Be Careful About Your Zeal

Psalms 119:139-140, “My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.” Galatians 4:16-17, “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.”

We see examples in the Holy Bible of good and bad zeal. An example of good zeal is David in Psalms 119:139-140, "My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it." David was upset in his zeal about others who had forgotten (intentionally departed away from) God's commandments. I love Psalms 119:140, in which king David says that he loves God's Word because it is "VERY PURE." David would have hated all these hundreds of modern English revisions, as I do too, one new version for each day of the year! It is insane today! The Devil is the author of confusion, not God (according to 1st Corinthians 14:33). God does things decently and in order (1st Corinthians 14:40).

Our great and omnipotent God would not give one inspired Holy Book to mankind, and then sanction it being tampered with by wicked men, so that there are now literally 900 ENGLISH BIBLE VERSIONS!!! That is Satan's work, not God's work. God only authored ONE HOLY BOOK, and I believe we have that precious inspired book today in the King James Bible in the English language. I'm not sorry to inform you dear reader that God doesn't give you a choice to pick which “version” of what He said best fits your preferences, beliefs and lifestyle. God said what He meant in the Holy Bible, and He meant what He said!!!

An example of bad zeal is found in Galatians 4:16-17, "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them." The churches of Galatia were zealous about the new corrupt religious group who had infiltrated their churches and found acceptance with them. The Apostle Paul was flabbergasted (Galatians 1:6-9). Paul said he acknowledged their strong zeal, but informed them that it was a bad zeal over a false doctrine that is very dangerous and heretical.

Romans 10:1-3, “Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.” As we see here and in Galatians 4:16-17, ignorance was common in New Testament times, just as it still is today in 2021. The Devil's deadly lies of Calvinism (aka, Lordship Salvation) and Wrong Repentance have sadly crept into most Baptist churches today. These corrupt pastors and churches (like the shameful Harvest Baptist Church on Guam and the cult at Bob Jones University today), have a zeal in their religious work, but it is not according to sound Bible doctrine.

How did these once good churches become so corrupted? What was the process? Here it is:

1. The first big mistake they made was losing their love for Christ and subsequent zeal for the truth (Psalms 97:10). Psalms 119:104, “Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.”
2. The second mistake they made was to stop contending for the faith (Jude 1:3). Revelation 3:2, “Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.” You've got to stand for (and against) something, or you'll fall for anything!
3. The third big mistake they made was accepting more than one Bible, or accepting a corrupt modern Bible (Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 30:5-6). Psalms 11:3, “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
4. Their fourth big mistake was loving the praise of men more than the praise of God. John 12:43, “For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.”
5. Their fifth big mistake was allowing making money to becoming a higher priority than their love for God and truth. Luke 16:13, “No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon”
6. Their sixth mistake was allowing themselves to become hardhearted and stubborn, inoculated from receiving godly rebuke and correction. Proverbs 29:1, “He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”

Those six reasons are why thousands of Baptist churches today are cesspools of iniquity, a den of thieves, a house of fools, accursed places by God (Galatians 1:6-9). So please be careful in your zeal dear friend, to make sure that you have not been deceived by the Devil. The religious people in Matthew 7:21-23 served Christ here on earth. They boasted of doing many wonderful works. They even followed Jesus, calling Him their “Lord.” Yet, Christ denied knowing them and had the angels cast them into Hell forever. Proverbs 16:25, “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”

There is something VERY wrong with any preacher's mindset doctrinally, who teaches that to get to Heaven it is not enough to admit to God that you are a needy sinner; but also, that false preacher says you must turn away from a lifestyle of sin to be saved. I heard Pastor Marty Herron say such damnable heresy at the Harvest Baptist Church on Guam. Mr. Herron is a wicked unsaved false teacher, who has the blood of thousands of islanders on his hands, for lying to them for decades that you cannot live in sin and still go to Heaven.

That is a 100% works-based counterfeit plan of salvation, which really leads to damnation! Herron is zealous in his Satanic theology. I kindly gave him THE TRUTH, but he rejected it in his arrogance and delusion. For the six aforementioned reasons, the Bob Jones University (BJU) crowd are headed for the Lake of Fire for eternity. The BJU camp have a distorted false understanding of what “faith” means. BJU president Dr. Steve Pettit, and other heretics like Pastor Chuck Phelps, Ray Comfort, Marty Herron, Gary Walton and other infidels, have redefined “faith” to mean living the Christian life. See for yourself how Steve Pettit's preaching perfectly aligns with Seventh-Day Adventist false prophetess Miss Ellen G. White.

Please be careful in your zeal dear reader, to make sure that you're not rooting and scoring touchdowns for the wrong team! The Devil is so crafty and evil, able to deceive humans very easily. The Devil was so brazen that he even attempted to tempt and destroy the blessed Savior (Matthew 4:1-10). If the Devil thinks that he can deceive the precious Savior, the only true begotten (biological) Son of God, then you can be assured that old smut face (Satan) will come after you and me too! May we all be wise in our zeal.