1. What is the apostate church?  Amazingly, most professing Christians do not even know what an apostate church is, that is how good pastors, priests and other church administrators and leaders have been at hiding the Biblical truth from their congregations.  Most, not a few, but most all churches today are apostate and they do not even realize it, until they honestly compare themselves with the Biblical standards.  Today, a new standard exists that does not replicate the early New Testament Church.  A new Gospel is being preached and that makes the system apostate... a deviating from the entire truth, and that means a lie is being preached and assimilated.

2. What do you mean hiding the truth?  What if I were to read to you each week a verse in the Bible you would certainly say that I am teaching Biblical truth.  But what if I intentionally left out parts of the Bible and only preached on things that tickle the ear with nice things?  I would still be deemed teaching Biblical truth, but I am now intentionally leaving out other Bible verses that you will never hear.  You will end up believing what I teach you with very slick sermons.  That is how the apostate church hides the truth of God, mimics an authentic church and, fools the people.  Example:  The Lord Jesus made it very clear that if you do not gather with Him, you scatter and you are no part of Him.  That Biblical truth is never taught in the apostate church system.  The pastor never tells you if fail to proclaim the Gospel to the lost you are scattering.  So, they get you to believe in what they say to do and you end up disobeying the very Words and commandments of Jesus Christ.  It is very clever tactic and I was fooled by them, but not anymore. 

3. Most all churches are apostate?  Absolutely correct.  The church you see today does not even resemble the New Testament Church whatsoever.  Paul was the greatest church-builder and he built churches without buildings.  Today, a church is a physical building and they are everywhere!  That was the first error of the great falling away and with this false foundation the entire apostate church system is built.  Every ill in the church will be eventually traced back to the false church violating God's Biblical example of how to run and operate a church.  Christians were meant to operate in small groups meeting in homes, not large auditoriums, Cathedrals or even small church buildings.  The true purpose of the physical church is to gather the flock in one place to take their tithe money so they could not spend the tithe money as they saw fit to proclaim the Gospel to the lost.  The pastor makes certain that you give the money to him, one way or another you will.  In the end, you are not investing your money to do God's work to save the lost.  You end us being a faithful churchgoer with no fruit to show the Lord.  There is so much more for you to learn yet as we are just touching the surface.    

4. A new church standard?  When the entire Gospel is not preached then a new church standard is then in full effect.  This teaching of half-truths is the great scheme of the apostate church.  Tell the congregation what they want to hear, but never, ever, upset them with the truth.  Never, ever place a demand upon them to obey the commands of Jesus Christ.  In fact, let us just ignore much of what Jesus Christ had to say and all will be well.  That is the mentality of the apostate church.  You can see this in plain view on Christian television with all the pastors speaking God's truth, but make sure you give money to the TV station (or the pastor or both) if you want to collect on God's promises.  This is also going on in your church too, but you need to have apostate eyes to see it.

5. How can I obtain apostate eyes?  You need to ask the Lord to open your eyes so you can see the truth.  You simply tell Jesus that you are willing to hear His voice and follow Him alone.  Then when you read His Words you will begin to see.  But I warn you, what you will see will not be nice things.  You will see the apostasy of the old Jewish system melted in with the new Christian system.  The same system is still with us today and it is right inside your own little church.  Example:  How many church members did you see at church bragging about how many people they tried to save last week?  Likely none, right?  They don't care about the lost and yet that is precisely what Jesus cares about.  The church is actually anti-Christ in clever disguise.  You can tell them from the fruits.  What are the fruits in your church?  Likely a bunch of nice humanitarian things, but very little proclaiming of the Gospel to the lost.  And you can be certain your pastor will never teach you how to do so on a daily basis.  What kind of a pastor is that?  A false teacher!

6. Our pastor proclaims the Gospel to the lost in our church.  And that is a serious problem because he is singing to the choir.  He should be on the street corner downtown preaching, not hiding behind closed doors.  The lost are in the real world, not inside your church.  In fact, he is supposed to be teaching you how to go out into society and proclaim the Gospel to the lost, but he will not do it.  He will obey Satan rather than obey Jesus of Nazareth.  He will remain quiet and pretend he cares about the lost, even shed tears in the pulpit for a great show of compassion, but he is deceiving you.  The members of the early church went far and wide to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  How come you are not doing so?  Who gave you an excuse to disobey God's commands?  Jesus commands it, yet you do not fear Him at all.  You have lost your fear of the Lord and that is dangerous for you will be judged based on Jesus' Words.  Your pastor/priest is hiding the Bible from you and teaching you only parts of it and leaving out the parts that will save you from a brutal hell's fire.  They will convince you that you are saved when you are not saved.  Beware!

7. I need to learn more about the apostate church.  Where do I go?  Your local library and bookstore have many books all about the Apostate system, and of course your pastor/priest is not going to tell you about these books.  They will even lie to you and tell you the books are not true, when they are true and can be verified with Biblical Scripture for accuracy.  In my Author Interview page I have listed some organizations that specialize in exposing the apostate church system.  In fact, Jesus and the Apostles have spoken a lot about false teachers.  Why don't you read what they have to say about this one more time.  You will then see the light!  Again, the apostate church does not like to mention these scriptures in sermons.  I wonder why?

