Fighting the Four Evils

Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.    And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”   Then Jesus said to him,  “Away with you, Satan! For it is written,   ‘You shall worship the  Lord  your God, and Him only you shall serve.’   ” Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him. (Matthew 4:8-11) Satan comes in all kinds of guises, appearing with a false guise of righteousness to different groups with a face that appeals to them the most. He appeals to anti-Islamist westerners as anti-Islamist, to Islamists as Islamic, to women's liberationists are a liberator of women, black ethnonationalists as a liberator of blacks, and to religious cults as a distorted image of God, that suits their own desires, lusts and flesh.  People love to talk about which cult or evil ideological ...

Heretics love to argue and debate about theology, not because they are concerned with truth, but because they are rebellious, under the spirit of rebellion. Heresy is not only of the spirit of rebellion, but the heart of all rebellion is heresy. Every rebel against God is a heretic in his theology, whether he consciously thinks so or not. For rebellion is independence of God, stemming from the hatred of God's authority and being subject to it. All heresy is the basis of rebellion, for heresy is itself rebellion.  For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king.”  (1 Samuel 15:23) Rebellion is witchcraft for it seeks to reject and cast off the authority of God over oneself. That is the essence of witchcraft, which works through manipulation, intimidation and domination. Witchcraft is ultimately about seeking...

Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,   speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,  forbidding to marry,  and commanding  to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.  For every creature of God  is  good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;   for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 1 Timothy 4:1-5 People often look at cults and heretical sects and regard them as laughable fanatics and lunatics who they could not possibly end up following. They look at them pitifully and condescendingly at the same time, thinking they are so wise. Yet, most people are themselves under their own heresies, be it oneness pentacostalism, atheism, Islam or Judaism. Most, if not all her...

Many think that heresies refers to only those professing Christian groups who call themselves Christians but who deviate from fundamental truths about Jesus, such as, Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons. However, the definition of heresy in the true sense is much broader and all-encompassing than that. It refers to any error whatsoever. The question then is, what is error? Error has tragically and infuriatingly being defined by different people in different ways, its definition complicated by people for their own purposes. But with the Word, Jesus Christ, who is the Truth :    Jesus said to him,  “I am   the way,   the truth, and   the life.   No one comes to the Father   except through Me (John 14:6) . All error is to be measured by whether it deviates from the Word ( logos ) who is Jesus Christ. The Word of God is Jesus Christ, not the Scripture, for as Scriptures testify: In the beginning  was the Word, and the  Word was  wi...