personal corporate Gulf Stream jet, being welcomed on pulpits every Sunday, and having his programs aired across the world on "Christian TV", while promising millions peace, prosperity, and a good life here on earth...
It is no wonder that his (antichrist) gospel connects well with the elite political establishment; they are all seeking peace and prosperity...and the establishment know that what some “Christians” need today is just money and 'making it in life', the very thing the Antichrist is willing to offer in his peace and prosperity initiatives...
1 Timothy 6:3-10
(3) If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
(4) He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
(5) Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
(6) But godliness with contentment is great gain.
(7) For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
(8) And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
(9) But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
(10) For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
For the love of money is the source of all evil...don't be deceived, you cannot serve Jesus Christ and at the same time serve money...the prosperity preachers are liars and deceivers who desire us to believe that we can love Jesus Christ and money at the same time...those who heed these wolves who love to call themselves prosperity teachers and 'enjoying everyday life' preachers are doomed for destruction...brethren, repent!
Brethren, come out from such, be separate and The Lord will receive you...Amen
Revelation 18:4
(4) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
(14) Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
(15) And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
(16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
(17) Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
(18) And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
In Christ Jesus
Kato Mivule
Uganda, Africa
America-nized Christianity, ‘Another Gospel’ To Africa
By Kato Mivule
October 10, 2005
http://www.yesumulungi.com/Commentary/Comment33.htm
Galatians 1:3-12
3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
God Knows The True Western Humble Servants to Africa...
It is with a great burden and sorrow, filled with brokenness that I write this article. I would like to clear the air by first acknowledging all the hundreds of Western humble servants of Christ Jesus who out of Love for Him from a pure heart with no strings associated, have laid down their lives for the brethren in Africa. I would say with all humility, that my prayers are with them constantly that you will continue in this good work, standing on God’s True Holy Word and pointing all men to nothing but Jesus Christ who alone is able to save.
These Western Christians have sacrificed all they have to see that the gospel is preached in Truth to this continent that once hosted Jesus Christ in His young days while He and His earthly parents, Joseph and Mary sought refuge and exiled in Egypt. I do sincerely appreciate all their efforts and I am not blind about them. As I have written before, God truly will reward this unknown men and women of God from The West who have denied themselves earthly pleasures and delicacies to have the True Gospel preached in Africa. Please keep them in your prayers and do support them.
Having said that however, this will not blind me from the deceit and hypocrisy that is blinding the peoples of Africa and especially in Uganda where I grew up; this deceit and hypocrisy being spread overtly and subtly by American Apostate Christianity with the power and anointing from their god called mammon.
I find it very difficult to explain to many Africans that the current gospel they are receiving is one from the main stream Apostate Laodicean American Church that worships, Man and Mammon; a Babylonian Mammon or Money gospel with very dare end time implications that will lead these Christians to worship the Beast and his system. However, someone will have to stand and speak Truth.
Un-Schooling, Un-Learning Westernized Christianity…
It is time to return to the True Gospel of Jesus Christ with no strings attached. It is time to return to The Gospel of Salvation, Holiness, Purity, Simple Lifestyle and not the Western Gospel of Man, Money, Riches, Materialism all in the name of a Purpose Driven Prosperity Gospel.
It is sad that Africa has been blanketed by a TBN False gospel of lies and prosperity overtly while the Rick Warren deceit from hell of a Purpose Driven life spreads subtly in Africa’s wealthy and Urban core.
For this reason, there is a big need to un-school and un-learn what we have been taught by liars and pranks who purport to be bible teachers and missionaries in Africa. It is a time to unplug from the Western Christian Mindset and return back to Simple Bible Truth and walk as the Disciples and Apostles walked in the Book of Acts in this evil last days. The Best Manual we can have in Africa is a Bible and not Bible Colleges, Multi-Million Dollar Churches, and Designer Suit dressed thugs who call themselves men of God.
I won’t keep silent – won’t be threatened…
It is from this point that I cannot keep silent and watch as my fellow brethren in Africa are swept away by the lies and deceit streaming from Lucifer Himself. The Leadership in Africa is partly to blame for turning a blind eye to the Word of God and Truth for money and accolades awarded to them from the Apostate Laodicean Church in America. It is my prayer that God will raise new leaders in Africa. Current leadership has TOTALLY failed and has been ‘bought’ by the Apostate Church of America. They are guilty for exchanging God’s Truth for Money and Accolades.