8. But Christians do obey God when they attend church.  Do they?  They seem to only obey what their pastor/priest tells them what to obey.  Number one is to come to church each week, or else.  They obey.  But what about what Jesus said to go out and witness to the lost?  They ignore Him all so willingly.  Attending church seems to be the #1 responsibility but Biblically it is not.  In fact, we are to assemble together to edify each other and to "fellowship" but that does not happen in church.  You arrive, you are told what to do (sing, kneel, stand, sit, etc.) then you are told to leave.  You never even had a chance to "fellowship" with anybody.  Can you now see how the pastors have confiscated everything to their advantage?  They have taken over the church, actually hijacked it from God.  What did you share last week with the congregation?  What about the weeks before?  You end up just a member of the church following motions controlled by the pastor.  You are not given the chance to edify, only the pastor does that.  Is that what the Bible says?  No, but  pastors have stolen that right too.  The pastor has become the "boss" and you are to "obey" him.  Also, God says in His Word to leave apostate churches and to flee from false teachers.  Problem is, most Christians do not recognize the wolf in sheep's clothing because they look and sound like sheep, not the wolves that they are.  It is a very real danger.  Jesus did say that many would be deceived, not a few, but many.  Jesus is telling the truth.  Read this, "... truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ. - 1 John 1:3.  

9. Disease is hitting our church members much more than normal.  Why?  Be forewarned, you may not like the answer.  God makes it clear that He will not answer the prayers of those who reject His counsel and reproof (Proverbs 25, 28), nor will He answer the prayers of those who hate His knowledge and refuse to fear Him (verse 29).  Proverbs 28:9 declares that the prayer of one who turns his ear away from God's Word is actually an abomination to God.  The Lord even instructs the prophet Jeremiah not to pray for those who were trusting in the lying words of false prophets and who were polluting God's house (Jeremiah 7:8-16).  Jesus Christ warned that neither the prayers of hypocrites would be heard nor the prayers of those who used vain repetitions like the heathen Matthew 6:5-7.  Your pastor or priest is causing the problem.  Someway, somehow he has twisted, misapplied or ignored Biblical requirements so that prayers will not be answered.  If you are in an apostate church, you are in deep trouble.  Get out of that church system so you will not be a partaker of its plaques.  Be aware, most all churches today are apostate.  They do not teach the fear of the Lord and they do not teach you to obey Jesus' commands.  All they want is you to believe in what they teach you and ignore most everything the Lord wants you to do for Him (and to others).  The apostate church does not teach repentance of sins or teach of hell's fire as Jesus did.  Open your eyes so you can see that what is going on in your church may appear holy and Biblical, but reading the Bible will reveal the false church system.  Those who serve the Lord will be healed of disease (I know, because the Lord has done so for me many times, read my Testimonial).  Hint:  If you are not daily reaching out to proclaim the Gospel, you are ignoring God's Word and His Will and desires.  The apostate church is anti-Christ (Christ's enemy) in disguise.  

10. What can I do to learn more about the apostate church?  Click here.  I have listed some sources to help you.  Most are free.

11. That does that mean we are cut off?  Yes, Jesus warned that the vine that does not product fruit will be cut down.  The Lord will not tolerate His commands to be repeatedly flaunted by false teachers and disobedient believers.  The church will die and all those who belong to it.  He has warned us in advance and yet we do not listen because we do not believe what Jesus says.  We keep thinking, "not our church", "not our pastor", "not our denomination."  How many people did you share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to last week?  If zero, do not think for one moment you are standing in God's graces because if you are not gathering with Jesus you are scattering and you are His enemy... no matter what you think, say or do to deny it.  Churchgoers are so deceived by false pastors and priests that they think they are saved when they are not even saved.  That is what apostate church systems do and they do their job very, very well.  It operates on lies built upon more lies until the lies appear as truth.

12. How can we know the church is cut off?  You will see no real true standard being preached in the church.  It will appear Biblical and the pastor will quote the verses like a real professional preacher, but God's high standards of morality, conduct, obedience, commands, repentance and other requirements are very much ignored.  Major portions of the Word of God is ignored and totally dismissed.  The church may sing, dance and be happy, but miracles will not be found and the congregation will not care for the lost.  They will not proclaim the Gospel on a daily individual basis.  They are cut off and don't even know it because the pastor is simply pouring out more fantasies and lies in his wonderful sermons.  Remember, Jesus said that His sheep will hear His voice and will not follow a stranger.  You are following a pastor when you obey him and show up to listen to him speak his sermons.  That may be church as is common, but it is not Biblical.  People in the early church did not assemble to listen to pastors give sermons in church buildings that they own.  That did not happen, but it is happening today everywhere.  When the Holy Spirit leaves, the church will be dead, even a singing church can be dead and slide head-first into hell itself singing hymns all the way down into the eternal fires.  Much that passes for New Testament Christianity is little more than objective truth sweetened with song, and made palatable by religious entertainment   God will not be mocked.  Church is to be conducted as the Lord prescribed or  you will worship Him in vain.  There are too many signs to identify an apostate church, but the articles on my Website will clue you in. 

13. Our church preaches a lot about Paul?  The Pauline Epistles can easily make artificial saints.  Peter warned that the unlearned and unstable would wrest Paul's writings to their own destruction.  A  pastor can preach on the Pauline doctrines and it will appear he is being so Biblical, but in the end the flock is not stimulated to save the lost or go out and proclaim the Gospel.  It's just knowledge never being applied to bear any fruit.  Instead, the pastor should be preaching what Jesus preached and tell it all like it is to be told.  Jesus spoke a lot about hell and who is going there.  Jesus spoke many things and spoke many warnings.  The apostate pastor/priest will ignore these things and actually make up lies and fables to excuse himself from preaching Jesus' Gospel.  Anything he will do to not ruffle your feathers.  He will even tell you that you are saved and going to heaven.  In so doing, he now justifies that there is no need preach what Jesus commands because everyone is going to heaven.  That is one big lie and will be a horrible disaster to churchgoers who follow such false  teachers.  Remember not to forget the Lord and His commands.  He is the Master and He comes first.

