Christians Double Minded, Opened to Last Day´s Deception
Bill Haymin
February 23, 2008
Why is the church falling for every wind of false doctrine??
Why is the church involved in the emergent church movement, the health & wealth doctrine, barking and sounding like animals, the theory of evolution instead of intelligent design, the extreme environmental movement that pushes their dangerous propaganda of global warming etc, instead of a balanced view of being good stewards of God´s creation, materialism and the love of money, and a multitude of other false worldly philosophies??
Because Christians are involved in the world´s secular educational system, as the scriptures say, "A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 1 Corinthians, 5:6. A little involvement with the world leavens much of the church, making it weak and ineffective to the surrounding culture losing its salt. Another factor is that many generations have not been taught the skills or discipline necessary to read, study, and thoroughly research to master a subject.
Many young pastors and leaders of the church as well as most of the church going people are being set up for a spiritual train wreck through its involvement with the world´s educational system. "Public schools", and so called "higher education" through secular colleges and universities, has been preparing our young for spiritual deception (heresy), and double mindedness. They are falling for every wind of doctrine like the scriptures warn against. Ephesians, 4:14 and James, 1:6-8.
The lack of academic skills has transferred over to spiritual matters where Christians cannot read and study the word of God or understand it enough, or have the moral fortitude to want to do the research necessary to dig deeper. Public education has sowed its seeds of educational apathy, NIHILISM and has killed the love of true learning, and is uninspiring. How many children and adults do you know between the ages of 8 to 60 that go to their local library and read books that will educate them? Many of us are watching T V or playing computer games excessively instead of reading and getting informed.
Many who attend public school, and maybe later on to college will spend 8 hours plus, a day, 5 days plus, a week learning the ways and philosophies of the world while partaking of spiritual concepts perhaps only once or twice a week, if that, a couple of hours each time in the house of God. Those two educational philosophies are in stark contradiction to one another. One cannot be partakers of the Lords table and the devils. One cannot play with fire and not be burned.
The fruit of NIHILISM has brought disastrous consequences on our culture!
NIHILISM:
Philosophy
An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence.
A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. [This doctrine has, and is being taught in most of our public schools.]
Rejection of distinctions in moral or religious value and a willingness to repudiate all previous theories of morality or religious belief. [Is there any doubt left why public schools have been breeding grounds for murder and violence??]
The belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement. [World Government anyone??]
Also, Nihilism: A diffuse, revolutionary of mid-19th century Russia that scorned authority and tradition and believed in reason, materialism, and radical change in society and government through terrorism and assassination. [9/11 anyone??]
Complete denial of all established authority and institutions. [Are you parents having any problems with rebellion and disciplining your children??]
An approach to philosophy that holds that human life is meaningless and that all religions, laws, moral codes, and political systems are thoroughly empty and false. (Definition From www.Dictionary.com)
Nihilism Synonyms:
Atheism, Anarchy, Misrule, terrorism, lawlessness, mob rule; see disorder
(From yourdictionary.com)
Is it any wonder that many people are apathetic in just about everything that requires effort and a conviction that life is worth something, and worth living??
Why are so many young people committing suicide?
This entanglement with secular education has produced much bad fruit.
In Noah Webster´s 1828 dictionary SECULARIZE means: "To make secular; to CONVERT [Italics mine] from spiritual appropriation to secular or common use"… In other words it means our children would be converted away from the faith back to the natural man from whence they came with their involvement with the secular humanist school system.
If we continue to send our children to secular public schools, Christians will continue to suffer culturally. Christianity will continue to suffer the loss of a Christian consensus because of a lack of a Christian worldview by taking part in the secularizing or de-Christianizing of their children.
If we want to produce godly doctrinally sound Christian leaders and a strong vibrant church, the young will have to be separated from the deadly toxic mix of secularized education, and given a purely Christian curriculum with God at the center of ALL subjects. The facts are in! 94% of home schooled children continue in the Christian faith compared to 80-90% of Christians who go to public school that leave the faith. Why then are we surprised? Christians have allowed the ungodly to educate our children away from God.
When our guide book the Bible says: "Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers", why do we continue to send our vulnerable young to the synagogs of Satan? "For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people." Therefore "Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty." 2Cor, 6:14 I believe this scripture can be applied not only to men and women relationships but also educationally as well.
