Dead Churches!

“It would be a godsend if the Church would suffer persecution today; she hasn't suffered it for hundreds of years. She is growing rich and lagging behind. Going back.”

Billy Sunday, The Need for Revivals, From "Billy Sunday: The Man and His Message", by William T. Ellis, Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1914

"And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead." —Revelation 3:1

Apostasy in the Church

It is a sad day in America when people are having to leave church to find God! Most churches today are apostate—using corrupt bibles, singing worldly Christian Rock music, teaching psychology instead of preaching the Word of God, endorsing Godless political leaders, et cetera.

It is tragic that most churches today have embraced the vile New International Version (NIV) of the Bible. The issue of "which Bible" is worth fighting over. The NIV teaches Lordship Salvation in Romans 10:9, a false teaching rooted in self-righteousness. Let us proclaim the truth that JESUS CAME TO SAVE SINNERS!

I recently visited a Baptist church where the pastor wore blue jeans to the pulpit, spoke psychology instead of preaching, the music was worldly, the NIV was their Bible, most of the women wore pants, and the only invitation given to lost sinners was to “follow Jesus.” Well, many people followed Jesus in His time in hopes of receiving food or a blessing, but they weren't saved. Judas was one of Christ's very disciples, but he was lost and went to Hell.

Following Jesus is not salvation. Making a commitment to God is not salvation. Here are the excellent words of Pastor Harry Ironside concerning Biblical salvation...

“The Gospel is not a call to repentance, or to amendment of our ways, to make restitution for past sins, or to promise to do better in the future. These things are proper in their place, but they do not constitute the Gospel; for the Gospel is not good advice to be obeyed, it is good news to be believed. Do not make the mistake then of thinking that the Gospel is a call to duty or a call to reformation, a call to better your condition, to behave yourself in a more perfect way than you have been doing in the past …

Nor is the Gospel a demand that you give up the world, that you give up your sins, that you break off bad habits, and try to cultivate good ones. You may do all these things, and yet never believe the Gospel and consequently never be saved at all.”

SOURCE: Pastor Harry A. Ironside, from the sermon: What Is The Gospel?

Biblical salvation means coming as a guilty sinner and trusting upon Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins. Acts 10:43, “To Him give all the prophets witness, that through His name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins. Amen! With all the corrupt Bibles in churches today, they have produced an entire generation of corrupt theologians and authors.
 

Tyranny in Government

Never has our own government committed such blatant crimes against the American people. It is disturbing what happened at Enron and the truth behind the Bush Family fortunes. Respectfully, President Obama is a Communist, who has promised to expand rights for homosexuals. Many pastors have endorsed Obama's Presidency. It is apostasy! It is not wonderful, it is terrible. What are people being taught in churches today? Will you eagerly board the train to Auschwitz also to be killed?

Speaking of Auschwitz. Some pastors say that abortion is a minor concern in their church. What?

Even more sickening is the apostate attitude amongst some believers that churches should blindly support a criminal leader. Please read, Biblical Submission to Government. God commands us to hate evil (Psalm 97:10) and to rise up against evildoers (Psalm 94:16). Please read, Romans 13.

Certainly, President Obama is a likeable person, a strong leader and a gentlemen; but as believers we ought not support any politician who funds abortion, promotes Socialism and caters to illegal immigrants. Respectfully, Obama is bad news!

Please read, Why Do Churches Support Tyranny? and America: What Hast Thou Done?
 

Dead Churches

America is going to hell in a wheelbarrow while hundreds-of-thousands of dead churches all across America sit idle and do absolutely nothing about it. The hearse pictured above is more than appropriate for the average church in America today. Rigor mortis has set in! How can churches just sit back and remain silent? 

It is not enough for a pastor to preach three times a week and then go home. Most churches today are more like private social clubs—where a group of people meet together a few times a week, tithe, sing a few songs, hear a sugarstick sermonette, and then go home. That's what the cults do. The message needs to get outside of the walls of the church! America's preachers have lost their fire.

I'm talking about soulwinning churches here too! Please don't misunderstand me here. I love soulwinning (i.e., preaching the Gospel of Christ to lost sinners). I am a soulwinner myself. I love a soulwinning church and I'm not trying to discourage anyone, but our nation is going to hell. We have forgotten God. If we are going to bring America back to God at all, then we have got to start taking a stand against EVIL in each and every town across this great nation. Preachers across America need to start rocking the boat. 

There are soulwinning churches all across America that never try to fight anything! The truth is that we have become complacent in our freedom (including being complacent about the Bible). We didn't have to fight for our freedom, others did. We didn't have to bleed and suffer as others did. We never went through the Russian Gulag camps. We were never torture victims of the Japanese 731 units. Naturally, we take our freedom for granted. I ask you to WAKE UP Christian! Wake Up! America needs voices! Please read Inoculated Christianity! Also, please read Carrying Your Cross.

