THE UK BLESSING: APOSTATE DELUSION TO A PAGAN NATION

Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets. (Luke 6:26).

The UK Blessing based on Numbers 6 has gone viral on YouTube. {1}

The LORD bless you and keep you;
the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
(Numbers 6:22-27).

Merely singing the Lord's blessing over the UK does not make it so! (Luke 6:46, 7:21-25).

Although it has become very popular and has the feel-good factor, The UK Blessing effectually leads people into a false sense that God is really for them and wants to bless them. God does desire to bless people, BUT His blessing cannot occur on the back of the compromised gospel of the mainstream ecumenical churches: “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. (Luke 24:46-47).

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (James 1:22).

ALL the churches involved in the so called "UK Blessing" are ecumenical i.e. they are in unity with the idolatrous Roman Catholic Church. {2} In reality these churches are excluded from God's blessing, since they are yoked together with the different gospel of Rome, the counterfeit "gospel" of works salvation that denies the scriptural precept of faith alone. (2 Corinthians 11:4; Jonah 2:8). The Church of England is among many apostate churches promoting the cancer of ecumenism, the very movement that is paving the way for the Antichrist and false prophet. (Revelation 13:1-18).

Ecumenism is at the very heart of Anglicanism

Resolution 69
The Role of the Anglican Communion - Anglican Consultative Council

5. To encourage and guide Anglican participation in the ecumenical movement and the ecumenical organisations; to co-operate with the World Council of Churches and the world confessional bodies on behalf of the Anglican Communion; and to make arrangements for the conduct of pan-Anglican conversations with the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Churches, and other Churches.{3} 

Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets. (Luke 6:26).

Prime Minister gives Tim Hughes award and labels UK Blessing video a 'sensational singing masterpiece'
"In a personal letter to Tim Hughes, the Prime Minister awarded him his daily Points of Light Award - a prize which has been running since 2014 to recognize individuals who have had a positive impact on society.." {4}

Who is Tim Hughes?

"Timothy David Llewelyn Hughes (born 23 July 1977) is a British worship leader, singer, songwriter, and Anglican priest. Formerly the director of worship at Holy Trinity Brompton, a large Anglican church in central London, he has since been ordained as a minister in the Church of England and appointed Vicar of St Luke's, Gas Street Birmingham." {5} Holy Trinity Brompton was the catalyst for the false revival of the 1990s known as the Toronto Blessing.

Tim Hughes delusion: “I think it's such a unique time of global crisis, global uncertainty, spiritual hunger and inquisitiveness that we're seeing in the U.K. So many people are fascinated by prayer and church online attendance has gone through the roof. I think just this song [helps] to know that actually God is for us.” {6}

Tim Hughes is heavily involved with the RCC. In 2019 he animated the music for the CYMFed Flame Congress at Wembley Arena, the largest Catholic youth event in the country. {7}

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’  (Matthew 7:21-23).

Build Your House on the Rock

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.” (Luke 6:46-49 cf. Matthew 7:21; James 1:22).

The conditional nature of God's blessings:

“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.” (Deuteronomy 30:15-20).

Those who are on the ecumenical route should take note that the unfaithful woman in the book Revelation is the apostate church aligned with Roman Catholicism. 

The apostate churches will survive longer than the faithful church due to their cooperation with the beast (the Antichrist). This will prolong their survival temporarily, but only for a short time. In reality the beast and his ten kings will hate the prostitute (the unfaithful church). (Revelation 17:16). This ecumenical whore will be used by the beast only while it is in his interest to do so. However her ultimate fate is utter destruction and eternal damnation.

And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast. These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast. They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”

And the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire, for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.” (Revelation 17:12-18).

The English Fundamentalist
https://www.bitchute.com/video/QxOiFpqawr6A/

"Using an example by false teacher Emily Layzell, this video begins to document the inevitably dangerous consequences that arise when biblical infallibility is denied, doctrine subsequently negated, Roman Catholicism promoted, and signs, wonders, movements of the Holy Spirit elevated to a place of sanctioning truth - leaving a whole generation of churchgoers in the UK totally exposed and dreadfully vulnerable to the soon to come false signs and wonders deception advocating a false religious tyranny."

Holy Trinity Brompton, Evangelicalism, and their Roman Catholic Bible Reading Plan. 
https://www.bitchute.com/video/tjQgiaKXRnPo/

Further confirmation that Intercessors for Britain endorse all things ecumenical:

Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;for her sins are heaped high as heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities.
for her sins are heaped high as heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities.
(Revelation 18:4-5)

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUtll3mNj5U  
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUtll3mNj5U
3. http://www.anglicancommunion.org/resources/document-library/lambeth-conference/1968/resolution-69-the-role-of-the-anglican-communion-anglican-consultative?author=Lambeth+Conference&year=1968
4. https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/prime-minister-gives-tim-hughes-award-and-labels-uk-blessing-video-a-sensational-singing-masterpiece?fbclid=IwAR1OZSp0K_tarcLkYETOtNNxER4YRNJ1w54TbdrA-alCyoVYxVWMzx8gpKc
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hughes
6. https://www.christianpost.com/news/worship-video-goes-viral-uk-churches-unite-to-sing-blessing-over-the-nation.html
7. https://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/1-month-until-flame/? {7} fbclid=IwAR2inkiPYyKt0JXQC3Ory0Xf2zSH7VtjZMjx-5kQKnxE2K3-y5CaXQ4W9P4

CLIFFORD HILL ~ VOICE FOR JUSTICE: DESCENT INTO MYTH AND ERROR

Voice for Justice UK ~ Day of Repentance and Prayer.

Voice for Justice is a professing Christian organization that recently issued an appeal to: "Stand with us as we cry out to Him to deliver us from the Covid-19 pandemic" on the 25th of April. 

Why the 25th of April? 

Voice for Justice based its Day of Repentance and Prayer on the Roman Catholic annual procession known as "Greater Litanies". According to RC myth, the Archangel Michael appeared on this date on two occasions and stopped two separate plagues. Those who took part in this troubling event were duped into giving credibility to apparitions and to Roman Catholic myths. (2 Timothy 4:4). The spiritism and superstition associated with Roman Catholicism is at complete odds with biblical Christianity! Will God hear the prayers of those who have turned away from Him and cling to deceit? (Jeremiah 8:5, 14:12).

VFJ: "In 590 AD, Rome was suffering from a terrible plague that killed off vast swathes of the population. Amongst the first to die was the Pope. He was immediately replaced, by unanimous vote, by Gregory I.. On 25thApril, the third day as they processed through the streets, as ever led in person by Gregory, the Archangel Michael was seen standing at the top of the castle of Crescentius – a short walk from the Vatican – wiping a bloody sword. In response to the crowd’s prayer, he sheathed it at his side. And from that moment the plague stopped.

Some years later, in 1631, Mexico found itself similarly ravaged by plague. Once again the people joined in prayer for deliverance, joining in procession through the streets on 25th April. In response, the Archangel Michael again appeared, this time to a 17 year-old boy, Diego de San Lázaro. However Diego, fearful of how people would respond to the revelation, dragged his feet in passing on the Archangel’s commands, with the result that he was himself struck down with plague – which lifted a week later when Michael appeared to him again – surrounded this time by blazing light and witnessed by all standing near. This time Diego obeyed and passed on the Archangel’s commands. And the plague was miraculously halted."

