The Failure of Modern Christianity - 1 — Zacharias Tanee Fomum

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Thank you and welcome, Professor Fung.

Thank you and welcome, Professor Fung.

Thank you and welcome, Professor Fung. We are going to give a clapped offering to Jesus Christ.

We are going to give a clapped offering to Jesus Christ.

Because He's a King for kings at the Lord of lords.

Because He's a King for kings at the Lord of lords. Let's CLAP for Him.

Confessing That Jesus Christ Is Lord

Thank you very much. You are all going to say, Jesus Christ is Lord.

You are all going to say, Jesus Christ is Lord.

You may say as an experience. You may say as an experience or as a confession of something that will happen in the future. Listen, even in hell they shall say Jesus is Lord, only that it shall be too late then.

So, say Jesus Christ is Lord. Jesus Christ is Lord. Jesus Christ is Lord. The devil is defeated. The devil is defeated. Lord Christ is Lord. The devil is defeated. And Jesus Christ will be Lord forever.

And the devils shall be forever defeated. I read a book recently, written in the US. He quotes people like A .W. Tauzer. He said Tauzer said that America is really like 10 true believers. And he quotes Billy Graham saying that it is at the most 20 true believers.

Nominal Christianity and Counterfeit Faith

So when people say that the United States is a Christian country, I don't know what they are saying. It is a pagan country. Not to talk about Canada. It is not to talk about other places. Very many years ago, as an exceptional issue, my father and his father became pastors.

In the time when pastors were rare in the Northwest. But the villagers said that my grandfather Thangye had produced two pastors. One the pastor of God and the other one the pastor of the world. That is the villagers.

They said my father was the pastor of the world and his junior brother was the pastor of the world.

He said that my father was the pastor of God and his little brother was the pastor of the world.

How do believers see things clearly? Three years ago, at the age of 88, my father's follower, the retired pastor of the world, was converted. After about 50 years as pastor, in 1976, my uncle said, If what you are preaching is true, then there is no Christian in my congregation.

Even myself, I am not a Christian, according to what they are saying is true. But I hope what they are saying is not true and we are all Christians.

But I hope what they are saying is not true and we are all Christians. That was in 1976. In 2004 he was converted.

And he sent me word that I should come and preach in the village.

And he sent me word that I should come and preach in the village. It is troubling.

Let me say where the problem comes from. I just came from India three weeks ago. I just came from India three weeks ago. In India, all that is called Christian. From Catholicism to vibrant Catholicism.

From Catholicism to vibrant Catholicism.

Including all the cause and sects and all that is quasi-Christian.

Including all the cause and sects and all that is quasi-Christian.

It is 2 .5%. The Muslims are 10%. India has the second largest population of Muslims in the world.

India has the second largest population of Muslims in the world.

We have a mission in discovering and serving the Lord, Yahuddeh, now from Pakistan.

We have a mission in discovering and serving the Lord, Yahuddeh, now from Pakistan.

All that is Christian, quasi-Christian and the rest in Pakistan is 1 .5%.

All that is Christian, quasi-Christian in Pakistan is 1 .5%.

The Muslims are 97%. All the other religions are 1 .5%. All the other religions are 1 .5%. And the brother says that it is 10 of the 1 .5 that is truly Christian.

And the brother says that it is 10 of the 1 .5 that is truly Christian.

He will become a missionary of Christian Missionary Fellowship in Pakistan from the 28th of this month when he leaves.

He will become a missionary of Christian Missionary Fellowship in Pakistan from the 28th of this month when he leaves.

He says that the church there is overall largely nominal.

He says that the church there is overall largely nominal.

The following passes for Christian today. What passes for Christian includes the following.

What passes for Christian today. What passes for Christian includes the following. People come from a Christian background. People come from a Christian background.

But they have no place whatsoever for Jesus Christ.

But they have no place whatsoever for Jesus Christ. They are called Christians. They are called Christians. That is the modern Christianity.

That is the modern Christianity. Or counterfeit Christianity.

Or counterfeit Christianity.

