Beware Of Shallow Pastors
Who Compromise On Truth
By David J. Stewart |
November
2021
Jeremiah 3:15, “And I will give you
pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and
understanding.” Jeremiah 10:21, “For the pastors are become brutish, and
have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all
their flocks shall be scattered.” Jeremiah 12:10, “Many pastors have
destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they
have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.” Revelation 3:2, “Be
watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to
die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.”
We
are living in perilous times. That sadly includes our dead churches,
shallow pastors and corrupt Bible colleges today. The Bible exhorts us
to STRENGTHEN THE THINGS THAT REMAIN, THAT ARE READY TO DIE. The King
James Bible has already died in many churches. When I visited the First
Baptist Church of Pensacola, Florida in downtown Pensacola city in late
2019, they had New International Version (NIV) Bibles in all the pews.
The pastor read and preached from an NIV. There wasn't a King James
Bible in sight. To no surprise, if you go
check their Statement of Faith, they teach Calvinism. Here is a
quote:
“All true believers endure to the
end. Those whom God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His
Spirit will never fall away from the state of grace, but shall
persevere to the end.”
SOURCE: https://fbcp.org/our-statement-of-faith
The First Baptist Church of
Pensacola are caught up in the same Calvinist heresy as Dr.
Steve Pettit and Bob Jones University. They view justification,
sanctification and glorification as a package deal that cannot be
separated. They are in woeful error, not understanding the Scripture. Matthew
22:29, “Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the
scriptures, nor the power of God.” The famous preacher John Bunyan
(1628-1688) got it 100% correct, making this beautiful statement:
“If you do not
put a difference between justification wrought by the man Christ
without and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ
within, you are not able to divide the Word aright; but
contrariwise, you corrupt the Word of God, and cast stumbling blocks
before the people.” [emphasis added] —Evangelist John Bunyan
The First Baptist Church of
Pensacola, and Dr. Steve Pettit at BJU, fail to understand what John
Bunyan said. One of the main culprits is the Devil's modern Bible
revisions. There is a direct link between Calvinism and the modern Bible
revisions. For example:
KING JAMES BIBLE (KJB) - 1st John
3:9, “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his
seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of
God.”
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NV) -
1st John 3:9, “No one who is born of God will continue to sin,
because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning,
because they have been born of God.”
There is a world of difference
between the two preceding statements. Things that are different are not
the same. It is obvious that all believers still commit sin. So what
does this verse mean? It can only mean one thing—that the indwelling
Holy Spirit cannot sin. The Apostle Paul made very clear in Romans
7:14-25 that he struggled with sin daily. Paul said he did the sinful
things that he didn't want to do. So according to the NIV Paul wasn't
saved! 1st John 3:9 is explained by Galatians
5:16, “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil
the lust of the flesh.” As
you just read, it is impossible for a believer who is walking in the
Spirit to sin. No one ever sins in the Holy Spirit, we sin in the
weakness of the flesh.
Since we are still stuck in this
fleshly body, we won't always choose to walk in the Spirit, sometimes we
will choose to walk in the flesh. Romans 8:8-9, “So
then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the
flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.
Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.” It
is impossible for the Sprit-filled believer to sin. When we sin, we do
so in the flesh. No believer can persevere to walk in the Spirit all the
time. Every believer walks in the flesh at times, evidenced by Paul's
admission in Romans 7:14-25 that he frequent battles with not wanting to
sin. WE ALL SIN ALL THE TIME (1st John 1:10; Romans 3:10-23).
Today's churches are pathetic. The
greatest threat to churches today is Bible colleges! The Devil knew that
if he could corrupt a bunch of deeper-life theologians and corrupt the
Bible colleges, then that apostasy would filter down into the churches
through their graduates which churches hire. The best thing your church
can do is avoid hiring a Bible college graduate. I like what Evangelist
Tom Williams said: “I've never been to seminary, I ain't been messed
with!” Pastor Jack Hyles expressed the same dire concern over bad Bible
colleges that attack and deny the inspiration of God's Word...
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Pastor Jack
Hyles On The Importance Of Bible Infallibility
John 12:47-48,
“And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I
judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to
save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my
words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I
have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”
John 14:23,
“Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will
keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we
will come unto him, and make our abode with him.”
