Acts 1:3, “To whom also he shewed
himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs,
being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the
things pertaining to the kingdom of God.”
The
foundational doctrine upon which Christianity is based is the physical
bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Even the unsaved heathen world
believes that a man named Jesus once lived and died on a cross, but very few
people believe that He bodily raised up from the dead three days later.
Evidences of Christ's physical resurrection
from the dead:
-
Jesus Was Seen By Over 500 Witnesses At Once In His Resurrected Body
(1st Corinthians 15:6)
- Jesus Physically Appeared And Met With His Disciples In His Resurrected Body
(John 20:19-26)
- Jesus Physically Ate Food And Drank With His Disciples In His
Resurrected Body (Luke 24:42-43)
- Jesus Told Mary Not To Physically Touch His Body After His
Resurrection (John 20:17)
- Jesus Told His Disciple Thomas To Physically Touch His Scars And
Thrust His Side (John 20:27-28)
- Jesus Walked With And Expounded The Two Disciples On The Road To
Emmaus (Luke 24:13-27)
- Jesus Physically Ascended Into The Clouds In His Resurrected Body
(Acts 1:9; Luke 24:51)
- Jesus Appeared Physically To The Apostle John In The Book Of
Revelation (Revelation 1:13-18)
- Jesus Is Physically Seated On The Right-Hand Of The Father In Heaven
(Colossians 3:1)
- We Will Physically Meet The Lord In The Air At The Rapture (1st
Thessalonians 4:17)
- Every Eye Will Physically See Jesus Bodily At His Second Coming
(Revelation 1:7)
I am sure there are more, but these are the
evidences off the top of my head that I could think of, thus proving that
Jesus Christ raised up from the dead as He foretold. Many religious groups deny Christ's physical
resurrection.
For example: The deadly cult of the Jehovah's
Witness teach that Jesus only raised up in spirit, but not bodily. For this
reason, and many more, the Jehovah's Witnesses are a Satanic cult, which
should be avoided at all cost. I am saddened and marvel how anybody could
ever be sucked into such a bizarre, unbiblical and doctrinally offensive
cult. But then I remember that to the unsaved person—who doesn't have the
indwelling Holy Spirit of God to teach and guide them (John 16:13)—the
secularized teachings of a group like the JW's makes perfect sense to their
human rational. For example: JW's contend that it doesn't make sense why God
would divide Himself into three persons, so they deny the fundamental Bible
doctrine of THE GODHEAD (the triune nature of
God). The Trinity may not make good math, but it makes good Bible! Matthew 28:19-20, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Amen.”
Beware of the Heresy of Modalism
Also, there is another deadly group creeping a
heresy into many churches today called “MODALISM.”
According to Modalism, Jesus does not have a body in Heaven. Modalism denies
Jesus' bodily resurrection! We know Modalism is false, because the Bible
plainly teaches that Jesus DOES have a body, and sits on a literal physical
throne in Heaven, on the right-hand of the Father. Colossians 3:1, “If ye
then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.”
Jesus has a physical body up in Heaven, as do all the angels. In every case
in the Bible where angels appeared, they had physical bodies. When the
angels met with Lot, they ate the feast that Lot prepared for them (Genesis
19:3). Heaven is a literal physical place. The angels are real, with bodies,
and they eat in Heaven. Jesus has a physical body in Heaven, and He eats.
The Lord promised His disciples though, that He would not drink of the vine
again, until the Kingdom of God is come. Luke 22:18, “For I say unto you,
I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall
come.” Heaven is a real place!
Kindly, it surprised me when I learned in 2018 that
missionary Garrett Kirchway—a former staff member at the Faithful Word
Baptist Church, where God is doing a mighty work through Pastor Steven
Anderson—that Kirchway denies the Trinity! Brother Anderson has rolled out
the welcome mat for those who repent of their heresy and follow the Words of
God...
“Anybody, who's been thrown out of
the church, can come back whenever they want, to get right with God,
renounce heresy, and embrace the Biblical doctrine of the Trinity.”
