Christianity / Secular Humanist Paganism

As humans we are so gullible. So easily swayed or lead astray. If you read the Creation narrative in the first three chapters of Genesis. You will see how the devil infiltrated the serpent to spin the truth in a different way to convince Eve and Adam to disobey God. It almost wasn't what he said but how he said it. He knew God had told Adam and Eve that they could eat of all of the trees in the garden but the one at the centre. So Satan said to Eve "God has said you shall not eat of any of the trees in the garden." To which Eve replied "God has not said we cannot eat of any of the trees in the garden. We may eat of every tree except the one in the centre of the garden. If we eat of that tree we will surely die." To which Satan replied "You will nor surely die. God knows that if you eat of that tree you will be like him, knowing good from evil."

 

Now, see how Satan used a lie to establish a connection with Eve. She responded to him by saying that was not what God had said. However the damage was done. She was listening to Satan and he had established Eve's trust. This has become a tried and true pattern of Satan's behaviour and the behaviour of those who listen to him. He and they, use spin to present mere fiction and lies as though they are truth. Many innocents have died because people of power have fought wars and persecuted those who do not accept their version of the truth. Yet those powerful people have only done this because they believed the lies in the first place.

 

So it is that in 2023 we can say that Christians believe that their is a right and wrong way to do anything and the Secular Paganists believe that there is no right or wrong way to do anything. Such that Christians obey the commands of God as they are written by the Holy Spirit in their hearts and minds (Hebrews 8:7-12). While Secular Paganists believe that there is no law and that they may do as they wish. We have only to look at the examples of Stalin, Hitler and Chairman Mao to see where that kind of thinking leads. Millions dead because the perpetrators believed there is no law and therefore no consequence to the indiscriminate taking of the lives of their fellow men. They will stand before Jehovah on the judgement day and weep at the folly of believing Satan.

 

In the Christian way there is right or righteousness and there is wrong or unrighteousness and unrighteousness is categorised as sin. In the Secular Pagan way there is neither right nor wrong and there is no sin. Thus with paganism anything goes. Instead of the Ten Commandments Law they have only one commandment. Do what you will. So you can murder and be guilty of nothing. Yon can steal and be guilty of nothing. The killing of billions in the name of redressing Climate Change would ultimately  mean nothing because there is no standard of ethics or values in the Pagan system. If you believed in Mother Earth as a deity then taking life in her name could be justified and so pagan Gods become the most important thing. They become part of a dogma based around the concept that there is no right or wrong way of doing things and the ends justifies the means.

 

Once again this is the result of spin. Information, ethics and personal judgement is spun in such a way that people eventually begin to incorporate this false thinking into their personal way of looking a life. Unrecognised these lies begin to become a part of humanities way of thinking and permeate daily life and culture. So even Christians believe that abortion may be justified or euthanasia is fine as long as the person that is subject to it wants it. Morally, however, these things are wrong an fit neatly under Gods Law which says they are not to happen.

 

Thus Satan has built a structure of control on the Earth and throughout humanity. He has successfully usurped the place of man and God. God gave man authority over the Earth, Both man and the Earth were His creations. By deceiving Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Satan took control of mankind and the Earth. He achieved this by whispering lies into the hearts of men. He mostly did this using the facts spun in a certain way to make it appear that certain evil actions are justified. Like the deaths of those involved in war. The war is just according to the spin and therefore the loss of life is justified. The end justifies the means as it were. In truth Satan is really just manipulating mankind to achieve his own objectives. Things like the murder of innocent children, gaining control of assets, nations and governments, slavery and making global highways to traffic people. He is wicked and he will ultimately account to the Lord of All, Jehovah for the evil he has wrought (Revelation 20:7-15).

