EO Responds To

Emails 11-29-09

(EMAIL FROM PERU) Blessings Thanks I have in mind trnaslate 4 A&Q and post them, I wanna translate more information. Why dont you translate the book IS THIS THE MARY OF THE BIBLE??. There is a great need of that book here, here in Peru 90% are catholcis, my uncle is a catholci priest and my whole family trsut him . He belongs to the franciscan mission .Besides on Saturday is coming and FORMER EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN that now is a catholic!!! he is giving his " testimony" why he is catohlic now, it is the first time this kind of event will be held in my city, I am afraid he will decienve some christian in his crusade . I am doing a lot of research here about catohlcisms. When I got converted in 1998 and got out of the RC chruch I felt inside I left something dark,I was observing the sacraments but they didnt help me at all. With Christ and the Bible it was all different one day when I read a Billy Graham book(1978) I was shoked to see how he quoted the pope as a great authority It relly confuse for a while, hE WAS BLINd even tohugh the rest of the book was really good. There are lots of things I would like to tell you. In Christ.

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. Please check this link http://www.alcanceevangelistico.org/ There is MUCH material already translated for Catholics in Spanish.

We are in a deep apostasy and converting to Catholicism is a major part of it. Billy Graham, Jack Van Impe, and many others have spoken highly of the Pope, etc,. over the years, which has deceived many. None of those endorsements have changed the DANGEROUS AND FALSE plan of salvation taught in Catholicism. They do not have salvation at all, yet are exalted as a Christian group! The victims are the sincere, truth-loving Catholics who would come to real salvation if exposed to the truth but will never hear such because of all the current compromise. May God help you spread the life-giving truth in your part of the world. The mere fact that Catholicism teaches Mary is co-redeemer is enough to show it is not Christian, even though it claims to be.

Please send us your testimony as a former Catholic and we'll place it on the web site. Thanks. God bless you.

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(EMAIL) Victory is the only option! I know you agree. In a world of apostasy and easy belieivism, the God we serve can do anything! the calvinist is the one that limits our Lords abilities. He saves us FROM our sins NOT IN our sins. And as Jesus said, With man it is impossible but with God All things are Possible (the power of real salvation)... SIN is a choice, I read. My friend, Count it an honor to be the Truth bearer that you are. I count it an honor to know you folks. God Bless you

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. Thank you for the kind words and standing for holy living apart from wickedness. MANY are deluded by Calvinism and think it stands for holiness because some SOMETIMES say if one professes to be saved but turns to sin he was never saved to begin with. Unfortunately, such do NOT know Calvinism has a double message. That is how they can also say David retained his salvation when in adultery and murder and Peter retained his salvation even after he disowned Jesus 3 times and fell away. That spells a license for immorality. In fact, even some who oppose Calvinism also believe those sinister things about David and Peter at that point in their lives! Hence, our “acid test” question/s are important. The TRUTH must be known about salvation, but few know what it is and the tiny bit who do are not willing to speak up, even though SOULS hang in the balance. This could not be more serious yet people are playing games.

It is GREAT to know you too. May all Christians be an honor to Jesus. GOD BLESS YOU.

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(EMAIL) I just wanted to thank you for your site and recommend it to others that I know. It is informative and basically hits the mark theologically. I am a member, minister, and bishop in _______ ...I especially laud you on your writings on the "Once saved, always saved" position held by most Reformed Evangelicals. Truth is always much more important than denominational positions contained in confessions, which should always be put to the test of scriptural conformity instead of scriptural interpretation conforming the Bible to the confession or creed.

I have also been in debates over "Messianic Christian" beliefs who have attempted to proselytize several times and I've had to use the same arguments that you present on your site. "Galatianism" is an accurate term, and I do not understand why Christians would desire to place themselves under the yoke that Christ delivers us from....

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. Thanks for the kind words and recommendations to others. It is good to read you do NOT align yourself with everything in the ___________ denomination. We MUST go by the Bible or we will be deceived. May God help all who want truth to know that basic fact.

It is shockingly bad to learn how many who profess to be evangelical embrace eternal security. (A true evangelical can NOT believe in once saved always saved, since that doctrine is not Christian.) If you have not ordered our books on this subject you might want to think about it.

