John Wesley was a Heretic and taught Baptismal Regeneration Saturday, Mar 15 2008

The proof is found in his own writings:

On page 15 of The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M. by John Wesley

Wesley writes:

4 By baptism we who were by nature children of wrath are made the children of God And this regeneration which our Church in so many places ascribes to baptism is more than barely being admitted into the Church though commonly connected therewith being grafted into the body of Christ’s Church we are made the children of God by adoption and grace This is grounded on the plain words of our Lord Except a man be born again of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God John iii 5 By water then as a means the water of baptism we are regenerated or born again whence it is also called by the Apostle the washing of regeneration Our Church therefore ascribes no greater virtue to baptism than Christ himself has done Nor does she ascribe it to the outward washing but to the inward grace which added thereto makes it a sacrament Herein a principle of grace is infused which will not be wholly taken away unless we quench the of God continued wickedness The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M. By John Wesley

Visit the following webpage for an excellent article debunking baptismal regeneration. CONTENDING WITH THE FALSE DOCTRINE OF
BAPTISMAL REGENERATION

Here’s a brief excerpt from the aforementioned article:

D. PEOPLE in the N.T. saved without water baptism.
Both the thief on the cross and Cornelius’ household are examples of New Testament believers who were saved without the benefit of water baptism.
Luke 23:43 (Jesus speaking to the thief on the cross)
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Acts 10:47 (Spoken by Peter in reference to Cornelius’ household)
47 Can any man forbid water that these should not be baptized who HAVE RECEIVED the HOLY GHOST the same as we? (They already had the Holy Ghost, they were already saved, and then they were water baptized.)
There are many who teach that their church began at Pentecost, and that one must be baptized into their church in order to avoid going to hell. The following question needs to be asked of those false teachers, “Are Peter, James and John in hell today because they were not baptized into your church after the day of Pentecost?”

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The Holy Ghost: The Seal of the New Covenant Sunday, Mar 2 2008

The seal of the new covenant is not baptism nor the sabbath but the Holy Ghost.

In Ephesians 1:13, Paul tells the believers that they “were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise”.  Paul restates in Ephesians 4:30 that believers are sealed with the Holy Ghost saying, “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”  This seal is not obtained by any works but rather by the simple faith in Jesus Christ.  Romans 8:1-14 declares that God has given all believers his holy Spirit:

[1] There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
[2] For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
[3] For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
[4] That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
[5] For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
[6] For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
[7] Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
[8] So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
[9] But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
[10] And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
[11] But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
[12] Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
[13] For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
[14] For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Furthermore, salvation is not of works but of grace.

Ephesians 2:8-10

[8] For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
[9] Not of works, lest any man should boast.
[10] For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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Aliens Do Not Exist: Scriptural Proof Monday, Jan 28 2008

Some Christians have pondered on whether aliens exist or not. Some have believed news reports and videos of supposed alien spacecraft. This is simply a hoax and a fraud of Satan to steer people away from Christ and to implement global government.

Let’s explore the justifications that could be used to explain the existence of aliens:

Myth #1: Aliens exist and have sinned. Christ redeemed them as well as man.

Jesus Christ died for all men not aliens as Romans 5:17-18 says:

17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

Myth #2: Aliens exist and are perfect. God prohibits them from traveling to earth.

Aliens do not exist because God only created life on earth.  Genesis 6:11-14, emphatically declares that all flesh is on earth.

11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

I have concisely proven that aliens do not exist.  Neither is there a half-breed of men.  For all men are created in the image of God as Genesis 1:27 states, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them”.

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Love in Knowledge: Encouraging Words Monday, Jan 28 2008

Philippians 1:8-11
“[8] For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
[9] And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
[10] That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
[11] Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.”
Ephesians 3:14-19
“[14] For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
[15] Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
[16] That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
[17] That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
[18] May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
[19] And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”

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The Truth Shall Make You Free Monday, Jan 28 2008

John 8:18-36

[18] I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
[19] Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
[20] These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
[21] Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
[22] Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
[23] And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
[24] I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
[25] Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
[26] I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
[27] They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
[28] Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
[29] And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
[30] As he spake these words, many believed on him.
[31] Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
[32] And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
[33] They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
[34] Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
[35] And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
[36] If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Jesus told the Jews that believed on him in verses 31-32, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” What does this mean? It must be taken in the context of the words preceding and following the text.

Verses 24-30 shed light on the what Jesus spoke of.

[24] I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
[25] Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
[26] I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
[27] They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
[28] Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
[29] And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
[30] As he spake these words, many believed on him.

Clearly Jesus is speaking that they would know him if they continued in the words he spoke. To further prove this is the case let us look at the verses following the infamous “the truth shall make you free” verse.

Let’s read verses 34-36 again,

[33] They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
[34] Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
[35] And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
[36] If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Now it becomes evident that “the truth” Jesus Christ spoke of was of himself. He told the Jews if they continued to believe his report he spoke of in verses 28-29 that they would come to know Jesus Christ and that he would in turn would set them free. Jesus Christ is the truth as John 14:6 states,

[6] Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Thank God for setting us free through his son Jesus Christ.

