Suffer No Witchcraft to Prosper

Exodus 22:18 says "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." Why? God has many good reasons to declare such a command for unrepentant witches. Witchcraft is dead serious. Satan didn't only use Halloween to try and stop winning souls to Jesus Christ; he's also tainted thanksgiving day for Christians too!

I have read of how horrible it was when a house servant by the name of Tituba who worked for a man of God named Samuel Parris. It was indeed terrible. She began to cast spells, frame Christians and the result was- Christians were charged with witchcraft while the real witches went scot-free. That is just so disgusting! No wonder the Roman Catholic Church is filled with so much blood- in reality she's the one into witchcraft!

I say that Salem's put the wrong people down! Why? The Bible has clearly declared that witchcraft is a serious sin and they should be the ones put to death NOT Christians. I say I'm sicked and tired of how this thing can go on while many do not know the Lord Jesus Christ because of witches to the left and witches to the right- and so many people think I'm crazy but I say these people also call God crazy! Witches are destroying society bringing their wicked spells and making people hate the Bible.

One of Satan's greatest crimes against Christians was the Spanish Inquisition. He accused the true believers of witchcraft and worshiping him when in fact, it was that great Whore of Babylon, the city of seven hills, the city where the Unholy Father sits claiming to make every law canon, every word he says to be straight from God when he's a big fat Caiaphas turning our governments into helpless Pilates with the aid of his celibate Pharisees who are pedophiles, homosexuals, womanizers, drunkards, etc. showing evidences of their unsaved state who is guilyt of witchcraft. How can I say so? The Mass itself is witchcraft, any sign and lying wonder is witchcraft, in fact the Jesuits are masters of the occult.

It's a real fact folks. People just don't go missing and die on Halloween, in fact Satan has targeted thanksgiving days for Christians- a day when they celebrated their freedom from the cruel yoke of the Unholy Father and the dreaded Inquisition. Anybody who says Christians are watching too much cartoons for preaching against witchcraft may be a real witch or could be an ignorant donkey to the Word of God. Thus saith the Lord is thus saith the Lord! I have had enough of people who dare argue with the Bible. Such people ought to examine the facts themselves.

They have violated the Bible. Leviticus 20:27 says, "A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them." See? Stone to death! It's time that stoning be restored to the capital. Forget about lethal injection- it's way too mild! Stoning will deter the crime because it's long and painful and it's what God commands! Stoning of those witches!

God is a jealous God and His reason NOT to tolerate witchcraft is well said in Isaiah 8:19 even says, "And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God for the living to the dead?" That's why He ordered the command not to suffer a witch to live! Know this for well Satan can cast miracles too! The Bible warns in Matthew 24:14 saying, "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."

And why command witches to death? Witchcraft is associated with murder! The Bible commands death penalty for those who do horrible crimes! Today the Roman Catholic Church tries to cover it up to deny what evil she did to the saints of God while making saints out of those who tortured Christians like Dominic and Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatius of Loyola was a master of spirit exercises and so are the Jesuits until today. The murders associated with witchcraft do not limit to the Inquisition but also to other human sacrifices- think about who's going to be the next victim- it may be a loved one that's next. In fact, some former priests and nuns who found the real Lord Jesus Christ admit their own witchcrafts and the horrible activities that occur within the white washed tombs of Roman Catholicism.

It's about time that this matter be spread. Witchcraft is witchcraft and unless a witch turns to the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation, he/she can NEVER enter Heaven. But thank God that through His Son the Lord Jesus Christ, Satan is defeated as Hebrews 2:14 saying, "For as much then as the children are partakers of the flesh and blood He also Himself likewise took part of the same that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death that is the Devil." Because of that, I can see that soon enough, witches will turn to the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation or they shall need be stoned.

Patience is NOT Little Miss Late

The sad truth is that patience and dilly dallying are being lumped together. But the truth is, patience is NOT about being late but rather waiting for the right place, right time. Patience is not how Little Miss Late will think. In fact time is precious and so is patience.

I can remember how the short cartoon went where she did spring cleaning the summer, she came when the shops are closed... well that's not what patience is. Of course these people waited. The people waited for Little Miss Late but she showed up very late. They had every right to get angry because Little Miss Late was being dishonest when she broke the promise to show up at a specific time. She's also wasted much time for productive use.

