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I can remember going to see a movie back in the early 1960’s, entitled “The Last Days Of Sodom And Gomorrah.”  The only scene that I can remember clearly is when Lot’s wife looked back, and turned into a pillar of salt.  I mean that just blew me away when I saw that happen.  I remember the warning that was given to the people, instructing them not to look back, and then BOOM this woman was nothing but a pile of salt.  I remember walking home from “the movies” that day in sort of a stupor because of what I had just seen.

Was that story really true? I mean, did Lot’s wife really turn into a pillar of salt, or is this just one of those little fairy tales meant to scare people out of their wits, so that they would shape up or ship out?  Actually we can find a reference to the events which transpired at Sodom in the New Testament and the one who told the story was Jesus Christ Himself:

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot’s wife. (Luke 17:28-32)

Now if it was Jesus who spoke about Sodom and the “days of Lot” and Lot’s wife, then we can conclude that this story must be true or Jesus Christ is nothing but a bold faced liar.

In the Old Testament book of [Genesis 18:20-33] we learn that Abraham sought to hold back the hand of God, and pleaded for the Lord to spare the city of Sodom.  Abraham petitioned the Lord, not to destroy the righteous with the wicked, and the Lord agreed with that.  Abraham asked the Lord if He would spare the city if there were but fifty righteous people inside the city, and the Lord agreed to spare the whole city if there were fifty righteous people. [Genesis 18:24-26]  Abraham continued to lower the figure by tens from forty all the way down to ten, and the Lord still agreed to Abrahams request. [Genesis 18:32] So if there were ten righteous people left within Sodom, the Lord would not destroy that city. That was the deal. So what happened next?

The Lord sent two angels to Sodom to visit Lot, who was the nephew of Abraham and they warned them them to leave the city because the Lord was going to destroy the city. The angels advised Lot to take any other relatives with him, and there was a great sense of urgency in their pleading with Lot.

And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. (Genesis 19:12-17)

So here we have two angels from Heaven, sent by the Lord to warn Lot to get out of the city as quick as he could, along with any who were willing to go with him.  When Lot went to his sons in law, they thought that he was joking, and they decided to stay. You have to understand that things were going on as usual in that city, and Lot’s relatives probably thought that he was some kind of a nutjob, for telling them that the city would be destroyed.  It got to the point where Lot himself was taking too long, and the angels had to literally grab him, his wife and their two daughters by the hand and yank them all out of the city.  Here is what happened next:

The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. (Genesis 19:23-26)

It was just another day in Sodom, and the Sun was coming up, and people were probably getting ready to do what they usually did. Perhaps some were already having their morning coffee at the Sodom Coffee and Pastry Shop, when the great terror from above filled Sodom and Gomorrah. People were probably shocked beyond belief, with many not even realizing what had hit them.  It was too late for the relatives of Lot who chose to remain behind. The Lord had fulfilled His word and there was nothing that would stay His Almighty hand.

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: (2 Peter 2:4-9)

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (John 1:10-12)

Folks, is it not mind blowing that Jesus Christ, the creator of the all things [John 1:1-3] literally walked this earth?  Yes, that is what the scriptures teach us, and they also teach us that the Lord Jesus Christ was rejected by His own people. Who were His own people? That is speaking of the Jewish people, who for the most part rejected Jesus when He came to this earth. They missed the Messiah and they did not realize the time of their visitation.

And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. (Luke 19:37-44)

The followers of Jesus Christ began to praise God with a loud voice, for all the  mighty works which the Lord had done.  This praise which was being directed toward Jesus, upset some of the Pharisees who were the Jewish religious crowd of that day, and they demanded that Jesus rebuke His own disciples.  Jesus told  the Pharisees that the stones would cry out if the disciples had held back their praise.

Jesus then began to weep over the city [Jerusalem] because the Jewish people for the most part had missed the time of their visitation.  In other words they had rejected the Messiah Jesus, and they did not recognize that He was the one whom the Father had sent from above.  Jesus then prophesied of the destruction of Jerusalem, a judgment which would eventually take place around 70AD.

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. But God raised him from the dead: And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. (Acts 13:27-31)

The scriptures tell us that the people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not KNOW Jesus, nor the prophets which were read every single Sabbath day, and that is why they condemned Jesus to death.  They put him in a grave but God raised Him from the dead, and God still offers salvation to both the Jewish and Gentile all over the whole world.  It is unfortunate, but absolutely true, that here we are almost two thousand years later and the Jewish people still do not know Jesus, nor the “voices of the prophets” which are read every Sabbath.

