0:00:09.809,0:00:13.434 As you are all well aware, 0:00:13.434,0:00:18.534 there are only really two religions 0:00:18.534,0:00:23.034 on the face of this earth. 0:00:23.034,0:00:28.015 (Aside) Don't you have a shirt that says 0:00:28.015,0:00:32.685 Christianity is not a religion? 0:00:32.685,0:00:36.299 Religion in years past was not 0:00:36.299,0:00:39.889 the negative and derogatory term that it is today, 0:00:39.889,0:00:42.559 so I almost hesitate to call Christianity [that]. 0:00:42.589,0:00:44.962 But you know what we're talking about, 0:00:44.962,0:00:46.992 there are really only basically 0:00:46.992,0:00:48.942 two basic religions that exist, 0:00:48.942,0:00:50.589 that have ever really existed. 0:00:50.589,0:00:53.214 One is divine accomplishment: 0:00:53.214,0:00:59.144 God provides for everything man needs to be saved. 0:00:59.144,0:01:04.402 Over against all the religions of human works 0:01:04.402,0:01:08.902 that basically say I must do something to merit God's favor. 0:01:08.902,0:01:11.115 And everything I just described, 0:01:11.115,0:01:14.375 whether it's Catholicism, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, 0:01:14.375,0:01:17.083 Islam, and go down the line... 0:01:17.083,0:01:19.483 Hinduism, Buddhism... 0:01:19.483,0:01:24.090 they fall into this category of human works. 0:01:24.090,0:01:31.399 Now I realize among those religions 0:01:31.399,0:01:34.939 that fall into that category, 0:01:34.939,0:01:42.649 some speak more highly of Christ than others. 0:01:42.649,0:01:44.770 They don't honor Him, 0:01:44.770,0:01:51.530 they just are not as derogatory towards Him as, say, Islam is. 0:01:51.530,0:01:54.501 Catholicism will actually say some things 0:01:54.501,0:01:57.831 that we would agree with, right? 0:01:57.831,0:02:00.329 They would claim He's God. 0:02:00.329,0:02:04.439 The problem is they make Mary out 0:02:04.439,0:02:07.999 as the one who did what He did. 0:02:07.999,0:02:09.699 So they really dishonor Him. 0:02:09.699,0:02:11.568 They do great disservice to Him. 0:02:11.568,0:02:16.017 But can a true Christian continue as a Mormon? 0:02:16.017,0:02:20.974 I would say to James, here's his actual question: 0:02:20.974,0:02:23.390 Pastor Tim, I'm a member 0:02:23.390,0:02:28.740 of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) 0:02:28.740,0:02:31.084 who has recently come to know the Lord. 0:02:31.084,0:02:32.924 I'm wondering if it's possible to 0:02:32.924,0:02:36.337 still remain as an active member of this organization 0:02:36.337,0:02:42.087 while having had the born again experience. Thank you. 0:02:42.087,0:02:45.248 So help me out, guys. You answer it. 0:02:45.248,0:02:47.907 Can he stay? (responses from the room) 0:02:47.907,0:02:50.907 There's the question, right there. 0:02:50.907,0:02:53.423 That's exactly where my mind went. 0:02:53.423,0:02:59.734 Why would you want to? 0:02:59.734,0:03:03.727 I don't know and he doesn't say. 0:03:03.727,0:03:09.202 But I can tell you this, typically in Mormonism, 0:03:09.202,0:03:18.959 in Catholicism, in Islam, there are strong families. Exactly. 0:03:18.959,0:03:24.103 Typically, the reason you want to stay in a system 0:03:24.103,0:03:28.673 that does not line up with true Christianity 0:03:28.673,0:03:32.497 is because you're trying to please somebody. 0:03:32.497,0:03:35.328 You're not wanting to suffer 0:03:35.328,0:03:40.258 the consequences of having come to Christ. 0:03:40.258,0:03:46.360 Listen: Revelation 18:2, 0:03:46.360,0:03:49.880 "And he called out with a mighty voice, 0:03:49.880,0:03:52.790 'fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great." 