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<![CDATA[Yasmeen suri - Blog]]>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 14:08:18 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[PARTICIPATING IN THE SINS OF YOUR ADULT CHILD]]>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:55:59 GMThttps://www.yasmeensuri.com/blog/participating-in-the-sins-of-your-adult-child

PARTICIPATING IN THE SINS OF YOUR ADULT CHILD
How long are you going to turn a blind eye to your adult children and grandchildren’s fornication while living under your roof and spinelessly withhold the truth because you do not want to jeopardize your relationship with them?
Why are you minimizing their sin and softening the consequences of their sinful choices?
Why haven’t you taken a stand for righteousness and told them their sexual immorality has far-reaching negative consequences in this life and puts them in danger of God’s wrath against sin and eternal damnation in the next one?
Why haven’t you told them that they need to arrange other accommodations?
What kind of example are you setting with your cowardly capitulation, compromise, and silence rather than speaking out for the honor of God?
How many years of witnessing to your unsaved children, friends, and family members have you irretrievably loss?
As a follower of Christ, you have the responsibility of setting godly boundaries with your adult children. You may not have control over their choices, but you have control over whether or not you will be a partaker in their sin (Ephesians 5:6-7). Allowing them to stay under your roof with their "significant other" is enabling their sin of sexual immorality! (1st Cor. 6:9-10) Not only are you to resist sin in your own life, but you are not to approve and enable those who indulge in it in order to be seen as tolerant or to avoid conflict.
1 Samuel 3:13 reads, "for I (God) have told him (Eli, the high priest) that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not." These words were spoken by God to the prophet Samuel, who had to tell Eli that God was going to bring judgment against him and his entire house.
Eli had warned his sons about their fornication with women and treating the offerings of the Lord with vile contempt, but he allowed them to go on in their sin instead of effectively stopping their wickedness and setting a godly example to the nation of Israel. It is most likely that Eli felt if he removed them from their position as priests, it would lead to family estrangement.
Eli had neglected to instruct and correct his children while they were sheltered under his parental roof. When they became adults, he confronted them and warned them they were sinning against God, most likely because their behavior had become public knowledge. However, by allowing them to continue to minister as priests, Eli was sending the message that their sinful behavior was not that big a deal. God expected Eli to do more than just merely rebuke them. He expected Eli to have the moral courage to do what he knew was right ….. to stop them, and when he did not, he became a partaker of their sins because he tolerated their shameless behavior. As a partaker of his children’s sin, he became a partaker of their punishment as well.
God tells Eli in 1st Samuel 2:31, “The time is coming when I will put an end to your family, so it will no longer serve as my priests. All the members of your family will die before their time. None will reach old age.” The terrible consequences that came upon Eli and his family because he honored his sons more than he honored God should be a warning to every parent (1 Samuel 2:29).
Ephesians 5:6-8 warns us: “Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. Therefore, do not be partners with them (in their sin.). For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light…” Because your unsaved or backslidden adult child has made poor choices does not mean you should do the same.

By Lynette Hughes

]]><![CDATA[ARE WOMEN MORE EASILY DECEIVED THAN MEN?]]>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:34:31 GMThttps://www.yasmeensuri.com/blog/are-women-more-easily-deceived-than-men

A large portion of Christians believe that women are more susceptible to being deceived than men. Scripture does not tell us why the serpent spoke to Eve not to Adam, however, it is an assumption to think that all women are prone to deception because of Eve’s lack of discernment. In 2 Timothy 2:11-14, Paul speaks of Eve’s deception to expose the deception of certain women in the Church who had fallen into error, or one particular woman perhaps, and were being led astray by false teachings of Gnostics who were teaching that women were the originators of man. He is instructing these women who have been under the influence of this false doctrine to learn quietly, not dominating their husbands but to be in godly submission to their husbands, and to be peaceable, reminding them that Adam was created first, not Eve. Paul is warning them against being deceived due to a lack of sound doctrine. This is the reason he commands ‘a woman” to “learn” in verse 11 contrary to the Jewish cultural norms and religious traditions of his day. Paul knew that learning sound doctrine would enable them to detect and avoid spiritual deception.
In Ephesians chapter 4 and 5, Paul had previously warned the Ephesians not to be blown about by every wind of doctrine (Eph. 4:14), and warned them against those who would lead them astray (Eph. 4:17–24, 5:6–14])
In 2 Corinthians 11:3 Paul cautions the entire church against being deceived as Eve was. He warns them not to be led astray in their thoughts from a “sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” This is not a warning for women only, but a warning for ALL believers. Nowhere in Scripture is Eve’s sin ever excused by God because she was deceived. Neither she or Adam was more guilty or less guilty than the other, and they were both punished equally for their sin.
To conclude that women are more easily deceived than a man is a misguided interpretation of scripture. Women are image bearers of the one true Living God, and we reflect His glory because we were made in His likeness. We have been sealed with the same Spirit of the Almighty God as men, therefore, we are taught by the same Teacher who leads us into all truth. Men do not have more of the Spirit than women. Nowhere in Scripture does Paul say that certain gifts or callings are for men and others for women. Both men and women have been called by God into a holy calling, not according to gender, abilities, or education but based on God's grace.
Being deceived is not a problem for women alone; it’s a problem for ALL humanity. If women are more easily deceived why would women be allowed to teach other women and children who are most vulnerable to deception? If women are more easily deceived why did Jesus appear to Mary Magdalene and other women before He appeared to the apostles? The very first person to proclaim the good news of Jesus’ resurrection to the apostles was Mary Magdalene. She was the first to see the resurrected Jesus, before Peter and before John. None of the writers of the Hebrew Bible or of the gospels ever mention or hint that women are more gullible or more easily deceived than men. Women such as Priscilla, Phoebe, Junia, Euodia, Lydia, Chloe, Nympha, Apphia, Mary, Persis, Tryphena, Tryphosa and Syntychr were among Paul’s fellow workers in evangelization, and many had leadership roles.

