Wrongfully Criminalizing Christianity!
It's a reality that Christianity is getting WRONGFULLY criminalized or being treated as a crime. Is it surprising? Not if you are truly a born again Christian saved by the grace of God. The Lord Jesus Christ said in John 15:18-25, "If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for My Name's sake, because they know not Him that sent Me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth Me hateth My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both Me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated Me without a cause."
So that's right- Christianity was criminalized, is currently being criminalized and will still be criminalized until the Lord Jesus Christ restores the planet Earth after the end of the seven year tribulation period! The Lord Jesus Christ was right, He is NEVER wrong about anything! Being God, He can't be wrong! He NEVER spoke anything except that agreed to His Father and the Holy Spirit. John 7:16 has the Lord Jesus Christ saying, "My doctrine is NOT Mine but His that sent Me." Jesus was sent by the Father His doctrine is of the Father. He being God along with the Father and the Holy Spirit, He does not contradict them. The Christian should NEVER expect to be accepted by the world. They are friends of God and therefore they are enemies of the world (James 4:4) as they were reconciled by the Lord Jesus Christ from being enemies to friends.
Let's just face the facts- the Lord Jesus Christ was criminalized because He preached it straight and the Pharisees hated Him for telling them the truth. His followers were criminalized. Read the apostolic writings. When John the Baptist preached against Herod and Herodias, Herodias had him put to jail and he was beheaded for it. In the book of Acts, every apostle got criminalized for preaching the Gospel. In the Old Testament, the prophets were being criminalized by the idolatrous kings of Israel and Judah. Yep- if a person is truly a man of God, they will be WRONGFULLY CRIMINALIZED! Galatians 4:16 says, "Am I your enemy because I tell you THE TRUTH?" 1 Peter 4:6 says, "Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf."
How was Christianity criminalized, is currently being criminalized and will be criminalized by Satan and his dupes? Here's what's going on and read them below and see for yourself:
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1.) Satan creates parodies of Christianity as a means to criminalize Christianity. Like it or not, Satan can set up counterfeit Christian churches that poke fun at Christian doctrines, make their own doctrines and it's FULL OF HYPOCRISY (Mark 7:13, Matthew 23). There are cults that are obviously not Christian even if they claim (or believe) that they go against the Devil, they are actually nothing more than Satan's puppets. These are cults that claim to be Christian and that is even a greater means to criminalize Christianity. Below are some examples:
- The Roman Catholic institution while it claims to have its origins in Matthew 16:16-18 however is far from apostolic and Scriptural in its foundation. In fact, it's nothing more than the biggest satire of Christianity ever and has mocked the name of Jesus greatly. Like how? Aside from the fact the religion has no stable doctrine because they put God's Word below their manmade traditions (Mark 7:8-9), she has also been guilty of many of the worst persecutions of the true Christians in history like the Crusades and the Inquisition. The Inquisition was the most horrible device in which who her councilors deemed as heretics underwent the most severe tortures unimaginable. These have been used by others to wrongly label the true Christians in the same category as the agents of terror.
- There are anti-Catholic cults that also criminalize Christianity while claiming to be Christian like the Orthodox churches, Seventh Day Adventists, Mormonism, the Watchtower Society, the church of Felix Manalo, the Old Path movement, and Pentecostalism to name a few. Many of them deny essential doctrines like the Trinity, the blood atonement of Jesus Christ, the deity of Jesus Christ, the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, salvation by faith through Jesus Christ and the final authority of the Scriptures.
- Many anti-Catholic cults pretending to be Christian put the Vatican in front of their Bible. As usual,BIBLE COMES FIRST! The motives of these are more on playing games with information they have, twist it to their own view to SUIT THEIR NEEDS. It has nothing to do with finding the truth. Plus, it should be mentioned that these rallies are nothing more than cheating people out of their hard earned wages and savings for miracles that usuallyDO NOT WORK as well as the sinister prosperity doctrine. They are no better than the Roman Catholic faith that they criticize.
- There are also pseudo-Baptist movements like the Landover Baptists (which started out as a radio and television satire evolved into a satirical cult like many tevangelist programs today) and the Westboro Baptists. Both organizations are parodies of the Baptist faith, preach a legalistic Gospel and criminalize the fundamental Baptist movement. They can be included in the anti-Catholic cults too!
2.) Through other world religions that are honest enough to say they are not Christians. Satan has used several world religions to criminalize Christianity. Here are some examples:
- Islam has been another major enemy of the Christian faith and believe it or not, their Koran actually TELLS THEM TO KILL CHRISTIANS IN AN UNHOLY WAR! This is especially happening in Muslim countries. They tell the world that they are peaceful and that the Christians are the terrorists for telling them Muslims that they are in the wrong place and that only Jesus Christ can save them.
- In India, Hindus have been hostile to Christians for simply telling them the Gospel that their religion will not save them.
