The Queensland false Messiah - AJ as Jesus

Our news has recently been awash with reports on the new reincarnation of Jesus in the person of Alan John Miller 47 in Kingaroy Queensland.
Not only does Alan Miller claim to be a reincarnation of Jesus the Christ, but also his "wife" Mary Suzanne Luck is a reincarnation of Mary Magdalen. So just as Luck would have it, they meet in a town in Queensland, Australia out of the 6 billion people on this planet. Coincidence? Well highly improbable but it's not on those grounds we dismiss him as a cult leader and deceived.

My daughter, just 13 years old observed, well that's easy to show as false - all you need to do is look for the holes in his hands and feet and in his side. But as I explained to her, although she is going down the right track, it would be dismissed by Alan and Mary because they are claiming to be reincarnations of Jesus and Mary.
Yet we as Christians can on at least two grounds dismiss this claim.
First it contradicts the Bible directly, and the Bible is the Word of God which Jesus himself gave full authority to. After all, his answer to the temptations from satan were "It is Written". In Hebrews 9:27 it says man is destined to live once, and after that face the judgment. This life is all one has. Reincarnation is a false teaching.
But secondly, Jesus with holes in his hands and side and feet as seen by the disciples after his death and resurrection, ascended to the right hand of God where he awaits the time the Father has determined to return in the second coming. He did not die to be reincarnated as someone else. He is at the right hand of the father - living! He with his resurrected body which reveal the scars of the cross will return in that same resurrected body at His glorious appearing.
So on two grounds this fellow Alan is mightily deceived and leading others astray in demonic deception.

We do well to know why this is deception and a cult, and be able to answer enquiries from unbelievers. And then to pray for these people to be convicted by God's Holy Spirit and find Christ, and in him eternal life, and life to the full.

In Christ,
Gary

Being on time - An African addresses this issue for us - will we listen?

I have observed that in our Australian culture it is becoming more evident that Christians don't worry at all about being late for anything.
And when it comes to Church, well it seems we ought to be grateful that they at least turned up!
Leaving aside the doctrine of Church, I recently had a discussion, very short mind you, with a friend about African time. And how many Africans they know are never on time for anything and their comments were that it was "a cultural thing". I observed that perhaps as Christians this was something that needed to be changed, and now it seems that we in Australia are also in need of that change.
I came across this blog by Pastor Conrad Mbewe where he addresses 'Africa time'. Have a read and see if you are not challenged by what he has to say.

your sometimes late, brother in Christ,
Gary

Osama Bin Laden a Narcissist

So much care needs to be taken when surfing the blogosphere. It is so easy to read a quote about something someone else has written out of context isn't it?
Take this quote for example,

Most of us, thank God, will never approach the wickedness he unleashed on the world. But all of us will wrestle with the same root pathology. That’s because, left to ourselves, we all share the same religion as Osama Bin Laden. It isn’t Islam; it’s self-worship.

When one reads that by itself, you might be tempted to say, hey yeh sure, but we cannot ignore that there was more to Bin Laden than self-worship. He was we must admit deceived, there was demonic deception involved in his adherence to Islam.

Yet in his intriguing blog on 'Osama bin Laden and the Terror of Narcissism' Russell D Moore astutely draws our attention to one pathology we all share with Osama. Indeed it is self-worship.
In a time when it's easy to delight in the death of a wicked man, that earthly justice has been carried out, we are aptly reminded of our own sinfulness out of which we have been redeemed and that the Gospel is there for each and every person, like Osama, like me, like you, to hear, if we will but proclaim it.

In Christ,
Gary

God's Word is not open to changing by leaving out Son of God

If you read Christianity Today back on Feb 2011 you would have noticed an article called The Son and the Crescent. It dealt with a new translation that would make it easier to reach Muslims with the gospel since they have an aversion to understanding Jesus as the Son of God. The major reason Muslims find it offensive the article claimed is that it suggested that God had sexual relations with Mary. To say that in Arabic the word ibn "son of", carries biological connotations is really just to point out the inadequacies and frustrations from limitations in translating to other languages, which in the end need to be corrected in teaching what that particular phrase means. We do the same with the English translations using the word love from the Greek which can mean agape, phileo, eros and storge.

