Romans 16:17-18, “Now I
beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary
to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For they that are
such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words
and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.”
According to the word of God, born again Christians are commanded to mark
them which divide the body of Christ by heresies (contrary to Biblical
doctrine) and avoid them. They that are such serve NOT God, but themselves.
By their enticing words, they deceive the simple-minded who are ignorant of
the scriptures (or simply reject them). Franklin Graham is one of those men
to be avoided.
A family member recently sent me an article about Franklin Graham’s speech
at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. which took place in 2014. As your
typical Israel-worshipping televangelist, Franklin Graham willingly denied
the scriptures to proclaim his support for wicked, Christ-rejecting Israel.
According to the article (which will be cited), Franklin Graham stated, “I
support Israel. I support Israel not only because I worship a Jew but
because of what the Bible says about Israel and the future of Israel.”
(Franklin Graham, quoted by Bob Paulson, “Franklin Graham Speaks At Israeli
Embassy”, May 1st, 2014)
What does the Holy Bible say about Israel exactly? Plenty, and much of it
negative. For example, Jerusalem is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt in
Revelation 11!
Revelation 11:7-8, “And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.”
Time and time again in the Old Testament, Israel is condemned as a spiritual harlot, continually going after other gods while rejecting the true God.
Deuteronomy 31:16-17, “And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?”
Deuteronomy 31:24-30, “And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.”
Isaiah 1:21, “How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.”
Ezekiel 16:15-16, “But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.”
So, based on Franklin Graham’s words, he supports Christ-rejecting Israel even though much of their history consists of idolatry, spiritual wickedness, and oppression. Did he forget the scriptures that declare that if a man supports evildoers (or Christ-rejecters), he becomes a partaker in their sins? Is Franklin Graham willing to be a partaker of Israel’s sins?
1 Timothy 5:22, “Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.”
2 John 9-11, “Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.”
According to the scriptures, Franklin Graham is a
partaker of Israel’s evil deeds because he bids them God speed. What about
you, friend? Do you bid Christ-rejecting Israel God speed contrary to the
scriptures?
It gets better: Franklin Graham not only bids God speed to Christ-rejecting
Israel, he also denies that the Jews killed Christ, even though Paul, Peter,
and Jesus declared otherwise!
According to Franklin Graham, “it wasn’t the Jews that killed Christ. It
wasn’t the Romans that killed Christ.” (op. cit.) This contradicts clear
declarations in the scripture. For example, Peter, in Acts 2, declared that
the men of Israel killed Christ.
Acts 2:22-24, “Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.”
Acts 2:36, “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.”
Peter again declares the men of Israel (AND their rulers) as the men who killed Christ in Acts 3, and once more in Acts 4!
Acts 3:12-17, “And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.”
Acts 4:10-12, “Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
Paul declared the Jews as them that killed Jesus Christ in 1 Thessalonians 2.
1 Thessalonians 2:14-16, “For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.”
According to Paul, not only did the Jews kill the Lord
Jesus, they also killed their own prophets, persecuted the Christians,
please not God, and are contrary to all men. In addition to all of this,
God’s wrath is come upon them to the UTTERMOST! Despite Franklin Graham’s
efforts to please the Jews (and the simple-minded) with fair speeches, the
word of God stands firm and proves Franklin Graham to be a liar!
His most egregious statement, however, is this, “It was each and every one
of us [that killed Christ]. Because the Bible says, ‘God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.’” Franklin Graham claims that every
one of us killed Christ, even though that is not taught ANYWHERE in the Holy
Bible, and he attempts to back it up with a scripture (John 3:16) that does
not even say that!
So what is it going to be, friends? Who is correct, Franklin Graham or God?
Are you going to receive the words of a Zionist deceiver or the words of
God?
Jesus himself declared that he would be killed by the Jews (by his parables
in Matthew 21). Is Jesus a liar, or is Franklin Graham a liar?
Matthew 21:33-45, “Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.”
Israel has no future UNLESS they repent and believe the gospel of Jesus Christ. “Christian” Zionists “bless” Israel politically, financially, verbally, militarily, etc. Have they ever PRAYED for Israel’s salvation? None of the other things matter if they are not born again!
Romans 10:1-4, “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. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”
