Secret Faults

“…out of the serpents root shall come forth a cockatrice…”  Isaiah 14:29

Oh secret faults, come forth I pray,

Into the light of endless day.

Like Cockatrices they hide in dark places,

beneath the shadow of other graces.

Proud and Haughty one be named,

who would the applause of men be gained;

He hides in the shadow of Grace Good-deed,

And shows his grandeur in the night of need.

His friend is pompous vanity,

who hides behind sweet charity;

A mirror is his favorite vice-

to take a look at Mr. Nice.

And then there’s fleshly appetite,

who sleeps the day and revels at night;

and works beneath Pleasure’s employ;

who wears the mask of “full of Joy”

But when the cross is hard to bear,

You’ll find a selfish spirit there.

And just beneath of God’s Protector,

You’ll find the creature, Man Respecter;

who’ll love the one and despise the other-

and never stick close as a brother.

If you’ll look closely under Zeal,

there’s a secret Jealousy to conceal;

She’s elusive and hard to discern,

but when overlooked she doth burn.

Oh secret faults, come out I say!

The light of God to sweep away;

If Honesty be strong and firm,

He’ll furrow out every worm.

And Love will drive out every ill,

and prepare the heart to do God’s will.

look not to neighbor to justify or condemn

But yield to God and he will cleanse.

Would you, your soul, by God be lead?

Then secret faults must all be dead!

Author EVC

“Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults”  Psalms 19:12

Help Me to Crucify Me!

“And HE said to them all, If any man come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.”  Luke 9: 23-24

    The more I look unto THEE,

the more I see too much of me.

Oh, help me this life crucify

remove from my midst me, myself, and I

    The more I seek THY face,

The more I need thy saving grace;

And mercy becomes my best friend

in longsuffering I’ve come to depend

    The harder I pant after THEE,

the more my corruption I see.

The closer I climb up to see,

The clearer my depravity.

    And so to my Savior I cling!

For I know in me dwells no good thing;

I must trust in the pure HOLY LAMB,

to accept me just as I am.

    HIS righteousness given to me,

from the world, sin and self to be free.

Lord, help me to die today,

every passion of self I must slay!

    My heart is sorely oppressed,

the foe is peculiarly dressed.

On a hunger within he does prey,

from my JESUS to draw me away.

    But I cleave even more to THY cross;

I am willing to suffer the loss.

Please fill me so full of THY grace,

That the enemy will not find a place.

    LORD, you know I am looking to THEE,

Help me to crucify me!

That this vessel THY glory would shine,

and I would be wholly THINE!

Author: EVC

I love you my dear Jesus, sweet Savior!

Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. Matt 9:2

Sinner Seeking Jesus

 

“O thou Source of Love! Thou dost indeed seem so jealous for the salvation Thou hast purchased, that Thou dost prefer the sinner to the righteous! The poor sinner beholds himself vile and wretched, is in a manner constrained to detest himself; and finding his state so horrible, casts himself in his desperation into the arms of his Saviour, and plunges into the healing fountain, and comes forth “white and wool.”  Then confounded at the review of his disordered state, and overflowing with love for Him, who having alone the power, had also the compassion to save him—the excess of his love is proportioned to the enormity of his crimes, and the fullness of his gratitude to the extent of the debt remitted… The poor sinner Magdalene, is pardoned because she loves much, and her faith and love are accepted as righteousness.”  Madame Guyon

“They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick..for I am come not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”  ~ Jesus   Matt 9: 12, 13

O Send Out Thy Light and Thy Truth… Ps.43:3

Count Your Blessings... and Pray for the Suffering!

“Over 80,000 die every day in Asian countries without knowing about the love of Jesus Christ. 500,000 villages in India alone have never heard the Gospel.”

