The
Ecumenical Danger Of 'The Jesus Film'
By David J. Stewart | January
2015
Galatians 1:8, “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach
any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto
you, let him be accursed.”
There is a woeful evil in America, that
is, promoting a shallow message of the life of Christ without warning lost
sinners of the dangers of false religion. As an example: the biggest
satanic religious cult in the world is Roman Catholicism, but you'll have
to look long and hard to find a proclaimed “Gospel preacher” nowadays that
dare criticize the damned Catholic church. It is apostasy! The Holy Bible
teaches that the Roman Catholic church is CURSED by God, because they
teach
ANOTHER GOSPEL.
There is a popular film produced by Campus
Crusade For Christ (CRU) being promoted amongst the churches titled, “THE
JESUS FILM,” which presents the basic life of Christ.
You can watch the
2:07 hour film for free on YouTube here. The true Gospel message
should convict people of their participation in a false religious system,
bringing them to saving faith in Christ Jesus, not make them more
comfortable in their lost state. Catholics are taught that there is no
salvation apart from water baptism into the Catholic church.
Catholics are taught that water baptism is the
door into the church, which brings salvation. In sharp contrast, we read
in 1st Timothy 2:5, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God
and men, the man Christ Jesus.” Jesus is the only Mediator between God
the Father and man. The Church cannot bring salvation to anyone. Only
Jesus has the nail-scared hands and feet, so only by faith in Christ can
we be saved. Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is
through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.”
The Campus Crusade For Christ
organization states . . .
Since our early days as
a ministry, we have stressed the importance of winning people
to Christ, building them in their faith and sending them out
to do the same. As spiritual multiplication occurs, the
life-changing gospel spreads from life to life—eventually to
entire networks of families and friends, and to whole
communities and nations.
Obviously, this involves many ministries,
local churches and denominations. For example, we have worked
with one denomination to use the
JESUS
film to
help cause 66 million exposures to the gospel, 12 million
indicated decisions for Christ, 5 million initial discipleship
follow-ups, and 42,000 planted churches and preaching points.
Those new disciples and churches are continuing.
A few years ago, we helped form the Global
Alliance for Church Multiplication. This is a group of 27
organizations committed to planting 5 million house
churches/fellowships by the end of 2020. The main strategies
used involve spiritual multiplication.
SOURCE:
Campus Crusade For Christ International
CRU claims to have received 12,000,000
professions for Christ. I am very doubtful of that claim, not because it
is difficult to be saved, but because of the extremely shallow “follow
Jesus” message that they preach. Even unsaved Roman Catholics and Mormons
love the ecumenical movie. At the very end of “THE JESUS FILM,” the viewer
is encouraged to pray the following lame pray to be saved . . .
“Lord Jesus I need you. Thank
you for dying on the cross for my sins. I confess and repent of my sins. I
open the door of my life and receive you as my saviour and lord. Thank you
for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Make me the kind of
person you want me to be, as I become one of your followers. Amen!”
There are several things wrong with the
preceding so-called “prayer” . . .
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There is no mention of the
cross. There can be no salvation without the cross upon which
Christ was crucified for our sins. As defined in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4,
the above shallow prayer has no elements of the Gospel message in it. I
know the movie mentions these elements, but the following prayer is
unbiblical heresy . . .
1st Corinthians
15:1-4, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I
preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By
which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,
unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all
that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according
to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the
third day according to the scriptures.”
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Christ's burial and Resurrection are not mentioned. Again,
the Gospel is that Christ DIED, was BURIED and RESURRECTED.
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You don't need to pray a prayer to be saved.
This should always be stated to the lost sinner when witnessing. Although
it is not wrong to pray a prayer, we are saved by BELIEVING, and the lost
sinner should be made to understand this. We are not saved by praying,
although a prayer may accompany our faith, just as emotions and a decision
to live for Christ may be made at the time of salvation, BUT if you add
those things to faith, you are NOT SAVED!!!
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The Bible never says to “repent of my sins” to be
saved. It sounds good, but it's not Biblical. You repent of your
unbelief to be saved. There is much heresy in our churches today
concerning what it means to repent. By “repent of my sins,” if CRU means
realizing that we are each a guilty sinner in God's holy eyes for breaking
His commandments, then I agree. Repentance is “a change of mind” in the
Greek—a change of mind from I want to do to get to Heaven, to what God
says that I must do to get to Heaven. We are saved by BELIEVING. The
Gospel of John never mentions the word “repent,” but we find the words
“believe” and “believed” 85-times. Repentance is absolutely necessary for
salvation, but repentance is a change of mind, not a change of lifestyle.
A changed life is the FRUIT of genuine repentance, and not a part of the
ROOT of genuine faith; but it is a false plan of salvation to mandate that
FRUIT as a part of saving-FAITH to be saved. Romans 4:5-6 teaches that a
man's faith is counted in place of any self-righteousness.
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You don't have to open the door of your
life to be saved. This is not a part of the Gospel message.
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You don't have to ask God to “Make me the
kind of person you want me to be” to be saved. This is not a part
of the Gospel message.
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You don't have to become a follower of
Jesus Christ to be saved. This is not a part of the Gospel
message.
Salvation is not doing your best, it is
having Christ's best put to your account through
receiving Him by faith.
END OF
ARTICLE
“Nobody can
love God who doesn't love sinners!”
(a quote by Dr. Jack Hyles classic MP3
sermon, “The
Happiest Man”
(happiest is the man who will not impute sin to others!)
John
3:20 Explains The Meaning Of Repentance
Your
Gossip Makes Me Destroy
Those I Love The Most (MP3) *Printed
(why I don't read gossip)
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Life-Changing MP3
Bible Studies by Dr. Jack Hyles (1926-2001)...
Fathers Harden Not Your Heart
(MP3 sermon by Pastor
Jeff Owens. People in a rough line of work often become hard!)
“God
never taught anybody how to quit!”
—Brother
Lester Roloff (1914-1982)
Oh how America
needs preaching and praying preachers! Preaching
without prayer is dead, and prayer without preaching is
shallow Christianity!!!
Acts 5:42, “And daily
in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.”
Soulwinning.info
If you believe what
the Bible teaches, attend a church that teaches the Bible!
Another Gospel Which Is Not
Another
(a red-hot MP3 by
Dr.
Curtis Hutson
exposing Lordship Salvation)
“God never leads anyone anywhere for money.”
—Jack Hyles
“Sometimes
you may leave here and say, 'I wonder what he's mad about?'
I'm not mad about anything, I just know one thing—whatever a
preacher quits preaching on, is what his church will fill up with!”
SOURCE:
Pastor Phil Kidd, a quote from the needful sermon “I
AM Ashamed”
“Only
the Word of God can make you a man of God!”
—a quote by Pastor
Ralph “Yankee” Arnold from the awesome sermon, “The
Sure Word of Prophecy”
Ye Must Be Born Again!
You Need HIS Righteousness!
Believe The Gospel