Romans 6:1-18

[1] What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
[2] God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
[3] Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
[4] Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
[5] For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
[6] Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
[7] For he that is dead is freed from sin.
[8] Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
[9] Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
[10] For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
[11] Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
[12] Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
[13] Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
[14] For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
[15] What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
[16] Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
[17] But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
[18] Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

We are free from sin and no devil can separate us from God.

Romans 8:35-39

[35] Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
[36] As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
[37] Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
[38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
[39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Action Sixties with Gail Riplinger Author of New Age Bible Versions Part 2 Tuesday, Dec 4 2007

Watch as host Herman Bailey slowly but surely becomes convinced that the King James Bible is the word of God for the English speaking world. Listen as Dr. Riplinger supplies the convincing answers to the questions that are most typically asked by the precious Christians who have been deceived by the new versions. The answers helped the host. Hopefully, they will help many others.

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Action Sixties with Gail Riplinger Author of New Age Bible Versions Part 1 Tuesday, Nov 13 2007

Watch as host Herman Bailey slowly but surely becomes convinced that the King James Bible is the word of God for the English speaking world. Listen as Dr. Riplinger supplies the convincing answers to the questions that are most typically asked by the precious Christians who have been deceived by the new versions. The answers helped the host. Hopefully, they will help many others.

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Defending the Authorized Version’s (KJV) Use of the Word Devil Sunday, Oct 7 2007

The use of the term devil is the subject of much debate in the issue of translations. Modern translations have dropped the use of the term devil and have replaced it with the Greek transliteration demon. There are two Greek words that are the subject of the debate: diabolos and daimonion. Some authors such as Derek Prince (authored the heretical They Shall Expel Demons) believe that daimonion are different creatures than diabolos. This is a serious error that can lead to concocted theories such as the belief that the so-called demons can control Christians.

Gail Riplinger addresses the issue on page 723 of In Awe of Thy Word:

Some pretend that word ‘devil’ (Gk. diabolos) refers only to Satan. Even the Greek New Testament shows the broad meaning of the term ‘devil’ in John 6:70 where Jesus himself calls Judas, a diabolos (a devil), not the devil (diabolos) or a daimonion. New versions refuse to translate the Greek word daimonion into English, transliterating it instead, as demon, and bringing with that Greek transliteration (not translation) all of the positive meanings and connotations it carried in ancient pagan Greek culture. New Age Bible Versions (pp. 218-220) describes the subtle problems caused when the archaic Greek transliteration demon is substituted for the English ‘devil.’ The pronunciation ‘devil’ resounded since the first Anglo-Saxons. Devil has its own built-in definition.

Gail Riplinger points out the hypocrisy of critics of the KJV’s use of ‘devil’ to refer to both diabolos and daimonion on page 220 of New Age Bible Versions :

N.T. Greek dabblers may jump to the floor with reference to the Greek’s use of both diabolos and daemonium to refer to Satan and the devils, respectively. Any objection to translation the two different Greek words as one English word fails disastrously since new version editors themselves translate two different Hebrew words, shed and sair, as one word ‘demon’. Scholars who live in glass houses should refrain from throwing ‘original language’ stones, particularly when their house of cards appears to have been designed by a New Age architect.

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The True Identity of the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil Friday, Sep 7 2007

Many have heard the stories told to children and adults alike saying that the apple (or some other fruit in existence) was the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

This is simply not true.  The scriptures only mention one tree of knowledge of good and and evil.

Genesis 2:8-17

[8] And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
[9] And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
[10] And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
[11] The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
[12] And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
[13] And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
[14] And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
[15] And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
[16] And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
[17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

The tree did not survive either.  It was destroyed.  Stop teaching the myth that the tree of knowledge of good and evil was an apple.  The fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil was unique and not that of any tree in existence.

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The Mind is Spiritual not Physical: Exposing psychotherapy Monday, Aug 13 2007

Many so-called Christian psychologists have said that the mind is the brain.  As a result, they believe that the emotions can be manipulated by psychotrophic drugs.  They have taken a cue from the secular humanists’  theory of behaviorism, which teaches that there is no spirit.  The “Christian” psychologists do not deny the existence of the spirit but equate the spiritual mind with the physical brain.

The book of Romans makes clear that the mind is spiritual not physical as psychologists claim.  Using the scripture’s built-in dictionary,  it is easy to find out whether the mind is spiritual or physical.

Romans 7:21-25

21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Here Paul states that he delights “in the law of God after the inward man” with his mind.  He delighted in God’s law inwardly, the law in his members warred against the law of his mind, with the mind he serves the law of God.  The mind is therefore in the inward man.

Paul explains the difference between the outward and inward man in Romans 2:28-29.

28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

The mind and the heart are thusly both in the spirit.

The psychologizers want Christians to believe that the church is to handle spiritual issues and not mental.  However, I have shown that the mind is spiritual.  We are to have our inward man renewed by the washing of the water of the word of God through Christ’s Holy Ghost.

Luke 11:38-40

38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

It is in the inward man where all evil resides and it is the inward man that needs to be renewed.  Only God can renew our spirits.

2 Corinthians 4:6-16

6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you. 13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; 14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. 15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

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