 Folks,
I'm going to go to seed [to become worn] before I die on
defending this Book—I'm going to go to seed on it! I'm a little
tired—by the way, every preacher in America, before he met a
theologian, believed exactly what I'm preaching tonight!
Theologians messed us all up—they messed me up for a while, I'll
be honest with you—messed us all up! When I went off to college,
I thought I had the words of God in this Book right here. When I
was in college for awhile I found out I didn't. Not only that, I
found out nobody did! Not only that, I found out you couldn't
have them! Not only that, I found out there was no such thing as
any book in all the world that had the words of God in 'em!
But my Bible said that we're supposed to
keep His “WORDS”; not His truths, not just His doctrine, but His
“WORDS”! ...
Mark
8:38,“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.”
Folks, here's what's happening in
America. The old-time preachers that built this country believed
that this Book right here had the words of God in it! Your
grandpa and grandma, that built this country, shed their tears
on this Book, thinking they had the very words of God in their
hands. And fundamentalists ALL believed what I'm preaching
tonight, until we got our own Bible colleges, and seminaries,
and sent our professors off to train at the feet of Karl Barth,
and Reinhold Neuber, Emil Brunner, and others, who said that the
Bible does not have the “words” of God, it is the Word of God,
and that all the Bible is not inspired word-for-word. So we did
not want to be considered “unintellectual” by the intellectual
community; we're not willing to be called “nuts” and
“fools”—just chalk me up as a nut! Chalk me up as a fool! Yea!
Chalk me up as an uneducated illiterate if you want to, but I
guarantee Ya—I'd rather study my A-B-C's in Heaven, then Greek
and Hebrew in Hell!
Whosoever shall be ashamed of “ME AND MY
WORDS”; it didn't say His “WORD,” it says His “WORDS”!
SOURCE: Pastor Jack Hyles, a beautiful
quote from the sermon, “There
Are Too Many Smiths In The Land.” |
Here is another example of how the
Devil's modern Bible revisions are linked to Calvinism:
KING JAMES BIBLE (KJB) -
Hebrews 6:1, “Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of
Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward
God,”
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NV)
- Hebrews 6:1, “Therefore let us move beyond the elementary
teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying
again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death,
and of faith in God,”
Again, things that are different
are not the same. “Dead works” is not the same as “acts that lead
to death.” Since Romans 6:23a says, “For the wages of sin is
death,” this corrupt rendering of Hebrews 6:1 in the NIV implies
that the reader must “turn away from sinning” to be saved. That is
absolutely NOT what the King James Bible teaches. “Dead
works” here refer to the works of
the Old Testament law.
Romans 3:20, “Therefore
by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight:
for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” This
Bible very is so important, and I love it. Romans 3:20 explains to us
the purpose for which God gave the law in the first place, so that
humanity would obtain the knowledge of sin. Romans 7:13, “Was then
that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it
might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin
by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.” The law is a
measuring stick, by which when men compare themselves, they see their
guilty condition and desperate need for the Savior. Galatians
3:25-26, “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto
Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is
come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For
ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” The
law was given to bring us to Christ!
Therefore, we now understand the
true meaning of Hebrews 6:1. Repentance unto salvation is not turning
away from sin; but rather, ceasing from our own efforts to be saved. The
NIV is confusing and totally misleads the reader. The sad
and shocking ugly truth is that the translators and publishers of
the modern Bible revisions aren't changing the Bible to improve it, make
it easier to read, nor any other seemingly good reason; they are
butchering the Bible to sell it! 2nd Corinthians 2:17, “For we are
not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity,
but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.”
The newly released 2020, Literal
Standard Version (LSV), changes this verse to read: 2nd
Corinthians 2:17, “For we are not as the many, adulterating the word
of God, but as of sincerity—but as of God; in the presence of God,
in Christ we speak.” Adulterating
the Word of God? What nonsense in the LSV! The NIV rewords it this way: 2nd
Corinthians 2:17, “Unlike so
many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the
contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent
from God.” No, they all CORRUPT
the Word of God!!! The following picture speaks volumes. Truly a picture
is worth 1,000 words...