And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. (2 Corinthians 3:13-16)

There is a spiritual vail [veil] which remains upon the heart and mind of any person [Jewish or Gentile] who does not see their own need for Jesus Christ. The scriptures tell us that this spiritual veil will only be removed when a person turns to the Lord. That could also be described as repentance. 

Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. (Mark 1:14-15)

During the late 1990’s I was part of a prayer team in a large church in New York City, where people called with their prayer requests and/or their praise reports. One day at about 8 or 9 in the morning the phone rang, and a “sister in Christ” on the other end of the phone said this:

“Brother, I have a praise report” to which I responded “Go ahead sister, let’s hear it.”

The lady then said this:

“Brother, I work the night shift at a hospital on Long Island, [NYC] and I always pray before I get into my car to go to work.  Last night I prayed the way that I ususally do, but then I prayed that the Lord would take control of my steering wheel, something which I never prayed before. I left for work and while driving on the Southern State Parkway I lost control of my car.  My car veered into the median divider, bounced back into the roadway, and spun around four lanes of traffic without touching another car.  My car ended up in a small ditch, but I was not hurt, and there was just a small crack in one of the windows.  Two men drove up in a truck and ran over to assist me.  The first thing that they said to me was ‘Are you alright?’ and I told them that I was alright.  The second question that they asked me was ‘How did you do that?’”.

When I hear testimonies like that it only increases my faith in the awesome and merciful God, whom I serve.  We can learn much from the faithful prayers of this woman, because sometimes our prayers can become rote. The Lord was watching over this “sister in the Lord” and it was the Lord who prompted her to pray that way.  This “sister in Christ” was well aware of the dangers of the road, and yet she also realized that everything was ultimately in the Lord’s hands.

The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. (Psalms 34:7)

And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. (2 Kings 6:17)

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. (2 Corinthians 4:3-4)

The scriptures tell us that the “god of this world” has blinded the minds of those who are not believers.  Who is the “god of this world?”  Satan is the one that this passage of scripture is speaking about, and he desires to keep the lost souls all over the world in darkness for as long as he can.  Not only that, but Satan will try to creep inside the church itself, to bring in false doctrines and lying signs and wonders.

Satan is aware of what the Gospel of Jesus Christ is all about, and that is why the scriptures warn us about the “doctrines of devils” which would seek to seduce and ensnare people from believing the truth about Jesus Christ.  That is also why the apostle Paul was so adamant about the preaching of the Word, because he knew that the truth had the power to set people free.

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. (2 Timothy 4:1-5)

Paul spoke about a time that was coming where men would not endure [put up with] sound doctrine, but they would go running after teachers who would tickle their ears.  Paul said that those people would turn away their ears from the truth and that is exactly what has been happening for a very long time now.  There is no doubt that there have always been false teachers, even in Paul’s time, but we can also say that there has been an increase in the variety of the devil’s doctrines and manifestations in recent times.

I saw a program the other night that showed video clips of a church service where people were supposedly experiencing revival. In one clip there were people who were falling out of their seats and then rolling around on the floor.  I have not heard about this kind of thing since the Toronto and Pensacola days, and I thought that it had passed. 

In another video clip I saw people testifying about gold teeth that had suddenly appeared in their mouths.  Dental experts testified to the validity of the gold in their mouths. Another lady had gold specks all over her face.  In another video clip they showed people that had found some type of gems on the floor of the sanctuary in which they were worshiping. 

Back in the 1980’s, when I was in the Roman Catholic Charismatic movement, I became interested in the “apparitions” of Mary in Medugorje,Yugoslavia.  During this time, I heard of similar experiences.  I was in a Catholic prayer group and some of the people had gone to Medugorje.  They said that the chain that held their rosary beads in place changed from silver to a golden color.  There were other testimonies about looking into the Sun and seeing spinning crosses and many other similar stories.  I thank God that the Lord opened my spiritual eyes and delivered me out of that deception, but I see that the deception is running rampant in Protestant and Evangelical circles also.  You can call it revival if you like, but I call it SPIRITUAL INSANITY.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. (1 Timothy 4:1)

This is a very interesting passage of scripture. The Jewish apostle Paul, the same one who was converted on the road to Damascus, and a former murderer of Christians, wrote those words. Paul knew what it was like to be deceived. Paul was a Jewish Pharisee, and if one were to examine his life they would probably find an extremely moral man. One might even call him “holy”, but in the sight of God he was religious but lost! He did not know the true and living God until he met Him that day on the road to Damascus.

Keep that in mind whenever you read the letters of Paul, because you are hearing from a man who was ever so grateful for the mercy shown to him on that day. His desire was that others would come out of deception and come to know Jesus Christ. In the passage above, which is from the first letter that Paul wrote to Timothy, Paul tells us that the Spirit had spoken, that in the latter times [the latter days] there would be some who would depart from the faith, and give heed to seducing spirits and doctrines [teachings] of devils.

