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Molinism is a system of theology that attempts to reconcile divine sovereignty and human freedom.

It was devised by Luis de Molina, a 16th century Jesuit priest, who said that prior to creating the world,

God knew what we would do in any given circumstance. God created those circumstances and put people in them, knowing the decisions we would make, so that His purposes are ultimately achieved through our free will actions.

Molinist William Lane Craig wrote the following, By his middle knowledge, God knows all the various possible worlds which

He could create, and what every free creature would do in all the various circumstances of those possible worlds.

For example, God knew that Peter, if he were to exist and be placed in certain circumstances, would deny

Christ three times. So God created that world. Well, that sounds strange, doesn't it?

In Craig's example, the only decision Peter can make is the one God knew Peter would make in the circumstances

He put Peter in. In the Molinist universe, Peter does not have free will. And neither does

God. For He cannot do what we won't do. God's will is determined by our will, even before we come into existence.

That is just absurd. Acts 15 .18 says, Known to God from eternity are all

His works. And Acts 17 .25 says God is not served by human hands as though He needed anything.

Molinism is a false doctrine named after the heretic who came up with it because he hated the doctrine of God's sovereign decree.

The Bible says God knows the future because He has determined it. Isaiah 46 .10

says that God has declared the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying my counsel shall stand and I will accomplish all my purpose.

When we understand the text. Number 9 The Purpose -Driven

Life is one of the best -selling books ever. Rick Warren called it the anti -self -help book because of the opening line,

It's not about you. He then makes it all about you. The book is written as a 40 -day spiritual journey answering the question,

What on earth am I here for? He says that life is all about bringing glory to God. So far so good.

He encourages love, mercy, prayer, obedience, baptism, evangelism, and discipleship. But there is no clear message of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

On Day 7, Warren says to quietly whisper the prayer that will change your eternity, Jesus, I believe in you and I receive you.

If you sincerely meant that prayer, congratulations! Welcome to the family of God! This false conversion prayer has led to many false converts.

In Mark 115, Jesus said repent and believe in the gospel. He told his disciples to preach repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

But Warren never tells sinners to repent, nor does he warn of the judgment of God, which is the reason we need a

Savior. What good is Warren's purpose -driven life without the purpose of the gospel? Though the book contains many

Bible references, they are often ripped out of context, chosen from just about every translation to make the

Bible say what he wants. In the end, the purpose -driven life will lead a person into more error than truth.

2 Timothy 1 .9 says that God has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but because of His own purpose and grace, which

He gave us in Christ Jesus, when we understand the text. The Freemasons are a secret society, though they prefer to be known as the largest fraternity in the world.

A local gathering is called a Masonic Lodge, with secret handshakes and rituals, and high -profile members, the

Masons have been the subject of many conspiracy theories. Freemasonry began as a guild of stonemasons, and somehow went from stonecutters to strange cult.

Their emblem is a compass and square, often with a G in the middle, said to stand for geometry or God, but most likely it's for the great architect of the universe, their universalist name for God.

To be a Mason, one must believe in a supreme being, and some lodges require belief in the

Christian God, but this is not a Christian fraternity. Masons want members to ignore the exclusivity of Jesus as Lord and Savior.

You can go to heaven by good works, but Ephesians 2 .8 and 9 says we are saved by grace through faith, and not our works.

The Masons do not regard the Bible as the only inerrant word of God. It's just one of several volumes of sacred text, a moral guidebook equal to the

Quran or Rig Veda. Masons do not regard man as sinful, just imperfect, able to improve himself through acts of charity and civic duty.

Anyone is capable of achieving moral perfection. All of this is Antichrist. Jesus said,

I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one gets to the Father but by me. And 1 John 2 .22

says, who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the

Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. A Christian should not pledge with the

Freemasons, when we understand the text. Redeeming Love is a historical romance by Francine Rivers, published in 91.

Rivers says that when she became a Christian, she began to adapt true Bible stories into fictional romance.

Redeeming Love is a retelling of Hosea, set in the American Old West. In the Bible, God told

Hosea, go take for yourself a wife of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the

Lord. So he married a harlot named Gomer, who represented Israel's unfaithfulness. Hosea prophesied of the judgment of God, who was faithful to his promise, though his people were not faithful to him.

