The Deadly Church Of Christ Cult

Mark 7:7-9, “Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.”

The False Plan of Salvation of Don Blackwell

Acts 15:1, “And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.”

In his YouTube presentation titled, “WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?,” Pastor Don Blackwell teaches that there are SIX steps to be saved (Oh boy!); namely:

1. hear (the gospel)
2. believe
3. repent
4. confess
5. water baptism
6. live faithfully

SOURCE: What Must I Do To Be Saved?, by Church of Christ minister, Don Blackwell

In sharp contrast to Don Blackwell's 6 steps to salvation, the Bible simply proclaims...

Acts 16:30-33, “And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.”

The Bible tells us in Acts 16:33-34 that the saved Roman jailer took Paul and Silas to his own home, and there he washed their wounds where they had been whipped and beaten. The Bible says that the jailer and his family were all saved and baptized. Please note that Paul's answer to: “What Must I Do To Be Saved?,” did NOT include water baptism. In the Bible, contrary to what Don Blackwell claims, people were always water baptized AFTER they received Jesus as their personal Savior. We also see this important truth confirmed in Acts 8:36-38, when Phillip told the Ethiopian eunuch that he could only get baptized in water if he first believed (trusted) that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God (note: all of the Devil's modern Bible revisions wickedly remove verse 37, corrupting God's Word).

Mr. Blackwell errantly answers the exact same question of “What Must I Do To Be Saved?” as the Bible asks, but why not just accept the biblical answer? There are NOT six steps to salvation; but rather, just one, and that is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31b).

In his excellent book, “I NEVER KNEW YOU,” Michael P. Bowen states . . .

You can live for Christ, you can love Christ, you can serve Him with all your might, time, talent and wealth. You can pray to Him, read your Bible, get water-baptized, join a church, witness to people, and do every wonderful work contained within the realm of Christianity, but if you fail to trust Jesus Christ alone for your salvation, He will “dump” you.

SOURCE: Michael P. Bowen, 'I NEVER KNEW YOU', p. 77; Barbour Books, © 2009

Blackwell Corrupts the Meaning of “Repentance”

Don Blackwell errantly teaches that repentance unto salvation includes three things:

1. a change of mind
2. godly sorrow
3. a change of life (fruit of repentance)

SOURCE: 'What Must I Do To Be Saved?,' by Pastor Don Blackwell

Kindly, Mr. Blackwell makes the same theological error that so many other Bible students make, which is to expand on the simple biblical meaning of “repent” (Greek noun: metanoia) concerning salvation, which means “a change of mind. The Greek verb form, metanoeo, means “to think differently.” The Bible does not require sorrow over sins to be saved. Sorrow is not repentance, it is penitence. I love this helpful quote from Pastor Brad Strand...

True repentance has nothing to do with “turning from sin” and everything to do with “acknowledging one's sinfulness” (Jonah 3:5). Like the thief on the cross who simply acknowledged his sinfulness (Lk 23:39-43), the only part a person has in salvation is the beggar's part.

SOURCE: Pastor Brad Strand, “The Strand Study Bible,” p 1939

In the video Blackwell defines repentance as: “a change of mind produced by godly sorrow resulting in a change of life.” Sadly, that is the same damnable heresy taught at Pensacola Christian College (PCC) today. That is not the biblical meaning of repentance concerning salvation. Sorrow is an emotion (feelings) that develops over time AFTER a sinner is saved. As a new believer grows in the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ (2nd Peter 3:18), God gives the feelings. This has nothing to do with being saved itself, which is a free gift (Romans 5:18).

The Bible plainly teaches in Romans 3:19, “Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.” All that God requires of a person to be saved concerning repentance is that they become guilty before God. When you repent, you change your mind from what you want to do to get to Heaven, to what God says you must do to get to Heaven. Hebrews 6:1 calls this “repentance from DEAD WORKS.”

Furthermore, repentance unto salvation doesn't require “a change of life” as Don Blackwell and PCC errantly teach. If a changed life is necessary for the new birth, then eternal life absolutely cannot be called a “free gift” (Romans 5:18). Tragically, what Don Blackwell and PCC are errantly teaching is exactly what heretic Chip Ingram teaches. My friend, salvation is a new birth—a supernatural miracle of God in response to a man's faith in the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:12-13). Salvation is instant, just as the physical birth is instant. You get saved immediately by faith in Christ (which is justification - Galatians 3:26), but becoming Christlike takes a lifetime (which is sanctification and service - Romans 12:1).