“Oh, the burdens that we love to bear and cannot understand! Oh, the inarticulate out-reachings of our hearts for things we cannot comprehend! And yet we know they are an echo from the throne and a whisper from the heart of God. It is often a groan rather than a song, a burden rather than a buoyant wing. But it is a blessed burden, and it is a groan whose undertone is praise and unutterable joy. It is “a groaning which cannot be uttered.” We could not ourselvees express it always, and somethines we do not understand any more than that God is praying in us, for some thing that nees His touch and that He understands. “

An hour of waitng! Yet there seems such need

to reach that spot sublime!

I long to reach them–but I long far more

To trust HIS time!

“Sit still my daughter”–

Yet the heathen die,

they perish while I stay!

I long to reach them—but I long far more

To trust HIS way!

Seven Common Lies being Taught in Churches, Lie #7

1. All churches are God’s church
2. Satan was once in heaven
3. An anti- Christ is coming
4. Jesus is coming back here
5. Once you are saved, you will always be saved
6. We are all sinners
7. Baptism washes your sins away

Lie #7 If you have been baptized you are saved

Baptism is deffinately something we should observe.

“Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptiezed of thee, and comest thou to me? And, Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now; for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.”  Matthew 3: 15 “Then Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized  every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”  Acts 2:38

But baptism does not insure us salvation. We must first repent just as Peter stated in the scripture above. When John the Baptist fist began baptizing to prepare a people for the coming of the Lord, he had to deal with some that were insincere, wanting only to observe the form of baptism to keep up their reputation before men. But their religion was just a show and not from a humble heart of true repentance.

” In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” Matthew 3: 1-2

“Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth fruits meet for repentance: And think not within yourselves, We have Abraham to our Father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the ax is laid unt othe root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.”  Matthew 3: 5-10

The “meet for repentance” was for the religious leaders to admit and confess their sins. Because they were of the blood line of Abraham, they believed they were so special that they were accepted of God on the basis of who they were, and they had become hypocrites in their living unrighteous lives yet putting on a pious air to be seen of men.

True salvation is manifested in a born again experience- “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.” John 3: 3 and in a new and living way- “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”  2 Corinthians 5: 17

In the book of Acts, we read about a man who both believed and was baptized, yet he was not saved because his heart was not changed.

“Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. And when Simon saw through the laying on of hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this manner: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity:” Acts 8: 13, 18-23

By these scriptures it is plain to see that just because one believes and is baptized does not insure them a place in heaven. One must have their heart right by seeing, admitting, and confessing their sins to God and imploring his forgiveness through the Lord Jesus Christ, with a heart that is ready to turn away from their sins.

“If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John1: 8-9

We must forsake our own way and our own thoughts.

“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.” Isaiah 55: 7-8

And we must be willing to live a holy life that glorifies the LORD Jesus Christ.

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service, And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.”  Romans 12: 1-2

Then and only then, when one meets the conditions from a true and humble heart, all the beautiful promises of God’s holy word are his, and that one can truly know without a doubt that he has a place prepared for him in the beautiful Kingdom of God.

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my fathers house their are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”  John 14: 1-3

 

Precious soul, you have now had revealed to you by the living word of God, seven lies that are being taught in churches. The Bible tells us that “no lie is of the truth” 1 John 2:21 Jesus taught us that in order to be truly free we must know the truth- “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” John 8: 32

What should you do if you are currently attending a church that has lies mixed into its teachings?

“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye seperate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6: 17-18  “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.”  Revelation 18:4

It is dangerous to your soul to stay where you know God’s word is not pure.

“But though we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.”  Galatians 1: 8

I would like to extend an invitation to the Church of God in Carmachael, where the truth is both preached and lived!

Seven Common Lies Being Taught in Churches, Lie #6

1. All churches are God’s church
2. Satan was once in heaven
3. An anti- Christ is coming
4. Jesus is coming back here
5. Once you are saved, you will always be saved
6. We are all sinners
7. Baptism washes your sins away

Lie #6 – We are all sinners

There is a partial truth in this statement. We are all born with a sinful nature, and all have need of salvation at an age when we can discern right from wrong.

