The sign was on the money but the pamphlets being handed out warned against a recent piece of technology called the VeriChip which could possibly be the "mark of the Beast" and insinuated that Obama may turn out to be the Antichrist: "He will be made known when he makes a seven year peace agreement with Israel and establishes peace", among other things. It started out comparable to Two Ways to Live but just went downhill with the literal explanation of Revelation.
The man who handed me the pamphlet looked so determined. I could see that he knew how important the saving message of Jesus was, indeed he'd been standing on a footpath in Paddington all day trying to reach people with it. Mum and I told him we were already Christians and he was genuinely pleased to hear it. But did he really believe all of what this pamphlet was telling him? So much of God's Word was tainted, close to the truth yet so far from it.
Close to the truth isn't good enough. If I learnt anything from Phillip Jensen's talks on Spiritual Warfare last Monday, it's that the best lies are those that sound most like the truth. My heart just breaks for that man. If he truly trusts in Jesus then I suppose it's no big deal if he boycotts VeriChip, but he has such poor teaching! Argh! Lies!
Prophecy in the news, people!
Sorry for the excessive exclamations.
Oh and if you wanted anymore proof that you need to take anything Joyce Myer says with about a ton of salt, her website features on the back of this pamphlet in conjunction with Benny Hinn's. I hear her name around sometimes, even amongst good Sydney Anglicans, but I haven't openly slammed her to anyone (who isn't in my bible study). I haven't read any of her books or heard any of her talks but I'm thinking this confirms her as dodgy in my books.
I found your blog!! :P
ReplyDeleteIt should grieve us to our heart, that by preaching false prophecy they are indeed doing the work of the antichrist. I think it calls us to pray they God would reveal his truth to them, for it is only by his grace that he makes himself known.