The only similarities Redeeming Love has to the Bible story are that the main character's last name is

Hosea, and he marries a prostitute. Gomer is replaced by Angel, a victim of sex abuse her whole life.

Gomer and Israel were not victims. Angel catches the eye of Michael Hosea, who hears

God tell him to marry her. After getting married, Angel runs away and goes back to prostitution, but Michael forgives her, and Angel learns true love.

The story is now a movie, pitched as a Christian film, though it contains nudity and lengthy sex scenes.

Do not be entertained by sin Christ gave his life to redeem you from. The Bible says, flee from sexual immorality.

You were bought with a price, so glorify God in your body, even in what you set before your eyes.

Redeeming Love is a perversion of Scripture and of people. Call out to the

Lord, Psalm 44, 26. Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love, when we understand the text.

Number 6 The Jesus Storybook Bible is a very popular book for teaching kids about the

Bible. It was written by Sally Lloyd -Jones, no relation to Martin Lloyd -Jones, but do not think this is a

Bible. Jones writes in her words, not God's word, and her words are dripping with sentimentalism, not

Scripture. For example, when God created man and woman, the book says, Adam and Eve joined in the song of the stars and the streams and the wind and the trees, the wonderful song of love to the one who made them.

In her version of the Bible, Jones seems to think that sin is forgetting that God loves you.

She makes no mention of judgment, and therefore, no gospel. Without discernment, the Jesus Storybook Bible could lead to a wrong understanding of what the true

Bible says. Furthermore, Sally Lloyd -Jones has included homosexuality in her children's books.

She proudly admitted that in her book, Goldfish on Vacation, she depicted a family with two homosexual men.

This is not a woman who is contrite in spirit and trembles at God's word, Isaiah 66.

So how should you teach your children the Bible? Well, open the Bible and read it to them, then explain to them what you read.

You'll need to do your own study, maybe plan out lessons, pick verses for your kids to memorize. You don't need a published

Bible study. Just use your Bible. As it says in 2 Timothy 3 .16, all Scripture is

God -breathed and profitable for teaching, even kids, when we understand the text.

Beth Moore has written Bible studies with her daughter, Melissa, including studies on Galatians and Philippians.

Come along with Melissa and me in this four -week, five -session study of the book of Philippians. Warnings have been given about Beth in previous videos.

Here's what you need to know about Melissa. On social media, Melissa said she is praying the patriarchy burns to the ground.

When the Bible says, the husband is head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. She is egalitarian like her mother, believing women should teach and have authority over men, contrary to what

God has said in His word. Melissa celebrated without reservation the first woman vice president,

Kamala Harris, one of the most pro -abortion politicians in American history. Kamala flaunts homosexual pride and has performed same -sex wedding ceremonies.

Jesus said, I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman, Jezebel. Repent of her deeds.

Melissa shared Michelle Obama's praise of Supreme Court Justice Katonji Brown Jackson, who said before the world she did not know what a woman is.

Melissa also shared author D .L. Mayfield's criticism of Christians calling us absolutely horrific, when the state of Texas said they would prosecute parents who abuse their children, attempting to transform them into the opposite sex.

Is Melissa of the worldview that parents should be at liberty to mutilate their child's sexual organs as if they could turn boys into girls and girls into boys?

Beth and Melissa Moore were asked about this months before making this video. Melissa responded by blocking, and no response came from Living Proof Ministries.

Brothers and sisters, this is wicked. The Apostle Paul warned about teachers such as these, having the appearance of godliness but denying its power.

Avoid such people, who capture weak women and are always learning, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

Follow Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness when we understand the text.

7th Day Adventists say that worship should be on Saturday, not on Sunday. Hence the name 7th

Day Advent. Their leading prophet L .N .G. White said that to worship on Sunday is to worship the beast.

7th Day Adventism began in the 1800s out of the failed Millerite movement, after William Miller made a bunch of false prophecies about the return of Christ.

James and L .N .G. White became the most prominent leaders, claiming to receive special revelation from God. But like Miller, L .N

.G. White also made false predictions about Christ's return. Adventists deny the existence of the soul, which also warps their doctrines about humanity,

Christ, salvation, and hell, claiming that God would never send a person to hell. Adventists deny that people are born sinful, but only that they have sinful tendencies.