The Greek word for DEPART in that passage is the word APHISTEMI and it is defined as follows: To remove, instigate to revolt, to desist, desert, depart, draw [fall] away, refrain, withdraw self. 

Now is this talking about people who truly knew the Lord at one time, or is it talking about those who merely professed to be saved, but in reality they were lost.

The passage above is talking about GENUINE believers in Jesus Christ, who get seduced by false teachers, and their doctrines, and depart from the faith.

An unsaved man cannot depart from the faith, because they never had faith to begin with.

Why on earth would the Holy Spirit [of truth] come forth with a warning about the unsaved departing from the faith?

How can the unsaved be seduced away from a place of faith that they were never at to begin with?

Why would the devil come with his doctrines to seduce the unsaved, who he already holds captive at his will? [2 Timothy 2:26]

Taking The Warnings Seriously

It is spiritually dangerous to attempt to make the scriptures say something that they are not saying. An example of what can happen, when you try to make the scriptures fit your own preconceived theology, can be found here:

In the book of Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus spoke about the parable of the talents. He is speaking on the subject of the “Kingdom of Heaven”. Jesus shows us the fate of the “unprofitable servant” in the following verse from that passage:

And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 25:30)

Charles Stanley, the well known Pastor and media minister from Atlanta, Georgia, said this concerning that same passage of scripture:

“Where is this place represented by the ‘outer darkness’ in Jesus’ parables? To be in the ‘outer darkness’ is to be in the kingdom of God but outside the circle of men and women whose faithfulness on this earth earned them a special rank or position of authority. The ‘outer darkness’ represents not so much an actual place as it does a sphere of influence and privilege.”

Concerning the “gnashing of teeth” Charles Stanley goes on to say that these people were “extremely frustrated with themselves” and “As some are celebrated for their faithfulness, others will gnash their teeth in frustration…” And “we do not know how long this time of rejoicing and sorrow will last. Those whose works are burned up will not weep and gnash their teeth for eternity.” [Charles Stanley: Eternal Security, Can You Be Sure? Pages 126-127]

So according to Charles Stanley there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in the outer darkness of Heaven! I don’t know about you but the place that he is describing sure sounds a lot like Hell to me. Do you know why?

If you read the full parable in Matthew 25:14-30 you will see that the Lord Jesus Christ referred to the ‘unprofitable servant’ as “WICKED”.

Are the wicked going to enter the kingdom of Heaven along with the faithful? Not according to Jesus Christ, the creator of all things.

So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the WICKED from among the just, And shall cast them into the FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 13:49-50)

Jesus said that the WICKED were going to be cast into the “furnace of fire” and that is where there is going to be ‘wailing and gnashing of teeth.’

The Greek word for WICKED in Matthew 25:26 is the word PONEROS and it is the very same Greek word used in Matthew 13:49 describing those people whom Jesus said would be cast into the “furnace of fire”.

The Greek word for WEEPING in Matthew 25:30 is the word KLAUTHMOS and it is the very same Greek word used for WAILING in Matthew 13:50 describing those people who Jesus said would be cast into the “furnace of fire”.

The Greek word for GNASHING in Matthew 25:30 is the word BRUGMOS and it is the very same Greek word that is used in Matthew 13:50 describing those whom Jesus said would be cast into the “furnace of fire”.

Are there people weeping and gnashing their teeth in Heaven?

When a Christian shares the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the unsaved, should they tell them that they have a choice between Heaven or Hell, as to where they can wail and gnash their teeth?

The answer to the questions above are obviously an emphatic NO!

In fact the whole idea of wailing and gnashing of teeth in Heaven is ludicrous.

The apostle Paul was truly speaking in the Spirit, all those years ago, when he told us that some “shall depart from the faith”, but the question is this: Is anybody listening??

On the back cover of the classic book on this subject, “Life In The Son” by Robert Shank, the following is written:

“Are the proof passages used to support eternal security possibly misconstrued? Dr. Shank convincingly argues that the question confronting us is not, Is the believer secure? but rather, What does it mean to be a believer? If apostasy is an actual peril for every Christian, the Scriptural warning passages must be frankly accepted rather than interpreted into irrelevance or circumvented by theological hypothesis.”“Life In The Son” by Robert Shank was also endorsed by Dr. William Adams of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

AUDIO: “THE REALITY OF HELL”

Other books on this subject are:

“The Conditional Security Of The Believer” by Dan Corner“

The Gospel According To Charles Stanley” by Dan Corner

“The Myth of Eternal Security” by Dan Corner

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. (John 1:29-34)