Furthermore, this is a poor reason I believe to change Son of God to "the beloved Son who comes ( originates ) from God." It creates more problems in regard to truth than it solves in regard to correcting an error of perception by some Muslims.

We could ask what is meant biblically by originates, as in one sense all Creation originates from God as He made it. As to the lesser word "comes", well Angels also come from God, in that they are sent.

Worse in my mind is that the originators of this bible are in fact adding to by subtracting from God's Word. It is not merely a translation issue as replacing the English word charity with the English word love as being more accurate, as some would want to claim. This is to translate a phrase "Son of God" as something else. It it to replace a Title with a description of an event! and that changes meaning.

It effects our whole doctrinal, that is biblical teaching about the Christ. Apart from it's subtle impact on the doctrine of Trinity, it implodes real sonship. Jesus alone, as the early church recognised is truly Son of God, we can only call God Father in that we are adopted through Christ! And that is why giving the sense of Scripture is a required job of the preacher.

And this understanding of the sonship of Jesus the Christ, is no where made more explicit than in Gal 4:4, but then you must read the whole of it's context there to feel its force. Whereas no one elses sonship could achieve anything, it was the Son of God who alone wrought redemption. In the end, that fact is offensive to Muslims just as it is offensive to unbelievers in general who are in rebellion against the Lord God. That reality is offensive to any religious person because they are in need of redemption and it cannot be a work of themselves for they are dead in their sin!

Many years ago I had a friend who was a convert from Islam to Christianity and who "evangelised" in a Muslim country where his life was on the line continually. But the religious and political leaders often would invite him to explain this Christianity to them. He never once watered down what Scripture taught and his hearers were able to discern the sense in which Scripture laid out Truth, and they didn't refuse to countenance what was said because of their preconceptions. Some of them were even converted by the Spirit of God.

Lastly, we must ask a serious question, quite apart from adding to or subtracting from the Word of God which is serious enough by itself, and that question is will we then water down for all to whom the word of God is offensive? Will we suddenly say leave out the bit about gluttons and adulterers and homosexuals not entering the Kingdom of God?

Friends, Wake up. It is God who transforms people and brings them into His Kingdom. It is the Word of God which is a powerful sword. It is not our wise words or worldly wisdom but God alone who must be set apart as Lord in all our endeavours.

In Christ,
Gary

For whom the Bell Tolls - the reality of shipwrecking the Faith

Here's a laughable parody of Rob Bell's new book 'Love wins'.

Robbed Hell - C.A.S.T. Pearls Presents from Canon Wired on Vimeo.

Most sad is the heresy of Rob Bell and his real failure to understand God's word. It is clear evidence of a shipwrecked faith.

Pray.

in Christ,
Gary

The Eureka Covenant

For all Australian Residents only,
Let's all try and make our elected representatives in Parliment take notice of what they ought to be doing.
Join the Facebook Cause 'The Eureka Covenant', use the following listing of State emails and paste into the TO field of your emails.

Then copy the Facebook Causes 'The Eureka Covenant' intro and positions into the body of the email.

NSW State Parliment:

heffron@parliament.nsw.gov.au
john.aquilina@parliament.nsw.gov.au
alan.ashton@parliament.nsw.gov.au
linda.burney@parliament.nsw.gov.au
barry.collier@parliament.nsw.gov.au
peter.debnam@parliament.nsw.gov.au
robert.furolo@parliament.nsw.gov.au
paul.gibson@parliament.nsw.gov.au
kevin.greene@parliament.nsw.gov.au
brad.hazzard@parliament.nsw.gov.au
heffron@parliament.nsw.gov.au
gerard.martin@parliament.nsw.gov.au
tony.stewart@parliament.nsw.gov.au
john.ajaka@parliament.nsw.gov.au
robert.borsak@parliament.nsw.gov.au
robert.brown@parliament.nsw.gov.au
tony.catanzariti@parliament.nsw.gov.au
david.clarke@parliament.nsw.gov.au
ian.cohen@parliament.nsw.gov.au
rick.colless@parliament.nsw.gov.au
sophie.cotsis@parliament.nsw.gov.au
catherine.cusack@parliament.nsw.gov.au
greg.donnelly@parliament.nsw.gov.au
cate.faehrmann@parliament.nsw.gov.au
amanda.fazio@parliament.nsw.gov.au
marie.ficarra@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Luke.Foley@parliament.nsw.gov.au
michael.gallacher@parliament.nsw.gov.au
jenny.gardiner@parliament.nsw.gov.au
duncan.gay@parliament.nsw.gov.au
kayee.griffin@parliament.nsw.gov.au
don.harwin@parliament.nsw.gov.au
office@hatzistergos.minister.nsw.gov.au
john.kaye@parliament.nsw.gov.au
trevor.khan@parliament.nsw.gov.au
charlie.lynn@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Matthew.Mason-Cox@parliament.nsw.gov.au
shaoquett.moselmane@parliament.nsw.gov.au
gordon.moyes@parliament.nsw.gov.au
F.Nile@parliament.nsw.gov.au
edward.obeid@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Robyn.Parker@parliament.nsw.gov.au
melinda.pavey@parliament.nsw.gov.au
greg.pearce@parliament.nsw.gov.au
peter.primrose@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Christine.Robertson@parliament.nsw.gov.au
enquiries@treasurer.nsw.gov.au
Penny.Sharpe@parliament.nsw.gov.au
david.shoebridge@parliament.nsw.gov.au
mick.veitch@parliament.nsw.gov.au
lynda.voltz@parliament.nsw.gov.au
helen.westwood@parliament.nsw.gov.au
ian.west@parliament.nsw.gov.au




