I recently preached a message concerning the latest attempts among much of what passes for the church to minimize, downplay, and belittle the Lord JESUS. They want to belittle His Name, His Blood, and His Power in any way they can.
This is not by accident, but by design. The adversary wishes to erase JESUS from the minds of the people of God, and he disguises himself as not only an angel of light, but as preachers of the gospel.
Recently a video of John Macarthur denigrating the Corinthian Church for speaking in tongues has popped up on youtube and has created quite a buzz. He goes on to say that the Corinthians were speaking a “Satanic counterfeit” and “ecstatic pagan utterances”. Even though Paul never once accused the Corinthians of anything of the sort, Macarthur’s hatred of the power of JESUS consumes him and causes him to blaspheme the Holy Ghost, saying that all who speak in tongues are simply making up “gobbledygook and gibberish”, or that they are controlled by Satan.
Having been outraged by the sewage coming from this so-called preacher’s mouth, I did some research on John Macarthur, and sure enough, he goes on to denigrate the Blood of JESUS as well as His Power, claiming JESUS’ blood wasn’t important, that the shedding of blood simply refers to death, and so it is His death, not His Blood, that does the saving. He washed us from our sins in His own death? The saints have washed their robes in the death of the Lamb? Sanctified unto the sprinkling of the death of JESUS?
This hatred of the Name, the Blood and the Power of JESUS is nothing new. It has been going in full force since the Scribes and Pharisees of the 1st century all the way to today. Persecution will always follow thopse who stand firm for JESUS.
My friends, keep proclaiming the NAME of JESUS, the BLOOD of JESUS, and the POWER of JESUS and your reward will be incomprehensible when you see JESUS, the One True and Eternal God face to face on Judgement Day.
May the Lord JESUS bless and keep you in His Name, His Blood, and His Power!
Right click on the links below and choose open in new window to view the video of my message “JESUS—The Name, The Blood, and the Power”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tENGbswnbf8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd0iKHwadBw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfLHgcbDjjo
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