In the Life Application Bible commentary it has some very good things that apply to this issue. See if you can apply the following scriptural commentary, logic and counsel with my premise:
"Paul urges believers not to form binding relationships with nonbelievers, because this might weaken their Christian commitment, integrity, or standards. It would be a mismatch. Earlier, Paul had explained that this did not mean isolating oneself from nonbelievers [see 1 Cor 5:9-11]… Paul wants believers to be active in their witness for Christ to non-believers, but they should not lock themselves into personal or business relationships that could cause them to compromise the faith. Believers should do everything in their power to avoid situations that could force them to divide their loyalties."
We Christians have obviously, very seriously disobeyed the lord and compromised our faith and that is why I believe the church is in the deplorable condition it is today.
The following excerpted comment by Francis Schaeffer in 1982 on the importance of Christians having a "Christian worldview" really hits the nail on its head:
"I want to say to you, those of you who are troubled about the direction our society is going in, that we must not concentrate merely on the "bits and pieces" - permissiveness, pornography, the problem of the public schools, the breakdown of the family, abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, and many, many other things.
We must understand that all of these dilemmas come as a consequence of moving from the Judeo-Christian world view - that the final reality is an infinite personal creator God - into this other world view which is that the final reality is only energy or material which has existed forever and which has taken its present shape by pure chance"…
"We are losing… freedoms and we can expect to continue to lose them if this other world view continues to take increased force and power in our country.
Where Have The Christians Been?
Where have the Bible-believing Christians been in the last 40 years? Where have we been as we have changed to this other consensus and all the horrors and stupidity of the present moment has come down on our culture?
We must recognize that this country is close to being lost. Not, first of all, because of humanism. This country is almost lost because the Bible-believing Christians, in the last 40 years, who have said they know that the final reality is this infinite personal God who is the Creator, have done nothing about it as the consensus has changed. There has been a vast silence."
I think the church has failed to meet its obligation for many reasons; one large part is allowing non-Christian government schools to have the major influence on our children in their formative years.
"One hundred years ago we took education out of the Christian home where it had raised up men and women who were god-fearing, Christ-honoring, Bible-loving people. People who were willing to count the cost of Christian liberty. Yielding to the arguments of secularism in the 1830´s, 40´s and 50´s, we permitted our churches to relinquish their leadership of Christian education. In making this change into the government sponsored schools, we closed our Bible as the educational and political textbook, and we shifted our level of education from the building of individual Christian character to the building of a group character, conformable to society. As we shifted from a God-centered republic to a man-centered democracy – we began to flounder…
The anti-Christian education of the progressive state schools has produced the socialism and the communism of our times." Excerpts taken from the article by Rosalie J. Slater, "An American Christian Education" Printed in the book Teaching and learning America´s Christian History by Rosalie J. Slater Published by the Foundation for American Christian Education, (www.face.net, 800-352-3223) San Francisco, California Mail Order Address: P.O. Box 27035, San Francisco, California 94127 Copyright 1965 P. xiii
Because Christians have taken education out of the Christian home and have moved away from a Christ centered education, the people that hate God moved into that vacuum. The globalists, internationalists and large corporations controlling the federal, state, and to a lesser degree local governments, working through the educational establishment have been building a totalitarian society, gradually, piece by piece.
In this totalitarian society everyone is under surveillance and everything is controlled including the distribution of food that people may be allowed to eat. Within this totalitarian society or system only those who worship the "Image" of the "Beast," and give their allegiance to what the Bible calls the "Beast," and takes the mark of the "Beast" will live and be able to buy or sell. Rev, 13:15-17. When we say: globalists are building a totalitarian system, it´s another way of saying "World Government" or what the Bible calls the "Image" of the "Beast."
The "Globalists," " World Government," or "Image" of the "Beast" people knew that in order to control and manipulate people for their own evil purposes, have themselves said in their own writings that they had to "Destroy" the family, patriotism, and their Christian faith, (remember the definition of "Nihilism"?) It seems to me they have done a very good job.
Because Christians have missed the mark and joined with an anti-Christian educational system, they have cut themselves off from the power of God, and lost their intimate knowledge of Him. This is why I believe the church, for the most part, is not turning out doctrinally strong godly Christian leaders and lay-people with a singularly minded Christian worldview. They have been made "double minded", secularized and programmed into godless philosophies and doctrines that are deceiving the multitudes of God´s people making them victims of the last days scenario spoken of in the Bible.