Many preachers are teaching a false plan of salvation today, turning salvation into a process. This is commonly known as the heresy of “The Perseverance of the Saints,” popularized by Dr. John MacArthur and originally taught by heretic John Calvin (1509-1564). Salvation is received, not achieved. Eternal life is a free gift, paid for by Jesus' precious literal blood, which has been sprinkled on the mercy seat in Heaven (Hebrews 9:12, 22-24; 10:1, 12:24). 

Evangelist Paul Washer is another theological heretic and infidel, criticizing the practice of writing down the date and time that a person is saved. Mr. Washer has adopted the same unbiblical idea that a person's behavior must confirm their faith in Christ to be legitimate. Such nonsense turns salvation into a reward instead of a gift, although they are in denial and still call it a “gift.” A gift is a TAKE proposition, not a GIVE proposition. You simply take it and it's yours! If I were to give you a birthday gift, but then require you to live a certain way to prove that it is yours, it wouldn't be a gift in any sense of the word. You don't hear these neo-evangelical frauds today using the word gift very often.

Please understand that repentance is not a separate step to getting saved. Some preachers, like Ray Comfort and Paul Washer, errantly teach that you should never merely tell someone to believe the Gospel to be saved, but also, they say you must tell them to repent of their sins (i.e., turn away from their sinful bad habits). This is unbiblical, because such teaching makes repentance an act unto itself, which they errantly define as turning from one's sinful lifestyle. PCC even calls turning from your sins “The act”...

“REPENTANCE — Now is the time to turn from your sin and embrace God. The act of turning away from sin is called 'repentance.' This word implies an inward decision to follow and obey God's will instead of your self-serving sins. It means changing your mind about sin and seeing it as something that grieves God. The Bible says that God patiently waits for all people to make this decision.” [emphasis added]

SOURCE: “John & Romans,” Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College, p. 60

Unreal! Pensacola Christian College (PCC) is teaching damnable Church of Christ false doctrine!!! That is not the Gospel of free grace. Although repentance and faith are not the same thing, they are not separate acts. No one who has ever believed on the Lord to be saved did so without also repented, but repentance is simply a change of mind. You must change your mind to realize that you are a guilty sinner in the sight of a holy God (your Creator). And you must change your mind to admit that Jesus is the Savior, the only begotten (biological) Son of God. Jesus died on the cross for your sins, He was buried, and three days later He bodily resurrected from the dead. 1st Corinthians 15:1-4). BELIEVE this 'GOOD NEWS' (Gospel) dear reader and you are saved instantly, irrevocably and forever!

When Mark 1:15 says, “Repent ye, and believe the gospel,” it could just as easily be said, “Change your mind and believe that Christ died on the cross for your sins, was buried and rose after three days to be saved” (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). That's all that repentance means, to change one's mind. Stop trusting in your dead works, religion and self-righteousness, and believe the Gospel to have your sins forgiven. No one ever got saved who didn't realize that he or she is a sinner. That's what repentance is—seeing yourself as a guilty sinner in the eyes of a holy God. Repentance is seeing our need for the wonderful Savior (Galatians 3:24-26). That's what the change of mind is about. You must see yourself as a needy sinner and Jesus as your only Savior.

You Don't Need to Audibly Confess Anything to Be Saved

It is ridiculous that some preachers insist you must “confess Christ” publicly to be saved, merely because the word “confess” is mentioned in Romans 10:9-10, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” This passage of Scripture simply means that you confess with your mouth because YOU ARE SAVED. There are hundreds of other Scripture passages throughout the inspired Word of God which speak of salvation without any mention of confessing Christ with the mouth.

You should never base a doctrine on a single Scripture. You need to make sure that the rest of the Bible agrees with your suggested interpretation. If it doesn't, you've got the wrong interpretation! A good rule to follow when interpreting the Bible is to never use an obscure passage to contradict a clear one. We have the entire Gospel of John, which God authored to show us how to obtain eternal life, and no mention is made of confessing Christ to be saved.

