OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW

Out with the old, in with the new.  The seeker sensitive church growth movement churches are doing their best to get rid of the older people (their elders) in the church, for they know God’s word and can’t be deceived by these false teachers. What is so shocking, yesterday I was told of a young woman stating that, we’re getting rid of the old people, with no thought of what she was saying.

Of their fathers and mothers in Christ, (their elders) these spoiled children want them gone, so they can have their own way.

For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father 

and your mother’;  and, ‘He who curses father or mother, 

let him be put to death.’

MATTHEW 15 : 4

Paul’s Paternal Care

¹⁴ I do not write these things to shame you, 

but as my beloved children I warn you.

¹⁵ For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ,

yet you do not have many fathers;  for in Christ Jesus 

I have begotten you through the gospel.

¹⁶ Therefore I urge you, imitate me.

1 CORINTHIANS 4:14-16

 

Treatment of Church Members

¹ Do not rebuke an older man, but  exhort him as a father, 

younger men as brothers,

² older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

1 TIMOTHY  5 : 1, 2

 
Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, 

and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily 

be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?

HEBREWS  12 : 9

These churches have no respect and no honor of the fathers of God’s church, instead of exhorting them, they are called Pharisees, resisters, and they have driven them out of God’s church. These false leaders have their own plan, their own agenda, so they can’t have the older fathers and mothers in Christ, (their elders) who have studied and know God’s word stand in their way to complete their new vision (plan) for the church, which these fathers and mother built.

¹ “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the LORD,

“Who take counsel, but not of Me,
      And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
      That they may add sin to sin;

ISAIAH  30 : 1

So take a look around your church and see if the older generation is starting to disappear, if so, your church is following after the purpose driven, seeker sensitive church growth movement.

These leaders believe if you give the young what they want, make them feel good, and entertain them, they will come. And they will come and bring their money with them.

 
They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, 

and the world hears them.

1 JOHN  4 : 5

For if the younger generation does not honor and respect the fathers and mothers in Christ, (their elders) in God’s church, they are disobeying God’s word.

⁵ Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders.

Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for

“ God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”

1 PETER 5 : 5

FROM MESSAGES FROM GOD TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

 

WE’RE  READY

THE  LIFE  AND  DEATH

OF  OUR  COUNTRY

FOR  YEARS  IT  GREW

WITH  GOD’S  DECREE

HE  GAVE  US  LAWS

WHICH  WE  LIVED  BY

MORALS  AND  VALUES

WE  THOUGHT  WOULDN’T  DIE

THEY’VE  TURNED  FROM  GOD

AND  ALL  HE  CAN  DO

HIS  BLESSINGS  ARE  LEAVING

THIS  COUNTRY  IT’S  TRUE

THEY  SAY  THEY  DON’T  KNOW

WHY  THINGS  ARE  SO  BAD

THEY  CAN’T  SEE  THE  TRUTH

DEAR  GOD  IT’S  SO  SAD

AMERICA  THIS  LAND

ONCE  DID  YOU  BLESS

NOW  THEY  ARE  LEAVING

OH  GOD  WHAT  A  MESS

WE’RE  WAITING  FOR  YOU

YOU  PROMISED  YOU  KNOW

YOU  SAID  YOU’D  COME  GET  US

WE’RE  READY  TO  GO  

¹⁶ For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout,

with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.

And the dead in Christ will rise first.

¹⁷ Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together

with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we

shall always be with the Lord.

1 THESSALONIANS  4 : 16, 17

THE PRODIGAL CHURCH

 

Has your or is your church leaving the traditions that God told us to stand fast on, to follow after man’s purpose driven, seeker sensitive, church growth movement? 

The way you can know if  your church is following after this 21^st century church movement is that they are using the new age words such as, the unchurched, unity, community, accountability, contemplative prayer, and vision casting or using Rick Warren’s books or programs. I would suggest you get online and do your own homework.

In these churches you will no longer be allowed to have bible studies, Sunday school, or Precept Classes as you know them, but you will be required to join a community group, where you can discuss God’s word and how you feel about it, and be accountable to the others in your group.  For this church deals with feeling and needs, especially to the unchurched.

These churches are also a place of entertainment rather than a place of worship, they will have events and bands come in to lure the unchurched masses in. Also their pastors must be excellent speakers and be able to tell a good story to hold the attention of their audience. They’ve also changed the fellowship hall into a café. These churches no longer look like a church, but a place of entertainment. They don’t even refer to them as churches, but a campus.

Know you will also now be under the total authority of this new church leadership network, not God’s, and if you question the leadership, know they will ostracize you, saying that by not obeying them, you are not obeying God. You will be called a Pharisee, told not to take communion, and if you can’t get on board with us, you are serving Satan.  They will use one sentence from the scriptures out of context to justify their behavior, when the actual meaning of the whole scripture may be just the opposite. This is why God tells us in His word, not to put our trust in any man.