Because of the extreme poverty and need, African brethren become vulnerable to believing that every thing said and done in The West by American Christians is true and lines up to sound biblical doctrine. There is a lack of sound biblical based critical thinking and often those who arise to challenge the authenticity of the status quo are often maligned and excommunicated and denied fellowship.
The Village Chief Mentality…
This is mainly due to a cultural belief in most if not all African Cultures of never questioning ‘The Village Chief’. Village Chiefs were and are still a very strong authority widely respected in African Cultures. While I have great honor and respect that my African culture taught me in regards to respecting the elderly…which I appreciate so much when placed in perspective to the Western degrading of the elderly to nursing homes, however, we are all personally responsible for the accountability of our personal lives before God. Every one will stand to give account on their own…the Village Chief will too stand to give account for their actions.
The Pastors and leaders in many African Churches have taken on the mantle of a ‘Village Chief’ because of their growing affluence and power, often supplied by Western Preachers who also play usury so as to report ‘Big Numbers of Converts’ to their denominational headquarters in the USA and in return the blind undiscerning American Christians drunk with stupor, fill the offertories of these supposedly ‘missiologists’ who have done such a “great job of winning souls to Jesus Christ”…mammon becomes a factor in such events... Such duplicity certainly waters down the True Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The ‘Village Chief’ mentality has succeeded in turning true ministers of God into dictators, controllers, and manipulators with sponsorship from the American Laodicean Church that cements their legitimacy.
Divide and Rule NWO Hegelian Dialectics…
No wonder it has always been a Hegelian Dialectic principle of the New World Order to Divide and Rule. The Christian Dominations of the West have played this game over and over again. Instead of preaching Jesus Christ they have promoted a false Gospel of denominationalism. You have the Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Charismatics, and Pentecostals; all rushing to get as many converts for themselves and not Jesus Christ. As such American Denominational Christianity has failed greatly in Africa and is just a tool and program for the New World Order to Control and Manipulate Africans and removing Africa’s Religious and Spiritual independence.
The greatest historical lie is that the gospel spread to Africa in the late 1600s, this is a lie and a re-writing of History because the Bible itself disapproves that with the account of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. Countless references in the Old Testament books show the interaction of Africa and Israel; obviously the rulers and cultures of Africa were not blind to The God of Israel… Africa has never been a dark continent as reported by so-called western missionaries who came to exert control and lay ground for a one-world government. It is these political dominion Christian missionaries that were blind and saw darkness in the continent and sadly enough we see their seed arise again preaching Dominion Christianity again through the likes of Rick Warren Purpose Driven Doctrines, TBN Putrid Prosperity Churchianity and False Patriotism Evangelicalism.
New World Order Mind Control and Programming Africa…
So, Africa has suffered divide and rule at the hands of Western Missionaries who have sadly been programmed and Mind Controlled by the New World Order to setup ground for a one world religion and one world government… A 21-century scramble for Africa is under way because of her resources such as Oil, as such The American New World Order sees if fit to manipulate ‘false patriotic’ dominionist Christians to go all around the World and spread a false gospel and totally Mind Control Multitudes upon multitudes in Africa…their mission is almost complete and they have succeeded in giving Africa a false Jesus Christ, they have given Africans an Anti – Christ and not The Real Historical Jesus Christ.
As such they have taken away the spiritual independence of Africans who are no longer accountable directly to Jesus Christ but now have a Western Intermediary through whom they seek accountability to God… This is totally false and it is so sad that with millions and millions of dollars wasted, the counterfeit is what Africans have been given. However, there is good news, The New World Order Religious planners forgot about God and his Sovereignty. They forgot that God does exist, like the bible says the fool says God does not exist… They forgot that God still has a remnant left behind as the majority is taken away or ‘raptured’ or ‘ruptured’ away by False Western Doctrines… :>)
A false Jesus Christ is what the New World Order seeks to spread in Africa to control minds and break any logical and independent thinking among Africans that can offer resistance to Western Christian Ideologies from Hell. So, the saying goes that behind the Cross, was the Flag. So, behind the false western gospel is the New World Order Flag. We must remember that Western Gospel now has to do with ruling and taking over Nations and Cities for Christ – That is the sad and Nazi-ism ideology of Dominion Christianity or Kingdom now theology…
True Saints of God Please Stand up…
It is my prayer, even through this writing that God will raise men and women who will stand on the True Word of God and reject the false gospel being spread around by American Religious Right Apostate Neo-con bewitched lunatic Christians masquerading around the globe as “missionaries” yet seeking to control and manipulate their constituents by imposing subtly and overtly a Gospel filled with Dominionism and Mammon. The Greatest Tool for Discernment is your Bible…The Word of God is enough to help you discern The Lord’s Voice and not follow after Purpose Driven Prosperity Wolves. Anything that is not lined up with scripture, reject…preach the Gospel verse by verse, precept upon precept as in the Book of Acts and not Purpose Driven Books by doctored by power hungry Neo-con Western preachers.
