Passion 4 Him

August 1, 2019 T. A. McMahon There’s a Latin saying that is similar to what it means to be a Berean. The Bereans were Jews to whom the Apostle Paul spoke in the synagogue in the Greek city of Berea. Luke commended them ( Acts:17:10-11 ) for listening to what Paul and Silas had to say and then for searching the Scriptures to discern whether or not their words were true to what was written therein. In a secular sense, that’s what the Latin phrase  caveat emptor  means: “Let the buyer beware.” That warning is what the Word of God encourages. Jesus characterized the days prior to His Second Coming as ones of increasing  apostasy . He forewarned,  “Take heed that no man deceive you”  ( Matthew:24:4 ). The Bible also gives reasons for the coming  apostasy  (a widespread turning away from biblical truth) such as: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine” ( 2 Timothy:4:3 ). Without an understanding of, and the applica...

Is your heart burdened for the many professing Christians who have never experienced the second birth? Do you have compassion for people who honor Jesus with their lips, but their hearts are far from him? These false converts are tragic victims of a subtle, yet potentially fatal deception. Unless they are confronted with the truth, they may never know they have been deceived. One day they may hear the most terrifying words anyone could ever hear when Jesus says: "I never knew you; depart from Me" (Mat.  7:23 ). These precious souls have either been led astray by a compromised gospel or manipulated to make a decision with unbiblical methods of evangelism.  By Mike Gendron of  proclaiming the gospel  The blame must fall on church leaders who have discovered they can gain a larger following by making the Gospel more appealing and more inclusive. By broadening the narrow road, they have found they can build bigger churches by exchanging God's Gospel for an "easy ...