0:03:52.790,0:03:55.449 Let me say something to you, in the book of Revelation, 0:03:55.449,0:03:58.549 do you know who Babylon the Great is? 0:03:58.549,0:04:03.868 Do you remember that picture of a whore; 0:04:03.868,0:04:11.838 what was she riding on? 0:04:11.838,0:04:23.169 A beast? And it was called something, 0:04:23.169,0:04:27.799 but the term Babylon is used. 0:04:27.799,0:04:29.927 Folks, let me tell you something. 0:04:29.927,0:04:32.667 A very symbolic book; 0:04:32.667,0:04:38.307 what is the church described as? 0:04:38.307,0:04:43.356 A bride. The bride of Christ. 0:04:43.356,0:04:46.976 False religion is a whore. 0:04:46.976,0:04:49.976 False religion is an adulteress. 0:04:49.976,0:04:54.111 False religion is described as Babylon. 0:04:54.111,0:04:58.281 Basically, false religion has become 0:04:58.281,0:05:00.581 a dwelling place for demons, 0:05:00.581,0:05:03.167 a haunt for every unclean spirit, 0:05:03.167,0:05:05.427 a haunt for every unclean bird, 0:05:05.427,0:05:08.427 a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast, 0:05:08.427,0:05:10.403 all the nations have drunk 0:05:10.403,0:05:14.623 the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality. 0:05:14.623,0:05:17.567 False religion pervades every country 0:05:17.567,0:05:20.567 on the face of this earth. Guaranteed. 0:05:20.567,0:05:26.617 They have all drunk of the passion of her sexual immorality. 0:05:26.617,0:05:29.079 How many governments in this world 0:05:29.079,0:05:32.899 are Catholic governments? Muslim governments? 0:05:32.899,0:05:35.428 And even the ones like in Turkey 0:05:35.428,0:05:39.228 who claim to be secular, 0:05:39.228,0:05:44.573 they're drunk with the passions of the sexual immorality of Islam. 0:05:44.573,0:05:46.259 No question about it. 0:05:46.259,0:05:50.187 The kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, 0:05:50.187,0:05:51.917 and the merchants of the earth 0:05:51.917,0:05:55.183 have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living, 0:05:55.183,0:05:58.148 then I heard another voice from heaven saying this, 0:05:58.148,0:06:01.838 'Come out of her, My people, 0:06:01.838,0:06:03.828 lest you take part in her sins, 0:06:03.828,0:06:05.708 lest you share in her plagues, 0:06:05.708,0:06:08.708 for her sins are heaped high as heaven, 0:06:08.708,0:06:11.363 and God has remembered her iniquities.' 0:06:11.363,0:06:15.147 Mormonism is taking multitudes to hell! 0:06:15.147,0:06:17.537 Come out from among her. 0:06:17.537,0:06:20.600 Or 2 Corinthians 6:16, we are the temple of the living God, 0:06:20.600,0:06:23.600 as God said, I will make my dwelling among them, 0:06:23.600,0:06:25.233 and walk among them, 0:06:25.233,0:06:28.833 and I will be their God and they shall be My people. 0:06:28.833,0:06:31.707 Therefore, go out from their midst 0:06:31.707,0:06:34.347 and be separate from them, says the Lord, and 0:06:34.347,0:06:36.790 touch no unclean thing and I will welcome you, 0:06:36.790,0:06:38.660 and I will be a Father to you, 0:06:38.660,0:06:40.663 and you shall be the sons and daughters to me, 0:06:40.663,0:06:43.213 says the Lord Almighty. 0:06:43.213,0:06:47.691 Listen: we know well Paul's words, do we not? 0:06:47.691,0:06:50.691 Even if we or an angel, Galatians 1:8, 0:06:50.691,0:06:53.559 even an angel from heaven should preach to you 0:06:53.559,0:06:56.559 a gospel contrary to the one we preach to you, 0:06:56.559,0:06:59.234 let him be accursed. 0:06:59.234,0:07:01.433 Do you realize Mormonism falls 0:07:01.433,0:07:06.673 under the accursement of this inspired apostle? 0:07:06.673,0:07:10.948 His curse on all who proclaim another gospel. 0:07:10.948,0:07:15.008 You say, does Mormonism preach another gospel? 0:07:15.008,0:07:21.643 Listen: the 3rd article of faith of the Church of Latter Day Saints, 0:07:21.643,0:07:26.443 one of the 13 points of their basic church doctrine: 0:07:26.443,0:07:32.461 Anybody involved in the Church of Latter Day Saints can look this up, 0:07:32.461,0:07:39.641 it is their 3rd article of their 13 basic points. 