As these churches preach that you are to love one another and serve your community, they themselves are showing zero love for the true bible following Christians, who usually are the pillars of the church, who built the church and have led people to Jesus Christ, growing the body of the church.

These churches run on a business format.  Pastor-CEO, Elders-Executives, Group Leaders-Management, and the Congregation – You, their workers.  You will know you have a CEO, when the pastor talks about vision casting, and that he will not pray with you, marry you, or speak at a loved one’s funeral, for he has his own life, his own family, and it’s not you. (Vision Casting, as it’s called, means making your idea of your business known. You share your vision with those responsible for seeing it through. Plan the best strategy for implementing your vision, be persistent and inspire others to buy into your vision.)

Please know that when a church requires you to submit to the authority of the leadership of a church and follow them blindly and cannot question their authority, this is no longer a church, but a business under the rule of the corporate pyramid.

It is time for those of us who are sitting in the pews to pray and ask GOD for discernment so that we will see any wrong path the church, it’s elders or pastors are taking and that you would be able to act in response to them to bring the church back to being GOD’s church based on His word, not man’s vision.

It is also time to pray for the pastor and elders that the scales would drop from their eyes and that they would see whether they are following the will of GOD for His church or the path of a man’s vision casting.  Pray from the heart and with love for the prodigal church, that they will return to God’s church created for His saints and away from man’s church designed to entertain the unchurched.

FRIENDS FOREVER

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MY  FRIEND

MY FRIEND, I STAND IN JUDGMENT NOW,

AND FEEL THAT YOU'RE TO BLAME SOMEHOW,

ON EARTH I WALKED WITH YOU DAY BY DAY,

AND NEVER DID YOU POINT THE WAY.

YOU KNEW THE LORD IN TRUTH AND GLORY,

BUT NEVER DID YOU TELL THE STORY,

MY KNOWLEDGE THEN WAS VERY DIM;

YOU COULD HAVE LED ME SAFE TO HIM.

THOUGH WE LIVED TOGETHER HERE ON EARTH,

YOU NEVER TOLD ME OF THE SECOND BIRTH;

AND NOW I STAND THIS DAY CONDEMNED,

BECAUSE YOU FAILED TO MENTION HIM.

YOU TAUGHT ME MANY THINGS, THAT'S TRUE

I CALLED YOU "FRIEND" AND TRUSTED YOU;

BUT NOW I'VE LEARNED, THAT IT'S TOO LATE

AND YOU COULD HAVE KEPT ME FROM THIS FATE.

WE WALKED BY DAY AND TALKED BY NIGHT

AND YET YOU SHOWED ME NOT THE LIGHT.

YOU LET ME LIVE AND LOVE AND DIE;

YOU KNEW I'D NEVER LIVE ON HIGH.

YES, I CALLED YOU "FRIEND" IN LIFE

AND TRUSTED YOU THROUGH FUN AND STRIFE;

AND YET, ON COMING TO THIS DREADFUL END

I CANNOT NOW, CALL YOU "MY FRIEND"

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

THE  ANSWER

BECAUSE YOU ARE MY FRIEND HERE NOW

I CANNOT TAKE A SILENT VOW.

WE SHARE EACH DAY OUR DAILY BREAD

AND THINK AT NIGHT OF WHAT EACH SAID.

BUT NO WHERE HAVE WE SOLVED OUR PLIGHT

AND LOOK IN VAIN, NO ANSWER IN SIGHT.

FOR AS WE WALK, GOOD DEEDS TO DO

BUT SIN, WE WILL, BY DAYLIGHT THROUGH.

MY "FRIEND" ON EARTH, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE

BUT "FRIENDS" I WISH FOR ETERNITY.

BEFORE IT'S TO LATE WE MUST NOW FACE

HOW ALL OUR SINS WE CAN'T ERASE.

THE ONLY HOPE IS BY GOD'S GRACE

AND UNDESERVED MERCY IN THIS PLACE.

TO KNOW HIM, LOVE HIM, ACCEPTING CHRIST

FOR US, OUR SINS, HE PAID THE PRICE.

TO BELIEVE GOD'S SON HAS DIED FOR ME

AND NOW HAS RISEN FOR ALL TO SEE.

TO ASK FORGIVENESS FOR OUR SIN

THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO BE BORN AGAIN.

SO NOW MY "FRIEND", I'VE SHARED WHAT'S TRUE

AND HOPE THAT HE HAS INFLUENCED YOU.

FOR NOW WE BOTH HAVE SEALED OUR FATE

AND SINCE WE'VE REALIZED, NOT TOO LATE,

THAT NOW THIS DAY WE'RE NOT CONDEMNED

WE ARE AND WILL BE, ALWAYS "FRIENDS"

WARREN C. HARDY JR

A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

THE  BODY  OF  JESUS  CHRIST

HIS  CHURCH

²² And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him

to be head over all things to the church,

²³ which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

EPHESIANS  1 : 22, 23

²⁷ that He might present her to Himself a glorious church,

not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing,

but that she should be holy and without blemish.

