Harold Camping & his end-times fiction

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excuse me May 22nd will be judgment the second day of judgment day oh we don't know what how what's going to happen to family radio on that first day or to the banks or anybody else we have no idea but all that it's going to be horrible it's going to be a horror story that we absolutely cannot conceive of millions of people will die on that day and every day thereafter and it's it's this this kind of conversation of what will we do the next day that doesn't make it's nonsense it's utter nonsense because it is going to happen this is what the

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Bible teaches we don't we don't this is not not something where yeah there's a tiny tiny tiny tiny chance it might happen it is going to happen and thus goes the prophecy of mr.

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Harold camping a family radio you know we're only just a few days away now from his judgment day prophecy

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May 21st 2011 this is not the first time that Harold camping has tried this he has a long history of this a long history of people trying to correct him but he continues on on his path of doing these types of things and so it's important to have a response as as a ministry

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Apology of Christian Ministries wants to do outreach to people who are like Harold camping and to his followers and so we need to respond to this in the same way we've done in the past to other religions like Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons and the like and it's really the same kind of issues that that arise and so let's take a look at how should we deal with someone like Harold camping that has a long history of false teaching and and and and speaking falsely in God's name and and and even coming up on on Saturday you know a clear and direct prophecy that he's attributing to God I mean this is not you know

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Harold camping likes to sort of parry the claim that you know you're prophesying this and say no this is what God says is in his word and so really that really kind of ups the ante actually because what he's saying is is this is in God's Word and we know as Christians that Bible says that in 2nd

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Timothy 3 16 through 17 big passage on on the Word of God there but really important aspect of it is it says all scripture is

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God -breathed Theanostos God -breathed and so it's it's from God and and and it's important to see that when when

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Harold camping says that this is in the Bible it's guaranteed the Bible guarantees it which is what

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I'm seeing on the signs all over all over town as I drive around the Bible guarantees the day he's putting these words in God's mouth and so how do we deal with someone that does that type of thing well we need to deal with it the same way

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God has always told us to do it and he has really some really powerful tests in the Bible on how to test to whether to know whether or not someone's actually you know a teacher from him or someone from him or not and in one of the things that makes the

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Bible unique amazingly unique in world religions is is that the

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Bible in the Bible God bases the veracity of his word on the fact that he's going to tell us history before it even happens and he gets it right every single time you gotta consider something that only the true and living

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God can do that only a God is all -powerful that actually governs this universe and controls all things and carries everything along to its intended destination only a

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God like that could actually make that sort of a claim now listen religions do try to tell the future and when they fail they keep pushing along and moving along with the failed prophecies in their past but you see in the

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Bible God when he came into a relationship with the Israelites he came into relationship with them and he gave them tests to protect them now think about the revelation here you get a revelation that lasts it that's being given over a period of 1 ,500 years by about 40 different authors you got different geographical locations you have different time periods and many times even different cultures that are surrounding them at the time but one unified message and and full of prophecy full of prophecy and you you're commanded by God to test people who claim to be from God that includes

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Moses that includes Elijah Jeremiah Isaiah John James Peter Paul and yes

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Jesus he needs to pass those same tests that God had already laid down for a prophet and in Deuteronomy chapter 18 verses 20 through 22

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God actually gives us a test if you shall say in your heart how should we know the word which the

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Lord has not spoken and that's the question how do we know if this guy's from you God I don't know if he's speaking truth if he's actually sent by you and God gives you the test when a prophet speaks in a name of the

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Lord and the thing follows not nor comes to pass that is the word which the Lord has not spoken the prophet has spoken it presumptuously you should not be afraid of him so there's there's the test in the

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Bible if you have a false prophecy you put words in God's mouth and then you it doesn't happen you're a false prophet period no second chances that's all there is to it and on May 22nd it's important for the world to know that God had already prepared his fought his people for people like Harold camping he's a he'll be exposed once again as a false teacher and a false prophet trying to lead people astray and it's important for anybody who's a follower of Harold camping right now to just to hear this you can turn from this man is a false prophet you don't need to fear him you can turn from him and turn to Christ place your faith in him for salvation for forgiveness and and get plugged in we our ministry would love to be a part of helping you to get plugged into a healthy church be important to really get under the care of the pastors of that church and have them be able to guide you and to walk through this with you but but really important to know that you don't need to fear a false prophet like Harold camping and when he exposes himself as such you you can leave and you can turn to Christ and put your faith and trust in him and him alone next next important thing to look at would be when somebody claims to be from God you're gonna look at their teachings in Deuteronomy chapter 13 which is one of many passages you can show the test that God gives in verses 1 through 4

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Deuteronomy 13 1 through 4 is that even if somebody comes and they have signs and wonders they have a miraculous ministry looks good seems like it's pretty good thing going on here it looks like it's from God but then but then they lead you after other gods gods which you have not known they're a false teacher and you can see that clearly because you see here's the nature of the revelation of God is it's from God's mouth

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God breathe and so God is the one guiding this revelation when God speaks that settles it and so when somebody claims to be from God but then they violate scripture they violate what

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God is already spoken then you know they're not from God because God is not gonna contradict himself

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God's not gonna talk on both sides of his mouth so to speak and so you know he's not from God so in many other passages

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Isaiah 820 to the law and to the testimony if they did not speak according to this word it's because there's no light in them

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Jesus says that the father sanctify them by your truth your word is truth John 17 17 we're commanded as Christians to test all things hold fast to that which is true the

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Bible commands believers to be testing and filtering people like this through scripture you look at the testimony of the believers in the book of Acts and in Berea you know when

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Paul goes into Berea it says they're more noble -minded than those who were in Thessalonica because when they had heard

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Paul teach they they accepted these things they were open -minded and they searched the scriptures daily to see if what

