Christian morals
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38. Why are there so many false doctrines in this world? |
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Because
“the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one” (1 John |
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Therefore,
it is normal that so many people have accepted the strangest and most
perverse doctrines, which have nothing to do with the truth as the chaff has
nothing to do with the wheat. |
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Those who
belong to this world serve the wicked one (Satan), that is, they are under
his power, no matter what race they belong to, what their culture is, and
what their social position is; the devil is their master and he causes them
to believe all kinds of lies. |
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So, there
are those who hold that God does not exist; those who say that all is God;
those who say that after death man is reincarnated to expiate his debts or to
receive his reward for the good things he did in his previous lives; those
who say that the spirits of dead must be worshiped or consulted; those who
say that man should give himself over to the pleasures of life; those who say
that man has not an immortal soul inside his body so with death everything is
finished; those who think that eternal life can be bought or deserved; those
who say that Jesus Christ is just one of the numerous prophets who lived on
the earth and He is not superior to Buddha or Mohammed or Sai Baba, rather in
many cases Jesus is considered inferior to them as in the case of the Muslims
who believe that Mohammed is greater than Jesus Christ; those who say that
the devil and the demons do not exist; and those who say that there is no
resurrection of the dead; those who say that after death Christians must go
first to purgatory; those who say that it is lawful to pray to the dead;
those who forbid marriage; and those who forbid certain foods created by God;
and I could mention many other false doctrines, but I stop here. |
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All these
heresies have been introduced into the world by the devil, who uses a
category of spirits called ‘deceiving spirits’ to deceive the saints into
accepting them, and unfortunately some believers have given heed to these
deceiving spirits. |
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The devil
started his work of seduction in the Garden of Eden, where he managed through
his craftiness to make Eve believe that if they (Adam and Eve) ate the fruit
of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil they wouldn’t die. “You will
not surely die,” (Genesis 3:4 – NKJV) said the devil to Eve. Yet God had
clearly said to Adam: “In the day that you eat of it you shall surely die”
(Genesis |