14. How can God allow His people to be sent to hell?  The Bible is full of warnings that those who despise the Word of God will not reside with Him and they will be destroyed.  The average churchgoer believes he is saved and has it made, but that same so-called saved person has not one care for anybody else who is heading straight to hell.  They will not even distribute Gospel tracts to save the lost and it is so, so, so easy to do, but they refuse because they despise the Word of God.  They think they love God, but in reality they hate to obey Him and they will not obey God.  They will obey their pastor/priest, but not God.  Jesus said to go proclaim the Gospel and they just sit in church and nothing but beg God for forgiveness for their sins over and over again.  They are taught how to save the lost or preach the Gospel.  The pastors/priest do not want you to do that as it is competition for them.  They want all your tithe money for themselves like hungry wolves making merchandise of the flock.  If you read the Bible and read what God wants you to do you will need to ask yourself why you are not doing it.  Why? Because others in your church are not doing it.  So, you have hundreds of disobedient blind folks leading the blind into the pit of hell.  Just read how God deals with the disobedient.  He can bring judgment or he can simply just give you up to believe lies and fables and not answer you prayers... all are not what you want.  Remember, Jesus said only those who do the will of the Father will go to heaven.  He never said the will of the pastor or priest did he?  So why are you not obeying the will of the Father to go save the lost?  Jesus warned that many believers in God will worship God in vain and will not enter heaven.  You need to stop listening to you pastor/priest and listen to the real authority, Jesus of Nazareth.  Believe Jesus! 

15. The Church is holy?  No way.  Only God is holy.  Not your church building.  Don't fall for that lie.  Pastors and priests will try to get you to believer that the church is the salt of the earth, but Jesus said "you" are the salt of the earth and that "you" must bear fruit or "you" will be good for nothing except to be thrown out and trampled by men.  Pastors and priests (men) have trampled you down because you chose to not be the salt of the earth and to let your light shine before men.  Read Matthew 5:13.  You chose to follow men (your church) instead of following the Lord.  You chose to serve two masters and the man-made-church has deceived you to follow and serve that church.

16. The Gospel is being sold?  Yes, it is not given freely. The churches will get you to enter the church to hear the word of God.  You think it is free, but one way or another you will end up paying that pastor or priest for the privilege.  Jesus and the Apostles never, ever, charged a fee to hear the Word of God, but your church is charging a fee.  Think about that!  Jesus said to give freely what you received freely, but  your church is making merchandise of you.  This sounds harsh because what the churches are doing is wrongfully harsh.  Jesus never told us to become "members" of a church.  We (true believers) are members of His body, but not members of a man-made church.  In any case, your church is charging you a fee to hear the Gospel under the guise that a fee is required to continue to share the Word of God.  The pastor gets rich and lives like a worldly king on God's tithe money... that is how the apostate system thrives.  It sells the Gospel for a fee.  Video tapes, CD's, books, conventions and weekly church worship services all charge a fee.  How many items did Jesus and the Apostles sell?  You will find the moment a church building is built, the "wrong foundation" is laid and the church instantly becomes apostate and grows larger and worse over time.  Selling the Gospel creates the money to build these churches.  Even the huge denominations are doing it, so it appears to be okay to the casual eye, but it is not Biblical at all.

17. What should a Christian do?  Did you know that 98 percent of all professed Christians have never led anyone to salvation?  Those are the facts.  It reveals the rotten fruit the apostate church system generates.  Most all Christians have trashed the Words of Jesus by not doing what He said to do.  They all go to church to obey their pastor, but they willfully and intentionally ignore Jesus' commands.  They are disobedient children.  The Great Commission is a very strongly worded command Jesus gave us (Mark 16:15).  Many Christians are going to discover they are not of Christ because they chose to ignore and not do what He said to do.  Jesus said only those who do the will of His Father will enter heaven.  If you do not gather, you scatter, etc.  Yet churchgoers believe that going to church is better than proclaiming the Gospel.  Pastors and priests have deceived the flock.

18. Is the flock going to hell?  I believe the members of apostate churches are in deep trouble and have allowed themselves to be deceived by wolves in sheep's clothing.  They chose to listen to and obey their church leaders instead of reading the Bible and believing God.  Jesus gave a command, "do not be deceived" and these people have disregarded Jesus command and warnings.  They want church more than God.  In the end, these are the people who will be surprised and shocked to discover that they were fooled too late to be saved.  They thought they were saved, but they ignored most all of Jesus words, warnings and commands, but they certainly obeyed their pastor or priest!  The Lord will not tolerate those who have two masters.  There will be a lot of professing Christians in hell because they despised God's Word.

19. Christians despise God?  This is correct.  Jesus said you must worship God in Spirit and in Truth.  That is performed by offering 100% loyalty to God, not to your church or your pastor.  A true Christian will obey Jesus and God's Word over and above what your church expects you to do.  A true Christian is going to be found doing the Lord's work every day being merciful to the poor, saving the lost, proclaiming the Good News of the Gospel, leaving Gospel tracts everywhere they go, etc.  Why? Because he/she knows that God wants us to be merciful to others and to save the lost from hell.  A Christian who praises God and yet does not do what God says to do is an apostate Christian.  He is a fraud and the Lord will cast him into hell.  He was not merciful to the poor.  He did not feed the hungry.  He did not share the Gospel (he hid it from others).  Christians think that giving money to the church excuses them, but they have squandered their money and gave it to thieves in the church.  Again, serving two masters is the issue.  You can not serve your church and serve God at the same time.  Why?  Because your church is not anything like the first century church, it is a counterfeit church full of people who actually despise God's Word because they refuse to obey God.  They obey their church.

