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The Conversion of Saul Breakfast Bible Bytes welcomes you to a short Biblical exhortation by Donald DeHaven. I humbl...
09/04/2026

The Conversion of Saul

Breakfast Bible Bytes welcomes you to a short Biblical exhortation by Donald DeHaven. I humbly ask for your support to Breakfast Bible Bytes by hitting the thumbs up button and share these short exhortations so the algorithms would push it out to more people.

I think one of the most overlooked Scriptural truths is the sovereignty of God found in Acts chapter 9, the conversion of Saul. Let’s take a look at who Saul was at that time. Saul was breathing out threats and murders against Christians, people of the way as they were called then. Saul had just come from the scene of Stephens stoning, after which Saul had received letters to the Synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found anyone belonging to the way he could bring them bound to Jerusalem. Ladies and gentlemen, news flash, Saul is a murderer who operated under color of law, as though the synagogue had the authority to sanction murder. This was not sanctioned by Rome but by the Jewish high priest. Even today, there is no love for Jesus Christ or for Christians by the Jewish religion. In Israel today it is unlawful for a Christian to proselyte Jews to Christianity. We must also recognize that the Jewish people and the land of Israel is a promised land from God and His chosen people from before creation, not based on anything they had done, and we are to honor that and not come against them. That has long been the stand of the USA. However, today, there is a move by radical socialist/communists mostly Democrats who have turned against Israel and the Jewish people in calling for violence. We must never vote for them if we truly say we love the Lord.

Here is Saul on the road to Damascus to carry out more actions against Christians when suddenly Saul is confronted directly by Jesus Christ. Acts 9:3-8 KJV, “And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. 7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. 8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.”

Let us understand, Saul did not choose Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ chose Saul. Why would God choose a murderer and someone who hated Jesus Christ? If you go to the apostle Paul’s writings in Romans, you find that answer. It was because God had sovereignly predestined Saul to be of the elect before creation. This is God revealing to us that it doesn’t matter what kind of person we have been before God calls us to His Son Jesus Christ because God’s will is sovereign. Who is man that God councils with him? Saul wasn’t seeking Jesus Christ because Saul hated Jesus Christ. Saul didn’t make the choice of his own free will to choose Christ or to even choose to believe in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, just as He had done with all His disciples chose them, they didn’t choose Jesus. Prior to Jesus, who is both God and Man, the disciples were not giving any thought to Jesus Christ and were just going about their business as fishermen and Matthew also known as Levi was a tax collector in Capernaum. Not one of the disciples who later became apostles chose Jesus Christ. They were chosen by Jesus Christ. Just as all believers are.

This event was witnessed by the companions who were traveling with Saul who guided him to Damascus. Saul ate or drank nothing for three days. Now at the same time the Lord appeared to Ananias, a disciple in Damascus to go to Saul who would be at the street called straight, and there in the house of Judas he would find the man from Tarsus called Saul. This again demonstrates the sovereignty of God in the affairs of mankind. Not only did God call Saul and Saul believed, but now God also prepared a man to go to Saul. Every move of Christ to Saul had witnesses. That is a critical piece of evidence that goes to validating to the church what God is doing. Nothing in scripture is left up to chance. It is the inerrancy of scripture that proves it is from God.

“13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: “14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.”

“15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake. 17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. 19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.”

Ananias was obviously not happy about the Lord telling him to go to Saul. He knew what Saul had been doing. I can’t blame him, but Ananias knew to be obedient to the Lord and he went. Ananias arrives at the house of Judas and what does he immediately say to Saul, “Brother Saul”. That is a recognition that Saul is a brother in Christ, and this is important. Ananias says the Lord, even Jesus Christ hath sent me that thou mightiest receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost. Ananias didn’t tell Saul that he needed to go to the altar and repeat the sinners pray (says no verse ever) and then go get baptized in order to be saved. Nothing like that. Ananias simply acknowledge Saul was already a brother in Jesus Christ and emphatically said I was sent so you could receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost. “And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. 19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.”

