Re-Post: Just smell the apostasy! from Rapture Alert

Just smell the apostasy!
by Michael G. Mickey
(3-5-06)

Someone once said, speaking of apostasy, "You can tell the sheep are in trouble when the shepherd starts speaking kindly of the wolf!"
I have related with that statement a lot the last few days. It all started when a brother in Christ, John Reynolds, sent me an e-mail he entitled "The incredible Pastor-Scientist flip flop." When I opened the e-mail, John had sent me links to two websites - one on the Clergy Letter Project and the other on the activities of some scientists which I'll get into a bit later.
The Clergy Letter Project, in case you haven't heard of it, was started by Michael Zimmerman, Dean of the College of Letters and Sciences at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
Zimmerman's goal, apparently, was to correct "the misperception that science and religion are inevitably in conflict" - a situation he perceived had created unnecessary division and confusion, especially concerning the teaching of evolution.
I'm sure all my site's readers know about Charles Darwin and his infamous "theory" of evolution, which, essentially, concludes that everything that exists in the world and, I suppose, in the universe itself came to exist as a result of random mutation and natural selection, an ideology which those of us who believe the Bible to be literal truth have more than a little trouble swallowing!
As the name of Mr. Zimmerman's project suggests, he decided to enlist a few thousand members of the clergy to demonstrate their respect for evolutionary theory. Surely, he had trouble finding thousands of clergy willing to do such a thing, right? I'm afraid not.
Amazingly, over 10,000 members of the clergy signed onto his project "to let the public know that numerous clergy from most denominations have tremendous respect for evolutionary theory and have embraced it as a core component of human knowledge, fully harmonious with religious faith."
Fully harmonious with whose religious faith? Not mine!
As the clergy lined up in support of Charles Darwin's theory, which has been force-fed to our children as the only government-sanctioned explanation for their existence since Almighty God was kicked out of public schools, to our national disgrace I might add, an Evolution News & Views article states that "over 500 doctoral scientists" signed "a statement publicly expressing their skepticism about the contemporary theory of Darwinian evolution."
Now you know why my brother in Christ entitled his e-mail "The incredible Pastor-Scientist flip flop!"
Again, just in case Satan's signature on this didn't sink in when you were presented this information the first time, as hundreds of scientists lined up to sign "A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism", thousands of Christian leaders (all of whose names, locations,and denominations can be found on Mr. Zimmerman's website), were jumping onboard with Mr. Darwin's theory from hell, in spite of all of them having, undoubtedly, seen the DARWIN fish decals that ride on the back of cars everywhere in mockery, yes mockery, of God and His Creation!
You want me to tell you how you can 100% know that evolution is not "fully harmonious with religious faith?" Because none of God's enemies are opposed to it being taught to our children as fact, in spite of the fact it's called a theory! None of them!
Can you smell the apostasy in what you've just been informed of? I sure can - and it stinks!
If that didn't ruffle your feathers, try this one on for size. A Yahoo News story indicates that "a Presbyterian Church trial of a minister who conducted lesbian weddings ended in California with a ruling that she did nothing wrong."
She did nothing wrong? That's not what my Bible tells me!
After winning her case, "the openly lesbian priest" said, as her blasphemous eyes filled with tears, "It was a wonderful decision. It means that our relationships matter and that love matters. It means something that the church said yes to us."
Well, there's one point she made that I'll agree with and it's this: It most certainly does mean something that the Presbyterian church said yes to a lesbian priest marrying lesbians, all of which is forbidden in the Word of God! It means the Presbyterian Church needs to REPENT and the sooner the better!
Marriage exists, according to the Word of God, to join one man and one woman, the two of them becoming one flesh in the eyes of God. Any sexual activity outside of God's definition of marriage is adultery --- and forbidden.
Exodus 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
The practice of homosexuality is itself expressly forbidden, as seen in Leviticus 18:22: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination.
Can you smell the apostasy in this story of ungodly conduct going uncondemned?
Am I finished now? Almost, but first.....
The Dallas Morning News is reporting that "Carlton Pearson has still got it. The dapper clothes. The voluminous vocabulary. The toothy smile." He also still has the apostasy! (In case you haven't caught on by now, the theme of today's commentary is apostasy!)
Are you ready to read about what Mr. Pearson is preaching? Grab onto something, evangelicals, because this one is the icing on this commentary's cake!
According to the article, and I quote, "Mr. Pearson still has an unshakable conviction in his controversial "gospel of inclusion" – the belief that everyone will go to heaven, regardless of his or her actions on earth. The high-profile pastor lost followers, his church building, money and prestige – especially among conservatives – after he started preaching a few years ago that the gates of heaven are open to everyone, even, theoretically, to Satan."
Can you imagine standing before the throne of Almighty God singing praises to the Lamb while holding hands with ole' Beelzebub himself? If you can, you need to say a quick prayer of repentance, pick up your Bible right now and begin reading. Don't stop under any circumstances until you come back to your senses!
While God's gift of salvation is available to all those willing to admit they're sinners, believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, and confess their sins to Him, it's 100% guaranteed that many, many, many people unwilling to repent of their sins and come to faith in Jesus Christ are going to go through a gate that leads to someplace other than Heaven, Satan among them beyond the shadow of a doubt!
Where are these poor misguided souls, along with Lucifer, headed? To the lake of fire! Hell! Eternal damnation!
Revelation 20:10: And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Revelation 20:12-15: And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Can you smell the apostasy in a pastor suggesting that Christ's sacrificial death on the cross as atonement for our sins was purposeless?
Truly, you can tell the sheep are in trouble when the shepherd starts speaking kindly of the wolf --- and it's going on more all the time!
When 10,000+ clergymen try to blend what is clearly a satanic counterfeit of God's Creation with God's Creation, calling it fully harmonious with religious faith, they're speaking kindly of the wolf!
When the leaders of entire church bodies allow their priests to live in open defiance of the will of God and to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies in opposition to the Word of God, finding no fault in any of it, they're speaking kindly of the wolf!
When a pastor of any church suggests that the most evil being of them all, Satan himself, may make it through the gates of Heaven to spend all eternity in the presence of Almighty God, the Lamb and the saints, he's speaking kindly of the wolf! In fact, the sheep better run from that pastor as fast as they can as he is a wolf in his own right, according to the Word of God!
Matthew 7:15-17: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Christians, whenever you wonder just how much longer it's going to be until Jesus Christ returns, just read the news of our world today. If you're like me, one of the things you'll often find yourself doing is crinkling your nose up in disgust, much as you do when you're driving along in your car and pass a dead skunk on the highway. You know what I'm talking about.
The stronger the stench of apostasy becomes, the closer we are to seeing Jesus! Why do I say that?
1st Timothy 4:1: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Is Jesus Christ coming soon? Just smell the apostasy --- and keep looking up!