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SALVATION - INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

There is NOTHING in this life that is more important for you to do than to decide where you will spend eternity.

 

If you have everything that this world can offer you - an easy life, family, friends, money, and pleasures - but you decide by default to spend eternity in Hell, then your life will have been a complete failure.

 

On the other hand, if you have practically nothing in this life of esteemed value, but you choose to seek God and to spend eternity with him in Heaven, then your life will have been an enormous success.

 

The difference isn't so much in what you have or don't have; it's in what you choose and don't choose. Jesus said, "except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

 

List of Articles:

 

What does it mean to be "Born Again"?

 

Is Baptism part of Salvation?

 

Who is God? - Make it Simple (links to our Doctrine Article by this title)

 

A Personal Message from Our Family to You

 

 

BIBLE VERSIONS - INDEX

 

 

King James?                   New Bible Versions??

List of Articles:

 

FOUNDATIONAL ARTICLES

 

The Nature of War

 

What About the Septuagint?

 

Antioch and Alexandria

 

NIV Says to Reject Jesus

 

AN Excellent Reference for King James Bible Believers - By James L. Melton

 

NIV Quiz - by Rex L. Cobb

 

Bible Memorization Test - by Pastor James Knox

 

Personal Pronouns - Thee, Thou, Ye, Thy, Thine, etc

 

Believing God’s Word

 

Errors in the King James Bible

 

An Open Letter to Cheryl

 

DEFENDING GOD'S WORD ONLINE

 

How We Know the King James Bible is God's ONLY Word in English

 

LOST In the Confused Mind of A Pentecostal Bible College Student (A Series)

00 - LOST - Intro

01 - LOST - First Email Exchange

02 - LOST

03 - LOST

04 - LOST

05 - LOST - SUMMARY CHART

06 - LOST

Is The King James Bible Wrong About Easter at Acts 12:4?

 

Is Eugene Peterson's book "The Message" a true copy of God's Word, the Bible?

 

CONTRADICTIONS IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE

 

01 - I Sam 17:50; II Sam 21:19: WHO KILLED GOLIATH?

 

02 - Gen 1:27; Gen 2:7, 20-30: The Timing of Adam and Eve's Creation

 

03 - Judges 4:21; Judges 5:25-27: How Did Sisera Die?

 

04 - I Sam 31:4; II Sam 1:10; II Sam 21:12: WHO KILLED KING SAUL?

 

05 - Joshua 15:21-32: HOW MANY CITIES - 29 or 36 or 38?

 

06 - II Sam 24:9; I Chron 21:5-6: David Numbers How Many Men of War in Israel?

 

07 - Acts 20:35: Did Jesus Really Say This?

 

08 - Matt 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; John 2:1-11: Was Jesus in the Wilderness or at the Wedding?

 

 

 

 

SOUND DOCTRINE - INDEX

 

 

In this series we intend to examine doctrines with the intent of establishing which are sound and which are false.

 

Sound doctrine unites believers in Christ, false doctrine divides people from Christ, and conflicting doctrine disrupts unity and fellowship in Christ.

 

Therefore, each of us ought to purge ourselves of false doctrine and earnestly seek sound doctrine.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
(I Thess 5:21)

This is not a matter of personal opinion - nor one of one-upmanship; it is a matter of personal righteousness and of right-standing before God.  Ultimately, we must be willing to let God’s Word speak to us, and we must be willing to conform ourselves to that Word.

 

Question: How much false doctrine can one believe and still be saved? 

 

At the Berean Research Institute, we are not willing to be comfortable with any false doctrines - no matter how few they are, nor how little they may be, nor what cost we may face to rid ourselves of them.

 

For good reason, Jesus warns us to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees:

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.  (Matt 16:6)

Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. (Matt 16:12)

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. (Gal 5:9)

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. (I Cor 5:7)

Therefore, as we examine various doctrines, we do so not to be confrontational or disagreeable with others, but to be obedient to these specific commandments of God and to be faithful to his scriptures, overall.

 

Let's Be Scriptural, In Determining Sound Doctrine.

 

 

List of Articles:

 

OK…. So, you’re a "CHRISTIAN"...

What’s Wrong With Being a “Christian”??

