The Church is to be IN the world but not OF the world. We are to be a light to the world. We are to be salt. We are not to love the things of this world, but we are to love the world as God so loved the world.
I understand there will be a counterfiet religion. But I'm not sure how close to the real it will be. The things that would have convinced the elect, were it possible to convince the elect of the false religion, were miracles. There are already many counterfiet religions, but they will collapse into one.
The Holy Spirit uses ministers to feed us among other methods. There's nothing wrong with sitting in a pew and being fed by a man led by the Holy Spirit and having the Holy Spirit confirm to you the truth of what the man is saying.
The problem is when people sit in a pew being fed by a man and the Holy Spirit is not a part of it. And the people think that by being in the pew they have done something good and that if they do enough good they will be saved. That's not trusting in Jesus, that's earning your way to heaven and that only works if you are perfect.
How many elect will there be again? I don't remember.
The Holy Spirit uses ministers to feed us among other methods
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Oh I agree....but as we move closer to His coming...the systems become more corrupt. Do we sit in corruption or do we move out of it? He said, "Come out of her my people." What was He talking about? We better know, because the judgements He pours out on her, the one staying in her will get also.
Do you think God was impressed with dressing a corpse up and carrying it around for 3 days on a board? Jesus didn't get that, he was washed, wrapped and put in the tomb and raised in 3 days. Did you hear on Fox News where the pope is hit in the forehead 3 times with a small mallet to break the seal and release the spirit to go into the next pope. Guys...they aren't hiding anything at this point. This system is called a whore...it also states she has many daughters who will return to her, which will make a bigger system.
Methodist fight Baptists....Baptists and Methodist fight Catholics....haven't any of you all studied battle stategy's, or looked closely at history? "There is nothing new under the sun."
Because this is a battle for souls, your souls....everyone is so busy trying to prove someone else's religion wrong and they are all the SAME, they are becoming more alike as time goes by!! Divide and conquer....has always worked.
Give people a cause to fight, let them take sides and they are happy. But the agenda NEVER changes and there will be a One world order with a One world religion.
We're already so close you might as well quit arguing cause your sitting in it so deep you can't see it.