STRANGE FIRE on the Altar . . . What are the FREE-THINKERS, Secular Humanists, and Freemasons Doing IN THE CHURCH ?

STRANGE  FIRE on the Altar

What are

Free-Thinkers and Secular Humanists and Free-masons

Doing in the Church ?

Whatsoever they please. . . which results in Division in the Body and , if left unchecked, division from CHRIST.

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which HE commanded them not.

And there went out fire

from the LORD,

and devoured them, and

they died before the LORD.

Leviticus 10: 1-2

( See also Numbers 25 for the account of Phinehas who was zealous for HIS Name's Sake. Scripture states 24,000 people had already died in that plague sent by The LORD  when HE saw the men of Israel joining themselves to Baalpeor. The judgment executed by Phinehas stopped the plague sent by The LORD. )

 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,

deceiving, and being deceived.

2 Timothy 3:13

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What are

Free-Thinkers and Secular Humanists and Free-masons

Doing in the Church ?

Whatsoever they please. . . which results in Division in the Body and , if left unchecked, division from CHRIST.

To define terms here, " Free-Thinkers " are NOT those who think "outside-of-the-box," or are creative individuals. 

No, Free-Thinkers hold philosophies opposed to the Truth of Scripture. Some are Deists, some are Theists, some are Atheists, but none are Washed-in-the-BLOOD+ CHRIST.

America's Founding Fathers were Free-Thinkers, secular humanists, and Free-masons --- all trying to throw off the TRUTH of Christianity.

They wanted the Church out of government, Christianity out of the social order, and the LORD JESUS CHRIST out of the lives of men. 

After nearly 250 years, the American Free-Thinkers have their wish; their goals are nearly accomplished. . . to the destruction of the nation which incubated them.

Some Free-Thinkers do laud the moral teachings gleaned from the Bible, like Benjamin Franklin, although he did not live them personally ( according to historical records freely available on-line).

Some Free-Thinkers like the benevolence towards our fellow man as taught in the Bible.  These Free-Thinkers are called secular "humanists."  They rally around "humanity" and worthy causes.

All Free-Thinkers have one thing in common: a focus upon their fellow man and a heart supposedly centered upon equality for all , but lived out in the elite of the secret societies which govern the earth.

Then there are the Free-masons who allow , tolerate, and welcome ALL RELIGIONS , which are created equal in their eyes. As long as the religion is sincerely done, it is fine with the Free-masons. 

The only religion, however, that exercises any authority with them is THEIR OWN PHILOSOPHY. 

Adherents to the Free-Thinkers, Secular Humanists, and Free-Masons have another commonly-held belief:  their good deeds out-weigh their bad. Therefore, they must busy themselves to be about doing good for their fellow-man.  To wit: the Shriners' hospitals.

However, Free-Thinkers are convinced that they do not need the BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST to cover their sins; their good deeds and the lambskin masonic aprons cover all their sins.

Indeed, Ed Decker who was delivered from the grip of Freemasonry, reports that the Declaration of Independence, penned by the Free-Thinkers of the American Revolution,  was written on a masonic lambskin apron ! 

See this link for more information, 8 paragraphs down: ORIGINAL DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE WRITTEN ON A MASONIC LAMBSKIN APRON

Free-Thinkers of all sorts are agreed upon the separation of church from state. As one man together, they firmly stand against the church dictating any rules, regulations, stipulations, or code of conduct to the state.  Thus, Free-Thinkers are united in their efforts for an a-moral  society.

Every man is his own standard; every man does what is right in his own eyes; every man does what he wills. A man's own Reasoning is the highest standard.

Free-Thinkers are quick to defend any demonized slayers of mankind, usually pleading for tolerance for the "troubled" individual. Part of this is because Free-Thinkers do not recognize demons or any thing of the spiritual world or any spiritual truth . . . higher than themselves.

They reject that man can have a personal relationship with GOD through The LORD JESUS CHRIST, and they reject The LORD JESUS as Divine.  They reject His+ over-ruling the natural laws of sin and sickness.  They reject all testimony of His+ intervention in a person's life and "sift" the New Testament, terming the Followers of JESUS dupes and fools. 

[ See documentation in the previous posts.] 

His+ Cleansing BLOOD+ applied personally to the repentant soul and the efficaciousness of His+ Resurrection are also rejected.

Thus, Free-Thinkers have rejected their own salvation from the only ONE+ Who+ could  help them.

Many Free-Thinkers hate the Church and refuse to have anything to do with CHRIST JESUS. They are agreed in their hatred of Ecclesiastical Authority of every kind.

IS IT BAD ENOUGH YET ?

No, there is more bad news. 

Some Free-Thinkers are uneasy about their distance from the Church proper and draw near to it, seeking a righteous feeling. They go through the out-ward motions and say the proper things, but there is no conversion to CHRIST in the inner man; they retain their own right to Self, their lordship is their own rational thinking.

This places them in a dilemma: they will not yield to the LORDSHIP of JESUS CHRIST, yet they want to feel that righteousness . . . which escapes them.

Free-Thinkers have no inner peace from CHRIST, so they fight against The Word+ of GOD.  They resist the Truth of the Scripture. They argue down any conviction that rises within them.

"Rational" thinking is their "god" with which they weigh and judge the Scriptures, CHRIST’S Words, and alas, even CHRIST HIMSELF+.  In order to justify themselves in the eyes of man, they inevitably rally "support" from the more natural-minded Christians in the group.