By Lynette Hughes

]]><![CDATA[C.S. LEWIS]]>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:16:14 GMThttps://www.yasmeensuri.com/blog/cs-lewis

C.S. Lewis is beloved by everyone from Roman Catholics to Mormons to Pentecostals and Evangelicals. He is considered to be one of the most quoted and influential "Christian" authors of all times. It seems that the majority of the Christian World adore him and very few recognize that after his supposed conversion to Christianity and joining the Church of England, he held beliefs contrary to orthodox doctrine.
* He believed that biological evolution was a scientific explanation for the beginning of life, but did not believe that it ruled out the existence of God. . Sadly, claiming to believe in the existence of God is not proof of true conversion. Lewis wrote in Reflections on the Psalms- p.110, “I have therefore no difficulty accepting, say, the view of those scholars who tell us that the account of Creation in Genesis is derived from earlier Semitic stories which were Pagan and mythical."
* He believed that God perfected the animal form and eventually endowed the animal with “a new kind of consciousness” and made him the organism that we are today.
* He also taught Adam and Eve were not literal people and that the Bible was not to be regarded as literal history but partly legendary and mythical; a way for God to communicate ‘truths’.
* He admitted he did not understand how the atonement works and did not believe penal substitutionary atonement was the Gospel. He wrote that "what matters is that it works, not how it works."
* He argued for universalism and believed that people from other religions, could be saved without believing in Christ contradicting John 6:44. This theme was in the 7th Narnia book, “The Last Battle, where a non-Christian goes to heaven because he was a sincere worshipper in his pagan faith. In his book, MERE CHRISTIANITY page 176-177, he writes… “There are people who do not accept the full Christian doctrine about Christ but who are so strongly attracted by Him that they are His in a much deeper sense than they themselves understand. There are people in other religions who are being led by God’s secret influence to concentrate on those parts of their religion which are in agreement with Christianity, and who thus belong to Christ without knowing it. For example, a Buddhist of good will may be led to concentrate more and more on the Buddhist teaching about mercy and to leave in the background (though he might still say he believed) the Buddhist teaching on certain other points. Many of the good Pagans long before Christ’s birth may have been in this position.”
* He admitted praying for the dead and believed there is a purgatory after death for believers for the purpose of education and sanctification. Although, Lewis was technically a Protestant, and he never became a Catholic, his writings seem increasingly more Catholic as he drew closer to his earthly departure. He regularly confessed to an Anglican priest, spoke highly of the Eucharist, and received the sacrament of extreme unction in 1963 after suffering a heart attack. It makes one wonder if he may have been a “plant” for the Catholic church or just an unconverted intellectual “philosopher” of religion.
* He struggled with the orthodox view of hell and believed it to be a state of self-inflicted torture of the mind rather than a retributive punishment meted out by God that would bring into question His moral righteousness.
* He did not believe in the inerrancy of Scripture and believed it contained both myth and truth, error and contradictions. "I have the deepest respect for Pagan myths, still more for myths in the Holy Scriptures" (The Problem of Pain- p. 71).
* He did not think it necessary to believe in Satan or demons to be a Christian, although he held the opinion they did exist.
* Lewis had a magnetic attraction to occult fantasy and pagan myths with their stories of semi-divine polytheistic gods and heroes. Many of the characters in his fictional books pictured as benevolent come from these pagan stories. He believed that paganism prefigured Christianity and held an element of truth and wisdom compatible with Christianity.
In Letters of C. S. Lewis, (New York, Harper and Row, 2001, p. 428.) The final book in "The Chronicles of Narnia" features a character named Emeth who had spent his life worshipping Tash (Narnia’s take on a false god) instead of Aslan (Narnia’s Christ figure). However, when Emeth finally meets Aslan, he is told that his service to Tash had really been worship of Aslan all along, on account of his purity of heart. Lewis believed some people after death would be saved in a similar way. Lewis wrote the following statement, "I think that every prayer which is sincerely made even to a false god or to a very imperfectly conceived true God, is accepted by the true God and that Christ saves many who do not think they know him." He had an occult view of salvation. The Harry Potter occult writer, JK Rowling has identified CS Lewis as her favorite author.
For those who know God's word, what he taught is false and contrary to Scripture inspired by the Holy Spirit. Flatly stated, CS Lewis taught another gospel. From his own words, we can conclude he was a heretic despite the fact that most Christians continue to admire and be infatuated with him.
(Regarding his personal habits, C. S. Lewis was a heavy drinker and chain smoker and enjoyed advocating his unorthodox views in the local bars.)

By Lynette Hughes

]]><![CDATA[THE UNREPENTANT OFFENDER]]>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:10:08 GMThttps://www.yasmeensuri.com/blog/the-unrepentant-offender