Australian Federal Politicians

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mparke.mp@aph.gov.au
higgins@aph.gov.au
Yvette.D'Ath.MP@aph.gov.au
Wayne.Swan.MP@aph.gov.au
Warren.Snowdon.MP@aph.gov.au
W.Tuckey.MP@aph.gov.au
W.Truss.MP@aph.gov.au
Tony.Zappia.MP@aph.gov.au
Tony.Windsor.MP@aph.gov.au
Tony.Smith.MP@aph.gov.au
Tony.Burke.MP@aph.gov.au
Tony.Abbott.MP@aph.gov.au
Tanya.Plibersek.MP@aph.gov.au
Sussan.Ley.MP@aph.gov.au
Stuart.Robert.MP@aph.gov.au
Steven.Ciobo.MP@aph.gov.au
Steve.Irons.MP@aph.gov.au
Steve.Gibbons.MP@aph.gov.au
Steve.Georganas.MP@aph.gov.au
Stephen.Smith.MP@aph.gov.au
Sophie.Mirabella.MP@aph.gov.au
Sid.Sidebottom.MP@aph.gov.au
Shayne.Neumann.MP@aph.gov.au
Sharryn.Jackson.MP@aph.gov.au
Sharon.Grierson.MP@aph.gov.au
Sharon.Bird.MP@aph.gov.au
Scott.Morrison.MP@aph.gov.au
S.Stone.MP@aph.gov.au
S.Crean.MP@aph.gov.au
Russell.Broadbent.MP@aph.gov.au
Rowan.Ramsey.MP@aph.gov.au
Rogerpricemp@aph.gov.au
Richard.Marles.MP@aph.gov.au
R.McClelland.MP@aph.gov.au
Peter.Slipper.MP@aph.gov.au
Peter.Lindsay.MP@aph.gov.au
Peter.Garrett.MP@aph.gov.au
Peter.Dutton.MP@aph.gov.au
Pat.Farmer.MP@aph.gov.au
P.Secker@aph.gov.au
P.Neville.MP@aph.gov.au
P.Georgiou.MP@aph.gov.au
Nola.Marino.MP@aph.gov.au
Nicola.Roxon.MP@aph.gov.au
Nick.Champion.MP@aph.gov.au
Mike.Symon.MP@aph.gov.au
Mike.Kelly.MP@aph.gov.au
Michael.Keenan.MP@aph.gov.au
Michael.Johnson.MP@aph.gov.au
Michael.Danby.MP@aph.gov.au
Maxine.McKew.MP@aph.gov.au
Martin.Ferguson.MP@aph.gov.au
Mark.Dreyfus.MP@aph.gov.au
Mark.Coulton.MP@aph.gov.au
Mark.Butler.MP@aph.gov.au
Maria.Vamvakinou.MP@aph.gov.au
Margaret.May.MP@aph.gov.au
Malcolm.Turnbull.MP@aph.gov.au
Mal.Washer.MP@aph.gov.au
Luke.Simpkins.MP@aph.gov.au
Luke.Hartsuyker.MP@aph.gov.au
Louise.Markus.MP@aph.gov.au
Lindsay.Tanner.MP@aph.gov.au
Laurie.Ferguson.MP@aph.gov.au
Kirsten.Livermore.MP@aph.gov.au
Kevin.Andrews.MP@aph.gov.au
Kelvin.Thomson.MP@aph.gov.au
Kay.Hull.MP@aph.gov.au
Kate.Ellis.MP@aph.gov.au
Justine.Elliot.MP@aph.gov.au
Julie.Owens.MP@aph.gov.au
Julie.Collins.MP@aph.gov.au
Julie.Bishop.MP@aph.gov.au
Julia.Irwin.MP@aph.gov.au
Julia.Gillard.MP@aph.gov.au
Jon.Sullivan.MP@aph.gov.au
John.Murphy.MP@aph.gov.au
John.Cobb.MP@aph.gov.au
Jodie.Campbell.MP@aph.gov.au
Joanna.Gash.MP@aph.gov.au
Jim.Turnour.MP@aph.gov.au
Jill.Hall.MP@aph.gov.au
Jennie.George.MP@aph.gov.au
Jason.Wood.MP@aph.gov.au
Jason.Clare.MP@aph.gov.au
Janelle.Saffin.MP@aph.gov.au
James.Bidgood.MP@aph.gov.au
JMacklin.MP@aph.gov.au
J.Moylan.MP@aph.gov.au
J.Hockey.MP@aph.gov.au
J.Forrest.MP@aph.gov.au
J.Fitzgibbon.MP@aph.gov.au
Ian.Macfarlane.MP@aph.gov.au
Harry.Jenkins.MP@aph.gov.au
Greg.Hunt.MP@aph.gov.au
Greg.Combet.MP@aph.gov.au
Graham.Perrett.MP@aph.gov.au
Gary.Gray.MP@aph.gov.au
Fran.Bailey.MP@aph.gov.au
Duncan.Kerr.MP@aph.gov.au
Don.Randall.MP@aph.gov.au
Dennis.Jensen.MP@aph.gov.au
David.Hawker.MP@aph.gov.au
David.Bradbury.MP@aph.gov.au
Darren.Chester.MP@aph.gov.au
Darren.Cheeseman.MP@aph.gov.au
Danna.Vale.MP@aph.gov.au
Damian.Hale.MP@aph.gov.au
D.Melham.MP@aph.gov.au
D.Adams.MP@aph.gov.au
Craig.Thomson.MP@aph.gov.au
Craig.Emerson.MP@aph.gov.au
Chris.Trevor.MP@aph.gov.au
Chris.Pearce.MP@aph.gov.au
Chris.Hayes.MP@aph.gov.au
Chris.Bowen.MP@aph.gov.au
Catherine.King.MP@aph.gov.au
C.Pyne.MP@aph.gov.au
Bruce.Scott.MP@aph.gov.au
Bronwyn.Bishop.MP@aph.gov.au
Brett.Raguse.MP@aph.gov.au
Brendan.O'Connor.MP@aph.gov.au
Bonner.eo@aph.gov.au
Bob.McMullan.MP@aph.gov.au
Bob.Katter.MP@aph.gov.au
Bob.Debus.MP@aph.gov.au
Bob.Baldwin.MP@aph.gov.au
Bill.Shorten.MP@aph.gov.au
Bernie.Ripoll.MP@aph.gov.au
Belinda.Neal.MP@aph.gov.au
Barry.Haase.MP@aph.gov.au
B.Nelson.MP@aph.gov.au
B.Billson.MP@aph.gov.au
Arch.Bevis.MP@aph.gov.au
Anthony.Byrne.MP@aph.gov.au
Annette.Ellis.MP@aph.gov.au
Anna.Burke.MP@aph.gov.au
Andrew.Southcott.MP@aph.gov.au
Andrew.Robb.MP@aph.gov.au
Andrew.Laming.MP@aph.gov.au
Amanda.Rishworth.MP@aph.gov.au
Alex.Somlyay.MP@aph.gov.au
Alex.Hawke.MP@aph.gov.au

The Meaning of Life Video

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