No big fanfare, no applause from anyone, just this; Jesus appeared to Saul and called him and Saul immediately believed. There was no arguing, there was no mention of Saul deciding to reject or accept, there was just immediate belief on Jesus Christ and immediate obedience. Saul believed and Ananias upon first setting eyes on Saul said, “Brother Saul” a clear signification that Ananias knew Saul was a brother in Christ and this was followed by Saul receiving not only his sight but being filled with the Holy Ghost and yet still he had not been baptized. Some churches teach salvation isn’t possible unless baptized and yet here it is in plain English, Saul was called a “Brother” and was filled with the Holy Ghost and then after his sight was restored Saul was baptized. So, if salvation is not possible unless baptized, how did Ananias call him “brother”? How was it possible that Saul was baptized in the Holy Ghost before he was saved if baptism is necessary for salvation? How was it that Saul wasn’t baptized until after all of this? Are we saying Saul wasn’t a believer, truly saved until baptized? Of course that would be folly to think that. It is the simple biblical facts that always prove the fallacy of any teaching when they just don’t fit with scripture.

God’ sovereignty is made clear right here in Romans chapter 9. To deny that Saul was chosen and even given a reason for God choosing him is to deny scripture and call God a liar. To make the claim that baptism is necessary for salvation to be complete is not biblical. Baptism, like the Lord’s Supper, is commanded to be observed but neither brings salvation but rather demonstrates to the world we are believers in Jesus Christ. “15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.”

What Is Your Gift from God to the Church Breakfast Bible Bytes welcomes you to a short Biblical exhortation by Donal...
09/03/2026

What Is Your Gift from God to the Church

Breakfast Bible Bytes welcomes you to a short Biblical exhortation by Donald DeHaven. I humbly ask for your support to Breakfast Bible Bytes by hitting the thumbs up button and share these short exhortations so the algorithms would push it out to more people.

I am posting a short teaching by the late Greg Deans, founder of Breakfast Bible Bytes.

“Are you wondering about your particular gift in the ministry of the Church? The succinct answer is found in these two inquiries, “do I have an intense desire to share and function in a particular aspect of church life? If that desire is a gift from God’s Spirit, then it will be for His use, for the benefit of others and it will be thought consuming. If it is not, perhaps it is just our ego that desires admiration.” Keep this in mind that any applauding recognition from others as we exercise our special gift, the glory belongs to its true Giver.

If we are born-again then God has given each of us a special gift and it is to be used for the building up of the Church. 1st Peter 4:10-11 reads “As each one has received a gift, minister it to one [another] “, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

There is a great danger of our becoming pride-filled and blasphemous. (Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt with a lack of reverence for God by claiming the attributes of the deity as our own). The term blasphemy may be generally defined as a “defiant irreverence.” The term can be applied to such sins as cursing God or willfully degrading things relating to God. Blasphemy is also attributing some evil to God or denying Him some good that we should attribute to Him. The reality is that every time we do or say something that gives others a false representation of the glory, holiness, authority, and character of God, we are committing a sinful blasphemy. Every time we revert from our position as the righteous children of God to the ways of the world, we are damaging His reputation; fortunately for the purveyor this distortion, these sinful acts are not the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit from which there is no pardon. Jesus told us in Matthew’s gospel [12:31] "Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.” (NASB)

A primary part of activating a particular gift[s] is through preparation, which is achieved by living a sanctified (submitted) life through the transforming power of His Word, and His indwelling Spirit will use His Word for the renewing of our flesh trained minds. The final step in activating our gift is to wait upon the Lord to open the doors necessary for us to accomplish the task for which we have been called. It is ok to announce the burning desire within you and peruse preparation, but remember to wait upon the Lord, His timing is perfect.”

Take Up His Cross and Follow Jesus Breakfast Bible Bytes welcomes you to a short Biblical exhortation by D...
09/02/2026

Take Up His Cross and Follow Jesus

Breakfast Bible Bytes welcomes you to a short Biblical exhortation by Donald DeHaven. I humbly ask for your support to Breakfast Bible Bytes by hitting the thumbs up button and share these short exhortations so the algorithms would push it out to more people.

Mark 8:31-38 JKV, “And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. 34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 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.”

Jesus has begun here to explain to His disciples, the future apostles, special messengers of the church, what the future is for Jesus. Jesus will be rejected of the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes. The elders are the lay members of the Sanhedrin. The Sanhedrin are the court that governed the Jewish affairs. It was made up of the elders, chief priests, and teachers (scribes) of the law. These would reject Jesus and then have Jesus killed.