 

Who is God? - Make it Simple

OK…. So, you’re a "PENTECOSTAL" - Let’s Be Scriptural About:

Pentecost and the Modern Pentecostal Movement

Examining the Pentecostal Statement of Faith, “What We Believe”

 

Pentecostal Feminism

 

Why I left the Tongues Movement - Alfred H. Pohl (Opens in New Window)

 

“Slain in the Spirit”

 

“Speaking in Tongues”

 

My Pastor, the "Spiritual Hippie"

Fake Healers, Apostles & Prophets

Smith Wigglesworth - A Book Review - by Mike Wright

 

Benny Hinn - "Man of God"?? - Videos

 

Benny Hinn - Outrageous Claims

 

Benny Hinn - Politics with China

United Pentecostal Church International

Is Water Baptism Necessary for Salvation?

 

Is the UPCI Gospel True?

OK…. So, you’re a "BAPTIST" - Let’s Be Scriptural About:

The Eternal Security of the Believer

The Eternal Security of the Believer

 

Eternal Security

 

The “Carnal” Christian

The Local Church

The “Local” Church - A Review of Dr. Kirkland's Book

 

Bible Verses Refuting the "Local Church" doctrine (Opens in New Window)

Calvinism and Arminianism

Calvinism and Arminianism

 

The god of the Calvinist

 

Calvinism and Modern Bible Versions

 

OK…. So, you’re a "CATHOLIC" - Let’s Be Scriptural About:

Salvation for Catholics

Can a “Catholic” be a “Christian”?

 

A Warning to Catholic Christians !!

 

Catholic Booklet - “Be Careful of Protestant Teachings”:  a Review

Catholic Doctrines

The Virgin Mary

 

The Mass - Transubstantiation

 

Roman Catholic Responses - Refuted

The Judgment of Rome

The Judgment of Rome - The Mother of Harlots

 

OK…. So, you’re a "JEHOVAH'S WITNESS" - Let’s Be Scriptural About:

Questions For Jehovah's Witnesses

Questions For Jehovah's Witnesses - Intro

 

Question For Jehovah's Witnesses

 

 

 

ENDTIME PROPHECY - INDEX

 

 

In this series we intend to examine  eschatological (study of endtime) teachings with the intent of determining which are true and which are not.

 

Perhaps as much as one third of the bible is prophetic, and God said (in reference to those living in the last days), that the wise shall understand (Dan 12:10).

If we knock, the door shall be opened unto us. (Matt 7:7)

It is true that Endtime prophecy has been interpreted in many different ways and by many people, but this is not a matter of personal opinion - the scriptures are not of any private interpretation.

 

We must earnestly seek to understand God’s interpretation of prophetic scripture. Despite what others say, for some, this may become a matter of salvation - a misunderstanding of this subject may result in the loss of their soul.

 

At the Berean Research Institute, we believe that God does not waste his words and that he wrote in his Word precisely what he wanted to say to us, even in this matter of prophecy.

The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Rev 19:10)

It is equally important then, in this area of eschatology, that we study to shew ourselves approved unto God, workmen that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (II Tim 2:15)

 

Therefore, as we examine various eschatological views, we do so not to be confrontational or disagreeable with others, but to be obedient and faithful to his Word.

 

 

List of Articles:

Bible Prophecy - Relevant Today:

Understanding the Book of Revelation

 

Where Are We Today in Bible Prophecy?

 

What Should We Expect Next?

Preterist/Historicist/Amillennial:

Our Letter to an Historicist

 

Refuting Preterism/Historicism - Conclusively - Page 1

 

Refuting Preterism/Historicism - Conclusively - Page 2

 

Refuting Amillennialism

 

Although we do not agree on some issues (in particular with his soteriology), we appreciate the work and research of Irvin Baxter of Endtime, Inc for assembling many of the pieces of our understanding of the Book of Revelation for us.

 

 

 

OTHER ISSUES - INDEX

 

 

In this series we intend to address several controversial subjects. As the men of Berea did, we want to receive the word with all readiness of mind and to search the scriptures daily, whether these things are so. (Acts 17:11)

 

For us, this is not a matter of personal opinion nor one of one-upmanship; it is a matter of personal righteousness and of right-standing before God.

 

Ultimately, we must be willing to let God’s Word speak to us, and we must be willing to conform ourselves to that Word.