If I have to wait for a person at 1:00 P.M., I should wait until that time. That's the real value of patience NOT dilly dallying. Ephesians 5:15-16 says, "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil." and in Proverbs 27:1 saying, "Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."

That means authorities have EVERY RIGHT to get mad (but not to throw tantrums) on people who are coming in very late. Why? Time as I've said is precious. They have to wait for that time to arrive and when it does, they have to start. Punctuality of course is just as important as patience and I'll discuss why.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-7 is best summarized saying, "There is a time for everything." God made His timetable and follows it on schedule- in His perfect timing. So then, if He is on time, people ought to be on time. Would have God been too late with the promise of the child to Sarah of old age, she would have died and Isaac would have never been born. Would God have been late with His covenant, there would be no Israel. Would God have been late in sending His Son, I'd probably be still going to the Jewish Temple offering blood sacrifices. That means I have to be on time too because my Lord is on time.

Just an illustration of patience in practicality- I am baking a cake. I have to set the timer to an hour or so before the cake is perfected according to the instructions. Of course I need to wait for the cake to rise and be cooked within the time. However if I wait too long, the cake would be burnt and not fit for consumption. It would be just as bad as I pulled out the cake without waiting for it to be done.

Another would be in the work place- of course no good businessman tolerates sleeping or dilly dallying during work. He is patient enough not to do anything brutal but he will of course take disciplinary action against the employee who doesn't do his work. He is patient enough not to shout but to do things professionally.

Just to think about it, God too has His limits too. In the last days, God will finally be fed up with sinful mankind after the Gospel has been preached from one area of the globe to another (Matthew 24:14) that He will sound the trumpet and call for His saints. When the seven year tribulation is over, He will ultimately defeat Satan through His Son the Lord Jesus Christ who lives and reigns as the Alpha and the Omega forever and forever.

The B-I-B-L-E That's the Book for Me

The fact is NO other Book in this world is infallible than how the song goes like, "The B-I-B-L-E that's the Book for me, I stand alone with the Word of God the B-I-B-L-E." That song should be sung not only by children but also by adults too!

God had long commanded Joshua in Joshua 1:8 saying and it's really one of my favorite verses saying, "The Book of the Law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt have good success." What an assurance!

Why is there no other book but the Bible that's for spiritual living? Thinking about it, the Bible has withstood the tests of time. The Bible has been proof of how OLD science is and that science is NOT a young subject as old Earth evolutionists claim. The Bible in fact is NOT in conflict with science and evolution is NOT science. Historians are even baffled to how the Bible has been accurate with history also. Prophecy is how happening right before the eyes of man and still so many refuse to believe. In fact, EVERYTHING is subject to God's Law.

The Bible has changed lives and the changes brought by Christianity is the evidence. The Bible is a hammer that pounds the self-righteousness of man. A great example would the be the work of the Apostles. Wherever the Gospel was preached, lives changed. It didn't stop in the Book of Acts. It went on and on. The Bible has brought peace and order to a community gone mad. The Bible brought principles that kept society in order. In fact just as the Lord Jesus Christ the Captain of the Lord's Host, the man with the sword, was with Joshua at the conquest of Jericho, He is with the Christians who seek to break down the walls of winning souls.

The Bible also shows God's love for man who are but sinners. God asked sinners saved by grace to write down the Bible. In fact three of the authors of the Old Testament were murderers- Moses killed an Egyptian taskmaster, David killed Uriah to get Bathsheba and Solomon killed his brother Adonijah out of impulsiveness. However God used these men by His grace to write down the Bible. The prophets had their shortcomings- Isaiah had a dirty mouth, Jeremiah was a quitter and Jonah was disobedient. In the New Testament we have Matthew was a tax collector, Peter denied he was a Christian at one point and one the Apostle Paul the greatest evangelist of the Book of Acts was least expected, he was a murderer of Christians prior to his salvation.

The Bible has withstood persecutions from false doctrine by the evidence of testimony. For example during the Dark Ages, the Unholy Father the Pope ordered the Bible sealed like the Caesars did. Those who were caught reading the Bible were forced to trust in the Catholic Church for salvation and those who didn't suffer at the brutal hands of the Inquisition. However irony of ironies came- when the Bible was opened and martyrdom was rampant, the bloodier the persecutions, the more Christianity grew instead. These people found a meaning to a life beyond this- the assurance of salvation in trusting Jesus Christ made them lay down their lives as a result of being saved. Today not even Communism and Islam could succeed in stopping the Gospel from being preached where they seem the strongest.