Copyright by Bill Haymin, 2008
Why is the church involved in the emergent church movement, the health & wealth doctrine, barking and sounding like animals, the theory of evolution instead of intelligent design, the extreme environmental movement that pushes their dangerous propaganda of global warming etc, instead of a balanced view of being good stewards of God´s creation, materialism and the love of money, and a multitude of other false worldly philosophies??
Because Christians are involved in the world´s secular educational system, as the scriptures say, "A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 1 Corinthians, 5:6. A little involvement with the world leavens much of the church, making it weak and ineffective to the surrounding culture losing its salt. Another factor is that many generations have not been taught the skills or discipline necessary to read, study, and thoroughly research to master a subject.
Many young pastors and leaders of the church as well as most of the church going people are being set up for a spiritual train wreck through its involvement with the world´s educational system. "Public schools", and so called "higher education" through secular colleges and universities, has been preparing our young for spiritual deception (heresy), and double mindedness. They are falling for every wind of doctrine like the scriptures warn against. Ephesians, 4:14 and James, 1:6-8.
The lack of academic skills has transferred over to spiritual matters where Christians cannot read and study the word of God or understand it enough, or have the moral fortitude to want to do the research necessary to dig deeper. Public education has sowed its seeds of educational apathy, NIHILISM and has killed the love of true learning, and is uninspiring. How many children and adults do you know between the ages of 8 to 60 that go to their local library and read books that will educate them? Many of us are watching T V or playing computer games excessively instead of reading and getting informed.
Many who attend public school, and maybe later on to college will spend 8 hours plus, a day, 5 days plus, a week learning the ways and philosophies of the world while partaking of spiritual concepts perhaps only once or twice a week, if that, a couple of hours each time in the house of God. Those two educational philosophies are in stark contradiction to one another. One cannot be partakers of the Lords table and the devils. One cannot play with fire and not be burned.
The fruit of NIHILISM has brought disastrous consequences on our culture!
NIHILISM:
Philosophy
An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence.
A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. [This doctrine has, and is being taught in most of our public schools.]
Rejection of distinctions in moral or religious value and a willingness to repudiate all previous theories of morality or religious belief. [Is there any doubt left why public schools have been breeding grounds for murder and violence??]
The belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement. [World Government anyone??]
Also, Nihilism: A diffuse, revolutionary of mid-19th century Russia that scorned authority and tradition and believed in reason, materialism, and radical change in society and government through terrorism and assassination. [9/11 anyone??]
Complete denial of all established authority and institutions. [Are you parents having any problems with rebellion and disciplining your children??]
An approach to philosophy that holds that human life is meaningless and that all religions, laws, moral codes, and political systems are thoroughly empty and false. (Definition From www.Dictionary.com)
Nihilism Synonyms:
Atheism, Anarchy, Misrule, terrorism, lawlessness, mob rule; see disorder
(From yourdictionary.com)
Is it any wonder that many people are apathetic in just about everything that requires effort and a conviction that life is worth something, and worth living??
Why are so many young people committing suicide?
This entanglement with secular education has produced much bad fruit.
In Noah Webster´s 1828 dictionary SECULARIZE means: "To make secular; to CONVERT [Italics mine] from spiritual appropriation to secular or common use"… In other words it means our children would be converted away from the faith back to the natural man from whence they came with their involvement with the secular humanist school system.
If we continue to send our children to secular public schools, Christians will continue to suffer culturally. Christianity will continue to suffer the loss of a Christian consensus because of a lack of a Christian worldview by taking part in the secularizing or de-Christianizing of their children.
If we want to produce godly doctrinally sound Christian leaders and a strong vibrant church, the young will have to be separated from the deadly toxic mix of secularized education, and given a purely Christian curriculum with God at the center of ALL subjects. The facts are in! 94% of home schooled children continue in the Christian faith compared to 80-90% of Christians who go to public school that leave the faith. Why then are we surprised? Christians have allowed the ungodly to educate our children away from God.
When our guide book the Bible says: "Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers", why do we continue to send our vulnerable young to the synagogs of Satan? "For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people." Therefore "Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty." 2Cor, 6:14 I believe this scripture can be applied not only to men and women relationships but also educationally as well.