I can give you Scriptural proof that you do not need to confess Jesus Christ to others to be saved. John 12:42-43, “Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.” There you have it, many of the religious chief priests did believe on Christ (i.e., they got saved), but they DIDN'T CONFESS JESUS CHRIST! Salvation is of the heart, not the mouth.

The sincere religious false prophets in Matthew 7:21-23 confessed “Lord, Lord,” with their mouth (there's Lordship Salvation in the Bible), but they were as lost as the Devil. In response to a question from His disciples if many people were saved, Jesus replied in Luke 13:23-24 that “many” people will “seek to enter” into Heaven, but FEW WILL BE ABLE!!! Luke 13:23-24, “Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.” These are shocking Bible verses. Jesus taught that most people (including religious people) are going to the Lake of Fire. This truth is also taught in Matthew 7:13-14.

I do not mean to be unkind, truly, but Pastor Don Blackwell and every follower of the apostate Church of Christ are going to one day hear the horrifying words from Christ: “DEPART FROM ME, YE THAT WORK INIQUITY, FOR I NEVER KNEW YOU!!!” Can you imagine, spending your whole life serving Jesus Christ, just to find out that you did it all wrong and were tricked by Satan? That's what Matthew 7:21-23 teaches and warns. Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to this world! Those sincere folks preached about Jesus everywhere they went, just like the members of the Church of Christ do (and thousands of other false religions).

They boasted of having done “MANY WONDERFUL WORKS” in the Lord's name. That was the entire problem, they were trusting in their own self-righteous works instead of resting completely in the righteousness of God by faith alone in Christ. Romans 10:3-4, “For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”

I love the following precious Scripture, which plainly teaches that we are saved solely by GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS, which is through faith in Jesus Christ. Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.” Don Blackwell specifies six requirements to be saved. In sharp contrast, the Bible simple says in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” God only has ONE requirement, that you BELIEVE upon the name of His only begotten Son, Jesus.

But what about repentance, don't you also have to repent to be saved? Yes, of course, but repentance is simply a change of mind that compels you to believe on the Son of God. Repentance is not a separate act to be saved. The man who believes has repented, and the man who repents has believed. This is why we find the word “believe” mentioned 85 times in the Gospel of John, but the word “repent” is not mentioned even once. Repentance is simply acknowledging that you are a guilty sinner in the eyes of a holy God (Romans 3:19), and you concede that you cannot save yourself by your own human effort (Romans 3:20; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5), and so you believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 13:30-31), who died for your sins on the cross, was buried and rose up three days later (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). Repentance and faith are inseparable. They happen simultaneously (at the same time).

You Don't Need to Be Water Baptized to Go to Heaven

The Church of Christ gets this doctrine wrong too. The false teaching that a person must be baptized with water to get to Heaven is called “Baptismal Regeneration.” Being born-again is often referred to theologically as being “regenerated.” Or as I like to say it, being born-again means to have He [Jesus Christ] who is the beginning born in you (Revelation 1:8).

The following strange doctrines by Mr. Blackwell are 100% heresy...

“I can't be saved first and baptized later, as is commonly taught by many. ... I can't have my sin remitted until I'm baptized. Therefore I can't be saved until I'm baptized. A man can't be saved until he has applied to himself the cleansing blood of Jesus.” [emphasis added]

SOURCE: 'What Must I Do To Be Saved?,' by Church of Christ minister Don Blackwell

Kindly said, Pastor Blackwell is teaching heresy. You don't apply Jesus' blood to yourself. Jesus' blood is sprinkled on the Mercy Seat in Heaven in the presence of God the Father. Christ's blood has washed away our sins (only to them who believe on Christ) by appeasing the wrath of God. Romans 5:9, “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” There is not one verse in the entire Bible that associates water baptism with the blood of Christ. Don Blackwell is a total false prophet!!!

Blackwell heretically states that water baptism is how we come in contact with Jesus' blood. That's 100% unbiblical...

“We are washed by the blood of Jesus! Someone says, then where does baptism come into play? You see, baptism is where I contact the blood of Jesus. Jesus shed His blood in His death, and it is in death that I contact that blood.” [emphasis added]

SOURCE: What Must I Do To Be Saved?, by Church of Christ minister Don Blackwell

Nowhere does the Holy Bible teach that garbage! You don't ever come into contact with Jesus' blood. The Lord's blood is applied to the mercy seat in Heaven!!! Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.