And just to think about it, when the Bible was thrown away things spiraled for the worse because God judges a nation that throws away His word in their lives. In fact many heathen countries may be progressive but divorce, suicide, adultery, etc. are rising high among the people. Some even go to become more impoverished. But where Christianity starts to flourish, true progress in God's grace flourishes all the more.

God Made Salvation Easy but Man Made It Difficult

The fact is how true is the statement that "God made salvation easy but man made it difficult." I've heard how great preachers like Jack Hyles, Estus Pirkle, Armie Jesalva, Ruben L. Lumagbas and Robert Kent Jesalva quote that.

This verse is indeed true saying in 2 Corinthians 11:3-4 as it says, "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another "Jesus", whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him."

Notice the words, "Corrupted the simplicity that is in Christ." How true it is today. And here's what- Romans 6:23 makes salvation easy to understand saying, "For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus." The Lord Jesus Christ paid a debt He did not owe for a debt I could not pay except by going to Hell by dying on the cross to shed His precious blood.

He died while I was a sinner, He died while I was ungodly (Romans 5:6-8). He did not die because of what I did right because I couldn't justify myself by my works because I'm stealing those meant for the saved alone. In fact I CANNOT keep the whole Law. I am GUILTY as charged as Romans 3:19 and James 2:10 both summarize I should SHUT UP before God because when I broke one of His laws, I broke them all.

Romans 4:5-6 says, "But to him that worketh not but believeth on Him which justifieth the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works." See? It's that simple. John 6:29 says, "This is the work of God that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent."

The Lord Jesus Christ warned in John 10:1 saying, "Verily, verily I say unto you he that entereth not by the DOOR into the sheepfold but climbeth up some other way the same is a THIEF and a ROBBER." In verse 9 he says, "I AM the Door by Me if any man enter in he shall be saved and shall go in and out of the pasture." Obediences comes AFTER salvation not before. Just notice the words, "Climbeth some other way."

How can that happen? For example a Roman Catholic is told to offer prayers to saints and angels and especially to the Queen of Heaven (cleverly disguised as Mary) to attain special graces. In fact one of the most disturbing quotes is saying, "Pray for us oh Holy Mother of God that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ." Where is that in the Bible? I honestly triple dare anybody who reads this and quote a portion to justify their claim! I am WORTHY of Christ's promises the moment I believed He is the Son of God who took my place for my sins and TRUSTED His finished work of salvation on the cross. 1 John 5:13 writes saying, "These things I have unto you that believe in the name of the SON OF GOD that ye may have eternal life and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." The Son of God is Jesus Christ.

Should I mention the rich too? Matthew 19:24 says, "And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter Heaven." Here's what- the rich are the ones who make it hard on themselves. Many of them trust their religion especially how the scam of praying for the dead goes on and on. They think they have all the money to offer for Masses like the Ludo does ask readers to keep praying for the souls of their relatives (some can go even more than 65 years in the case of my great-grandfather who died during World War 2) when the Bible declares in Hebrews 9:27, "For it is appointed unto man ONCE to die but after this the Judgment." There is NO Purgatory or any temporal price- rather only Heaven and Hell.

In fact the Lord Jesus Christ expressed the sad quote saying in John 5:40, "Ye will not come that ye might have life." How true it is. People still continue to put rocks on the easy path of salvation, people still continue to climb up the wall when the Door is open for ALL to enter. The Lord Jesus Christ is the ONLY Way to Heaven (John 14:6) and every other road is a sure road to Hellfire.

Christians In Preparation for Holiness

Pastor Robert Kent Jesalva has mentioned about preparation for holiness for his sermon entitled "Has the Bible Changed Your Life" as point number one. However I have decided to somewhat focus on that point first things first.

The fact is Christian life is prepared for holiness. 1 Peter 2:9 says, "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light." The Apostle Peter sure got it right.

Okay this DOES NOT make a Christian an Old Testament priest where he does ceremonial law. No. This priesthood here refers to the the equal accessibility between the believer who is a pastor as well as those believers under his authority. Jesus Christ is the Great High Priest who grants intercession with the Father and NO ONE else.