There are people who for some reason give a bit of a place in their hearts to Jesus and keep all the rest for themselves. And they deceive themselves that they are Christians. There are others who are more generous.

They give a bit more that they give to Jesus. And they say they are Christians. There are others who say that Jesus is good. Let's give him a bit more and a part for Christians. There are others who say that he can help us a lot.

Let's give him part of the heart. There are others who say, why not give him a big part of the heart?

There are others who say, there are many advantages in Christianity.

But, I have to become a part of myself.

I have to be the Lord of a part of my life. And Jesus is the rest. And there are others who give their heart to Jesus.

All this constitutes what is called modern Christianity. It has nothing to do with Jesus Christ. As Saviour and Lord. It is only this that represents true Christianity.

It is only the heart number 9 that represents true Christianity.

The rest is modern Christianity. Counterfeit Christianity.

This is counterfeit Christianity.

Until a person gives his whole heart to Jesus.

Until a person gives his whole heart to Jesus.

All his heart, all his soul, all for all time. He cannot be a Christian.

So many preachers. Pastors, bishops, missionaries. And lost men. And lost women. Until Jesus has all of the heart. The person is not a Christian. Who is not married? Put out your hand. Blessed are you.

Wholehearted Allegiance to Christ

If you want to marry a girl. If you want to marry a girl.

And she says, I love you, I will marry you.

But when we get married.

One day a year. You will let me go with another man that I love. That I loved in the past. Only one day. In 365. Will you marry her? The boy said, I will marry you, but there is some girl that I have.

The boy said, I will marry you, but there is some girl that I have. You will die 365 days a year.

But one day a year.

Just let me go and see him. Just let me go and see him.

One day out of 365 is what percentage?

It's 2 .7. It's 0 .26 percent. It's 0 .27 percent. What is it?

You will not marry the guy, isn't it? You will not marry the boy, isn't it? Not so. They say, since you are so jealous and so selfish. Okay, you just give me one hour.

They say, since you are so jealous and so selfish. You just give me one hour.

Every year with him. Would you marry her? You will refuse. That's 1 percent. So 0 .01 percent you will refuse.

0 .01 percent. You will refuse. She is extremely jealous. You just give me 5 minutes every year. I don't want to hold him by him. Press him and tell him that you are wonderful.

Would you marry the person? Would you? So you are saying, it's all or nothing. Not so. It's all or nothing. That's what you are saying. Do you think that Jesus would accept somebody? Who gives a bit of his heart.

All of his heart to him except a little portion.

Who gives a bit of his heart except a little portion.

Obviously not. Your standard for a wife or husband cannot be higher than Jesus' own. That's why. All these people want to eat are lost.

Those 3 persons that you are referring are weak sometimes. They are seduced.

And that's what modern Christianity is about. Could 2 people pray before continuing? 2 people can pray.

You have not changed, Lord. Your standards, your demands, Lord, have not changed over time. You remain the same, Lord. You are still the same, Lord. And I pray that our hearts can receive what you are showing us, Lord, today.

I pray for hearts that accept your word, Lord. I pray that this spirit produces the conviction of God in your heart. And that this heart, if it is in itself, submits to you, Lord Jesus Christ. To obedience to your Holy Spirit.

We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. One more person.

Our Father, we pray, O Lord, that you open our eyes tonight to see, O Lord, that it is not experience, it is not our parents, it is not the religious activities, it is not our titles, it is not our baptisms, our being pastors, missionaries, or Christian workers that make us Christians.

But it is giving all of our hearts, all of our hearts to Jesus. For that, we pray, O Lord, that you tear down tonight all false hopes of being a Christian. Father, I pray that you tear down all false hopes, Lord, that might exist in this room.

In any one, Lord, in any of us who thinks he is a Christian, but he is not. Because the heart has not been completely given to Jesus Christ for all time. Father, we pray that you reveal this, Lord, to our hearts.

That being a Christian is all or nothing. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

The Divided Heart and the Rich Young Ruler

We are living in a generation where people have been deceived. They have been deceived, they have allowed themselves to be deceived, and they have chosen to be deceived. They decide that divided hearts has no place in the kingdom of God.

