[PraiseNews] Antinomiasm

[Ministry]

  Who are "the stupid"?
(and what is their end)

You would be well served to remember that our ministry is a
labor of love.  Our motive in what we send is love. We love
the truth and we do our absolute utmost to only speak the
truth, tho we be fallible.  The truth will make men free...
nothing else.

Over the years, I have done what I could to preach the
gospel which may be many things but if it is nothing else,
it is a gospel of reproof for repentance, forgiveness and
restoration (or conversion).  The message of the Messiah was
REPENT or PERISH.

"There were present at that season some that told him of the
Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their
sacrifices. 2 And Yahushua answering said unto them, Suppose
ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the
Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you,
Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and
slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men
that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye
repent, ye shall all likewise perish." Luk 13:1-5

This is, like it or not, a severe and real warning.  What
then did the word "repent" mean? It means to come face to
face with the reality of your heart's condition (which for
all men begins with enmity for Yahweh, rebellion against His
laws and the enthronement of SELF).  Having seen the true
nature of one's condition, being remorseful and ashamed of
this nature and not only desiring to be changed but DOING
whatever may be done to effect that change.  It is actually
a commandment:  "And be not conformed to this world: but be
ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will
of God." Rom 12:2  Anyone who fails to repent will perish in
"likewise" manner as those who had their blood shed and were
physically destroyed.

It always strikes me interesting how when we send out any
message with hard truth there are inevitable email replies
that say things like:  "Remove me from your mailing list!!!"
(notice the emphasis as if they were screaming..)

We sent a newsletter with a link to another writer's article
called the "Congregation of the Dead."  If you did not read
this article we encourage you to do so today.

People love their idols.  "their religion", "their
government", "their president", "their country", "their
church", "their pastor" or some other possession of "theirs"
which affirms their delusion(s).  Their ties with "the
world" and the benefits they derive from their love affair
with the world and the things of the world.

2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Master
Yahushua Messiah, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That
ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by
spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the
day of Messiah is at hand. 3Let no man deceive you by any
means: for that day shall not come, except there come a
falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son
of perdition; 4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all
that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is
God. 5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told
you these things? 6And now ye know what withholdeth that he
might be revealed in his time. 7For the mystery of iniquity
doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until
he be taken out of the way. 8And then shall that Wicked be
revealed, whom the Master shall consume with the spirit of his
mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with
all power and signs and lying wonders, 10And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they
might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them
strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That
they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness. 2Th 2:1-12

Those who "receive not the love of the truth" are called
"brutes" or "brutish" in the Scriptures.  They hate to be
corrected or have their sins pointed out.

"Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that
hateth reproof is brutish." Pro 12:1

The word brutish essentially means, foolish or stupid.
I suppose they are stupid because they fail to recognize
that the correction or reproof has a primary purpose which
is motivated by love.  It is a motive meant to SAVE THEM
from destruction.  Nevertheless, they hate it.

The Scriptures liken Yahweh to an earthy father who did
and should have disciplined us when we went astray.  If
he failed to discipline us it would be a clear indication
of his LACK of love toward us and the impending destruction
of our souls.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth
him chasteneth him betimes. Pro 13:24

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every
son whom he receiveth. Heb 12:6

One of the spirits responsible for this hatred of reproof
and correction is the spirit that results in antomianism.

Anti=no
Nomian - law

Antinomiasm = lawlessness!

some of their marks:

- Claims there is no need for 10 commandments

One of the first great heretics of the Early Church was
Mercion (c. 85 - c.160). He was born in Sinope and taught in
Asia Minor. After being accused ot "defiling a virgin",
Marcion moved to Rome in about c. 135 where he perfected his
theory. To ensure that the Roman Church would accept him, he
donated 200,000 sesterces (a sizable gift) upon his arrival.

Doctrines of Marcion the "founder" of Gnostic spiritualism

- The GOD of the Old Testament is different from the GOD of
the New Testament.

- Marcion completely rejected the OLD Testament. The GOD of
the OLD Testament was obsessed with law. The purpose of
Yahushua coming was to depose the OLD Testament and usher in
the worship of the true GOD of grace.

- Marcion can only accept 10 of Paul's epistles and an
edited version of the gospel of Luke. He taught that Paul
had more revelation than of the other apostles. His
"worship" of Paul was a little short of idolatory. Paul was
the great enemy of the law and the great spokesman for the
gospel of grace.

- Marcion cannot accept that GOD would judge HIS people.
Yahushua was the teacher of love and mercy. There would be no
judgement, no bodily resurrection, and no second coming of
Messiah.

- To Marcion, the purpose of Yahushua was to free people from
the b.ondage of condemnation, not from the b.ondage of sinful
nature.

in A.D. 144, he was excommunicated from the Church. He
formed his own church, which became widespread and powerful,
spreading throughout Italy and as far as Arabia, Armenia and
Egy[t. His followers were called Marcionites.

When Polycarp, the Biship of Smyrna, met marcion on one
occasion, marcion asked, "Dost thou know me?" To that,
Polycarp immediately replied, "I do know thee, the
first-born of Satan!"

Our prayer is that you carefully and prayerfull examine
yourselves to see if that spirit has been or is at work in
your life.  Renounce anti-semitism, lawlessness and every
doctrine that bears these marks.  Whether we "like" it or
not, the law of Yahweh has been pronounced "holy, and just,
and good."  The law of Yahweh (10 commandments and the Torah,
aka., Mosaic law) are not to be discarded by the elect.

They are not the means to salvation but they are the means
to sanctification.  We are saved by GRACE but grace is the
power gifted to us by the Holy Spirit to "keep his commands."
The Father expects OBEDIENCE and those who believe they are
free from keeping the law as an act of LOVE and obedience
are deceived by the spirit of antinomiasm.

Shalom