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001 - KARMA KARMA originated from ancient pagan religious teaching which refers to all acts, words and thoughts of one life, supposed to determine a person’s fate in his next stage of existence. Karma is always refers to bad fate which results from evil deeds, thoughts and words. Karma today is defined as divine requital or retribution for evil done to another person. It portrays God as a “Terminator” of wicked people who abused, withhold justice, or plotted mischief against another. God is perfectly righteous and just in everything and if He is going to kill or exterminate all the wicked, then this planet will be empty of human being. For all have sinned. Divine discipline is executed against the carnal believer who ignores the Word of God not because of their sins. Divine judgment is executed against unbeliever who rejected the Gospel of Christ not because of their evil deeds. A wayward person will accumulate self-made miseries for him to suffer in as much, he made other suffers. Majority of our miseries are self-made not from God or from the Devil. Jesus Christ died for the sins of the entire human race. He died for the sins of every human being in every generation in every place. He paid it in full –no sin is excluded. God is not in business of punishing for their sins because there is nothing (sin of men) which Christ did not include in His death. A person who violates the Laws of Divine Establishment and the Laws of the land will suffer the consequence of his action [Romans 13:4]. Karma is outside the essence and personality of God. God is not happy about the death of evil people. God will destroy his enemies not our enemies [Nahum 1:2]. God will judge the believers in time by divine discipline [1 Corinthians 3:11-15, Hebrews 10:30, 12:6-8]. God will also judge all the unbelievers at the same time in the Great White Throne judgment at the end of the 1000 years reigns of Christ [Revelation 20:11-15]. God is not punishing anyone on earth because of his evil deeds. The misery of a person is always the result of previous bad decisions or evil deeds he made. Deuteronomy 32:35-43 is a promise given to the Jews under the curse and blessing clause [Genesis 12:3] and not to us. God will destroy all the anti-Jews or anti-Semitics, not our personal enemies. Karma is outside the nature, character and personality of God. God solved the problem of man, namely sins because there is no way we can solve it. Would God punish men because of something He already dealt with? Karma cultivates fear in the hearts of the ignorant and deceived. It distorts the truth of God’s Word and enslaved many into human good. Although karma encourage good deeds yet in the eyes of God it does more harm than good it deceives people. It distorts the goodness of God. Divine retribution because of human rejection of God’s grace is not karma. Divine discipline because of ignoring or rejecting Bible doctrine is not karma. Karma is not of God but of the Devil. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 002 - FENG SHUI FENG SHUI is more than 3000 year- old Chinese Philosophy and art of placement. It is means “wind and water” which claims to create spiritually, healthful and appealing home. FENG SHUI is a balance of yin and yang- that is finding harmony between energy flows. Practitioners believe that certain places are luckier, certain shapes are more conducive to a balanced life, some symmetry are preferred over angles. FENG SHUI popularity is alarmingly high. Developers, builders, home- owners are all consulting FENG SHUI masters. Even Christians are affected and it deceives the elite, intelligent, the rich and poor alike. Let us consider several things about FENG SHUI: It originated from the cultic practices of astrology, fortune telling, charms of the ancient Eastern religions, and a mixture of science and superstition. God alone has the Master Plan for the life of every person base on their personal decisions as foreknown by God in the eternity past and included in the divine decree. To trust FENG SHUI for your future health and wealth is to accept satanic lies and human viewpoint. FENG SHUI objects and charms looks harmless ad decorative but without knowing that some pagan religions are actually using them as religious object of worship. To display those icons is to invite the curse of God into your home. FENG SHUI like any other icons has power supplied by Satan, whose demons attends and ministers to their devotees. FENG SHUI is a false hope and a false object of confidence for your wealth and health. Nothing in this world can guarantee your good health and future except God. It claims to provide somewhat perfect environment that provide good future. But not even the perfect garden of Eden was able to guarantee good and healthy future. Your good future begins at the very moment you believe and accept the free gift of salvation and it continues in your spiritual growth and maturity. No objects (like FENG SHUI fishes and plants) can create a happy and lasting marital relationship. Good health and wealth comes from the justice of God through His grace pipeline. FENG SHUI designed porcelain jars and items (like frogs, horses) are all related to ancient Chinese folk religion that dominates the Chinese culture. FENG SHUI is a demonic cult dressed as science and philosophy. To many, it is innocent and harmless looking. Some FENG SHUI rituals and traditions are widely welcome without suspicion that they are demonic (like the blood of animals or man offered during the digging of building foundation 1 Cor. 10:20). FENG SHUI is a booming business and a growing cult religion that is creeping the doors of many homes undetected by ignorant believers. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 003 - GHOST STORIES The term “ghost” did not appear in the Greek New Testament, because there is no word for ghost in the Greek language. The Greek word “PNEUMA” is translated “ghost” twice by King James Version [Matthew 27:50 & John 19:30] And as “spirit” 268 times. The Hebrew word ‘NEPHESH” (spirit) is translated “ghost” twice by KJV [Job 11:20, Jeremiah 15:9], and as “spirit” 230 times, and as “wind” 90 times. The title “Holy ghost’ occurs 86 times by KJV and “ghost” twice in Matthew 14:26 and Mark 6:49. Ghost [PHANTASMA is “a thing seen only in one’s imagination”, a supposed appearance of an absent person – in a shadowy form. Ghost as define by the dictionary is the spirit of one who is dead, who is supposed to live in another world and appear to living people as pale, dim, shadowy form. Unbelievers are dichotomous [soul and body] without human spirit. Only the believers have human spirit [body, soul and spirit]. Therefore, unbelievers cannot have ghost. The Holy Spirit is not a ghost, because He is not a dead person, He is not a PHANTASMA. The Holy Spirit is not a ghost because he is not human spirit. Ghost stories were created by pagan religious fanatics who capitalize on such superstition to support their false and heretical doctrines as a tool or machinery for manipulating the ignorant. The human body [soma, is the material organism animated by soul and by human spirit [if believers]. The spirit may be separated from the body while the soul can only be distinguished. When a person died, his soul directly go to heaven or hell –it has no capacity to stay on earth. The Greek verb to breathe out, and out the soul, to expire [Mark 15:37,39, Acts 5:5, 12:23] denotes the fact that the soul of a dead person has no part in the world of the living. The traditional religion teaches that the soul person stays for 40 days on earth before departing to purgatory or heaven. Such teaching is fictional and heretical. At the point of physical death, the soul and human spirit [if believer] separate from the body and go directly to heaven [Luke 16:22] and go directly to hell if unbeliever. The demons are playing on people who believed in ghost, and they are using the features, voices and characteristics of the dead people to deceive the living. Ghost stories are designed to create terror and fear in the hearts and minds of the ignorant. The demons are good impersonators –they take the physical form of the dead. They pretend as the ghosts of the dead. Ghosts are no fiction but genuine demons disguising as spirits of the dead roaming the world of the living. The KJV had committed serious error by translating “Spirit” to “ghost”. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 004 - WE DO NOT PRAY FOR THE DEAD Salvation is the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Salvation is final-it is a privilege of a living person to believe and receive the free gift of redemption of his soul while he is alive. The final destination of a dead person, either heaven or hell is no exchange no return. Every person has the chance to be saved while alive. The dead has no chance to change their situation. They are permanently assigned their everlasting destination. Praying for the dead, lighting candles, honoring them with praises, offering flowers (but insulting and mocking them while living) is fictional, heretical and unbiblical teaching. Many pagan religions honor their dead on certain occasions. The practice did not originate from the Bible. The traditional religion introduced the prayer for the dead only in A.D 300 but many Eastern religion and Chinese folk religion pray for their dead several thousand years ahead. The dead people has no capacity to hear, prayer, or mass and indulgences Offered in their behalf. God does not listen to the prayer of the unbelievers. God determine the final destination of the dead based on the individual decision to accept or reject Christ’s finished work. No person can change his decision after his physical death. Our final destiny depends on our own decision now: believe or reject Jesus Christ. Prayer for the dead was designed to increase church revenues through the sales of candles, indulgences, payment for mass, flowers and other gimmick. Praying for the dead builds false hope and confidence for life after death. It creates false expectation that dead men can change their final state. Praying for the dead to change their final state is like asking the president to pardon a criminal already executed by lethal injection – an entirely useless effort. Talking to a dead person through prayer is like talking to someone in the telephone when the line is dead. Dead people cannot hear the prayer of the living. They have no capacity to know what is going on earth. A birthday or anniversary celebration for a dead person is ridiculous since the dead person ceased to exist. Age is the duration of life in the world and it stops at the moment the person dies. It is stupid to continue counting years, which the dead person did not utilize for living. God will not hear the prayer for the dead people since there are no longer on earth. God cannot change their final state because His decision is not based on the petition, request or prayer of men. He acts according to His essence. God cannot change the decision He made. He cannot revise the action He made He is perfect. His actions and decisions are all based on his perfect nature. Revision or change is for something not perfect. Prayer cannot change His perfect decision or action. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 005 - THE TEACHING OF PURGATORY THE DOCTRINE OF PURGATORY IS AN INSULT TO GOD AND HIS FINISHED WORK OF REDEMPTION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. In effect, it implies that the death of Christ is not sufficient for the sins of man. It implies that human good work is the final authority for one’s final destiny of the soul. It implies that religious traditions and rituals [like mass, prayer for the dead, indulgences, etc.] are more powerful and authoritative than the Creatorship and Messiah-ship of Jesus Christ THE DOCTRINE OF PURGATORY IS AN INSULT TO THE GRACE PLAN OF GOD. It insults salvation by grace alone by faith alone in Christ alone. It implies that salvation is by human good works –by the will of man and not by the work of God [John 1:11-13]. Acceptance of purgatory is rejection of God’s plan of grace. Purgatory is a devious invention of the traditional church released only in A.D. 1414 together with the dogma of sin. The Lord Jesus Christ did not mention purgatory in any of His preaching. No writers of the Canon of the Scripture mentioned anything about purgatory. No Old Testament writer or prophet or judge ever mentioned purgatory. Even the very text use by the Catholic as proof-text for their dogma of the purgatory IS NOT ACTUALLY ABOUT PURGATORY [see 2 Maccabees 7:9, 14:46, 12:43-45]. PURGATORY INSULTS THE HUMAN RATIONAL REASONING. There are too many questions that has no answ
The Bible is the Word of God. God is Truth. God is true to Himself and there is no lie in Him. Who is lying? The Bible? God? They are liars- the sons of their father [John 8:44b] and there is no truth in them. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 006 - SAINTHOOD? BEATIFICATION is the declaration by a decree of the pope that a deceased person is among the blessed in heaven and deserved religious honor. A beatified person is entitled “blessed”. Beatification is prelude to canonization into sainthood. CANONIZATION is a ritualistic mass where the pope formally declared and officiate dead people into the official list of saints of the Catholic Church. The canonization of dead people was pioneer by Pope John XV in A.D. 995. SAINTHOOD is not an attainment but a state, a condition into which God in grace calls men. It is a spiritual positional status in Christ. Positional sanctification is the state that predetermined by God for all regenerated believers into which He calls them and into which they begin their Christian course and pursue it. Genuine sainthood has several characteristics:
The Lord Jesus Christ did not beatify or canonize anybody into sainthood. No apostle or disciple of the Lord Jesus beatify or canonize anybody into saint hood. It is ridiculous that legendary people l who allegedly existed and died hundred of years ago was declared blessed and declared saints by a decree of the Pope. The beatification and canonization of dead people is an old political gimmick and financial strategy of the church to force the nation into total submission.[1] The Pope is a political strategist who knows how to manipulate the affairs of a nation.[2] A person with old sinful nature all throughout his life on earth has no power or authority to ordain another sinner into sainthood. The Bible called the living regenerated Christians as the genuine saints [HAGIOS meaning separated from sin and consecrated to God [1 Corinthians 1:2, 2 Corinthians 1:2, Ephesians 1:1, Galatians 1:1, Philippians 1:1]. Saints by the authority of man, saints in the eyes of men, saints respected and honor [even worship] by men BUT SUFFERING IN HELL! J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 007 - HALLOWEEN IS DEMONIC THE HOLLOWEEN FEAST started out long before the birth of Christ in Eastern Europe and ancient China when people would go out dressed in gory and horrifying costumes made of animal skins to cast away the spirits of the dead who returned as wandering witches. Halloween officially began in early 7th century A.D. It was inspired by the ancient Celtic rituals of the Druids help in honor of SAMBAIN, the god of the dead, whose feast falls on the first day of November. The Druids believed that on October 31, SAMBAIN summoned all the evil spirits that had inhabited the bodies of animals. Candles were lit to guide the evil spirits to the home of their kinsmen. The Druids believed that the souls of the good where taken into paradise while those of the wicked were left wandering between the space of moon and earth. To appease those evil spirits who were believed to haunt the living and cast misfortunes on them, they offered food and shelter. Luxurious tombs in the cemetery are adaptation of this belief. The term Halloween comes from Medieval England meaning “All hallow eve” or the eve of the saints. The practice of “tricks or treat” originated in Ireland, the pumpkins from America and the flying witches on sticks from England. The Catholic adapted the feast of All Hallow and All Souls day in 7th Century A.D. FALLACY OF HALLOWEEN FEAST: The soul of a dead person whether in heaven or hell cannot leave their final state to visit the living [Luke 16:26, 31]. At the moment of physical death, the soul separate from the deceased body and immediately go to heaven or to hell [Luke 16:22-23]. There is no purgatory-otherwise, Jesus Christ need not come and die for the sin of the human race. [Romans 3:21-28, 8:1]. If a person rejects the plan of grace and His salvation, then nothing and nobody can change the divine decision [Matthew 12:32b]. There is nothing spiritual about the feast of Halloween. It is not spiritual to celebrate the Halloween. There is nothing logical about the feast of Halloween. All Souls day and All Saints day are purely superstition. Halloween is a satanic scheming that diverts people from the truth of God’s Word. Halloween is religious commercialism and business that makes life in this world more difficult and bitter. Halloween is hallucination, a substitute for the Truth of Scripture. It is slavery in the form of religious tradition. All Saints day which actually do not in anyway relate to genuine saints use by the cults to scare and trick people. All Souls day supposedly remember the departed ones. It is ridiculous to celebrate the feasts of souls when in reality they are in severe pains in hell. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 008 - ST. VALENTINE? VALENTINE’S DAY originated from a Roman fertility festival known as the FEAST OF LUPERCALIA observed in Ancient Rome as a day of offering gifts to the goddess of free-sex and fertility. The Catholics substituted it with some “Christian” symbolism There were three origins of St. Valentines according to variety of legends. The most famous was that of a Roman priest martyred around A.D. 269. Here we see that a man who renounced and vowed not to marry inspired Valentine’s Day. He was known as VALENTINUS a replacement for Roman god LUPERCALIA. According to another religious legend, VALENTINUS condemned to death by Emperor CLAUDIUS II, for converting the family of ASTERIUS. On the eve of his execution that fell on February 13, 270 A.D., he wrote a farewell love letter to young girl and signed it “From your Valentine”. The second legend was that of the bishop of TERNI who was martyred in the same time frame [VALETINUS was martyred] for crime of loving a young girl. POINTS TO CONSIDER: Valentine’s Day and everything about it came from pagan ritual of sex and fertility. Our modern Valentine’s Day originates from priests who renounced marriage but both were in love with young girls The color red is not the color of love of God. Love has no color. Love is not just romance or sex. Cupid is not an angel of God. There is no such thing as angel of love. Valentine’s Day enslaves people to do things that are burden some. It creates false hope and expectation from human solution. The feast of St. Valentine and its romantic celebration has no biblical and spiritual relevance. Valentine’s Day is commercialism and bondage of high degree. Its concern is romance, sex and lust. The believers are not commanded to celebrate Valentine’s Day and there is no room for it in the Christian churches [Galatians 4:9-10]. Valentine dinner date will not solve or improve your marital conflict or secure your marriage affair. The Lord Jesus and His disciples did not celebrate Valentine’s Day. The Bible is silent about it because it is not biblical but pagan. Some apostate churches are joining the world in the celebration of this evil ritual of sex and fertility. Such affairs cannot glorify the church. To use pagan activities such as Valentine’s Day to raise money for the church is devious and blasphemous. We cannot join people who claims that they are fundamentalists yet observe and celebrate pagan rituals like New Year, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries. 009 - THE TRUE CHRISTMAS We do not believe that Jesus Christ born on December 25, A.D. 1. IT WAS NOT DECEMBER 25 BECAUSE: December is winter in Palestine region and the whole land would be wet. But the shepherds were out in the fields watching their flocks by night [Luke 2:8]. The shepherds will never bring out their flocks into the field during rainy season because the sheep will get sick and die. The baby was wrapped only in swaddling clothes and yet he did not freeze to death [Luke 2:7]. The registration of all citizen of the SPQR took place during summer [Luke 2:1]. Luke mentioned QUIRINIUS the governor of Syria whom the Roman Emperor CEASAR AUGUSTUS visited in Syria sometime in March where he signed the decree for worldwide census. The census took effect 30 days after it’s signing. It was bishop LIBERIUM of Rome [the fox] who officially proclaimed in A.D. 354 that all Catholics celebrate Christmas day on December 25. December 25 was adopted by the Catholic from the Roman feast of the UNCONQUERED SUN, which falls on the midnight of December 24. The Roman unconquered sun god is SATURNALIA [SATURNALA] but the Roman Catholic took the symbolism and applied it to Jesus Christ as the UNCONQUERED SUN OF JUSTICE. DIONYSIUS EXIGUUS, the man who invented the modern calendar widely use by the Catholic around the world assigned December 25, A.D. 1 as the birthday of Christ. Tradition claimed that Jesus Christ was born on midnight but there is no way to prove that. The Bible did not say He was born at midnight. Tradition claimed that Jesus Christ was visited by three kings whose names were GASPAR, MELCHOR & BALTAZAR about ten days He was born. They were not three but presented only three pieces of gifts. They were not kings but sorcerers or magicians. The Bible did not mention their names. They came two years after when Jesus was no longer wrapped in swaddling clothes. DIONYSIUS invented the year of the birth of Jesus Christ as commanded by the Pope without scientific basis and without mathematical formulation. He created his calendar in six century based on spurious records and which are not historically accurate. DIONYSIUS counted the first year as 1 A.D. with the year preceding Christ’s birth. Scientists and astronomers were Obliged to subtract I year, so that 4 B.C. becomes 3 B.C. Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem, Jerusalem but not on December 25, 1 A.D. So, December 25 is happy birthday unconquered sun god SATURNALA not happy birthday Jesus! The sun god and goddess come with many names and faces but continue to infiltrate the local churches unopposed and happily welcome by the ignorant. WHAT CHRISTMAS IS ALL ABOUT YULE, which means 12 days of gluttony and cavorting Scandinavian nudists, the word came from Norse. CHRISTMAS TREE, which came from tree worshiping Scandinavians, who passed their PINETHEISM to the pagan Roman Catholic who modified it into CHRISTMAS TREE-FETISHISM. The ancient Egyptians, Chinese and Germans had their tree gods, which they decorated in some occasion. SANTA CLAUS, which came from the Netherlands introduced by the Dutch throughout the world. From Nicholas to Santa Claus, the name varies from one language to another. Washington Irving gave Santa Claus the superman power to fly in 1809. Cartoonist Thomas Nast made him puffed cheeks and marsupial paunch look in 1813, becoming more popular than the Lord Jesus Christ. Satan Claus is a cute substitute for the Savior of mankind. EXPENDING MONEY. The Spanish word for spending money is PAGAR, from the same root word we get the term PAGAN and PASCUA [Christmas]. FIRE AND LIGHTS, which came from ancient Germans and Normans who burn their evergreen trees to ward off evil spirits. The ancient Chinese use firecrackers to scare big evil spirits. CHRISTMAS LANTERNS especially the five-pointed star that symbolized Satan, the god of this world, who brings the Christmas evil spirits around and invites the money hungry fund-raisers. GIFT-SEEKERS everywhere. Endless envelops, and crisp paper money. Some public servants had their envelopes ready as early as October. COLOR LIGHTS, which signifies that you are believer of Christmas [not necessarily Christian] and that you moneybag is ready. MERRY CHRISTMAS means give me money. MANO PO NINONG- MANO PO NINANG means three to five hundred bucks. CHRISTMAS PARTIES EVERYWHERE, it is better to go on vacation [hide away] than to stay home. KRISS KRINGLE, which means Santa Claus with his stupid exchange gift. The witches of Scotland practiced this exchange gift using evil curses for their enemies. MR. LONELY, which means that suicide is on the rise because depression is very high on the air. MORE ROBBERY because materialism is high and majority is in financial crisis or out of job. HIGH PRICES BUT GOOD BUSINESS for the greedy crocodiles. RELIGIOUS HYPOCRITES giving gifts of sardines and few kilos of rice to the poor but keeping the imported items for themselves. GOOD POLITICIANS giving gifts from public funds with their own name printed on plastic bags – good time for campaigning and political gimmick. Christmas is all about hypocrisy, heresy, gimmick, lies, commercialism and Satanism. Christmas is not for Christians! J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 010 - NEW YEAR: A PAGAN REVELRY NEW YEAR celebration connotes heathenism and paganism. Its origin is difficult to determine since most ancient pagan religions have their own version of New Year revelry –based on their own calendar. Ancient religions based their New Year celebration on the movement of the sun, moon, stars and earth –that is astrological not astronomical. ASTROLOGY is the supposed science of the effect of celestial bodies on human affairs, and related to ASTROLATRY, which is worship of the heavenly bodies [ASTROLATREA). ASTROLOGER is a person who claims to know and interpret the supposed influence of the stars and planets on persons or events. Could a person foretell the events in people’s lives based on the happenings in heavens? This is what the fortune-tellers and horoscope are all about. The New Year Celebration is based on Taoism, FENG SHUI and combination of pagan practices like preparing fruits on the table to invite abundance of food for the coming year. The noise making and fireworks is to drive away evil spirits [like the spirit of famine, poverty, bad lucks, etc.], which are the primary teaching of cults. Believers are not supposed to share in the table of demons or cup of demons or sacrifice to demons [1 Corinthians 10:19-22]. SHARERS IN DEMONS refers to the activities, practices of believers that are not of the Lord. [Like, when you consult a FENG SHUI master regarding your house construction]. The believer is said to be SHARERS IN DEMONS whenever he consult his zodiac prediction for guidance. The CUP OF DEMONS and TABLE OF DEMONS refers to practices, traditions and rituals of the world adapted by the believers [like celebrating Christmas, New Year, Valentine]. Paying homage to the dead on November first, hanging Christmas lanterns or putting up a Christmas tree are partaking in the cup of demons. Celebrating new moon, New Year, new millennium is actually celebrating the feast of some astrological deities [gods]. It is not Scriptural and it is demonic in nature. FIRECRACKERS are to scare evil spirits of poverty, sickness, misery, and poor health. It originated from ancient pagan practices of driving out the evil spirits from animals. THE MIDNIGHT MEAL is an adaptation of midnight offerings of foods and drinks to pagan gods. The New Year celebration is a mixture of ancient superstitions and traditions disguised as Christian celebration. “What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything? No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons”. “You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons”. [ 1 Corinthians 10:19-21] New Year celebration is burdensome and costly for some. For some it is their source of pride and self-glory. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 011 - THE FAKE HEALERS MIRACLES, including healing the sick were the credentials of the Lord Jesus Christ and His disciples, to whom He gave the spiritual gift of healing but the cessation of the gifts came at the end of the apostolic age. GOD WANTS YOU WELL is a statement of the most presumptuous and most arrogance statement of ignorance. Some disoriented believers assumed that the will of God excludes sufferings and troubles in this world. PHYSICAL HEALTH is not a sign of true spirituality or poor health is a sign of carnality. Our physical condition has nothing to do with our spiritual life. We are to continue our momentum toward spiritual maturity regardless of our physical condition. Apostle Paul suffered severely from his so-called thorns in the flesh. Majority of God’s servants are afflicted with some kind of illness. In God’s plan, affliction and sufferings are normal parts of the Christian way of life. MIRACLES are divine prerogative. He does it by His own decision apart from human intervention or request. God does not operate from human request or demands. God will not interrupt or change the law of nature for the sake of believers pleading ignorantly and aggressively. Yes, God heals today! God heals according to normal natural laws. God acts based on His essence [nature] not on the presumptuous faith of fake healers. If it were the sovereign Will of God to heal all illness, sickness and affliction, then, all human would be immortal. There is no promise in