ASTONISHING BIBLE TRUTH YOUR CHURCH WILL NEVER EVER TELL YOU!

Modern worship and its teachings over the centuries have gotten so far away from what is taught and practiced in the pages of the Bible that many fundamental doctrines have been entirely skewed, and most churchgoers do not even know it. We challenge you to take a look for yourself and compare what you think the Scriptures teach with what is clearly laid out in the Word and observed by the true worshiper. Prepare to be amazed, if not shocked.  

 

This quest for Bible-based knowledge was nothing less than exhilarating! The more I dug into the Word the more the Scriptures began to make sense. I was blown over by the harmony in the Word. Yahweh’s ordained worship is a continuum from Genesis through Revelation. By stripping away unsupported and erroneous doctrines and observances, I found that the more error I tossed out the more insight I was given. I would realize to my total shock that countless popular beliefs and teachings have no backing in the Scriptures!

 

Here is some of what I discovered:

• I had searched for answers as to why I was worshiping on the first day of the week when the Fourth Commandment clearly teaches that the seventh day is the Sabbath. I was told the day of worship was changed in the New Testament with the Savior’s resurrection on the first day of the week. My minister explained that although the seventh day is really the scriptural Sabbath, I must observe Sunday as the "Lord’s day." Yet, I found no New Testament support for such a change and nothing about a change in the Sabbath because of a resurrection day. 

Instead, I read that our Savior observed the seventh day Himself and so did His followers. His apostles, including Paul and Peter, James and John, continued to observe the seventh-day Sabbath and met for worship on the seventh day of the week long after the Messiah was resurrected. If His resurrection permanently changed the day of worship, then why didn’t the apostles ever switch THEIR Sabbath worship over to Sunday? I wondered. To my surprise, I learned that the Savior’s resurrection was not on Sunday morning anyway, but had taken place just before sunset on Saturday—exactly three days and nights from the time He was laid in the tomb, just as He promised in Matthew 12:40 as the one signature proof of His Messiahship. 

• Why did my church celebrate worldly holidays that were nowhere in the Bible, while ignoring the commanded annual Feast days repeatedly taught in Old and New testaments and celebrated all through the pages of Scripture? Who authorized these changes, I wondered. I could not get a satisfactory answer. The minister said, "Just accept it on faith," and yet 1Thessalonians 5:21 told me to "prove all things" and hold fast to what is right. I could not accept what I could not support from the Bible. 

Immortality of Man?

A universal belief among the religious and the pagan alike is that man has an immortal soul. The concept of immortality didn’t come from Scripture, however, but from Greek philosophers like Plato and Socrates. It ultimately spawned from ancient gnostic and Babylonian beliefs. The Bible clearly says, "The soul that sins, it shall die"— not live forever lounging on wispy clouds in heavenly bliss, Ezekiel 18:4. Paul told Timothy that only the Father Yahweh has immortality (1Tim. 6:16). Immortality will be granted only to those found worthy at the resurrection (1Cor. 15:22-23). The propensity to live forever is not a built-in part of man’s soul. Nowhere in the Bible are the words "immortal" and "soul" found together in the text.

So where do the faithful spend eternity? Regardless of what is heard at funerals, the Bible nowhere promises a heavenly paradise to unbelievers or even to the righteous. The Messiah Yahshua plainly said no man has ascended to heaven, John 3:13, and He inspired John to write that the faithful at the resurrection will reign on earth, not in heaven, Revelation 5:10. The Apostle Peter said that not even King David has gone to heaven, Acts 2:34. The Apostle Paul taught that the saints and patriarchs of old are still dead, awaiting the resurrection and their reward, Hebrews 11:13, which will be a position of priest on earth.

Many Christians are still scared of proofing all things. They believe that their offerings and seeds are the reasons for their successes. They forget that if they give to the church without working hard and going to work or their business places, they will not get automatic favours. Proof me wrong my fellow Christians, do these:

Pay tithe and offerings, seeds or harvest to your church and relax at home, dont go about looking for a job, dont go to work or business place and dont go from office to office seeking for contracts see if you will be blessed. 

The truth is God will bless whoever he wishes to bless. It never because you dont sleep around, or you are beautiful, but you get naturally blessed when you work hard to make ends meet. WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS. 

If you must give, do it because you want the store house of your church and pastors to be filled up. Its very fulfilling when you see your church growing, or your pastors wealthy and on point. Dont do it because you are forced to believe that a certain amount of money you are asked to bring in church will guarantee your blessings.  Its just a partial lie. There are givers who are the poorest in most churches today.

Sources: The Holy Bible, YRM

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