No Apologies, No ExcusesBy J. DeanTaking A "Hard Line" Against SIN
Pedophiles As Priests Is it being "too harsh" to call a pedophile priest a "liar" and a "deceiver?"
If you really think so, tell that to a young boy who has been sexually molested and to his family.
What most don't realize is the teachings that condone sin are are the same underlying doctrines that
ultimately provided the priest with the means and with the lack of conscience to do these atrocities! Every time another priest is caught in this crime, "supporters" of that priest are interviewed on television, and are heard defending these heinous acts by saying things like "well, we all sin in some way," and "priests are only human, too." A recent meeting at the Vatican was held in which the Pope told the Catholic Archdioces that even though it's a crime for priests to molest children, the Church is "open to forgiveness!" Then, these same Catholics came back home gave press conferences stating that the Pope had instituted a "zero tolerance" policy! "Open to forgiveness," does not sound like "zero tolerance." What they apparently are saying is that a priest will no longer be allowed to serve as a head of a congregation! Nothing is said about punishing them for their deeds, or even turning them over to the authorities for punishment! As if a defrocked priest can't molest a child! Please! What pedophile priests have done is unforgiveable! God will probably forgive them if they repent, but they should never be allowed to serve as a leader of a congregation again! Anyone who can blink at it, then let them continue as a priest must be a pedophile themselves! Friends, this is tolerance of an heinous act of brutality against an innocent! It comes as no surprise! Forgiveness is translated to mean "there is no penalty for your evil behavior!" It's this sort of twisting of forgiveness and grace that we must not tolerate! I will not apologize for being hard on "spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6:12) There are just too many lives at stake here for us to be soft on sin! We're not saying there is no forgiveness, however; what we are seeing is not forgiveness of sins, but a looking the other way, of enabling by creating doctrines that say we are all helpless over sin, and that these poor priests are "victims" of their own uncontrollable, inherited, inescapable appetites! I have spent a lot of time and study, exposing the underlying causes of these atrocities that have been perpetrated for centuries by those who seek to "justify and excuse sin," this they do, by creating doctrines! This "mindset" is nothing less than a means of each other in their sins! Those who excuse sin in this way are are just as guilty as the pedophile priest, because they are the ones who are enabling him! They make these excuses one for another so that they can have an excuse for their own sins (whatever they may be).
I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE Yes, their churches are the place where one can go on sinning and sinning until the day one dies, and still be assured a place in Heaven!
There is no diplomatic way to destroy these lies! One has only to examine the extent to which these religions have endeavored to cover up the sins of priests who molest children! These are not stupid people either! They are highly educated scholars, some of them holding 2 and 3 doctorate degrees! When you consider that truth, you can only conclude that they must be capable of understanding the truth of the scriptures, they have chosen not to! They are not "deceived," they have "deceived themselves" and anyone who listens to them is deceiving themselves, desiring to be told it's ok to go on sinning, God understands! Why would anyone choose to teach lies and deception? That's simple! They want to believe it just as much as thier parishioners do, because that means they can hang onto their sins (and continue abusing children)! Do not think it's a coincidence that every false doctrine can be traced back to the basic notion that it's "impossible to stop sinning?" Give me any major false doctrine and I can show you how its basic foundation is "you can't stop sinning, and so..." Many of the major teachings are all built on this one stone of offense, and they are all designed to prop up one another, supporting that one lie, that you can't stop sinning! Actually, it's not a new lie! It's a very old lie, the same one that the serpent told in the garden of Eden. The devil was trying to convince Eve that she would not suffer any penalty for sinning against God and told her plainly "you surely won't die!" This is what many today teach about sin! Go ahead, sin all you want, you've got grace, you've got forgiveness! You won't be judged! You won't die for that sin, because Jesus died for it already! Jesus paid the way so that you can abuse children! It's the devil's oldest lie on Earth! The Son of Perdition is devoted to supporting this one lie, that man is forever imperfect and incapable of