0:07:39.641,0:07:45.380 They're collectively known in Mormonism as the articles of faith. 0:07:45.380,0:07:49.620 They're included in the standard Latter Day Saints scriptures, 0:07:49.620,0:07:53.981 and members are encouraged to become familiar or memorize them, 0:07:53.981,0:07:59.315 the third article of faith reads verbatim: 0:07:59.315,0:08:03.155 We believe that through the atonement of Christ, 0:08:03.155,0:08:06.325 all mankind may be saved by obedience 0:08:06.325,0:08:10.456 to the laws and ordinances of the gospel." 0:08:10.456,0:08:12.111 And you better hear that... 0:08:12.111,0:08:16.199 they're not saying we're saved by the atonement of Christ, 0:08:16.199,0:08:18.839 and everything He achieved there. 0:08:18.839,0:08:22.389 You are only saved by the atonement of Christ 0:08:22.389,0:08:30.869 and maybe saved by obedience to the laws. 0:08:30.869,0:08:36.406 I'm going to quote to you from the teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, 0:08:36.406,0:08:46.276 13th president of the LDS in his teachings, pages 353-354, 0:08:46.276,0:08:52.170 he says this, "Grace consists of God's gift to His children 0:08:52.170,0:08:55.240 wherein He gave His only begotten Son 0:08:55.240,0:08:57.960 that whosoever would believe in Him, 0:08:57.960,0:09:03.408 and comply with His laws and ordinances would have everlasting life. 0:09:03.408,0:09:08.998 Or Bruce Redd McConckie, an apostle of the LDS, 0:09:08.998,0:09:13.098 in his book "Mormon Doctrine," page 408 0:09:13.098,0:09:17.682 "As with all other doctrines of salvation, 0:09:17.682,0:09:22.572 justification is available because of the atoning sacrifice of Christ, 0:09:22.572,0:09:26.661 but it becomes operative in the life of an individual 0:09:26.661,0:09:33.281 only on conditions of personal righteousness." 0:09:33.281,0:09:41.459 That is a blatant and manifest denial of the Gospel. 0:09:41.459,0:09:45.996 Romans 3:20 "For by works of the law, 0:09:45.996,0:09:50.016 no human being will be justified in His sight." 0:09:50.016,0:09:55.121 No, Mr. McConckie, it is not 0:09:55.121,0:09:58.271 'it becomes operative in the life of an individual 0:09:58.271,0:10:02.611 on conditions of personal righteousness.' 0:10:02.611,0:10:07.728 The justification that we have from Jesus Christ 0:10:07.728,0:10:12.238 becomes operative by faith. 0:10:12.238,0:10:17.007 By faith, Abraham was declared righteous. 0:10:17.007,0:10:20.007 By faith. 0:10:20.007,0:10:27.381 Yes, faith will produce works, 0:10:27.381,0:10:30.171 but the works do not merit our salvation. 0:10:30.171,0:10:36.967 By works of the law, no human being will be justified in His sight. 0:10:36.967,0:10:39.795 Or Titus 3:5, He saved us, 0:10:39.795,0:10:45.045 not because of works done by us in righteousness, 0:10:45.045,0:10:47.335 but according to His own mercy, 0:10:47.335,0:10:51.475 by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit. 0:10:51.475,0:10:58.089 What I would say to this man James, is this: 0:10:58.089,0:11:08.210 Jesus Christ calls us to full, 0:11:08.210,0:11:13.850 undiluted devotion to Him. 0:11:13.850,0:11:16.704 Luke 14:26, "If anyone comes to me and 0:11:16.704,0:11:20.364 does not hate his own father, and mother, 0:11:20.364,0:11:23.221 and wife, and children, and brothers, 0:11:23.221,0:11:25.251 and sisters, yes, and even his own life, 0:11:25.251,0:11:27.428 he cannot be my disciple." 0:11:27.428,0:11:29.580 I would say to this man James: 0:11:29.580,0:11:33.850 if you're seeking to stay in Mormonism, in a false religion, 0:11:33.850,0:11:37.156 in a religion that God tells you to come out of, 0:11:37.156,0:11:40.626 in a religion that the Apostle Paul cursed, 0:11:40.626,0:11:42.782 if you are determined to stay there 0:11:42.782,0:11:45.112 and it has to do with a greater affection 0:11:45.112,0:11:48.212 for any family relationship than what you have for Christ 0:11:48.212,0:11:53.545 He says, Christ Himself says, you cannot be His disciple. 