Further details about the first apparition in 590AD reveals the full extent of the myth:

First Apparition: The plague in Rome miraculously ended. —The Virgin Mary and St. Michael appear to Pope St. Gregory the Great.

"As the procession wound along the Tiber River, the Litany of Saints was intoned. At the conclusion of the litany, Saint Gregory’s gaze was drawn upwards and he suddenly saw the heavens open. Saint Michael the Archangel, along with numerous other Angels, descended above the crowd and a heavenly perfume seemingly filled the air. The angels began singing the “Regina Cœli” to the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was seated on a throne above St. Michael and the Angels. St. Michael sheathing his sword atop the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome

Completely overwhelmed by the incredible sight, Saint Gregory concluded the angelic chorus by singing out the closing lines of the Regina Cœli: “Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia! Gaude et lætare, Virgo Maria, alleluia! Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.” (Pray for us to God, alleluia! Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia! For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia!).

At the conclusion of the vision, the great pope witnessed Saint Michael sheathing his sword, and to the great joy of all the inhabitants, the horrific plague came to an end. The beautiful Church called Castel Sant’Angelo stands at the site where Saint Michael and his fellow angels had appeared on that day along with the Blessed Virgin Mary.

From then on, April 25th, the date of the apparition marking the end of the plague, has become the date for the annual procession that would come to be known throughout the Catholic world as the “Greater Litanies”, since it was St. Michael along with the Angels who joined in reciting the Litanies on that day. Nowadays the “Greater Litanies” processions are sometimes called “St. Mark’s processions” because the date also coincides with the feast of St. Mark. {1}

An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign

VFJ: "Let us pray for a sign of that deliverance to all mankind, that they may honour Christ, and Christ alone."   

VFJ: "Once again our world is subject to a terrible pestilence.. Let us pray for a mighty sign of deliverance that will shake this and every nation to the core in wonder and awe."

The bible speaks specifically against seeking after signs: “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. (Matthew 12:39 cf. 1 Corinthians 1:22-24).

Patrons of Voice for Justice Clifford and Monica Hill



Rev. Dr Clifford Hill

Rev. Dr Clifford Hill MA, BD, PhD, sociologist and theologian, is a lecturer, preacher and broadcaster who has written over forty books. He was a senior lecturer in sociology at London University and lectured for the Home Office to senior police officers and prison governors on race and community issues. In 1983 he led the research team for the Parliamentary Enquiry into ‘video nasties’, subsequently chairing and overseeing reports from the Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection Group and was their convenor for more than 25 years. He is an ordained minister in the Congregational Church, leading multi-ethnic congregations in London over many years, and continues to be editor-in-chief of Prophecy Today UK, the online successor to the magazine of that name which seeks to apply God’s word in the bible to current affairs, and is a joint director of Issachar Ministries with his wife, Monica.



Monica Hill

Monica Hill has been actively involved in education and community development. Following practical experience in the East End she was a founding member and first Director of the British Church Growth Association for more than 23 years. She then concentrated on working with her husband Clifford both in the parliamentary work and in the Centre for Contemporary Ministry and is now the Executive Director of Issachar Ministries. She also has written a number of books. {2}

Ecumenism does not honour Christ alone!

Ecumenist Clifford Hill of Issachar Ministries prayed for "a spirit of repentance to come in this nation" in order to remove the virus. A "spirit of repentance" implies something other than the Holy Spirit - this phrase is not found in the New Testament. It is ironic that the very people calling for repentance are the very ones who have departed from the key New Testament precept of faith alone and are complicit in promoting a false gospel. (James 2:24). The RCC follows a "different gospel" in that they insist upon various sacraments in addition to faith for salvation. I see no repentance among the main denominations for this primary sin! (2 Corinthians 11:4). The RCC and their ecumenical associates operate under the Spirit of Error (1 John 4:6). If professing Christians fail in this regard, then they fail completely.

VJF: "Session 2: A stiff-necked people – Repentance for our ungodly laws: Revd Dr Clifford Hill, Director of Issachar Ministries and editor-in-chief of Prophecy Today UK." Are not those who follow Marian apparitions and a false gospel "stiff necked"? Hill wrongly implies that Christians can repent of "ungodly laws". Once again he misses the point completely. Repentance is an individual, not a corporate exercise. Good moral decisions follow sound doctrine. Christians should pray for those in authority, but they are not required to repent on a national level. (1 Timothy 2:2).

Repentance and prayer for deliverance? 

I sense the intention of VFJ was to "make a deal" with God through this event. Paul urged: First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people.. (1 Timothy 2:1). However ..may your will be done. (Matthew 6:10, 26:42). God knows the motives of men's hearts and the real agenda behind COVID-19. (1 Corinthians 4:5).

The whole event was based on a false premise

VFJ have put their own skewed interpretation on the COVID-19 crisis. Hill's claim that "..this virus is troubling all the nations of the world today" is questionable. {3} There is evidence that COVID-19 statistics are highly exaggerated, and that this PLANdemic is not primarily medical, but political in origin. COVID-19 cannot be classified as a "pandemic", even with official statistics!

Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance: "It is worth remembering again that the ONS rate of people who have got COVID on their death certificate, it doesn't necessarily mean they were  infected because many of them haven't been tested, so we just need to understand the difference." {4}

“The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her and asserts that all who are outside of Her will not be saved.”-- Pope Gregory I

1. https://www.michaeljournal.org/articles/roman-catholic-church/item/miraculous-apparitions-of-st-michael-the-archangel-rome-and-mexico
2. https://vfjuk.org.uk/our-patrons/
3. https://youtu.be/-aO-38x8GN8
4. https://www.facebook.com/100009508941893/videos/2582719048721701/

Further Links:

Marian Apparitions ~ Divine or Demonic?
https://youtu.be/yPQEJROi7hs

The Evils of Ecumenism

https://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Doctrines/Ecumenism/unity_with_satan.htm

Tucker Carlson EXPOSES Youtube Censorship of Dissenting Doctors
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/11/bill-gates-anthony-fauci-unelected-destroyers-free/?fbclid=IwAR0FavDDr90Jk3uwyh8MvxSmmBFPGf616t-kAuvLlNeOXrFt-sdfLxyyroo
https://www.facebook.com/terrencekwilliams/videos/252714832539466/

Jacob Prasch & David Noakes Moriel Conference 2018! Ecumenism by Stealth?

https://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com/2018/09/jacob-prasch-david-noakes-moriel.html

Moggerhanger Park

http://ukapologeticslibrary.net/ecumenists-clifford-hill-david-noakes-moggerhanger-park/

David Noakes: Thus Saith The Lord?
https://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com/2020/04/david-noakes-thus-saith-lord.html

Dave Borlase (Intercessors For Britain) and His Ecumenical Friends!
https://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com/2020/01/dave-borlase-intercessors-for-britain.html

TRINITY LIFE CHURCH LEICESTER: DAVID HIND'S DISTORTED EASTER PRESENTATION

“Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (Luke 14:34-35).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOOuYYiyY28&feature=youtu.be
Finding Security in a Troubled World - 26th March 2020

TLC's recent Easter Presentation leaves me with little alternative but to write a further post about David Hind's warped "Christian" values.