We know that we have liberty in Christ Jesus.

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (2 Cor 3:17)

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. (1 Cor 8:9)

So, (at the least) we must be careful in exercising our liberty.

Further, the bible teaches us that liberty in Christ Jesus makes us free FROM sin. It does not make us free TO sin.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? (Rom 6:1,2)

Moreover, we are commanded to:

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (John 2:15)

So, our hearts shouldn’t even desire those things in the world from which we have been saved.

 

Jesus came to seek and to save that which is lost. We who were dead in trespasses and sins he hath quickened.

Why then would we willingly go back into trespasses and sins?

 

Why would we wander away and become lost again?

(For those who believe in eternal security - please read the articles on OSAS, but in the meantime - why would we even ’behave’ as if we were lost again?)

The question then would be…...are the things we will discuss matters of sin, or are they legitimately matters of personal conscience?

 

Let’s find out.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (I Thess 5:21)

List of Articles

 

Issues Common to Most Fellowships:

“Church” Membership

 

"Brother" Bill and "Pastor"

 

Lisa's Thoughts on the Depravation of Literature

 

Social Drinking/Use of Alcohol

Holidays:

Christmas:

 

Questions About Christmas

 

Is Christmas Scriptural?

 

Every Green Trees to Worship False gods?

 

Explaining to Friends - What is ‘wrong’ with Christmas

 

Comparison Between the Lord Jesus Christ and Santa Claus

 

Easter:

Television and Movies:

Watching Television

 

Mel Gibson - Our “Christian” Hero?

 

Mel Gibson - Our "Christian" Hero - The Passion of the Christ - Summary

Creation vs Evolution:

Creation, Evolution and the Gap Theory

 

Evolution - Fact or Fiction by James L. Melton - (Excellent !)

 

Robert Howie - Geologist - A Book Review by Mike Wright

 

 

 

 

DEFENDING GOD'S WORD ONLINE - 02_05

 

LOST in the CONFUSED MIND of a FORMER KJV-ONLY TURNED PENTECOSTAL BIBLE COLLEGE STUDENT

 LOST 00 (intro): LOST 01: LOST 02: LOST 03: LOST 04: LOST 05 (Summary): LOST 06:

From: "DH"
Sent: January-13-10 9:38 PM
To: Mike
Subject: A final word

Mike,

This is my last letter.  Since you apparently have no desire for honestly facing this matter, this correspondence is pointless.  Your defense of KJV Onlyism sounds frighteningly similar to a Mormon's "testiphony" of the Book of Mormon or FAIR's arguments for their cultic doctrine.  Verbally running round and round in circles, dancing around the issues with a dizzying spin of propaganda.  This is no surprize because both movements have the same author of confusion.

Repent and turn from this DAMNABLE HERESY and stop polluting the body of Christ with your divisive "profane and vain babbling".  "Speak thou things which becometh sound doctrine!"  If you continue to teach this heresy and refuse to accept the truth, you will not be innocent before God of poisoning the body of Christ and leading sinners and believers away from the Gospel of Jesus Christ!  

What do you love more Jesus Christ, His saving Gospel, and the Truth or your foolish, man-made, divisive heresy?  You probably don't care if a person has repented and been truly born again and saved from their sins and restored unto the Father if they don't read your favorite translation of God's Word.  That is pride, not love, not of Christ!  

So go ahead and idolize the KJV, support your cause with lies and no shred of academic integrity, slander godly men who have devoted their lives to translating God's Word, and continue to divide the body of Christ if you will.  But you will stand before the Lord Jesus Christ and He will see straight through every intention and motive that lies within your wicked prideful heart.  He will know that many of His servants have tried to steer you away from this destructive doctrine and from dividing the body of Jesus Christ but you refused.  You will not be innocent!  You will be judged by a just God! 

It is a simple saving Gospel that "religious" people like you complicate and turn into nothing more than a club of fanatical hypocrites that nobody wants to join! 

Truly you well said that "there is no man so blind as he that WILL not see!" 

You have been warned!  Repent for the Kingdom is at hand!

"DH"

May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering!

From: Mike
Sent: January-15-10 8:19 AM
To: "DH"
Subject: Before you leave, "DH" .......