Peter heard Jesus explaining what would happen and took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Jesus, but Jesus stopped Peter and with all the disciples looking on rebuked Peter saying, “Get thee behind me Satan”. Jesus knew Satan was working among his disciples trying to thwart the plan of God to carry on the mission after Jesus murder. Jesus was well aware of Satan who will cause Judas to betray Christ and now here we have Peter being manipulated in his flesh to try and annul the plan of redemption. No, Peter was not possessed but Peter as of yet did not have the Holy Spirit and neither did the disciples at this point. That will not come until after Jesus ascends back into heaven on a cloud. See Acts chapter one. Satan’s tactic always involves our flesh. He does not require possession but merely to get human beings to desire something in the flesh and focus on that. As we see in Romans chapter one, God does cause those who desire to practice sin to be given over to those sins and there are many sins of the flesh listed in Romans chapter one. This is a form of judgement from God when God gives a person over to their sinful desires. God’s wrath is poured out against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men or mankind. God’s divine judgement is righteous and is a retribution and a personal revulsion evoked by moral evil.

This revulsion applies to the sins practiced and listed in Romans chapter one, Galatians chapter five, and Ephesians chapter five. Let us also consider how many churches today are led by those who stand in the pulpits championing these sins and leading their congregations to applaud all sorts of sexual deviancy, even the murder of babies.

Jesus then says something that should cause all believers to pay attention. “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 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.

Notice how many times Jesus says, “whosoever”. Notice Jesus does not say that everyone will come after me. Jesus does not say that everyone will deny himself and take up the cross of Christ. Jesus does not say everyone will be ashamed of Jesus and of His words. We must carefully read in context and understand the context. Not everyone will believe in Jesus Christ. We just went through the sovereignty of God in Romans chapter 9. We don’t know who will be called by God to Jesus Christ so the gospel must be preached to everyone we can. We share the gospel of Jesus Christ and let the rest up to God. Nowhere in scripture are we told to do more than preach. Pastors are to exposit the Word of God and then those who God calls to His Son will believe and be added to the church. The scriptures do not say that we bring anyone to Christ. Pastors, stop taking credit for what only God can do. Preach the gospel and then take your hands off. To emotionally manipulate people to think they need Christ Jesus is to be demonstrate ignorance of God’s Word. The Holy Spirit only wants obedience to proclaim the gospel message. Only God can convict someone and bring them regeneration to repentance in order to believe when they hear the Word of God being preached, Romans chapter 10.

Believer, we all can share the gospel both in word and in deed.

Be Aware of Those Who Seek the Praises of Men Breakfast Bible Bytes welcomes you to a short Biblical exhortation by ...
09/01/2026

Be Aware of Those Who Seek the Praises of Men

Breakfast Bible Bytes welcomes you to a short Biblical exhortation by Donald DeHaven. I humbly ask for your support to Breakfast Bible Bytes by hitting the thumbs up button and share these short exhortations so the algorithms would push it out to more people.

Acts 20:17-38 ESV, “Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. 18 And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, 19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; 20 how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, 21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. 24 But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. 25 And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. 26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, 27 for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. 29 I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. 32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33 I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. 34 You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me. 35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” 36 And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all. 37 And there was much weeping on the part of all; they embraced Paul and kissed him, 38 being sorrowful most of all because of the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.”

The apostle Paul’s overall ministry is recorded by Luke in his writing of Acts. In this portion of Acts, we find Paul is set to return to Jerusalem and he knows it will likely lead to his arrest as he admits he has been constrained by the Holy Spirit who testified to him in every city that imprisonment and afflictions awaits him. However, Paul says he does not count his life of any value or as precious to himself, if only he can finish his course and the ministry that he received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

The apostle Paul makes very clear that he coveted no ones silver. That means Paul wasn’t in it for the money. That is something not many in the pulpits or in ministry can say today. Yes, some can say that but not many. I am not in it for money. Don’t get me wrong, I have needs that sometimes I want to ask for financial help, but I believe and trust God will meet my needs and God can place it upon people to give if He chooses.