EPHESIANS  5 : 27

²⁴ I now rejoice in my sufferings for you,

and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the

afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body,

which is the church,

COLOSSIANS  1 : 24

WHAT  HAVE  THEY  DONE

TO  THE  BODY  OF  JESUS  CHRIST

 

  

¹² Then they understood that He did not

tell them to beware of the leaven of bread,

but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

MATTHEW  16 : 12

¹⁴ Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.

For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness?

And what communion has light with darkness?

2 CORINTHIANS  6 : 14

⁷ You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

⁸ This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you.

⁹ A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

GALATIANS  5 : 7 – 9

 ALL  FOR  THE  SAKE  OF  UNITY

THESE  SO  CALLED  MAN  OF  GOD

LEAD  PEOPLE  TO  EAT  &  DRINK 

JUDGMENT  ON  THEMSELVES

²⁷ Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup

of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be

guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

²⁸ But let a man examine himself, and so let

him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

²⁹ For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy

manner eats and drinks judgment to himself,

not discerning the Lord’s body.

1 CORINTHIANS  11 : 27 - 29

WELCOME  TO  THE  NEW

CHURCH  GROWTH  MOVEMENT

KNOW THE DIFFERENCE CHRISTIAN OR CHRIST-FOLLOWER

 Accordingly, Christians are people of the faith, clearly set forth in the Word of God, but Christ followers will be people of faith—that is, any faith or religion. Christians believe that the right doctrine and theology—in other words, the right faith—are essential for salvation, but Christ-followers will believe that doctrine and theology are irrelevant because what you do is more important than what you believe. Christians believe there is only one truth, clearly set forth in God’s Word of truth, but Christ-followers will believe there is truth in every religion.

http://www.crossroad.to/Excerpts/books/in-name-of-purpose/led-away/2-emerging-one-chuch.htm

I now understand the full deception of community, unity and service that is taking over God’s church.

⁸ Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit,

according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles 

of the world, and not according to Christ.

COLLOSIANS  2 : 8

As a Christian we know all the wonderful things Christ did in His ministry while here on this earth.  And all religions will admit the services Jesus teaches us to do are good for all mankind. To feed the hungry, provide water, housing, clothing and care for the sick and imprisoned. All these the world can come together in community, unity and serve, following in the steps of Jesus’ teachings. So no matter what faith, what religion you are, you can be a Christ-follower.

¹⁴ Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.

For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness?

And what communion has light with darkness?

2 CORINTHIANS  6 : 14

Community, unity, service and following in the steps of Jesus has become the main teachings of the church, rather than the gospel of Jesus Christ.

⁴⁶ Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, 

and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer 

and to rise from the dead the third day,

⁴⁷ and that repentance and remission of sins should be 

preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

LUKE  24 : 46, 47

If you want to be a Christ-follower, just believe and receive and you are now a member of God’s family.  It’s all about love and only love. They are never told they must admit they are sinners and must repent from their sins and that Jesus died on the cross for their sins to save then from God’s wrath, and only when Jesus sends His Holy Spirit to live in them will their eyes be opened to God’s truth. That Jesus in the only way to God the Father and heaven.

⁶ Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.

No one comes to the Father except through Me.

JOHN  14 : 6

How instead of waiting for God’s calling on your life to serve Him, the church now demands you join a community or small group.  They’ll give you a questionnaire to decide where they can use you for their vision, their goal.  Know if you question them they’ll say you are causing confusion and upsetting the unity of the church.  They will ostracize you and even call you a Pharisee for not following their vision, their goals.

The true Christians know this is not biblical and you should know that you are now the enemy of this Christ-follower church.  For we can not and will not be apart of this one world community, unity serving church

Inevitably, with unity at all costs becoming the foundation of the world and churches, Christian is already becoming a brand of shame. In the emerging new world, Christian says that you are intolerant, divisive, religiously bigoted, judgmental, and legalistic. In other words, Christian says to the world that you believe when God says there is only one way to God and none other that God actually means it. The world never has tolerated this faith very well.

http://www.crossroad.to/Excerpts/books/in-name-of-purpose/led-away/2-emerging-one-chuch.htm

Please read the entire article.

KJOS MINISTRIES

Thank You, KJOS ministries, Andy & Berit for all your work and research, providing us with the wisdom and knowledge to stand up and defend God's church.