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Paul was saying was so. Harold Camping has a long history of false teaching he teaches a modalistic view of God he denies the

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Trinity it's one of the first heresies refuted by the Christian Church in the second century he teaches a form of annihilationism he denies total depravity and original sin and we can go on and on and on but I wanted to play for you a clip that I actually heard

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I've been listening to a lot of Harold Camping lately I've been listening to a clip from Harold Camping's family radio ministry or organization and I wanted to let you listen to a clip about a man who's calling in about wanting to lead his four -year -old

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I think it's his four -year -old niece into salvation or he's worried for her he answers the question quite differently than a

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Christian would answer this question go ahead and listen to this now from you so shall we take our first call tonight please welcome to open forum good evening brother camping

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I have a question first I'm concerned about my own salvation however

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I have been compelled to share the gospel and share the date of May 21st with family and friends and others

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I have a four -year -old niece so and I don't think she's heard anything about May 21st from her parents and I'm curious as to how to go about it speaking about this with her well the first thing to do is you don't want to offend the parents

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I mean they will be very unhappy if they are not agreeing at all but what you can talk to your niece about is we have to obey

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God so lay down some fundamental principles that we are to love

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God and want to obey everything and whether she hears specifically about Judgment Day or not that's not first of all important what is important that she hears about the importance of wanting to serve

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God and encourage her to pray that she might truly be a child of God and that you will probably be safe to do even though you are not able to talk specifically about May 21 and that'll already be a long ways in the right direction because your niece if she is not interested at all then you know there's no point even in talking to her about May 21 but on the other hand if she becomes intensely interested and you pray for wisdom there may be a time when you can also mention

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Judgment Day but first of all talk about God and her relationship to God that's that's the big important thing to start out with well there you go not quite the message of the

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New Testament by any means and it's important to see the distinction there that that when you look at the

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New Testament you see Jesus as he comes into his ministry the first thing he's preaching is repent and believe the good news and he would call people to come to him in faith to trust in him he says truly truly

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I say to you he who hears my voice and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come into judgment but is passed out of death into life when when

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Paul is is preaching the gospel he says God commands men everywhere to repent and he's calling people to repent and to believe in Christ and you see

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Peter preaching repentance and faith in Christ when you see Paul is now confronted with this jailer and the jailer says what must

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I do to be saved he doesn't answer the question like Harold Camping does

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Paul says believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved a person that's preaching the gospel is calling people to turn from sin to put their faith in Christ to trust in him and him alone and what he's done on their behalf and does that mean that change occurs absolutely there's the regeneration or new heart being involved by the

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Spirit of God and a life that's changed afterwards but that life that pursuit of good works and and glorifying

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God and honoring God is not part of what what makes us justified before God Paul says in Romans 328 we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law when this man calls in about his four -year -old niece the message coming from the

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Christian Church and from Harold Camping is very very different to tell your four -year -old niece to to pray more and to seek to obey

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God more and to and oh and maybe we can get to the May 21st prophecy thing is not the gospel it's not the good news the good news is that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself and Paul begs people

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I beg you be reconciled to God he made him who knew no sin to become sin on our behalf that we might become the righteousness of God it's a it's a different message it's a different gospel there's no call to turn from sin to trust in Christ to have faith in him for salvation and so it's critically important for people to understand particularly if you've been a follower of Harold Camping that the message the

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God coming from Harold Camping the gospel coming from Harold Camping and the teachings and the prophecies coming from him clearly mark him out as one that causes divisions among us and clearly mark him out as somebody that's not from God he is not a a teacher from God he is somebody that has demonstrated clearly over a long period of time that he rejects biblical authority that he does not submit truly to the

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Word of God and its teachings he does he he does not exegete the text of scripture to draw out what is it what is it saying what does it mean he has the system of eisegesis where he reads into the text his own ideas and he acts as though that is what the text is saying he has a strange view of numerology and he attributes these these arbitrary things to certain numbers in the

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Bible like you know two means the believers and their witness and all these different things and it could just as easily be 12 it could just as easily be 70 it could just as easily be and any any any number of numbers and it's just completely arbitrary assignments that are

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Harold Camping's own ideas that he now forces onto the text and he forces his followers to agree with them and so it's critically important if you have been a follower of Harold Camping we care for you and there there is life in Christ there is forgiveness there is salvation there is good news and you can feel free to abandon and leave somebody that's a false teacher and a false prophet like Harold Camping is clearly demonstrated that he is and I encourage you to get a hold of our ministry defendthefaith .org

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and to get a hold of us we'd love to help to point you in the right direction to get plugged into a healthy well -balanced church that's that's near you and get into the care of some solid pastors and all that goes along with what

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God has clearly said is the picture of being part of the body of Christ but most importantly being being united to Jesus in his death and his resurrection and and and and receiving salvation and forgiveness through him and through him alone and so we thank you for watching this video our prayers and hearts go out to those who are being deceived by this that this man and we just we pray for those that will be the wreckage of Mr.

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Harold Camping on May 22nd and we just pray that that's got to be glorified in and in saving those people and bringing them into a saving relationship with him and I just have one last word for Harold Camping and that that comes from the book of Jeremiah Jeremiah chapter 23 and starts in verse 29 and I'll read that as we as we finish this video he says is not my word like fire declares the

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Lord and like a hammer which shatters the rock therefore behold I'm against the prophets declares the

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Lord who steal my words from each other behold I'm against the prophets declares the Lord who use their tongues and declare the

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Lord declares behold I'm against those who have prophesied false dreams declares the

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Lord and related them and led my people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting yet I did not send them or command them nor did they furnish do they furnish this people the slightest benefit declares the

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Lord in the last part of that chapter God says I will put an everlasting reproach on you and an everlasting humiliation which will not be forgotten thank you for watching