Modern day Galatianism has deceived many, even those who reject Calvinism. The basic problem is people are not spending the needed time in the Bible and are easily deceived by a passionate teacher, who can quote a few verses.... God bless you.

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(EMAIL) ...I am in college and I was wondering if you can explain the trinity to me because people say Jesus then they say God and the Holy Spirit. P.S I am a Muslim

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. We have a detailed explanation of the Trinity on our web site here http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/trinity.htm God is COMPOUND unity. What throws many off is that Jesus is both deity and man. Jesus is NOT the Father or the Holy Spirit. Muslims tend to only see the humanity of Jesus and deny his deity, because that is how they were raised....

The ONLY hope of forgiveness of sins and escape of HELL offered to any person, Muslim or not, is to turn away from sin as defined in the Bible and submissively follow and trust in the Lord Jesus (Acts 20:21).

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(RESPONSE about divorce and remarriage) Greetings in Jesus’ name. There is no doubt the divorce and remarriage questions can get complicated and very important, especially for the SOULS involved. When a person wants badly to see a Scriptural basis for their present situation (usually a “divorce” and/or “remarriage”), Scriptures will often be distorted or avoided to give some peace of mind.

We have given this relevant issue a lot of thought over the years. I do NOT fully understand all the details, but this I do know: There are MULTITUDES in adultery now over a “remarriage” and consequently on the road to hell. Such a form of adultery is usually the most undetected and denied, especially in our day of many “ear ticklers” teaching. Even MANY of the so-called “pastors” have been divorced and remarried and sometimes multiple times. They will have to allow for their own situation.

I do NOT know the answer to your specific question/s and hence am afraid to say the wrong thing. I usually tell people to look up every NT verse regarding adultery, divorce and possible remarriage. Hopefully, they will see the truth and act accordingly. This issue is a major SNARE to many church people. There are more divorced people going to church than those never divorced!!!!!!! Divorced people can be very religious and zealous -- maybe over GUILT!!!???? It is a terrible situation and day.

Sorry I couldn’t be more exact. God bless you. Heb. 3:14.

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(EMAIL) ...I just have to harass you before the rapture because after it I will have to go to heaven and not get to bother you any more "huh sad" but till then "smile". NO it's been said if bibles the only book you have to know the auther to understand so when you meet him you will understand the KJV possibly after the rapture during the great revivals yeah I noticed you didn't seem intrested about my preachen at MSU or Ozark Full Gospel Church and please I'm dien to know if your a young earth creationist I'm serious your so awsome not to be one it's not a trick question I want you on the winning side see you later!

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. I’ve heard the argument before that one must be saved to understand the version of the Bible you like most (the KJV). The problem is: MANY are saved but can NOT understand the KJV, including you, that is, assuming you are saved. Also, to argue that way is to say we now have a new way to identify a Christian, that is, if he is a Christian he CAN understand the KJV and if he can’t understand the KJV he is unsaved. Think!

To argue that revivals occurred using the KJV and therefore God has apparently endorsed it is also inaccurate. There have been so-called revivals before the KJV was ever translated. Also, the English language has changed. A couple centuries ago, English speaking people could understand those weird words in the KJV, which is not the case today.

GOD BLESS YOU. Remember 1 Tim. 4:16 and Heb.3:14.

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(EMAIL) ...True blessed are those who obey God And Mary Did just that so when Jesus was speaking hewas also thinking about his mother too, who obeyed and aceptedGod's Request of Her through the angel's message. So there is nodeviation. When you Look at the character of Mary sherefelects the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Patience, Kindness, Prudence, fortitude, etc... Victory is through Jesus Christ byhis Death on the Cross and also by his way of life andrelationship with his Father. That is what he came to show us.By the way do you know that the first human being to Mentionthe name Jesus is Mary. She gave him that name as instructed byGod. So each time you mention jesus know that first Lips toutter this mighty and Lovely Loved name where those of Mary.His mother.

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. MANY in the Bible “obeyed” God, but that doesn’t justify the way Catholicism has exalted and fabricated a Mary to the height of “mediatrix and dispenser of all graces” OR “our life, sweetness and hope.”