Long ago, one of God's faithful servants saw the crossroad ahead and showed us the only safe way through an immoral world. Joshua encouraged God's people to follow truth, avoid compromise, and shun their neighbors' earth-centered spirituality. His words clash with today's demand for unity, consensus and global values. But they fit our times:

"... choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24:15

IS YOUR CHURCH GOD DRIVEN OR PURPOSE DRIVEN

These are the topics you can get to through the Links at
KJOS Ministries at the top left.
 

Rick Warren's P.E.A.C.E. Plan and UN Goals: Part 1

& Part 2

Spirit-Led or Purpose-Driven? Part 1

Part 3: Small Groups and the Dialectic Process

Part 4: Dealing with Resisters

Part 5: Spiritual Gifts and Community Service

Who defines the Kingdom of God?  

Creating Community: Part 1 & Part 2: A New Way of Thinking

Purpose-Driven Deception

Swedenborg’s Occult Beliefs Influence Rick Warren's Church  

THE FALSE UNITY

 Jesus said My sheep hear My voice, not just the shepherds.  We are all equal in God’s eyes. 

⁶ But from those who seemed to be something—whatever they were,

it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man—

for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me.

GALATIANS  2 : 6

A true shepherd is one of God sheep. All are to follow Jesus Christ, not man.

²⁷ My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

JOHN  10 : 27

That’s why God warns us over and over about false shepherds, false teachers and false prophets.

²⁸ Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock,

among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers,

to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

²⁹ For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves

will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

³⁰ Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things,

to draw away the disciples after themselves.

ACTS  20 : 28 – 30

⁴ And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in

(who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus,

that they might bring us into bondage),

⁵ to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour,

that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

GALATIANS  2 : 4, 5

When a pastor stops bible studies and precept classes, for his vision, he has closed the living word of God from God’s flock.

¹² For the word of God is living and powerful,

and sharper than any two-edged sword,

piercing even to the division of soul and spirit,

and of joints and marrow,

and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

¹³ And there is no creature hidden from His sight,

but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him

to whom we must give account.

HEBREWS  4 : 12, 13

¹³ Till I come, give attention to reading,

to exhortation, to doctrine.

1 TIMOTHY  4 : 13

When a pastor says all must serve, all must join one of his community groups, one no longer is answering God’s calling, but the pastor’s demands.

²³ You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

1 CORINTHIANS  7 : 23

¹¹ But one and the same Spirit works all these things,

distributing to each one individually as He wills.

1 CORINTHIANS  12 : 11

When a pastor will not address the concerns of a group of God’s children, but only one on one, know it is because he can not intimidate the group, but he can intimidate one on one.

³ nor as being lords over those entrusted to you,

but being examples to the flock;

1 PETER  5 : 3

You know he is a false shepherd when he uses God’s pulpit to intimidate those who have concerns. When the pastor causes confusion by doing away with bible studies, precept classes and your monthly communion and people question him, he will blame you for what he has done, saying you are causing confusion and disrupting the unity of the church by questioning him. You will be called a Pharisee from the pulpit and be told you shouldn’t take communion. You will be persecuted for standing on God’s word.

¹¹ “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you,

and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.

MATTHEW  5 : 11

¹⁴ If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you,

for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.

1 PETER  4 : 14

He’ll also require you to sign a covenant with him, putting you under his will, his authority, instead of God’s, and they will use this false covenant to put you out of the church, for questioning him and not following his vision, his dream.

³² Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,”

says the LORD, “and tell them, and cause My people to err

by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them

or command them; therefore they shall not profit this

people at all,” says the LORD.

JEREMIAH  23 : 32

¹⁰ Therefore, if I come, I will call to mind his deeds which he does,

prating against us with malicious words. And not content with that,

he himself does not receive the brethren, and forbids those who wish to,

putting them out of the church.

3 JOHN 10

So if your pastor and elders bring in Rick Warren’s 40 Days of Community, welcome to your mind control classes. These are to bring you into unity with the pastor’s will, his vision, his purpose.

"It changed our church!"  "It's amazing!"  "Transforming!  "The fellowship is awesome!"  "We're growing!"...

The chorus of praise for Rick Warren's "40 Days" programs sounds impressive, but it's not surprising. 

The dynamics behind the facilitated small group -- the heart of the 40 Days process -- are both exhilarating and transformative. But they're neither new nor Biblical.  They are merely postmodern adaptations of the old Gestalt Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Esalen-based encounter groups and all the other expressions of the Human Potential movement that helped transform western culture in the 60s and 70s. 