Political America Married to Religious America = Harlotry…
It is interesting that liaison exists between Political America in its manipulation of African Politics for usury and Religious America who see the ‘results’ of the gospel and as catalyst for the expansion and fattening of their checkbooks. The saddest of these is the current marriage of Political America and Religious America, being used by the Neo-Conservatives (Neo-cons) to spread The New World Order (NWO) as reported in a number of Exposes‘.
This marriage is mainly composed of The American Religious Right who see it fit to spread Dominionism around the world and as such seek to pervert the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Africa by spreading their teachings of how Christians must take over governments in Jesus Name just like they did in America by voting for GW Bush back into office. This deceit from The Religious Right in America backed by the power of Mammon has become the most dangerous weapon Satan is using to hoodwink Christians in Africa away from the True Gospel of Jesus Christ and His Sufferings - the Cross. However, The Lord Jesus Christ will no longer stand such duplicity and lies; His True Words will certainly expose the very intents of the heart of men.
Say No to Christian Usury...
I would also like to point out that I am not advocating a gospel of laziness or preaching to Africans that they are not to work and never to fight social ills like illiteracy and corruption that bind them in poverty. I am not rejecting the responsibility of the African Leader; his current failure is a work orchestrated by the New World Order American Christians sent allover the world to weaken The ‘African Man’ with false spirituality and exert on them a capitalistic gospel from New World Order America that lays ground for The New World Order American empire to take over resources such as Oil with no objections. However, African Christians should never turn The Word of God into usury for supposedly promised prosperity. God honors Truth and those who will work under the influence of God’s Truth will surely receive His Justice.
However, the deceit being marketed by American preachers is one of lies and heave from hell that supposes that people can turn The True Word of God into usury so as to get all the prosperity, power, affluence and mammon…this has never been the Gospel and never Truth but lies. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is about forgiveness of sins, deliverance from demonic oppression, and carrying our crosses and following Him. If we love godliness then we must endure sufferings for Christ Jesus…it has been that way for all Christians through the centuries. We in the last days are even to endure more, seven years of tribulation.
Secondly, American preachers are constantly painting a picture through powerful media outlets like TBN that those who supposedly live right as they do will enjoy such an affluent Christian life as shown on TBN. To my number of trips back and fro to Africa, I have seen this deceit over and over again, especially in urban areas were Christians think that True Christianity is one portrayed by Paul Crouch and his preposterous Seed-faith Mammon family. I have found many Christians in Africa wasting resources to build structures just like those rendered on TBN and with all the Red Carpets…they have been bewitched and blinded by Paul Crouch and his fellow preachers in believing such deceit from Satan…this is truly ‘Another Gospel’.
Giving not tantamount to Righteousness…
As I have previously mentioned before, giving is never synonymous with Holiness and righteousness. Reading the bible, one clearly sees Jesus Christ confronting this type of deceit that the Pharisees and Scribes enjoyed to display. For they loved to be seen as the greatest givers and enjoyed the honors accorded to those who gave large sums of money.
Many Christians in the West have been deceived that if the give to Africans or poor people, then they are righteous and holy and therefore see themselves as next to God. Jesus bemused these Pharisees when He categorically charged to their ears that the old lady who gave her button had given more than all the rich men had done. Jesus Christ was not to be deceived, for He checked the hearts of men and motives.
The greatest tool being used by Satan to propagate deceit from the Apostate Churches in America to Africa has been through giving…using the power of Mammon, which is a pretext for spreading The Satanic New World Order America-nized Gospel. Many in Africa because of their plight in poverty don’t question the waters from whence they drink from. They don’t question the contamination of the milk they are getting…as long as it is 90 per cent milk, they will not question the subtle 10 per cent poison meant to kill them spiritually. On the other hand American so-called preachers and missionaries cement their motives by thinking that if they care for the poor and orphans in Africa, then they would have done Jesus Christ a great service and as such expand what they think is the kingdom of God yet what they propagate are their American denominations always giving handouts of half truth and lies. Jesus was so clear to His disciples when He warned then against the yeast of the Pharisees and Herod – the teachings of the False Leaders and Political Christianity. The Paul in the letter to the Galatians warns the Christians of the same…
Galatians 5:9
9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
So, half-truth is no good truth at all but lies. The notion that it is okay to take 90 percent truth and accept 10 per cent deceit from false teachers, hypocrisy and lies from Satan is no truth at all…the little leaven leaveneth the whole lump…be aware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees for it is hypocrisy.