John the Baptist knew for sure that Jesus was the Lamb of God, the one who came to take away the SIN of the world. The scriptures tell us that it is the BLOOD that makes an atonement for the soul. [Leviticus 17:11, Hebrews 9:22]This was the very purpose of Christ [Messiah] in coming to this earth.And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy BLOOD out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; (Revelation 5:9)

The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. (John 5:15-1

In the passage above, we see that the Jewish people persecuted the Lord Jesus Christ because He had performed a miracle on the Sabbath day. They were extremely upset and, as a result, they “sought to slay Him!”  They were very religious people, but they missed and rejected the true Messiah Jesus when He came. Things got even worse at that point for Jesus because He claimed that God was His Father. The Jewish people “sought the more to kill Him” because they knew that He was making Himself equal with God. The majority of religious Jewish people, in the world today, do not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. [That is probably true of the Gentiles also.] The majority of secular non-religious Jewish people do not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God either. If a Jewish person DOES in fact believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and they have been born again of the Spirit, then they are part of the same Kingdom as any other Christian. The scriptures tell us the following:

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:5-11)

Jesus did not think that it was robbery to be equal with God. In other words, Jesus thought Himself to be equal with God. If Jesus Christ was not equal with God, then it would have been robbery indeed! The scriptures tell us that Jesus humbled Himself, actually taking on the “fashion of a man” becoming like us, and then He went and died on the cross. Jesus, the Son of God, was then exalted by the Father and given a name ABOVE every other name. The passage then goes on to say that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. That last statement is actually a quote from the prophet Isaiah: 

Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. (Isaiah 45:20-25)

Folks, there is coming a day and that right quickly, when every person who has ever existed is going to come to the realization that Jesus Christ was and is in fact who He said He was. The passage above tells us that the Lord has sworn by Himself in righteousness and His word is absolutely infallible. It cannot return void. [Isaiah 55:11] Whenever you read a passage such as the one above, you need to take it seriously because it is sure to come to pass! The passage tells us that   ” … In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified …”

Listen to the words below, which were spoken by Jesus the Christ [Messiah] almost two thousand years ago;

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. (Mark 8:36-3

Jesus told His followers that a person could gain the whole world, with all it’s goods, and yet lose their very own soul!  What good is it if you have everything that you want in this world, but you do not know Jesus Christ, and you have never been saved?

It absolutely boggles the mind how some “Christian” teachers will tell you that people can reject Jesus as the Messiah, and still be in a right relationship with God.  In the passage above, Jesus said that He would be ashamed of those who are ashamed of Him and His words.  Most people want nothing to do with Jesus Christ or His words. 

Somebody wrote to me a few days ago, and told me that 98% of the people in the world do not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and it was obvious that he was among them.  The only thing that matters is that Jesus Christ believes that HE is the Son of God,  [because HE IS] and that is alright with me too. With GOD on our side, we become the majority!  As I said, Jesus spoke plainly and clearly when He spoke to the Jewish religious crowd of His day:

 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I AM he, ye shall die in your sins. (John 8:24)

Jesus told the Jewish people that they would die in their sins if they did not believe in Him.  How much clearer could the Lord have made it to them.  Do not the “religious” leaders of our day understand that they are going to give an account for what they preach on this earth?

 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. (John 8:43-49)

Jesus told the Jewish people of His day that their Father was the Devil!  Folks do not get mad at me because it was Jesus who spoke those words, and as a Christian I have a responsibility to speak them also.  You will not hear these scriptures quoted in most “Christian” churches because most of them have been seduced by modern day “Christian” Zionism  teachings, and it would ruffle some religious feathers!

Jesus told the Jewish people that He was telling them the truth, but they did not believe Him.  Jesus absolutely pleaded with them, and asked them why they did not believe Him.  He flat out told them that none of them could convince [convict] Him of sin, because they could not.  Then Jesus told them that they were not of God at all. 

What was their reaction to what Jesus said?  They told Jesus that He was DEMON POSSESSED!  Jesus then told them that He was not DEMON POSSESSED, but that He was bringing honor to His own Father!

Folks, I encourage you to take the Lord Jesus Christ at His word, repent and believe the Gospel, and He will NOT be ashamed of you at His coming.  We do not know when the Lord is going to return, but we do know that there is nothing but flaming vengeance awaiting those who do not obey the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; (2 Thessalonians 1:6-9)

We received a wonderful testimony today, from my sister who lives in Georgia.  I publish it with her knowledge, and approval. 

“Happy Thanksgiving!