Blackwell further bizarrely states...

“As a matter of fact, when a person suggests that someone can be saved without baptism, in reality he's suggesting that a man can be saved without the blood of Christ, because baptism is where I contact the blood of Jesus. And friend, every person that I read about being saved in the Bible and becoming a Christian was baptized in order to do so. And in many passages it is specifically stated.”

SOURCE: What Must I Do To Be Saved?, by Church of Christ minister Don Blackwell

Genesis 15:6 says that Abraham believed the Lord and it was counted to him for righteousness. There's no mention of water baptism! The thief on the cross was never water baptized! The Epistle of 1st John was written so that believers could “KNOW YE ARE SAVED” (1st John 5:13), yet no form of baptism is mentioned. It is wickedness to associate water baptism with Christ's blood for salvation. Paul even said in 1st Corinthians 1:17 that Christ DIDN'T send him to baptize; but rather, to preach THE GOSPEL.

Blackwell uses Acts 2:38,41, and Acts 8:38-38 concerning the conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch. Also Acts 8:5 and 12 concerning the people of Samaria who got saved. He mentions Acts 10:47 concerning Cornelius. Acts 16:15 concerning Lydia. Acts 16 and the Philippian jailer. Acts 22:16 concerning the conversion of Saul. For an in-depth excellent exegesis on the subject, please read Dr. Max D. Younce's awesome book titled, “A BIBLICAL EXAMINATION OF BAPTISM.”

Don Blackwell grasps for straws, trying to make a connection in Romans 6:3-4 with Christ's blood sacrifice. Notice that the Bible simply says water baptism is “LIKE UNTO CHRIST,” that is, it is symbolic of the Gospel, an outward profession of what has happened inwardly in our heart...

Romans 6:3-4, “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”

Water baptism is NOT required for salvation.

The Bible cautions anyone who desires to teach the Word not to do so if they are unskilled...

1st Timothy 1:4-7, “Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.”

Mr. Blackwell also misinterprets Galatians 3:27 in an attempt to bolster his straw man heresy of baptismal regeneration. Galatians 3:27 speaks of the baptism into Christ, not the baptism by water...

Galatians 3:26-29, For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”

There are many different “baptisms” in the Bible. Luke 3:16, “John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.” In Acts 2:38, the apostle Luke speaks of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, just as he recorded John the Baptist foretelling in Luke 3:16. Please read, “Handbook of Personal Evangelism” by Dr. Ray Stanford (1916-2012). Please also read, Dr. Ray Stanford Refutes Baptismal Regeneration.

Blackwell teaches that water “baptism is the doorway” to being placed into Christ. He basis this strange doctrine solely upon Galatians 3:27. Blackwell makes the popular error that so many people make, by taking a single Scripture out of context to support his false doctrine.

Blackwell's teachings are strange doctrine and heresy.

You Don't Have to Live Faithfully to Get to Heaven

Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith. Eternal life is the gift of God. It has nothing to do with the way we choose to live. Please don't misunderstand, I'm not saying that any believer has God's permission to sin. Romans 3:31 addresses this very issue, telling us that just because we are no longer under the law of God, doesn't excuse us from keeping God's law. Hebrews 12:6-8 teaches that God chastises (not punishes) His children, and scourges them.

Yet, Christians DO have a license to sin, like it or not. That is to say, regardless of how a Christian chooses to behave, their eternal life is safe and secure in the PROMISES of God (Titus 1:2). Eternal life has nothing to do with how we choose to live. We are not saved because we are good, but because God is good. We are not saved by doing good works, nor are we unsaved by doing bad works. Salvation has nothing to do with works. When asked what works were required to be saved, Jesus responded, John 6:28-29, “Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”

It is a false plan of salvation to add human effort to partial faith in Christ. You must wholly lean on Jesus' name. Mr. Blackwell has utterly corrupted the simplicity that is in Christ by adding confession, water baptism, repentance from sinful activities and faithful living to get to Heaven, which are all human effort. The simplicity that is in Christ (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4) is that you believe the Gospel with mere childlike trust in the Lord's promise to save them that believe. 1st Corinthians 1:21, “For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.” Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

If you come to Christ as a little child, receiving His sacrifice upon the cross as payment for your sins, believing that He was buried but then raised up from the dead three days later, you are saved eternally. If you choose to live in sin as a believer (and we all still commit sin), then God will chastise and scourge you (Hebrews 12:6-8). We will one day all stand account before God at the Judgment Seat of Christ (2nd Corinthians 5:9-11). No one has God's permission to sin (Romans 3:31), nor will God bless a disobedient child; however, this all has nothing to do with the free GIFT of eternal life through faith in Christ Jesus. Titus 3:5, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.”