0:11:53.545,0:11:55.906 Whoever does not bear his own cross 0:11:55.906,0:11:59.216 and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 0:11:59.216,0:12:03.048 Luke 14:33, "so therefore any one of you 0:12:03.048,0:12:07.068 who does not renounce all that he has 0:12:07.068,0:12:11.458 cannot be My disciple." 0:12:11.458,0:12:16.022 So we would call James and anybody else in that situation... 0:12:16.022,0:12:23.006 Catholicism has a cursed message, 0:12:23.006,0:12:27.116 Islam is a damnable religion, 0:12:27.116,0:12:32.294 Jehovah's Witnesses deny the deity of Christ, 0:12:32.294,0:12:36.526 all these religions deny that Jesus Christ 0:12:36.526,0:12:40.516 in a perfect life, in a perfect obedience, 0:12:40.516,0:12:43.787 according to Philippians 2, 0:12:43.787,0:12:47.857 He took that obedience all the way to becoming a man, 0:12:47.857,0:12:51.820 perfectly, coming and submitting to His Father, 0:12:51.820,0:12:54.762 taking that obedience all the way to death, 0:12:54.762,0:12:57.762 even death on a cross, 0:12:57.762,0:13:02.402 Jesus Christ, through tears, He learned obedience, 0:13:02.402,0:13:06.288 He suffered before His Father, 0:13:06.288,0:13:09.568 He earned a righteousness whereby 0:13:09.568,0:13:11.956 the righteousness of God, 0:13:11.956,0:13:16.436 the righteousness God demands of us was earned, 0:13:16.436,0:13:20.057 it was merited by Christ Himself. 0:13:20.057,0:13:25.561 To John the Baptist, 0:13:25.561,0:13:27.691 He says, "John, baptize Me." 0:13:27.691,0:13:30.011 John says, "Lord, I need to be baptized of You. 0:13:30.011,0:13:32.471 You come here to be baptized by me?" 0:13:32.471,0:13:36.424 And He said that all righteousness might be fulfilled, 0:13:36.424,0:13:42.123 Jesus Christ had to walk through life and do what we do, 0:13:42.123,0:13:44.319 be involved in what we're involved with, 0:13:44.319,0:13:47.319 and do it in absolute perfection, 0:13:47.319,0:13:49.712 and fulfill all righteousness 0:13:49.712,0:13:53.232 so that the law might be satisfied perfectly, 0:13:53.232,0:13:56.923 and in so doing, He takes all of that obedience, 0:13:56.923,0:13:59.923 all the way to obeying His Father, 0:13:59.923,0:14:03.685 and going to give His life 0:14:03.685,0:14:06.685 as a ransom for many on Calvary's cross, 0:14:06.685,0:14:08.578 so that He could come to that very point 0:14:08.578,0:14:11.128 where He breathed His last, 0:14:11.128,0:14:14.042 and just giving up the spirit, 0:14:14.042,0:14:18.242 He says, "It is finished," and it's done. 0:14:18.242,0:14:20.851 He has accomplished salvation. 0:14:20.851,0:14:24.791 He was stricken, He was smitten, He was afflicted of God, 0:14:24.791,0:14:29.414 He was crushed by almighty wrath on that cross, 0:14:29.414,0:14:35.582 so that in the end of it, it is finished. 0:14:35.600,0:14:47.167 And now, the most vile sinner, much like Luke 19, 0:14:47.167,0:14:55.377 the tax collector beating on his breast, 0:14:55.377,0:15:00.565 no works to offer God. 0:15:00.565,0:15:03.565 Christ sets him off against the Pharisee, 0:15:03.565,0:15:06.507 who was boasting - he fasts, he gives, 0:15:06.507,0:15:11.817 he does, he works, he puts forth an effort; 0:15:11.817,0:15:15.391 this man beat on his breast, 0:15:15.391,0:15:18.391 wouldn't even raise his head, he simply said, 0:15:18.391,0:15:21.420 "God, be merciful to me, a sinner." 0:15:21.420,0:15:24.334 Jesus did not say He went out 0:15:24.334,0:15:26.864 and did all these works 0:15:26.864,0:15:30.024 to make justification possible. 