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Results from: Notes On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: eoannes Ordered by Date |
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1 | Rev, Jesus states spew out of His mouth | Rev 3:16 | eoannes | 211808 | ||
Hi Jeff and thanks, your compliment meant a lot to me. Sorry for this late post, but I stumbled across this site with commentary from John F. Walvoord (entered eternal grace in 2002), a long-time president of Dallas Theological Seminary. Here is a portion: It is apparent that there is something about the intermediate state of being lukewarm that is utterly obnoxious to God. Far more hopeful is the state of one who has been untouched by the gospel and makes no pretense of putting his trust in Christ than the one who makes some profession but by his life illustrates that he has not really honored the Christ whose gospel he has heard and professed. There is no one farther from the truth in Christ than die one who makes an idle profession without real faith. The church at Laodicea constitutes a sad picture of much of the professing church in the world throughout the history of the Christian era and serves as an illustration of those who participate in the outer religious worship without the inner reality. How many have outwardly conformed to requirements of the church without a true state of being born again into the family of God? How many church members are far from God yet by their membership in the professing church have satisfied their own hearts and have been lulled into a sense of false security? The above can be found here: http://www.walvoord.com/page.php?page_id(EQUAL SIGN)261 Joyful Blessings, John |
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2 | Could this be the great apostasy? | Bible general Archive 4 | eoannes | 211786 | ||
Thanks Doc, and your Scripture reference helped. What the verse you mentioned speaks of is a very great apostasy. This is not to be understood as a temporary thing, like a 'hiccup' in the church involving just a few Christians, but a general, gradual increase of believers who become deceived because they do not exercise discretion. And that is the age which possibly precedes the false prophet, setting the stage for the rise of the final antichrist. Joyful Blessings, John |
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3 | Could this be the great apostasy? | Bible general Archive 4 | eoannes | 211783 | ||
Greetings Doc, Thank you for your input. Yes, believers have always been outnumbered, and Jesus said, during His sermon on the mount, "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. (Mat 7:13) However, the statistics that had caught my attention, and prompted me to question this forum are these: 'Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, growing at a rate four times faster than Christianity' (from David Pawson, "The Challenge of Islams to Christians" [London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2003] p.11) And (ibid) "if present trends continue, half of all global births will be in Muslim families by the year 2055" There is compelling evidence in a surge of conversions to Islam since 9-11-01, across America and Europe. One Dutch Islamic center claims a tenfold increase, while the New Muslims Project, based in Leicester, England and run by a former Irish Roman Catholic housewife, reports a "steady stream" of new converts. (The Times, (UK) Jan 7, 2002, Giles Whittell, [Allah Came Knocking at My Heart]) The saddest aspect of these figures is that over 80 percent of these American converts to Islam were raised in a Christian Church. (Bruce A. McDowell and Anees Zaka, [Muslims and Christians at the table] Phillipsburg, P and R Publishing, 1999, p.6) The list goes on, but as I said, I am only getting started. I realize these sources are slightly dated, but a trend is a trend. I will look further into this for some fresher material Joyfull Blessings, John |
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4 | Could this be the great apostasy? | Bible general Archive 4 | eoannes | 211771 | ||
Thanks Jeff, No offense taken, whatsoever. I suppose it was the wrong question to ask. Suppose I asked if anyone knew of any information in the Bible to either support or refute this? Or, to our muslim visitors, is there any information in the Koran to either support or refute this? Any leads are helpful, I am just getting started and I think it is quite an interesting topic to pursue. Blessings to all. John |
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