This social transformation had been planned decades earlier. [See Steps toward Global Mind Control] By 1948, when the World Health Organization (a UN agency) had established its anti-Christian "Mental Health" program, globalist visionaries in both Europe and North America were experimenting with behavioral psychology as a means to eradicate traditional values and Biblical absolutes. They hoped to "un-freeze" minds and release them from the old values, promote open-mindedness to their revolutionary ideas, fill minds with pluralistic values, and then "re-freeze" the new collective views in the public consciousness.
They succeeded! Working through UNESCO's education program, WHO's global mental health program, national and local governments around the world, the mainstream media and countless private and non-governmental agencies around the world, they fueled the social forces that shaped today's postmodern mind and culture. Liberal churches were among the first to embrace the postmodern thinking, but soon evangelical churches began to accommodate the rising cultural resistance to absolute truth and moral boundaries. To grow, they argued, churches must trade God's unchanging Word for feel-good adaptations.

http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/04/community-2.htm

Know your bible studies and precept classes were stopped, because he doesn’t want groups of God’s children talking about their concerns with each other on what he is doing to God’s church.

⁴ And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in

(who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have

in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage),

GALATIANS  2 : 4

This is Satan at his finest. Deceiving God’s flock with these false shepherds, who have transformed themselves into ministers of righteousness.

¹³ For such are false apostles, deceitful workers,

transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

¹⁴ And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms

himself into an angel of light.

¹⁵ Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also

transform themselves into ministers of righteousness,

whose end will be according to their works.

2 CORINTHIANS  11 : 13 – 15

This purpose driven emergent church has spread like wild fire around the world thanks to Rick Warren, Saddleback church and Bill Hybels, Willow Creek Association.  They have joined God’s church to the world through government and business.  All for the better good of mankind. Welcome to Satan’s one world church.

If you attend one of their many churches, and yes on the surface their programs seem nice, but if you dig deep into who all the players are behind this one world church, joining the one world society, you’ll see Satan’s hand on both.

So when you can no longer question the pastor’s leadership, you’ll know who you’re dealing with, not God and His word, for God tells us to test all things.

²¹ Test all things; hold fast what is good.

1 THESSALONIANS  5 : 21

 ¹ Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits,

whether they are of God; because many false prophets

have gone out into the world.

1 JOHN  4 : 1

These pastors do not pass God’s test.

¹³ For such are false apostles, deceitful workers,

transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

¹⁴ And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms

himself into an angel of light.

¹⁵ Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also

transform themselves into ministers of righteousness,

whose end will be according to their works.

2 CORINTHIANS  11 : 13 – 15

¹³ But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse,

deceiving and being deceived.

1 TIMOTHY 3 : 13

If you think this can’t happen in your church, think again.  I am watching faithful Christian friends in a local church who dared to question the pastor and elders on the loss of their bible studies, precept classes and their monthly communion, who are now being persecuted by these so called men of God.

GOD DRIVEN OR PURPOSE DRIVEN

 

THE  LOST  CHURCH

The churches are going from God’s vision to man’s vision of what church should be.  They have gone from God’s bible driven church to a purpose driven program church.  Instead of following God’s instructions for His church, they have chosen to follow Rick Warren or Bill Hybel’s instructions.  Many use the book Transitioning by Dan Southerland to achieve this goal.

²⁹ For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves 

will come in among you, not sparing the flock.  

³⁰ Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, 

to draw away the disciples after themselves.

ACTS  20 : 29, 30

The sad part is that by the time the members of the congregation realize something is wrong with what the pastor and his chosen leaders are doing, it’s to late.

⁴ And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in 

(who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, 

that they might bring us into bondage),

GALATIANS  2 : 4

As Dr. Michael Youssef put it so well, the church is now conforming to the world, rather than requiring the world to repent.  God’s way, take Jesus Christ to the world,  the purpose driven program driven church’s way, bring the world into the church. They preach community, unity and all must work together, whether Christian, Jew or Muslim, we must join together for the common good and peace for our global community.

http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/05/peace-un.htm

² And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed 

by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove 

what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

ROMANS  12 : 2

⁵ They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, 

and the world hears them.

⁶ We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is 

not of God does not hear us.

By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

1 JOHN  4 : 5, 6

"Rick Warren predicts that fundamentalism, of all varieties, will be 'one of the big enemies of the 21st century.'  'Muslim fundamentalism, Christian fundamentalism, Jewish fundamentalism, secular fundamentalism.

http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/006/fundamentalism.htm

What are those Five Fundamentals of the Faith?

 [From www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/pewreligion.htm#fundamentals]

1.      The Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:1; John 20:28; 

         Hebrews 1:8-9).

2.      The Virgin Birth (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:27).

3.      The Blood Atonement (Acts 20:28; Romans 3:25, 5:9; 

         Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:12-14).

4.      The Bodily Resurrection (Luke 24:36-46; 

         1 Corinthians 15:1-4, 15:14-15).

5.      The inerrancy of the scriptures themselves (Psalms 12:6-7; 

         Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20).

Our faith makes us an enemy of the 21^st century world church.  THANK GOD.

These purpose driven, program driven churches will lose the majority of faithful bible followers to true bible teaching churches, but they are thrilled filling their churches with the unchurched (their new word for sinners.)  Where they give them a washed down gospel, stating Jesus will take your sins away, just believe and receive, and welcome to God’s family.  They are never told they need to admit they are sinners and must repent of their sins. They are led into a false salvation. 

