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NASB | 2 John 1:7 ¶ For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 John 1:7 ¶ For many deceivers [heretics, posing as Christians] have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge and confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh (bodily form). This [person, the kind who does this] is the deceiver and the antichrist [that is, the antagonist of Christ]. |
Subject: Does Islam fit here? |
Bible Note: In my church you would be hard pressed to find someone who would believe what the world says about the world. The lost people in the world can swap one set of theologies for another and it matters not one bit: they still are lost. Momma, are you afraid that this will make it harder for God to save them? The world will rage against us and will seek to suppress the truth, and they will do this via all kinds of avenues. Are you afraid that they will succeed in silencing the message of the Gospel? There are more pressing problems in the churches of America than what is going on in the darkness: Seeker-friendly movements that waters down the truth to make it less offensive to the world. It further seeks to define the church in terms of demographics and marketing. Pluralism that sees all paths leading to God, making the cross of none effect. This viewpoint offers solace to the lost by assuring them of their salvation. Subjectivism that sees truth as a matter of experience, even to the point of denying logic. It even goes to so far as to say that words only have meaning to the hearer, thereby eliminating even the necessity to understand the intent of the speaker. Egoism that teaches us to "have good self esteem" instead of doing as the Bible directs "let each esteem other better than themselves." Popular books teach people to focus on themselves in a "purpose driven life" instead of focusing on God and His eternal purpose. Ecumenism that teaches the worship of unity even at the cost of truth. That would put us back under the authority of priests and popes, with no apology or consideration of the hundreds of thousands who were killed and tortured for trying to put Bibles in the hands of common people. False gospels that make man's decision part of salvation, replacing God with man as sovereign, and denying the complete work of Christ on the cross. The list goes on and on. Momma, I don't mean that we shouldn't have compassion on Muhamadans. I don't mean that we should ignore them. I just see that the inside of the church is in shambles. If we don't correct these things, God will not use us to bring the Gospel to others. These issues should be dealt with from the pulpit... these issues of the blackness of sin in our own hearts. A. W. Tozer's words should haunt us all, "How can we expect such grace to save us from the flames of hell, if it lacks the power to change our lives?" |