0:15:30.024,0:15:32.868 He specifically said this man 0:15:32.868,0:15:35.868 had no works to offer God, 0:15:35.868,0:15:37.882 totally contrary to the Pharisee, 0:15:37.882,0:15:41.402 who is offering God all sorts of good works, 0:15:41.402,0:15:46.437 and Jesus says, make no qualms about it, 0:15:46.437,0:15:56.747 Jesus says, "This man went home justified, and not the other." 0:15:56.747,0:16:01.929 Be certain of that. 0:16:01.929,0:16:05.641 This Mormon is a liar. 0:16:05.641,0:16:09.981 These Mormons I quoted, they are liars. 0:16:09.981,0:16:15.812 You cannot be justified the way they say. 0:16:15.812,0:16:20.642 They're liars. 0:16:20.642,0:16:27.986 Paul was very specific in Romans 4, 0:16:27.986,0:16:37.276 it was not works, it was not works... 0:16:37.276,0:16:41.224 Abraham had no place to boast in works. 0:16:41.224,0:16:43.832 And if anybody doubts that, 0:16:43.832,0:16:52.582 you not only have Luke 19, you have Romans 4:5, 0:16:52.582,0:16:55.426 and it is unmistakable. 0:16:55.426,0:17:00.166 Who does God justify? 0:17:00.166,0:17:06.569 He who justifies the ungodly. 0:17:06.569,0:17:10.549 It doesn't say He justifies those who 0:17:10.549,0:17:14.979 work and obey and keep laws. 0:17:14.979,0:17:21.575 It says He justifies the ungodly. 0:17:21.575,0:17:23.593 These Mormons are liars. 0:17:23.593,0:17:25.443 It is a corrupt system. 0:17:25.443,0:17:27.443 It is a damning system. 0:17:27.443,0:17:29.721 And if you are a follower of Jesus Christ, 0:17:29.721,0:17:34.331 God calls you, "Come out." 0:17:34.331,0:17:37.249 So no, you do not want to stay. 0:17:37.249,0:17:40.249 It is a haunt of demons. 0:17:40.249,0:17:47.744 A man cannot be saved unless the most basic aspects 0:17:47.744,0:17:50.744 of the Gospel are understood. 0:17:50.744,0:17:55.545 You see, we're called to believe something. 0:17:55.545,0:18:02.065 There are very concrete propositions, or truths, 0:18:02.065,0:18:05.874 that are presented in the basic Christian message 0:18:05.874,0:18:08.874 that must be adhered to, they must be believed, 0:18:08.874,0:18:11.172 they must be laid hold on. 0:18:11.172,0:18:14.842 You clearly see that in 1 Corinthians 15, do you not? 0:18:14.842,0:18:22.170 Paul is laying down very basic tenets of the Gospel, 0:18:22.170,0:18:29.530 and the thing is, false religions are not a little hazy 0:18:29.530,0:18:32.520 in some obscure doctrine. 0:18:32.520,0:18:36.035 False religions attack the foundations; 0:18:36.035,0:18:39.525 they attack the very core message. 0:18:39.525,0:18:42.351 That's what Paul's dealing with in Galatians 1:8, 0:18:42.351,0:18:45.351 if somebody, even an angel from heaven, 0:18:45.351,0:18:47.933 it doesn't matter who it is, if they come to you 0:18:47.933,0:18:50.983 preaching another gospel than what we have preached, 0:18:50.983,0:18:52.768 let them be accursed. 0:18:52.768,0:18:57.459 And the thing is, the Gospel at its very root 0:18:57.459,0:19:01.379 has to do to with Christ, His person, 0:19:01.379,0:19:04.302 His character, who He is, 0:19:04.302,0:19:08.182 and what He accomplished, in His life, on the cross, 0:19:08.182,0:19:10.201 in His death. 0:19:10.201,0:19:12.112 If a man does not have 0:19:12.112,0:19:17.552 a basic understanding of that, he cannot be saved. 0:19:17.552,0:19:20.721 There needs to be a basic comprehension of that. 0:19:20.721,0:19:25.615 And the thing is these false religions attack on that level. 0:19:25.615,0:19:27.414 Like I say it's not some obscure teaching 0:19:27.414,0:19:30.414 about eschatology where they go wrong, 0:19:30.414,0:19:33.735 they attack the very central message 0:19:33.735,0:19:37.715 in a way that their message is damning. 0:19:37.715,0:19:39.665 This is night and day, 0:19:39.665,0:19:41.715 this is dark and light, 0:19:41.715,0:19:45.455 this is the difference between life and death. 