MY RESEARCH ON ONE PASTOR WHO INSISTS THAT OUR GOD AND ALLAH ARE ONE AND THE SAME, MADE ME CURIOUS AS TO WHAT OTHER ERRANT TEACHINGS MIGHT ALSO ABOUND. SUDDENLY, I REALIZED THAT I WAS SEEING ONLY THE PROVERBIAL TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

“Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.” Acts 20:30 (KJV)

It seems that the Emergent Church which teaches Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) has slithered its way into our Southern Baptist churches. The proper spirituality of the Christian, being sola Scriptura, is being replaced by spiritual mysticism, which can be traced back to the Roman Catholic church.

From Pastor Ken Silva of Apprising Ministries:

“Leaving this aside now the evangelical community is embarking upon a very dangerous spiritual game of Russian roulette embracing highly subjective Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM), such as that taught by Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster along with his spiritual twin and Southern Baptist minister Dallas Willard. Sadly this is yet another bad by-product of its welcoming in the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church, of which that dubious duo were key mentors.

You may know that CSM is merely repackaged Roman Catholic mysticism and was a core doctrine of the EC from its hatching in hell; in addition it plays a critical role as the neo-Gnostic foundation of its new postmodern version of Progressive Christian theology under their spiritual circus “big tent” Emergence Christianity. As spurious CSM now spreads as leaven throughout the entire lump of the church visible it’s become the cause of a growing syncretism; and without a doubt one of the biggest syncretists within evangelicalism is the religious chameleon Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren.” [1] – source

When preachers lose sight of their need to depend on and teach from the Word of God alone, their lofty and contrived ideas land them on a slippery slope which eventually leads to total apostasy.

Rick Warren, of Saddleback Church and Purpose Driven Life/Church fame, has been on the slippery slope for most of his time as a pastor. He is not grounded in God’s Word, so he is vulnerable to being deceived and then deceiving others along the way. The people are loving what he’s selling. He keeps packing them into his “bigtop” and the circus keeps getting crazier.

Rick Warren has called the Pope “The Pope of all Christians.” I am a Christian, and I will tell you right now that the Pope is not my Pope — he is nothing to me in my walk with God. After Rick Warren’s PDL book came out and was on the NY Times best seller list for many months, he automatically assumed that the success of his book was proof that God was blessing his ministry.

Then came the Purpose Driven Church, and I found out that Warren was emailing his propaganda to Southern Baptist pastors across the world on a weekly basis. Discernment is one of the greatest gifts from the Lord. But in order to discern spirits, one must go to the only source that is reliable, and that is God’s Holy Word. When one has the Word in their hearts and minds from reading the Bible, then discernment becomes second nature. But still we are admonished to compare what we hear or read against His holy Word.

GOD’S WORD MUST REIGN SUPREME IN HIS FOLLOWERS HEARTS, MINDS AND SPIRITS.

Rick Warren has now jumped on the CSM bandwagon, and in turn has given the green light to his pastor followers. Warrens’ love for the RCC has been spreading as well. The Southern Baptist Convention is, sorry to say, an ineffective corporate entity, which does not get involved in Baptist churches who are shifting away from Baptist doctrine into the New Age of CSM. I spoke with one of the SBC leaders, and he confirmed this to me. I felt like I was speaking to a politician.

When I was saved in 1983, the couple who lead me to Christ belonged to a Charismatic church. When I left that church (it was far to drive) I sought out a church similar to my first church. What did I know? I came from Judaism into to being a Jewish Christian. I knew virtually nothing about denominations and such.

I did know that the new charismatic church made me very uncomfortable. People stood up on Sunday mornings, and said “I have a word of knowledge” or “Thus saith God.” Sometimes, they would have visions and speak in tongues with no interpreter. I read my Bible constantly, and something was very wrong — I could feel it. How did I know if these words spoken from people were Words from God? Couldn’t they be from the person? And in that case, why would I need to know these words?

I wound up in a SBC church. I felt safer there. I believed that the Southern Baptist churches were Biblically sound and trustworthy – well at least the one I was attending. I didn’t have to worry about people standing up and grabbing a microphone, to impart something from God. I believed that everything I would want to know from the Lord, was in the Bible.

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” 2 Timothy 2: 16-17 (KJV)

No church on this earth is perfect because they are all made up of people. But the Lord wants leadership to be looking to Him in prayer, and His Word for teaching.

CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY/MYSTICISM

What is Contemplative Spirituality? I took this straight from gotquestions.org:

Question: “What is contemplative spirituality?”

