"The Bible is clear: God is a merciful, loving Father who blesses us with everything we need (Psalm 128:1-6, Matthew 7:7, 21:22).
Please don't take my word for this, but let's look at the word of GOD and look at what Jesus said.
◄ Psalm 128 ► World English Bible
Blessed Are All who Walk in His Ways
1 A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. 2 For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you. 3 Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots around your table. 4 Behold, this is how the man who fears Yahweh is blessed. 5 May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. 6 Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel
Matthew 7:7 Berean Literal Bible
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened unto you.
Matthew 21:22.
Berean Literal Bible. And all things, as many as you might ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
Yet, many Christians face unnecessary poverty, pain, and suffering, that can truly be avoided.
I've seen well-known Christian leaders die from cancers and diseases, raising questions about why prayers aren't being answered.
I've worked with and for Christian teachers and leaders on well known TV channels who believe in and teach God's promises, and yet these very same Christian teachers and leaders have died of cancers and diseases or fell from high positions who were all Trinitarians as all my Christian friends who left me for leaving the TRINITY faith. So, what's going on?
First and the main reason, I believe MOST Christians are deceived into following a false god or false Christ (Matthew 24:4-5). And Jesus answering, said to them, “Take heed, lest anyone mislead you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will mislead many.
A Tree and its Fruit (Matthew 12:33-37; Luke 6:43-45) 15 Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 By their fruits you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 So every good tree bears good fruits, but the rotten tree bears bad fruits. 18 A good tree is not able to bear bad fruits, nor a bad tree to bear good fruits. 19 Every tree not bearing good fruit is cut down and is thrown into fire. 20 Then surely by their fruits you will recognize them.
1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Acts 20:29-30 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. / And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
There are thousands of different faiths, including within Christianity, and only one true faith who actually believe in the ONE TRUE GOD and His One True Christ, even though most Christians say they believe in the ONE TRUE GOD, but on close examination this proves to be untrue and are in fact in a false religion, because most of Christianity do not research, test or question their own faith.
Philippians 2:12
Therefore my beloved, just as always you have obeyed, not only as in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
This adds up to what Jesus told us in Matthew 22:14. Berean Literal Bible For many are called, but few chosen." A frightening saying by Jesus!
And that's why we should be like the Berean Jews, who were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
We're brought up to believe certain things that are mostly not true or correct.
Similar to being brought up to wearing certain clothing and eat what we are taught to eat.
On top of this is the fact of countless false teachers, and people who just believe what they have been taught without doing any real research on their faith, or who are simply happy to believe what they want to believe, because the heart is evil and deceitful. Jeremiah 17:9 Berean Standard Bible. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
◄ 2 Peter 2 ► Berean Literal Bible Deliverance from False Prophets
1 But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will stealthily introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master having bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow after their sensuality, through whom the way of the truth will be maligned. 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with fabricated words, for whom the judgment of long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
And it's hard to question if we have been deceived, even if they're not true.
The Trinity, for example, isn't explicitly taught in the Bible.
I believe the TRINITY is the greatest devil's deception within Christianity, with most of Christianity believing and following the Catholic doctrine of the TRINITY.
In the old testament, Exodus 20:4-5, GOD continually warned his people from worshiping false gods, yet now we see again how history has repeated itself
We should not get confused with trials and tribulations as part of the Christian journey, testing and strengthening faith (1 Peter 4:12).
But God doesn't abandon us when we are tested; He holds our hand through the fire (Daniel 3:16-30), as He did with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who were thrown in the fire by “King Nebuchadnezzar.
So, what's the Christian world doing wrong? I believe first is that the devil deceiving the whole inhabited world Revelation 12:9 which is why most of Christianity is so deceived, like the TRINITY faith, who have brought back paganism within Christianity, adopted by the Catholic faith in the forth country. Read my article: Was there a doctrine of the Trinity in the time of Jesus and His disciples?
So in the whole, it's a mix of deceptions, misunderstandings, pride, spiritual laziness, and people who are not HUNGRY to know GOD and the truth of GOD and Christ when we should be like the Parable of the Hidden Treasure (Matthew 13:44) where Jesus tells of a man who goes searching for treasure, (GOD and Christ) and finds treasure buried in a field, who joyfully hides it again, then sells everything he owns to buy the field and possess the treasure, or The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price Matthew 13:45-46 followed by my next article where we will also see its SIN.
Join me in Part 3 as I explore the main second reason why many Christians face poverty and suffering, and read about the good news! I'm Simon Brown. 🌟
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