Aposta(s)y Within the Church By Pastor Roger Anghis
(Obviously, this post is the work of Pastor Anghis, whom I do not
know. It struck me as quite timely. The article came to me as an
email and there were no indications of a copyright.)
2 Timothy 4:2 “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of sea-
son; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
(3) For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;
but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,
having itching ears;
(4) And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be
turned unto fables.”
We have entered into a time (when) biblical prophecy comes to
pass and is in newspapers on a daily basis. One of the things that
is spoken of in scripture is the actions of the ‘social church’ in the
last days. The ‘social church’ is not the true church as the true
church will hold strong to the precepts of God. The social church
leans heavily towards what society accepts. Today’s society has
accepted people living together without the benefit of marriage. In
the social church this subject is very rarely talked about and many
in that church are living together without being married. Today’s
society has no problem with divorce for almost any reason. In the
social church the divorce rate is actually higher than in the world.
Society does not have a problem with alcohol and I have seen the
social church serving alcohol on church property. (The term social
church should have "church" within parenthesis., ed.)
Society is beginning to accept same-sex marriage and all that it
brings with it. We have denominations now ordaining practicing
homosexuals to lead their churches. These insane actions from
today’s so-called churches do nothing but confuse parishioners.
When the Bible says one thing about a subject but the preacher
teaches something entirely the opposite, this causes confusion.
1 Corinthians 14:33 “For God is not the author of confusion, but
of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.” Now that we have
verified where the teachings that are contrary to the Bible origi-
nate, we can understand why so many ‘churches’ are far away
from what the Bible teaches. When the church ignores the laws
and precepts of God’s Word, the church becomes ineffective in
the society in which it exists.
The church in America was the center of government, educa-
tion and enforcement during the founding years. The churches
relied on what God required and acted accordingly. That philoso-
phy created the greatest nation the world will ever see. It was
only when the church began to allow the philosophy of the world
system into the church that the church began to lose its influence
in the society where it once flourished. No system of governing
that man has devised has ever been successful. The fall of all
empires, the Greek, Persian, and Roman and even Russian are
perfect examples. America’s system, based on biblical principles,
has been the most effective, prosperous and successful for it's
people than any form of government this world had ever seen.
Yet, we no longer embrace the values taught in Scripture. The
decline was gradual until 1954. At that time, then Senator Lyndon
Johnson attached an amendment to an IRS bill that made it illegal
for a 501(c)3 corporation to be involved in the political arena.
When the church was taken out of the political arena, the influence
of principles began to fall exponentially.
Today most pastors don’t know that the church was ever involved
in politics. This is disturbing because when you study the Bible,
God always had a man of God in a position of influence to those in
government, always. That should give pastors a hint that this should
still be happening. I have spoken with many pastors about being
involved in that arena by preaching the importance of godly men in
office, something our Founders were very strong concerning. They
looked at me with terror in their eyes, because of the fear of losing
their precious 501(c)3. The Bible tells us we are to have godly men
in authority over us: Exodus 18:21 “Moreover thou shalt provide
out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating
covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands,
and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:” This is
the verse the Founders used to establish the different levels of
government; local, state and federal. We are told to pray for those
in authority over us; 1 Timothy 2: 1, “I exhort therefore, that first of
all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be
made for all men; 2. For kings, and for all that are in authority; that
we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty."
What sense does it make to put ungodly men and women in authority
over us, then spend all our time praying that they do godly things?
The church has been so slack standing for the things of God, we have
allowed our rights and freedoms to be taken from us, mostly without
a fight. In 1947 the Supreme Court reversed the meaning of the 1st
Amendment stating there should never be a biblical influence in
government instead of never having governmental influence in the
church and the church did nothing. In 1954 they stood by and let our
freedom of speech and right to participate in the political process be
taken away and the church did nothing. In 1962 they made it illegal
to pray in school and the church did nothing. In 1963 they took the
Bible out of the school and the church did nothing.
Now there is a case before the Supreme Court, if decided in the
governments favor, will allow the government to tell the church who
they can hire for ministers and even if they will allow a minister to
hold certain positions in the church. Little by little we have lost our
rights and freedoms because the church has refused to stand for what
is right. Pastors no longer have the backbone that the pastors had in
the founding era. An excerpt from my book, American Exceptional-
ism, speaks about the influence the pastors of the founding era had:
“Historian B.F. Morris stated: The ministers of the Revolution were,
like their Puritan predecessors, bold and fearless in the cause of their
country. No class of men contributed more to carry forward the Revo-
lution and to achieve our independence than did the ministers. . .[B]y
their prayers, patriotic sermons, and services they rendered the high-
est assistance to the civil government, the army, and the country.