This is what has killed the Church, especially in America where the same lies are propagated around the world. Half-truth and half lies is nothing but mere propaganda. The churches have become propaganda centers for the New World Order. It is a form of Mind Control and manipulation by those in Christian leadership. No true Christian can have a flourishing spiritual life in such churches. The leaders of these Mind Controlled churches always claim that “there is no church that preaches all truth” – this is in itself a lie and I urge saints to avoid such “men of God”.
Matthew 16: 5-12
5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. 8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? 9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Luke 12: 1-3
1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops
Spending Millions with Strings Attached…
So, we hear churches and pastors boast of how they are to spend millions to care for the orphans and poor in Africa yet behind the curtains they are in usury schemes to collect more offertories for their ministries and gain accolades of men as being so humanitarian. So, in most cases you find out that the entire project they run across Africa are a means for survival and gain from them. It is how they benefit. That is why most of the so-called Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) spend huge amount of donor funds on so-called administrative costs, which can be defined as anything, and as such the poor become a source of means for survival…
Social Works Not Gospel of Jesus Christ…
So, giving powered by mammon become a conduit for manipulations and certainly evil and distortion of Truth and The Gospel. While I do appreciate the need to help the needy in Africa by clothing the needy and feeding the hungry, which should even be done at a greater degree, I do believe that we cannot substitute the Gospel of Jesus Christ that saves man from sin with American noodle soup gospel. The greatest need for any human soul is Jesus Christ and His Cross…we cannot pretend that we are preaching the gospel by simply giving hand outs yet deny these souls the message of salvation through Jesus Christ.
African Man seen as ‘Evil’ and ‘Corrupt’…
It is at this point that American Christian NGOs and Missionaries feel the need to assert control. The African man is always seen as the most corrupt and unable to care to his own business, therefore these missionaries engage in a colonial and imperialistic mode of imposing their “managerial skills’ on the “less skilled” Africans. The result is a perpetual dependency on Western Aid and Donor funds with the Africans conditioned to think that they can never take control of their own affairs – Total Mind Control.
Poor African Bewitched by Denominational Funding…
These missionaries backed by humongous denominational funding always seek to impose the doctrines NOT of Christ Jesus but that of their American Denomination. The poor Africans will never question the “generous” missionary simply because they see it as the only way to escape their predicament of vicious poverty…as such they will accept any false doctrines and drink from mudded waters that flow from the ponds of the Apostate American Christianity.
Giving By American Evangelicals Neo-Imperialistic…
Giving by American Christian Denominations has become a Neo-Imperialistic and Neo-colonial New World Order adventure. These well established American Christian denominations see the poor in Africa as subjects who they must control and indoctrinate so as to expend their statistics and enlarge their checking accounts with huge donor funds from unsuspecting American Christians happy with the “Church Growth” of their denominations and what they see as a spread of Christianity with combined American democracy and so-called freedoms.
Be Aware of Yeast of Herod…
As mentioned earlier, there is always a link between the Religious Right America in and The Neo-con Political America. We are witnessing history repeat itself with the saying come true that “Behind the Cross was The Flag”. American Christian Dominionism together with all who perpetrate it has become one of the most repugnancies and smears from Satan against the True Christians who have nothing at all to do with such hypocrisy. American Christians, because of their affluence and wealth have resorted to worshiping the god of Mammon and use Missions as a means of gain from other Americans while at the same time blinding the Africans from a true personal relationship with Jesus Christ that has no imperialistic string attachment to it.
Jesus saw such hypocrisy and warned his disciples against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees…and interestingly, also the yeast of Herod…
Mark 8:14-19
14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
Jesus Christ warns us first of the Yeast of The Pharisees and Second The Yeast of Herod. We know that the Pharisees represented The Religious Right of that day and all those who wanted to be seen as holy yet practiced deceit in darkness. They used good to pretend to be good on the outwards but the good acts were mere strings to bind yokes on those under them. The Pharisees just like the American Religious Right and Dominionism Movement had political backing…and that was King Herod who surprisingly loved to be seen as a solutions provider, and loved to be worshiped. He loved to be seen as a protector of religious freedoms of the Jews, yet many saw him as a traitor, even the Pharisees, but used him anyway to get their agendas done. Herod likewise used the Pharisees to legitimize his authority.