0:19:45.455,0:19:47.602 This is truth and error. 0:19:47.602,0:19:49.912 This is of God and of the devil. 0:19:49.912,0:19:54.862 This is where the Spirit operates versus the haunt of demons. 0:19:54.862,0:19:57.660 We're not talking some vague, small thing; 0:19:57.660,0:20:01.700 we're talking about very foundational matters. 0:20:01.700,0:20:05.700 Now look, I know there have been times in history 0:20:05.700,0:20:10.420 where there have been certain individuals 0:20:10.420,0:20:18.671 that stayed in the Catholic church 0:20:18.671,0:20:24.591 or they stayed in the Anglican church, 0:20:24.591,0:20:28.014 and they held to the truth. 0:20:28.014,0:20:35.132 Typically people who did that, Savrinola, they burned him. 0:20:35.132,0:20:39.655 I mean, typically, the people that tried to hold on 0:20:39.655,0:20:42.655 in the midst of those kinds of situations 0:20:42.655,0:20:44.532 suffered great persecution; 0:20:44.532,0:20:49.172 they were put to death, they were ostracized, you name it. 0:20:49.172,0:20:51.963 Even the evangelicals that stayed in the Anglican church, 0:20:51.963,0:20:53.713 they tended to be a minority, 0:20:53.713,0:20:57.005 rocks were thrown at them, 0:20:57.005,0:21:08.415 probably literally and not so literally. 0:21:08.415,0:21:14.063 I guess the point is what we find here is 0:21:14.063,0:21:18.593 God is calling His people out of false religion, 0:21:18.593,0:21:21.128 and I really believe that if you study Babylon, 0:21:21.128,0:21:23.338 if you study that harlot... 0:21:23.338,0:21:26.182 A lot of our forefathers have thought 0:21:26.182,0:21:29.902 it spoke of Catholicism and the priests. 0:21:29.902,0:21:35.435 I would say Catholicism is just one among many antichrists 0:21:35.435,0:21:38.435 that are representative of false religion. 0:21:38.435,0:21:43.156 There was a day when the Pope and Catholicism 0:21:43.156,0:21:46.156 seemed to be the main enemy. 0:21:46.156,0:21:50.307 Today we might look at it and say Islam may be, 0:21:50.307,0:21:54.347 although if you talk to Ryan, 0:21:54.347,0:21:58.191 he probably still sees Catholicism... 0:21:58.191,0:22:00.721 I think what we basically see is this: 0:22:00.721,0:22:03.102 If you're in Romania, it's Eastern Orthodox; 0:22:03.102,0:22:06.102 if you're in Russia, it's Eastern Orthodox, 0:22:06.102,0:22:09.807 if you're in Tibet, it's Buddhism, 0:22:09.807,0:22:12.807 if you're in India, it's Hinduism, 0:22:12.807,0:22:17.740 Basically what you have is a picture of false religion, 0:22:17.740,0:22:21.930 and God is calling His people out. 0:22:21.930,0:22:26.286 And the truth is, 0:22:26.286,0:22:29.506 that if somebody is in one of those systems 0:22:29.506,0:22:33.776 and they simply do not have the ability to see the difference 0:22:33.776,0:22:36.082 between the true Gospel 0:22:36.082,0:22:39.062 and that which is a corrupt perversion, 0:22:39.062,0:22:43.742 then there is probably a very great likelihood they're not converted, 0:22:43.742,0:22:47.420 because one of the things we find that happens 0:22:47.420,0:22:51.840 is that the Spirit of God opens men's eyes. 0:22:51.840,0:22:55.825 They're no longer blind. They now have the ability to see. 0:22:55.825,0:22:58.265 The Scriptures come alive. 0:22:58.265,0:23:00.025 We actually find various Scriptures 0:23:00.025,0:23:02.125 scattered through the New Testament 0:23:02.125,0:23:07.687 that show us that we're taught of God. 0:23:07.687,0:23:10.311 The problem is that if it's difficult for people 0:23:10.311,0:23:13.311 to give up their old beliefs, 0:23:13.311,0:23:16.146 it's because they have not come to a new belief. 