I had to tell you what happened this morning. My husband left yesterday to go to his son’s house to have Thanksgiving dinner at his neighbor’s house. I could have gone but things were still not right between us and I didn’t want to go with him. I prayed Holy Ghost conviction upon him , asked people to pray for him, put him on the prayer band etc.

I had put some of his clothes in a plastic bag yesterday but this morning when I came downstairs to let the dogs out, I felt convicted, I picked up the bag of clothes and started to hang them back up in the closet. As I was hanging them up, I said (like I was talking out loud to God) ‘but he still should not have left his family.’ As those words came out of my mouth, the phone rang, It was him, but I couldn’t understand him, he was crying. He said ‘I woke up this morning crying, I am coming home.’ (He was still crying, I could hardly understand him.)

I had been praying that the Lord would break through his hardened heart like only He could do.

Pray that God brings complete restoration to our marriage. Our sister said her marriage is better than it ever was. I pray that I can say that someday!!”

She also told us that as her husband prepared to go home, his son said “your leaving?”  He said “yes, I have to be with my family.”  The drive back home took three hours.  When he walked through the door my sister and her husband hugged each other.  He said “I love you, I miss my family, I don’t want to argue anymore.”  My sister told him “This was the Lord you know” to which he replied “I know it was.”

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. (Mark 9:23)

And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)

Isn’t God good?  I do thank the Lord that He is a prayer answering God!

My sister is praying that God brings complete restoration to their marriage.  If you know the Lord, please pray for my sister, and her husband, that the Lord Jesus Christ will do a great work in their marriage.  We most certainly know that this is God’s will.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. (1 Timothy 2:5-6)

Jesus Christ is the only mediator that you will ever need. Do you hear what the Jewish apostle Paul, is telling us here?

There is ONE mediator between God and men. ONE not two, not five, not twenty but only ONE!

There is only ONE who gave His life as a ransom for all, and that is the ONE whom God sent into the world, and His name is Jesus Christ.

Christ alone was untainted by sin, and yet He was also eternal deity, and therefore He alone was able to pay that ransom price.

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. (Hebrews 2:9)

Jesus did not take on the nature of an angel, but He took on the very nature of mankind.

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; (Hebrews 2:14)

Jesus partook of our humanity [flesh and blood] and died on the cross, not because of His own sin [He had none] but for the sin of mankind.

Therefore any person who chooses to reject Jesus Christ, is relying on themself, or another mediator, or many other mediators to somehow get right with God. They reject the very counsel of the Word of God, to their own destruction. The word for today is to trust Jesus Christ, and Him alone for the salvation of your soul. Jesus Christ laid down His life by Himself and He does not need any outside help from any sinful man or sinful woman.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)

In the year 1527 AD Michael Sattler, a former Roman Catholic monk, was sentenced to an absolutely horrible death. Here is the true account:

“In the case of the Governor of his Imperial Majesty versus Michael Sattler, judgment is passed, that Michael Sattler shall be delivered to the executioner, who shall lead him to the place of execution, and cut out his tongue; then throw him upon a wagon, and there tear his body twice with red hot tongs; and after he has been brought without the gate, he shall be pinched five times in the same manner”

This true account goes on to say:

” After this was done in the manner prescribed, he was burned to ashes as a heretic. His fellow brethren were executed with the sword, and the sisters drowned. His wife, also, after being subjected to many entreaties, admonitions and threats, under which she remained very steadfast, was drowned a few days afterwards. Done the 21st day of May, AD 1527″  [Martyrs Mirror, van Braght Pages 416-420]

What was their crime? What did they do that would cause them to put to death in such a cruel and inhumane manner? They simply refused and rejected the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. They refused to remain silent. They stood up for truth and it cost them their very lives. What were the charges against Michael Sattler?

A] He taught and believed that the body and blood of Christ are not literally present in the sacrament.

B] He taught and believed that infant baptism does not contribute to salvation.

C] He rejected the need for Mary and other “saints” as mediatiors.

Foxe’s Book Of Martyrs is one of the very first books I read after I was born again in 1989.  I “inhaled” this book because it contained the stories of real people who stood for truth against the system of Roman Catholicism.  Inside the pages of this book you will read about people such as John Huss, John Wickliff, William Tyndale, Martin Luther and many other pillars of the faith, who stood up for the Gospel of Jesus Christ, despite the persecution that came their way.  I prefer the version above published by Whitaker House, New Kensington, PA.  I have seen other versions but they are not as powerful and clear as this publication.

Having been delivered from the deception of Rome myself, I quickly learned that books like these are not appreciated in today’s “Evangelical Church” where compromise and Ecumenism rules.  I can remember conversations I had with different Pastors over the years, on the topic of Roman Catholicism, and I realized that this was one of the many elephants in the room that they did not want to talk about.  If you spend an afternoon reading some of the chapters in this book, and then think about the major leaders in the “Christian church” who have sold out to Rome, you will see the stark difference between the martyrs and the liars. 