The differences are not so much different today with the advent of the Religious Right Dominion Movement…these are our modern day Pharisees and have a backing of an “evangelical” President of The United States of America who sees these religious lunatics as extending his “Freedoms” around the world. The Political and Religious, the Pharisees and Herod, all joining hands to establish deceit and lies as they push forward for world Dominionism.
Yes, Jesus Christ warned us against such ‘Political Christianity’…
Jesus Christ was very adamant about such hypocrisy and said that we are to be aware of the Yeast of The Pharisees and The Yeast of Herod. Now, many are surprised that Jesus Christ would attack such a political figure as Herod…some Christians who will read this will be mad and go like…”oh no! How can he attack our Christian Brother, The evangelical President of the USA?” Jesus Christ was very clear…the Yeast of Herod was to be rejected…the usury of politicians to use Christianity to foster their agendas was and is to be rejected by all Christians.
The recent usury demonstrated by the Herods of our day in the US has brought disdain to The Name of The Lord Jesus Christ. The war in Iraq had a blessing on many American non discerning Christians who bought into the Herod Yeast and with the blessings of the Yeast of the Religious Right Evangelicals, these poor Christians were deceived into a war that turned out to be lies and greed of the Rich Men of The Earth who are waging wars for Oil.
The Church in America has become so tied with the Political and that is what they are propagating around the world. That is the essence of Dominion Christianity. They see themselves as taking over politics and as such ushering in Jesus Christ’s Kingdom by having so-called Christian nations and so-called Christian politicians. This is the doctrine that was used to support GW Bush to office in America and support his imperialistic wars in Iraq for oil with lies as evidence…such Christianity is NOT and we should separate from such Political Evangecalism…
It is sad that Christians in Africa are drinking from the same cup of deceit from American Evangelical Political Christianity. As Christians it is time we renounce such activities, repent and love Jesus Christ, flee from such hideous yeast of Pharisees and Herod of Today.
So, the business of using missions to bind Africans in another form of religious slavery and form denominational colonies is absurd and a reproach to the preaching of the true gospel.
Racist and Fascist Missionary Mentality…
Because of this racist mentality by American missionaries, African peoples have resorted to see themselves and not real men and people who cannot think for themselves but have to wait on the white man from America to think and make plans for them. The American Pharisee Missionaries have succeeded in their mind control mission. It is interesting that American missionaries claim that handling of their institutions to the African Man will ruin their missions still largely control most of the missions and bible colleges being setup in Africa today. Most of the churches bare overtly mark of Americanization with no shame to these missionaries. The simple fact they give is that they supply money and resources and therefore Micro and Macro Manage the African Christian Man. This has been one of the greatest setbacks in developing true leadership in African Christian Communities. The whole notion is racist and at the very best fascist.
This mentality being fostered by American Missions is a very big hindrance to the furthering of the gospel in many parts of Africa and the cried a lot about 10-40 Window. American Missionaries see themselves with the ordained right, skills and endeavors from Heaven of fulfilling these missions. However, the mentality is sorely based on the dominion gospel that sees American Christians take all nations for Christ.
America-nized Christian Culture a Reject…
There are many setbacks that many have endeavored to write about on this subject. I for one being from Africa see that American Culture is constantly being rejected by thousands around the world, they are drained of all the imperialistic predilection that is portrayed by the religious right and neo-con politicians in America. They see this as an invasion to take away their religious freedoms and political freedoms and get imposed with the religion of GW Bush and his Neo-cons. However, dominionist American Missionaries refuse to see this and instead think that money will buy blessings. The poor Africans in turn resort to siphoning all the monies from the West while themselves turning corrupt more than their western dominionist sponsors…thus fulfilling the sayings of Jesus Christ to the Pharisees…
Matthew 23:15
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Making Twice The Sons of Hell…
So, shame and reproach is brought on The Name of The Lord in Africa by Christians who end up becoming more corrupt and reprobate than their American TV Evangelists and Denominational Missionaries who care more about expending their kingdoms. African Christians are now being turned into twice sons of hell than the American Evangelical political Christians. It is time to repent from all these dead works of men. I call upon African Christians to Repent and Turn Back to The True Word of God, a life of holiness, purity and righteousness, until we no longer live but Jesus Christ lives in us for His glory as we totally submit to Him alone and not to the laws and rulings of the America-nized Man.
