SUMMARY:
I again URGE READERS to act on the call of Scripture:
Therefore come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and don't touch the unclean thing; and I will receive you. ? 2 Corinthians 6:17
My heart bleeds as I write this. It bleeds for the many who are deluded and deceived, including Brian Houston and his colleagues and associates. But it bleeds more for those who the end-time impostors and play-actors (hypocrites) are deceiving.
THAT the apostasy is spreading with
incredible speed can no longer be
seriously doubted.
Could anyone
other than a confirmed Roman
Catholic ever say,
“We pray too that this papacy, like those
before it, is marked by a commitment to
seeing the Christian message continue to go
forward and people changed by the power
and truth of the gospel”?
If words mean anything this is a claim that
all previous papacies were committed to
the gospel that changes people.
That is what Brian Houston head of AoG in Australia thinks.
Unbelievable! His absurd and apostate statement is part of an April 21, 2005 media release. It is unprecedented from an AoG leader and can be read at < http://www.christian-witness.org
/pdf/ aog_pope.pdf >
Who is Houston kidding?
Sadly Rome
has deceived so many.
The recent pomp and
ceremony associated with the funeral of John
Paul II and the election of Benedict XVI have
added to the deception, which is now affecting
the evangelical world to an incredible extent.
TRUTH ABOUT THE PAPACY
The late pope, whom these “evangelical” leaders have eulogised, is the man who publicly kissed the Koran, accepted the anointing of a Hindu priestess, promoted ecumenism more than any of his predecessors and called Bible-believing evangelical Christians “rapacious wolves”. He also subscribed to evolution as opposed to creationism and committed his soul, his native Poland and the world to the Virgin Mary — not to Christ. Further he endorsed the notorious directive Crimine Solicitaciones that was issued by Pope John XXIII in 1962 ordering that acts of paedophilia by priests be kept secret.
Billy Graham Evangelist “He [Pope John Paul II] was truly one of those rare individuals whose legacy will endure long after he has gone ... I will always remember his personal warmth to me and his deep interest in our ministry.”
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This document was sent to “all patriarchs, archbishops, bishops and other diocesan ordinaries” and is the official policy of the Roman Catholic Church. The Crimine Solicitaciones orders victims of clergy sex abuse to remain silent and for the offending clergy to be moved to a new parish.The late and present pope both endorsed action by the Vatican to conceal the existence of this document.
To read more go to http://www.christian-witness.org/rcc/Criminales1662.pdf
or http://www.laurencesweeney.com/images/Criminales1662.pdf
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Rod Benson Morling College, Sydney “Baptists in NSW and the ACT join with millions of Christians around the world in honouring the late Pope John Paul II as a great Christian statesman and moral theologian. We especially remember his vibrant faith, his clear Christian teaching especially in response to the rise of secular liberalism and relativism, and his courageous example in the face of tyranny and suffering.”
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Likewise AoG and Hillsong attempted to hide the paedophilia of Hillsong’s founder Frank Houston. When Houston was disciplined the then assistant president of AoG in Australia in a letter to their ministers wrote, “We have deliberately chosen to restrict this letter to our Ordained and Probationary Ministers. We cannot see any reason for this to be announced to your church or further afield.” AoG and Rome are linked by more than one strand.
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Rowan Williams the first Archbishop of Canterbury to ever attend a pope’s funeral “has signalled that the rift between Anglicans and Catholics stemming from the Reformation could finally be healed”. He is quoted as saying, “the roots we have put down in recent years are far too deep to uproot” (The Australian, p8, 12/05/05). One can only conclude that Williams thinks the roots that date from the 16th Century Reformation are too deep to matter or too shallow to endure. Could he be rightfi Only if those of us who feel deeply about the clear differences between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism capitulate to what the compromisers think, say, write and do. Their number is now legion and if they succeed and Christ does not return soon we are headed for the dark ages again.
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The AoG letter and Crimine Solicitaciones have both been leaked, otherwise the matter may have been kept secret.
REPEATING THE MISTAKES OF
HISTORY
Let us be under no delusion. The major evangelical Protestant position for generations and centuries has been that the papacy and/or Vatican is identified with the great whore of prophecy as Dave Hunt has so well documented in his several books, notably A Woman Rides The Beast, which is available in both print and video format from our CWM office in Australia (see front cover for contact details). In his latest newspaper Joseph Chambers points out: “It is impossible to accept the book of Revelation as an authentic part of the New Testament and not identify
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New Life Australia’s Christian Weekly (14/04/05) gave most of its front and second pages to quoting famous, one time Protestant Evangelicals eulogising the late pope:
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the Catholic church, headquartered in Rome, as the “Mother of Harlots.” This religious system has every characteristic of this “harlot woman” and has been so identified by almost every Biblebelieving scholar and spiritual leader for hundreds of years. Many priests that arose within her ranks called her the Harlot. Every reformation leader I have studied from Martin Luther on called her the “Whore of Rome.”*1
Read Mr Chambers excellent full article at: http://www.pawcreek.org/articles/endtimes/POPEJOHNPAULIITheMostPropheticPopeInCatholicHistory.htm
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Peter Jensen Anglican Archbishop of Sydney “He was a man of great courage, indeed one of the great leaders of this and the last century. Maintaining an unswerving fidelity in his adherence to the traditional teaching of his church...”