Answer: Contemplative spirituality is an extremely dangerous practice for any person who desires to live a biblical, God-centered life. It is most commonly associated with the emerging church movement, which is riddled with false teachings. It is also used by many different groups that have little, if any, connection with Christianity.

In practice, contemplative spirituality is primarily centered on meditation, although not meditation with a biblical perspective. Passages such as Joshua 1:8 actually exhort us to meditate: “Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” Notice what the focus of meditation should be—the Word of God. Contemplative spirituality-driven meditation focuses on nothing, literally. A practitioner is exhorted to completely empty his/her mind, to just “be.” Supposedly, this helps one to open up to a greater spiritual experience. However, we are exhorted in Scripture to transform our minds to that of Christ’s, to have His mind. Emptying our minds is contrary to such active, conscious transformation.

Contemplative spirituality also encourages the pursuit of a mystical experience with God. Mysticism is the belief that knowledge of God, spiritual truth, and ultimate reality can be gained through subjective experience. This emphasis on experiential knowledge erodes the authority of Scripture. We know God according to His Word. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17). God’s Word is complete. There is no reason to believe that God adds additional teachings or truths to His Word through mystical experiences. Instead, our faith and what we know about God is based on fact.

The website for the Center for Contemplative Spirituality sums it up well: “We come from a variety of secular and religious backgrounds and we each seek to enrich our journey through spiritual practice and study of the world’s great spiritual traditions. We desire to draw closer to the loving Spirit which pervades all creation and which inspires our compassion for all beings.” There is absolutely nothing biblical about such goals. Studying the world’s “spiritual traditions” is an exercise in futility because any spiritual tradition other than that which exalts Christ is falsehood. The only way to draw closer to God is through the path He has ordained—Jesus Christ and the Word. [2] – source

In my research of the Baptist pastor who believes that God and Allah are the same, I noticed that he was also bringing “Catholic” practices into his church. He has been talking to his congregation about Lent. He is also all about ecumenicalism, and seems very willing to unite for unity sake, even seeing that choice diluting the message of Jesus Christ, and blurring the lines between the RCC and Evangelical Christians, and in his case, even Islam! I believe this is his intent.

FROM WAY OF LIFE MINISTRIES:

Everywhere we look “evangelicals” are turning to Roman Catholic styles of contemplative spirituality (which in many cases were borrowed from pagan sources), such as ritualistic rote prayers, chanting, meditation, centering prayer, the use of prayer beads, Stations of the Cross, lectio divina, labyrinths, and “the daily office.”

The cover story for the February 2008 issue of Christianity Today was “The Future Lies in the Past,” and it describes the “lost secrets of the ancient church” that are being rediscovered by evangelicals. The ancient church in question happens to be the Roman Catholic, beginning with the so-called “church fathers” of the early centuries.

The article observes that many young evangelicals dislike both “traditional Christianity” and the seeker sensitive churches. Traditional Christianity is described as too focused on “being right,” too much into “Bible studies” and “apologetics materials.” Instead, the young evangelicals are lusting after “a renewed encounter with a God” that goes beyond “doctrinal definitions.” This, of course, is a perfect definition of mysticism. It refers to experiencing God beyond the boundaries of Scripture.

Christianity Today recommends that evangelicals “stop debating” and just “embody Christianity.” Toward this end they should “embrace symbols and sacraments” and dialogue with “Catholicism and Orthodoxy”; they should “break out the candles and incense” and pray the “lectio divina” and learn the “Catholic ascetic disciplines” from “practicing monks and nuns.”

Christianity Today says that this “search for historic roots” will lead “to a deepening ecumenical conversation, and a recognition by evangelicals that the Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox are fellow Christians with much to teach us.”

This is a no-holds-barred invitation to Catholic mysticism, and it will not lead to light but to the same darkness that has characterized Rome throughout its history, and it will lead beyond Rome to the paganism from which Rome originally borrowed its “contemplative practices.” [3] – source

I am not surprised at all by Christianity Today’s remarks. It seems that they have been an apostate outfit for a very long time.

I used to watch Dr. Ed Young on TV when the kids were small. I loved him. It grieves me to tell you that he has bought the Emerging church practices, lock stock and barrel. Satan is tricking these formerly sound teachers of God’s Word.

Brethren, this is just more proof that we must be in the end of the end times. Who would have ever thought that the Southern Baptist Church would be joyfully receiving these mystical, New Age practices into their sanctuaries? Who would have ever thought that the Evangelical churches would be cozying up to the Roman Catholic Church?

The devil is SO crafty.

MARANATHA!!