The “washing of regeneration” in Titus 3:5 has the same meaning as “but ye are washed” (by Christ's blood) in 1st Corinthians 6:11. This has absolutely nothing to do with water baptism. Please remember that no one in the Old Testament was ever water baptized. They did have some ritualistic cleansing according to Jewish rites, but this was not baptism. Water baptism is a command for the New Testament Church, just as is the Lord's Supper.

It saddens me that most people have made the grave error of adding (or combining) human effort with the Gospel, perverting it. God rejected Adam's fig-leaf religion. God rejected Cain's offering of grain from the farm field. In Numbers 15:32-35, God required the death of a Hebrew man who broke the ceremonial law not to collect sticks on the Sabbath Day. The Sabbath is a type of completely resting in Christ alone for salvation (Hebrews 4:10-11). Man working six days a week represents human self-righteousness. By picking up sticks, it represented adding human effort to the Gospel. The execution of that sincere man who collect sticks, shows how much God hates it when anybody adds anything to Christ's finished work, and how much God will not tolerate doing so. All of these sincere preachers today who carelessly handle the Gospel and corrupt it, have blood upon their hands and will reap what they have sown (Galatians 6:7; Proverbs 14:12; Galatians 1:6-9).

Pastor Blackwell doesn't mention the gift of God in his 29 minute presentation. The Devil is a beautiful liar. Satan knows that the best place to hide a lie is between two truths. Nearly every false prophet today is in denial, professing to believe that we are saved by God's grace, while at the same time teaching that man has a part in his own salvation. Our only part is the beggar's part!

Do you really think that God would deny someone entrance into Heaven, because they didn't get dunked into a tank of water? YES!!!

Furthermore, if our behavior has an effect on going to Heaven, then we're all going to Hell forever, because James 2:10 says breaking even one commandment makes us guilty of breaking all of them! That is because nothing unrighteous can enter into the Kingdom of God, and just one sin disqualifies you and me. You must be 100% sinless and perfect to enter into Heaven!!! Obviously no one has ever achieved that perfection (Romans 3:23). That is why we all need a Savior, someone who has perfectly kept God's law and is sinless, Jesus. Christ is the end of the law for all who believe (Romans 10:3-4). That is, if you put your trust in Christ, then God accepts that as being equivalent to you living a totally sinless life (no matter how wicked you have been in your earthly life). That is what Paul means in Romans 4:5, “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” This is the imputed righteousness of God.

Do you know why so many people will miss Heaven? It is because the Devil cons them into living the Christian life without ever being born-again. Blackwell never mentions the need to be born-again by the Spirit of God (John 3:5-7). That is because he is preaching a Satanic works based plan of salvation which cannot produce the new birth.

My friend, salvation is a miraculous new birth—a second, irreversible, instant, permanent, spiritual, birth into God's family. Salvation is not reformation, nor education, nor legislation, nor rehabilitation; but rather, regeneration! YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN!!! It may sound sacrilegious to say that a Christian doesn't have to live a faithful life to get to Heaven, but you must understand theologically that eternal life is a free gift (Romans 5:15, 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-10). We all know that NOTHING is free, not even eternal life. Jesus paid for your ticket friend, with His precious blood (1st Peter 1:18-19). Will you freely accept it by faith? You cannot earn nor merit a gift, if it's truly a gift.

Churches Of Christ Are A Satanic Cult

Although the Church of Christ denomination has branched off into various inter denominational groups over the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, two of the most influential pioneers of their early movement are Barton Warren Stone (1772-1844), Thomas Campbell and his son, Alexander Campbell (1788-1866) of the American Restoration Movement. These men were theologically corrupted ministers. Barton Stone has a giant Masonic occult obelisk (see photo of obelisk on Wikipedia) parked on top of his grave in Cane Ridge, Kentucky. Barton Stone was an unsaved reprobate who denied the Godhead, deity of Jesus Christ and also denied that Christ died in man's place on the cross.