David Hind proudly related his visit to Buckingham Palace two years ago to receive the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. This award was given to TLC's charity Open Hands for their so called "services to the poor". Hind's boast about Open Hands being a "compassion charity" is paradoxical considering the spiritual and moral compromise involved in seeking and accepting funding from the National Lottery. It is beyond dispute that gambling is an industry that feasts on the poor and vulnerable! TLC's skewed reasoning says it is OK to use unethical lottery funds help the poor!

Hind actually dared to compare the Queens appearance as she entered the garden of Buckingham Palace to Jesus' first appearance to the disciples through locked doors in John 20:19-23. Hind: "All of a sudden a door opened, and the Queen.. walked out. Thousands of people were in silence and awe as this amazing lady walked out to greet her guests." No Christian should be in "silence and awe" of anyone apart from Jesus Christ! Hind's blasphemous comparison between the Queen and Jesus Christ gives us a snapshot of the value he puts on outward appearances. "But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”walked (1 Samuel 16:7).

Was David Hind "privileged to be invited" to Buckingham Palace? In worldly terms, yes certainly ~ in spiritual terms, most definitely NOT!  (Isaiah 5:20). Hind's visit to Buckingham Palace was the equivalent of John the Baptist going on a jaunt to have tea with King Herod! In reality it would have been inconceivable for John the Baptist to fraternize with Herod, God's enemy. (Mark 8:15).

John the Baptists objection to the adulterous marriage between Herod and his brother Philip's wife:

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.
On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.
John’s head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother. (Matthew 14:3-11).

Hind has previously described the Queen as a "Christian", but we must be very naive if we genuinely believe this to be the case. As the Supreme Governor of the Church of England the Queen is the titular head of the Church of England, a position which is vested in the British monarch. However, the Church of England is ecumenical and openly seeks unity with the corrupt Roman Catholic Church. The ecumenical agenda of the Church of England is organised by the Council for Christian Unity (CCU). {1}

There is indisputable evidence that the Royal Family are British Druids. I will recap below just in case David Hind missed it the first time.

'Political and religious suppression forced the Druids to go underground. Many thought that the religion had disappeared, but it survived, handed down within families and villages to resurface again in the early eighteenth century. There are three main druidic colleges. . .In fact, druidism has become so accepted socially that Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince of Wales both accepted posts as honorary Druids in the Wales Gorsedd. (ff. ‘The Gnosis Interview’)… By 1988, there were estimated to be over one million adepts (spiritual masters) and the movement is growing.'" (The Trojan Horse, Brenda Scott and Samantha Smith, pp. 59, 60) {2}

Below: 3rd August 1926 ~ Bardic titles for the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) at the Welsh Eisteddfod, they are pictured with the Arch Druid after they were initiated. {3} 

In 1967 the Queen gave her Royal Assent to the Abortion Act. A friend once said to me that the Queen has no choice regarding Royal Assents i.e. she could not have refused to give her Assent to the Abortion Act without risking her position. My response: THERE IS ALWAYS A CHOICE. Consider the cost to Jesus Christ Himself, the cost to the disciples, the cost to countless numbers of Christian martyrs who renounced the world's values for the sake of Jesus Christ. (Luke 14:28-33). How many true Christians would be willing to sign a death warrant legalizing the murder of literally millions of unborn infants? (Proverbs 6:16-17).

In 2013, the Queen signed the Royal Assent for the equal marriage act, allowing gay marriage for the first time. (Leviticus 20:13, 18:22; Romans 1:27). {4}

How will the Queen answer for these terrible atrocities on the day of Judgement? (Revelation 20:12).

Biblically, anyone who claims to be a Christian and does not uphold sound doctrine should be avoided not venerated!

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works. (2 John 1:10-11).

David Hind's worldly values have nothing at all to do with true Christianity. By actively seeking out worldly accolades, TLC have given way to the political correctness of our time. (Luke 11:23; 1 John 2:15). I appeal to those who attend TLC to think about these things rather than acquiesce with those who glory in their shame. (Philippians 3:19).

TLC are silent about issues such as abortion and gay marriage, and nothing is mentioned of Prince Andrew's dubious associations or Prince Charles' intention to become' "Defender of Faith" without the definite article. 

Thankfully there are still faithful Christians out there who are are prepared to count the cost of true discipleship:

Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:28-33).

The perverted version of the bible they read from at TLC is the New Living Translation (NLT). The NLT is nothing less than a satanic counterfeit of the bible. Below is a list of NLT perversions:

• Deuteronomy - "sodomite" changed to "temple prostitute"
• 1 Kings 14:24 - "sodomites" replaced with "shrine prostitutes"
• 1 Kings 15:12 - "sodomites" replaced with "shrine prostitutes"
• 1 Kings 22:46 - "sodomites" replaced with "shrine prostitutes"
• 2 Kings 23:7 - "sodomites" replaced with "shrine prostitutes"
• Matthew 17:21 - entire verse omitted
• Matthew 18:11 - entire verse omitted
• Matthew 19:9 - half of the verse is omitted
• Matthew 23:14 - entire verse omitted
• Mark 6:11 - half of the verse is omitted
• Mark 7:16 - entire verse omitted
• Mark 9:44, 46 - entire verses omitted
• Mark 11:26 - entire verse omitted
• Mark 15:28 - entire verse omitted
• Mark 16:9-20 - entire passage is questioned by a footnote that says, "The most reliable early manuscripts conclude the Gospel of Mark at verse 8"
• Luke 4:8 - "get thee behind me Satan" is omitted
• Luke 17:36 - entire verse omitted
• Luke 23:17 - entire verse omitted
• John 1:10 - says God created everything "through" Jesus instead of "by" Jesus as the KJB teaches
• John 1:41 - The NLT leaves out the phrase, "Which is by interpretation, a stone."  Hence, the critical distinction between Peter as "the stone" (Petros), and Jesus as "The Rock" (Petra) is obscured.  This was no doubt deliberate to pleases Catholics who falsely teach that Peter is the rock upon which the church is built.  The Bible states in no uncertain terms, "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ" (1st Corinthians 3:11).
• John 3:16 - the all important word "begotten" is omitted, thus denying the deity of Christ
• John 3:13 - "which is in heaven" is omitted John 5:4 - entire verse omitted
• John 7:53 - 8:11 -- entire passage is questioned in a note which says, "The most ancient Greek manuscripts do not include John 7:53 - 8:11"
• Acts 8:37 - entire verse omitted
• Acts 12:4 - changes "Easter" to the incorrect "Passover" (See Numbers 28:16,17 and Acts 12:2 in the KJB)
• Acts 17:29 - completely removes the "Godhead"
• Acts 28:29 - entire verse omitted
• Romans 1:20 - completely removes the "Godhead"
• Romans 16:24 - entire verse omitted
• Philippians 2:6 -removes the word "equal," thus denying Christ's deity
• Colossians 1:16 - says God created everything "through" Jesus instead of "by" Jesus as the KJB teaches
• Colossians 2:9 - completely removes the "Godhead"
• 1 Timothy 3:16 - "God" is omitted, says "Christ appeared in the flesh, thus denying the deity of Christ
• 1 Timothy 6:5 - "from such withdraw thyself" is omitted
• Hebrews 1:3 - the all-important words "by himself" are omitted
• 1 Peter 4:1 - "for us" is omitted
• 1 Peter 4:14 - half of the verse is omitted
• 1 John 3:16 -completely removes "the love of God"
• 1 John 4:3 - the all-important words "Christ is come in the flesh" are omitted 1 John 5:7-8 -- Trinitarian clause omitted
• 1 John 5:7 - half of the verse is omitted, thus denying the Godhead
• 1 John 5:13 - half of the verse is omitted
• Revelation 1:11 - first half of the verse is omitted
• Revelation 5:14 - "him that liveth forever and ever" is omitted {5} 