Foxe’s Book Of Martyrs is a book that should be in the hands of every believer who truly desires to know the truth about the system that is known as Roman Catholicism.  Bill White, SOULREFUGE

Here is my [WRITTEN:TESTIMONY]  

Here is my [AUDIO:TESTIMONY]

We are living in a day where there is an incredible arrogance against the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I remind you that I am not talking about that wishy washy Gospel that mixes the truth with secular man pleasing slogans, and man made doctrines. I am talking about the Gospel that was once delivered to the followers of Jesus Christ. Listen to the words of Jesus Christ here and compare them to what is being preached on the airwaves today.And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily [truly] I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. (Matthew 10:14-15)

The Jewish apostle Paul [formerly Saul] was saved in dramatic fashion on the road to Damascus. [Acts 9]  He had previously been an extremely religious Pharisee, and an absolute terror to any Christian who might have stumbled onto his path. In the passage below Paul gives us a glimpse into the message that he was given from the Lord on the day that he got saved:

But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the POWER OF SATAN UNTO GOD, that they may receive FORGIVENESS OF SINS, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Acts 26:16-1

Keep in mind that Paul was a super religious person, who was lost and dead in his own sins, before he came to salvation in Jesus Christ. This same man was then called to preach the Gospel of salvation unto others, and he suffered much for the cause of the Gospel. You see the Devil absolutely LOVES religion. The Devil LOVES any religious activity that is void of the soul saving Gospel of Jesus Christ.  That includes any type of religion that does not believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God, the Messiah, the one who died on the Cross for the sin of mankind. That includes any religion that does not believe that a person ” . . .must be born again” [John 3:1-8] as Jesus Himself declared.

If you have ever watched a hockey game you know that the main purpose of the teams is to score more goals than their opponents. The job of the “goalie” [goaltender] is to defend, and block, any attempt of the opposing team from getting that hockey puck into the net. His teamates are also doing their best to get that puck, and go in the opposite direction, so that they might score a goal.

When it comes to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, there are many people who will seek to discourage the Christian from preaching the Gospel, not only to them but to others. They seek to prevent the “Gospel puck” from entering the net of the lost soul who so desperately need it. I think of them as “goaltenders for the Devil.” Many of these “goaltenders” have no idea that they are being used by the enemy of their souls for the purpose of stopping the Gospel message from going forth.  The Lord’s mercy is still available to them, but until they turn to the Lord, they are under the devil’s hand. The apostle Paul and Barnabas had an encounter with a Jewish man who was one of the “Devil’s goaltenders”.  His name was Barjesus [Elymas the sorcerer] and he sought to turn a man away from the soul saving Gospel of Jesus Christ.

And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, A FALSE PROPHET, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and DESIRED TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD. But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, SEEKING TO TURN AWAY THE DEPUTY FROM THE FAITH. Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST, set his eyes on him, And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou CHILD OF THE DEVIL, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to PERVERT the right ways of the LORD? And now, behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the DOCTRINE OF THE LORD . (Acts 13:6-12)

This is a clear cut case of the battle that goes on for each and every soul in the universe. We have a situation here where a man named Sergius Paulus called for Barnabas and Saul [Paul] and truly desired to hear the word of God.  This is the desire of any true evangelist. But then the Devil raised his ugly head and commissioned one of his “goaltenders” in the person of a man named Elymas, who is described as a sorcerer [witchcraft]. The scripture passage tells us that Elymas withstood them and sought to turn the deputy from the faith. This is exactly the way the Devil works, because he knew that the Satanic chains, which had Sergius Paulus [the Deputy] bound, were about to be broken.  He was not happy with that. Paul addressed Elymas the sorcerer as a “child of the Devil” before the Lord sent a temporary judgment on him.

I have seen the “Devil’s goaltenders” at work many times as I would attempt to evangelize at certain times in my walk with the Lord. I can remember entering a subway car at the Archer Avenue station in Jamaica, Queens, and as I started to share the Gospel a man got in my face [nose to nose] and said:

“How can you be so brainwashed?”

Immediately after that man spoke a young lady sitting directly in front of me screamed at me, in a rage, and said: “Keep it to yourself!” with such a venom that it shocked me. But I have seen this happen before, and I knew the Devil was not happy with the soul saving Gospel being preached. I continued to share the Word of God with the people, and as I looked down the end of the subway car I saw two people sitting opposite each other with their eyes glued upon me. As I reached that end of the car both of them reached their hands out to receive a Gospel tract, and then thanked me for preaching the Word of God.