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21. Listening to pastors is wrong?  Yes it is wrong.  Because if you read the Bible the old and the new testament will tell you over and over again that we are to listen to the Lord and to obey His Word.  Today, pastors are preaching sermons.  These sermons supersede Jesus' sermons.  The pastor's sermons are sprinkled with God's word but the total message is a deceptive lie dripping like sweet honey to the ears.  God's Word in the Bible is full of nice promises to hear.  You don't need to listen to these pastors who are selling their sermons to you inside their churches or on television.  God says over and over in the Bible you do not need a teacher, that He will teach you.  If you continue to listen to your pastor/priest he will mislead you to believe in him, his church, his denomination, his errors and to believe in his omissions.  You are in deep trouble and you don't even know it because you are told by him that you are saved and you do not have to obey God anymore.  You can now ignore most all of what Jesus says to do.  In fact, you will be taught to obey the Apostles recommendations over the commands of the Lord.   Listen to the Lord and obey Him if you wish to be certain of salvation.  Listen and obey your pastor and he will be with you in hell's fire and he will have the last laugh.

22. How do we believe an omission?  You will believe what the pastor/priest tells you.  You will also believe in what he does not tell you.  The pastor will not tell you that if you disobey God's Word you will go to hell.  That is an omission.  He will not tell you that if you do not gather souls for Christ you will go to hell.  That is an omission.  If you go to church each week and fail to do what God says to do you will still go to hell.  That is an omission.  The pastor will not tell you the entire Gospel truth.  He will even lie to you and make you think you are saved when you are not saved.  He makes you believe his church is the only and/or right church to get to heaven, yet the Bible says nothing about going to church is a method to get to heaven.  You could work for the Lord and never attend church and still get to heaven (thief on the cross is an example) but your pastor will not tell you this.  False teachers will not tell you the entire truth of God's Word.  They preach sermons of half-truths.  Today, Jesus would say to beware of the leaven of the pastors and priests.

23. Pastors work for the devil?  The devil uses pastors to do his work.  He has to do this to trick people into hell.  Jesus said that there will be wolves dressed up like sheep with the sole purpose to trick you and lead you to hell while you think you are going to heaven.  Every Christian thinks their pastor/priest is the true faithful teacher, but Jesus warned them to beware of them.  Jesus had to tell the Pharisees that their farther was the devil.  The religious leaders yet!  That is how the devil operates.  He gets the leaders to lead you right down the wrong path.  You can tell if you are deceived when you read Jesus commands and discover that "you yourself" are not doing what He said to do.   Hint:  if you are not personally witnessing to save the lost you are in terribly deep trouble.  Every Christian must perform this duty, bar none!  You are scattering by not gathering.  Jesus said it and His command will stand no matter what your pastor/priest says otherwise.  You are not excused for any reason unless you are lame.  If you do not save the lost you are working for the devil, period.  That is what the devil wants, do-nothing Christians.  The devil loves churchgoers who disobey the Lord.  It is the ultimate insult to see Christians praising God and disobeying God.  In God's eyes Christians who do this are an abomination.  Work for the Lord and you can't go wrong.  Work for your church and you will go wrong.  You can't serve two masters!

24. How do the cults thrive?  Two reasons.  #1.  They deceive their flock into thinking that their way is the way to heaven and you must be obedient to them because God put them in positions of trust.  Of course, this is a lie, but it is believed by millions of people in these cults.  #2.  The cults thrive because they actually do what Jesus said to do.  They proclaim the Gospel to the lost using word of mouth, media and print literature.  They share the Gospel, but its their Gospel, not God's.  That is how the cults thrive in a nutshell.  They also use mind-control methods, peer pressure, threats of excommunication, etc., to keep members obedient to them.  Being obedient to the cult leaders, pastors and priests you are led to believe that you can't go to heaven if you rebel against them or disbelieve them.  Obey them.  Disobey God.  Take your pick.

25. But God's word is proclaimed in the church.  That is the problem.  If you read the Bible most all of Jesus and the Apostles teachings were performed outside of the church buildings.  Jesus said to "go" into the world to proclaim the Gospel.  He never told us to build church buildings and then advertise or entice people to come to church to hear God's Word.  Pastors have turned this up-side-down.  Today, 98% of Christians fail to do what Jesus and the Apostles did and they think this is normal.  In reality, it is disobedience to God's Word and commands.  It is built on a wrong foundation. 

26. What is a powerful way to preach the Gospel?  Imagine if you sent a Gospel tract to a radio, newspaper or television personality or even a terrorist and that person became a Christian?  That person could reach thousands for Christ.  But just leaving tracts everywhere you go each and every day of you life will certainly produce untold thousands of saved people.  Most all Christians just won't do it.  They do not care.

27. Christians do not see results from tracts?  The Word of the Lord says His Word will not return to Him void (Isaiah 55:11) and "...your labor is not in vain in the Lord." - I Cor. 15:58.  I remind you, your labor of going to church is not a labor to the Lord.  It is not work that bears fruit it is simply churchgoing.  It is not a work that saves the lost in your travels it is just playing church.  A churchgoer that leaves Gospel tracts is now on the right path to reach the lost and can now tells others to do the same. If they don't listen and they don't want to proclaim the Gospel to the lost then leave that church.

28. Where then should the Christian go?  The sad truth is that you may need to just follow the Lord, believe and obey His Word and forfeit church memberships.  God tells us to escape from apostate churches and to flee from false teachers.  Pastors who will not demand that church members work for the Lord (not his church, but to work for the Lord) you should abandon.  Now, if you look at the fruit of the modern day church where 98% of the Christians do not proclaim the Gospel to the lost it will be almost impossible to find a church that obeys God's Word.  Jesus said you can tell them from their fruits.  Imagine, 98% not witnessing.  Just obey Jesus and God's Word and do it.  Jesus said those who hear and obey God's Word will have built on a solid foundation.  Those who "do" the will of the Father will go to heaven.   How come your pastor/priest is not teaching you these things? They don't want you to obey God, they want you to obey and serve them.