pleasing God! No wonder why religious leaders end up in the news on a frequent basis! I will not apologize for taking a hard line against lies! Not when those lies result in the misery of lost souls everywhere! The fact is those who teach "you can't stop sinning" (not necessarily those who are deceived by these teachings, but those who came up with these teachings and propogate them for a living) have long ago abandoned the way of righteousness a very by concluding it is impossible to please God! They are telling those who want to stay sinners exactly what they want to hear! They then began to twist the concepts of faith, forgiveness, and grace to support this conclusion, and then, over the years, built religious dogma based upon that lie! Now, we are seeing the harvest of this "garden of lies," in the newspapers and on television! I beg, no, I emplore all of you to examine your faith! Search your hearts and your souls. Be honest with yourself! Do you really believe God would create laws that were impossible to follow? Why would he waste His time? Just to prove He is better than us? We already knew that from the day we were created! If anyone gets "real" with Yahweh, God, they will see that He is real, and He will be real with them, and to them! He wants the best for us and for our children. In other words, He wants to see us enjoy life, free from evil, and free from the miseries of fleshly lusts! Instead of making religious excuses for our sins, shouldn't we, rather, turn to Yahweh and ask for the help, guidance, power, and strength to get rid of those sins? Doesn't that make more sense? Yahshua, Messiah's message was not one of futility, it was one of power! He did not teach us it is impossible to be perfect, in fact, He told us "be, therefore, perfect, even as the Father in Heaven is perfect!" (Matthew 5: 48) Then, Messiah demonstrated this power of obedience in His every day life and conversation! When you strip away the excuses, you come to the knowledge of the truth, and that truth, being sealed by the blood Yahshua shed on the cross, sets you free from sin! It doesn't just set you free from the penalty of sin, but sets you free from it's grip! When Yahshua died on the cross He gave us ultimate proof of the power that is now offered to us! His death leaves every man with no excuse for their sins, for Yahshua has proved that indeed a mortal man, son of Adam, can walk perfect and Holy in his lifetime! We can now look into the possibility of following his example of obedience, even to the cross! If you are one of these people, stop making excuses for your sins, and start believing the gospel, which is the Good News, that Yahshua has shown us the way to truly be free from sin, by showing us the way to overcome our sins, and by delivering into the hands of those who believe the power to become just like him! The power to become the sons of God!
The time has come for true believers everywhere to stand up and conquer the sin that has beset them, through the power, which is love! If we do this, together, we will usher in a new age of righteousness on the earth! The message can be summed up here. We must rid our lives of the following errors: Modern apologists seek to:
HIDING OUR SINS 1. The blood of Jesus cloaks their sins so that God can no longer see them. They teach that when God looks at them He only sees "the blood of Christ."
According to this, now, all we have to do is pledge allegiance to the name "Jesus" and HIS righteousness is counted for theirs, no matter HOW sinfully we live our lives! God now only sees us as "dressed in a white robe of righteousness" that "covers our sins like a cloak." When God looks at us He doesn't even see them but actually sees JESUS instead!
MAKING EXCUSES FOR THEIR SINS 1. Man is "born to sin." God knows this. In fact God knows that man can never stop sinning and really doesn't expect us to stop! That's why he's provided "grace" and "forgiveness." Therefore, any attempt to obey God's laws is futile and is called "legalism." They call those who attempt to follow God's law "legalists," yet they make up their own dogma and rules which they impose on their congregation. Following God's laws is legalism, but following theirs is not! Amazing!
This is how it was possible for him to obey God perfectly. The trinitarian is forever excused from following Messiah's example, because he was God, and they aren't!
That is how he could be "tempted in all ways, yet, without sin!" He had an "advantage of birth" over us, and therefore, God would never expect us to be able to be just like Jesus!
ESCAPING FROM SIN'S PENALTY 1. Jesus paid the penalty for their sins! All they have to do is believe in him and they will never be held accountable for their sin! (Yet, even the devil's believe in Yahshua)!
This is quickly translated to mean "take away the penalty for our sins." It never occurs to them that maybe it means he died to get rid of our sins, to take them away from us, so that we no longer had sins, literally!