SHOULD WE FORGIVE THE UNREPENTANT OFFENDER?
{I am requesting that you withhold all negative comments until you have read the entire post. Proverbs 18:13 ISV says, "WHOEVER ANSWERS BEFORE LISTENING IS BOTH FOOLISH AND SHAMEFUL." If you do not have a long attention span, you may not want to even begin reading. And, if you cannot refrain from derogatory, oppositional comments before reading this article all the way through, I will know by the comments you make, and I will delete your comments.}
Ephesians 4:32 HCSB says, “And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.” Most Christians are taught today that we are to unconditionally forgive others. In other words, we are to forgive others, whether or not they own up to what they have done. Offering forgiveness without repentance, however, does not follow the biblical model of forgiveness (Luke 17:3-4).
Ephesians 4:32 and Colossians 3:13 says we are to forgive others in the same way we have been forgiven by God through Christ Jesus. Although forgiveness is in the very nature of God’s love toward those who sin, where have we ever read in Scripture that God’s forgiveness is unconditional? God does not forgive the sins of those who do not want forgiveness. He does not forgive those who refuse to acknowledge their sin and repent. Forgiveness is conditional upon our confession of sin and repentance.
However, God’s requirement that we confess and repent of sin doesn’t mean He is unwilling or unready to forgive. God is always willing and ready to extend forgiveness to anyone who confesses his sin and repents. (Matthew 6:14–15; 18:23–35; Ephesians 4:31–32; Colossians 3:13) Thus, God freely offers His forgiveness to all sinners, but there’s a big difference between offering it and giving it. Offering it is unconditional; giving it is conditional.
God is not reconciled with all sinners; He’s only reconciled with those who repent and believe the Gospel, because God cannot be in a relationship with sin or sinners. Is it reasonable to assume that God requires us to ask Him for forgiveness but expects us to forgive someone who is unrepentant and doesn’t ask for forgiveness? Really, is it possible for us to be more merciful and gracious than God? I don't think that we can be more forgiving than God. We can certainly be merciful, but we need to keep that mercy in line with God's word.
Matthew 18:22 seems to indicate we are to forgive boundlessly, seventy times seven times, however Luke repeats the story, but adds a condition to forgiveness in Luke 17:3-4. Luke says, “Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and IF HE REPENTS, FORGIVE HIM. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.” As you see, the Lord clearly says “IF HE REPENTS, FORGIVE HIM.” Jesus tells us that our forgiveness is conditional upon the brother's repentance after the rebuke. As long as a person defends his practice and refuses to admit error, he has not repented.
NOWHERE in the Bible does it say that we should forgive anyone in a reconciling way if they don’t repent. The passages where repentance is not explicitly mentioned have parallel passages in other places in the Bible that clarify that our forgiveness is conditional upon repentance; and of course, those parallel passages do not contradict each other, because God’s Word is perfect. In Matthew 18:22, Jesus says church members should forgive each other seventy times seven times; however He doesn’t mention whether repentance is a condition. The author of the Gospel of Luke repeats the same story, but adds a condition: “IF HE REPENTS.” [Luke 17:3-4]
So, if we are to forgive others as God forgives us, then we are to forgive them AFTER they have shown genuine remorse, and AFTER they have repented (changed), NOT BEFORE. We are not to cheapen the gift of forgiveness by giving it prematurely or undeservedly, to those who demand it and act as if they’re entitled to it, and yet have done nothing to merit it.
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen or read about some tragedy that occurred – the murder of a loved one, a terrorist attack, a drunk driving death – and the victims or their relatives, usually Christians, start “forgiving” the offenders within hours or days of the crime. I understand the motive, and also the desire to present an attractive witness about Christian forgiveness to the world. But it’s not a faithful witness to God. It doesn’t reflect how God forgives, which is to be our pattern and model of forgiveness.
Forgiving someone before they repent is un-godlike, it avoids dealing with serious issues, and while it might offer some temporary and superficial relief, it doesn’t produce long-term satisfaction to the conscience and rarely does it result in deep and lasting reconciliation. Repentance is important because it’s a person’s only hope for real change. If we don’t admit our sin, it’s impossible to be transformed. If we aren’t keenly aware of the sinful direction our lives are going, we will not see a need to adjust the direction. Repentance demonstrates that we need God to help us change our thinking, attitudes, and behavior.
To put it simply, forgiveness is a two-way process: repentance on the part of the offender and pardon on the part of the offended. Forgiveness is not the same as reconciliation but it’s a step along the way toward reconciliation. This is the kind of forgiveness that most glorifies God, most benefits the offender, and most satisfies the offended.
Does Jesus expect us to simply forgive a fellow believer who sins against us? No, He doesn't. Otherwise, He would not have told us to follow the four steps to reconciliation outlined in Matthew 18:15-17, steps that end with excommunication if the offender does not repent: “And if your brother sins, go and reprove him in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed. And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-gatherer.”
Obviously, if the fourth step is reached (excommunication), forgiveness is not granted to the offender, as forgiveness and excommunication are incompatible actions. It would seem strange to hear someone say, "We forgave him and then we excommunicated him," because forgiveness results in reconciliation, not severance. (What would you think if God said, "I forgive you, but I will have nothing to do with you from now on?") Jesus told us to treat the excommunicated person "as a Gentile and a tax-gatherer," two kinds of people that Jews had no fellowship with and actually abhorred.
In the four steps that Jesus outlined, forgiveness is not granted after the first, second or third steps unless the offender repents. If he doesn't repent after any step, he is taken to the next step, still treated like an unrepentant offender. Only when the offender "listens to you" (that is, repents), can it be said that you "have won your brother" (that is, been reconciled).
The purpose for confrontation is so that forgiveness can be granted. Forgiveness is predicated, however, upon the repentance of the offender. So we (1) confront with the hope that the offender will (2) repent so we can (3) forgive him. We can say with certainty that God does not expect us to simply forgive fellow believers who have sinned against us, refuse to admit their guilt, and are unrepentant after confrontation.
I believe that the sin of unforgiveness which is so grievous in God's eyes is specifically the sin of refusing to forgive someone who genuinely repents and seeks our forgiveness. This is the sin in the parable of the unforgiving servant in Matthew chapter 18. If we refuse to forgive others when they repent, Matthew 6:14-15 assures us that our heavenly Father will not forgive us.
Many Christians will quote Luke 23:34 where Jesus prays to God and asks Him to forgive those who nailed Him to the cross. He said, “… “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do..” Jesus prayed to the Father that He would forgive them, but this does not mean that they were forgiven without repentance and faith. It does mean that Jesus was willing to forgive them, as that was the very reason He was on the cross.
Those who crucified Jesus did not know what they were doing Luke 23:34. They were ignorant of the true magnitude of their actions. They had no idea that they were killing the Son of God. Those words that Jesus spoke indicates that He would forgive them if only they would humble themselves and repent. Jesus was asking God the Father for mercy and grace to be shown to those who crucified Him; however, it is not an example of Jesus or God forgiving people who are not willing to repent. Had they been repentant, Jesus Himself had the authority to forgive them at that very moment. And He did exactly that when one of the two thieves hanging with Jesus repented. He was forgiven immediately.
If we call ourselves Christians, we must forgive those who ask for forgiveness showing the world how Christ responds to the person who acknowledges his sin. Then we should forge forward in pursuit of God not being hindered by what previously took place between the offender and us. God knows that we will also assume the offender’s position at some points in our lives.
The Apostle Paul wrote in 2 Thess. 3:6 that "...But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every BROTHER who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us. "
1 Cor 5:11 says, " But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a BROTHER, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.” The Word of God tells us that we should not even share a meal with such a person.
Roman 16:17: "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them"
God says we are not to walk in fellowship with disobedient BRETHREN. We are to separate from them. 2 Thessalonians 3:6,14-15 NKJ: "6 But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.”………” 14 And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.”
Separation from disobedient brethren is required by God. First, this type of discipline is necessary in the local church fellowship in order to maintain church purity. I want to say again that we don’t do this in a vindictive way, but that they might be ashamed of their conduct and repent. Separation from a disobedient, unrepentant brother is for his spiritual well-being. All of us recognize our own weakness and any of us could fall into even graver sin, given the right circumstances. We recognize our own need for repentance and forgiveness, and but for God’s grace, we would all be in a similar situation. So, far from reflecting a judgmental attitude, this is an attempt again to reach out to him/her in love and have them return to fellowship.
Perhaps the hardest thing to do as a believer is to stand strong against a reluctant offender, who provides us with a half-hearted admission of guilt and the crocodile tears of a shallow ‘repentance.’ We are not to cheapen the gift of forgiveness by giving it prematurely or undeservedly to those who refuse to confess their sin and ask for forgiveness. Forgiving someone who is unremorseful and refuses to take responsibility for their sin is not helping them, and we are not serving God's purposes. We are depriving them of the opportunity to repent and transform their lives, to truly accept Jesus as their Savior so their sins can be washed away.
We, as Christians, have to be WILLING to forgive others when they genuinely repent and seek forgiveness. However, when the offender is unwilling to admit their wrong and refuses to repent, we have no other choice but to have a heart full of forgiveness, ready to overflow outwardly towards reconciliation when he/she repents and bears the fruit of repentance [Repentance is more than mere regret; it requires a change of behavior.]
Luke 17:3-4 tells us “If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him…” To rebuke him is to ‘show him his fault.’ Have you confronted your offender, or have you simply distanced yourself from him? Of course, if it is a matter of severe abuse that would only subject you to further mistreatment, it will be best if you run for your safety. But in most cases, we should look for repentance and help them to accept responsibility for their wrong.
When the offender does not repent, we have no other choice but to withdraw our fellowship and refuse to accommodate their unrepentant behavior while maintaining a heart full of forgiveness, ready to overflow outwardly towards reconciliation the moment repentance appears. We are to place the person in God’s hands for our own peace of mind and spiritual well-being. Jesus understands every sorrow, every betrayal, and every act of treachery that we have encountered. He does not want us to suppress or ignore our feelings of anger, hurt and pain, nor to cover things over by a cheery face, but to lay the offences of those who wound and mistreat us at the foot of His cross. He will give us grace to surrender our need for revenge, let go of our emotional pain, resentment and bitterness and relinquish our anger.
Having said all the above, I encourage each one of us to examine ourselves before we demand repentance from others. Sometimes God’s Word requires us to call a brother or sister to repent who persists in known sin (Matt. 18:15); but sometimes He simply calls us to “put up” with one another in our flaws and failings. Colossians 3:13 GW: “Put up with each other and forgive each other if anyone has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.”