29. What then is God's will?  Go and save the lost.  Those are the last words Jesus said to us.  He commands it.  Are you obeying God's will?  He did not say to gather and pray in church each week.  God wants action and He wants us to get to work saving the lost.

30. How do I know what ministry I should have?  Stop thinking about it and get to work saving the lost and then the Lord will take the next step and He will show you the way to go. 

31. What is the fear of the Lord?  It is fear, indeed.  Most Christians have no fear of the Lord because their pastors have them believing they are saved and there is nothing left to fear, yet God says otherwise and the flock chooses to believe their pastor!  Even Jesus said to fear God who can throw you into hell.  When the fear of hell has been taken away from you, then you will not fear God and God's many promises for healing, etc., all of which is related to fearing God will not be given to you.  And, He will throw you head-first into hell's fire for all eternity for not believing and serving Him.  God's Word will not be mocked despite what your pastor/priest teaches otherwise.  God will be exalted among the heathen.

32. Christians have become heathen?  Absolutely.  You can call yourself a Christian and you can attend a Christian church but that does not make you an obedient child of God. In fact, churchgoing can make you a rebel.  When 98% of Christians do not obey God's commands and do not care for the lost then they have become the heathen.  Jesus said few would enter heaven, not the many.  98% is a "many" number.  That should be a wake up call to the believer trapped inside of the modern day church system.  Are you one of the 98% not witnessing on a daily basis?

33. What would motivate Christians to witness?  Sadly, money.  They only serve money, not God.  A perfect example.  A pastor in Los Angeles once asked a congregation for those to raise their hand to be hired to pass out Gospel tracts for a salary of $1,000.00 a day.  They all raised their hand.  Would you have raised your hand if offered $1,000.00 a day wages?  That's $30,000 a month.  $360,000 a year.  They will do God's work only if they get paid to do it.  The churchgoing flock was "depressed" to discover they should be doing it for free.  They should be witnessing to the Lord every day.  The church is sick and it is all due to disobedience to God's word.  The Lord cuts off all those who do not produce good fruit.  Most churches and the churchgoers have been cut off the vine long ago.  Yes, this is the last days of the great falling away Jesus spoke of.  The Apostles said they will not endure sound doctrine and they will be given up to believe in fables (slick lies from false teachers).

34. Why are there so many false pastors?  Most of them are hirelings and do not care for the flock.  They are paid by the denomination.  Others own their church building and make a living off the tithes given to them.  These pastors dare not teach the truth as the congregation will become upset or "depressed" and leave his church.  Both have monetary affiliations and motivations.  The truth can not be freely given under such situations.  Paul was the greatest church builder and he was still a tentmaker and he never built a church building.  He never even told us to build a church building.  Pastors have built their own system that is not Biblical and it creates a multitude of problems.  It created and sustains the apostate church.    

35. I want to read more about the apostate church.  Where do I turn?  Start right here with my Apostasy Now  article.  It lists many free resources that explains in much greater detail how the apostate church operates and how the apostate church will deceive you and how you can escape.  I also have a Web page listing books about the Apostate Church system and some cults.  Click here Christian Books-2 Apostate Church System.

36. Did Jesus warn us about the apostate church?  Yes, He most certainly did.  Read Matthew 24.  He said to take heed no man deceive you.  He said, "man" not the devil.  It will be a man or many men who will trick you.  Those are church leaders.  Jesus also warned to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees... also church leaders.  There are many warnings in the Bible and most all pastors are silent about teaching these warnings. 

37. What can I use to quickly determine an apostate minister?  This is easy.  At first, the sermon you will hear him preach is going to sound so great and so Biblically right.  He will even quote Scriptures in the sermon to make it seem authentic.  But now, as you listen, ask yourself this one question,  "Is this sermon teaching us how to reach out to save the lost?"  You will have your answer.  The apostate minister's agenda is diametrically opposed to God.  God's heartbeat desires the lost to be saved.  The apostate pastor or priest does not and his fruit will reveal this fact to be true.  Most everyone in the entire church they pastor will not proclaim the Gospel to the lost and have no desire to do so and never will do so. An attitude pervades inside these churches of, "Lord, thank you for saving me, but let the other people go to Hell."  They don't have to verbally say this, they do it by their actions by not saving the lost.  Their fruit is evident.  The pastor or priest uses fancy sermons to cover up the rotten fruit.  You will see this pattern in every apostate church.  

38. I was told as I mature I will then be taught how to witness.  Let me ask this one question.  How many in your church that are mature are actively reaching out to save the lost?  If they are not doing it then you will never be taught by your pastor, ever.  Don't be fooled.  How many sermons must you hear before you do go out and witness to save the lost?  How many?  A thousand?  Five thousand sermons?  Ask your elders!  If you look at the elders in your church and you still see them doing nothing to save the lost in their own community you can bet that church is apostate no matter how wonderful that church may appear to be.  As you can see, that church has no desire to save the lost for Christ or to proclaim the Gospel to the lost.  They have "other agendas" that are not of God.  They scatter because they do not gather souls for Jesus.  This church has already been cut off the vine and the church members do not realize it.

39. We go to church to learn.  "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God..." James 1:5.  God's Apostle James does not say to ask your pastor or priest for wisdom.  Read what the Bible says.  You will find the Apostle Paul telling you the same thing that you do not need a teacher, but you can be certain your pastor is not going to preach sermons about this.  As long as you keep going to church to listen to your pastor or priest you are being misled.  These guys are not preaching the entire truth of the Bible.  They leave out half of it.  You will only obtain a lopsided view of what God wants you to know.  Most of the people in these sort of churches are not even saved, yet they think they are because their pastor assures them that they are.  Again, you need to look at the fruit these people are really producing for the Lord.  They refuse to obey the Great Commission.

40. The Lord wants praise and worship.  This is what your pastor says because he wants you to worship at his church only, but God says he does not reside in buildings.  He does not desire sacrifice he wants mercy.  He also said he wants the lost to be saved.  He wants you to bear fruit.  Not once is church attendance ever mentioned to be "fruit" in the Bible.  The focus is on worship, but the God wants the lost to be saved.  Once in heaven everyone will have plenty of time to worship, but the need of saving the lost is the job of the church.  A job they are failing, miserably.  Plus, it gives the Father glory when you bear much good fruit.  That is what Jesus says and what He says is not what your pastor or priest is telling you. Who are you going to believe?  Who are you going to obey?  Whose voice are you listening to?  Choose one because you can't serve two masters!

41. I like my pastor and his sermons.  I like truth-laden sermons too, but it just a bunch of noise if others are not benefiting from the knowledge shared.  It is fine if you are edified, but edified to do what?  Just feel good?  Then beware of the psychology of the pastor's sermons for that is all it is.  It will not satisfy you at all.  You will hunger and thirst for more sermons like an addiction.  That is what the pastor wants too, to keep you coming back so he can keep selling these sermons to you.  Remember, Jesus said His sheep will hear only his voice and will not follow another.  My advice is for you to read the Bible again and start doing what Jesus said to do.  Then you can preach sermons to help others to bear good fruit to save the lost.  If you are not interested in saving the lost then you are likely not born again.  You are not on fire for the Lord.  Why?  Because your agenda is different than what the Bible says the agenda should be.  It is not all of your fault, it is your pastor or priest withholding this knowledge.  Your fault is not reading what God says in the Bible;  "I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go." - Psalm 32:8.  Why are you listening to these endless sermons?

42. What about Sunday worship services?  There is no possible way to worship the Lord in truth on Sunday because it is being disobedient to the Lord's Fourth Commandment to keep the Sabbath holy.  If you participate on Sunday (and not on Saturday the real Sabbath day) you are practicing sin.  Jesus Himself obeyed the Sabbath and not one Apostle told us to do otherwise.  The Roman Catholics changed the day and the protestants have followed their lead into grave error.  You can't cover up this sin or excuse the Commandments away.  Jesus said we must obey the Commandments, all of them.  False religions disobey the Lord like a bad habit, yet they make it look like it is okay to do it.  Jesus said if you love Him you will keep His Commandments.  Are you keeping them?  If not, why not?  Is it because your pastor or priest tells you otherwise?  Who then is the final authority you are serving? 

43. A pastor can become Christ?  Jesus warned that many would come in His name to deceive and that many would be deceived.  You are not going to expect a devil-worshipping cult member to deceive you, you know better than that.  It will be a pastor or a priest disguised in sheep (Christian) clothing.  The pastor will preach clever lies that will contradict the Word of God and that is how he becomes a form of Christ to those who follow him.  Especially when you start to believe the pastor/priest is someone special or has powers and abilities and you are strongly attracted to him and his church.  Be aware that 98% of every church in America has fallen away, yes 98%. 

44. How does the Apostate Church thrive?  It thrives on the ignorance of the massive crowd that follows and obeys it.  The flock does not read the Bible with common sense, they read it with the interpretation of their pastor or priest.  This interpretation will sound sweet and lovely to the ears to hear, but when you examine what God says in His Word you will see how the pastor/priest has deceived the flock.  It happens each time you attend church... you will be taught lies and fables from false prophets/teachers.  The apostate church thrives when it "ignores" the true Words of God as written in the King James Version Bible.  Millions are being deceived and it is likely happening to you, too.  They tried to deceive me and they did succeed, until I read the truth.  Jesus said, "Your Word is Truth" meaning the Scriptures are true.  Set the Bible aside and ignore it and you will have a thriving apostate church.

45. Are you an authority on the Apostate Church?  No, not at all.  My articles on my Website are only my effort to expose the apostate church system.  I learned about this false system the hard way, by personal experience.  I was an apostate Christian.  I read books about the false church systems and the Bible to gain knowledge.  I am convinced we are in perilous times when 98% of the churches are apostate... that is factual because those who attend these apostate churches disobey the Lord's commands habitually.  All one has to do is read the Bible and see if people in your church are actually doing what Jesus said to do.  The churches are having church, but they are not obeying the Lord by doing what the Lord said to do.  The fruit is non-existent.  The Great Commission is ignored, the Christian church member will not witness to save the lost.  It's a false Christianity.

46. We must obey our pastor.  The Lord say's, "Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God." - Jeremiah 26:13.  The Bible also tells you to leave those who fail to teach the truth of God's Word.  He said to get out, not hang around and doubt.  Too many people do know they are in a troubled apostate church, but they will not obey God and leave them.  The Bible does not say to try to convert the apostates.  He said to flee from them.  If you find that you are compelled to obey your pastor or priest you are in grave danger if that teacher is a false teacher (and today most are false teachers).  Jesus said if you love Him you will obey His Commands, not your pastor's commands or anyone else's commands.  You are only required and commanded to serve one master.  Serve God or man, but you can't serve both.  Take your pick.  Joshua said, "... but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord."  Who are you really serving?  You are serving the one whom you obey.  Do not think that obeying your pastor or priest is obeying God... that is what the false teachers want you to think.  Read Proverbs 8:34. 