I am not saying that we should get side-tracked from building our churches and soulwinning. What I am saying is that there is a lot of wickedness going on in America and churches need to start coming out of the closet. The only reason that the homosexuals are coming out of their closets is because Christians in churches across America are hiding in their own closets. So while we're playing church, the rest of our community is going to hell. Every pastor of every church across America needs to post a big sign outside the church that reads, "Abortion is murder!" 

Most preachers are wimps and don't have the courage to stand against sin. Making money is their main love and concern. They're afraid of losing support so they dip their sails. What good are convictions as a preacher if you don't take a stand? You can post a big sign that says, "God loves people" as well. All I'm saying is that America is going to hell while churches all across the country are letting it happen. Are we fighting the good fight of faith? No, we are definitely not! Sadly, foreign Muslims have more morality than most Christians in America. I say this to our shame as a nation.

 "For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered." —Jeremiah 10:21

I'm not a fan of Jerry Falwell. As a matter of fact, he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. However, I was impressed when I found out that Jerry Falwell distributed a video tape to his congregation exposing the illegal drug-trafficking cover-up in Mena, Arkansas (and then Governor Bill Clinton being in over his head). The smuggling of illegal drugs into America by our own CIA has been firmly documented

There is NO war on drugs! If America's preachers would all get right with God and start crying aloud against such evils in our nation (as Billy Sunday did against alcohol), something would have to change. The average Christian is living in the dark and is woefully ignorant of what's going on in the real world. It doesn't have to be this way, but pastors have deliberately kept their people in the dark for fear of scaring away their cash cow. 

One pastor looked at my website and said he thought people would consider me "a nut." Well then I'm a nut for Jesus, but at least I'm contending for the faith! He meets with his church members every Wednesday to "pray about the abortion issue," while innocent children are brutally murdered by abortion in his own community. A word of protest is NEVER heard from his church. You'd think he'd buy some signs at www.antiabortionsigns.com and go down to the local abortion clinic with his people to protest. That will do more to save lives than expecting God to do everything. 

A faithful man of God spends time with God and his heart BURNS with a desire to preach the truth near and far. Part of 2nd Chronicles 7:14 is turning from our wicked ways. We have sinned greatly against the Lord by becoming indifferent and apathetic. We go through the routine of prayer because it makes us feel like we've done what was expected of us. Boy, aren't we great Christians for praying At what point in the Christian life are we supposed to make it real and get our hands dirty?

There are believers who go to church every Sunday and tithe 10% of their income. They think they are so spiritual. Sadly, they've only given God 2% of their life. If you work 40-hours at your job, 10% of that is 4-hours. There are 168-hours in a week. So you've only given God 2% of your total time (i.e., 4 divided by 168). Ask any business man and he'll agree... time is money. So, big deal if you've given God 10% of your income, in reality you've only given 2% of your time to God. God wants your time too. There is no call to soulwinning, it is a command for all believers (Proverb 11:30; Matthew 28:19-20; 2nd Corinthians 5:11). Few people are willing to give God their time.
 

Our First Amendment Rights

It is sad that MOST Christians do not fully understand their First Amendment rights. Folks we have the legal right to speak out and protest against our government. I'm tired of namby-pamby believers who think it's a sin to speak out against any authority. We have a God-given duty to contend for the faith, for righteousness and for all that is right. We have a duty to take a stand for God

Rise up, rise up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross,
Lift high His royal banner it must not suffer loss! 

America is entering the fifteenth round folks! We are heading into the final stretch! It's the ninth inning! We are about to lose our freedoms and country to the New World Order. Thank God for men like Alex Jones and Rep. Ron Paul who are getting the truth out. Would to God that preachers across America would start doing the same. It's a crying shame that secular people are doing what churches across America should be doing. Yes, we should preach the Word of God and salvation, but we must not ignore the evils of our day either. Take the blinders off!

"Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?" —Psalm 94:16

I've heard all kinds of excuses from Christians why we shouldn't get involved. A favorite is from Romans 16:19 where the Apostle Paul declares, "...I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil." The Apostle Paul wasn't saying that we should live like ostriches with our head in the sand, he was simply telling us that we should avoid evil. As Christians we are supposed to abstain from ALL appearances of evil (1st Thessalonians 5:22), but this in no way excuses us from taking a stand against the evils of our day. 

We need to protect our freedoms. I hate to say it but the ACLU is doing more to protect our rights than most churches are! I realize that the ACLU is a heathen organization, but they ARE protecting the rights of Christians as well as heathens. You have no right to preach against the ACLU for being a liberal institution if you're not doing anything to fight for freedom. Most people could care less about what I'm talking about. Do you know when they'll care? ... when they lose their freedom or it is challenged. It can happen to you. It won't be long until it's everyone's turn. Read about the Christine family. Does anyone care to listen to the wisdom of those who are trying to warn us?

