Many claim to have accepted Christ but are merely deceived by the devil.
There are many today who claim to have "accepted Christ as their personal savior" and they claim to be headed to a heaven that is taught by the Bible. But, the Bible teaches that those who try to enter heaven any other way than the Bible way, will be lost.
John 10:1 {Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.}
By the way, the Bible makes NO MENTION WHATSOEVER of "accepting Christ as your personal saviour by a mental/verbal affirmation that He exists"; that is a MAN MADE FALSE DOCTRINE. People are being taught everything from "Just flash your headlights twice" (in the drive in "church") to "walk the Roman road and make a public profession" or
"Shake the preachers hand" as though these activities could even save a gnat! The plan of salvation taught by Jesus' disciples is:
Acts 2:38 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 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Note the 39th verse "as many as the Lord our God shall call" Now, if your preacher is teaching anything other than the apostles doctrine (Acts 2:38), then YOUR BIBLE says to "let him be accursed"
Galatians 1:8 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.
The gospel that they had received was clearly Acts 2:38. So, do you really think that a man that God calls accursed can really be trusted?
Matthew 15:14 {Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.}
Luke 6:39 {And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?}
The ditch is hell. If you're following a false preacher you will BOTH end up in hell. How can a man, accursed of God, tell you how to be saved. Do you really think that God will honor a LIE just to save a bunch of people that chose tradition instead of the word of God??
II Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
II Corinthians 11:15 Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall
be according to their works.
Satan's ministers CLAIM to be ministers of righteousness... They are of the world, and the worldly LOVE to hear them preach..
II Peter 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
II Peter 2:18 For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness,
those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the
hearts of the simple.
If you obey HIS word, then, and only then, have you "accepted Christ". The multitudes who claim to have accepted him, while rejecting his word are merely decieved..OR WORSE:
II Thessalonians 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth,
that they might be saved.
II Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
II Thessalonians 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
God WILL not only *let* truth haters believe a lie, he will even send them STRONG DELUSION...Read 2 :12 again, Who does God say will be damned??
Matthew 7:13 {Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be
which go in thereat:}
Matthew 7:14 {Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.}
Matthew 7:15 {Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.}
So, we see trinity denominations with their broad roads, and many who claim to be saved. Yet they have abandoned Biblical salvation..Is the Bible right?
Denominal preachers are going to their pulpits with a book under their arm that teaches that they, and those that hear them, are damned...
Bro Steve Winter DD
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