 

"DH",

1. I would prefer to receive answers directly from you, rather than taking [Name Edited] time to confirm the “DAMNABLE HERESY” that one of his student’s has uncovered in a Christian Ministry, by application of the ‘scholarly research’ and ‘Christian grace’ that he evidently advocates in his department. [Name Edited]

2. I didn’t know you when you ‘came to my door’ (by way of email) and began to ask me questions that challenged my faith and ridiculed my bible.  Nevertheless, I took considerable time to answer your questions in detail.  If you truly have Christian grace, and if you truly have an answer for the hope that is within you, then please demonstrate common courtesy – at the least – and now answer a very few questions of mine - they are short and simple.  Or, do you “refuse to hear what [I have] to say on a matter”? 

3. I have decided not to go into new subject areas, at this time, because the ones on the table seem already to be more than ‘we’ can handle. For that reason, in fact, I am only going to select SOME of the ones that we have been discussing to date and that I have already asked you; but ones that ……… for some reason …………. you have ignored.

4. For your convenience, I have written these questions in such a way that you only need to answer YES or NO to them.  In fact, I have provided YES or NO options for each one so that all you have to do is print this page and CIRCLE the correct answer.

A SHORT SELECTION OF QUESTIONS  For "DH"  Ministerial Student, Undergraduate School of Bible and Theology, Assemblies of God, [Name Edited]  FROM SUMMARY OF CORRESPONDENCE TO DATE
YES  or  NO	a. You told me that I shouldn’t trust you – (“you shouldn’t trust James White or me or anyone else but God alone!”)  Do you still agree with yourself?  Was that honest advice when you first wrote it?  If so, are you honestly following that advice in your response to me? And you continued, “However that is not a valid reason to refuse to hear what one has to say on a matter.”  Are you refusing to hear me, "DH"?
YES  or  NO	b. Do you now agree that the King James Bible is consistent and accurate in Acts 22:9 by saying that the men with Paul heard a voice, but not the voice of him who spake to Paul?
YES  or  NO	c. Do you now agree that the Holy Spirit endorsed perfect translations of God’s word, among which are the words of Joseph to his brothers and the words of Paul in all of Acts 22?
YES  or  NO	d. Do you now agree that it is a teaching of men, not of the Holy Spirit that, “no translation (including the KJV) is infallible”?
YES  or  NO	e. Do you now agree that the King James Bible has ample linguistic cause for referring to the Spirit in the neuter, as “ITSELF”, in like kind as the NASB and the NIV do in other passages?
YES  or  NO	f. Do you understand the rules of English grammar pertaining to person?
YES  or  NO	(con't) Do you now agree then that, the use of pronouns such as “Ye”, “Thee”, “Thou”, “Thine”, etc in the King James Bible identifies and distinguishes plurals, singulars, objective and subjective parts of speech; and that the new versions do not convey this information, clearly making them inferior?
YES  or  NO	g. Do you understand the rules of English grammar pertaining to verb tense and person?
YES  or  NO	(con't) Do you now agree then that: the use of “est” and “eth” endings in the King James Bible is universally transferable to other languages in identifying second and third person structures, respectively; and that the new versions do not convey this information, clearly making them inferior?
YES  or  NO	h. Do you now agree that the King James Bible was NOT translated into “Elizabethan English”, but into distinctly BIBLICAL ENGLISH that uses – among other unique characteristics – distinctive personal pronouns to identify singular, plural, objective and subjective forms, as well as verb endings that distinctively identify person?
TAKE A BRIEF BREAK – YOU ARE DOING WELL
YES  or  NO	i. Have you been able to find that authoritative source yet that you referenced who told you the King James Bible reads at a grade 12 level; or do you now agree with Dr. Rudolph Flesch (the expert of Flesch-Kincaid readability standards fame), whom I cited, and who reported his research that the King James Bible reads at grade 5 level - well under that of New Versions?
YES  or  NO	j. Do you “BELIEVE” the words that you say you “LOVE” in the King James Bible in Ps 12:6,7 - specifically pertaining to the preservation of God’s words (plural), as indicated by the third person personal pronoun plural “them” and not to the first person pronoun “us” (new versions)?