 THE EGYPTIAN COMPLAINT READS THAT “BARACK OBAMA ASSISTED THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN CRIMES AGAINST EGYPT AND IT’S CITIZENS”

“Let his days be few; and let another take his office.” Psalm 109:8 (KJV)

My favorite expression about Barack Obama is “Everything is calculated.” I read comments and commentaries about how inept he is — that he does not know what he is doing. Ha! Obama knows exactly what he’s doing.

Remember when BHO went on the apology tour right after he was elected in 2008? Remember when he told world leaders that America had been involved in too many countries affairs and deserved the name “The world’s policeman?”

How in the world do you think that the so-called Arab Spring came about? Obama was a major player in this, and his Puppetmaster, George Soros, supplied the money. The plan was to destabilize the Middles East, and rid the Arabic countries of their secular governments, and replace them with the Muslim Brotherhood. That was the plan.

His diabolical plan backfired in Egypt. Not only was his great buddy, Mohamed Morsi, ousted, but he was incarcerated in 2012. He still sits in a jail cell to this day.

Egypt also jailed many members of the Muslim Brotherhood, and made it a crime to be part of this terrorist organization. Think about this: Obama has hosted the Muslim Brotherhood in the White House on several occasions. He has not hidden this from the press.

THIS IS SO SERIOUS TO THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT, THAT OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON HAVE FORMAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST THEM IN EGYPT.

“In two separate criminal complaints, Egyptian lawmakers have charged Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton with conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood.”

According to one of the criminal charges, Hillary Clinton was found to be working with ousted Muslim Brotherhood president Mohammed Morsi’s wife, Naglaa Mahmood, in attempting to overthrow the current leader of Egypt, General Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi.

But this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Watch Western Center for Journalism’s exclusive video to find out all the details about the traitor in the White House, Barack Hussein Obama, and his Muslim Brotherhood collaborator, Hillary Rodham Clinton.” [1] – source

WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD?

History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (1939-1954)

Links to the Nazis began during the 1930s and were close during the Second World War, involving agitation against the British, espionage and sabotage, as well as support for terrorist activities orchestrated by Haj Amin el-Hussaini in British Mandate Palestine, as a wide range of declassified documents from the British, American and Nazi German governmental archives, as well as from personal accounts and memoires from that period, confirm. Reflecting this connection the Muslim Brotherhood also disseminated Hitler’s Mein Kampf and The Protocols of the Elders of Zion widely in Arab translations, helping to deepen and extend already existing hostile views about Jews and Western societies generally.

In November 1948 police seized an automobile containing the documents and plans of what is thought to be the Brotherhood’s `secret apparatus` with names of its members. The seizure was preceded by an assortment of bombings and assassination attempts by the apparatus. Subsequently 32 of its leaders were arrested and its offices raided. The next month the Egyptian Prime Minister, Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi, ordered the dissolution of the Brotherhood.
On December 28, 1948 Egypt’s prime minister was assassinated by Brotherhood member and veterinary student Abdel Meguid Ahmed Hassan, in what is thought to have been retaliation for the government crackdown. A month and half later Al-Banna himself was killed in Cairo by men believed to be government agents and/or supporters of the murdered premier. Al-Banna was succeeded as head of the Brotherhood by Hassan Isma’il al-Hudaybi, a former judge.

In 1952, members of the Muslim Brotherhood are accused of taking part in arson that destroyed some “750 buildings” in downtown Cairo — mainly night clubs, theatres, hotels, and restaurants frequented by British and other foreigners — “that marked the end of the liberal, progressive, cosmopolitan” Egypt.

The Brotherhood supported the military coup that overthrew the monarchy in 1952, but the junta was unwilling to share power or lift martial law and clashed with the Brotherhood. [2] – source

BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON – MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS

It does not take a rocket scientist to clearly see that BHO and Hillary are Muslim Brotherhood operatives. People – we ARE the frogs in the pot of water, which is heated very slowly as we happily hop around. The water get a tiny bit hotter little by little. Then, without seeing it coming, we are boiled and destroyed.

It may be too late already

It most certainly may be too late for us. By that I mean that America has turned her back on God, and is so immersed in gross, unspeakable sin, that God’s judgment IS Barack Obama, and possibly Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016.

Those of us who belong to God must pray for America. Even though it looks so bleak, our Father is waiting to hear from us:

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)

MARANATHA!!

This article is written as a warning. We have a Muslim Brotherhood member living in our White House.  He refuses to call jihad terrorism “Islamic Terrorism.” He continues to release dangerous terrorists from Gitmo.  He has infiltrated his White House and major agencies with radical Muslims. The history of Egypt, Israel and America given in this piece, will hopefully wake people up. We are under siege!