By Lynette Hughes

]]><![CDATA[PERVERTING THE GRACE OF GOD]]>Tue, 26 May 2026 18:13:21 GMThttps://www.yasmeensuri.com/blog/perverting-the-grace-of-god

The internationally known pastor, Charles Stanley who died in 2023 and whose religious influence has been, and continues to be, staggering, taught in his book "Eternal Security" that "…. God's love for His people is of such magnitude that even those who walk away from the faith have not the slightest chance of slipping from His hand." (Pg 74, 1990 edition).… "Even if a believer for all practical purposes becomes an unbeliever, his salvation is not in jeopardy." (Chapter 10 Pg 93) … “... believers who lose or abandon their faith will retain their salvation ...." (Pg 94). In regards to the parable of Matthew 25:14-30, he says “the worthless servant” who is cast into ‘outer darkness’ is “to be in the kingdom of God but outside the circle of men and women whose faithfulness on this earth earned them a special rank or position of authority” (p. 126).
The term ‘hyper-grace’ has been used to describe this doctrine that emphasizes the grace of God and exempts us from the penalties of sin. Many teachers, such as Joseph Prince, teach there is no need for repentance or confession of sin after one has been saved, because all sin, past, present, and future has already been forgiven. While hyper-grace teachers do not blatantly encourage sin, the doctrine ignores or winks at sin by teaching a distorted version of imputed righteousness that says when God looks at us, He sees only a holy and righteous people irrespective of whether we are living a holy and righteous life.
In their zeal to exalt God’s grace, those who promote this doctrine make extreme statements that lead believers to think that they can sin with impunity. After all, if we are always perfectly righteous and holy in God’s sight, we do not need to struggle against sin in our lives. This comfortability with sin is both dangerous and unbiblical. It blinds us to God’s command to repent, deafens our ears and hardens our heart to the conviction of the Holy Spirit. Grace isn’t meant to cover up sin. It is meant to empower us to do what we cannot do on our own – overcome sin and live righteous, holy lives.
These are the teachers who teach ‘eternal security also known as the ‘once saved, always saved’ doctrine that says there is no lifestyle of unrepentant sin that can cause a Christian to forfeit their salvation. It perverts the grace of our God’ by teaching our obedience has nothing to do with our eternal destiny. It is the precious, biblical, wonderful doctrine of grace taken to a deadly extreme.
In Revelation, Jesus’ words to the seven churches strongly contradict the idea that He does not see our sins: He severely rebuked and warned five of them to repent or face judgment. He didn’t say “When I see you, I don’t see your disobedience or imperfections.” Rather, He said to them, “Consider how you have fallen! Repent…!” These words of Jesus to the churches, indicates that it’s scriptural nonsense to claim that “we are and always will be 100 percent pleasing and acceptable to God.” Don’t believe this lie!
If the Lord always “sees us as holy and righteous’, why did He sharply rebuke the believers in the church at Laodicea with dire warnings of severe punishment if they didn’t repent? Why did He tell them that they were “wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked” (Rev. 3:17)? Why didn’t He say, “I see you as beautifully clothed in my robe of righteousness, I see you spiritually prosperous, healthy, and rich?" If He was so pleased with what He saw among the believers in Laodicea, why did He threaten to vomit them out of his mouth (Rev. 3:16)? That is a shocking phrase that means He is about to reject them as worthless [neither hot nor cold] with extreme disgust! The Bible tells us that “All things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account” (Hebrews 4:13). Of course, God can see our sins, and He finds them distinctly displeasing!
One of the surest ways to become a victim of false doctrine is to think that it is not dangerous and there is nothing to be concerned about. Our Eternal Destiny depends upon hearing "the word of truth, the gospel of our salvation." [Ephesians 1:13] Sound doctrine concerned Jesus. He forcefully refuted the doctrinal error of the Sadducees and in Mark 12:24 & 27 Jesus twice told them “You are greatly mistaken, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.” He knew that a person cannot hold to serious doctrinal error and be rightly related to the God of truth. He didn’t say, “Hey, it really doesn’t matter what you guys believe, just as long as you’re sincere.” He didn’t say, “I love you guys! You’re my brothers, even if we disagree over this little matter of the resurrection!” He didn’t say, “I respect your views. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion.” He told them authoritatively that they were greatly mistaken, and He set forth the reasons why.
Since sound doctrine matters greatly to our Lord and Savior, it should matter greatly to us. Saying “It doesn’t matter if you sin” is an insult to the blood and person of Jesus who died so that we could be free from the power and bondage of sin. The perverters of God's grace disconnect salvation from obedience and say we do not need to obey God's commandments to be saved. They disingenuously distort the grace of God as an escape clause or a "get out of jail free" card to justify their disobedience to God's word (Jude 1:4).
There is more to salvation than a one-time acknowledgement that Jesus is the Son of God. Hebrews 5:9 says Jesus is the author of eternal salvation to all who OBEY Him. It is the grace of God that empowers us to live a godly life of obedience and bear the fruits of righteousness to live for His glory (Titus 2:11-14). Do not be deceived, there is no salvation and no eternal life without obedience.
For decades now America has been in the midst of a deceptive Calvinist revival that claims Christ did not die for everyone. This twisted doctrine restricts the scope of God's grace and is growing in prominence and influence. Biblical truth is not established by the opinions of men or a democratic process. There is no safety in numbers or in the approval of man. Take No Man's word for anything, take God's Word for everything! Only God's word is trustworthy..