—Pastor Steven Anderson, a helpful quote from the excellent sermon titled, “Unbiblical
Reasons: Why We Accept People Who Are Thrown Out”
Amen! The apostle Paul warned in Acts 20:29,
“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in
among you, not sparing the flock.” Wolves have always crept into the
churches. Shockingly, they're coming from places like
Bob Jones
University, whose graduates are
promoting dozens of different corrupt Bible versions, and are promoting
the ungodly heresy of Lordship Salvation (which
BJU alumni John MacArthur teaches). Beware of BJU and their wolf
graduates in sheep's clothing! Just because someone has a degree from a
Bible college does NOT mean you can trust them! I am so sick of this
Lordship Salvation mess! So was Pastor Jack Hyles!
I'm
Sick Of This Lordship Salvation Mess! (MP3, Dr. Hyles rips
against
Lordship Salvation lie!). Thank God for faithful preachers like
Dr. Jack Hyles!
I am certainly that Garrett Kirchway is 100% sincere in his belief
that Jesus has no body in Heaven today, and that there is only God the
Father sitting
on His throne. But Garrett is very wrong! And may I say—wolves don't know
that they are wolves! I also believe that Garrett was
hurt when all this happened. As fast as he knew what hit him, he was on
the outside of Faithful Word Baptist Church looking in. Garrett refused to
repent of his heretical position denying the Godhead. As far as I know he
is totally finished in the ministry, and should be if he denies the Trinity.
You're not serving God or people by teaching false doctrine! Jesus Christ
raised up physically, appeared to over 500 saints and His disciples
physically, ascended into Heaven physically, exists in Heaven physically
today, He is coming back for the saints at the Rapture physically, and seven
years later Christ will appear physically for all the world to see.
Kindly, I know for a fact that Garrett is not
born-again, because NO ONE who denies the Trinity is saved. Do you have to
believe in the Trinity to be saved? No, but if at some point down the road
someone takes a Holy Bible and teaches it to you, or you read it for
yourself in the Scriptures, but you refuse to accept the plain sound
teaching of the Word of God on the Godhead, it is solid proof that you have never been
born-again. Jesus said that His sheep hear His voice and heed His words.
John 10:27, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”
John 10:5, “And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for
they know not the voice of strangers.” I hear His Words, do you dear
reader? HEAR YE HIM!
Beware of Wolves Creeping Into the
Church
Galatians
2:4, “And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in
Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage.”
Our text verse from Galatians 2:4 plainly evidences that
Satan continually tries to infiltrate, corrupt and conquer the churches.
Although the Devil can never defeat THE CHURCH, he is highly successful
at destroying local churches, by sneaking into them and secretly bringing in
DAMNABLE HERESY. 2nd Peter 2:1, “But there were false prophets also among
the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you,
who privily shall bring in damnable heresies,
even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift
destruction.”
As you just read, the Devil sneaks DAMNABLE HERESIES into the churches.
The verse that I just quoted to you from Galatians 2:4 plainly evidences that
Satan continually tries to infiltrate, corrupt and conquer the churches.
Although the Devil can never defeat THE CHURCH, he is highly successful
at destroying local churches, by sneaking into them and secretly bringing in
DAMNABLE HERESY. 2nd Peter 2:1, “But there were false prophets also among
the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you,
who privily shall bring in damnable heresies,
even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift
destruction.”
As you just read, the Devil sneaks DAMNABLE HERESIES into the churches.
One third of clergy do not believe in the Resurrection
By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent | July 31, 2002
A third of Church of England clergy doubt or disbelieve in the physical
Resurrection and only half are convinced of the truth of the Virgin birth,
according to a new survey.
The poll of nearly 2,000 of the Church's 10,000 clergy also found that only
half believe that faith in Christ is the only route to salvation. ...
SOURCE:
One Third of clergy do not believe in the Resurrection
God never intended
for the clergy to become a mere occupation, where unbiblical women
preachers, and unqualified unsaved men
could usurp leadership roles in people's lives in the churches. The
foundational truth upon which Christianity is based is the physical bodily
resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Run away from anyone who denies this
great truth! John 21:14, “This is now the third time that Jesus shewed
himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.”