Remember the Arab Spring? In particularly, the one in Egypt?  In 2011, Obama, ordinarily stoic and lacking emotion, told the President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, “Step down – it’s time to leave!” Do you recall the rioting in the streets? Did you feel, as I did, that this was well orchestrated and planned out by some organization — but who?

Before the so-called Arab Spring in Egypt, I had been reading about BHO’s affiliation with leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood. He had been meeting with these people on a regular basis. I searched the internet for credible information on the MB organization. What I was finding was alarming. They were “Islamists” which is a term meaning Political Islam, or said another way Global Islamization. 

“Founded in 1928 by the Egyptian schoolteacher/activist Hasan al-Banna (a devout admirer of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis), the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) — a Sunni entity — is one of the oldest, largest and most influential Islamist organizations in the world.”  [1]

ANWAR SADAT

A little history on Egypt:  Anwar Sadat was the President of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination on October 6, 1981. Although Sadat had initiated a war with Israel in 1973, he later made peace with Israel. He also turned away from relations with the Soviet Union. Sadat even traveled to Israel and addressed the Knesset in person. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat both won the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for the Camp David Accords.

On that day in 1981 in Cairo, which I remember so well, Anwar Sadat was assassinated by men posing as soldiers. Sadat’s Vice President, Hosni Mubarak would lead Egypt for three decades, keeping in place the peace agreement signed by Sadat and Begin.

OBAMA GETS INVOLVED

Fast forward to 2011.  Because I follow the news in the Middle East, I instinctively knew that the Muslim Brotherhood had been behind the scenes – provoking the rioting in the streets of Cairo. I also knew that Obama had close ties to the MB, especially to its leader, Mohamed Morsi. 

Hosni Mubarak was no good guy. That’s usually the case in most Arab countries. There are bad guys and then there are REALLY BAD guys!  Mubarak kept the peace treaty with Israel intact from his predecessor, Sadat. But he stole money from the people and was a tyrant of sorts. I saw him as a leader who was leaving Israel alone, so for that I liked him.

With Obama urging Mubarak to leave, and knowing about his friendship with Morsi and the other MB members, I figured that Morsi had his eye on the presidency, once Mubarak was out. I read news sources saying that Morsi had been interviewed, and that he had no plans to be in the running for the presidency.  I knew that was false. I also knew that if Mohamed Morsi was to get into that position, he would instate sharia law immediately.

THE WORST HAPPENED AND THEN THE BEST

Just as I thought would happen, after Mubarak fled, and some semblance of order was established, there were talks of new elections being held. It was no surprise when Mohamed Morsi became one of the candidates.  He won the election in June 2012 and I knew that Obama was elated — this was Obama’s intent all along. I have always said that anything that Barack Obama does is calculated. Don’t ever think that this man is stupid. He is evil, but definitely not stupid.

After the election, Morsi talked of sharia law in Egypt. Egypt has always had a secular government. Mohamed Morsi was going to change that – he thought. 

One year from Morsi’s election, riots broke out in the streets of Cairo once again. This time it was an uprising of the people, asking for Morsi to resign.

“Morsi was declared unseated on 3 July 2013 by a military coup council consisting of Defense Minister Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei, the Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb, and Coptic Pope Tawadros II. The military suspended the constitution, established a new administration headed by the chief justice, and initiated a “brutal” crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.” [2]

If anyone had any doubts about where Obama’s loyalty lies, I am hoping that this article will help clear the fog and let you see the truth. We have a Muslim president who refuses to use the term Islamic terrorism, and does not care about the well being of this nation. His true feelings are stated in his books. This is one of the most revealing statements ever:

From “The Audacity of Hope”

“I will stand with them [Muslims] should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”  YES, Mr. President, we see that clearly now.

Al-SISI CALLS FOR GLOBAL REFORM IN ISLAM

So, now the President of Egypt, Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, is calling on imams across the region and the world, for Islamic Reform.  This man is one brave soul. PLEASE pray for him, that he will not be assassinated!  Here is what he is asking of the Muslim world:

“It’s inconceivable that the thinking that we hold most sacred should cause the entire umma (multinational community of Muslim believers) to be a source of anxiety, danger, killing and destruction for the rest of the world. Impossible! That thinking – I am not saying ‘religion’ but ‘thinking’ – that corpus of texts and ideas that we have sacralized over the years, to the point that departing from them has become almost impossible, is antagonizing the entire world. It’s antagonizing the entire world!”