the Bible that God will heal all the sickness and illness of men. There is no promise in the Bible of miraculous healing for those who will claim it. The employment of such method is contrary to the way and manner God operates in relationship to man. What we have is not Jesus Miracles Crusade’ but “Satan Unscrupulous Crusade”. MIRACLE DOES HAPPEN TODAY on personal affair, according to the grace of God on the individual, not according to the command of the fake healers. Jesus Christ did not heal all the sick people in the crowd but individually. The apostles and disciples did not heal in that manner. GOD WILL NOT OBEY THE DEMAND OR REQUEST OF A MAN TO HEAL ALL THE SICK PEOPLE IN THE CROWD AT THE SAME TIME. God will not obey the capriciousness and arrogance of the fake healers. It is not their faith in God that works since they are ignorant of Divine Will, plan, and purpose. Satan is feasting with healing crusades nowadays. He is trapping thousands into the snare of deception. Satan is using them as his instrument of deception. Satan empowered and energizes them to do his will. Their faith is not faith in God because they are ignorant of Bible doctrine. Their healing is questionable. Their so -called authority is not from God. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 012 - HYPNOTISM HYPNOTISM is the act or process of putting into a sleeplike state a person with little will of his own and little feeling, or consciousness. The victim acts according to the suggestions of the hypnotist [the person who hypnotized him]. HYPNOSIS is from the Greek word “HYPNOS”, the god of sleep and the English word “OSIS”. A condition somewhat resembling deep sleep but more active in the state of unconsciousness, in which a person has little will of his own and little feeling, acts according to the suggestion of the person who brought about this condition. HYPNOTHERAPY is the treatment of mental or physical disorders by means of hypnotism. Hypnotherapy is being use by paramedics, faith healers and modern witch doctors as substitute for anesthetics. Some called it “spiritual injection”. A more popular version of hypnotherapy is now being use by the cults. The so-called HYPNOSOPHY, the science of hypnotism, has infiltrated the religious main stream, a practice once exclusive only to the pagan cults, voodoos, sorcerers, magicians and the occults. THE 4 STAGES OF HYPNOTISM: 1. THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL RELAXATION STAGE designed to recondition the emotional and psychological state of the person/s being hypnotized. Relaxing and sugar coated words of encouragement and lies from human viewpoint prepares the souls of the deceived. 2. THE RE-INFORMATION STAGE where suggestive information [a mixture of truth and lies] is injected to the soul, replacing the previous stored information in the soul of people under hypnotism. 3. THE ACCEPTANCE STAGE under which the hypnotize person will receive, accept and believe the suggested informations or data planted upon him during the hypnotic session. Such data or informations are very difficult to erase. The lies planted in his soul are accepted as truth. 4. THE ILLUSION STAGE in which the hypnotized person will live according to the information planted in his soul during the hypnosis session. Modern False preachers and false prophets are using hypnosis to deceive the ignorant with their extra Biblical teachings, practices, and sensational ministries. Therefore, the deceived followers accept the imaginary cures for the genuine illnesses or the real cures for the imaginary illnesses. The so-called “slaying of the spirit”, a practice popularized by the PSEUDO BELIEVERS invites demonic spirit to take control over the unbeliever in the crowd. FOR THE DECEIVED BELIEVERS such healing, miracles, wonders are reality and truth. They cannot see the lies and deception behind it. Because they accept the lies-they have to reject the truth of Bible doctrine. THE ILLUSIONS HAS BECOME TRUTH IN THEIR SOULS. They have no room for the truth. Beware of hypnotists in sheep clothing! Beware of those sweet and comforting words! J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 013 - EXORCISM Believers are not vulnerable to demon possession since they have the permanent indwelling of the Holy Spirit [1 Corinthians 6:19]. Only unbelievers are vulnerable to demon possession. There are 2 physical manifestations of demon possession: 1. Demon induced mental illness [Mark 5:1-5]. 2. Demon induced physical illness [Matthew 8:16, 9:32-33] 3 BONA FIDE MEANS FOR REMOVAL OF DEMONS: Ø Satan personal intervention or decision to leave the body of a person he possessed [Matthew 12:24]. Ø Direct Divine intervention or command to the demons to leave the body of a person the demons possessed [Mark 5:8]. Ø Personal decision of the person possessed to believe and accept the Gospel. The baptism of the Holy Spirit automatically kicks out the demons from the body of man they possessed [1 Corinthians 3:16, 9:32-33]. There is no Christian Exorcism in the Bible: The Lord Jesus Christ and His disciples CAST OUT demons to authenticate theirs divine calling- as proof of being servants of God. The Jews were looking for a sign of their calling. The Greek verb for CAST OUT is EKBALLO which is used in all account when Christ or His disciples CAST OUT demons. The verb EXORKIZO, the derivative of English noun EXORCIST, and the Greek noun EXORKISTES, and its cognate verb HORKIZO, is used in reference to religious fakers who attempted to expel demons by uttering mysterious incantations [Acts 19:13-17, Matthew 7:22-23]. The Bible used EXORCIST for pagan Jews who attempted to evict demons by religious oaths and rituals. Exorcism is never an indication of salvation or a sign of God’s approval or sign of spirituality. Exorcism and deliverance ministries are out of line with God’s plan. THE APPARENT SUCCESS of those who engage in exorcism can be attributed either to the cooperation of Satan to leave or direct involvement of demons to evacuate the body of a person, or JUST A BIG HOAX. PSEUDO CHRISTIANS and religious unbelievers are using exorcism as a heretical sign of divine favor and PSEUDO SPIRITUALITY to deceive the ignorant of Bible doctrine. The Lord Jesus Christ warned that religious fakers who exorcise have no part with Him [Matthew 7:22-23]. The vast popularity of the modern exorcists is just preparation where they will mushroomed. Satan has just begun empowering his fake healers like the nuns and priests, the miracle workers, the cultic healers. The priority of the Lord Jesus Christ and the apostles was the Gospel and the Bible doctrine NOT EXORCISM. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 013 - IS FASTING APPLICABLE TODAY? FASTING IS THE INVENTION OF MAN and not commanded by God. Fasting was borrow by the exiled Jews in the early part of theirs Babylonian exiled to commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem. The Jewish exile had inserted the ceremony of fasting in the fifth month of the Jewish calendar. Later, they added fasting in the fourth, seventh and tenth month. The ritualistic ceremonial rites of fasting took place without real meaning in the Old Testament time. Zechariah raised a very timely and vital question; “Shall I weep in the fifth month and abstain [ritualistic fasting] as I have done these many years? [170 years in captivity] (Zechariah 7:3b). GOD ANSWERED THAT QUESTION WITH FOUR MESSAGES: · The Jewish exiled fasted for 170 years of captivity but not for God [Zechariah 7:4-7]. · The Jews fasted but refused to pay attention to God and to His Bible doctrine [7:8-14]. · The Jews prayed and fasted but violated the Mosaic Laws and Word of God [8:1-17]. · Genuine prayer and fasting will have real meaning during the millennial kingdom [8:18-23]. TO FAST (nesteo) is to abstain from eating and used for voluntary fasting. Fasting is based on the free will decision of the positive volition believers. CHRIST AND HIS DISCIPLES OBSERVED voluntary fast [like on the day of Atonement] but imposed no frequent fasts in addition [Matthew 9:15]. Christ taught the need of purity and simplicity of motive. What He taught was suitable to change the mental attitude. The very purpose He designed for all believers. THE FAST OF ACTS 27:9 refers to the Day of Atonement of the Jews not a fasting instituted by the Church Age believers [Leviticus 16:29]. THE JEWISH BELIEVERS IN ACTS 13:2-3 had carried over to Church Age time the Jewish practice, which the LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THE APOSTLES DID NOT COMMANDS the Christians to practice. SOME PRINCIPLES: THE JEWISH EXILES IN BABYLON INVENTED & INSTITUTED FASTING but never commanded by God. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST DID NOT COMMAND THE CHRISTIANS TO PRACTICE FASTING. THE DISCIPLES AND APOSTLES DID NOT COMMAND THE CHURCH AGE BELIEVERS TO FAST. FASTING WAS NEVER A SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT and it has no spiritual relevance in the Old Testament and today. We are not more spiritual if we fast and we are not less spiritual if we do not fast. When it comes to our spiritual life, BIBLE DOCTRINE IS TOP PRIORITY not fasting. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 014 - WHAT IS ANOINTING? The Hebrew verb “MASAH” [TO ANOINT] has three meaning: 1. To smear something on the object [Genesis 31:3], 2. To anoint the shield, meaning to lubricate [Isaiah 21:5] 3. To temper with oil, meaning to butter bread [Exodus 29:2] The Hebrew noun “MASIAH” that means ANOINTED ONE was used only for Jesus Christ [Psalm 2:2, 18:50, 89:38]. MASIAH was used figuratively for king Saul as the LORD’S ANOINTED [1 Samuel 24:6] and Cyrus as HIS ANOINTED [Isaiah 45:1]. GREEK VERBS FOR ANOINTING: MURIZO, meaning to anoint the body for burial [Luke 7:46, Mark 14:8] “You did not anoint [ELAION] MY head with oil, but she anointed [MURON] MY feet with perfume (embalming ointment)”. EPICHRIO, to rub on used for the blind man when Jesus healed him from blindness [John 9:6, 11]. ENCHRIO to rub in, or to smear with the eyes of the LAODICEANS meaning to beautify it [Revelation 3:18]. ALEIPHO used for an anointing of any kind: a. A physical refreshment [Ruth 3:3, Daniel 10:3] b. Anointing of the sick that is to heal [Mark 6:13, James 5:14] by applying some medicinal ointment or oil, c. Anointing a pillar or foundation [Genesis 31:31] d. Anointing the captives [2 Chronicles 28:15] e. Anointing the priests or kings [Exodus 40:15] CHRIO confided to sacred and symbolic anointing of Christ as the ANOINTED ONE OF GOD [Luke 4:18, Acts 4:27, 10:38, Hebrews 1:9] CHRIO also refers to ANOINTING OF BELIEVERS FROM GOD [2 Cor. 1:21]. CHRISMA a Greek noun stands for ANOINTED ONE meaning Christ, standing by metonymy for the Person Himself (as for the Holy Spirit), [1 John 2:20, 27, Daniel 9:26]. CHRIO refers to the work of the Holy Spirit at the point of salvation imputing righteousness of God to the believer. ANOINTING is the exclusive work of God for man. MAN CANNOT ANOINT AN OBJECT OR A PERSON FOR GOD. THERE IS NO COMMAND FOR THE BELIEVERS TO ANOINT ANOTHER PERSON TO DO SERVICE FOR GOD. THE BELIEVERS HAS NO POWER, AUTHORITY, OR COMMISSION TO ANOINT AN OBJECT OR A PERSON FOR GOD. A PERSON ANOINTED BY A SO CALLED “ANOINTED PERSON” IS NOT HOLY IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. TO CLAIM THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER OR AUTHORITY TO ANOINT ANOTHER PERSON FOR GOD IS HIGH LEVEL ARROGANCE! J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 015 - SUICIDE SUICIDE is the act of killing oneself on purpose. There are two (2) kinds of suicide: the honorable suicide and dishonorable suicide. HONORABLE SUICIDE refers to suicide missions designated as a military action or operation that is certain to result in the death of the persons involved, like a suicide missions inside the enemy territory. DISHONORABLE SUICIDE refers to a suicide in a moment of extreme fear, extreme despair or deep anxiety, the result of which is often ruinous to one’s own interests. SEVEN CASES OF SUICIDE IN THE BIBLE: TWO BELIEVERS committed suicide but different in category. Samson’s was of honorable purpose [Judges 16:30], but king Saul’s was of dishonorable purpose [1 Samuel 31:4]. FOUR UNBELIEVERS resolved to die by suicide because of personal failures: ABIMELECH (the son of Gideon) committed suicide because of failures in his political career [Judges 9:54]. The armor bearer of king Saul committed suicide as sympathy to failure of his master [1 Samuel 31:5]. AHITHOPHEL, (private counselor of king David) resolved to commit suicide because unfulfilled dreams and ambitions [2 Samuel 17:23]. ZIMRI, (servant of king ELAH) also resolved to die by suicide because of political failures [1 Kings 16:18]. JUDAS ISCARIOT was the only one from the New Testament who died by suicide. ONLY SAMSON died in the state of spirituality, from weakness was made strong [Hebrews 11:32,34]. THE REST OF THEM refused to accept defeat and failure –and was overcome by emotion. ONLY GOD has the authority and right to terminate our biological life on earth. The time and manner of our physical death is divine prerogative. SUICIDE IS COWARDICE to face the trials and pains of life. It is not an escape from reality. SUICIDE MAY RESOLVE TO MORE SUFFERINGS and problems rather than solve the present problem. It will hurt your love ones more than your self. SUICIDE IS FAILURE to know and utilize the divine solutions God has provided to every believer. We are not left in this world without divine resources. SUICIDE IS HUMAN SOLUTION that actually is not a solution but a trap from Satan. SUICIDE IS EMOTION that kicks out reason and truth. It is emotion out of control and reality. SUICIDE IS THE REJECTION OF GOD’S PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE and acceptance of satanic schemes to resolve human problems. DISHONORABLE SUICIDE is not the will of God for man. WHY WE DO NOT CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY The Scripture speaks specifically only have two birthdays, both were from royal family and pagan family. The first was pharaoh, who declared an amnesty on his birthday [Genesis 40:20]. The second was Herod ANTIPAS, in whose birthday revelry, John the Baptist was beheaded as a gift for HERODIAS [lady Herod]. The celebration of the anniversary of one’s birth is universal practice, originating from early Egyptian era, passed to Church Age believers. Under the Mosaic Laws, age was the chief qualification for authority and office. This implies that the Jews of the Old Testament and New Testament times kept record of theirs birth [John 9:21 Luke 2:42]. The Jews had recorded theirs date of birth as time reference and as per requirement of the Roman Laws that requires counting of birthdays. However, there is no recorded birth -day celebration