Evangelist Charles G. Finney rightfully forsook the Masonic lodge and wrote a book and numerous articles exposing Freemasonry's satanic nature. Dr. Finney addresses the problem of churches remaining silent about the evils of Freemasonry, and also addresses the sad fact that many churches have been infiltrated by the demonic religious cult...

Those individuals and churches, who have had the best means of information, owe it to other branches of the church, and to the whole world, to take action and to pronounce upon the unchristian character of Freemasonry, as the most influential means within their reach of arousing the whole church and the world to an examination of the character and claims of Freemasonry. If churches who are known to have examined the subject withhold their testimony; if they continue to receive persistent and intelligent Freemasons; if they leave the public to infer that they see nothing in Freemasonry inconsistent with a creditable profession of the Christian religion, it will be justly inferred by other branches of the church, and by the world, that there is nothing in it so bad, so dangerous and unchristian as to call for their examination, action, or testimony. Before the publishing of Morgan's book, the Baptist denomination, especially, in that part of the country, had been greatly carried away by Freemasonry. A large proportion of its eldership and membership were Freemasons. A considerable number of ministers and members of other branches of the Christian Church had also fallen into the snare.

SOURCE: On Freemasonry, Chapter 19, by Charles G. Finney

Countless multitudes of people are being deceived by the Devil, being sucked into Satanic cults which teach a corrupted plan of salvation that leads only to Hell. Sadly, Charles G. Finney was also a damnable heretic on salvation. He was right about the evils of Freemasonry, but is wrong on the Gospel himself. Did not the Bible tell us that deceivers would be deceived? 2nd Timothy 3:13, “But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”

The following websites are by the Church of Christ, teaching the same false plan of salvation as Church of Christ minister Don Blackwell: “Searching For Truth“” and “World Video Bible School.” These are non-Christian websites, but you'd never know it unless you're knowledgeable of the Holy Scripture. Like the Seventh Day Adventist religious cult, Church of Christ discreetly hide their true identity to deceive naïve and gullible people. Many sincere people who were seeking for the truth are now burning in the fires of Hell because Satan's unrighteous ministers tricked them. I implore you dear friend to do what Jesus commanded us all to do in John 5:39—SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES!!!

My friend, read what the Holy Bible warns us concerning false prophets who APPEAR as being righteous...

2nd Corinthians 11:13-15, “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.”

This raises the $64,000 question—how do we know which preachers are real or fake? The answer is to always “SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES” as Jesus commanded in John 5:39. Do your own homework. Remember that every false prophet will misquote Scripture to you in an attempt to deceive you. Satan himself misquoted (i.e., took it out of context) the Bible to Jesus three times in Matthew 4:1-10 in an attempt to trick the Lord. How did the Lord defeat the Devil? Jesus knew and quoted the Scriptures!!! Don't ever believe anything that anyone tells you, including what I say, without confirming it with your King James Bible (Acts 17:10-11).

I am only a man, I could be wrong. Albeit, if you are a born-again Christian you have the Holy Spirit of God living (indwelling) inside you, who promises to teach (John 14:26), comfort (John 14:16) and guide (John 16:13) us with the Holy Scripture. NEVER rely upon your own human understanding, which is exactly what the Scripture teaches in Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

I did not write this article to be unkind; but rather, to “earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 1:3b). I'm sure Don Blackwell is a good guy and very sincere, but the Bible warns us in Proverbs 14:12 and 16:25, “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” And so I say very kindly, beware of the Church of Christ, Churches of Christ, Church of God, International Churches of Christ and every other similar sounding name, because they all teach a false plan of works salvation, baptismal regeneration, sacramental salvation, reformation and Lordship Salvation heresies! Salvation is NOT found in any religion; but rather, in a person—the Lord Jesus Christ!!!

Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.

“I Never Knew You!” (an awesome .pdf book by Michael P. Bowen)

“Remind your mind to use His mind.” —Jack Hyles

“God never leads anyone anywhere for money.” —Jack Hyles

“If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there’s something wrong!” —Leonard Ravenhill

“A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian… and most of all, his family ought to know.” —D.L. Moody

FORGIVENESS (MP3 by Dr. Jack Hyles, “The mark of the child of God is that he loves everybody!”