³ But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, 

so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.  

⁴ For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, 

or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received,

or a different gospel which you have not accepted—

you may well put up with it!

2 CORINTHIANS  11 : 3, 4

They have turned God’s house into a place of entertainment and feel good churches, never mentioning to the people the wrath of God to come. They build their mega churches based on community programs, doing their good works, which is the bait to lure the unchurched (sinners) to their churches.

¹ Unless the LORD builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the LORD guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.

PSALM  127 : 1

⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith, 

and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 

⁹ not of works, lest anyone should boast.

EPHESIANS  2 : 8, 9

A strange distortion of truth has spread like a grass fire on a windy day through churches around the world. It calls God's people not just to understand our changing times from the world's perspective, but to actually blow with the wind and help fuel the transformation. This Church Growth Movement (CGM) uses familiar old words to persuade the people, but it conforms God's Word as well as human thinking to politically correct views of unity, community, service and

change.  

http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/2002/change_agent-1.htm

that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro 

and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, 

in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,

EPHESIANS 4 : 14

Living on an Island, one can’t stop information from getting out. One local church pastor when asked if they were going purpose driven, he denied it, yet they have done the steps listed in transitioning the church to a purpose driven, program driven church. Be listening for the next step in transitioning, a plan to extend the campus in the future, see you don’t call it church anymore, you know the type, with their café’ and all the trappings to lure the unchurched (sinners) in.

While these purpose/program driven pastors preach community, unity and love to the unbelievers and the community, they attack the faithful Christians in their own churches if they dare to question them.  These pastors are hypocrites, they call God’s faithful Pharisees because they will not blindly follow this dictatorship who has taken over God’s church for his purpose, his vision. 

Here is an example of how a pastor dealt with those who dared to question him.

Yet unfair and misleading labels continue to undermine the credibility of faithful believers. In the article "165 members ousted from Gardendale Baptist," Brad Olson wrote,

Read the whole story at    http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/04/4-purpose-resisters.htm

Rick Warren is more subtle, and his references to health versus disease cloak his hostility toward "unhealthy" members who resist his agenda. In The Purpose Driven Church, he writes:

"When a human body is out of balance we call that disease.... Likewise, when the body of Christ becomes unbalanced, disease occurs.... Health will occur only when everything is brought back into balance. The task of church leadership is to discover and remove growth-restricting diseases and barriers so that natural, normal growth can occur."[1, page 16]

Anyone who dares to question them should be cut out like a disease. This is how these purpose/program driven pastors show God’s love to God’s faithful children.  

SIGNS TO LOOK FOR IN TRANSITIONING OF A CHURCH

FROM GOD DRIVEN TO PURPOSE DRIVEN PROGRAM DRIVEN

1. Change in music to a contemporary rock style.

2. Removal of hymn books; eliminating the choir.

3. Replacement of organ and piano with heavy metal instruments.

4. Repetitive singing of praise lyrics.

5. Dressing down to casual and informal attire.

6. Eliminating of business meetings, church committees, council of 

    elders, board of deacons, etc.

7. The pastor, or a new leader with a few assistants, usually four, 

    takes charge of all church business.

8. A repetitive 40-day Purpose Driven Church study program 

    stressing psychological relationships with each other, the 

    community, or the world, begins.

9. Funded budgeted programs are abandoned, or ignored, with 

    ambiguous financial reports made.

10. Sunday morning, evening, and/or Wednesday prayer meetings 

      are changed to other times; some may even be eliminated.

11. Sunday School teachers are moved to different classes, or 

      replaced by new teachers more sympathetic with the changes 

      being implemented.

12. The name "Sunday School" is dropped and classes are given 

      new names.

13. Crosses and other traditional Christian symbols may be moved 

      from both the inside and outside of the church buildings. 

      The pulpit may also be removed. Also the Christian flag  

      and the American flag.

14. In accordance with Dr. Warren’s instructions, new version Bibles 

      are used; or only verses flashed on a screen are referenced during 

      regular services.

15. Purpose Driven Church films, purchased from Saddleback, 

      precede or are used during regular services.

16. The decor, including the carpets, may be changed to eliminate any 

      resemblance to the former church.

17. The word "church" is often taken from the name of the church, and 

      the church may be called a "campus". Denominational names may 

      also be removed.

18. An emphasis on more fun and party sessions for the youth.

19. Elimination of altar calls or salvation invitations at the close 

      of the services.

20. The elimination of such words as "unsaved", "lost", "sin", "Hell", 

      "Heaven" and other Gospel verities from the pastor’s messages.

21. The reclassification of the saved and lost to the "churched" and 

      the "unchurched".