When the Lord Jesus publicly rebuked and corrected the woman who tried to exalt Mary on the basis that she bore and nursed Jesus, Jesus was certainly aware that Mary submitted to God’s will to be his natural mother. As with that woman who was in ERROR (in Luke 11:27,28), the Catholic church exalts Mary on that same basis!!!! Think! That is no reason to think she is especially blessed because of that, according to the Lord.

Regardless if it was Joseph or Mary who first mentioned Jesus is irrelevant. I’m more inclined to believe it was Joseph, but again it is not important:

But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus. (Mat 1:25)

NOTE: Joseph did not have sex with Mary until after Jesus was born and it was he who gave the baby the name Jesus.

The point is: What the Catholic church teaches about Mary, and other things, is DANGEROUSLY wrong. Please carefully read over our materials for Catholics http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/catholic.htm God bless you.

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(EMAIL) I had to be taught loss of salvation, the Scriptures are very clear that a person is saved by God's grace and kept by it. You do teach a works salvation, maybe you don't realise what you are doing, but if you don't trust the Lord Jesus Christ alone to save you and keep you, you then feel the need to work to keep yourself. You cannot keep yourself and you and I are not even nearly good enough to keep ourselves. People who teach loss of salvation are what I would call yo-yo Christians, saved, lost, saved, lost, saved, lost....... you must be saved and lost so many times every day. I know in whom I have trusted and He is the only one who can keep me from falling, you are teaching a massive heresy.

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. If you were taught loss of salvation it was truth you were hearing at the time. We are saved by grace, but grace is not related to the heresy of eternal security. We are not teaching a works salvation any more than the Lord Jesus, Paul or the rest of the truth-givers, as mentioned in the NT and who we quote.

If keeping ourselves was 100% God’s responsibility we would NEVER read things like these, showing that man has that responsibility for his own sake:

I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. (Rev 3:11)

Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. (1 John 5:21)

Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, (Luke 12:35)

All sins are not the same in their effect on our souls. Some sins are greater than others (Jn. 19:11). One type is eternal (Mk. 3:29), while others are not. Another type of sin is uniquely against our bodies, while other sins are outside our bodies (1 Cor. 6:18). 1 Jn. 5:16 declares there is a sin that does not lead to death while there is a sin that leads to death. Sins such as worry (Phil. 4:6), unthankfulness (Col. 2:7, 3:15; Lk. 17:11-18) and not being completely humble and gentle (Eph. 4:2) are not included in any of the lists of sins that will send people to the lake of fire, even if they were once saved. However, other sins certainly will send any person to hell if they die unrepentant, even a person who was once saved. (See 1 Cor. 6:9,10; Rev. 21:8; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:5,6; Jude 7; Rev. 22:15; etc.).

GOD BLESS YOU. Heb. 3:14.

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      (EMAIL) Is Salvation kept buy Good Works?

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. To enter God’s kingdom after death we will need a saving faith in Jesus. A saving faith in Jesus has good works with it, as James 2 teaches. In other words, we must have a PRESENT TENSE “belief” in Jesus to have a PRESENT TENSE salvation. If we are believing on Jesus we will also OBEY him. Hence we read things like:

We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. (1 John 2:3,4)

...he became the source of eternal salvation for all who OBEY him (Heb 5:9)

Does your “gospel” include this message?

By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. (1 Cor 15:2)

God bless you.

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(EMAIL) ...At the heart of all this aren't we really talking about rejecting the conviction of the Holy Spirit? I like your answers you have given me some more insight.I thank you for this!

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. The issue of the believer’s security does include the rejection of the Holy Spirit’s conviction for those who lose their salvation and remain unsaved. It is VITAL for Christian people to know salvation can be lost so they can then keep, hold and guard what they do have! Doing all of that is under grace, yet the eternal security teachers even wrongly teach that is legalism and a works salvation. Hence, there are MULTITUDES on the road to hell because they have not done for themselves what they needed to do after getting “born again” and all of this is under grace. Our materials can help you better understand these salvation-related things.

GOD BLESS YOU. Heb. 3:14.

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