0:23:16.146,0:23:18.823 Because that's exactly what faith is: 0:23:18.823,0:23:26.313 Faith is beholding in Christ the answer to my sin 0:23:26.313,0:23:28.843 that I never found in anything else, 0:23:28.843,0:23:33.445 the answer to my eternal glory, to my joy, 0:23:33.445,0:23:36.755 to what is seen in Christ as something precious 0:23:36.755,0:23:40.322 that I never found in anything else. 0:23:40.322,0:23:43.335 What you're saying is no different than saying 0:23:43.335,0:23:46.885 a guy given to pornography for his whole life 0:23:46.885,0:23:49.719 it's very difficult for him to give up 0:23:49.719,0:23:52.659 what he loved so much for all those years. 0:23:52.659,0:23:55.275 It's the same thing. 0:23:55.275,0:23:56.605 When Jesus Christ comes along, 0:23:56.605,0:23:59.219 what in the world do we think salvation is? 0:23:59.219,0:24:03.570 Salvation is being saved from those things. 0:24:03.570,0:24:07.332 It's being saved from the power of sin. 0:24:07.347,0:24:10.254 It says it very clearly in Romans 6, 0:24:10.254,0:24:13.254 sin shall not have dominion over you. 0:24:13.254,0:24:23.940 Jesus Christ comes along to save people to the uttermost. 0:24:23.940,0:24:30.114 Not to leave them lingering, hovering over these things 0:24:30.114,0:24:33.884 and going on with their spiritual adultery and fornication, 0:24:33.884,0:24:36.740 that's why He says come out from among them. 0:24:36.740,0:24:41.420 Come out from among all that whoredom, 0:24:41.420,0:24:47.499 and that adultery and fornication in a spiritual sense, come out. 0:24:47.499,0:24:53.271 Do you realize what's happening when the church of LDS meets? 0:24:53.271,0:24:58.845 It's a room full of whores committing spiritual idolatry. 0:24:58.845,0:25:07.096 When a Catholic church gets together, it is whoredom. 0:25:07.096,0:25:11.126 It is spiritual adultery. 0:25:11.126,0:25:16.568 People committing lewd acts of spiritual abomination. 0:25:16.568,0:25:18.603 That's what it is. 0:25:18.603,0:25:23.033 When people put their affection and attention 0:25:23.033,0:25:26.033 on writings other than the Scriptures, 0:25:26.033,0:25:28.537 saviors other than Christ, 0:25:28.537,0:25:31.197 gods who are not the God of the Bible, 0:25:31.197,0:25:34.447 the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 0:25:34.447,0:25:40.099 when they turn and lay their trust and lay their hope, 0:25:40.099,0:25:43.769 you just read what God says about the Jews 0:25:43.769,0:25:47.839 when they worshiped other gods, 0:25:47.839,0:25:50.229 up under every green tree; 0:25:50.229,0:25:54.229 He uses language that is graphic, 0:25:54.229,0:25:57.229 because that's how it is to Him. 0:25:57.229,0:26:01.426 It's like a married woman going out 0:26:01.426,0:26:04.426 and finding another man not her husband 0:26:04.426,0:26:08.119 and committing all sorts of lewd acts 0:26:08.119,0:26:14.089 and indescribable sexual abominations and perversions 0:26:14.089,0:26:18.991 selling herself cheap, giving herself, 0:26:18.991,0:26:23.651 and I'm not even coming up to Biblical descriptions 0:26:23.651,0:26:34.749 (response from the room - inaudible) 0:26:34.749,0:26:37.197 Yes, there's idolatry of all sorts. 0:26:37.197,0:26:43.227 But the fact is, false religion is the devil's playground, 0:26:43.227,0:26:48.742 and God calls us to come out from among it. 0:26:48.742,0:26:51.441 But the thing is, false religion can be like Islam, 0:26:51.441,0:26:53.751 or it can be like Joel Osteen. 0:26:53.751,0:26:55.730 It can be the faith movement, 0:26:55.730,0:27:00.420 health, wealth and prosperity, or it can be the Amish. 0:27:00.420,0:27:03.168 I mean, it's got every look under the sun. 0:27:03.168,0:27:05.067 The Wilkenson's were just telling us Sunday 0:27:05.067,0:27:08.067 about the people who dress in grey; 0:27:08.067,0:27:12.408 it can look like that or it can look like Benny Hinn. 0:27:12.408,0:27:17.928 It's everything in between. 0:27:17.946,0:27:25.560 Anyway, that's it for tonight.