Matt. 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves
The Wolves are Rising
We are living in a day and age where false teachers are
rising in record number. We have the mega churches taking in hundreds of
thousands of dollars on one Sunday and not using the money for the greater good
of the church.
I can’t be sure what they’re using the funds for, but to see
them dressed in $200 leather loafers, and a three-hundred dollar suit, drive off in
their Mercedes, they are really giving off the aroma of smelly pulpit behavior.
Matt. 21:13 And said unto them, It is written, My house
shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Am I the only one seeing wolves in sheep clothing on the
rise? Am I the only one that sees people flocking to false teachings like it
was the bread of Christ being delivered by Himself right to their, what,
computer? Television?
This is why I think it is important to attend a church,
physically. By physically being present, physically seeking out the one that
fits you, you will in turn become part of the fruits of the Spirit that Jesus
was referring to. Otherwise you’re allowing yourself to become an unsound tree.
By being that, you are more susceptible to false teachings. Every sound tree
bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit.
When you fall prey to a false teacher, you then pass on
his/her information as if it were truth. You then allow yourself to be an open
doorway of bearing bad fruit. If you are so wrapped up in knowing the age of
the Earth; so enamored with the timeline of the universe; if you’re so fickle
in knowing the lineage of Adam and the age of man, you are missing
the entire point of the Holy Bible. You are losing sight of what God was trying
to do. You are minimizing God extensively and putting your faith in a ravenous
wolf.
Yesterday’s sermon brought it home for me. Pastor Dave spoke
of the reality of the Crucifixion and Resurrection. Had hundreds of people not
witnessed the resurrection, would Jesus’ life have carried any weight over
two-thousand years? The same goes for the flood and the parting of the sea and the
miracles Jesus performed. Had there been no witnesses to the FACT, would Jesus’
Word been able to be carried for so many years?
I hear today people say that the bible is a myth. Think
about it, are they saying that thousands upon thousands of eyewitnesses are
liars? Are they saying that the pastor standing in front of me is a part of
this massive conspiracy to bring lies to man?
Has he been fooled along with millions of others?
The power of the resurrection brought about a reality.
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all wrote what THEY had seen. Are these men just
liars? Are they just a part of the grand myth? The Holy Bible has withstood the
test of time, the very time that so many men are trying to put an actual
timeline on. The Bible stands its ground and carries the weight of gold in the
very words handed down from man to man.
1 Corinthians 15 says it all. If we as believers of the
risen Christ believe in a myth then all of our steadfast faith is in vain? Yes
wolves are running about wanting you to believe that your faith is in vain;
that all you hold true is false; that the book you hold in your hand, called the
Holy Bible, is full of false witnesses, lying scholars, who just wanted to hand
down an elaborate fairytale for you to tell your children so that millions and
millions of people would believe in this One God.
If believing in Christ makes me a liar, then so be it, I
stand with millions who have fallen for the Glorious Risen King! I need no
proof of the ages, no physical evidence of sediment, I need no visual papyrus
and I need no physical proof to build my faith on.
While the wolves are out and about trying to give you this
proof, they are taking money to build themselves up, build museums for you to
come and see for yourself the artifacts that they have; or to build mega
churches where you can give more money so they can have more nice things.
If you are following these wolves that are teaching false
things or guiding you in an unsavory manner remember you are a part of the den
of thieves that Jesus was referring to.
My Savior is ALIVE. He’s not dead, bound for dissection; He
is ALIVE! And I have eternal life through Him. What do you have, cold hard
facts? And that helps you sleep at night?
I have nothing against wolves as a species but I do have something
against the false prophets in the bible. The men (wolves) are out to devour the
sheep (the Christ followers.)
Awake you sleeping nation. While the atheists are trying to
get you to believe that the Bible is a myth, Christians are coming out by the
millions to testify and become a part of the witnessing that still continues to
this day of a living God and a Risen Savior.
I would rather put my faith in eternity (spiritual), than
something temporal (physical); eternal love, hope, joy and blessings versus
sadness, sorrow, death and a cold hard coffin? Yeah, I choose CHRIST!
1 Cor. 15: 3-14 For I delivered unto you first of all that
which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the
scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
