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The Sin of Homosexuality
An increasing phenomenon in the modern world is the rapid expansion of the number of homosexual (gay) persons in societies, as well as the condoning of this lifestyle by many governments and churches. It is regarded as a hereditary trait which, in itself, is not sin. For that reason, gay people are seldom confronted about their immoral behaviour.
However, homosexual and lesbian traits are not hereditary as God did not create any person in this way. It is an indictment against our Creator to make allegations of this nature. In research in genetics, no gay genes have ever been found in any person. A disposition of this nature is clearly the result of learned behaviour.
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The Rapture Explained
The Rapture is a publication of The Rapture Force of Gauteng, South Africa. The editor is Ms Golda Chimere-Dan. Her husband, Prof. D. Chimere-Dan, heads up the Chimere-Dan Ministries. The following are excerpts from the first edition of The Rapture magazine (various Scriptures have been quoted from The Living Bible):
Certainty of the rapture
The rapture is the event in which the Lord Jesus Christ will appear in the cloud at the voice of the archangel and the last trumpet sound to take all Bible believing, born again Christians away from the surface of this earth before the Almighty God unleashes his anger on a sinful, unrepentant and Christ-rejecting world.
The rapture is an event that will take place very soon and very suddenly. It will be the most astonishing event in the history of the world which will turn the entire planet on its head. The Bible teaches this very clearly and it is the hope of every believer in the Lordship of Jesus Christ to be among those who experience the rapture.
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Apostatising is on the Increase
Apostatising is a general characteristic of the end-time. The Spirit of truth Himself warns us against the increased and devastating work of Satan’s spirit of error: “Now the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons” (1 Tim. 4:1; NKJV). A person must first be established in the true faith before he can depart from it. Paul therefore refers to Christians who are backsliding.
Two matters are evident from this scripture: Firstly, it is clearly stated that increasingly in the end-time many people will completely abandon their faith in the God of the Bible. This scripture specifically refers to believers who apostatise. Secondly, the reason for the widespread backsliding is mentioned, namely that it is being caused by the deception of Satan and his demons. The context suggests that they work through the mediation of human agents to proclaim heretical teachings in terms of which a biblical faith is questioned and ultimately completely rejected. In 1 Timothy 4:2 these hypocrites are called liars with a seared conscience.
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Backsliding and the Command to Perseverance
When considering the phenomenon of backsliding to the point of falling from grace, we should keep in mind that every person has a free will which believers can also use to their own detriment under the influence of spiritual deception – to such an extent that they can completely apostatise. The Holy Spirit never intimidates us to do things which are contrary to our will. He leads and convicts us to bring our will in agreement with the Lord’s will and to live accordingly. If we do that and take care to maintain the right relationship with the Lord by abiding in the atonement (cf. 1 John 2:1-2) we will never backslide.
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Antichrist Will Arise From the Middle East
There are clear biblical indications that the Antichrist will arise from the Middle East, from a country to the north of Israel. Some of his titles unmistakeably point in this direction, e.g. the Assyrian ( Isa. 10:12-14) and the King of the North (Dan. 11:36-45). He will also be the end-time king of Babylon who will be heading up a Babylonian alliance of false religions (Rev. 17) and will be in control of the world economy (Rev. 18).
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Sanctification: What Does the Lord Expect of Us?
The Bible unequivocally states that we should be completely sanctified with a view to the second coming of Jesus Christ. A further work of grace is needed in our lives to share in this blessing. Paul’s prayer for the Thessalonians is that the Lord “may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints” (1 Thess. 3:13). On the day when the Lord Jesus will descend from heaven to receive us to Himself He will bring the deceased saints with Him. On that day we must be spiritually worthy and not be ashamed because of our fleshliness.
Let us examine the big difference which sanctification makes in a Christian’s life, and also determine how far we have progressed on this way.
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Dangers of the Ecumenical Movement
An abridged version of articles by Dr. Opal Reddin, Professor Emeritus of Central Bible College
- I believe the basis of doctrinal fellowship of the ecumenical movement is so broad that it includes people who reject the inspiration of Scripture, the deity of Christ, the universality of sin, the substitutionary atonement, and other cardinal teachings that we understand to be essential to biblical Christianity.
- I believe the emphases of the ecumenical movement to be at variance with what we hold to be biblical priorities, frequently displacing the urgency of individual salvation with social concerns.
- I believe that the combination of many religious organizations into a world superchurch will culminate in the religious Babylon of Revelation 17.
- I believe that the Gospel is "the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes" (Rom. 1:16). Uncompromised allegiance to it would protect us against ecumenical movements which inevitably blur and eventually destroy the Gospel message.
The contemporary ecumenical movement is as dangerous as was the coming of the Judaizers to the Early Church with their false "gospel" of "JESUS plus works of law" (Acts 15:1; Galatians 1:6-9; 2:1-21). We need not be surprised by the ecumenists among us today. The Judaizers were so influential that even Peter and Barnabas were temporarily drawn away. Paul immediately and publicly accused them of hypocrisy and pronounced the curse of God on the false "gospel." Peter and Barnabas saw the Truth, repented, and joined with Paul in the first Council of the Church in Jerusalem, where the Holy Spirit led the Church to settle the message of the Gospel for all time (Acts 15:2-28).
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