American Missionary-ism is over!!!
At this point I would like to say that the American Missionary Enterprise is over! Yes, Missionary work, as we know it today will cease and stop because it has become a reproach before The Lord and His saints around the world. The era of American Denominational worldwide evangelism is over! This is a very hard saying and many will disagree…especially the imperialistic American dominion evangelicals. However, those who will critically look at these things will see otherwise. American evangelical Dominion Christianity is nothing but simply a push and extension of the American Empire and not the True and Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is coming to an end and will not endure in the end times. It will not endure the great tribulations. Thanks to Jesus Christ for the great tribulation because it will be a time for cleansing and purification of the Church and death dead works of men such as the pathetic Dominion Evangelical Christianity.
Matthew 23:13
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Some of the False Peace and Security America-nized Church Doctrines…
Once Saved Always Saved…
Raptured Away before the Tribulation…
Peace Prosperity, Tithe Gospel – Bribe God To ‘Get Rich Quick’ Theology…
Purpose Driven Satanic Gospel – Goats are driven but Sheep are led…
False Patriotism – ‘God Bless America Political Christianity’…
Dominionism – Christian Political Takeover of all Nations for Christ…
Commercialized Christianity – Sell DVDs Books, CDs and all spiritual junk food…
Rejection of God’s Ordained Five Fold Ministry Leadership…
Rejection of God’s Truth, His Word…
Rejection of Holiness, Purity, and Righteousness…
Rejection of The Holy Spirit – “I am already filled” Baptist nonsense and stupidity…
Christian Feminism, usurping Man’s Authority and destroying leadership…
One-Man CEO Pastor Churches/Ministries – Doctrine of the Nicolaitanes…
Multi-Million Dollar Mega Church Building Theologies…
Seeker Friendly Christianity – Friends of the World = World in Church…
False Church Growth and Home Cell Movement – Playing The ‘Number’s Game’…
False Worldwide American Missionary Outreaches – New World Order CIA Cover…
…And many more…
What to do…
>>Totally Surrender Your Life To Jesus Christ
>>Surrender yourself under the Covering of Jesus Christ and NOT any Man! Yes, don’t be accountable to mere Men to please Men, be accountable directly to the word of God, to Jesus Christ… Man cannot help, cursed is he who trusts Man, Trust Jesus Christ…
>>His Word…Study God’s Word
>>Holiness… Live a life of Holiness; separate from ALL that which is unholy…
>>Simple Fasted Lifestyle, stop hoarding wealth, stop that nonsense, it won’t help you a bit... live a simple life, if you have food, water and a roof over your head, that should be enough…
>>Be ready to suffer for Christ Jesus holding His Testimony True even unto death…
>>Preach The Gospel…preach repentance as in the Bible and not smooth-talker messages from corrupt and filthy American pulpits…
>>Be filled with The Holy Spirit, Yes Be filled with The Holy Spirit just like it happened in The book of Acts, stop your Baptist preconceived Ideas and nonsense and repent of them and Be filled with The Holy Spirit and learn to pray and worship in the Spirit.
>>Prayer and Fasting…you will need to develop a devotion of prayer and forgo meals, yes fasting, it is hard work but you will need that…maybe that will help you loose some pounds…LOL!
>>Ask The Lord what He requires of you…His Will For Your Life
>>Meet and Fellowship with those of like-mind, who call on The Name of The Lord and will challenge you to a deeper Personal Relationship with Jesus Christ, to Holiness, Purity and Righteousness… Leave Babylonian Churches, yes, it is time to leave All Purpose Driven Prosperity Churches that do nothing but exalt Man. Yes, leave America-nized Churches and leaders…
>>Care for the Poor, Orphans and the Neglected of This world.
Your Brother In Christ
Kato Mivule
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by Kato Mivule
Commentary on The Antipas Article...
July 29, 2006
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African Christians Awake, Babylon USA Not a Friend...Antipas New!
Babylon and her scramble for African resources using Christianity as a pretext...
"Behind the Cross, was the Flag"...African Independence Activists and their description of Western Missionaries...
America is Babylon, Virgin Daughter of Babylon, and Daughter of Babylon spoken about in:Isaiah 13, Isaiah 14, Isaiah 47, Isaiah 48, Jeremiah 50, Jeremiah 51, Habakkuk 1:1-2, Zechariah 5:5-11, Revelations 17, Revelations 18.