God did not have two sons. And he sent one to come for the salvation of man. He had only one son. God gave one after one. He gave a hundred percent. Until a person is ready to receive Jesus Christ with his all, he is deceived.

Listen. The rich young ruler came. God lived a good life. He was prepared to do everything Jesus said, except one thing. And he did not make it. Jesus said, one thing you lack. Because he was not prepared to surrender that one thing.

He could not have eternal life. The divided heart.

Cannot be saved. Why is it divided? A person can be saved from his sins, but not in his sins. A man cannot be saved with his sins. Even with his one sin. Unless a person is prepared to abandon all his sins, Jesus cannot enter his heart.

Just like, unless a girl gives up all other men, no man will marry her. Unless a man is prepared to abandon all other men, to expect to be married is to deceive himself. This one here said, it is all or nothing.

For human marriage. In the marriage with the Lord Jesus, he is the heavenly bridegroom.

Unless the early bride abandons everything, that would, that does not please my soul at all. There can be no marriage.

He comes to save from sin. He comes to save from sin. He cannot save from sin. He is looking for a bride.

What is lasting a girl on her marriage day? He saw a girl the day she was married. Put up your hands. Did you see one with a spotted garment? I have seen tall brides, short brides, firm brides, thin brides, light complexion, black.

I have seen all kinds of brides. He is taking with him all kinds, all kinds. I have never seen one with a spotted garment. This is where the problem is.

People are deceived. That they can achieve their sins, or achieve their favorite sin, and enter the kingdom of God. They cannot enter, they cannot enter the kingdom of God.

And most people are not prepared to abandon all their sins in order to receive the salvation of God. They think that Jesus will wink at some sins and let them in. The Lord Jesus Christ said in Revelation 21st chapter talking about heaven verse 27 Nothing impure will ever enter it.

Nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful but only those whose names are written in the lounge book of life. They want to deceive their soul with one thing. Keep one thing. Be divided in heart over one issue.

And know it. And say that Jesus is in their heart.

It is deception. All sin must be abandoned before he can come here.

All self all of the world all of the things of the world must go. So he comes in as a king. To possess the whole heart. To Christianity Jesus possessing all of the man. Most people are not ready for that.

They want to have some general form of religion. That denies the power of Jesus Christ.

To possess all of the man. All that is falsehood.

But don't let that close. Could two people come and pray?

The Father by the Lord Jesus Christ we thank you Lord.

For the privilege to get to see proclaim to our hearts. Our Father we pray and we pray to you O Lord that our hearts will clasp your feet and your feet O Lord.

We ask O Lord that I will not be deceived O Lord in any way. That I will be saved O Lord for one sin.

I pray that no one here Lord will be deceived. That I will be saved Lord with still one thing unsettled O Lord. Our Father we pray to you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We pray O Father you open our eyes and open the eyes of our hearts to the Lord that we might be bold and we might know all of it through all our hearts to the Lord tonight in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Lord you pray for us.

We pray O Father Lord to heal all our hearts and to apply our hearts to that which you are saying. Our Father we praise you in Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Salvation From Sin and Total Surrender

Does it matter whether he suffers from one sin or from ten thousand ten million. Because he is the Saviour. Because our sins drove the nails through him. You cannot see once in your life and say, save me.

From what? He is able to save to the Uttermost.

So the third person is converted. We must turn this back to the world. We belong to the world. We belong to the world of sin. And everything that Jesus does, no one speaks. Then Jesus will come into your heart.

And possess the person. In all things. And lead the person. In all things. At the end of their lives. He will take the person. I am also aiming to dwell with him in heaven. They must come again. When your eyes are open to see the Savior.

And you turn your back to all that the world gives. To all the pleasures of sin. Then you can come in. When your heart comes into a heart like mine. And possess it. All of it for all time. At all costs.

The person is a believer. He has believed in the Lord.

He has renounced all sin to follow him. He has renounced all sin to follow him.