There's no requirement to be "sinless" and "obedient" to catch this "joy ride" into heaven, all you have to do is "be a good Christian," and you will all escape the final judgement of works that is coming to all of mankind! They teach that they are exempt from this judgement! They can never be judged for their sins! In their mind, there is no such thing as stopping their sins. (Thus they cannot concieve of the idea that maybe, on the day of judgement, they will still be on the earth, yet they would not be judged for sin because there is no sin in them to be judged). They can't even consider such a notion as this. Therefore, in their minds, the fact that they are not appointed to wrath can only mean that they won't be here for the wrath! It never occurs to them that the reason the true believers won't be appointed for wrath is because when God's wrath pours out on the evildoers of the world, they won't be an evildoer, because they will be like Yahshua Messiah, and they will be walking the earth perfect and upright and therefore no wrath can touch them! This idea of divine protection appears to be so foriegn to them, they will call laugh at you if you suggest this scenario! In their books and writings, they scoff at the idea of us going through the wrath that is depicted in the book of revelation, and yet being untouched by it all through God's power! This is the craziest thing they've ever heard! That God could protect them from 100 pound hail stones, or mountains burning with fire, or poisonous water supplies! They just can't believe that God could protect them from these things! Why can't they believe it? Because they simply can't believe that they can ever be obedient to God! Theirs is a religion of grace and forgiveness alone, and of being forever being in bondage to their sinful flesh until the day they die! (Or until the rapture).
Thus their future sins are already bought and paid for too! They base this crazy notion on the premise that, since everyone who now lives was born after Yahshua died, then at the time He died for their sins, they were still future sins and had not been committed yet! However, if you take this teaching to it's logical conclusion, then Yahshua needs us to remain in our sin, otherwise, he would have died on the cross in vain! This leaves one to believe that we should actually encourage our children to sin, so that the cross will always have meaning! The cross' meaning is now dependant upon our sinning! Otherwise, Messiah's death would cease to have any purpose. If we all stopped sinning there would be no more need for grace, forgiveness, and faith! This is the logical conclusion to what they teach! They often say that if any man teaches you to have a sinless life he is nullifying the message of the cross, and that if any many seeks to obey God, (by keeping His laws) he has "fallen from grace!"
ORGANIZED RELIGION NEEDS The way the organized modern religion is designed, with their present doctrines, sin is vital to the survival of the religion! If everyone in the world stopped sinning, there would be no use for the religion, since it is based on the principles of continually cloaking your sin in grace and forgiveness, and a salvation that is based upon faith alone! Not only do they not make provision for the person who stops sinning, organized religion refuses to acknowledge the possibility of any such thing ever occurring! What this really means is, we have here major religions who's best interests are served by keeping everyone in their sins, in order to have a purpose for even existing! This is dangerous. If you don't think it is, you just aren't thinking straight! Religion banks on your inability to stop sinning, so that you need their system of "faith, grace, and penance! Why would they ever encourage you to stop sinning? They'd be encouraging the impotency of their own religions! So, instead of following the example of the Messiah and His disciples, who told everyone "go forth and sin no more," organized religion tells people "go forth and sin some more!" They have to teach this in order to remain in the position of power in which they are in now! They would go out of business if they taught everyone how to stop sinning, because, no one would need their system of faith and grace through forgiveness of sins, not if they had no sins to forgive! My friends, Brothers and Sisters in Messiah, are you really going to trust your salvation to a system of religion that wants and needs to keep you in bondage to sin? How could you ever trust anything such a system told you? How could you trust your children to the leadership of those religions? As we are sadly finding out the hard way, we can't trust our children to them! They will rape them and leave them spiritually disillusioned, and when they are caught, they and their supporters will shrug and say "no one's perfect!" We, as true believers, must condemn all thinking that attempts to provide an "occasion to the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof," and we can make no apologies for our stand! Yahweh knows the heart of every man, and the thoughts and the intents thereof. He knows whether they be for evil of for good! There is no escape from this truth! Those who "seek deep to hide their council from the Lord, and who's works are in the dark, and they say who sees us, and who knows us," they have a rude awakening coming! (Isaiah 29:11-16).
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