In the Christian life, Lord, Master and Savior are inseparable. Why? Taking a look at Acts 16:31 saying, "Believe on the LORD Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." In other words, every Christian receives more than a Savior, they also receive Him as Lord at the same time. Sadly most Christians tend to forget they've surrendered their lives to Christ at the moment they got accepted by simply believing in the simplicity of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The fact is the Apostle Paul said in Romans 12:1-2 saying, "I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed of this world but be ye renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is good and acceptable and perfect will of God."

I could remember how Pastor Armie F. Jesalva mentioned some things about Christians like saying, "He's already saved but still reading Playboy when nobody's looking!" Sad but true. There are still Christians who are living some sin. Although they do not lose their salvation, they lose the joy of their salvation. Some Christians even lost their physical lives when the approached the sanctity of the Lord's supper with the wrong attitude (1 Corinthians 11:8).

Pastor Robert Kent Jesalva used the illustration of a pastor who wore his pajamas over his pants. It really caught attention! The fact is the problem with the Christians that Apostle Paul was dealing with was that there were still other sins in their lives. This is a battle hard to win- as much as the war for the soul of the Christian has been won, a Christian can still suffer many losses. Another illustration is that new man but with soiled clothes. The Bible commands it's time to put off carnality and put on holiness.

In fact such carnality spelled disasters for the Bible's heroes and heroines- Moses lost his ticket to the promised land when he lost his temper and smote the rock twice, Miriam got leprosy for her rebellion, Samson's flirting with danger and Delilah got the best of him, David's affair with Bathsheba brought from revival to ruin, King Solomon made a fool out of himself, King Jehoshaphat's alliance with King Ahab spelled disaster to his kingdom, Joash's backsliding killed him, Uzziah's disrespect for temple rules made him leprous and King Josiah's alliance with Babylon cost him his life.

So what's to be done? Remember that the Lord Jesus Christ was with Joshua during the conquest of Jericho. Joshua 5:14-15 has the Captain of the Lord's Host as a man with a sword. This was an assurance that the victory was with Him. 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 says that the strongholds must be pulled down like wicked imaginations, disobedience, desire for revenge and rather submit to God's grace that teaches the person not to sin (Titus 2:11-12) not relying on might, not by power but by the Holy Spirit (Zechariah 4:6).

After all 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." That means in Christ's grace, there is the power to SAY NO to evil. That means in Christ the new man can overpower the old man because Christ is in the Christian, the Christian is in Christ. That is the message of holiness prepared for a greater walk to help break down the walls of winning souls.

It's the Son Question for Salvation!

The fact is if one day you were going to die, what will you answer the Father if He says, "Why should I let you into Heaven?"

People say, "I'll make it my way." By doing so, they trample on the Blood of Jesus underfoot. They reject the blood of Jesus is enough to wash away sins. This sermon may be very true to the reader right this instant. The truth is people are going to Hell for their sins because it fell upon them. Why? Read on.

What is truly frightening is that the Lord Jesus Christ had warned that there will be people who will profess their goodness (Matthew 7:21-23) but because they are but sinners, they are still doers of iniquity they've BROKEN the whole Law (James 2:10-11).

People may answer it like, "I spent my whole life praying the Rosary." or "I spent my whole life faithful to Islam." Whatever the answer is, the Lord Jesus Christ could only answer, "I NEVER KNEW YOU! Depart from me ye that worketh iniquity." Notice the word "NEVER". They were NEVER saved to start with. They didn't lose it by sinning nor kept it by good works, they were but professing to be saved when they weren't.

Here's the real truth- what you did with the Lord Jesus Christ concerning getting saved will determine whether or not you enter Heaven or not! It's not about whether you sinned or not because ALL have sinned (Romans 3:23). The big question is when you sin, will you pay for it or did Christ pay for it?

Okay one can even say, "Jesus won't save anybody as bad as you." However the Lord Jesus Christ had declared, "For WHOSOEVER cometh unto me I shall NO WISE CAST OUT." in John 6:37 proving that salvation depends on Him NOT our part. Heretical preachers like Dan Corner and Thomas Richards as well as heretical religions like the Roman Catholic Church go right ahead and boast, "You can't show me one verse in the Bible you can sin and still be saved." What arrogance that is!

The Lord Jesus Christ in John 8:24 says, "I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins." Thinking about it, once again it's the Son question. Looking at it, the Lord Jesus Christ declared man's sinfulness and that He is the only remedy for sins. He didn't say, "If you don't do good, you will die in your sins." That means the person went to Hell for their sins because they believed not in the Lord Jesus Christ.