22. The marginalizing, or ostracizing, of all who are not avid promoters 

      of the new Purpose Driven Program.

23. Closed meetings between the pastor or chosen staff members 

      without any reports made to the general membership.

24. Open hostility to members who do not openly embrace the new 

      program, or who may have left for another church.

These pastors tell you, you must submit to them and follow their instructions right or not blindly, and if you dare to question them, they will tell you that you are in rebellion.  They’ll tell you God placed them there and that God gave them this vision just for your church, so if you refuse their instructions, it is really God  you are rebelling against.  Also many of these churches recommend reading John Bevere’s book Under Cover to put you into submission to them with this false teaching.

¹⁶ Thus says the LORD of hosts:
“ Do not listen to the words of the prophets 

who prophesy to you.

They make you worthless;
They speak a vision of their own heart,
Not from the mouth of the LORD.
¹⁷ They continually say to those who despise Me,
‘ The LORD has said, “You shall have peace”’;
And to everyone who walks according to the 

dictates of his own heart, they say,
‘ No evil shall come upon you.’”

JEREMIAH  23 : 16, 17

⁸ Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, 

according to the tradition of men, according to the 

basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

COLOSSIANS  2 : 8

Gossip, slander and misinformation? Statements from those who were forced to leave the church community they had loved show that their concerns about the shift to a more contemporary model were valid. During a televised interview, one person wept as she expressed both the pain of rejection and the confusing new rules for the church. The actual "misinformation" seems to come from the new pastor and other church managers who have little tolerance for anyone who questions their absolute power and unbiblical commands. No wonder, since contemporary "church leaders" are trained to use tough words to discredit dissenters.

http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/04/4-purpose-resisters.htm

Know a pastor is not above the congregation, he should be honored and respected for his service, but he is equal to those in the congregation.  For God calls us a chosen generation, a royal priesthood.

⁹ But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,

His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him

who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

1 PETER  2 : 9

² Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers,

not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly;

³ nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, 

but being examples to the flock;

1 PETER  5 : 2, 3

These churches grow out of power, money, intimation and oppression.  They use their own congregations as their own personal community workforce, then claim all the glory for themselves.  We are not to submit to them, not even for an hour in church. Jesus made us free. Do not become entangled again to bondage.

6. Establish rules, regulations, laws and principles that silence, punish or drive out resisters.

http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/04/4-purpose-resisters.htm

¹³³ Direct my steps by Your word,
         And let no iniquity have dominion over me.
 ¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man,
         That I may keep Your precepts.
 ¹³⁵ Make Your face shine upon Your servant,
         And teach me Your statutes.

PSALM  119 : 133 – 135  

² Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet

before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets,

that they may have glory from men.

Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

MATTHEW  6 : 2

 ¹ Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free,

and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

GALATIANS  5 : 1

⁴ And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in 

(who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, 

that they might bring us into bondage),  

⁵ to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, 

that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
⁶ But from those who seemed to be something—whatever they were, 

it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man—

for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me.

GALATIANS  4 : 2 – 6

Know the pastor, elders, the pastor’s chosen leaders do not own God’s church, you do, the body of Christ.  Contact the elders to call for a congregational vote to replace these purpose driven, program driven pastors, and if they don’t, it’s up to you the congregation to stand fast in the traditions as God’s word taught us and come together to elect new elders who will follow God’s instructions for His church, not man’s.

²³ So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with 

fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

ACTS  14 : 23

¹⁵ Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which 

you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.

2 THESSALONIANS  2 : 15

¹⁹ Do not receive an accusation against an elder 

except from two or three witnesses.

²⁰ Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, 

that the rest also may fear.

1 TIMOTHY  5 : 19, 20

³ If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to 

wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

and to the doctrine which accords with godliness,

⁴ he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and 

arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,

⁵ useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth,

who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

1 TIMOTHY  6 : 3 – 5

God gave us His Holy Spirit so we can be discerners of right teachings from wrong teachings, and we are to exercise our discernment and test the spirit to discern if it is from God or not.

¹⁴ But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, 

for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, 

because they are spiritually discerned.

1 CORINTHIANS  2 : 14

¹⁴ But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, 

those who by reason of use have their senses 

exercised to discern both good and evil.

HEBREWS  5 : 14

 

BEWARE  OF  THESE  FALSE  TEACHINGS

From John Bevere’s Book Under Cover.

“Our judgment will be relative to our submission, for authority if of God.  To resist delegated authority is to resist God’s authority.  We should not take upon ourselves the pressure to discern beforehand whether leaders are right nor not.  Nor should we judge after the fact.  This is not our burden, but God’s  He alone knows and can change hearts as he so desires (Bevere 147)” .

These men are coveting God’s church and as brothers in Christ we are required by God to judge them, but we do not judge those outside the church.

¹¹ But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone 

named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a 

reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
¹² For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside?

