The Miserable Truth about Christmas

Isaiah 28:5-15 Commentary by Matthew Henry

Isaiah 28:5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
10 For precept must be upon precept,precept upon precept;line upon line,line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept,precept upon precept;line upon line,line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge* shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: SOURCE
The prophet next turns to Judah, whom he calls the residue of his people. Happy are those alone, who glory in the Lord of hosts himself. Hence his people get wisdom and strength for every service and every conflict. But it is only in Christ Jesus that the holy God communicates with sinful man. And whether those that teach are drunk with wine, or intoxicated with false doctrines and notions concerning the kingdom and salvation of the Messiah, they not only err themselves, but lead multitudes astray. All places where such persons have taught are filled with errors. For our instruction in the things of God, it is needful that the same precept and the same line should be often repeated to us, that we may the better understand them. God, by his word, calls us to what is really for our advantage; the service of God is the only true rest for those weary of the service of sin, and there is no refreshment but under the easy yoke of the Lord Jesus. All this had little effect upon the people. Those who will not understand what is plain, but scorn and despise it as mean and trifling, are justly punished. If we are at peace with God, we have, in effect, made a covenant with death; whenever it comes, it cannot do us any real damage, if we are Christ’s. But to think of making death our friend, while by sin we are making God our enemy, is absurd. And do not they make lies their refuge who trust in their own righteousness, or to a death-bed repentance? which is a resolution to sin no more, when it is no longer in their power to do so.

John 17 Movement: Satanically Inspired “Global Religion” With Pope Francis at the Helm

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A Facebook friend messaged me last night and asked me what I knew about the John 17 Movement.  She said that a relative had posted on her FB page that she was excited because she had found a new church.

This was her post:

“Hey Friends! You won’t want to miss church this Sunday, here’s why:
—-> Pastor Don will be sharing about his recent trip with John 17 (a global movement to unite the Body of Christ) to the Vatican and Sofia, Bulgaria.”

Needless to say, this distressed my friend and she came to me to find out what I knew about this.  I have written quite a few articles on how some Unity is very evil. This John 17 movement is the embodiment of Satanic “Unity.”

Watch Pope Francis as he speaks to members of his movement – globally:

We must not forget that Satan comes as…

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Strikes Against Roman Catholicism

 

IDOLATRY OF THE EUCHARIST – THE WAFER-GOD OF ROME

Many modern-day Bible believing Christians are unwilling to confront the issues of the idolatrous practices of the Roman Catholic church. FTA: Many Protestant ministers will readily speak out against Islam and Mormonism, but are strangely silent when it comes to exposing the false doctrines of Catholicism.

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Worship of the wafer

IDOLATRY OF THE EUCHARIST – THE WAFER-GOD OF ROME

compiled by Michael Jeshurun

There is no Roman Catholicism without the Holy Mass, and there is no ‘Holy Mass’ without the Eucharist and the worship of it. You CANNOT be a Roman Catholic without having faith in this ‘wafer god’ and bowing before it!

AND THIS IS IDOLATRY AT ITS WORST! FOR IT MASQUERADES AS JESUS WHEN IN REALITY IT IS THE ‘MYSTERY OF INIQUITY’!

The Roman Catholic is taught from the cradle that the wafer and wine are miraculously transformed into the body and blood of our Lord by the Priest’s hocus- pocus! And according to their doctrine the Priest then sacrifices this supposed Jesus for the sins of the people. And when that is done he raises the wafer for all gathered to kneel and worship before it before they eat and partake of it!

If the Roman Catholic…

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An Invitation to Examine Catholicism in the Light of Scripture

Thanks, Elizabeth, for reblogging this post on your site! Thanks, Tom, for posting this and sharing Joseph Mizzi’s book! May it help those who are not at peace in their souls though they be Catholics find it and settle it once and for all. Blessings! \o/

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Test All Things: An Invitation to Examine Your Catholic Faith in the Light of Scripture
By Joseph Mizzi
PDF Download, 2005, 126 pages

Joseph Mizzi of the island nation of Malta has written this excellent primer on the differences between Roman Catholicism and Biblical Christianity. Mizzi was raised in a devout Catholic family, but was taken aback when his brother trusted in Jesus Christ as his Savior by faith alone and left the family religion. Joseph set about to study the Scriptures himself with the aim of persuading his brother to return to Catholicism, but also ended up accepting Jesus Christ as his Savior by faith alone.

This book avoids heavy theological jargon and appeals to the Catholic layperson in a winsome, loving manner. Scripture passages are plentiful. Chapter headings are as follows:

  1. What Will It Profit A Man?
  2. God’s Word Is Truth
  3. Built Upon Christ
  4. Guilty!
  5. Justified!
  6. Baptism
  7. Forgiveness

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Be Warned and Alert

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Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind -Colossians 2:18

In Paul’s day there were some who took off the attention of the Christian from the worship of God to the worship of angels. “Angels,” said they, “these are holy beings; they keep watch over you; you should speak of them with great respect”; and then when they grew bolder, they said, “You should ask their protection”; and then after a little while they said, “You should worship them; you should make them intermediate intercessors”; and so, step by step, they went on and established an old heresy which lasted for many years in the Christian church, and which is not dead even now, and thus the worship of angels crept in.

And nowadays you…

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A Tozer Quote from “Grappling with Change”

A-W-TozerWe need sweeping reformation. Let me give a definition of reformation as it is given in a religious dictionary: “Change by removal of faults or abuses, and a restoration to a former good estate.” Now that is not so bad. I do not know how anybody who believes he or she is a Christian could ever object to changing in the direction of the removal of faults and abuses toward the restoration to a former good estate. The problem is change, which disturbs many people. They have accepted the status quo as being the very tablets given by God on the mountain. Most people, if they happen to be in any church anywhere, accept the status quo without knowing or caring to inquire how it came to be. In other words, they do not ask, “Oh God, is this of You, is this divine, is this out of the Bible?” Because it was done and is being done, and because a lot of people are doing it, they assume it is all right. Then songs are written about it, and it gets into magazines. Pretty soon people are called to it, and the first thing we know we have gotten into a religious situation that is not of God. It is not according to Scripture, and God is not pleased with it at all. Rather, He is angry. Yet we do not know it because we do not like the word change. The change took place slowly, before we arrived on the scene, and we think because it is everywhere it is therefore right. We accept the status quo, the existing state of affairs, and say, “This is it,” forgetting that history demonstrates that religions invariably degenerate.
A. W. Tozer Sermon: Grappling with Change

hattip: A.W.Tozer- A Man of God