Alice Baldwin went one step further when she stated: 'The Constitu-
tional Convention and the written Constitution were the children of
the pulpit.” Where is that fortitude today? Very few pastors are wil-
ling to stand for what our Founders fought and died for. They have
become pacifists and pansies.
They have forgotten they will stand before God on judgment day not
the IRS. Another excerpt from American Exceptionalism: “These men
were men of honor and integrity. They preached that Christians must
live in the fullness of God’s Word. There were sermons on the deity of
Christ, on Christmas, on Easter, but there were also sermons on other
varied topics that you would not hear preached today, such as ser-
mons on bridges architecture, earthquakes, taxes, elections, even exe-
cutions. Whatever was in the forefront of the people’s daily lives, the
pastors addressed it from a Biblical perspective. They were always out
front in the fight for freedom.
They helped write state constitutions, were the founders of most of our
colleges and universities such as Yale, Harvard, Columbia [Kings College],
Princeton, William and Mary, Dartmouth, and Rutgers University. By
1860 there were 246 colleges founded and all but 17 were founded by dif-
ferent religious denominations. They were the ones taking care of the
wounded in battle and even served in state legislatures and Congress.
These pastors were astute concerning God-given rights and were vocal
about any attempt of government to encroach in those areas. They were
vocal on things that involved liberty and freedoms and taught constantly
about resisting any form of tyranny. Church historian, Charles Galloway
regarded the pastors of the Founding era to be the pillars of the commu-
nity. He declared: "Mighty men they were, of iron nerve, strong hand
and unblanched cheek and heart of flame. God needed not "reeds sha-
ken by the wind," not men clothed in soft raiment [Matthew 11:7-8], but
heroes of hardihood and lofty courage. . . . And such were the sons of
the mighty who responded to the Divine call.” Today churches allow
almost anything inside the church.
Recently, we have seen the worst ‘marriage’ that we have ever seen.
That is the Christian church embracing the teaching of Islam. There can
be no more foolish, not to mention stupid thing that the church could do.
The Bible is a light to all the world. Islam is darkness personified. Have
they not read scripture? 2 Corinthians 6:14 “Be ye not unequally yoked
together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” I
have seen the Pope kissing a copy of the *Quran! That is insane. A few
months ago there was a Sunday when churches all over America com-
bined Christian worship with Islamic worship and preached sermons and
held Sunday school lessons on the founder of Islam, Mohammad, whom
(M)uslims consider a prophet. Why do we teach about Mohammad in
our churches instead of Jesus? The Quran is diabolically opposed to the
Holy Bible. Many state that Christians, Jews and Muslims worship the
same God. Not so! If that were true then God is a psychopath. In scrip-
ture God tells us how to treat an enemy:
Romans 12:20 “Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst,
give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.”
The Quran gives a different command: Quran (8:12) – “I will cast terror
into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads
and strike off every fingertip of them.” If this were the same god giving
these instructions, that (G)od is contradicting himself. Islam will do any-
thing to get their ‘foot in the door; lie, cheat, steal or deceive. They are
masters at deception and the Christian church does not even make an
effort, it seems, to understand how the Muslims work. History tells us,
at no time in history have Muslims assimilated in a society into which
they have immigrated. Their purpose is to take over that society and
install Shariah law. Look at the largest Muslim community in America,
Dearborn, MI. In the Muslim community it is illegal to pass out tracts to
Muslims. That is a violation of our religious freedoms and freedom of
speech. Church bells are illegal in Dearborn. In Hartford, CN Muslim
leaders met with the city council and informed them that there would be
no passing of tracts within four blocks of a mosque! They gave no regard
to our constitutional rights. This is what we are dealing with. They will say
and do anything to get into our society, then demand that that society com-
ply with shariah law, giving no regard to our national constitution.
We can no longer allow the church to go any direction it wants. God
has set the guidelines and they must be followed. The church in early
America followed them and we all know how America prospered. It was
not until the church backed away from her proper role that we started to
see America go down the wrong path. In (S)cripture we see that however
the faith of the leaders went, so went Israel. The church was the center
of everything in the founding era and it was strong and bold. Today it is
weak. There are many churches that have not gone down that path and
have held strong to the true call of the church. But far too many have
forsaken the call and have now put the future of America in jeopardy.
I challenge pastors to get back to what God has called the church to
be. Forget your political correctness, because if you are politically cor-
rect, you are more than likely biblically wrong. Become again what God
has called us to be.
*Quran (Koran) (This word is spelled more than one way.)
(There are places I have edited in order to make the text more readable.
I trust no damage has been done to the original intent. A choice was made
early on, when publishing other peoples work; there will be no extended
commentary except for minor clarification as needed. There may be areas
in this piece with which I might have questions for this author, but by and
large there is total agreement on it's importance and content.)
Thanks for reading... donporter,sr 3.17.13, edited 12.22.13