ANY distortion of God's holy Word is a very serious matter:
Deuteronomy 4:2, 12:29-32, Proverbs 30:5-6; Revelation 22:18-19

There is nothing new about Satan's mission to distort the Word of God. (Genesis 3:1; Matthew 4:1-11). When there are good translations out there, we should be asking why TLC choose to use this perverted version?

I have listed a number of red flags associated with TLC previously, the most bizarre being the open display of 666 at their Coffee House on London Road.

When you begin to think about it, everything about TLC has all the outward appearance of godliness, but in the cold light of day, reality speaks otherwise!  (2 Corinthians 5:12).

1. https://www.churchofengland.org/about/work-other-christian-churches/council-christian-unity

2. https://watch-unto-prayer.org/macarthur-11-british-druids.html

3. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/374291419032334151/

4. https://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com/2016/10/trinity-life-church-leicester-and-open.htm

5. https://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Bible/NLT/nlt_exposed.htm

Further Links:

https://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-continual-stream-of-666-emanating.html
https://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com/2014/01/trinity-life-church-leicester-downhill.html
https://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com/search/label/Trinity%20Life%20Church%20Leicester
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WUtGN2rdyw&t=3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq9aivcmy3Q
https://righttolife.org.uk/news/52-years-of-abortion-in-the-uk-9335879-lives-lost-since-1967-one-unborn-baby-every-3-minutes/

ALPHA COURSE CONCERNS

The Roots Of The Alpha Course

Alpha began at Holy Trinity Brompton Church (CofE)) in London in 1977. In 1990 Nicky Gumbel, then a curate at HTB, adapted the course in order to facilitate people outside the church who were interested in exploring the Christian faith. It is claimed that millions of people have attended Alpha since 1993. The course now runs in every part of the "global church", including the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church and all mainline Protestant denominations. {1}   

Gumbel is an out and out Romanist.

Alpha's ecumenical slant should be a huge red flag for supposed "bible believing" church leaders who should know better. Roman Catholicism is based on works salvation and is an abominable perversion of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Many denominations have now apostatised from the true gospel and are embracing the ungodly ecumenical agenda. (2 Corinthians 11:4).

Alpha's ambiguity is evidence of doctrinal weakness. 

By its own admission, Alpha is designed to present the essentials of Christian faith that all denominations agree on. {1} This strategy necessitates evading the clear gospel of Jesus Christ (Colossians 4:4). In effect Alpha's ambiguity opens the door to further ambiguity and error down the line.

"Alpha refers to salvation, the cross, the death of Christ, etc., in such a general way that false doctrine is not refuted. It says salvation is by grace, for instance, but it does not say that salvation is by grace ALONE by faith ALONE through the blood of Christ ALONE without works or sacraments. It refers to the Bible as God’s Word in a general sense, but it does not explain that the Bible is truly God’s inerrant, infallible, supernatural Word that must be reverenced and obeyed in every detail, that the Bible ALONE is the authority for faith and practice. It refers to Christ’s death on the cross, but does not plainly explain the vicarious atonement that was required for man’s salvation. It refers to man’s need, but it does not describe man as a totally depraved nature sinner. If Alpha were that specific, it is certain it would not be ecumenically popular in this apostate hour." {2} 

RCDOW: "It (Alpha) is wholly compatible with Catholic teaching, but it does not address specific Catholic teachings and ecclesiology." {3} 

The above statement is very telling! In order to be "compatible with Catholic teaching", Alpha by its very nature must involve doctrinal modus vivendi. RC historic opposition to faith alone in Jesus Christ still stands:

THE COUNCIL OF TRENT CANON XII -"If any one saith, that justifying faith is nothing else but confidence in the divine mercy which remits sins for Christ's sake; or, that this confidence alone is that whereby we are justified; let him be anathema." {4}

The Holy Spirit Weekend

The controversial "Holy Spirit weekend" is the sine qua non of Alpha. Both Sandy Millar, the previous vicar of HTB, and Nicky Gumbel, personally experienced various dubious manifestations introduced by John Wimber during the 1980s, the prequel to the so called "Toronto Blessing". Holy Trinity Brompton's heavy promotion of Toronto was the catalyst that caused Alpha's popularity to explode during the 1990s.

Gumbel: “I believe it is no coincidence that the present movement of the Holy Spirit has come at the same time as the explosion of the Alpha Courses. I think the two go together.” {5}

The Holy Spirit weekend initiates spiritually naïve participants into the dangerous experience known in charismatic circles as the "transferable anointing". Alarmingly, without a comprehensive understanding of the gospel, this "anointing" leaves attendees vulnerable to "another spirit". (2 Corinthians 11:4,14; Matthew 13:19). Alpha "converts" have no competency to test the spirits as the scriptures instruct, as such they are an easy target for deceivers. (1 John 4:1). The method typically employed by Alpha is to infect their victims with this counterfeit spirit by the laying on of hands. The resulting occult manifestations, such as falling backwards, violent jerking, uncontrollable laughter, bodily contortions, "drunkenness" etc. is unbiblical and dangerous. (Acts 8:17). This error has spread like gangrene from Toronto and Holy Trinity Brompton. (2 Timothy 2:17). Toronto and its demonic manifestations have now been thoroughly exposed as counterfeit. (See Further Links)

Rob Thomas: "Using the classic cult technique of taking people out of their normal routine and surroundings, and placing them into a new and super-charged environment of intense expectation of Signs & Wonders, the candidates are ripe to receive WHATEVER comes their way! They are urged to be open to being "slain in the spirit" and experiencing strange physical sensations like shaking and heat. In short, persons are being taught and encouraged to receive a most UNHOLY type of spirit with attendant fleshly manifestations known in Eastern occultism as KUNDALINI.." {6}

ShipofFools: "My own parish had the unfortunate experience once of people walking out of the weekend because they felt duped - there were 'plants' as they took it, people sprinkled about the gathering whose job it would be to lay hands on people and pray for them to receive the Holy Spirit." {7}

Gumbel's Faulty Theology

Gumbel describes the Holy Spirit as a "Compelling Spirit". {8}
This description is very misleading. The Holy Spirit convicts, He never compels! (John 16:8).