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So why is it that when the greatest fulfilment of Bible prophecy since the incarnation, life and death of Christ, is about to occur, the actual return of our Lord, so many erstwhile sound evangelical groups who traditionally took a strong stand against Rome and her ecumenism have fallen for her end time ploys?
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On April 27, 2005 the Reverend Fred Nile, MLC, member of the New South Wales’ parliament and leader of the Christian Democrats issued a media release congratulating and supporting Pope Benedict XVI. Mr Nile said, “ the new Pope will continue the historic biblical teaching on the fundamentals of the Christian faith such as the virgin birth of Jesus Christ and His atonement on the cross for our sins, and the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ.” Read the full text at
< /archives/cetf2005/nile33.html >.
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The simple answer to that question is of course, “It had to be”. The Bible predicts it. It is called the GREAT APOSTASY.”
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together to him.That you are not soon shaken in mind, or troubled, neither by spirit or by word or by letter as if from us, as if the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day will not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
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2 Thessalonians 2:3
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Joel Edwards Director Evangelical Alliance “John Paul II was one of the most remarkable Christian leaders of recent times ... a Christian pastor ... [with a] commitment to evangelisation and the global church ... [and to] creedal Christianity...”
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Clearly some aspects of Paul’s prophecy
have not yet occurred but the stage is
set and the actors are standing in the
wings. Anyone who reads the Bible
with spiritual insight and foresight will
conclude that the “man of sin ... the
son or perdition” who is elsewhere
identified as the “antichrist” (c/f 1
John 2:18,22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7) will be
a charismatic sensational signs and
wonders performer extraordinaire.
Benny Hinn would be a natural choice
and he has shown his hand to be that
of a Roman Catholic mystic. In his
most recent telecasts he spoke of his
RC upbringing and training. He also
admitted that his mission is to bring
unity. He was present at the late pope’s funeral and has broadcast his interviews
with Roman Catholic priests and his
videos of the Vatican to millions.
ANTICHRIST IS COMING
Is Benny Hinn antichrist?
I doubt it, but I know he is not 100% for Christ. Everything in his ministry directs towards himself. Even his claim to be “specially anointed” is tantamount to saying he is the Christ for that is what the word “anointed” means. The only specially anointed person in the New Testament was our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gordon Moyes Wesley Mission Sydney “Pope John Paul II ... [showed] by example how to die in faith and trust ... [he] stands out as a powerful witness to holiness of life, a man close to God, who in accepting suffering, totally abandoned himself to God’s will ... Pope John Paul II will live on in our memories as a champion of truth and freedom ... steadfast in his love for God and his fellow human beings...”
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Is the Roman Catholic Church the harlot of Bible prophecy? Yes, but she is not alone. She is influencing the entire religious world to join her ranks as part of the harlot system. The two big players within Christendom today are Roman Catholicism and Pentecostalism. Those leading their constituents towards Rome, especially Benny Hinn, are plants and tares that are deceiving Pentecostals and Charismatics into “marvelling and following after the beast”. I know that those who are “kidded” into joining the harlot church will be eternally lost and this is where Brian Houston and the AoG, my former denomination, fit in. Hillsong and the Roman Catholic Church are the big players in religion in Australia and both have a worldwide appeal.
I again URGE READERS to act on the call of Scripture:
Therefore come out from among
them, and be separate, says the
Lord, and don’t touch the unclean
thing; and I will receive you.
—
2 Corinthians 6:17
My heart bleeds as I write this. It
bleeds for the many who are deluded
and deceived, including Brian Houston
and his colleagues and associates. But it
bleeds more for those who the end-time
impostors and play-actors (hypocrites)
are deceiving.
May the Lord be pleased to continue
to use CETF for His glory.
Footnotes:
1 The End Times & Victorious Living Vol 19, No 2, p1. Read Mr Chambers excellent full article at:
http://www.pawcreek.org/articles/endtimes/POPEJOHNPAULIITheMostPropheticPopeInCa tholicHistory.htm
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