    

Soon, cliques are started in the church and at best, there develops an uneasy , if unspoken, division in the church. Seeds are planted which question the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Church, of The Holy Scriptures, of The LORD JESUS CHRIST Himself+ .

Church commitments are repeatedly broken in small ways at first, but no-one wishes for a fight, so they are over-looked and excused as simply a lack of growth. "If we just love them enough, they'll turn around and do right" is generally the guiding principle.

Like Adamic children, Free-Thinkers inside the church will take that small liberty and expand it into breaking more important commitments to CHRIST. Free-Thinkers have not been freed from their dead, Adamic Nature.

When Free-Thinkers become official, card-carrying members of a church, these things occur:

1. The Spirit is deadened in that Church

2. The Word+ of God is refused as Authority.

3. Worship becomes rote and life-less.

4. Guidelines or instructions of the leaders are not followed.

5. Doubts assail that congregation.

6. Fears engulf the timid.

7. Inner peace with JESUS flees away.

8. A nameless anxiety --- like, something is wrong here --- enfolds the flock.

9. Spiritual needs are not met.

10. A mistrust of the brethren ensues.

What is MISSING in that Church ?

A DISCERNMENT of spirits

or

a Willingness to Confront ?

When a church member underscores the authority of the HOLY WORD+ of GOD, some other spirit is at work in that person.

We are not talking about disagreements over this word or that. No, rather we are talking about setting aside the Word+ and putting it into the pile of humanistic "suggestions" of how we are to do.

This other spirit  will show itself in this manner: "I don't care what Scripture says; it is not reasonable to follow it [ in this situation. ]"

When a church member does this, there is some other spirit at work.  

When a Church member DISCARDS the Word+ of GOD and substitutes his own thinking, that is the work of a strange spirit. If that church member is placed in control of anything in the church, there is going to be problems. Any work of a spiritual nature will be under-mined in his hands.  

Some churches, bent on equally dividing the work load, actually place such church members in places of authority, using no discernment at all for the spiritual well-being of the church. Such methods will actually destroy the church, due to that "strange" spirit at work in its midst.

In short, Free-Thinkers --- secular humanists as well as Free-masons --- deaden the spiritual atmosphere of the Church. They quench the freedom of the SPIRIT to move through the congregation during worship services.

Why is this ?

Isn't the HOLY SPIRIT greater than that person's spirit ?

Yes it is.

But if the PASTORS, ELDERS, DEACONS and those in charge allow a strange spirit to abide in the church

without dealing firmly with it, 

then the HOLY SPIRIT recedes.

HE+ will not share His+ Throne with a strange spirit, period.

What, then , needs to be done?

The Church must do what is done for any serious sickness: isolate and treat the illness before it spreads to others.

In Ecclesiastical settings, we remove the Free-Thinker from all positions of control and responsibility. That takes away the platform and tacit approval for his philosophies controlling his behavior and mind and spreading to others.

We bring him to sessions of spiritual counseling to show him his errors from The Word+ and SPIRIT of GOD.  We continue to hold up the TRUTH of the Scriptures. 

We insist on an accountability to live in the inner man what he earlier committed to do. We mentor his spiritual walk carefully.

Most importantly, we never back down from the utter necessity of that New Life in CHRIST JESUS being formed within him.  We CONTINUE to work with him with that goal in mind until there is Victory in JESUS.  

 And, the SOONER this is dealt with, the better. 

Let us pray:

Gracious, Life-Giving, Heavenly FATHER, we have sinned before YOU and before man. 

We have permitted Free-Thinkers in our congregation without dealing with their true spiritual need. We have allowed them to take up the slack in our leadership. 

We have allowed them to bring in their strange spirits which were not subject to CHRIST JESUS.

We have sinned before YOU, O LORD. 

We chose to keep the peace within our group rather than keep the cleansing fire of Your HOLY SPIRIT burning brightly among us. 

We knew, yet we turned our heads from the discernment YOU gave us.

O LORD, YOU have entrusted us with the spiritual well-being of our flock, yet we have fallen down in the face of the Free-Thinkers .

We have admitted them to the flock and let them trounce the HOLY WORD+ of GOD by our refusal to do whatever it takes to wrestle them free from the spirit of the Free-Thinkers.  

 Forgive us our  negligence; we have shirked our MOST IMPORTANT responsibility out of fear of reprisal.

Forgive us for seeking the approval of man instead of the approval of YOU.

Help us to turn; help us to discern; help us to pick up the Cross and die to our Selves. 

Forgive us, O LORD, and empower us again. Take not Thy HOLY SPIRIT from us.  

Create in us a zeal for Your Word+,  an allegiance to Your TRUTH, and Loyalty and Love for Your HOLY SON+ JESUS Who+ died so agonizingly upon the Cross for us.   

Receive these, our heart-felt prayers , O LORD.  Amen   

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Lenten Meditations

. . .  Setting our Face Toward Jerusalem . . .

Preparing our Hearts in Remembrance of the Paschal Passion of The LAMB+ of GOD,

The LORD JESUS CHRIST

2018

" And now, O LORD, we present unto THEE+

our selves, our souls, and our bodies

to be a holy and Living Sacrifice unto THEE+

. . . which is our reasonable service."

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