“For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.“ Romans 3: 23

But once we have been saved, we are born again and changed in a moment from a sinner to a saint.

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”  2 Corinthians 5:17 And God has promised to keep us free from all sin- “Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin; if the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.“  John 8: 34, 36

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein?”  “Being made then free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.”  Romans 6: 1, 18

Sinners are of the devil, not of God: “He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin: for his seed remaineth in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifested (made known) and the children of the devil:” 1John 3: 8-10

Furthermore, a sinner has no inheritance in the Kingdom of God:

“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleaness, lasciviousness, idolatory, whitchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkeness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in times past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdon of God.”  Galatians 5: 19-20 

“be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.“  Galatian 6:7

Dear precious soul, can you look upon these beautiful words of God and still say that Jesus does not have the power to save us and keep us free from sin?

“Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his, And let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”  2Timothy 2: 19

Our Eyes Are Upon Thee, O LORD Our God!

“LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power; help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee,  and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no man prevail agianst thee.”  2 Chronicles 14:11

“Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.”  2Chronicles 15:7

“For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD with enlighten my darkness.”  Psalms 18

“Difficulty is the atmosphere of a miracle – it is a miracle in its first stage. If it is to be a great miracle, the condition is not difficulty but impossibility.  The clinging hand of His child makes a desperate situation a delight to Him” ~ Streams in the Desert

Seven Common Lies # 5 Once Saved You Will Always be Saved…

1. All churches are God’s church
2. Satan was once in heaven
3. An anti- Christ is coming
4. Jesus is coming back here
5. Once you are saved, you will always be saved
6. We are all sinners
7. Baptism washes your sins away

Once saved you will always be saved, no matter what you do.

Indeed this is a very dangerous lie and will prove the destruction of many a soul.

“Many will say Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in they name? and in the name have cast out devils? And in thy name have done many wonderful works? And then I will profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me; ye that work iniquity.” Matthew 7: 22-23

Here we have many people, not just s few, that the Lord said are religious. They prophesy, meaning they teach God’s word, they cast devils out of people, they do good works, BUT… they sin. There is no such thing as a sinning Christian. If someone professes to be a Christian, yet still willingly sins, they are deceiving themselves. No matter how much work a person does for God, nor how much money is give for his cause, it is all a stinch to God if he or she continues in their sin. Why? Because God paid the ultimate sacrifice that we might be set free from sin. He does not expect any less from us. If our works could get us to heaven, then Jesus died in vain.

“Wash you, make you clean: put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well… Come now and let us reason together, saith the Lord: Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.“  Isaiah 1:16, 18

“Jesus answered them, Verily, Verily, (truly, truly) I say unto you, whosoever commiteth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever; but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”  John 8: 34-36

“Well”, some say, “our salvation is secure, once we are saved, if we are truly saved, we are secure for heaven. You cannot lose your salvation.

“Take heed brethren lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confindence stedfast unto the end;“ Hebrews 3: 12-14

“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them agian to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.” Hebrews 6: 4-6

We need no other scriptures to prove this, although many more could be inserted here. These are very plain. No special interpretation needed here.  The first example given, he is direclty addressing the brethren (this letter is to the church) You cannot “partake of the Holy Ghost” if you have not been saved first. They are then warned not to depart from God and be deceived by sin again. The latter example shows very clear a saved and holy ghost filled individual, and then talks of this individual falling away. Not only is this a backslidden individual, but for someone to lay claim on salvation and still live a sinful life, that is openly shaming our Lord Jesus Christ who “did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth.”

Seven Lies of Satan Being taught in Churches, Lie #4

1. All churches are God’s church
2. Satan was once in heaven
3. An anti- Christ is coming
4. Jesus is coming back here
5. Once you are saved, you will always be saved
6. We are all sinners
7. Baptism washes your sins away

Lie #4- Jesus is coming back to this earth and will establish a Kingdom here and will reign 1000 years and then Satan will be loosed again.