At another time [and a different year] in a different part of  New York City, I had just entered a subway car. I do not want to sound spooky, but I just felt a subtle darkness and I almost anticipated some opposition. I noticed a lady who was reading a Bible, sitting to the left of me, and she had a glow upon her countenance. As I started to preach, a man at the end of the car who was sitting in the two seaters, went ballistic and started to scream at me to be quiet. He held up a newspaper and said “Here, if you want something to preach, then preach this!”

The woman to the left of me, who was reading the Bible, pointed her arm out at me so fast that she did not even look up. She said:

“Preach the Word brother!”

There was a little old lady [probably in her 80's] sitting right next to the man who rose up against me.  She stood up slowly, pointed her cane at me, and said: “Preach the word!”

There was a man speaking Spanish, standing next to the doors to the right of me, now shouting at the man who rose up against me. His arm action indicated that he was on my side. There was so much shouting at this point that I used the opportunity to preach on the subject of Spiritual warfare. I told them that the Devil did not want them to have my testimony tract, that was in my hand, which they could have for free. I can tell you that many hands went out to receive the Gospel tracts that day, and I do give God all glory and thanks!

I tell you these stories so that you may be reminded that this gospel of Jesus Christ can really save souls from an eternal Hell, and the Devil is not happy with that.  The Devil is not worried about those who preach a sugarcoated gospel, or a watered down version of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Why? Because that type of message is one that he encourages his own “goaltenders” to share. There is no reason for him to hinder or stop a message that will not deliver a soul from his kingdom! But if you sincerely desire to see souls saved you must preach the full counsel of God, which is rarely heard in the modern day church.

When I experience the opposition from the “Devil’s goaltenders” they act as a humbling reminder to myself [for the good] that we are in an absolute battle for the souls of people. The scripture passage below makes it ever so clear, that there will always be people who seek to FORBID YOU from speaking and preaching the Gospel to lost souls, so that they might be SAVED! 

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the WORD OF GOD which ye heard of us, ye received it NOTas the WORD OF MEN, but as it is in TRUTH the WORD OF GOD, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in CHRIST JESUS: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the JEWS: Who both KILLED THE LORD JESUS, and THEIR OWN PROPHETS, and have persecuted us; and they PLEASE NOT GOD, and are contrary to all men: FORBIDDING US to speak to the GENTILES that they might be SAVED, to fill up their sins alway: for the WRATH is come UPON THEM to the uttermost. (1 Thessalonians 2:13-16)

Today I would like to talk to you about the most hated KING in the whole world. His name is JESUS CHRIST! 

When the name of Jesus Christ is mentioned many people have a mental image that comes to mind. When the “Holiday Season” rolls around, many people see little manger scenes where the cute little “graven images” of Jesus are laid on top of a pile of straw. To some people, Jesus becomes a little baby to them. In some churches they even sing Happy Birthday to Jesus on December 25th each year.

To many others, Jesus is still seen as a young Jewish man in His early thirties who taught some very good principles, did some wonderful miracles, and walked along the shores of Galilee.

To others, Jesus is still hanging on the cross and therefore a little crucifix is hung on the wall as a reminder of His death.

But have you ever thought of Jesus Christ as a KING?

The Old Testament tells us that the King of Israel is God! 

Thus saith the LORD the KING OF ISRAEL, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. (Isaiah 44:6)

Then the prophet Isaiah said the KING was coming “having SALVATION” riding on an ass [donkey]. Who could this possibly be speaking of?

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy KING cometh unto thee: he is just, and having SALVATION; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. (Zechariah 9:9)

Then some wise men came looking for a person who was born “KING OF THE JEWS”.  This upset an earthly King named Herod, and all of Jerusalem along with him. How could the birth of a baby upset so many people? Who was this new born child? The Bible tells us that it is JESUS CHRIST.

Now when JESUS was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born KING OF THE JEWS? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all JERUSALEM with him. (Matthew 2:1-3)

When Jesus grew up to be a young man, a man named Nathaniel called Him the Son of God, and also the King of Israel. Could this be true?

Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? JESUS answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, RABBI, thou art the SON OF GOD; thou art the KING OF ISRAEL (John 1:48-49)

One day Jesus came riding into Jerusalem riding on a donkey, just as the prophet Zechariah had prophesied hundreds of years earlier. the people cried out Hosanna, and they called Jesus the KING OF ISRAEL.

On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that JESUS was coming to JERUSALEM Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the  KING OF ISRAEL that cometh in the name of the LORD, And JESUS, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy KING cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.  These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when JESUS was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. (John 12:12-16)

Eventually the majority of Jesus’ own people [the Jewish people - of Israel] rejected Him and saw to it that He would be crucified.