“Is it possible that 1.6 billion [Muslims] should want to kill the rest of the world’s inhabitants – that is 7 billion—so that they themselves may live? Impossible! … I say and repeat again that we are in need of a religious revolution. You, imams, are responsible before Allah. The entire world, I say it again, the entire world is waiting for your next move… because this umma is being torn, it is being destroyed, it is being lost – and it is being lost by our own hands.”  [3]

ARE THINGS STARTING TO COME INTO FOCUS?

Brethren, we have a dangerous man in our White House. He sides with terrorists. He is letting extremely dangerous men out of Gitmo. He is doing exactly what he said he would do in his book. 

I have had Christians say to me “But you should be praying for him!”  And to them I answer “Yes! I am praying for him!”

Psalm 109:8

 “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.”

MARANATHA!

Yeshua is our only Shalom

[1] http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/printgroupProfile.asp?grpid=6386

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Morsi

[3] http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/08/egypts-al-sisi-wants-an-islamic-revolution-the-good-kind/

Considering the length of my original article, I have written a condensed version of the article. Here is the heart of the piece:

THE POPE’S ENCYCLICAL LETTER

Pope Francis has released an encyclical letter to the world, which he states will become part of the Catholic Church’s writings. Many believe that the timing of the release of the letter was to have maximum public impact, prior to the Pope’s speech at the UN in September.

“The rare encyclical, called “Laudato Sii”, or “Praised Be”, has been timed to have maximum public impact ahead of the pope’s meeting with Barack Obama and his address to the US Congress and the UN general assembly in September.

It is also intended to improve the prospect of a strong new UN global agreement to cut climate emissions. By adding a moral dimension to the well-rehearsed scientific arguments, Francis hopes to raise the ambition of countries above their own self-interest to secure a strong deal in a crucial climate summit in Paris in November.

Much of the encyclical is not that surprising. But what is raising eyebrows is the Pope’s call for a new global political authority.” [1]

Global political authority? Read that again. The Pope is calling for a One World Governing authority. We are witnessing Bible Prophecy being fulfilled before our very eyes. Is it scary and disconcerting? Of course it is — we are human. But it is also very exciting to me that we are closer than many have thought to the glorious appearing of our Lord Jesus to catch us up with Him, and to be with Him forevermore.

“What is even more alarming is who will be on the stage with the Pope when this encyclical is formally released. John Schellnhuber is a German professor that has some very radical views on climate change. For instance, he believes that our planet is overpopulated by at least six billion people.

Professor John Schellnhuber has been chosen as a speaker for the Vatican’s rolling out of a Papal document on climate change. He’s the professor who previously said the planet is overpopulated by at least six billion people. Now, the Vatican is giving him a platform which many expect will result in an official Church declaration in support of radical depopulation in the name of “climate science.”

And Schellnhuber also happens to believe that we need a new global political authority. If he had his way, there would be an “Earth Constitution”, a “Global Council” directly elected by the people of the planet, and a “Planetary Court” that would be above all other courts on the globe.”

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And here is an excerpt from his Encyclical letter which is totally NEW AGE:

“Laudato si’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to

you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful

canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that

our common home is like a sister with whom we

share our life and a beautiful mother who opens

her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my

Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who

sustains and governs us, and who produces various

fruit with coloured flowers and herbs”.

“This sister now cries out to us because of

the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible

use and abuse of the goods with which

God has endowed her. We have come to see

ourselves as her lords and masters, entitled to

plunder her at will. The violence present in our

hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the

symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in the

water, in the air and in all forms of life.”

“This is why the earth herself, burdened and laid waste,

is among the most abandoned and maltreated of

our poor; she “groans in travail” (Rom 8:22). We

have forgotten that we ourselves are dust of the

earth (cf. Gen 2:7); our very bodies are made up

of her elements, we breathe her air and we receive

life and refreshment from her waters.”

Nothing in this world is indifferent to us.”

Pope Francis certainly meets the Biblical criteria for the False Prophet. September should be very interesting to watch his speech before the UN, where he unveils his entire Encylclical Letter.

Many Catholics are quite angry at this article. I have written a few pieces on Pope Francis. This is the first article which has compelling evidence that we may in fact  be looking at the one who will usher in the Antichrist.

Share the Gospel with everyone you know, even if you don’t have faith that they will respond.

GOD IS ABLE!!!

MARANATHA!!

God

POP

earth (cf. Gen 2:7); our very bodies are made up

of her elements, we breathe her air and we receive

life and refreshment from her waters.”

Nothing in this world is indifferent to us.”