YES  or  NO	k. Do you intend to encourage the next drug addict and hooker that you meet with the words published in the NIV in Matt 18:11? (Or the words NOT published in that verse, in the NIV - as, in fact, is the case.)
YES  or  NO	l. Could you tell me which word God actually said in Rev 8:13 (was it “angel” or eagle)?
YES  or  NO	m. Could you tell me how it is that a STATEMENT in the Greek text of Heb 3:16 is “correctly” and “accurately” translated into a QUESTION in the English new versions, the answer to which implies the EXACT OPPOSITE of what is expressed both in that Greek text and in the account of the event recorded in the book of Deuteronomy?
YES  or  NO	n. When witnessing from now on, do you intend to rebuke those whom you meet on the street for using “Elizabethan English”, and advise them to use the more up-to-date and understandable word “Hades” when they speak, in accordance with the literature that you hand them that you believe will keep them out of Hades?
YES  or  NO	o. Will you encourage others to “flee youthful lusts”? (Or will you tell them that God’s commandments in the book of Timothy are really ‘only commands targeted at leaders’ and teach them that they can indulge themselves in youthful lust as long as it is “in moderation”? Or, do you teach that moderation is not a commandment directed towards them either?)
YES  or  NO	p. In the interest of consistency, do you intend to insist that the work of Shakespeare, Homer and John Bunyan be updated to modern English and that ALL authors and ALL newspaper reporters abstain from using any “archaic” words (as they frequently do by borrowing many such words from the King James Bible for their articles – and I mean the so-called “archaic” ones)?
YES  or  NO	q. Will you INSIST from now on that Seminary Professors, Doctors, Engineers, Scientists, Musicians, Lawyers, Theologians and ALL OTHER EXPERTS only use words in their books, articles, journals, presentations and research papers, etc, that are UNDERSTANDABLE to ALL contemporary people – Including to the CHINESE people?
YOU ARE ALMOST DONE !!
YES  or  NO	r. Do you and James White truly consider each other to be “brothers”, "DH"?  (i.e. are you a Calvinist?)
YES  or  NO	s. Will the two of you be ushered into heaven together while I and all other King James bible believers - the “club of fanatical hypocrites that nobody wants to join” go to “Hades”?
YES  or  NO	t. Was it the Holy Ghost who taught you to criticize God’s word and call it “archaic religious terminology”; or was it men who taught you that, "DH"?
YES  or  NO	u. Do you still honestly consider yourself to be “a lover of the God and Truth, not of man-made religion” even though you have used the errors that those men taught you, and have adopted their bitter attitudes, while falsely criticizing God’s word?
YES  or  NO	v. By the way, did the NIV omit all of the words in Matt 18:11 because the words in that verse in the King James Bible are part of the “DAMNABLE HERESY” that you are accusing me of teaching?
YES  or  NO	Given that I have documented these issues in detail and that you have refused to answer my questions, do you really believe it is honest to claim that I “refused to honestly consider anything [you] have shared with [me] such as the KJV contradiction in Acts." (which I comprehensively answered on 13 Jan 10) and that I “have closed [MY] eyes to the truth”?
YES  or  NO	Do you regret having contacted us and having falsely accused me of these things?

 

5. Just like your Jehovah's Witness visitor, you are still standing on my doorstep, "DH".  So, do you still agree with yourself that “the ability to have a temporary suspension of judgment is a good thing.[?] It helps to prevent a person from becoming like the J.W. that came to my door a while back.  We were having a nice conversation at first but when we began talking about Jesus and I showed her in her own Watchtower version (in fact declared to be “the God” and where He was worshipped as “the God”, she immediately put up a wall and arrogantly proclaimed “I already have truth”.  Her mind had already been made up by her religious organization.  Essentially religion was her god.”

6. Have YOU “put up a wall” now, "DH"?  Is YOUR mind already made up by the men who taught you that the King James Bible is wrong in Acts 22:9?

7. Are you ever going to consider the POSSIBILITY that it is those men who are wrong instead?

8. Or ………. like your Watchtower friend, do you, too, already have truth?

9. The door is still open, you are still standing in the doorway, and I continue to await your answers.

Mike.

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LOST 00 (this intro): LOST 01: LOST 02: LOST 03: LOST 04: LOST 05 (Summary): LOST 06: