Unity? A word that is thrown around in both Christian and non-Christian circles on a daily basis. Yet, a study of the Word of God and what God meant by that word will bring us to one conclusion. Unity of the saints of God is and always was God’s heart. But unity with other non-born-again, religious people is something He spoke firmly against.

Jesus rebuked the Pharisees and Saducees for their hypocrisy. The Saducees tended to be the wealthy class of that time. They held powerful positions, including that of chief priests and high priest, and they held the majority of the 70 seats of the ruling council called the Sanhedrin. They worked hard to keep peace, to the point of agreeing with and aligning with the decisions of Rome. Because they accommodated Rome (Israel was under Roman control at this time), they could not relate to the common man. However, they were forced many times to go along with the ideas of the Pharisees because they were popular with the masses. Unity was only there when it looked good to both parties. United in doctrine or beliefs they were not, up until the point of uniting to put Christ to death.

For the sake of “unity” we see pastors gathering together with religious, ecumenical church leaders to help their communities. OK. I give them that much…we are to reach out to our neighbors, no doubt. But, where does it tell us in the Word of God that we are to bind ourselves with religious heresy and unscriptural people? Was not the great commission to us, the true church of Christ, to go out into all the world and preach the gospel? Where did Christ tell us we were to be unified with these cultic heretics?

I grieve daily when I hear of pastors, whom I have known for as many as 40 years, becoming a part of this heresy today. It falls in line with the New Age concept of unity, and this has me concerned greatly.

The World Council of Churches and National Council of Churches is part of the last days lies of the enemy to seduce Bible-believing Christian’s into thinking this is what God would have them be a part of to reach out to our communities, etc. They use scripture on their brochures, websites, etc that speaks of loving your neighbor as yourself (the first and great commandment), yet they show a picture on a brochure of a Muslim in prayer. http://www.ncccusa.org/pdfs/neighbors3.pdf

Christ did call for unity among the brethren. And he did tell us to love our neighbor as ourselves. But was that telling us we had to fellowship with them and participate in programs with them? No. In Matthew 10:34-39 Jesus said, “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to seat a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household. He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.”

Note: looking into the Strongs Concordance, in the Greek that term “sword” stands for punishment, war, battle, striving. Iif we look into what battles and wars are about, they are about division. Therefore, due to" division" because of our believing in Christ, He affirms the fact that there will not be peace because of Him.

We are not to expect then, peace among other faiths. As these faiths do not hold firm to our beliefs of Jesus Christ, His Word, and His Holy Spirit. The workings of our faith are good works, these should come. (For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Eph 2:10). These very good works have been lacking in the evangelical community. Yet, where, in the Word of God, does He tell us to “join together” with other faiths? He does not. He only wants HIS CHURCH to be unified, so we might be effectual throughout our community and the world.

Revelation 12:9 speaks of, “…that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world.” The Lord put that and similar verses in His Word to warn us of a reality of the history of the world. Global Deception! Even those who state that they are Evangelical Christians are susceptible to the Serpent’s lie. “In the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.” 1 Tim. 4:1

2 Cor 6:14-18 states, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers; for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infedel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”

Christian leaders and organizations are yoking themselves with unbiblical, pagan groups and movements all in the name of ministry to their communities. These are unholy alliances and often we see them taking place in the name of “traditional family values” and the “culture wars” and involve relationships with Evangelicals, Catholics, Mormons, Methodists, Episcopalians, and other “ecumenical” churches across the state, nation, and world. They join themselves together to try to “solve problems” within their communities.

As Bible-believing Christians, saved, sanctified, and washed in the blood of the Lamb, we are to ONLY be joined with other believers. In word and deed. We are, no less, to fulfill the call of the Great Commission to “go ye into all the world and preach the gospel, …” but we are NOT to be unequally yoked with other supposed “faiths” to accomplish what Christ spoke specifically to His church to do.

In these last days, Jesus is calling us to Him. To fulfill His purpose of proclaiming His salvation through faith and belief in His blood sacrifice. A great deception has befallen the church today. We stand in awe of leaders we see on television, thinking they are right on with their “self-help” messages of hope. We rush out to purchase their books, we are the first to volunteer in our churches to join with other churches in our community, thinking this is pleasing to God. Yet, we have blinders on our eyes as to the underlying, Luciferian lies, that have plagued the church for years, and are only being manifest more now, in the open, as in any times past.

By yoking themselves with these other “faiths,” by no longer preaching the heaven and hell gospel of Christ, by not preparing their people to be prepared for tough times, by holding meetings, and round tables, and seminars, and by accepting leadership training from those who have proven over and over again to be a part of the globalist agenda (Willowcreek Church did this this past summer with their "Leadership Summitt" by inviting folks like Tony Blair (who promotes inter-faith projects, including Muslims, etc), David Gergen (who admits to participating in Bohemian Grove and the mock sacrifice to the idol god Molech)) these pastors should be made to step down from the pulpit unless they repent.

You see, we truly are in the last days, and this truly is a war…a division time. We either stand for Christ, and His Word in its entirety, or we back down, sit down, join ourselves with the harlot church, and wait for judgment day when the truth will be revealed!!

"Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men." Hosea 10:13

"FOR WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS, AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD, AGAINST SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES." Eph 6:12

AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD!! Joshua 24:15

SEARCH ME, O GOD, AND KNOW MY HEART: TRY ME, AND KNOW MY THOUGHTS: AND SEE IF THERE BE ANY WICKED WAY IN ME, AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY EVERLASTING. Psalm 139:23-24

Written by:
Karen Christian
Dec, 2009

It's so hard to believe 2009 is coming to a close.  As for our family, we have learned much over this past year and are so thankful for God's provision.  We swelled with pride this past June as our son Caleb graduated from Navy Boot Camp!  He graduated Corpsman A-school, and is currently enrolled in C-school in San Antonio until February..his permanent orders are San Diego, as an Orthopedic Technician!  We are thankful he'll be close to home.  He's attached to a ship, but most likely will not have to go out on it...although, with events unfolding as they are, I never count anything out, but I do pray!!

Our oldest son purchased his first home.  It's just a couple miles from us and is beautiful!  Our daughter is still in Texas, coaching, and training in volleyball as well as assisting with the swim team.  God is good!

Early Thanksgiving in Texas with Caleb and Jen

                                   

Thanksgiving Day at our home with our oldest Josh and my Dad and Jan

As you know, I follow with intensity the happenings in our country.  What grieves me most is how so many Christian men and women deny what is happening or want to "not hear the negative."  I firmly believe that we are in the beginning stages of the greatest tribulation we could ever expect!  Far too long Christian's have sat back and believed that God was going to take them out before all of this goes down...NEWS FLASH!!  Show me in the WORD where GOD removed His people from a trial?  HE promised protection...but never isolation!!

I found an incredible article this afternoon, and I would like to share it with you now here.  This says what I wish I could've formed into words months ago...and what I so want to shout on the mountain tops to the churches today!! (original link here: A PRINCIPLED DEFENSE)

A Principled Defense

Michael Boldea Jr.

Dec 2 2009 01:00PM

One need only look at the history of the church within the last generation or so, to see that our resolve has been weakened, and is almost nonexistent when it comes to defending the truth, or standing up for what we know to be just and right. For most people, silence and retreat is more acceptable than the defense of truth, because chances are very slim that one will get wounded while retreating. We weigh the matter judiciously, conclude that it’s too small a thing to get worked up about, and back away slowly as to not stir the attention of the enemy. We don’t like making waves and the enemy knows this. We have an aversion to being marginalized, to being mocked, to being ridiculed, to being persecuted, and so we would rather slink away in the middle of the night than confront the enemy. We have taken it upon ourselves to become negotiators, when we have been called to be messengers, to be spectators when we have been called to be soldiers. We have become passionately passionless, and purposefully purposeless for fear of offending the unregenerate and unrepentant.

With every retreat the enemy gains more ground, with every omission, with every act of cowardice on our part the enemy gets that much bolder, and continues his steady march.

For some reason we’ve come to believe that the enemy will simply stop short of our citadels, that he will stop short of besieging the towers if we just give up enough ground. Surely the enemy will be content with a partial victory, surely his desire is not to overrun the entire house of God. If this is what you believe, if you believe that the enemy will stop short, than you don’t really know the enemy we face. His desire is the utter destruction of God’s house, and he will not stop short of his goal. This is why we must stand, this is why we must boldly proclaim the truth and defend even those things we consider as insignificant or of little importance.

There is a passage in first Chronicles that details what I’m attempting to convey. At the beginning of David’s reign, the Chronicler of the time took a census of David’s mighty men, and among them was a man named Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite.

1 Chronicles 11:13-14, “He was with David at Pasdammim. Now there the Philistines were gathered for battle and there was a piece of ground full of barley. And the people fled from the Philistines. But they stationed themselves in the midst of that field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. And the Lord saved them by a great deliverance.”

Here was David and Eleazar, defending what amounted to a piece of ground full of barley. It wasn’t like they were defending a city, it wasn’t like they were defending Jerusalem, it was just some barley in a field. All of the people had fled, the Philistines were on their way, and they came to the conclusion that it was easier to let the Philistines have the piece of ground full of barley, than to risk their lives in order to defend it. David and Eleazar however, decided to stay and fight, they decided to make their stand for a piece of ground full of barley, and even risk their lives in order to defend it.

What we must understand, is that it wasn’t the barley they were defending and risking their lives for, it was the principle of giving up ground to the enemy. David’s principle was simple. We leave nothing to the Philistines. Whether a patch of earth or a handful of barley, David and Eleazar decided and purposed in their hearts, that they would give nothing to the enemy.

The spiritual principle that we learn from this exchange is as simple as it is profound. We must not be willing to leave anything for the enemy. If it comes to it, we must be ready and willing to go to war with Satan himself, even over something small, something that the world would look at and mock us for defending. Leave nothing for the enemy to exploit!

The sad and lamentable truth, is that the church in our modern age has given up allot of ground. Those who ought to have been mighty men, those who ought to have been warriors, decided it wasn’t worth fighting over a patch of earth, it wasn’t worth defending a handful of barley, so they simply retreated, and gave up ground. We refused to defend the small things because we thought them unworthy of our efforts, and the more ground we gave up, the bolder the enemy became. Soon enough, here the enemy stood at the castle walls, and now the church has gotten so used to running it has gotten so used to giving up ground, that it is having a difficult time mustering up the courage to defend the city itself.

Those of you with spiritual eyes and ears know exactly what I am talking about!

The last part of the verse we read is also worth repeating, because it reveals a second essential spiritual truth. When we stand our ground, when we defend the truth of God’s word, when we are willing to put our reputations on the line for the sake of Christ, and suffer the mocking and scorn that will surely come from the godless, it is the Lord that will fight alongside us; it is the Lord who will ensure our victory.

All they had to do was stand and fight, all they had to do was be determined that they would not retreat, that they would not back down, that they would not give up ground to the Philistines.

The Word is very clear as to who gave David and Eleazar the victory.

“And the Lord saved them by a great deliverance.”

It’s not that the church is continually suffering defeat; it’s that it hasn’t even made its stand yet. Between those who prefer to be mere spectators, and consider that taking a stand for the truth isn’t really for them, because well, they just want to preach a positive message, and be positive and create an atmosphere of positivity, and those who surrender to the enemy before the first sword is drawn or the first bow is strung, the number of true warriors, the number of those who are willing to defend the truth and make their stand is small indeed.

I’ve said it before and I will say it again, I do not trust men who call themselves warriors yet have no scars. I do not trust men who call themselves warriors yet their armor is in pristine condition, as though they had it pressed for a military funeral rather than scarred and worn as though they were standing on the front lines.

Make no mistake, we are at war, and this spiritual war is one in which there can be no spectators. There are only three options. We either flee from before the enemy, surrender to the enemy, or make our stand against the enemy.

I realize full well that some continue to be under the misconception that they can strike a truce with the enemy and somehow coexist. The only problem is that the enemy never honors your terms of surrender, and you will be a slave, and subject to his whims. Knowing that the enemy is merciless, ruthless, vile and heartless, his whims will always gravitate toward creating an environment of pain, sorrow and heartache for those who surrender and give up the fight.

When we are faithful, when we honor God in the little things, when we look upon a patch of land and a handful of barley as David and Eleazar did and say in our hearts it is not dispensable, it is not expendable, it is worth defending and worth standing our ground over, we know that God stands with us, and though the enemy might outnumber us, it is the Lord who will save us by a great deliverance.

With love in Christ,

Michael Boldea Jr.