..for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. (2 Timothy 1:7)
..and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. (1 Corinthians 14:32).
God is not a God of disorder...1 Corinthians 14:33).

Gumbel on the gift of tongues: "You don't need to speak in tongues. It is not the most important gift. But tongues is a beginner's gift, and Alpha is a beginner's course in Christianity, so it would be wonderful if you tried.. They (tongues) take time to develop. Most of us start with a very limited vocabulary. It gradually develops. Tongues is like that. Don’t give up." {9}

Gumbel's description of the gift of tongues is inaccurate.

On the Day of Pentecost, no one had to "try" to speak in tongues; it was not something they needed to "learn" or "practice".

..they were all together in one place. (probably the hundred and twenty) (Acts 1:2,15).

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. (Acts 2:1-4).

Tongues is described by the Apostle Paul as a lesser gift than prophecy. (1 Corinthians 14:5; 12:28). Tongues are not a "beginners gift". Gumbel is full of these inconsistencies.

Before anyone accuses me of being a cessationist, I am not. I have personally received insights and revelations from the Lord, and I claim to have the gift of "discerning of spirits". (1 Corinthians 12:10). How ironic that "discerning of spirits", the most needed gift in these perilous times, is rejected by compromised churches when it disagrees with their ecumenical agenda. (2 Timothy 3:1)

Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12).

ALPHA LEICESTER

https://www.facebook.com/pg/TLCBirstall/posts/

Below are some local churches in Leicester currently running Alpha. I have critiqued these churches previously due to their association with the heretical New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). (Jude 1:11).

Trinity Life Church Leicester https://www.facebook.com/pg/TLCBirstall/posts/
Kings Church Leicester https://www.kingschurchleicester.org/alpha/
All Nations Church Leicester https://www.ancl.co.uk/alpha/
Holy Trinity Church Leicester https://holytrinityleicester.org/who-we-are/why-jesus
St John's Church Clarendon Park https://www.sjbchurch.co.uk/alpha

1. https://www.alpha.org/nicky-gumbel/
2. https://kimolsen.net/2011/07/14/dangers-of-the-alpha-course/
3. https://rcdow.org.uk/att/files/faith/aff/alpha.pdf
4. http://www.thecounciloftrent.com/ch6.htm
5. Renewal magazine, May 1995, p15.
6. http://watchman4wales.blogspot.com/2013/
7. http://forum.ship-of-fools.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=70;t=023083
8. https://www.entegra.co.uk/alpha/Talk%206%20-¡%20How%20Does%20God%20Guide%20Us_Prison%20Script_1215.pdf..
9. Questions of Life, p147.

FURTHER LINKS

https://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=20704
http://www.banner.org.uk/misc/alpha.html
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/alpha.html
https://www.gotquestions.org/Alpha-Course.html
https://www.alpha.org/about/
http://www.spiritoferror.org/?s=new+apostolic+reformationhttps://
bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com/search/label/Trinity%20Life%20Church%20Leicesterhttps://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com/search/label/Holy%20Trinity%20Church

ALL NATIONS CHURCH LEICESTER: KINGDOM CONNECTIONS

I have warned previously that the New Apostolic Reformation is a counterfeit form of Christianity that is taking many churches by stealth worldwide. The NAR is not an organisation per se, but rather it is an aberrant movement that is spreading like gangrene, just like the false teaching of Hymenaeus and Philetus. (2 Timothy 2:17). All Nations Church in Leicester has participated in the diabolical NAR agenda for many years.

The false premise that present-day apostles and prophets must hold formal offices of governance in the church, ahead of pastors and elders, is antithetical to the scriptures. NAR leaders claim that their apostles and prophets have extraordinary authority, on a par with New Testament apostles and Old Testament prophets. However, they will not be held to the same accountability, in that they allow for their prophecies to be inaccurate. (Deuteronomy 18:20-22; Jeremiah 28:9; Ezekiel 33:33). NAR "Apostle" Mike Bickle freely admits that 80% of the manifestations that occur in charismatic meetings are not real! {1} He is quite prepared to overlook the false in favour of the 20% of manifestations that are supposedly real! Bickle's irresponsible attitude just about sums up the credibility of the NAR. (Jeremiah 5:31).

The NT makes no mention of the formal office of Apostle or Prophet, rather, an apostle is simply a missionary or a church planter, and the gift of prophecy is one of various gifts Paul listed for the common good. (1 Corinthians 12:4-11). The insistence that local pastors and elders must submit to the authority of NAR apostles and prophets is very concerning. Within the NAR, individual apostles acting on behalf of the "global church", have authority over their own network of churches and ministries, sometimes numbering into the hundreds. This contradicts the biblical model of church structure as laid down in the NT. Paul instructed Titus to ..appoint elders in every town as I directed you. (Titus 1:5; cf. Acts 14:23). In the New Testament, individual churches are autonomous congregations with their own local overseers directing their specific affairs. In fact NAR apostles and prophets literally hijack churches and overrule pastors/elders because of their presumptuous claims to receive direct revelation from God.

NAR apostles and prophets claim to have peculiar authority equal to and even above that of the foundational New Testament apostles. (1 Corinthians 3:10-12). They claim that they are bringing new and crucial revelations that are essential for the church. These claims fly in the face of the scriptures and the orthodox assertion that appears in many doctrinal statements affirming the sufficiency of scripture as the only infallible source of doctrine and practice. (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Since NAR leaders deny the fact that the canon of scripture is closed, they give themselves free reign to pronounce ongoing extra biblical revelations by their own authority. In doing so, they usurp the authority of the scriptures and leave believers with no point of reference by which to test the spirits and determine truth. (1 John 4:1). In alleging the restoration of apostles and prophets, the very foundation laid by the NT is destroyed. (Ephesians 2:20). ..if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? (Psalm 11:3).

The credentials for an apostle are clearly laid out in the NT. When choosing a replacement for Judas Iscariot, Peter specified that he must be - "..one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.” (Acts 1:21-22; (John 15:27;1 Corinthians 9:1; Acts 22:14-15). The apostles were personally chosen by Jesus Christ Himself (Matthew 10:5; Mark 3:13-14; Luke 6:13; Acts 1:24-26; Acts 9:15; Acts 22:14-15,21; Acts 26:16). Jesus was seen alive by the apostles after his resurrection (Acts 1:17, 22, 25). Obviously, none of the above criteria apply to NAR "apostles". (Revelation 2:2).

Dominion theology is a very dangerous form of unbiblical eschatology followed by NAR networks. NAR dominionists take Genesis 1:28 out of context as a divine mandate to claim dominion over the earth. They claim that Jesus Christ cannot and will not return until dominion of the earth is achieved by the church physically, spiritually and politically through their seven mountain mandate. According to the NAR this mandate involves a great revival and transference of wealth to NAR leaders. However the scriptures state the precise opposite of these false teachers. Jesus Christ stated unequivocally that at the end of the age many will fall away from the faith (Matthew 24:10), there will be massive deception (Matthew 24: 4,5,11,24), betrayal (Matthew 24:10), and great tribulation (Matthew 24:21). The apostle Paul corroborated Jesus' words and also prophesied a falling away (apostasy) (2 Thessalonians 2:3 cf. 1 Timothy 4:1).