Once again we have scriptures in the Bible, particulary in Revelations, that talk about Jesus setting up his Kingdom and Satan being loosed for 1000 years. But again, these all have spiritual implications and these prophecies have already been fullfilled.

Jesus is coming soon, and we need to be ready. In 1 Thessalonians we are told what will happen when the Lord Jesus Christ returns; “For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (go before) then which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with him in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.“  The Lord is not coming to this earth, but we are going to meet him in the air and be with him forevermore. This scripture also does not support the idea that Satan will be loosed from his prison after a thousand years to try and take more souls because this scripture promises us that we will “ever be with the Lord.”

Let’s take a look at a couple more scriptures to help us solidify this truth. “But the day of the Lord will come as a theif in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with a fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness. Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt away with a fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for a new earth, wherein dwelleth righeousness.“  2 Peter 3: 10-13 The earth and heavens, or sky under which we now live, is going to be burned up, not over. It will be dissolved. When you dissolve something you eliminate it. Jesus is not going to set up an earthly Kingdom. The Kingdom of Jesus Christ is already here. It came when Jesus came the fist time. In John 18:36 Jesus tells us “My Kingdom is not of this world.” This tells us two things. The Kingdom of God is already established, and it is not of this world. How can we say that the Lord Jesus Christ is going to come back to this earth and set up a Kingdom here when the Bible plainly tells us that this earth is going to be dissolved; destroyed? Somebody has interpreted the Bible in a very false way.

Jesus’ Kingdom has already come and He is already reigning in the lives of those people who have been saved from sin by his precious blood. Again in John 14: 2-3 Jesus says, “In my Fathers house there are many mansions (dwellings). If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am ye may be also.” You see Jesus has a place prepared for his subjects and he is going to take us there to our new home. It will not be here on this earth.

Seven Lies of Satan, Lie #3

1. All churches are God’s church
2. Satan was once in heaven
3. An anti- Christ is coming
4. Jesus is coming back here
5. Once you are saved, you will always be saved
6. We are all sinners
7. Baptism washes your sins away

An Anti-Christ will Arise and Take Over the World

Over the centuries, since Christ set up his church, the enemy has worked his most powerful deception on the souls of humanity in the form of counterfeit religion. Jesus warned us implicitly that in the last days the deception would be so great that even the very elect, the saved and sanctified, would be deceived if possible. Jesus left us with a huge warning that wasn’t placed there lightly, but to help us understand that we must stay close to God and read and study his word.  “…Take heed, that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many…And many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many…For there shall arise false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if possible, they shall decieve the very elect.” Matt 24: 4,5,11,24

Throughout the years since Christ set up his church, we have seen scores of tyranical leadership and thousands, perhaps millions, of saints have been martyred by these beastly, usually religious men and women. In every age people have pointed to different ones as being the “Anti-Christ” that is going to take over the world. Hitler was among them. Many believed he was the “Anti-Christ” and for them, he had taken over their world. The way things are going in our time, we may face evil men overtaking the world. Indeed, all of these are the “Anti-Christ”, because the Bible teaches very plainly that the “Anti-Christ” is a spirit. This anti-christ spirit has been in the world since Christ first made his appearance. It is any spirit that opposes Christ. “Little children, it is the last time: and ye have heard, that anti-Christ shall come, even now there are many anti-Christ; whereby we know that it is the last time…Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is anti-Christ, that denieth the Father and the Son” 1 John 2:18, 22  “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try (test) the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know we the spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not the Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of anti-Christ whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is in the world.”  1John 4: 1-3  “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ  is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an anti-Christ.”  2 John 1: 7

These are the only scriptures in the Bible that speak of “anti-Christ”, and it is very plain to see that they are speaking of a spirit in man. We all have a spirit. If we have not the spirit of Christ, then we have an anti-Christ spirit. This is not a futuristic prophecy. The anti-Christ has already come and has been here since the time of Christ.