ABOVE: Proof That Bibles Are
Being Tampered With Merely
To Get A Copyright, Not To Accurately Translate God's Word Into
English
The above photo ought to disgust
you dear reader, as it does me. Ungodly men and women are changing the
Bible to make money. By law, if they want a legal copyright, they have
to make creative and substantial changes to all existing texts. So they
have to change it, whether it needs changing or not. That is theological
fraud of the worst sort! Look what the New Life Version (NLV) changes it
to in Zachariah 13:6, “If someone asks him, ‘What are these sores on
your back?’ he will answer, ‘They are the sores I received in the house
of my friends.’” Well is it Jesus' back, chest, hands, body, arms or
hands? Are they sores, deep cuts, wounds or scars? If you want to some
some fun, while being disgusted at the same time, search
BibleGateway for the different renderings of Zechariah 13:6 and see
how insane and evil all this is.
Dear reader, I sure hope my
writings are getting across to some people. I don't make any money from
my seven
ministry websites. I don't make any money serving God. My blogs are
from my heart. I even sent a $200 check back to a godly pastor years
ago, who kindly wanted to show his gratitude toward me for promoting his
ministry. I explained to him that I will never take a penny for my
labors for Christ. It is not wrong to do, but I want people to know
where my heart and intentions rest—in genuinely serving Jesus Christ and
loving people by giving them THE TRUTH. I love my ministry. I love you,
whoever you may be.
I enjoyed visiting the First
Baptist Church of Pensacola. I was hoping to move to Pensacola and join
their church, which is why I visited in late 2019. Sadly, they are wrong
on the Bible and the Gospel. You don't have to persevere to get to
Heaven. Just because you receive God's free gift of eternal life doesn't
mean you will persevere in holy living and service to Christ, which is
service (discipleship) and not salvation (sonship). I
agree with Pastor Harry A. Ironside (1876-1951) that it is the
indwelling Holy Spirit Who preserves in every believer, and not the
believer persevering
until the end. We are saved because GOD is faithful, not because WE
are faithful. Pastor M.R. DeHaan (1891-1965) makes this excellent
distinction between salvation and discipleship...
"There is a vast difference between coming to Jesus for
salvation and coming after Jesus for service. Coming to Christ
makes one a believer, while coming after Christ makes one a
disciple. All believers are not disciples. To become a believer
one accepts the invitation of the Gospel, to be a disciple one
obeys the challenge to a life of dedicated service and
separation. Salvation comes through the sacrifice of Christ;
discipleship comes only by sacrifice of self and surrender to
His call for devoted service. Salvation is free, but
discipleship involves paying the price of a separated walk.
Salvation can't be lost because it depends upon God's
faithfulness, but discipleship can be lost because it depends
upon our faithfulness." DeHaan, M. R. Hebrews. Zondervan
Publishing House, 1959 (p. 117).
Our independent Baptist churches are
being corrupted by the hour! The Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation has
crept into tens of thousands of churches nowadays, leading people astray
from the hope of the Gospel. I receive emails all the time from deeply
grateful people—who for years doubted their salvation because they were
lied to concerning how to be saved by Ray Comfort, Steve Pettit, Marty
Herron, Harvest Baptist Church on Guam, UNSHACKLED (Pacific Garden
Mission), R.C. Sproul, Adrian Rodgers, Bob Jones University and other
heretics who pervert God's grace. This is the generation of gutless
preachers, wimpy incompetent pastors, shallow churches, deadbeat Bible
professors and widespread theological indifference. Somebody's got to
care! I care. God cares. If you are a born-again believer, and you are
right with God in your daily walk with the Lord, then you care too!
Revelation 3:2, “Be
watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready
to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.”
END OF ARTICLE
“The Only Inspired Words
of God Are In The King James Bible!”
—Dr.
Jack Hyles (an
awesome quote from Pastor Jack Hyles' 1994 sermon titled, “THE
REAL BATTLE!”
“If you do not put a difference
between justification wrought by the man Christ without
and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are
not able to divide the Word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt
the Word of God, and cast stumbling blocks before the people.”
—Evangelist John Bunyan
Truth
+ Half Truth = a Lie
Romans 16:17-18,
“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and
offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid
them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but
their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts
of the simple.”
1st Kings 18:17, “And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah,
that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth
Israel?”
END OF ARTICLE
“A man doesn't get better
to get saved; he gets saved to get better.”
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