In John 14:6 the Lord Jesus Christ gives the most bitter message for a liberated world saying, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father EXCEPT through me."
Somebody may again respond, "What the? Are you sure Jesus said that?" Well I'm pretty sure the Bible is the Word of God because of all the accuracy with science and history. Today people don't bother to search for the facts and listen to made-up history!

And for what reason is it that it's the Son question? The thing is the Bible is clear in saying that the Word (Jesus Christ the Son) is GOD (John 1:1). In the Old Testament, Isaiah 42:8 says, "I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images." Looking at it, God HATES graven images. Acts 4:10-12 declares that only the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth will save a man NOT Mary His earthly mother, NOT Peter but only in His name alone.

And why can I say it's fair for people to go to Hell for rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ?

Romans 11:6 and Galatians 2:21 says that if righteousness where by what we have to do, Christ died in vain. The Law does NOT save the person, it shows the person HOW to be saved. It hammers the self-righteousness of man. Galatians 5:21 got it right in saying that the Law was the schoolmaster that showed the need to be saved. In other words, everything people do to go to Heaven is but a vain attempt. Isaiah 64:6 calls the righteousness of man as FILTHY RAGS.

The Lord Jesus Christ didn't die on the cross for nothing. He didn't die just for good people as gloating works salvationists claim- He died for the BAD DOERS which ALL MEN ARE. He shed His precious blood so ALL sin will be washed away- past, present and future. That blood was applied on the Mercy Seat and it was by His blood that a man can be redeemed, a man can receive a new insight in life, it is in His blood that sins are forgiven... NOTHING MORE! If sinning willfully (as all sin is done WILLFULLY) removes the effect of the blood, then again that sacrifice is nothing.

And in turn when a person dies without the Lord Jesus Christ, the person died REJECTING the only path to Heaven. He entered some way else and is a thief and a robber. Nothing is clearer than that when a person rejects the Savior, he/she has rejected the bail for a debt that they could not pay, for a debt He didn't owe.

Works Salvationists are Pharisees Too

The fact is I am just aghast that my former fellow Catholics call me a Pharisee without seeing what a real Pharisee is. The Bible is clear that salvation is by faith but the Pharisees did something else- they promoted the doctrine of works salvation. Before you start pointing your fingers at me, read the Bible first!

Acts 15:1-5 we see the Pharisees demanding the people to keep the WHOLE law of Moses to be saved. Clearly these hypocrites ask for the impossible. As much as one tries to obey the whole law but the fact is ONE SIN is enough to declare a person going to Hell. Why? James 2:10 writes that if anybody tries to keep the whole law yet breaks one of these rules, he is guilty of all. A good illustration is that a person may obey nine commandments but one day, this guy saw a gorgeous lady and that he turned his head to look at her lustfully, he's already guilty of adultery and that makes him a transgressor or if he got mad with somebody, it's already murder.

There is NO Godliness without God! The same type of heresy creeps today! That's why I got out of Catholicism- that's why I am a fundamental Christian- because I need Christ, not religion. Babylon Religion is nothing more than hocus pocus- a system that will ultimately be a sure road to Hell fire! No counting of rosary beads, no lighting of incense, no amount of good works will ever atone for that ONE SIN committed. The only remedy for sin is in the Lord Jesus Christ.

What was the real reason why the Pharisees hated the Christians? It was not much on the popularity- they got more popular the more they killed the Christians. It had something to do with the fact that the teachings of the Apostles opposed their heresy of works salvation. I've heard some of these ridiculous heresies (which sound good to carnal man) such as:

• From a Catholic faith defender- You must do all Christ commands to be saved.
• From a fan of Pastor John MacArthur- Salvation is in obedience to Christ's commands.
• Eli Soriano of Dating Daan- Good works are necessary for salvation.
• Dan Corner of Evangelical Outreach- Salvation is conditional whether we sin or not.
  
• Thomas Richards of Spiritually Smart ministries (is he?)- You can't show me one verse where you can sin and not lose salvation.
• Landover Baptists (NOT connected with this ministry) believe that unless we agree with their punishment methods, we are doomed to Hell.
  

Those are but a few. Honestly speaking, these people trample on the Blood of Jesus underfoot (Hebrews 10:29) and they reject that the blood of Jesus Christ is enough to save. The Bible even declares in Isaiah 45:9 saying, "Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?"