-By Lynette Hughes

]]><![CDATA[CALVINISM’S DISTORTED CONCEPT OF GOD]]>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:10:10 GMThttps://www.yasmeensuri.com/blog/calvinisms-distorted-concept-of-god

Calvinism, also known as Reformed Theology, is a serious erroneous interpretation of Scripture that has captivated millions of nominal Christians. Calvinists teach that God will be glorified by bringing billions of people into the world for no other purpose than having them burn in hell for eternity. In my opinion, that is as close to heresy as you can get! To deny that Christ’s death makes salvation available for "whosoever will" is nothing less than ‘another gospel’ as it deviates radically from the fundamental teachings of Scripture.

In all honesty, I believe the teachings of Calvinism is a heretical theology that distorts the attributes and character of God, undermines the gospel of salvation and grace, and has created grievous chaos and division in the church. However, I think we should be cautious about consigning those who adhere to Calvinist doctrine to eternal damnation. Despite their many teachings contrary to Scripture, a person can be born again under their ministry because they firmly believe and teach the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ Jesus for the forgiveness of sins. If you think I am beginning to sound like an apologist for Calvinism, be assured I am not. I abhor their theological heresies: their denial of the possibility of falling away from the faith and their dangerous assertions of eternal security, also known as "Once Saved Always Saved," legitimizing sin. I cannot see this debate being resolved soon – if ever – during our temporary journey on this earth.

Calvinism asserts that man is completely unable to repent and believe the Gospel of his own accord, and must, therefore, be regenerated first without faith by a sovereign act of God and only then will he be given the gift of faith to believe. I do NOT believe a lost person must be “born again” BEFORE he can repent and believe. I do NOT believe the Bible teaches that man is dead in his trespasses and sins to the extent that an unbeliever is totally incapable of responding to the conviction of the Holy Spirit. I do NOT believe the Bible ANYWHERE teaches that God’s call to salvation is an irresistible call of selective regeneration that the lost person is compelled to respond to contrary to their own volition. I do NOT believe in unconditional eternal security – I DO NOT believe it is impossible to depart from the faith and forfeit your salvation.
In Acts 17:30 God commands all men everywhere to repent so they can be forgiven and saved, but according to Calvinists, man does not have free will to choose, and the only way they can repent is if God irresistibly overpowers their will and gives them the ability to do so. Yet He holds those who fail to repent accountable by sending them to the Lake of Fire even though He has arbitrarily chosen them to be lost, and they have no choice [free-will] to either believe or not to believe. Why would God have given ‘all men everywhere’ the command to repent if it is impossible to obey, and He has already elected which ones are going to spend eternity with Him and which ones are assigned to eternal damnation?

There is not one verse in the Bible that says prior to or after becoming believers, we are incapable of choosing our actions and making spiritual choices. Deuteronomy 30:19: “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, that you and your offspring may live..” Did only Old Testament believers have the ability to make choices? There is no biblical evidence that God cancels our ability to make decisions of our own. To deny we have free will means all choices are made for us by God – including the choice to sin.
Calvinists always counter those of us who believe in free-will with the question, “Did the Apostle Paul have a choice when he met the Lord on the road to Damascus?” Paul had no choice in Jesus appearing before him, but he most certainly did have a choice to obey or not. Acts 26:19 gives us unequivocal proof of his choice. “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.” Apostle Paul makes it clear he could have chosen to disobey the vision of Jesus but instead he chose to obey.
When Jesus said in John 15:16, "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you . . . " He was referring to his choosing of his twelve disciples, NOT election, and predestination! Disciples (followers, students, learners) in Jesus' day usually chose the particular rabbi, or teacher, whom they wanted to follow. That is what this verse is referring to, and any diligent study of the text will make that crystal clear. Do not let anyone deceive you. Jesus calls ALL, and it is His desire that not ANY should perish. God does not "choose" or appoint some to salvation and others to hell. It is up to each of us to choose whom we will serve and where we will spend eternity. It is our choice to stay in the faith or depart from it. We have free will and that free will remains intact - yes, even after we accept Christ.
The fundamental conflict I have with Calvinism is not sovereignty but God’s character. Calvinism distorts the very nature and character of God and misrepresents His divine attributes and His goodness, destroying His righteous judgment and mercy. Their distortion of God’s character is so unyielding it sounds more like the Quran than the Bible. The Quran also refers to Allah as the most beneficent, merciful, and compassionate, while he passionately hates the infidels (non-Muslims, non-elect) and encourages killing and shedding the blood of men if they refuse to convert.