- Among the Chinese where Buddhism and Taoism are the most prevalent, the Chinese Christians are treated as outcasts of their own ethnicity most of the time.
- Judaism has been one of the many reasons why the Jews don't accept the Lord Jesus Christ. It has been corrupted by the Cabala.
- Atheism as a religion tries to equate Christian doctrine with fairy tales. They say Jesus Christ is just as fictitious a character as Superman and Santa Claus who DO NOT EXIST. Despite the evidences, they still choose to reject Him. However even secular evidence points out that Jesus Christ REALLY EXISTED under the writings of several writers like Josephus. Plus, His crucifixion and resurrection cannot be explained away! These groups attack the true Christians the most lumping it with the Roman Catholic faith when both are opposed to each other.
3.) Through the hypocritical anti-hate crime laws that try to make everything relative. The hate crime bills being proposed are not really hate crime bills but rather, hate crime promotion bills which promote hate crimes against Christians. How is it happening? According to the hate crime laws, the following activities can be considered illegal, an act of terrorism, promoting Communism, and some are being considered illegal- which has in the process also criminalized Christian education:
- Preaching John 14:6 has caused Christians to be labeled by the unsaved as fanatics, Communists and terrorists since according to the unrestrained, there are many ways to Heaven when that is a HUGE LIE. Well if the Lord Jesus were to preach today, He'd be in jail right now! The Apostles got persecuted for that stand. That would make soulwinning a crime for telling the lost person they are headed for their way to Hell and that Jesus is the only way. Worse, these unrestrained heretics dare to misquote the words of Jesus like "love one another" and the tell Christians that by attacking other people's beliefs, they are not showing love. They DO NOT read and study the whole Bible anyway so debating with them is USELESS! Instead, Christians should just focus on soulwinning instead than entering into useless debates. It's best to ignore invitations to debates and call the cops in the case of harrassment but never forget to rely on God's protection.
- To preach also against the sins that the world considers right like homosexuality, disco dancing, drunkenness, fleshly music and pornography. It's because of a cafeteria morality lifestyle which Romans 10:3 says, "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God." They establish their own righteousness, not according to God's standards but according to what they think is right. Judges 17:6 and 21:25 address the fact that people do whatever is right in their own eyes!
- Many of them exaggerate spanking incidents. For example, a child is said to be abused when a parent spanked them at the buttocks for doing something wrong even if NO INJURY happened to the child. Let a good Christian man speak up and defend his mother's spanking and most of the world will count him as a lunatic. Is it any wonder why children grow up spoiled these days?
- People of unrestrained morals (or they who call themselves as liberals) consider Christian conservatism in following the Bible as it is and implementing to people as they are to be a very act of Communism or even dare to call it Communism. A good Christian school that is firm in the Bible's principles, is strict for the good of the children and that forbids many things that minors shouldn't be involved in (like early relationships) is considered to have no freedom at all, a prison cell and a Communist training camp! Some even dare to call themselves Christians when the Bible is NOT a liberated book in the sense that it will accept just anything! Besides, don't expect the world to praise a good Christian school for long because of their standard is not of this world (John 15:18-19).
4.) Through teaching the Christian doctrine of salvation is by grace through faith alone in Jesus Christ to be a license to sin. Like it or not, that is happening. Here's how the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith alone in Jesus Christ is being misrepresented by the adherents of works salvation (and they belong to false religions especially those that parody Christianity):
- There are quack preachers who say that God is a God of justice and that salvation by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ constitutes no justice. However in truth, if God's justice were to be implemented as a means of salvation rather than giving mercy that a sinner doesn't deserve, NOBODY will ever qualify for Heaven and everybody will go to Hell as a result. Romans 3:10-23 declares man's sinfulness, that nobody is righteous by God's standards and inability to save himself. Galatians 2:21 says that if God's righteousness were by the Law then Christ is dead in vain. Galatians 3:11 declares that no man is justified by the Law. Galatians 5:4 says those who try to be justified by the Law are fallen from grace. James 2:10-11 refutes the whole heresy of faith plus works salvation because of this fact- NOBODY CAN KEEP THE WHOLE LAW!
- Many teach that those who uphold the doctrine of eternal security or that salvation cannot be lost teach a license to sin. However the contrary is very true. When a person is saved by the grace of God, it leads to a new life. Ephesians 2:10 teaches salvation results to good works. Titus 2:11-15 teaches that God's grace does not permit sin but rather teaches the person not to live sinfully. 1 John 1:8 says that when a person says they have no sin, then the truth is not in them. 1 John 2:1 declares that Jesus Christ is the Advocate if any man sin. The fact that God will never forsake those who are is also means He will NOT fail to chastise them whenever they sin (Hebrews 12:5-6). If salvation were lost every time a person sins, then the conviction for sin is also lost in the process too! Also, many works salvation preachers and proponents themselves are homosexuals, money launderers and even into illegal businesses! It's best not to debate with such fools.
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