People are seduced by this. They give a bit of their heart. Jesus will come in and be happy to be in that small corner.

People are seduced by this. They give a bit of their heart to Jesus. Jesus will come joyfully. He will be happy to be in this corner. He is the king of kings. He has all. He has nothing.

So modern Christianity is that big lie that tells the Buddha that divided hearts will be going to heaven. So I said, Lord is the one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall I enter the kingdom of heaven.

It is those who do God's will. The seeking do it. And the doing all things. At all times. I have no questions. Or comments. Jaja. Mr. here is asking, could the speaker please speak a bit about grace. What is grace?

Grace, Repentance, and Freedom From Sin

That's the first question. What is the grace of God? And secondly, the second question I pose from that is, is it good for a person to know that they are saved by grace? Because knowing that they are saved by grace, they might feel free to...

Grace, some have said grace is God's riches at Christ's expense. Grace doesn't mean that a man continues to sin and say it is God's grace.

But grace doesn't mean that a man continues to sin and say it is God's grace.

He who sins is of the devil. For the devil sins from the beginning. No one can receive the grace of God and decide to continue to neglect it. The Lamb of God saves from all sins those who want to be saved.

For a man to keep his sins and commit them when he wants and say he has the grace of God he is deceived. If not, the whole world is saved. The Buddhists, the Muslims, all of them. Everybody. By the grace of God.

They say this for repentance. Repentance means I turn from sin and I turn to the Savior. Sorry, sorry, sorry, forgive me, forgive me.

Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me. The grace of God, the grace of God. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry.

I lost my temper. Forgive me, forgive me. Excuse me, excuse me. Okay, okay, it is enough for today. The Savior, when he says he gives the power to free from sin.

When he says he gives the power to free from sin.

He says, in the lake of fire will come the liars, the adulterers, the communicators and all who love and practice falsehood. They asked him, are there still worse things? He said, never to enter by the narrow gate.

Never to enter by the narrow gate because many will want to enter but do not dare. God's grace is available for every person.

Those who receive the grace of God abandon all sin forever.

Grace can be no license for sin. In fact, it makes the whole matter of salvation nonsense. He has saved from what? In Revelation 1 verse 5. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood.

He has delivered us from our sins.

He has freed us from our sins by his blood.

The blood is not just to coerce him.

It is to take away the obscenities. He has freed us from our sins. Abandon.

This is the difference between true faith and counterfeit faith. There is counterfeit faith. It grows without any hatred from sin. Without forsaking sin.

Without turning from sin. Without fleeing from sin. Without the holiness without which no man shall see God.

A girl in Rwanda was living adultery with some woman's husband. People I look, you are living adultery. Abandon it or you'll go to hell. So don't let me down with my salvation. I cross you have no salvation.

You are living adultery with him. And you are continuing. And you say you are saved. From what? A classmate in secondary school told me one guy will be judging on this side, he will pass through the back and enter heaven.

The one who is, who believes also receives the power to turn from all sin to turn to Jesus Christ and to hate sin forever and to love the Lord. Ananias and Sapphira. God did not hate them. God's grace was abundant for them.

If you want the salvation of God. If you want the salvation of God. Abandon all sin. Embrace the Savior. Flee from all sin. In fact the grace of God should make you flee from sin even more. In fact God suffers for sin more than any human being.

God suffers for sin more than any human being.

God is the greatest sufferer. Because of his holiness.

So those who receive the grace of God also receive the power to love him. And to love him is to kill something. And to love him is to flee away from sin.

You see a boy and a girl. The girl is half naked. The boy is holding her and hugging her and playing with her. He says we are saved. But he is hiding the flesh.

Because of the grace. Because of the grace. Flee. Flee from sexual immorality. Flee from sexual immorality.

Without holiness. No man shall see God. If you live off of that holiness without holiness, no man shall see God.

If you work on sanctification without holiness, no man shall see God.

Many will say they will not prophesy your name. And your name has done many wonderful things. And I will say unto them depart from any work of mediocrity. Anyone who unknowingly keeps one sin in his heart one sin in his heart who is only practicing one sin and while practicing it says I am saved.

