Which Denomination is the Right One?
Christianity is divided into a thousand different sects and denominations. Some believe
one thing, others believe another. Is this the way of Christ? If different denominations
within Christianity hold to different beliefs and doctrines, which of them has the truth?
This an important question, because perfection is required of the body of Christ for which Jesus will return. The bride must be spotless, and division is the worst spot of all.
The prophet Jeremiah was told by God: "Run ye to and fro through the streets
of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can
find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth, and I will
pardon it. And though they say, `The Lord liveth', surely they swear
falsely" (Jer.5:1-2).
God was going to allow Jerusalem the opportunity to escape from utter destruction -
IF - Jeremiah could find one man within her gates that loved the truth, but
he could not! Do you really believe that Jeremiah could not find one
person among the thousands of inhabitants who wanted God's truth? Remember,
this was a true life story, not a dream! Do you - can you - believe it? It is
your faith in God's revelation, if you can picture lonely Jeremiah searching among the
people of God for anyone who was interested in the truth - yet he could not find
one! Yes friend, that takes real faith; and even more faith than that to believe the
same thing might be true today.
When we believe what the prophets said about Israel, we are prepared to believe the
truth about God's congregation. As Paul stated; "All these things happened unto them
for examples, and they are written for our admonition..." Let us look at some of the "admonitions" the prophets gave to Israel, and compare them
with what is occurring in the congregation:
"Truth is perished , and cut off from their [Israelites] mouths"
(Jer.7:28). In the days of Jeremiah, near the time when God would send
Babylon soldiers to sack Jerusalem, the truth of God was unknown among God's own
people. It was not possible for them to speak the truths of God. There was no such
thing as hearing the truth preached from any priest or religious teacher anywhere in
Israel. Israel was to have been the light of the world. Though they spoke much "about"
God, Jeremiah said none of them truly knew the right ways of God. It is possible that in
the congregation . . . the truth is nowhere to be found, though Jesus be much spoken about.
Not only is it possible, but we tell you, such is the case. We are telling you, with
sincerity and love, that you are not hearing the truth in your Christian church. None of
them. Anywhere. There is no denomination or sect in "Christianity" that has the truth,
because Christian ministers have not heard from Jesus, though Jesus is willing to speak
to them. If Jesus had spoken to any of then, they would be saying the same thing - not different things. Let us speak plainly: Catholicism is the wrong way. Episcopalians are still
aliens to the kingdom of God. Methodists are deluded and estranged from the right
ways of God. The Nazarenes and Mormons are yet unclean. The Baptists and Jehovah's
Witnesses are bewitched. Pentecostals in all their sects have perverted the right ways of
God. Lutherans are left out. From head to foot, Christianity's denominations and the
religion in its entirety is unclean, because it never has been, nor is it now,
and nor will it ever be of God. It's "nature" is division, and it's effect on all those who partake of it is sin. There is not one Christian radio or television program
which proclaims the true gospel of Jesus Christ. Truth has perished in our
time, just as it had perished in the mouths of God's people in Jeremiah's time. But
who has the faith to believe it, and then confess it?!
It takes as much faith to believe the truth about the miserable spiritual condition of the
congregation in our time. For men speak well of Jesus, and that is the trap. It is a net for
Satan's ministers to draw into their religious nets, those poor innocent souls who are
searching for the right ways of God in Christ. They are all covetous, just as the prophets
said: "From the least to the greatest of them, every one is given to
covetousness". Those who deceived the Old Testament children of God spoke
well of Jehovah. They could not have deceived God's people had they not done so.
Those who deceive the children of God now speak well of Jesus. But praise without
obedience to God amounts to nothing more than flattery; and God has never been
impressed with it.
This is what is so difficult for men to believe . . . but it is true. God is earnestly calling
his people (those who have been baptized with the holy Ghost, with the evidence of
speaking in other tongues) out of "Christianity". Be careful to hear what we are saying.
God is not calling His people out of loving and worshipping Jesus Christ in spirit and in
truth. Oftentimes, people misunderstand what we are saying. We are telling you to love
Jesus . . . but not the Jesus "of Christianity"! God is calling His people out of a religion
where there is no truth! And the name of that religion has come to be known
as "Christianity" - where many come "in Jesus' name", but He "knows none of them", just
as He said! "To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear?
Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken. Behold the word of the
Lord is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it" (Jer.6:10). So
completely blind to God's truth had His people become, that they were ashamed of what
God had to say to them. The "truth" made them uncomfortable. God's own people
were deluded by the religious words of religious men who did not really know God, yet
who spoke often of Him. The people were made to believe lies, and were told if they
did not believe these lies, then they were not the people of God. The truth became an
"unpleasant" thing, something to be avoided and denounced.
Please listen to the truth which exposes EVERY group which is not walking in truth:
No one is born again until he is baptized with the holy Ghost, with the evidence of
speaking in other tongues. Pay attention to that. "By one Spirit are we all baptized into one body" (1Cor.12:13). The drunkenness of Christianity
will have you to say within your heart that you will be alright in the final judgment
without the holy Ghost. The spirit of Christianity is that voice in
your mind - that voice in the mouth of false prophets and profane ministers - telling you
to relax, that God is not a God of judgment, that you will not be damned, even if your
life is less than holy. This is not a new thing. That lying spirit has been speaking
through religious men from the beginning. The prophets pleaded with the saints of old
not to listen to those deceitful voices, and pleaded with the false prophets to cease from
their lies about God. "Ye have wearied me with your words, saith the Lord.
Yet ye say, `Wherein have we wearied Him?' When ye say `Everyone that doeth evil is
good in the eyes of the Lord, and He delighteth in them' and 'Where is the God of
judgment?'" (Mal.3:17). "Mine heart within me is broken because of the lying prophets .
. . They have healed the hurt of my people slightly, saying 'Peace! Peace!' when there is
no peace'" (Jer.23:9; 6:14).
You may choose to lean upon the multitudes who are drunk with the wine of
Christianity's false assurances of "getting saved", and to hide amid the crowds, but what will
you do in the end, when God will judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ?
"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may
receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good
or bad".
The answer to today's question is that NONE of Christianity's denominations are the
right way of God. The denominations and divisions of Christianity are God's curse on a
rebellious people - division is a CURSE, not a blessing. If any man tells you that
Christianity's divisions are "God's diversity", they are speaking from a heart of delusion,
because Jesus' prayer was that His people be one.
So the question we present back to you is this: Since none of the denominations in
Christianity have the truth, why are you staying there? Come to Jesus Christ "outside
the camp, bearing his reproach" and you will be blessed by your heavenly Father - that is
what you are after anyway.
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