Do you not judge those who are inside?  

¹³ But those who are outside God judges.

Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”

1 CORINTHIANS  5 : 11 – 13

“This is true because rebellion is witchcraft.  The more they rebel the more they give legal access to demonic powers to influence, control and empower their lives.  By rebelling against the order and the laws of God and His delegated authority, they knowingly grant legal access to the controlling demonic realm.” (Bevere, 68)

God gives each one of us gifts according to our ability. These men want to tell you what your gift is through their questionnaire to best serve them.  So if you know your gift that God has given you and you stand on God’s will and not man’s, according to their new doctrine, you are in rebellion and have granted legal access for demons to come into your life.

This is one of the most ridiculous teachings I have ever heard to force people into submission to man’s will over God’s will for His church.

These organizational purposes include experimentation. "In the living laboratory of Saddleback Church, we were able to experiment with different ways to help people understand, apply, and live out the purposes of God," Pastor Warren wrote in Developing Your SHAPE to Serve Others.[7] Apparently, Saddleback's "laboratory" experiments involved assessing "measurable results" against pre-planned outcomes (or purposes), which give little credit to what God might do outside the boundaries of the manmade standards. As Warren wrote in The Purpose-Driven Church:

http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/04/5-purpose-gifts.htm

Now the church will decide what your gifts are and how you must use them, not God.

 ⁵ so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

 ⁶ Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: 

if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 

⁷ or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching;

ROMANS  12 : 5 – 7

⁷ But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:  

⁸ for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, 

to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 

⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,  

¹⁰ to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of 

spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 

¹¹ But one and the same Spirit works all these things, 

distributing to each one individually as He wills. 

1 CORINTHIANS  12 : 7 - 11

Quote from  John Bevere : "I am so tired of criticalness being called discernment. Do you want to know true discernment? Paul said "That your love may abound in all discernment." When you are willing to die for somebody that is when you are actually discerning them. Jesus could call the Pharisees hypocrites and snakes because he went to the cross and died for them. So the next time you are quote "discerning" about somebody ask yourselves the question could you die for them? If you can’t say yes, you're critical because the love of God is to lay down your life for them, and discernment is rooted only in love. Got it?" (John Bevere, The Christian Channel Europe "The Messenger" 26/3/98)

If God intended us to follow these false teachers and preachers blindly, God would have not warned us about them so we won’t be deceived.

Thenfalse prophets will rise up and deceive many.

MATTHEW  24 : 11

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, 

transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

2 CORINTHIANS  11 : 13

 ¹ Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God;

because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 JOHN  4 : 1

Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, 

according to the tradition of men, according to the 

basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

COLOSSIANS  2 : 8

PLEASE  PRAY  FOR  THEM

Please pray for these pastors, ask God’s blessing for them that they would bring God’s church back to the way God said it should be, to follow God’s instructions for His church, not man’s.

And pray for the people that God will give them His wisdom to see the truth and His strength to take a stand against these false teachings and bring God’s church back into God’s will.

²⁴ And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel 

but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,

²⁵ in humility correcting those who are in opposition, 

if God perhaps will grant them repentance,

so that they may know the truth,

²⁶ and that they may come to their senses and escape 

the snare of the devil,

having been taken captive by him to do his will.

2 TIMOTHY  2 : 24 – 26

If you have read about the seven churches in the book of Revelation, you know that not many make it into heaven because they chose to blindly followed those false teachers and preachers. Remember the old saying,  The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

WHICH GROUP WOULD YOU CHOSE TO BELONG TO

THREE KINDS of GROUP RELATIONSHIPS
	Biblical Fellowship & Christian Community	Human Friendship & Traditional Community	Dialectic Groups &  Postmodern Community Example: Community-Making
	LED by the SPIRIT	DRIVEN by felt NEEDS	DRIVEN by organizational OUTCOMES or PURPOSES
Includes	"Born again" believers from all nations and cultures	All who choose to belong, share common interests and are accepted by the group	Diverse (spiritually & culturally) participants in the dialectic process
Foundation	God's Word and Spirit	Felt needs; natural desire to belong to a group	A pre-planned strategy and outcome (purpose) aimed at personal and social transformation
Goal	Love, faith and obedience to God, agapeo love for each other, unity in Christ	Build relationships, meet need for fellowship, have fun	Transformation: from former beliefs and values to an ever evolving group synthesis or consensus
Result	God is glorified through our worship, praise, service and oneness in Him.	Personal gratification, a sense of belonging, increased dependence on the group	Bonding of group members, willingness to compromise, changed beliefs and values, surrender of personal will & meaning to the group
Shows others:	God's supernatural agapeo love	Human phileo love	Skill of facilitator, power of the dialectic process
Ultimate goal	Eternity with God	Rich relationships in this world	Achieving the vision of the ideal community

From  http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/04/3-purpose.htm