I wrote in yesterday’s study about Acts 20:28-31. We are in a time when there are many churches that have wolves standing in the pulpits. I have named many of them over the years, especially in the large popular so called churches, but these wolves are also in many smaller unknown churches. These are they who lead their churches to accept all sorts of sexual deviant behaviors and they celebrate it as though it is a trophy to the world to announce their departure from sound historical biblical doctrine and are now moral relativists. There are wolves who are political activists of far left progressive ideologies. There are wolves who love to be entertainers, who appeal to the fleshly desires of people and who mock holiness living as some outdated old fashioned idea whose time has come to be erased from the church. Wolves who will malign the men of God, many who were Puritans, as those who preached doctrines out of the pits of hell. These wolves are self-serving, pretentious individuals, who are in it for money and praises of men rather than to glorify Christ Jesus. These are those who Paul warns the church to be aware of them. Unfortunately for many churches, they have ignored the warning, and wolves now stand in their pulpits. These churches have now fallen away from sound historical biblical doctrines and have become apostate churches. Is there hope for these churches? Yes, but only if they repent by turning away from these wolves and rejecting their false teachings and removing the wolves from the church through church discipline and then seek the Lord. Most churches will not do this. I know there are some who say they stay in these churches hoping to make a difference but, in all likelihood, they know they aren’t making a difference because rebellion has been sown so deep that few discerns the church is falling away. If that person is too timid to discuss with the church what they discern, how then can they change it? Those who discern but stay will just make excuses and continue to sit and listen to the wolves. The danger for them is becoming deceived until one day they no longer see the threat to the church.

I listened to a short sermon by Voddie Bauchum where he talked about Wimpy Christianity that is now in most churches. Sin is not preached. Hell, and the lake of fire for eternity is no longer mentioned. Holiness living unto the Lord is never talked about. They say the bible is outdated and no longer relevant. Churches have become more concerned with being politically correct so as not to offend the world, even inviting the world to praise and worship. Those at enmity with God are invited to praise and worship with the saints. That is blasphemy. Churches speak of a loving Jesus that loves the sinner and seeks all to be saved.

Matthew 10:34-39 ESV, “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. 37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”

Those who pretend to be of Christ they are no different than those in the world. In fact, they are one and the same. They are at war with Christ Jesus and will find that they will have no peace with Christ Jesus because His word is the sword that exposes their lies. These wolves can pretend to be righteous, but it is self-righteousness which is as filthy rags.

Be Aware of False Teachers Breakfast Bible Bytes welcomes you to a short Biblical exhortation by Donald DeHave...
08/31/2026

Be Aware of False Teachers

Breakfast Bible Bytes welcomes you to a short Biblical exhortation by Donald DeHaven. I humbly ask for your support to Breakfast Bible Bytes by hitting the thumbs up button and share these short exhortations so the algorithms would push it out to more people.

Acts 20:28-31 ESV, “ Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. 29 I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears.

It was July 10, 2021, when we held the memorial service for the founder of Breakfast Bible bytes and on July 12, 2021, when I began writing for Breakfast Bible Bytes. We are just over five years now and since that day this ministry has posted 1,040 teachings; some were repeat teachings of the founder and the rest from my desk. I have learned a great deal since July 12, 2021. Aside from my growth in the Lord because of my studies which have been a blessing. Growing and maturing in Christ is all about the study of scripture in context, understanding the importance of language such as the Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and some Latin, and how much of it is actually not even considered relevant based upon the false teachings today.

It is astounding when I listen to sermons on You Tube and Facebook how much ignorance abounds in so many churches today. No, it is not all churches for there is certainly a remnant but nonetheless it is alarming how so many churches have fallen away from sound biblical expositing and are now just centers of entertainment.

I have said this before, but I need to repeat it again. The last visit I had with my dear brother in Christ, my mentor in the scriptures, founder of Breakfast Bible Bytes, Greg Deans, in October of 2019, when Greg informed me he had become a Calvinist. I didn’t fully grasp that announcement until after his passing when I would find myself taking over writing for Breakfast Bible Bytes. Don’t get me wrong, I had heard of John Calvin and others but had never really studied Calvin. It was actually a pastor at a Baptist church in Somerset Pennsylvania who twice from the pulpit stated that Calvin’s doctrines were doctrines out of the pits of hell that did it for me to know fully about John Calvin. I discovered this pastor was a liar. By this time, I had been studying up on Calvin but his statements caused me to get John Calvin’s “Institutes of the Christian Religion”.