If God’s mercy is only for some people and not for others, if His offer of salvation is only available for a few and not for all, if He predestines some to eternal life and some to eternal damnation and they have no choice in the matter, how can Jesus’ words “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” be trusted?
The parable of the wedding feast in Matthew chapter 22 strongly refutes Calvinistic doctrine that asserts God’s grace is ‘irresistible’ and that man has no free will to refuse, resist or reject His invitation. Yet, in the parable, those who the king initially chose to invite to the wedding refused to come. They were invited in and they declined and willingly rejected the king’s gracious invitation. Christ concludes the parable with the sad fact that “many are invited, but few are chosen.” In other words, many people hear the call of God, but only a few heed it. This defies Calvinism’s theology that man plays no part in their salvation.
The main reason for this gross misrepresentation is because they deny God’s universal agape love for all humanity and His offer of divine grace and forgiveness to ‘whosoever will’ hear and respond to the gospel of salvation which is forever entrenched in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” [John 5:39-40] God predestined that whosoever will accept His free gift and then abide in Christ, remain steadfast in the faith, and endure to the end will be "chosen" and "elected" to be admitted to the wedding supper of the Lamb.
Why would anyone desire to be in the presence of a God who chooses to extend mercy to some sinners, for no apparent reason, yet deny His mercy to others, for no apparent reason, and allow them to remain in their condemned condition? According to Calvinistic doctrine, God damns them forever in the Lake of Fire for not believing the gospel, yet they cannot believe unless He regenerates them and gives them the faith to believe--and yet He refuses to do so? These are characteristics that are inconsistent with God’s goodness. This is not the "God" of the Bible as revealed in Jesus Christ. The Lord despises injustice and partiality [Leviticus 19:5]
Many Calvinists will claim that “God has a right to dispose of His creatures in any way He chooses.” But that is not in debate. I am not accusing God; I am accusing a certain belief about God—with being either morally ambiguous or making Him indistinguishable from Satan.
I do, however, have some good news! God can, and does, save individuals who hear the gospel preached by a Calvinist preacher. But you also need to understand, God can save someone listening to John Piper, John Arthur or Joseph Prince as well IF they present a gospel message along with the rest of what they preach. Fortunately for the lost, God can and does use inept presentations of the gospel to touch lost men’s hearts and bring them to repentance and reconciliation. And we cannot deny that many have come to faith and brought forth fruit in keeping with their repentance as a result of Calvinist preachers who teach you must repent, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and forsake your sins.
Scripture warns us that in the end times God will send a Strong Delusion; This deception is directed not only at those of the world that are lost in their sins, but specifically at false teachers within the Church and those who accept them, and believe their ungodly teachings. God is sending this strong delusion to all lukewarm, undecided, and disobedient Christians who do not love the truth. [Rev. 3:16; 2 Thess. 1:8; 2 Thess. 2:10-11] Those who have no love for the truth, will believe the smoke and mirror doctrines that are being taught today.
Sound doctrine has value for godly living; false doctrine leads to ungodly living. Sound doctrine originates with God; unsound doctrine originates with someone or something created by God and can lead to heresy. It is our sacred responsibility to examine every doctrine to determine if it is true or false. It is of utmost importance that we examine the fruit of all those who claim to represent Jesus. Do not be indifferent to the voice of God. Read God’s Word for yourself with an open mind and pray that He would show you His truth as He meant it to be. Listen when God speaks to you and obey without hesitation.
Turn away from lying prophets, preachers and teachers that are within many of the corrupt churches today. Hold no man or woman up as being worthy of your worship. Faith in anything or anyone other than Christ is a delusion that will cause you to be finally and eternally lost. God has not predestined you to eternal life without having any free choice in the matter, neither has he predestined you to eternal destruction without any possibility of being saved. The choice is yours whether you will accept God’s path or reject it; it is also your choice to either stay on God’s path or take a detour.

By Lynette Hughes

]]><![CDATA[IS GOD'S LOVE UNCONDITIONAL?]]>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 20:08:50 GMThttps://www.yasmeensuri.com/blog/is-gods-love-unconditional