47. What do you find most troubling?  That there are just about no more churches left that can be trusted.  We now have multiple cults, denominations and false religions spreading over the entire globe like a wildfire out of control.  Apostate churches are now deemed legitimate in the eyes of most churchgoers.  They are so blinded they can't even recognize an apostate church or a wolf inside the church.  Jesus said this day would come and it is now here in full bloom.  There is no way we who know and try to warn the flock can expect an awakening.  These are the days of great darkness the Bible speaks of.  Christians think all is well, but little do they know that ravenous wolves are in charge of their church deceiving them.  Anyone can escape, but they first need to open their eyes and ears to look and to hear God's Word as written in the Bible.  They are listening to pastors that are not teaching the Bible even when they use Bible verses in their sermons to make it sound good.  The devil used Scripture when tempting Jesus and he is using a distorted and false interpretation and application of Scripture to deceive.  If you think you are near to God, then you are in great danger because Jesus said even the very elect would be deceived.  So, do not think you are somehow not going to be affected... you likely already are!  

48. Our pastor guides us into truth.  The Bible says otherwise.  Read John 16:13.  God's Spirit will guide you into truth.  Your pastor wants you to believe in him, to obey and to blindly follow him and to support him and his church.  The Apostles never demanded such loyalty as pastors do today.  Even Paul worked as a tent maker to earn his living.  Today, pastors take tithes from the flock.  Just about everything a pastor or priest does today is in direct conflict with the Word of God.  The apostasy is worse than you think it is.  They are smooth-talking liars and very skilled at getting you to listen and obey themselves and get you to disobey God.  And, they do all of this in God's name!  Do not follow your pastor.  Follow Jesus and Him alone.  This means you may need to walk with Jesus alone, without belonging to an apostate church.     

49. Perhaps our church leaders are not at fault?  The Lord sent His prophets to speak to the church leaders and false teachers because they are the ones who set policies and control the people.  Read Jeremiah 23.  "For both prophet and priest are profane."  "Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord."  "I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied."  "... prophets that prophesy lies?  yea, they are prophets that prophesy lies."  "Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith."  "...ye have perverted the words of the living God."  "I will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you."  What is going on today is nothing new, just a repeat on a grander scale of what took place in Jeremiah's day.  The pastors and priests are lying to their flocks by telling half-truths and outright fables in their sermons.

50. Is this a new apostasy?  I wanted to believe it was, but I was reading a Christian book, "Myth's Lies & Half-Truths" and this is what Adolph Hitler said on page 164, "The Protestants haven't the faintest conception of a church.  You can do anything you like to them-they will submit.  They're used to cares and worries... They are insignificant little people, submissive as dogs, and they sweat with embarrassment when you talk to them."  That is the same silence we hear today from Protestants.  They still will not go forth bravely and proclaim the Gospel to the lost, they won't demonstrate against filth and evil in our neighborhoods, etc.  They hide inside their churches then hide from public view.  They follow their pastor and not Jesus of Nazareth.  It seems Hitler had help by the Protestants' absolute silence to go ahead and murder the Jews.  The same silence we hear today in America.  The apostasy started with the first century church of the New Testament.  It is only growing and getting worse.  What is remarkable is the Christians are not even trying to counter the Muslims take over of America.  Mosques are expanding and new Muslims are our recruiting, but the Christians just sit back and do nothing to reach the lost, including the lost Muslims.  It is as if it were a sin to them to proclaim the Gospel to the lost.  Pastors do not even teach them or compel them to do so.  All a Christian needs to do is to give tithes and attend church, yet both are not mandated by Jesus to give tithes to a Pastor or to build or attend a church (building).  This apostasy has really gotten way out of hand and has now become seen to be as "normal" but it is totally apostate to be building churches on every street corner and the members of these tens of thousands of churches not bearing fruit for God, not actively out saving the lost and proclaiming the Gospel.         

51. Are apostate church members saved?  No.  If they were truly saved the Holy Spirit would have nudged them to rebel and ultimately leave their false church.  They are being told by lying pastors and priests they are saved when they are not saved.  These people blindly follow a false Christ and learn from twisted teachings that are diabolically opposed to the real Gospel.  You can read in the Bible how the Spirit of God deals with false prophets and errant teachers.  Millions of churchgoers are being deceived.  They actually believe they are doing the right thing when what they are doing is placing themselves under the wrath of God.  Those who do not obey the Lord will suffer His wrath.  That is what God says in the Bible.  Lying pastors and priests are telling people they are saved and the gullible believe them.  The truth is in the Bible, the Bible that they do not read and the Bible they choose not to obey.  The pastors and priests also have the people defending their church and actually become the sword of the devil to fight against God's messengers... just like what the Jews did to their prophets.  The same blindness exists.  The church needs to wake up and see the wolves in sheep's clothing who have already tricked and have devoured them.  Those who oppose the Lord and His Word are not saved, they are God's enemy, servants of Satan.  Jesus said to be on guard and not to be deceived, but they choose to ignore His warnings. 

52. We must not rebel against church authority.  That is not true.  According to the Bible you are commanded to mark and avoid false teachers and false believers.  You are commanded to come out from their churches and not fellowship with those to choose to live in darkness and lies.  You are to be separate from those who hate God's Word.  Apostate churches use God's Word, but in reality they hate His Words because they refuse to obey God's Word.  If you support these apostate churches you will reap the plaques God will send upon them.  You will be cut off the vine.  You may end up with a happy growing church, but spiritually dead as dead can be.  Jesus said to let the dead bury the dead and to follow Him.  Jesus rebelled against church authority and so did the Apostles. 

53. Should I tithe?  Yes, but you must be a good steward.  If you are giving money to support an apostate church you are honoring that false church and system that is an enemy of God.  Withhold your tithe money from that church and invest the money in your own personal ministry to reach out to save the lost, etc.  Do it yourself so you will get absolutely without a doubt get your reward from God.  Blindly giving money to a church will give you no reward because the Bible never authorized churchgoers to give money to pastors to build church buildings that the pastor owns or operates.  It is not Biblical.  Just because the devil has built tens of thousands of churches does not make any of them acceptable in God's eye.  They may all be an offense and subject to God's wrath.  Do not support the apostate churches or their causes.  You need to bear good fruit.  Isn't it time you wake up from your slumber?  

