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Download Tracts and Booklets (in English & French) updated 12/01/10 Repentance Based Way of Salvation ♦ Fundamental
(in the sense of holding to the doctrines of the Bible, the ones to which the persecuted church held for 1900 years -
modern fundamentalism is apostate) ♦ KJV (as the best English translation, but not without error - only the original
Hebrew/Greek text is the preserved Word of God) ♦ Independent ♦ The Bible emphasizes repentance (both
initially for salvation and then constantly in the believer's walk) and the necessity of being "begotten of God"
(born again); as well as obeying, abiding, holding fast, mortifying the flesh (old nature), working out our salvation with fear and
trembling all in the power of the Holy Spirit, Who provides assurance of salvation, illuminates the meaning of the Scriptures,
and teaches the believer. It is possible to depart from the living God, die outside of Christ, and perish.
- 1. Note that if a person 'got saved' by 'accepting Jesus into his heart' and was assured of a home in heaven; that person should know that this is not how the Bible teaches the way of salvation
and that this teaching leads and is leading multitudes of church-going, baptized, professing 'christians', along with their
pastors, to eternal destruction. (The Lord Jesus Christ warns about this in Matthew 7:21-23.)
- 2.
It is possible to be "in perils among false brethren" (2 Corinthians 11:26). In the book Heaven
Taken by Storm, Watson writes to keep company with such as are 'violent for heaven' (Matthew 11:12); in other words, those
who hold to the Gospel of the Bible, who have been "begotten of God" - born again (have two natures), who
are taking up their cross and following the Lord by obedience... If you are a born again believer listening to and learning
from the teachings of, and fellowshipping with, 'christians'; know that since this is disobedience to God's Word, it gives
Satan the power to slowly blind and destroy you (1 Timothy 4:1-2; 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12). That is one reason for all
of the warnings in Scripture to not keep company with those who teach/believe in 'another gospel' (1 Timothy 6:3-5 is one
example). Slowly you will be deceived, darkened, and eventually you will wonder why you had any misgivings in the first
place; and you put yourself in danger of spiritual death. May the
Lord awaken such as are in this grave situation by His grace and may they obey His commands to break off such ties/connections/attendance.
"Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners." (1 Corinthians 15:33)] "Save yourselves from this
untoward generation." (Acts 2:40b)
- Arthur Pink (1886-1952) says it well (and if this was the case in his time, how
much more so today): "Alas, alas, God's way of salvation is almost entirely unknown today, the nature of Christ's
salvation is almost universally misunderstood, and the terms of His salvation misrepresented on every hand. The "Gospel"
which is now being proclaimed is, in nine cases out of every ten--but a perversion of the Truth! Tens of thousands, assured
they are bound for heaven--are now hastening to hell as fast as time can take them!
It is the bounden duty of every Christian, to have no dealings with
the evangelistic monstrosity of the day, to withhold all moral and financial support of the same, to attend none of their
meetings, to circulate none of their tracts. Those preachers who tell sinners that they may be saved without forsaking their
idols, without repenting, without surrendering to the Lordship of Christ--are as erroneous and dangerous as others who insist
that salvation is by works, and that heaven must be earned by our own efforts!" (from Present Day Evangelism)
--- La croix est une chose radicale --- Introduction: A.W. Tozer
who died in 1963 writes: "Our meetings are characterized by cordiality, humor, affability, zeal, and high animal
spiritis; but hardly anywhere do we find gatherings marked by the overshadowing presence of God. We manage to get along
on correct doctrine [not true anymore today], fast tunes, pleasing personalities and religious amusements.
How few, how pitifully few are the enraptured souls who languish for love of Christ... The
very memory of better days is slowly passing from us and a new type of religious person is emerging."
(p.31) If anyone today cares about finding out the Truth, the only place to find It is from the Bible
and the writings of the old saints (usually dating back at least 100 years). As Tozer writes: "The flush
and excitement of the soul in love must be sought in the New Testament or in the biographies of saints; we look for
them in vain among the professed followers of Christ in our day.” (Tozer, The Price of Neglect, p.26)
What passes for christianity
in North America today, even in the most fundamental circles, is NOTHING like what was considered Christianity (even by unbelievers)
for 1900 years. The gospel in today's churches in NOT the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and the apostles. It
is a perverted, watered down mixture that misdefines Biblical concepts/terms, ignores or misdefines repentance, and
as such CANNOT lead to being "begotten of God" (new birth) and the Holy Spirit's inner assurance (Romans
8:16). The result is that those who 'accept Jesus into their heart' (no such concept in the Bible - it is the
Lord Jesus Christ who accepts us, and gives us the faith to receive Him; when we come to Him on His terms - seeking, repenting,
believing; in response to His drawing) and are assured of a home in heaven which they cannot loose by pastors; are in fact
still on their way to hell. (If you are honest with yourself, with your conscience, can you say that you have the inner assurance of the Holy Spirit of your salvation?) Today's pastors are false prophets: "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. They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say
unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you." (Jeremiah 23:16-17)
Since 'christians'
today have never 'seen the real thing' and are so used to this 'fake' 'religious' christianity, they think everything is normal.
But, -ohhhh- just read the Bible, the old saints, the writings of the persecuted church, the
martyrs, the missionaries of days gone by and you will realize that there is something else, something beautiful, something
real: Holy Spirit filled believers. And it is only if you have experienced the new birth and are a "new
creature" and "the
Spirit itself beareth witness with [your] spirit, that [you] are [a child] of God" (Romans 8:16) that you are saved.
Listen again to Tozer: "There must come a violent break with that irresponsible, amusement-mad, paganized pseudo-religion
which passes today for the faith of Christ and which is spread all over the world by unspiritual men employing unscriptural
methods to achieve their ends.” (Tozer, The Root of the Righteous, p.110)
- Listen to the KJV (voice only, undramatised): http://www.audiotreasure.com/KJV/
- "The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty."
(Psalms 29:4)
- Read John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (a book written in jail, where Bunyan spent 12 years for preaching the Gospel). The book is an allegory presenting
Christian's journey from the 'City of Wrath' to the 'Celestial City' and is very eye opening and quite a blessing, especially
in these days of total apostasy. The persecuted church of old considered it second in importance to the Bible!
(Make sure to get a copy with the Bible verse references. Old Paths Gospel Press publishes such a one, with rich
ongoing commentary by William Mason - the best copy out there. Available here.)
- Read Bunyan's The Holy War,
an allegory of the new birth. Again it is extremely important to buy one that hasn't been modernized and that has the
Bible verse references. Again, the Old Paths Gospel Press publication is the one to buy. It can be bought here or here. This copy is also a treasure in that it has rich ongoing commentary by William Mason.
International Outreach has some excellent books, booklets, and Puritan tracts (Genuine Salvation, Enormity, A Call to Self-Examination,
True Salvation is Rare, Suppose an Unholy Man Were to Go to Heaven)
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Looking for like-minded fellowship; looking for the "seven
thousand":
"Lord, they have killed thy prophets,
and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of God
unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according
to the election of grace."
(Romans 11:3,4)
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