of any kind among the Old Testament believers. There is no recorded birthday or anniversary celebration of any kind among the New Testament saints. THE CELEBRATION OF BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY ORIGINATED FROM PAGAN RELIGIONS NOT FROM SCRIPTURE OR BELIEVERS. SOME PRINCIPLES: Birthday or anniversary celebration is a big financial burden for most believers. Church anniversary celebration is not only a financial burden for church members but entirely not Scriptural. Giving a lavish birthday celebration promotes the uplifts the arrogance and ego of many. Lavish birthday celebration is only waste of money, time, effort and energy after all you cannot every body. The believer does not live for this world or for the things of this world but for God. We are here to please God and not men [Colossians 3:2-3]. The world is not our home, but we are the citizens of heaven. We are to set in our souls the heavenly things as our top priority in life. [Philippians 3:20, Colossians 3:2]. The believers are the stewards of God’s logistical blessing. Therefore we must properly dispose our own resources for eternal and profitable things things that are eternal in values. OBSERVING DAYS, months, days or season is a direct disobedience to God and His Word [Galatians 4:9-10]. The believers are no longer slaves of the cosmic systems. We are no longer the blind followers of satanic traditions, trends, religious rituals, trends and practices. The issue here is not financial but spiritual. WE DO NOT CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY BECAUSE IT IS NOT BIBLICAL. It is not spiritual to celebrate. There is nothing spiritual about church anniversary celebration. It is not biblical. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 016 - DANCING IN WORSHIP THE SO CALLED MUSIC MINISTERS have infiltrated the churches with their heretical music and practices such as “SPIRITUAL DANCING”. THEY CLAIMED THAT DANCING IS AN EXPRESSION OF WORSHIP and legitimate in the church because it glorifies God. They based their teaching on Psalm 149:3 and 150:4 as supporting text. A careful study of Psalm 149 and 150 reveals that the context refers to Israel after the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ NOT for Church Age Christians. The setting of the text is the millennial kingdom not the Church Age era. GENUINE PRAISE AND WORSHIP IS POSSIBLE ONLY in the absence of unrighteousness in the world. Ecstatic worship is not possible in our time because of our old sinful nature. Genuine praises, verbal expression, [such as singing doctrinal oriented music, new tongues], and physical expression [such as dancing] is the general characterize the people of God. DAVID DANCED because the Ark of the Lord was going back to Jerusalem [2 Samuel 5:12-23]. DAVID DANCED BEFORE THE LORD –before the Ark of the Lord. It was a personal matter between him and God. Nobody told him, nobody commanded him, or asked him to dance. He danced from his free will volition [1 Chronicles 15:29]. DAVID DANCE IN THE STREET not inside the Temple or worship hall. Not during worship but in the street. Note the phrase “looked out of the window” of 2 Samuel 6:16. MICHAL saw the king, her husband from her window. “The young girl will rejoice in their dance” [Jeremiah 31:13a] refers to revive Israel during the millennial kingdom not during the Church Age time. The Lord Jesus Christ did not dance to worship. No disciples or apostles ever dance during worship. Old Testament believers did not dance during worship. THERE IS NO COMMAND FOR THE CHURCH TO DANCE. Dancing can- not proclaimed or explained the Word of God. Dancing is expressions of the body [body language] that invites sexual acts. In ancient times, dancing was associated with idol worship and temple sex [Exodus 32:19]. DO NOT SPIRITUALIZED THE THINGS OF THE WORLD SYSTEM -no matter how professional and “good” in the human eyes”, your dancing in the church it is still evil and unbiblical. Emotional church musical rendition plus emotional dance expression is not by any means can become a spiritual experience. Religion and dancing is twin, the two cannot separate. Where there is religion there is dancing. Since our nation is very religious, we have dancing anywhere. Those who missed the dancing floors of disco pubs and bars will surely enjoy dancing in the church, especially the gays. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 017 - PRAISING GOD “THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE” [Hebrews 13:15] is one of the most distorted teachings in many churches today. The phrase “the sacrifice of praise” was first used by Jeremiah [33:11] referring to animal sacrifice and to thank offering of the revive Israel during the millennial kingdom. THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE refers to their [Israel] act of bringing animal sacrifices and offerings as expression of worship. The phrase “JOYFUL LIPS” [Psalm 63:5b] is a figure of speech that denotes the soul [KARDIA] in the state of sharing the happiness of God. The phrase “WITH THY PRAISE” also refers to a soul that is knows the happiness of God through the Word of God stored in his KARDIA and not by emotion [Psalm 71:8]. Take note, His praise, not the praise of men. Both the JOYFUL LIPS and MOUTH FILLED WITH HIS PRAISE refers to soul with Bible doctrine. Praises such as “PRAISE THE LORD, HALLELUJAH”, “GLORY TO GOD”, “PRAISE JESUS” and etc. are useless if it comes from the lips of the unbelievers. CARNAL BELIEVERS who habitually praise God with religious phrases are just wasting theirs saliva –they are like noisy gongs and cymbals. Such emotionally motivated and habitual mannerism of verbal praises does not glorify God rather it is using the name of the Lord in vain. The glory of God is intact within Himself, whether man praises Him or not. His glory does not depend on man. GENUINE PRAISES TO GOD focuses on the Person and works of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. Real praise center on divine essence not on man who is worshiping [Psalm 7:17]. TRUE PRAISES is based on the Word of God [Psalm 56:4, 10] not on human faith or righteousness. THE FRUITS OF THE LIPS comes from spiritual maturity of the souls that has been nurture with the Word of God [not from emotional experiences in our religion]. OVER PRAISING is when the lips of a person verbally expresses some religious phrase [like “praise the Lord] without knowledge of Bible doctrine. It is taking the name of the Lord in vain [Deuteronomy 5:11]. THE LIFE OF BELIEVERS INSIDE THE WILL, PLAN AND PURPOSE OF GOD IS THE LIFE THAT GLORIFIES GOD. Not just the lips that expresses some religious phrases [Matthew 15:8, Mark 7:6]. “THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME” [Mark 7:6]. OVER PRAISING is pure arrogance wrapped in hypocrisy of verbal and emotional expression apart from the Truth of God’s Word in his mind and heart. IT IS NOT A SIGN OF SPIRITUALITY BUT OF DEEP IGNORANCE OF BIBLE DOCTRINE AND CARNALITY. LET YOUR WORDS BE SEASON WITH SALT [SALT is Bible doctrine not non-sense praises]. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 018 - RAISING HANDSWHY DID DAVID raise his hands while praying? He lifted his hands toward the holy sanctuary [Jerusalem] in order to identify with the offering up of sacrifices by the priests since he was far away in exiled [Psalm 28:2, 63:2-4]. He prayed at the time the sacrifice was being made in Jerusalem. David expressed his oneness with the evening sacrifice when he was away from the holy sanctuary. That is the reason why he raised his hands toward Jerusalem (not toward heaven) [Psalm 14:2]. SHOULD WE DO THE SAME? NO! – Because the sacrifices of animals had ceased. The Lord Jesus Christ died to fulfill the sacrificial law- once and for all. He paid in full. NO! – Because we do not have the altar [sanctuary] with us. NO! – Because there is no command for us to raise our hands during worship or prayer. NO! – Because physical posture has nothing to do with true worship. It is not sign of spirituality to raise your hands in worship or prayer. NO! – Because everyone is doing it even the cults and pagans. THE LIFTING OF HANDS has nothing to do with genuine worship. The lifting of hands is not an expression of worship, it is not an element of worship and it is not a spiritual experience. We do not become more spiritual if we raise our hands and we do not become less spiritual if we do not. It has nothing to contribute to our spiritual life or experience. 4 General categories of lifting hands in the Scripture: Lifting of hand in reference to everyday obedience to Bible doctrine [Psalm 119:48] as an expression of submission. Lifting of hands in reference to priestly function of offering sacrifices in the altar or [Psalm 134:2] as an expression of identifying himself to the sacrifice. Lifting of hands referring to David personal volition to lean toward God and toward His Word [Psalm 143:6]. Lifting of hands in prayer refers to the Church Age believer’s act of praying for others the ministry of intercession for the lost [1 Timothy 2:8]. The above-mentioned categories of lifting hands are figurative never literal and physical. David did not actually raise his hands in reference to Psalm 143:6. Believers do not have to raise theirs hands to show off positive volition toward God and His Word. We do not have to raise our hands while praying because “LIFTING UP HOLY HANDS” means to pray for the lost [1 Timothy 2:8]. Christianity is not a religion that blindly follows practices, rituals, traditions invented and taught by man. We have to examine every ritual, every practice, every tradition, and everything the preachers are proclaiming as the Word of God. We are not blind followers following blind leaders. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 020 - CHURCH CHOIR MUSIC in the Old Testament had accompanied all of Jewish life and it was parallel practices in other religious systems. TRAINED MUSICIANS appeared around the time of Solomon in the Temple worship with elaborated adaptation of pagan rituals and practices. THE TABERNACLE WORSHIP MUSIC has six characteristics: No untrained musicians were commissioned and given responsibility. Professionalism was the rule in the Temple services. The Temple Choir was consisted only of 12 male adults above 30 years old. No young people or female were involved. There were no percussion instruments and there were no dancers. The music was traditionally Jewish and purely religious. The congregation was musically involved. The music was never emotionally manipulated to produce results. A handful of New Testament passages provide us information how music was performed during the early church: Jewish music styles were not carried over to Church Age music. No disciple or apostle mentioned the existence of choir or any person giving a special number during worship. Their music was short and doctrinal in nature. It was actually Bible doctrine preaching added with melody [Acts 16:25, 1 Corinthians 14:15, 26]. The priority of the Lord Jesus Christ was to teach Bible doctrine not to teach church music [Ephesians 5:19]. Both in the Old and New Testament, music did not take the center-stage of theirs spiritual life. The center of our spiritual life is the Word of God. Modern day religious music is devious and deceitful. MUSIC MINISTERS are skillful in manipulating and captivating ignorant followers into emotional and ecstatic experience. They can easily sway the life of the church into a new dimension of religious experience with out spirituality. The priority of every local church is to teach Bible doctrine using the 4 basic systematic approaches to biblical studies: exegetical, exegetical, historical and grammatical methods The local church is robbing the believers not only with their precious time, energy and resources but also with spiritual blessing in eternity. THE “HOLY ENTERTAINMENT” [musical presentations, concerts, choirs, etc], provided by some churches are not only diverting the focus of believers to the Lord but also substituting God with church celebrities [church singers]. CHURCH MUSICIANS are always the source of problems and conflicts in the congregation. They are often the most carnal and arrogant. Music does not prepare the heart and soul for worship. Filing of the Holy Spirit is the only preparation we need for worship. We are filled with the Holy Spirit by rebound not by asking God to fill us with Holy Spirit. Music only excites the emotion of man. J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries 021 - THE PHRASE “GOD BLESS YOU”IT IS DIVINE PREROGATIVE TO BLESS or not to bless. He bless according to divine essence –His perfect standard, unaffected by what a man does or not [Genesis 49:25]. GOD BLESSES HIS PEOPLE [the saved or regenerated] not all the people, according to what a man demands or asks in prayer [Psalm 29:11b]. Man has no power or authority to compel God to grand or answer their request to bless a person or group of people. GOD WILL NOT HEAR THE REQUEST OF THE UNBELIEVERS for blessings except the blessing of salvation. ALL BELIEVERS ARE UNDER THE DIVINE BLESSING of logistical grace. Logistical grace is the divine provision for material and spiritual needs of all believers necessary for their existent while in the world. God Made Covenant with Abraham to bless Israel [Genesis 12:2-3, 22:17 26:3]- not Abraham but God. Man is not in position to make Covenant with God. Isaac pronounced blessings to his sons based on that Covenant, but the blessing was conditional: “If they live by the Covenant”. Moses pronounced blessing for Israel but the blessing was possible only if they live by the Covenant, that is, if they live according to the Word of God [Numbers 6:24-25, Deuteronomy 1:11, 15:4]. God is blessing the believers based on the righteousness He imputed at the point of salvation- not because of our effort to please God. All believers by position in Christ are already blessed. The life we have received from God is accompanied by more than 40 blessings. God is waiting to bless His children. To receive the blessings from God –man must be adjusted to the justice of God. There are three adjustments to the justice of God. For all unbelievers: the adjustment of salvation, that is, salvation in Christ alone, by faith alone. For carnal believers: the adjustment of rebound through the grace of God. For growing believers: the adjustment of spiritual advancement toward maturity by continuous intake of Bible doctrine. TO BLESS GOD is not just verbal or written expression of magical religious words such as PRAISE THE LORD, but to live inside the will, purpose, plan and system of God while moving toward the goal of spiritual maturity. God blesses the positive volition believers so that they can glorify God in time and eternity [Psalm 16:7, 34:8, 145:1, 21]. |