The truth can't be further- the Lord Jesus Christ DIED for the ungodly and shed His blood for the ungodly (Romans 5:5-7). Man has a heart problem, Jesus Christ has the perfect heart. It can't be any simpler as to simply hand yourself over for healing. He's willing to accept anybody who wants to be saved (John 6:37).

Perhaps the greatest evangelist in history, the former Pharisee turned Christian, Paul of Tarsus made mention that, "For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." in 1 Corinthians 15:9-10.

Looking at it, the Apostle Paul took NO CREDIT for any good works that came AFTER salvation. Titus 2:11-12 is clear when it states that good works are the result of salvation, it's only by God's grace that a person lives upright. Why am I writing this blog? Is it to go to Heaven? No- it's because I'm doing it to have more riches to enjoy with my Lord Jesus Christ in Heaven. 1 Timothy 1:5 even has the Apostle Paul calling himself the "chief of sinners".

I would like to say that I am NOT worthy to be called a man of God. I have my weaknesses, my impatience, my fickleness, my lustfulness. In fact the Bible is written by imperfect men who were inspired by a perfect God. For example Moses was an impulsive, hot tempered individual who murdered an Egyptian taskmaster. Another was that David had adultery with Bathsheba. Solomon was a terrible backslider. But God used them anyway- in fact Solomon is counted as God's most beloved king in Nehemiah 13:26, even more than his father David. David wrote Psalms, Solomon wrote Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs and Moses wrote the first five books by the grace of God. They were SINNERS like me.

Certainly enough, King Solomon who made a fool of himself was wiser than these works salvationists when he said in Proverbs 20:9 saying, "Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?" and in Ecclesiastes 7:20 saying, "For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not." Even King Solomon in his great prayer said, "f they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;" in 1 Kings 8:46. In fact he saw what a fool man can be!

Let's even think about the Bible's wayward heroes- Sarah grew impatient, Jacob was a deceiver, Joseph's brothers got jealous, Joseph had a big mouth, Aaron was a weak leader yet God made him the high priest for the Old Testament (remember the Golden Calf?), Joshua was gullible enough to sign a treaty with the Gibeonites, Samson was dumb as an ox, Jephthah also had a big mouth yet he was a hero of faith, Elijah got discouraged when Jezebel wanted him dead, Isaiah had a dirty mouth, Jeremiah was a quitter (Jeremiah 20:9), Jonah ran away from God, the disciples slept while praying and Peter denied he was a follower of Christ and fell into doctrinal error for growing Christians. Despite that, God used them anyway because they were His.

On the other hand after being accused, the irony does pop out revealing who's been sinning willfully more and more. Thinking about it, I've been reading about the covered up scandals of the Vatican- the orgies, etc. To think about it, many Catholic saints were honored for killing the true Christians. The Catholic Church has been the BIGGER LIAR than I am because now they say that the Inquisition never happened. In Islam also, raping of women is a LEGAL thing. Many of the religious are terrorists- in fact Islam is a violent religion and Muslims admit from their Koran they're justified to do so. Now who's sinning more and more? They can do all the good works they can like Lex Luthor in Superman would but the staunch just does come out (Matthew 23:28). That's the reality of man- evil and wicked. And the Christian was wicked and evil prior to salvation (1 Corinthians 6:11). And just for some individuals too and I'll name names- for example actor Kirk Cameron preaches works salvation but still is living in the FILTH of Hollywood lifestyle. Isn't that like the Pharisees who say and do not?

They are the type of people that ignore the new and kill the backslidden. Just imagine, while God chastises His children when they sin (Hebrews 12:3-4), the works salvationist looks down and even worse do brutal tortures. The Inquisition was not only meant to persecute non-Catholics, it was also meant to "discipline" the Catholics who they believe backslid. It is NOT the right of anybody but God to determine whether or not a backslider should die or live. After all, in the Lord's supper those who approach it with a bad attitude, it's NOT the pastor's duty to kil that person, it's God's! After all just think about it- when the Apostle Paul became a soulwinner, the Pharisees kept trying to kill him too!

Besides the Lord Jesus Christ gave his solemn warning that NOT EVERYONE that calls Him Lord will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but they that do the will of the Father concerning salvation will enter Heaven. (Matthew 7:21-23, John 6:40)