America is head of all Religious, Political, Social, Economical, Physical and Greater Babylon...
I believe that there is that Greater Babylon but America in Rev 17 is not only the head of the Religious Babylon but also Physical Babylon...
...and God's command is to come out of her and flee from her midst...Amen
I have received e-mails from American Christians requesting that I remove this article from this website because Antipas Ministry is "Apostate" and spreading "Hate". Though I don't agree with S.R. Shearer and Antipas Ministries on 'every topic' but when it comes to this article, they are right on the mark and I will not allow myself to be deceived by some naive Americans that what is happening in Africa courtesy of the American Missionaries is "not happening".
I will not pretend that these facts are not true simply because I want to please some Americans. What is stated in this article is very, very true and regardless of what problems some American Christians have with S.R. Shearer and Antipas Ministries, what was said in the article is truth and is exactly what is happening on the ground here in Africa...I am a witness.
I don't deny the fact that some good missionaries have helped Africans here and are helping out...in most cases, these Missionaries come alone and are not part of the American Christian Enterprise, and currently many are undoing what the American Missionary Enterprise has done to Africa...I am not blind about that fact.
The Whole so-called Missionary Projects by American Christian Denominations to Africa and the 10-40 window is a false and a counterfeit. I have written about this in my articles... 'Americanized Christianity, Another Gospel to Africa'; 'Jesus Christ, an Offence To Westernized Christianity'; 'The Laodicean American Church in Bed with Another Lover'; 'Transformations II, Political Christianity, and False African Revivals'.
American Christianity is an Abomination, an evil, detestable and only corrupts. Currently in Africa, we are facing apostasy in Churches courtesy of Americanized Christianity.
Having said that, I know very well, that there is a remnant in America and the Lord knows them, they are not part of this false religious-political system and The Lord is calling them to come out of this Babylonian System (Daughter of Babylon = USA). To simply deny the link between American Political System and the False Christianity in America is a evil and being very, very unjust.
Just because American Christians give money to Africa does not make their Political - Christianity alliance right. In Africa, we pray that we should not fall into the same trap and as such True Christians in Africa stand out as a witness against the whole American Christian Babylonian enterprise that it is false, apostate, and an abomination before God of Heaven and all True Christians in America should NEVER be apart of it and should come out of it.
So, for those who think Truth is Hate, go ahead and call it that...call evil good and good evil, or simply play ignorance and 'self righteousness' for which I have seen a lot in America and especially among 'American Christians'...Many think that the USA is so holy and righteous and deny the fact that her Christianity has been soiled by her political alliance with the American State and even gone further to make other nations drunk with the same apostasy of Dominionism, religious right movement and other abominable "Christian social practices...
True American Christians are to come out of such diabolical alliances and renounce such associations and be a True Witness for Jesus Christ against such False Christianity that has been birthed, groomed and natured in America and certainly for American Hegemonic Interests.
Those who refuse to come out from such a filthy American Christian Dominionist Enterprise are also doomed for Hell, unless they repent. America is the greatest nation on planet earth in regards to Political, Social, Religious, and Economic Hegemony and as such receives the greatest rebukes and judgment from The Lord.
This writer has also studied and lived in America for seven years until he 'Came Out' of America and as such I know Africa very well and I know America very well. I am not a fool, stupid, or seeking some gain out of this...The American Hegemony is evil and on a collision course with God Almighty for Judgment. America among all nations will receive the severest of judgments...Amen.
The fact is that we have gained nothing from so-called missionaries from the America Christian Enterprise here in Africa apart from Apostasy, materialism, control, manipulation, denominations, divisions, spiritual whoredoms, spiritual harlotry, and spiritual imperialism.
Just check and see what the likes of Benny Hinn, TD Jakes, Joyce Meyer, Rick Warren and other American Liars and Apostates are doing here in Africa. African Christians lost their religious and spiritual liberties to American Preachers, Denominations, controllers etc...we don't want to be a part of that American religious political system anymore. Jesus Christ and True Christianity is not American and will NEVER be!
Please, those among the so-called remnant movement in America, don't send me your emails of how you hate each other and how many divisions you have among yourselves. How such and such remnants are evil and you are okay, how, America is not Babylon etc...I am tired of such emails; they are nauseating, nasty, bogus, and not helpful at all. I don't need your divisions, and Africa does not need them...