IS GOD’S LOVE UNCONDITIONAL?
It’s misleading to call God’s love unconditional. From the very beginning, when God created Adam and Eve, there were conditions to remain in His favor. In Genesis 2:16-17 God told them “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” The relationship that existed between God and Adam and Eve had a condition placed upon it, and, of course, we all know how that worked out. All the promises of God have conditions attached, and in this sense, it’s misleading to call God’s love "unconditional."
God's divine forgiveness is NOT unconditional; our salvation is conditional on repentance and faith in Christ Jesus. The first command of Jesus recorded in Mark's gospel is "repent and believe". Those are conditions. That is, we must humble ourselves before God in prayer, acknowledge we are a sinner in need of a Savior and believe in His Son, Jesus Christ, with a faith that obeys His commandments. If we do not meet the conditions to repent and believe, He does not forgive, and without forgiveness there is no salvation.
Try as you might, you will not find the phrase "unconditional love" in Scripture, nor will you find the concept of “unconditional love” within the writings of the Church Fathers, nor will you find any other Christian author who used that term before the 20th century. Of the more than 800 instances of "love" in the Bible, none states or even implies that God's love is unconditional. God’s love is conditional on our keeping Jesus' commandments. Jesus said "IF you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love."
Unconditional means ‘without conditions or limits.’ God's love is not 'unconditional' in any sense. The term unconditional love is a humanistic psychological term and not found in the Bible. For love to be unconditional it would require there be no moral judgement or expectation of something in return. Unconditional love is the acceptance of a person without him or her meeting any conditions, but this is quite contrary to the revealed Word of God, yet this is the greatest popular myth coming from the pulpits of Christian preachers and teachers today. It’s true that salvation is offered without conditions in the sense it is offered freely, and not based on our human merit or worth, but on God’s undeserved goodness and mercy. But His divine forgiveness is NOT unconditional: Scripture makes it crystal clear that salvation is conditioned on faith and obedience. Hebrews 5:9 says that Jesus "became the author of eternal salvation to all who OBEY him."
No matter what Bible translation you use, you’ll discover that God’s love is conditional, but we have to be aware that the enemy will work hard to redefine and misrepresent God’s love. Many today are diluting God’s Word for the sake of loving others, mistakenly thinking they’re reflecting the love of God.
Ironically, far from ‘unconditional love’ being a Biblical term it was actually coined in 1934 by Erich Fromm, a psychoanalyst. Fromm was an atheist who rejected all forms of authoritarian government including God's, taught an unbiblical self-love, and argued strenuously against Christian faith. When this false love gospel made its debut in America in the 1960’s with the LSD-using hippies and flower children, it was condemned by preachers everywhere, and rightly so.
The "Unconditional Love Gospel" perverts God's Word by twisting scripture to suit an agenda. Pastors and teachers who propound this gospel of false love notice that people like them much more when they don’t talk about God’s law, sin, guilt and repentance. So, they remove these topics from their sermons and fixate on the idea that ‘God is love’ to the exclusion of His other attributes. This not only improves their popularity but generates substantial financial gain.
Prominent preachers and teachers have introduced the false doctrine of unconditional love into contemporary Christianity. The love that’s being preached today sounds to me like the over-indulgence of a doting grandparent instead of the vigorous concern of a Father for the best interests of His children. They’ve exaggerated the sentiment that "God is love" until His love has become an ooey, gooey, sickeningly sweet cliché. This corrupted doctrine ignores the other attributes of God's character, gives us a false view of God's temporary mercy towards the unrepentant, and takes away the fear of God's wrath.
Biblical love demands that we preach the truth– what people need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. Most people today have no desire to hear the truth, because they DON'T love the truth. When you tell them the truth, they become angry, defensive and argumentative because it doesn’t fit their preconceived ideas and opinions; often, it doesn’t fit their lifestyle. This is really no different than what happened in the Book of Acts when Jesus’ disciples preached the truth. Mobs of angry people wanted to tear them to pieces, and many were beaten and martyred. But genuine love compels us to preach and teach the truth of God’s word even when it endangers our lives.
Liberal churches are preaching love without truth which is blind sentimentality empty of real love. All the love in the world means nothing if you don’t have the truth. Love without truth is a distorted view of love that leaves us in denial about our own sins; it’s self-serving and hypocritical. Conservative churches are preaching truth without love: Truth without love is harsh, judgmental and self-righteous. (An example is Westboro Baptist Church who shoves hate filled signs in the faces of unbelievers.) Truth and love are inseparable!
Romans 6:23 NIV says “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” God loves people unconditionally in the sense He has provided a remedy for our breaking His righteous laws. But unless we repent and trust in Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we cannot be reconciled to God and receive the gift of eternal life. God does not offer forgiveness and eternal life apart from faith and repentance. That’s called a condition.
To say that God loves us with an unconditional love creates false ideas about forgiveness. If God were to love unconditionally, He would be compelled to forgive unconditionally. Unconditional love would require that God forgive the criminal, the pervert, the degenerate, and the reprobate without need for repentance, otherwise His love would not be unconditional.
This false teaching of God’s ‘unconditional’ love leaves a person believing that even if they live an unrepentant, willful, sinful lifestyle after being saved God will forgive them. After all, isn't His love unconditional? But Scripture plainly tells us without repentance there is no forgiveness. Repentance is a condition we must meet in order to receive forgiveness for our sins. And Jesus says that sins against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. Whatever happened to God’s unconditional love?
If God's love were unconditional then why did he destroy the people of Noah's day in a global flood?
If God’s love were unconditional then why did He need His Son Jesus to die on the cross; it would have been unnecessary.
The Bible teaches us that “the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.” Why would anyone fear God if His love is unconditional? If God loved us unconditionally, there would be no reason for anyone to fear God. Sadly, our generation doesn’t know or comprehend the things that anger God. We have been force-fed the doctrines of unconditional love and self-esteem for so long that most people don't really view themselves as sinner’s worthy of divine wrath.
God’s love, agape love, is to pay attention to someone’s need and do something to meet that need. God’s agape love is the kind of love that dies on behalf of those who have no legal right to exist, but God’s love is not corrupted human sentimentality that enables us in our sins and overlooks our transgressions.
If God's love were unconditional, then everybody would be saved, since they would not have to meet any conditions. We would end up with universalism. But Jesus said: “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him…” (John 14:23). Jesus clearly says if you love Him and keep His commandments, God will reciprocate that love. God’s acceptance and approval - His love - is conditional. We must love and obey His Son to become a recipient of His love. "Let no one deceive you with empty words....the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience" (Eph. 5:5, 6)
We are not justified by God's love. We are justified by faith. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” When scripture says that "God so loved the WORLD," it is speaking of the universal love of God for the world of humanity whom He created in His image. The Greek word transliterated as "world" does not mean that God loves those who refuse to repent and obey Him, for every person who fails to do so will be thrown into the Lake of Fire. God’s love for the sinful, fallen, rebellious world of mankind is not the same as His love for those who repent and receive Christ and follow His commands.
John 3:36 NKJV says, “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” Jesus says if we don’t believe, if we resist the conviction of the Holy spirit and reject His free gift of eternal life, we will be cast into the Lake of Fire; the place of everlasting destruction for those who do not obey the gospel. [2 Thess. 1:8-9] What happened to God’s unconditional love?
The fact that at a point in time past God demonstrated His love by giving us a Savior, does not imply that God loves unrepentant wicked sinners. God loves and forgives everyone who follows His command to REPENT AND BELIEVE in Christ for salvation. The fullest expression of God’s love is revealed to us through sending His only Son so that ‘whosoever’ believes in Him will not die but will have everlasting life. The amazing and magnificent love of God is not diminished in any way by rejecting the fallacy that it’s unconditional.

By Lynette Hughes

]]><![CDATA[PREDESTINATION?]]>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:24:28 GMThttps://www.yasmeensuri.com/blog/predestination

PREDESTINATION: DID JESUS CHOOSE WHO WOULD BE SAVED?
Calvinists use John 15:16 in an attempt to prove Jesus predestines people to be saved; however, this Scripture is not talking about who receives eternal life. Jesus is specifically speaking to the 12 apostles who were chosen for a specific task and purpose. He says “You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.” Jesus is reminding them that He chose them out of the wider mass of His followers for the specific task of learning from Him so that they could do the things He did.
To understand the Bible and avoid misinterpretations, we must study biblical passages within their proper context. Jesus is not speaking to us in 2025 as being one of the 12 chosen apostles, but He is speaking of the 12 disciples He chose to follow Him in service (Luke 12:13-16). He is not talking about who is appointed to receive eternal life, but who He chose for the purpose of preaching the gospel to the world. This speaks nothing of a predestination to either life or death. This is confirmed in Mark 3:13-14: “Now Jesus went up the mountain and called for those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach.” God chose these 12 disciples to be eyewitnesses of the life and ministry of Christ Jesus. They were chosen to witness the glory and greatness of His resurrection, so that they could convince the Jews that He was their Messiah and share with Gentiles that His salvation was available to all.

God bases His election on His foreknowledge of those who freely choose Him. Jesus died for the sins of all mankind, and “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:4; Titus 2:11; 2 Peter 3:9). God is not schizophrenic. He does not will for some to be saved and others not to be saved. How could God genuinely desire that all men be saved, if He does not give them an opportunity to be saved? God gives all men the opportunity to be saved, but He allows each person to decide for themselves whether to accept His offer or not. Let me rephrase that: We are ALL called by the gospel to be saved, and when a person (“whosoever believes”) answers the call of the gospel, then that is when that person is chosen by God to become one of God's elect (Matthew 20:16). Those who accept His offer of salvation are those who are “predestined" in the sense that God foreknows from eternity who will choose to accept His grace and who will reject His grace and be lost. God reaches out to us FIRST but we can ALSO clearly see that if, in our hard heartedness, we reject the offer of salvation extended to us then we will not be CHOSEN. Those who “walk worthy of the Lord’ and faithfully “endure to the end” are the ELECT of God who will be saved.