"When all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will ... become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated." —Thomas Jefferson

Do you understand that? Washington has way too much power folks! They overruled the law of the states in 1972 and mandated legal abortions. Next they will be mandating legal homosexual marriages nationwide. Our government confiscates our money in the form of taxes and Social Security and then has the audacity to tell us that they can't account for where the money went. Don't you realize that as a U.S. citizen that everything OUR government leaders do they do in OUR name with OUR money. And then they tell you that it's none of your business where the money is going. It is called "corporate responsibility." We are responsible for the actions of OUR leaders. Thomas Jefferson would call for a revolution to this mess.

"The interests behind the Bush Administration, such as the CFR, the Bilderberger Group, and the Trilateral Commission—founded by Brzezinski for David Rockefeller—have prepared for and are now moving to implement open world dictatorship within the next five years. They are not fighting against terrorists. They are fighting against citizens."
Dr. Johannes B. Koeppl, PhD, former German defense ministry official and advisor to former NATO Secretary-General Manfred Werner

The New World Order is here friend, the police state is now being constructed right under our very nose under the disguise of Homeland Security.

Oh how woefully ignorant are the American people! And worse yet, most of the churches across America are just as ignorant of what's going on. We are headed for destruction as a nation (just like the Titanic) and no one realizes it yet. The good times are soon going to come to an end. 

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." —James Madison

Are you listening to the wisdom of one of our founding fathers? What Communist Russia couldn't do through force, the global elite (illuminati) are doing through policy changes and new laws stemming from the 911 Attacks. And it worked like a charm! The American people have sold their souls in exchange for security. What they don't realize is that the 911 Attacks were carried out as a pretext for war, thievery and to lay the foundation for a Police State in the U.S.

"This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for too long - We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order."

David Rockefeller Sept. 23, 1994

 

Patriot Act II works something like this!


Hitler did the same thing as Patriot Act II, offered security in exchange for privacy!

The Police State is Coming

 

Please read, It Can't Happen Here, by Texas Congressman Ron Paul
 

 "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from his government" —Thomas Paine

Wake up! We must all speak out against the evils of our day! Why are we so complacent about abortion? About homosexuality? About evils in government? Stand up! I will never vote Democrat or Republican again knowing what I know about the evil people deliberately destroying our country.

"Evil triumphs when good men do nothing." —Thomas Jefferson

If America's churches don't stand up against the evils of our day, then whose going to do it? ... Well the ACLU is fighting to protect our First Amendment rights ... Rapper, Eminem, just released a music video exposing the evils of 911 (asking President Bush why he brought the trade towers down). I mean... this is insanity! The unsaved people of this world are doing what the churches should be doing... standing firm against the evils plaguing OUR nation. The heathens are wiser than the children of God (Luke 16:8), but God doesn't want it that way. Jesus was disturbed over the fact that the unsaved people of His day were more on the ball than the Christians were. I am saddened every time I think about this—we need to repent as believers and get right with God. America needs voices!!! Voices to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with lost sinners! Voices to share the love of God. Voices to speak out against homosexuality! Voices to speak out against abortion! Voices to speak out against Hollywood! Voices to speak out against the criminals recklessly leading our country into the ground! Who will rise up!

It is up to you! You need to get informed! You need to get busy for God! Let's give the Devil a black eye! This is our country, let's fight to bring her back to God. We may not win the battle, but God WILL reward us for standing tall and without apology for what is right. We may not be able to stop the New World Order, but we can fight against Communism and thwart it. Just because evil is inevitable doesn't give us a right to sit back and allow it to happen in front of our faces without doing anything to fight it.

"Though the stars fall, do right!" — Bob Jones Sr.

Most people may not care about doing what is right, but there are still millions of people across America who care about justice and decency. Don't make it easy on the New World Order. Let's fight them every inch of the way! Ephesians 5:11 states . . . "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them."

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"It would be a godsend if the Church would suffer persecution today; she hasn't suffered it for hundreds of years. She is growing rich and lagging behind. Going back."

Billy Sunday, The Need for Revivals, From "Billy Sunday: The Man and His Message", by William T. Ellis, Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1914


"As Christians, we know that there is a literal hell and a lake of fire where the unsaved will burn for all eternity, therefore, we act upon this Truth without reservation and GO OUT into the streets and communities of America declaring the WORD OF GOD and proclaiming the GOOD NEWS.

We must go out to where the sinners are. We must go to those who would never come into our churches— to the atheists, to the religious, to the self-righteous, to the God-hating and win their souls to Christ.

For the Holy Scriptures declare in Romans 10, “How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent?”

For so long, we have allowed Satan to invade our communities through abortuaries, the entertainment and pornography industries, religious institutions, sexually perverse establishments, homosexual parades and other sin celebrations, without a word from the Christian therein. God has called us to “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” Isaiah 58:1

We must lift up our voice like a trumpet. We must go out into the world and declare the WORD OF GOD in front of the abortuaries and sexually perverse establishments, and at the homosexual parades and other sin celebrations and call them to repentance. Our light must invade the darkness!

Jesus said, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” If we love God, we will obey his commandments, and if we love our neighbours, we will go to them with the WORD OF GOD, so that they may be saved. For, “…faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
MICHAEL MARCAVAGE


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"Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?"
—Psalm 94:16


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