 

So when you are looking at the world around you and are feeling sorry for the wicked, whoever they may be. Remember that Satan spins the facts to appear to be the truth. When in fact they are breaking the Law of God. He uses the news media to disinform the people and to spin the righteous as if they were the wicked. He attacks the hearts of even the elect to insert his brand of deception there so that they will support the wrong causes. Those who break the Law of God will drink of the cup of God's Wrath and ultimately repent or face the second death. The first death is the one every person faces at the end of this life. The second death is eternal and as such means the end of those who reject Christ Jesus forever.

 

I believe that in this time we are close to the return of Jesus and that before that there will be a global government and then a time of tribulation such as the world has not known. When that judgement is complete then Christ Jesus will return to establish the Kingdom of God. So read the bible, pray in Jesus name and prepare. The return of the Messiah is at hand or so I believe. Be aware of those false Christs that will appear during the judgement time that is to come for many will seek to deceive even the elect (Matthew 24).

Being a Christian

 

Being a Christian is not always what you would expect. When I was younger I had the impression that there were those who were in the Christian mould and those who believe they are Christian who are actually mistaken. These days I believe this is not so clear cut.

 

Christian sects or denominations are usually based around their core beliefs and values. Often this is based on interpretation of the bible or external influences on a particular denominations doctrines. Usually based on the thoughts of a particular person whose writings are given a similar weighting to the Bible.

 

However, it intrigues me that every Christian has differing opinions and sometimes opposing doctrines are mixed into their perspective. For instance Presbyterians are mostly in favour of baptism by pouring or sprinkling but some Presbyterians prefer immersion baptism which is not the historical position of their denomination.

 

Another example might be that Adventis
m teaches that obedience to the Law of God and the performing of good works are essential parts of salvation. Some Adventists would tend to see the blood of Jesus Christ shed on the Cross for the sins of all as being the primary method of salvation without the law or good works but again this is not what their denomination appears to believe.

 

Calvinism is a doctrine which states the God has predestined the salvation or damnation of mankind from before the beginning of time. Some denominations accept this as the truth while others hold it to be somewhat truthful and have integrated it in to their doctrines to some extent but congregants may accept the teachings of Calvin as truth or not.

 

It's a funny old business because as a result of all of the differing doctrines and beliefs of Christians. The belief systems of many believers is somewhat of a hotch potch. If they understood where some of the teachings that they adhere to hailed from historically. I think that they would perhaps reconsider the appropriateness of believing them.

 

Those who adhere to the teachings of John Calvin might be interested to know that he himself adhered to another source of enlightenment other than the bible. That being the Bishop of Hippo, Augustine, who was originally a follower of the Manichean Cult. A type of Gnosticism that holds that good and evil are opposing forces in nature and that special knowledge is an enlightenment available to certain people. A lot like Free Masonry actually. No wonder that Calvin subscribed to a fairly Hellenistic view of God.

 

The Adventists as I mentioned earlier adhere to the teachings of Ellen White. Amongst other doctrines are worshipping on the Sabbath Day. The act of Sabbath Keeping being crucial to salvation and eternal life because they see it as the Seal of God. The doctrine of the Investigative Judgement is another key piece in the  Adventist salvation theology. Holding the Christ Jesus entered the Inner Sanctuary in Heaven in 1844 to find who has sufficient works to get into the Kingdom of Heaven. Not too different to the Roman Catholic theology that the Adventist claim to so despise.

 

The same can be said of any number of Christians including myself. We all tend to become followers of this apostle or the other. In ICorinthians chapter 3 verses 4 through to 7 the apostle Paul says this "For when one person says, “I am with Paul,” and another, “I am with Apollos,” are you not ordinary people? What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth."

So, follow God and read the bible. Check out the doctrines that you say you believe and read deeply in the bible to support what they say. Apply the same principle to what your Church believes and what their denomination believes. For instance salvation to me is expressed simply in the gospel of John chapter 3 verse 16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life." So no works involved just simple faith on the Lord Jesus Christ and you have eternal life. Clear enough for anyone and it is freely available to all who will believe.