54. Should not we gather to edify the church?  Yes, but the Word does not say to build or enter a church building whatsoever.  The early Christians met in their homes and they were not "controlled" or manipulated by pastors to give them money.  In fact, the Bible indicates a pastor was not to be paid for their services!  But the Bible also gives a clear command to "admonish one another" which means to instruct and to warn of dangers.  The word fellowship literally means to share with someone else, to share and interact with one another, to build relationships with one another. There is no church today doing these things.  Everything today is programmed and controlled by pastors and everybody just attends to listen to what the pastor has to say.  The pastor's have taken over the church, they have hi-jacked it completely.  The large denominations do the same thing.  Pastors are not warning Christians that do not bear fruit that they will suffer for it.  They don't dare warn of apostate churches as their "subjects" will find out what is really going on.  Do not be duped.  Jesus warned, "...do not be deceived"  yet many Christians are today. 

55. Many are called few are chosen.  What does it mean?  It means many are called to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus of Nazareth and to follow Him, but most to many will refuse to proclaim the Gospel and follow the real Jesus of Nazareth.  It does not mean that God has not chosen some to follow.  He has chosen all to follow, but few are chosen because they have refused to heed the call and to obey Him.  Today, people are too busy obeying their pastor or their church than to care about doing what Jesus of Nazareth tells them to do in the Bible.  These disobedient sons and daughters are not even born-again, yet they have been led to believe that they are.  If they were born-again they would be following, obeying and listening to Jesus of Nazareth and they would not follow, hear or be led away by false churches, false servants and false pastors and false teachers.  Remember, Jesus said that few will find eternal life.  The churches have memberships in the billions now and that is not a few but a great majority.  Add up all the churches of all the Christian denominations and you will see it is not a few.  Why even the apostates believe they are saved.   Even those religious churches that allow perverts and lying gospels believe they are serving God and are saved.  Anyone who attends church these days is considered saved.  Imagine that!

56. Who gave my pastor the authority to conduct marriage ceremonies?  He has no authority to do so.  The Bible never says a pastor or a priest is to conduct marriage ceremonies.  As you can see, the pastors and priests do things that make you think that what they do is authorized by the Bible, but the Bible never gave them the authorization.  Where there is the smell of money vultures will gather.  Just because a pastor or priest does something do not assume he has been given authority to do so by God.  There are many pastors and priests doing evil things.  Just watch news (or Christian TV broadcasts) on television and you will see just how bad they are.

57. Is there there a one-true-church denomination?  None.  There's no denomination that is the true church.  All of these man-made denominations all proclaim the same claim as being the one true church.  Christ's true church is composed of individuals who do the will of the Father and they do not need to belong to any man-made church system.  If you are involved with a denomination that should be a clue to you that you are in the wrong church system, yet few will ever escape from the denomination's iron grip because they don't want to escape and they don't want to hear the truth and they don't want to make a 100% commitment to follow Jesus of Nazareth and they don't want to proclaim the Gospel to the lost and they don't want to obey the Lord's commands, etc.  They want the easy path and the denominations lead them to this wide easy path to hell's fire.  Yes, many religious people will be in hell.  Many pastors and priests will be there too!  Just because you are a believer does not get you a ticket to heaven, you have to do the will of the Father to get to heaven.  Not once did God say for you to become a church member or to join a church and then just sit back and do nothing for Him.  There is work to do in saving the lost and the denominations make you think they are doing the work for you so you don't have to do anything for the Lord.  That is just one of the traps that will take you to hell's fire, just one.  Paul warned that wolves would come not sparing the flock and these wolves would come from their own midst's as teachers (pastors) and others in the church system to deceive all.  That system is highly refined and polished today and is comprised of the large denominations and now even the innocent looking tiny little church on the street corner.  They all follow the same formulas of deceit.  It is very sad to report this, but it needs to be proclaimed.        

58. I need to learn more about this apostate system.  How?  It is easy.  Go to our Apostasy Now article... at the bottom we list resources.   Many magazines are free or nominal cost.  There are two firms you should contact right away:  People of the Living God and Fundamental Evangelistic Association.  Ask for their magazines and literature.  These two alone are very powerful and they will open your mind up to the truth of what is really going on in the apostate church systems.  Everything they say will be backed up with the Bible.  Remember God said, "My people perish due to lack of knowledge."  Get this knowledge before it is too late.  A free e-newsletter: News With Views - Paul Proctor has excellent (free) articles about the apostate church system you should not miss!  

59. Do you ever become frustrated proclaiming the Gospel to a world that doesn't want it?  Often.  In May of 2007 I became so upset I stopped proclaiming the Gospel.  I needed a break.  But only for couple days.  Life is useless and meaningless if you do not proclaim the Gospel to the lost.  There is just too much at stake and we owe Him this duty.  We really do owe Him this.  It's what He wants us to do; save the lost!  We must remain faithful even when we do not want to.  It is the job of a true Christian to obey the Lord and do what is pleasing to Him.  I have moods too and sometimes I just don't want to save anybody.  I often feel overwhelmed with the job.  The ripe fields are too huge for me to handle.  The apostate church system is taking over every established church.  Just count on your hand how many  Christians you know that are sharing the Gospel to lost people on a daily basis; not church-people, but the un-churched lost, people you see about you everyday.  Those are the lost that are not being reached.  It is frustrating to see so few Church-goers working for the Lord.  They just don't care to share the Gospel with the lost.  Because their pastor does not care and he does not teach them how so the job is ignored by the church crowd.   In fact if you dare to go reach the lost they will even accuse you wrongdoing.  Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house - Proverbs 17:13

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