L .N .G. White said that Jesus came to our world not to reveal what a god could do, but what a man could do.

She also taught that Jesus did not atone for sins by his death on the cross, but that there is a final atonement coming later.

So according to 7th Day Adventists, your sins are not forgiven when you come to faith and you have no assurance of salvation.

But the Bible says to followers of Jesus, your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

Jesus warned that false christs and false prophets would arise so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Beware of 7th Day Adventists, a false church with a false gospel, when we understand the text.

If you were to die today and found yourself standing before God, and he were to say to you, why should

I let you into heaven? How would you answer? If you answer that, and if I answer it in the first person, we've immediately gone wrong.

Because I. Because I believed. Because I have faith.

Because I am this. Because I am continuing. Loved ones, the only proper answer is in the third person.

Because he. Because he. Think about the thief on the cross. What an immense—

I can't wait to find that fellow one day to ask him, how did that shake out for you?

Because you were cussing the guy out with your friend, you'd never been in a

Bible study, you'd never got baptized, you didn't know a thing about church membership, and yet, you made it!

You made it! How did you make it? That's what the angel must have said, you know, like, what are you doing here?

Well, I don't know. What do you mean you don't know? Well, because I don't know!

Well, you know, excuse me, let me get my supervisor.

Did y 'all get the supervisor, angel? So, just a few questions for you.

First of all, are you clear on the doctrine of justification by faith?

The guy said, I've never heard of it in my life. And what about—let's just go to the doctrine of Scripture immediately.

This guy's just staring. And eventually, in frustration, he says, on what basis are you here? And he said, the man on the middle cross said,

I can come. Now, that is the only answer.

Number 2! The Chosen is a

TV series that is supposed to be about the life and ministry of Jesus Christ through the eyes of the people who met him.

It is said that the stories come straight from the Gospels. But no, the stories embellish on and change the

Gospel accounts. To give a few examples, when Jesus speaks the Beatitudes for the first time, it's not in the

Sermon on the Mount to the crowds in Galilee as in Matthew 5 -7. He literally tells Matthew to write them down.

He later tells Matthew, I'm here to start a revolution. Jesus never said that. He said he came to give his life as a ransom for many.

When Jesus meets the Samaritan woman at the well, she says, you're a prophet and you're to preach at me. He says, no.

But yes, that's exactly why he was there. He preached to her whole town. He said in Mark 1 -38 that he came to preach.

There are few scenes in The Chosen that are anything like the Bible. When The Chosen released their trailer for season 3, there was a scene where Jesus says,

I am the law of Moses. That's not in the Bible. But many pointed out it is in the Book of Mormon.

By the way, Mormons produce this show. Writer and director Dallas Jenkins got online to say, of course

I'm not quoting from the Book of Mormon. I've never read the Book of Mormon. But the point still stands that when you go beyond what is written the results are not of God.

Paul rebuked the Corinthians in this way, if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we did not preach, you bear this beautifully.

Do not settle for counterfeits when we understand the text. In December of 22, the

White House awarded Amy Grant for her artistic achievements. The first time an artist in contemporary

Christian music received such an honor. A few days later, Grant made headlines again because she was hosting her niece's same -sex wedding.

And suddenly it made sense how she got her award. For years, Grant has supported the gay pride movement.

A growing number of CCM artists are doing the same. Reliant K brought on tour a foul -mouthed artist who goes by Simbler and claims to be queer.

Dan Hasseltine of Jars of Clay, John Forman of Switchfoot, and Kevin Maxx of DC Talk are gay -affirming.

Similar comments have been made by Lecrae, Andy Mineo, and Kirk Franklin. You might remember Lauren Daigle's I don't know response when asked if homosexuality is sinned.

Members of Mercy Me and Elevation Worship have also given ambiguous answers. A church co -founded by David Crowder is now doing gay weddings.

Dolly Parton and Carrie Underwood have won Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association, though they openly support the gay and lesbian alliance.

Jennifer Knapp, Ray Bolts, Vicki Beeching, and Trey Pearson of Everyday Sunday say they're LGBTQ. And there will be more.

Professing Christians who lust for sex, money, and the world's approval will show what they truly worship.

Romans 1 .32 says, Beware this movement of apostasy by holding fast to Jesus Christ when we understand the text.