-By Lynette Hughes

]]><![CDATA[Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a German Theologian]]>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:41:15 GMThttps://www.yasmeensuri.com/blog/martin-luther-1483-1546-was-a-german-theologian

Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a German theologian and a major leader of the Protestant Reformation. Luther had bouts of disabling depression and anger and had to suspend his pastoral ministry for long periods of time. He also struggled with intrusive, unwanted “blasphemous” thoughts and images that left him confused and disturbed and was tormented by urges to use vulgarities and curse God and Jesus. He readily admitted he had periods when he hated God. If we look at Luther's prayer life, we will see that it was extremely demonic, at least at certain times of his life. He is recorded as saying that he could not pray without cursing. He would be considered verbally abusive today; someone in dire need of deliverance.
The following quote by Luther is well document in Protestant-approved sources: “Christ committed adultery first of all with the woman at the well about whom St. John tells us. Was not everybody about Him saying, "Whatever has he been doing with her?" Secondly, with Mary Magdalene and thirdly with the woman taken in adultery whom he dismissed so lightly. Thus, even Christ who was so righteous must have been guilty of fornication before He died.” [recorded in what historians refer to as his “Table Talks.”]
It is difficult to fathom why these blasphemous statements fail to change the opinion of the man. He has been praised by enthusiastically by both Catholics, Protestants, and Reformers, and his defenders relegate his comments to ‘hyperbole.
Luther was a man who was so arrogantly convinced of his rightness that anyone who disagreed with him was either stupid fools, grossly ignorant or wretchedly evil. For further confirmation of Luther’s dark side, one has only to read some of the shockingly evil things he advocated in a work entitled “The Jews and their Lies” in which he urged that synagogues and Jewish schools should be burned to the ground, Jewish people run out of their homes, their prayer books and Talmudic writings burned and the rabbis forbidden to preach or teach on penalty of death. The following are a few excerpts from Luther’s writings:
"What shall we Christians do with this rejected and condemned people, the Jews? ... I shall give you my sincere advice:"
"First to set fire to their synagogues or schools and to bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn, so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them. This is to be done in honor of our Lord and of Christendom, so that God might see that we are Christians, and do not condone or knowingly tolerate such public lying, cursing, and blaspheming of his Son and of his Christians. For whatever we tolerated in the past unknowingly and I myself was unaware of it will be pardoned by God. But if we, now that we are informed, were to protect and shield such a house for the Jews, existing right before our very nose, in which they lie about, blaspheme, curse, vilify, and defame Christ and us (as was heard above), it would be the same as if we were doing all this and even worse ourselves, as we very well know."
"Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed. For they pursue in them the same aims as in their synagogues. Instead, they might be lodged under a roof or in a barn, like the gypsies. This will bring home to them that they are not masters in our country, as they boast, but that they are living in exile and in captivity, as they incessantly wail and lament about us before God." Luther told Christians to “set fire to their synagogues or schools and to bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn. The Nazis executed his plan on the night of Kristallnacht, also called the “Night of Broken Glass,” when they torched synagogues and destroyed Jewish homes, schools and businesses.
Undoubtedly Hitler’s virulent hatred of Jews and his desire to annihilate them was satanically inspired by Martin Luther who Hitler himself called one of history’s greatest reformers in his autobiography, Mein Kampf. Undoubtedly his praise was due to the fact that Luther’s theological writings so resembled his own racial antisemitism and political policies.
It cannot be denied that God mightily used Martin Luther as the catalyst for the denunciation of papal authority and the Protestant Reformation. His vitriol was of equal vehemence towards his theological enemies, including the pope and the Catholic church, as it was towards the Jews with words that are unfit to write.
Sadly, the Protestant churches that came out of the reformation were daughters of the Great Whore of Babylon, the Roman Catholic Church, called the ‘mother of harlots’ because she was the first to commit spiritual adultery by corrupting the simplicity of the New Testament Christianity. Since the Mother of Harlots is a church, then her daughters are also churches. These daughters were inspired by the writings of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Henry VIII to break away from Catholicism and establish Protestant denominations retaining much of their mother’s paganized traditions of men.
While Luther was an opponent of many of the false doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, he initiated and promoted a false doctrine of his own of such significant proportion that it persists to this very day. He taught that we can receive forgiveness simply by belief in Jesus without obedience or works of any kind. This doctrine was not part of Christian belief for the first 1,500 years of Christianity. Luther erroneously came to the conclusion that we are saved by faith ALONE, rather than saved by an OBEDIENT faith. Luther added the word “alone” to Romans 3:28 which at the time caused an outcry among theologians. Many passages of Scripture say we are saved by faith, but no passage says we are saved by faith ALONE. How can anyone believe in salvation by faith alone when the only occurrence of ‘faith alone’ in the Bible is James 2:24 and it says that salvation is NOT by faith alone. The Holy Spirit says PLAINLY that Jesus saves those who obey: "And having been made perfect he became unto all THEM THAT OBEY HIM the author of eternal salvation" (Hebrews 5:9).
At the end of his life, Luther advocated for murder and mass expulsion of Jews from the empire and condoned polygamy based on Old Testament practices. He died of a stroke at the age of 62.

-By Lynette Hughes

]]><![CDATA[DEMONS LOVE A MESS]]>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:09:09 GMThttps://www.yasmeensuri.com/blog/demons-love-a-mess

Demons love a mess. They control all hoarding, clutter, house full of tons of animals, darkness, smelly, dirt, un-kept filthy personal appearance, mice, junk, feces, bugs, and living in any unhealthy environment. It's a demonic stronghold to live in an environment where you are embarrassed to invite anyone over, including your own family.
It's direct reflection of someone's spiritual condition. If you try to confront them, watch out. You'll see the demon's get furious through them. They will do everything to hold on to their stronghold. They don't want to let go to have a clean,orderly, healthy environment. There is deliverance if you want it.
A clean life and a dirty life are opposites. For, as light and dark cannot be mistaken for the other. The clean life is a life lived in a godly righteous way, for God is holy. A dirty life represents the sins of the world. Idolatry comes in many forms.

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