Kingdom Connections will be holding sessions on Friday and Saturday 15th and 16th of March at No 10 Meyer Hall and Wycliffe Hall in Leicestershire. This is yet another local push for the one world religion aka the New World Order of the Antichrist.

About Kingdom Connections
Kingdom Connections evolved relationally in an apostolic context across the UK and in Europe. Tim and Sue Eldridge (Harrogate) have standing relationships with Ian and Marj Rossol (Leicester) and John and Chris Larkin (Southampton), all of whom are working in itinerant ministry to serve, bless, encourage and equip others in the body of Christ. As their relationship across the UK developed they became more intentional in working together as a team, connecting the connectors in their wider spheres of involvement with networks, denominations, streams, churches and individuals.

We celebrate the diverse expression of church and our desire is to serve within and across as many as God connects us to. Our aim is not to create a formal organisation, but to provide opportunities for strategic partnership and sharing and so give God glory by honouring one another in this way. Our desire is to dialogue with local and regional leaders. (Malachi 3:16) {2} 

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.(Matthew 7:21-29).

And the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire, for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.” (Revelation 17:15-18). 

Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him. (Malachi 3:16-18).

Blasphemous Charismatic & Pentecostal Mayhem #6: "The New Apostolic Reformation" of False Prophets

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=511_SiErw0U&feature=youtu.be
2. http://www.ancl.co.uk/whats-on/calendar/
Further Links:

https://www.biblebelievingtruthwatch.com/john--carol-arnott.html

http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/TB_2.html
https://churchwatchcentral.com/2018/04/06/nar-apostle-randy-his-apostolic-network-his-voice-of-the-apostles-conference/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxItfu_gM8w
http://www.spiritoferror.org/

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH LEICESTER: RANDY CLARK HEALING & MINISTRY CONFERENCE

BEWARE: APRIL 25TH RANDY CLARK HEALING & MINISTRY CONFERENCE
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/randy-clark-healing-ministry-conference-tickets-53005180923

Randy Clark founded the organisation Global Awakening as a direct result of launching the so called "Toronto Blessing", a supposed outpouring of the Holy Spirit at the Toronto Airport Vineyard Church (TAVC) (now Catch The Fire Church Toronto) in January 1994. At the initial "revival" meeting, the entire church was overwhelmed by ecstatic phenomena following Clark's address. The Senior Pastor of TAVC, John Arnott, reported that most members fell on the floor "laughing, rolling, and carrying on". {1} These bizarre events occurred as a consequence of Randy Clark's "transferable anointing" in 1993, administered by Rodney Howard-Browne, the earliest known proponent of the "holy laughter" revival phenomenon. Clark continued as the primary speaker at TAVC for a few months, and the so called "blessing" began to spread worldwide. However, as time went on, concerns began to emerge about the authenticity of the "blessing", and some began to question whether the manifestations were truly an outpouring of the Holy Spirit or whether in fact a different spirit was at work. (2 Corinthians 11:4).

I advise extreme caution to anyone considering attending the above event, and especially those who are open to receiving "healing" or an "anointing" by the laying on of hands. The whole concept of "transferrable anointing" is highly questionable, and involvement with so called "manifestations of the Spirit" can be extremely dangerous. The aim of these meetings is to suspend critical judgement, usually by lulling the congregation into a false sense of security through emotive mantra type "praise and worship" songs. Typically these revival/healing meetings are accompanied by heterodoxy (heretical teaching) that is incompatible with scripture. The bible instructs us in no uncertain terms to avoid such people. (2 John 1:10-11; Romans 16:17). Those Christians who attend Holy Trinity (or any church associated with them), should consider that the early church were exhorted to be self-controlled and sober-minded. (1 Peter 4:7; Titus 2:2; 1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Corinthians 14:33; Titus 2:6). We should note that when Jesus Christ healed Legion the demoniac, he was restored to his right mind. (Mark 5:15). Jesus healed those who were sick, the demonically possessed and those having seizures etc. (Matthew 4:24). In all cases, those who were healed by Jesus were restored to normality! 

Biblically, signs are a confirmation that follow the preaching of the true gospel of Jesus Christ: And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs. (Mark 16:20). When Jesus sent out the twelve there were no bizarre manifestations. Those afflicted by demons and the sick were simply delivered and healed: ..they went out and proclaimed that people should repent. And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them. (Mark 6:12-13; Matthew 10:7-8; Acts 5:12). There is no possibility that God would ever confirm the message of false teachers, but Satan manifests himself as an angel of light. (2 Corinthians 11:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Matthew 24:24). 

Actually the behaviours manifested at these supposed revival events are comparable to those exhibited by people who suffered from demonic oppression/possession prior to being delivered by Jesus. I refer to various manifestations described by NAR "Apostle" Mike Bickle: "..shaking, jerking, loss of bodily strength, heavy breathing, eyes fluttering, lips trembling, oil on the body, changes in skin color, weeping, laughing, drunkenness, staggering, travailing, dancing, falling, visions, hearing audibly into the spirit realm, inspired utterances - prophecy, tongues, interpretation - angelic visitations and manifestations, jumping, violent rolling, screaming, wind, heat, electricity, coldness, nausea as discernment of evil, smelling or tasting good or evil presences, tingling, pain in the body as discernment of illnesses, feeling heavy weight or lightness, trances -altered physical state while seeing into the spirit world, inability to speak normally, disruption of natural realm - electrical circuits blown." {2}

Christian author and speaker Andrew Strom has traced the mass invasion of false spirits precisely back to the Toronto Blessing of 1994. He has identified these manifestations as being identical to the Kundalini Spirits of Hinduism.

In his review of Strom's book 'Kundalini Warning', Greg Gordon, SermonIndex writes: "The church of Jesus Christ does not realize that it has been infiltrated by demonic forces. Discernment has been lost." {3}

New Apostolic Reformation Concerns

The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is very concerning on a number of critical levels:

Randy Clark is the founder of The Apostolic Network of Global Awakening (ANGA). ANGA is an NAR network. As its name implies, Global Awakening are pursuing a future revival on a global level which they describe as "A global great awakening". {4} Global Awakening is an ecumenical organisation that participates in the unbiblical eschatological position widely known as Dominion Theology.

Very briefly, NAR dominionists take Genesis 1:28 out of context as a divine mandate to claim dominion over the earth. They claim that Jesus Christ cannot and will not return until dominion of the earth is achieved by the church physically, spiritually and politically through their seven mountain mandate. {5} According to the NAR this mandate involves a great revival and transference of wealth to NAR leaders. However the scriptures state the precise opposite of these false teachers. Jesus Christ stated unequivocally that at the end of the age many will fall away from the faith (Matthew 24:10), there will be massive deception (Matthew 24: 4,5,11,24), betrayal (Matthew 24:10), and great tribulation (Matthew 24:21). The apostle Paul corroborated Jesus' words and also prophesied a falling away (apostasy) (2 Thessalonians 2:3 cf. 1 Timothy 4:1).

Randy Clark is a self confessed "Apostle" of the NAR which is sometimes referred to as "the Third Wave of the Holy Spirit" within charismatic/Pentecostal circles. The NAR was described by its founder, C Peter Wagner, as "..a gradual opening of straight-line evangelical churches to the supernatural ministry of the Holy Spirit without the participants becoming either Pentecostals or Charismatics." {6}

NAR apostles and prophets claim to have extraordinary authority above that of the original New Testament apostles. They claim that they are bringing new and crucial revelations that are essential for the church. These claims fly in the face of the scriptures and the orthodox assertion that appears in many doctrinal statements affirming the sufficiency of scripture as the only infallible source of doctrine and practice. (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Since NAR leaders deny the fact that the canon of scripture is closed, they give themselves free reign to pronounce ongoing extra biblical revelations by their own authority. In doing so, they usurp the authority of the scriptures and leave believers with no point of reference by which to test the spirits and determine truth. (1 John 4:1). In alleging the restoration of apostles and prophets, the very foundation laid by the NT is destroyed. (Ephesians 2:20). ..if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? (Psalm 11:3).

The credentials for an apostle are clearly laid out in the NT. When choosing a replacement for Judas Iscariot, Peter specified that he must be - "..one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.” (Acts 1:21-22; (John 15:27;1 Corinthians 9:1; Acts 22:14-15). The apostles were personally chosen by Jesus Christ Himself (Matthew 10:5; Mark 3:13-14; Luke 6:13; Acts 1:24-26; Acts 9:15; Acts 22:14-15,21; Acts 26:16). Jesus was seen alive by the apostles after his resurrection (Acts 1:17, 22, 25). Obviously, none of the above criteria apply to NAR "apostles". (Revelation 2:2).

NAR "Prophet" Simon Braker (Legacy Ministries International), founder of School of the Spirit and Associate Minister at Holy Trinity Church in Leicester will be sharing the platform with Randy Clark at this conference. The office of "Prophet" is also a bogus title. The New Testament refers specifically to the offices of elder and deacon (Titus 1:5; Acts 14:23; Philippians 1:1), but there is no evidence to suggest that prophets held a formal governing office in the church. Furthermore, the gift of prophecy is not the authoritative domain of one certain exalted individual within a congregation. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are distributed according to God's will. (Hebrews 2:4; 1 Corinthians 12:11). In the NT, whatever was spoken by a prophet was to be tested by the others. Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said. (1 Corinthians 14:29; 1 John 4:1). Braker is a mentor of other so called "prophets" and is a self confessed "experience addict", claiming to have been "drunk" for two weeks prior to his antics at Revival Night Ministry on the 14th October 2017 at Living Waters Foursquare Church in London. {7} My assessment of Braker's "performance" at this meeting can be read on the following link:

Beware Of Channeler Simon Braker: School Of The Spirit Leicester.

https://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com/2017/12/beware-of-channeller-simon-braker.htm

Simon Braker further advances aberrant NAR teachings at "Revival now (prophetic prayer)". This is a monthly interdenominational event that includes the dubious practices  of "..personal prophetic ministry and impartation". {8}

Holy Trinity Church in Leicester (CofE) is at the epicentre of the false doctrine being promoted in the city. John McGinley, Vicar of Holy Trinity, is New Wine Regional Director for the Midlands and East and is also an "Apostle".

In fact Randy Clark, Simon Braker and their associates perfectly meet the criteria of the false prophets/teachers described by Jesus Christ and His apostles in the New Testament. The scriptures are replete with warnings about false teachers:

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. (Matthew 7:15).

I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. (Acts 20:20-30).

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.. (1 Timothy 4:1).

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough. (2 Corinthians 11:4)

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Blessing
2. http://fliphtml5.com/lnym/wvfu/basic/201-250
3. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WDZSX0/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch
_vapi_taft_p1_i0
4. https://globalawakening.com/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Apostolic_Reformation
6. https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2013/october/third-wave.html
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQxeq42b-34&t=879s

8. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/revival-now-prophetic-prayer-tickets-57719665072

Further Links:

https://www.biblebelievingtruthwatch.com/john--carol-arnott.html

http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/TB_2.html
https://churchwatchcentral.com/2018/04/06/nar-apostle-randy-his-apostolic-network-his-voice-of-the-apostles-conference/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxItfu_gM8w
http://www.spiritoferror.org/

CHRISTIAN MINDFULNESS DAY: MEADOWS COMMUNITY CHURCH WIGSTON

I am posting this warning about Mindfulness Christian Meditation due to the 'Christian Mindfulness Day' being promoted by Meadows Community Church at The King's Centre in Wigston near Leicester on the 2nd of February: http://meadowscc.org.uk/event-items/christian-mindfulness-day/

Christian Concern have published a short YouTube video warning that Mindfulness is a Buddhist form of meditation that is actually at odds with Christianity. Mindfulness is a form of the rigorous Buddhist meditation called vipassana (insight), or a form of another kind of Buddhist meditation known asanapanasmrti (awareness of the breath). M.B.S.R. therapy (mindfulness-based stress reduction) seeks to lay aside all extraneous thinking and to focus on the self in a non judgemental way.

Eastern meditation advocates mental passivity and other practices that can put people at risk of being influenced by demonic entities. Mindfulness is certainly anti-Christian. In contrast, Christian "meditation" is the scriptural practice of actively thinking about specific things that will edify Christians in their faith.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. (Philippians 4:8).

Dr Peter Jones speaks about the dangers of mindfulness.

Time does not permit at the present, but I hope to write in further depth on this subject at a later date. I believe that the warning should go out now to those who are considering attending this event at the The King's Centre. 

BILLY GRAHAM'S NEW AGE CHRIST

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough. (2 Corinthians 11:4).

Billy Graham has been admired and praised repeatedly over the years by various denominations as a great evangelist and a man of God. For many people, Graham's ministry was compelling, and yet his methods generated public opposition from a number of his contemporaries due to his compromise with ecumenism. In 1963 Graham invited Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones to chair the first World Congress on Evangelism, the predecessor to Lausanne. However Lloyd-Jones objected to the presence of Roman Catholics and liberals on Graham's crusade platform. He stated publicly that visible unity with those who are opposed to essential matters of salvation was sinful. Lloyd-Jones also stood against the invitation system (altar calls) that Graham had adopted in his crusades, saying that he believed the invitation system was a source of mass-delusion and harm to churches. {1} For the same reasons, in March of 1966, Bob Jones Jr. said that Graham was "doing more harm to the cause of Jesus Christ than any living man". {2}

The Ecumenical Movement is the quest for unity throughout the three main Christian denominations and their various offshoots i.e. Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant. The Roman Catholic Church is at the forefront of these efforts. Doctrinal differences go far beyond superficial squabbles amongst Christians. (1 Timothy 4:16). Critically sound doctrine verifies the exclusivity of Jesus Christ and His claims as the one and only Son of God, the Saviour of the world. The question: "Who do men say that I am?" (Matthew 16:13) is still the most important question that echoes throughout history. Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.” (Luke 9:20). Peter's confession constitutes the sum of the Christian confession i.e. by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, is the only way to the Father. (Ephesians 2:8-9). Jesus confirmed this when he declared Himself to be ..the door of the sheep: “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. (John 10:1). “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.." (John 14:6). This is the truth that Roman Catholicism denies at its very core by insisting that submission to itself, the RC Church and its sacraments are additional requirements necessary for salvation. Roman Catholicism is intensely hostile to the real Jesus Christ! They have added to the scriptures and by doing so they have denied the very gospel itself. (Deuteronomy 4:2; 12:32; Proverbs 30:6; 1 John 2:22). The scriptures are clear enough on this vital subject, and yet all the main denominations are now ecumenical, including the majority of those who claim to be "evangelical". The ecumenical "Jesus" is none other than the usurper, the New Age Christ of Theosophy and the United Nations. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. (1 John 4:3) ..the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).

Billy Graham repeatedly and fundamentally misrepresented the exclusive salvific purpose of Jesus Christ. He actually went even further than ecumenism because he recognised other faiths as well as pseudo-Christian denominations. His various affirmations that people can be saved apart from the name of Jesus Christ are a fundamental contradiction of the scriptures. The confusion lies in the fact that Graham did preach the true gospel during his crusade presentations. However many supposed converts were immediately thrown to the wolves i.e. the RC Church, Jewish synagogues and other apostate denominations. Thus Graham and his wicked associates used the invitation system to covertly facilitate the failure of the supposed aim of the crusades. In fact, they did everything possible to ensure that the word would be snatched away from many potential converts before it could take root. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. (Matthew 13:19). It is debatable how many people were actually saved through Graham's duplicitous crusades.

January 1978 interview with James Michael Beam of McCall’s magazine: 'I Can’t Play God Any More'. “I used to believe that pagans in far-off countries were lost — were going to hell — if they did not have the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached to them. I no longer believe that. … I believe that there are other ways of recognizing the existence of God—through nature, for instance—and plenty of other opportunities, therefore, of saying ‘yes’ to God.” {3}

In 1985, Los Angeles reporter David Colker asked Graham: “What about people of other faiths who live good lives but don’t profess a belief in Christ?” Graham: “I’m going to leave that to the Lord. He’ll decide that” {4}

During his infamous television interview with Robert Schuller on Saturday, May 31, 1997, Graham once again affirmed that people can be saved apart from the name of Christ:

SCHULLER: Tell me, what do you think is the future of Christianity?

GRAHAM: Well, Christianity and being a true believer—you know, I think there’s the Body of Christ. This comes from all the Christian groups around the world, outside the Christian groups. I think everybody that loves Christ, or knows Christ, whether they’re conscious of it or not, they’re members of the Body of Christ. And I don’t think that we’re going to see a great sweeping revival that will turn the whole world to Christ at any time. I think James answered that—the Apostle James in the first council in Jerusalem, when he said that God’s purpose for this age is to call out a people for His name. And that’s what God is doing today, He’s calling people out of the world for His name, whether they come from the Muslim world, or the Buddhist world, or the Christian world, or the non-believing world, they are members of the Body of Christ because they’ve been called by God. They may not even know the name of Jesus, but they know in their hearts that they need something that they don’t have, and they turn to the only light that they have, and I think that they are saved, and that they’re going to be with us in heaven. 

SCHULLER: Well, what I hear you saying, that it’s possible for Jesus Christ to come into human hearts and soul and life, even if they’ve been born in darkness and have never had exposure to the Bible. Is that a correct interpretation of what you’re saying?

GRAHAM: Yes, it is, because I believe that. I’ve met people in various parts of the world in tribal situations, that they have never seen a Bible or heard about a Bible, and never heard of Jesus, but they’ve believed in their hearts that there was a God, and they’ve tried to live a life that was quite apart from the surrounding community in which they lived. 

SCHULLER: This is fantastic! I’m so thrilled to hear you say that! There’s a wideness in God’s mercy!

GRAHAM: There is. There definitely is.

Part II of that interview was broadcast on Sunday, June 8. In the following excerpt confirms Graham's close association with the Roman Catholic Church:

SCHULLER: You knew ... Fulton Sheen. You knew these men. Your comments on both of these men [Fulton Sheen and Norman V. Peale].

GRAHAM: The primary way of communicating is to live the life, let people see that you're living what you proclaim.... [comments on his friendship and conversations with Fulton Sheen] I lost a very dear friend, and since that time, the whole relationship between me and my work, and you and your work, and the Roman Catholic Church has changed. They open their arms to welcome us and we have the support of the Catholic Church almost everywhere we go. And I think that we must come to the place where we keep our eyes on Jesus Christ, not on what denomination or what church or what group we belong to. {5}

Graham's rhetoric absolutely lined up with the New Age Christ promoted by the United Nations and the Roman Catholic Catechism which states: "Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation." (Paragraph 847). {6}

The Theosophical Society was founded in 1875 by Satanist and channeler Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Alice Bailey subsequently claimed that her teachings were a continuation of Blavatsky. A publishing company, initially named Lucifer Publishing Company (now Lucis Trust), was established by Alice and Foster Bailey in the State of New Jersey, in May 1922 in order to publish the book, Initiation Human and Solar. {7} Like Blavatsky, Bailey’s teachings were also channeled from supposed "ascended masters", and revolved around the central concept of the Second Coming of a personal Christ, the so-called “Lord Christ-Maitreya” aka the “World Teacher” for humanity. This is none other than the Antichrist, the false New Age Christ of ecumenism.

Lucis Trust - The Christ

The Christ has been for two thousand years the supreme Head of the Church Invisible, the Spiritual Hierarchy, composed of disciples of all faiths. He recognises and loves those who are not Christian but who retain their allegiance to Their Founders—the Buddha, Mohammed and others. He cares not what the faith is if the objective is love of God and of humanity. If men look for the Christ Who left His disciples centuries ago, they will fail to recognise the Christ Who is in process of returning. The Christ has no religious barriers in His consciousness. It matters not to Him of what faith a man may call himself.
The Son of God is on His way and He cometh not alone. His advance guard is already here and the Plan which they must follow is already made and clear. Let recognition be the aim. Alice Bailey

He is that Great Being Whom the Christian calls the Christ; He is known also in the Orient as the Bodhisattva, and as the Lord Maitreya, and is the One looked for by the devout Mohammedan, under the name of the Imam Mahdi. He it is Who has presided over the destinies of life since about 600 B.C. and He it is Who has come out among men before, and Who is again looked for. He is the great Lord of Love and of Compassion, just as his predecessor, the Buddha, was the Lord of Wisdom. ... He is the World Teacher, the Master of the Masters, and the Instructor of the Angels, and to Him is committed the guidance of the spiritual destinies of men, and the development of the realisation within each human being that he is a child of God and a son of the Most High. Alice Bailey {7}

{1} Iain Murray, Evangelicalism Divided: A Record of Crucial Change in the Years 1950 to 2000 (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 2000), P76.

{2} https://eu.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2018/02/21/billy-graham-had-rocky-relationship-bob-jones-university-and-its-past-presidents/360074002/

{3} McCall's Magazine, January 1978.
{4} Los Angeles Herald Examiner, July 22, 1985.
{5} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axxlXy6bLH0
{6} http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p3.htm
{7} https://www.lucistrust.org/resources/the_christ