In the Life Application Bible commentary it has some very good things that apply to this issue. See if you can apply the following scriptural commentary, logic and counsel with my premise:
"Paul urges believers not to form binding relationships with nonbelievers, because this might weaken their Christian commitment, integrity, or standards. It would be a mismatch. Earlier, Paul had explained that this did not mean isolating oneself from nonbelievers [see 1 Cor 5:9-11]… Paul wants believers to be active in their witness for Christ to non-believers, but they should not lock themselves into personal or business relationships that could cause them to compromise the faith. Believers should do everything in their power to avoid situations that could force them to divide their loyalties."
We Christians have obviously, very seriously disobeyed the lord and compromised our faith and that is why I believe the church is in the deplorable condition it is today.
The following excerpted comment by Francis Schaeffer in 1982 on the importance of Christians having a "Christian worldview" really hits the nail on its head:
"I want to say to you, those of you who are troubled about the direction our society is going in, that we must not concentrate merely on the "bits and pieces" - permissiveness, pornography, the problem of the public schools, the breakdown of the family, abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, and many, many other things.
We must understand that all of these dilemmas come as a consequence of moving from the Judeo-Christian world view - that the final reality is an infinite personal creator God - into this other world view which is that the final reality is only energy or material which has existed forever and which has taken its present shape by pure chance"…
"We are losing… freedoms and we can expect to continue to lose them if this other world view continues to take increased force and power in our country.
Where Have The Christians Been?
Where have the Bible-believing Christians been in the last 40 years? Where have we been as we have changed to this other consensus and all the horrors and stupidity of the present moment has come down on our culture?
We must recognize that this country is close to being lost. Not, first of all, because of humanism. This country is almost lost because the Bible-believing Christians, in the last 40 years, who have said they know that the final reality is this infinite personal God who is the Creator, have done nothing about it as the consensus has changed. There has been a vast silence."
I think the church has failed to meet its obligation for many reasons; one large part is allowing non-Christian government schools to have the major influence on our children in their formative years.
"One hundred years ago we took education out of the Christian home where it had raised up men and women who were god-fearing, Christ-honoring, Bible-loving people. People who were willing to count the cost of Christian liberty. Yielding to the arguments of secularism in the 1830´s, 40´s and 50´s, we permitted our churches to relinquish their leadership of Christian education. In making this change into the government sponsored schools, we closed our Bible as the educational and political textbook, and we shifted our level of education from the building of individual Christian character to the building of a group character, conformable to society. As we shifted from a God-centered republic to a man-centered democracy – we began to flounder…
The anti-Christian education of the progressive state schools has produced the socialism and the communism of our times." Excerpts taken from the article by Rosalie J. Slater, "An American Christian Education" Printed in the book Teaching and learning America´s Christian History by Rosalie J. Slater Published by the Foundation for American Christian Education, (www.face.net, 800-352-3223) San Francisco, California Mail Order Address: P.O. Box 27035, San Francisco, California 94127 Copyright 1965 P. xiii
Because Christians have taken education out of the Christian home and have moved away from a Christ centered education, the people that hate God moved into that vacuum. The globalists, internationalists and large corporations controlling the federal, state, and to a lesser degree local governments, working through the educational establishment have been building a totalitarian society, gradually, piece by piece.
In this totalitarian society everyone is under surveillance and everything is controlled including the distribution of food that people may be allowed to eat. Within this totalitarian society or system only those who worship the "Image" of the "Beast," and give their allegiance to what the Bible calls the "Beast," and takes the mark of the "Beast" will live and be able to buy or sell. Rev, 13:15-17. When we say: globalists are building a totalitarian system, it´s another way of saying "World Government" or what the Bible calls the "Image" of the "Beast."
The "Globalists," " World Government," or "Image" of the "Beast" people knew that in order to control and manipulate people for their own evil purposes, have themselves said in their own writings that they had to "Destroy" the family, patriotism, and their Christian faith, (remember the definition of "Nihilism"?) It seems to me they have done a very good job.
Because Christians have missed the mark and joined with an anti-Christian educational system, they have cut themselves off from the power of God, and lost their intimate knowledge of Him. This is why I believe the church, for the most part, is not turning out doctrinally strong godly Christian leaders and lay-people with a singularly minded Christian worldview. They have been made "double minded", secularized and programmed into godless philosophies and doctrines that are deceiving the multitudes of God´s people making them victims of the last days scenario spoken of in the Bible.
Copyright by Bill Haymin, 2008
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