If you have problems among your selves, contact the very persons involved and solve them. The fact that the whole so-called end time remnant movement in America is filled with hate, divisions, makes me believe it is false and a counterfeit! The Problem among you all is AMERICA. So, my simple advice is Come out of her! Rev 18:4...
Revelation 18:4
(4) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Kato Mivule
Uganda, Africa
WHAT BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS CAN'T SEE THE NON CHRISTIANS READ THE BIBLE AND SEE THAT THE CHRISTIANITY OF PROSPERITY PREACHERS LIKE KAYANJA IS A FRAUD.REMEMBER CHRIST SAID THE CHILDREN OF THIS WORLD ARE IN THEIR GENERATION WISER THAN THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT.
SEE Kevin O'Connor'S ARTICLE
Is Pastor Robert Kayanja’s Christianity Christian?
September 17, 2006
ROVING EYE
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/OConnor/Is_Pastor_Robert_Kayanja_s_Christianity_Christian.shtml
Pastor Robert Kayanja is rarely out of the news. Recently, there has been his alleged involvement in a wine smuggling racket. I have no idea whether there is any truth in these allegations, but what I do know is that it takes an immensely rich and powerful man to have organised and funded the large newspaper advertisements that subsequently appeared denying his involvement in the smuggling scandal.
Kayanja oozes and drips wealth. According to The Red Pepper (September 2 2006 Page 2) he owns:
Rubaga Miracle Cathedral;
Highway Holiness International, an NGO with many American links;
Robert Kayanja Ministries, an NGO with over 1000 branches in Uganda and the USA;
a house in Chicago;
businesses in the USA;
innumerable Mercedes Benz and land cruisers;
a private jet
Furthermore, Kayanja is building a magnificent house at Ggaba on the shores of Lake Victoria. Last Sunday, at his Rubaga Miracle Centre his reaction to critics who say he is amassing wealth and building a palace in Ggaba, was: "It's none of their business!"
I find Kayanja's version of Christianity most distasteful. Jesus Christ lived in, and amongst, the poor. He travelled not in a private jet but on a donkey, whose modern day equivalent would perhaps be a bicycle or a boda boda. And should Jesus have flown in a plane, he would surely have accompanied the less wealthy passengers in economy class.
But that would not be good enough for Pastor Robert Kayanja. According to the same Red Pepper article: "The Kampala staff and ticketing agents of his favourite airline, British Airways, privately express surprise and concern that while some religious leaders fly aboard British Airways in any class available, Kayanja, who pastors a church of ordinary struggling Ugandans, can splash large amounts of money on First Class travel."I spoke to three Ugandans, and I found it reassuring that none of them respected Kayanja.
Catharine, a 20-year old athlete and a born-again Christian, drew upon that famous verse in the Bible: "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." (Mathew 19:24).
As Joachim Buwembo rightly pointed out (The East African, June 27 2006, P 15) this is a verse "you are not likely to hear anymore crossing a preacher's lips. Many a pastor has probably already deleted it from his Bible."But the verse had not been deleted from Catharine's brain. She commented: "The Bible says a certain man asked Jesus how he could enter God's Kingdom. Jesus said that he should sell everything and give to the poor. Rich pastors, if they are genuine, should give back their wealth to the poor. "Yusuf, a 25-year old computer engineer, had no doubts as to what motivates rich pastors:
"These people, the so called pastors, are out to make money. They go out there in developed countries asking money from people who are actually serious with Christian religion. And when they get this money, they come back here build a simple church using a quarter of what they were given. And the rest of the money is his and his family. They are just making money - their Christianity, I doubt."
But the most forceful views were those of Stephen, a 31-year old IT professional. Almost yelling, he told me:
"It is wrong for a man of God to be so filthy rich. But this is the way the whole pentecostal church thing has gone." "And what, Stephen, do you think of Pastor Kayanja's 'it's none of their business' reaction to those who criticise his huge wealth?"
"It is total nonsense!" replied Stephen. "A church is a public thing. He has to be accountable. People rightly want to know how he lives his life and what his values are. He is a public figure, full stop. That 'mind your business' statement is so annoying. Does Miracle Centre have audited books? I know KPC has."
Today, Sunday, I will not be in the Rubaga Miracle Centre, but hopefully watching Manchester United V Arsenal. Pastor Robert Kayanja, you can keep your form of Christianity. It is not for me, nor for my three Ugandan friends.
kevin@imul.com
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