Calvin’s writing was to the King of France, Francis 1, 1536. Martin Luther penned his 95 thesis and nailed it to the Catholic Church door on October 31, 1517 which started the reformation movement. We’re only talking 19 years later. The reason for John Calvin writing this letter was to refute those people in the King’s inner circle who were trying to sway the King towards unsound doctrine of the Catholic church. The Catholic Church was causing many troubles in France and John Calvin wrote a defense of the Christian religion. I have read John Calvin’s writings and even have his commentaries in an effort to understand what he wrote and to determine what all the hubbub is about. I discovered those who oppose Calvin’s writings are those who could not have read them and compared them to scripture for if they had they would realize the folly of their talking points. I also have read some of Thomas Watson, Johnathan Edwards, A W Pink, and much of C H Spurgeon, as well as of Dr. John MacArthur and of Dr. R C Sproul’s writings. I have learned one thing from these men. Those pastors, such as the one in Somerset Pennsylvania, and others, and there are plenty of others, who speak malign John Calvin or of any of these others as men who spread doctrines out of the pits of hell, are sadly men who just prove they are unqualified to teach or lead a church. They are wolves in sheep clothing. They are the ones causing the church to fall away.

These Godly men, all of them I mentioned above, in my reading of their writings, I have found nothing that indicates they wrote anything that was not in accord with the doctrines Jesus Christ Himself established while He walked, and I have found nothing that these men wrote that was not in keeping with the doctrines of the apostles of Jesus Christ. So, for this pastor in Somerset to say what he has stated from his pulpit or for any other pastor or teacher of the scriptures to make any remarks similar is in my opinion to speak blasphemy against Jesus Christ. Understand, not blasphemy against these men of old, fallible men, but because these men of old only wrote what is biblical doctrine as taught to by Jesus Christ and as taught by Jesus Christ to His apostles, that is the blasphemy. This pastor and others who like him engage in this unholy rhetoric disqualifies them as pastor teacher.

The trend I find so apparent as I peruse the various social media sites and listen to what is taking place in many, many churches today, gives me the understanding that what the apostle Paul stated prophetically in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 when he was addressing the concerns in the church that had been falsely taught that Christ had already come and they were not among the elect and he corrected that false teaching. Paul stated, “1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;”

I tell you, this is what is happening today in churches where these false teachers stand in their congregations and spread falsehoods, blasphemies, from their pulpits and so few have any discernment, or the biblical knowledge, to know these liars or are too timid to say anything and by timid. The falling away is well underway and sadly many are being deceived and believe lies. We see that in the secular world as well. AI is making it so easy to deceive the masses. Few are willing to try and gently correct the lies and the dew that try are immediately attacked and maligned. I tried to gently correct this one pastor, but his pride and ego would not accept it. I marked him and will void him until he repents. The salvation of myself and my family is far too important to trust a disqualified pastor to teach us knowing he teaches falsely.

I recently obtained a book written by A W Pink, someone who I had heard of but had never read his writings. He was born in 1886 in Nottingham, England and died in 1954 in Stornoway, Scotland. He wrote the “The Sovereignty of God” in 1918 and warned then that so many pastors were not learned men. Bible colleges were turning away from sound theological men such as Edwards, and other Puritans were, and the church was already beginning to fall away because of that ignorance. Here we are 108 years later, and the evidence is irrefutable now that the church in general is rapidly in decline as it falls away from sound biblical doctrine. We have woman being ordained by men to pastor and churches where a women is permitted to preach as a guest speaker. We have g**s and sexual deviant men and women standing in pulpits and it is celebrated in those churches as something noble. We have bible colleges and seminaries where atheists are teaching future pastors, and this has been going on for nearly 100 years in the USA.

We are in times where we can no longer just assume that because a place calls itself a church that it truly is a church where the truth of scriptures, the truth of the doctrines laid down throughout the Old and New Testaments is still soundly taught. Just in my area where I live, there is a woman who stands in the pulpit. There is another church that invites women as guest speakers to come in and preach. In another church there is a pastor who is a member in the Masonic temple. If you understand the Mason’s, they recognize all religions as being of God or whatever god they serve. Then you have other churches where women sit as elders on an elder board, which in most churches just means a business board in the non-profit incorporation business church.

It’s time dear saints of God, to look long and hard and be sure what church you are in is really teaching sound historical church doctrine as set in scripture. Be sure you are not in an entertainment center that pretends to be of Christ Jesus. Be sure you are in a place that isn’t catering to world views and is not caught up in moral relativism, trying to be friends with the world while sacrificing holiness living unto the Lord.

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