 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the KING OF THE JEWS? For he knew that the CHIEF PRIESTS had delivered him for ENVY. But the CHIEF PRIESTS moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the KING OF THE JEWS? And they cried out again, CRUCIFY HIM . Then Pilate said unto them, WHY, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, CRUCIFY HIM.  (Mark 15:9-14)

While Jesus Christ was hanging on that old rugged cross He was mocked by the Jewish religious crowd, including the chief priests. They mocked Jesus by telling Him that He could not even SAVE Himself. They asked Christ [MESSIAH], the KING OF ISRAEL, to come down from the cross so that they might see and believe.

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, SAVE THYSELF, and come down from the cross. Likewise also the CHIEF PRIESTS MOCKING said among themselves with the scribes, HE SAVED OTHERS; HIMSELF HE CANNOT SAVE  LET CHRIST [MESSIAH] THE KING OF ISRAEL descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him. (Mark 15:29-32)

Pilate put a placard upon the cross, entitled “THE KING OF THE JEWS” and this upset the Jewish Chief Priests. They demanded that he change it to say “He said, I am the King of the Jews” so that it would appear as a mockery as Jesus hung on the cross. Pilate refused to change what he had written, because the hand of God would not allow it to be changed.

And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, THE KING OF THE JEWS; but that HE SAID, I AM KING OF THE JEWS. Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. (John 19:17-22)

This person who we know as Jesus Christ is still hated by the majority of people in the world. His name is often used when people are angry or in a rage, and it is often intermingled with the worst of the four letter curse words. Few ever pay attention to that when it does happen, it is so taken for granted. The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ is known as the KING OF KINGS and the LORD OF LORDS and one day he is coming back to judge the whole wide world. Are YOU ready for that day?

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is LORD OF LORDS, and KING OF KINGS : and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. (Revelation 17:14)

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. (Revelation 19:16)

 The mercy of God is available to all mankind. Please remember that none of us are promised even another day!

For there is no difference between the JEW and the GREEK [GENTILE]: for the same LORD over all is rich unto ALL that call upon him. For WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be SAVED (Romans 10:12-13)

And JESUS went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, WHOM DO MEN SAY THAT I AM?  And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias [Elijah]; and others, One of the prophets. And he saith unto them, But WHOM SAY YE THAT I AM?  And Peter answereth and saith unto him, THOU ART THE CHRIST [MESSIAH]. And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, AND BE KILLED, and after three days RISE AGAIN.  (Mark 8:27-31)

A person can be wrong about many things in this life without causing major problems. If we dial the wrong phone number we can tell the person on the other end that we are sorry, and then we can dial the correct number. If we are given directions to go somewhere and make a wrong turn, we can correct ourselves by turning around and going in the right direction. We can order a cellphone and not be pleased with it, then order a different phone, even though we may lose a few dollars.  It’s not the “end of the world.” But when it comes to the question that Jesus Christ presented to His followers - ”Whom say ye that I AM?” - the consequences will be spiritually fatal for you if your answer is wrong.

I am truly amazed when I see what is happening in the world today, especially regarding the modern day church and how it deals with those who preach a false gospel. You know that I was delivered from the deception of Roman Catholicism, and with all that goes along with that. I was a worshiper of Mary, participated in the Catholic Mass, prayed to and for the dead, and was involved in many other things contrary to scripture. Before I came to Christ, I had a false understanding of who Jesus Christ was. I was RELIGIOUS but LOST. When the Lord opened up my spiritual eyes, I emptied my home of all the religious trinkets and articles that had nothing to do with the truth which I found in God’s Word. 

When I was saved I knew the truth about Jesus Christ, and I knew that I did not need a Roman Catholic Priest to offer up any sacrifice of the Mass for me.  I came to know that Jesus Christ was the only Priest that I will ever need. Most people are unaware that the Catholic Mass is referred to as the “Sacrifice of the Mass” and it is also called an “unbloody sacrifice.”  But the Bible truth tells me otherwise, and this is the truth that I CHOOSE to follow. The Jesus that I know SAT down on the right hand of God because “IT IS FINISHED!” [John 19:30]  He fulfilled what the Father had sent Him to do. It is a fatal mistake to deny the finished work of Christ upon the cross.

And every priest STANDETH DAILY ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man [JESUS CHRIST], after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, SAT DOWN on the right hand of God; (Hebrews 10:11-12)

After I was born again I discarded my rosary beads, and my prayers to Mary, because God’s Word showed me that Jesus Christ was the only mediator that I would ever need:

For there is ONE GOD, and ONE MEDIATOR between GOD and men, the man