He is deceived. He is saved from what? Listen there. Modern gospel. That talks of a Christ who cannot save people from sin. He is to be a suspect. So the unsaved and the saved are doing the same thing.

They are one. They are not saved. But in salvation Jesus changes that. It is an encounter with a transformation.

It is an encounter with a transformation. The sinner encounters the Savior and there is a transformation. There is a divine impartition.

The Holy Spirit’s Transforming Work

The nature of God is given to the former sinner. And the power to become a child of God. And the power to hate sin. And the power to flee from sin. The power to love God. The power to love holiness. Are imparted.

That supernatural work. That inward, that transgression by the Holy Spirit. Many people do not know it. They know religion. They know how to come forward in the crusade. But the change of heart. The transformation.

Which only God carries out. Has not taken place for many people.

My host Lewis My host in the United States.

Was a missionary director. He was the leader of a missionary service society. He told me the fruit of a research that Billy Graham did. I did not read it myself.

But he said Billy Graham did research on those who came forward. And found that after 10 years.

1 in every 200 were in the Christian Church. 1 out of 200. And he told me Billy Graham is a man of integrity. So for some evangelists the 1 out of 10 ,000. For some. So when you come and say that you have 300 ,000 he will multiply it back.

He will divide it by. No he divides it just. Listen brethren. We live in a time when people are deceived. They go through a certain mixture of confusions. People will not be allowed. Ananias and Sapphira were not allowed to continue.

God smote them. He said that the church can have a bundle of liars and deceivers. They throw one liar. And God did not take it. It was not Peter who killed them. It was the Holy Spirit who was making liars.

He said that it cannot be a mixture of lying and truth. Satan filled the heart of Ananias and Sapphira. But God's grace was abundant. And God's grace excluded those who chose to sin.

But God's grace excluded those who chose to sin. For the church to be holy. As Paul says. God united us in sin. For the grace to be abundant.

True Conversion and the New Creation

Let me conclude by saying this. Many people who think that they are saved have never been saved. They became religious. They joined some church, some group. But there was no circumcision of the heart.

There was no impartition of the new nature.

So the power to love God was absent. The power to love God was absent. The power to hate sin was absent. The power to enjoy the Lord was absent. These are the things that belong to the new creation. Which are received in true conversion.

Which are received in true conversion.

Closing Call to Repentance and Faith

Let us pray. Dear son, the Lord Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. From their sinning. And Lord Jesus Christ, present living Savior. To save from sinning. And you are on the throne interceding.

Able to speak to the uttermost. Father we pray in the name of Jesus Christ. That you reach out to individuals here this evening. And help each one to know who he is. So that no one is the saved of God.

So that people receive the power to become the true love of God. That people receive power to receive the new nature. To become new creations. Changed totally. Able to live for you totally. Oh God. Even tonight.

We pray that the eyes of some will be opened by the Holy Spirit. And the veil torn from their hearts. So that they will see their sin. And turn from it. So that they will see their Savior. And flee to Him.

If there is someone Who wants to turn from all his sin. Forever. And turn to Christ with all of that. Forever. And receive the salvation of God. And if there is such a one who needs help. You can stay behind while others go.

And someone will help you. We will continue to look at it him tomorrow. Thank you very much for coming.

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Let us pray. Lord God. Thank you. Thank you for this evening. Thank you for the word of truth that we heard tonight. Thank you because tonight you spoke to me. You opened my eyes to my own condition. I acknowledge that I am a sinner.

And that I need you. I need to be saved. It is not by my own strength that I will be saved. Lord I need you. Thank you for your grace. Thank you because I do not deserve this grace. Thank you because you love me.

Lord help me to flee from sin in my life.

And to seek your face every day. To seek your will. Every day of my life.

Lord. Lord keep on speaking and blessing us through the night tonight. Lord protect the seed that you sowed in our hearts tonight. And grant it to grow. Lord continue to protect us and to guide us tonight.

Lord renew the grace of seeking your goodness. Lord bring us back tomorrow. Amen. Thank you.