Author and preacher Edwin Christiaan explains, in easy to understand
language, why the Church needs to STOP imposing the false doctrine of
TITHING on its parishioners – the obligation to pay 10 percent of their
gross income to the church as a rule from God.
Discover why this “rule” in the Church is actually an Old Testament
command that has been misinterpreted and misused by Modern-day pastors
and preachers to impose an obligation on people that was only meant for
the Israelites who lived under the Law of Moses.
Have you ever been manipulated, bullied, or controlled in the area of tithing?
Are you really robbing God and coming under a curse?
And do you truly understand the Scriptures, apart from what you are being told?
It’s time to expose perhaps the biggest lie in the church today!
Take a look at the book both in paperback and e-book versions today by clicking on these links:
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
New Book: "DIVORCE JEZEBEL - Remarry Christ Your Destiny"
In May of this year, 2015, Edwin Christiaan and his wife Sophia published a new book entitled: "DIVORCE JEZEBEL - Remarry Christ Your Destiny". The books are available in paperback and as e-book.
Please use the following links to have a look:
Paperback version
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E-book (Kindle)
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Description:
With astounding accuracy, Edwin Christiaan teaches brilliantly and accurately about the most dangerous agent of Hell, the Jezebel spirit, and shares his expertise in how to discover and defeat its destructive attacks.
Having been a victim himself of the most lethal weapon in the Devil’s arsenal, the notorious Jezebel spirit through a lifetime of encounters with this demonic spirit, the author pinpoints its nature and characteristics in a down to earth, easy to understand way, that empowers anyone who has ever been in a battle with Jezebel.
Every church Pastor, minister, and especially all men in general should read this book in order not to fall for the demonic schemes of the Jezebel spirit!
In this powerful book, you will find Biblical answers and all you need to know about how to handle this difficult issue – what to do and what not to do!
The Jezebel Spirit is to blame for the devastation and destruction of generations of lives all over the world! Protect yourself and your family from becoming its next casualty!
Please use the following links to have a look:
Paperback version
http://bit.ly/1R6KDAj
E-book (Kindle)
http://amzn.to/1IbJ96q
Description:
With astounding accuracy, Edwin Christiaan teaches brilliantly and accurately about the most dangerous agent of Hell, the Jezebel spirit, and shares his expertise in how to discover and defeat its destructive attacks.
Having been a victim himself of the most lethal weapon in the Devil’s arsenal, the notorious Jezebel spirit through a lifetime of encounters with this demonic spirit, the author pinpoints its nature and characteristics in a down to earth, easy to understand way, that empowers anyone who has ever been in a battle with Jezebel.
Every church Pastor, minister, and especially all men in general should read this book in order not to fall for the demonic schemes of the Jezebel spirit!
In this powerful book, you will find Biblical answers and all you need to know about how to handle this difficult issue – what to do and what not to do!
The Jezebel Spirit is to blame for the devastation and destruction of generations of lives all over the world! Protect yourself and your family from becoming its next casualty!
ISLAM IS ROOTED IN BITTERNESS
Islam is not a religion of peace as some make you believe. The
violence and turmoil we see in the Middle East and around the world, the
persecution and execution of Christians and the hatred for the Jews and
Israel has its origin going back to the ancient time when God told
Abraham, (Abram as his name was at the time) the following:
God gave Abram the promise of a son, when He told him:
God also gave Abram the promise of the land of Israel, when He made a covenant with him:
God’s promise to Abraham was directly connected to the land of Israel. It was to be fulfilled through his son, Isaac, the firstborn of Sarah through whom came the nation of Israel, the Jewish people, and the redeeming Savior to all people of the earth, Jesus Christ!
But then, Sarah, lamenting her barrenness, told Abraham to go in to her maid, Hagar, and conceive by her.
This child born to Hagar was Ishmael through whom the Arab nations came and, eventually, Islam and the greater Islamic world.
Immediately after Ishmael was conceived, Hagar began to despise Sarah. Sarah also despised Hagar because she had conceived a child by her husband. (See Genesis 16:5-6) After this, Sarah treated her so badly that Hagar attempted to flee. This enmity between Hagar and Sarah, because of Abraham’s very bad decision, is the beginning of all the enmity that exists to this day between their descendants.
It was during this time that the Lord sent an angel to give Hagar the following message:
Fourteen years after the birth of Ishmael, Isaac is born fulfilling God’s promise to Abraham through Sarah. Ishmael begins mocking Isaac’s birth, so Sarah tells Abraham to send Hagar and Ishmael away. Abraham was greatly troubled by this, but God told him not to worry and to do what Sarah said, reminding him the promise was to be through Isaac. Ishmael was not to be heir with Isaac. However, out of His mercy, God also promised to make Ishmael a great nation because he was a son of Abraham too. (See Genesis 21:1-13) And it is from this nation that Islam eventually came.
A well-known author and teacher of eschatology, describes the biblical definition of Islam this way:
“So now we have this story: Ishmael and Isaac. Ishmael is a fourteen year old boy. He’s kicked out into the desert but the Lord is faithful. He preserves him. He promises to make him into a great nation. So we read these things and they’re interesting Bible stories but what I’m asking you to do is to put yourself in the position and recognize the fact that in history, in real time, this was a real boy… with real emotions, with a real life. This happened to a little kid named Ishmael. And so what we need to understand is you have this little boy and… he had a dad. He had a mother. He had a family. He had a life. He had an inheritance. And in one day he loses all of these things. He loses his dad. He loses his inheritance. He’s out in the desert. He’s on his own. And that brokenness, that woundedness, that rejection that took place in this little child, today, has been passed on into the religion of Islam.
What do I mean? … Mohammed, the founder of Islam… claims to be a direct descendant of Ishmael and Muslims, today, view themselves as both the physical and the spiritual descendants of Ishmael. And so here you have this story, this incredible event that took place in this child’s life. Two thousand six hundred years after these events took place, a direct descendant of Ishmael named Mohammed birthed forth a new religion into the world. And what does the religion teach? … It teaches God is not a father. God has no Son. And, thirdly, Ishmael, not Isaac, is the heir with regard to the promises of God to the earth. The very things that those issues of rejection and woundedness and brokenness that took place in Ishmael’s life were preserved in that line and two thousand six hundred years later, a man named Mohammed goes into a cave, has an incredibly dark encounter with some sort of spiritual being. It literally chokes the life out of him to where he feels as though he’s going to die, three times this presence comes over him and it demands of him to recite… On the third time, the words of the Qur’an begin to flow forth from his mouth.
Mohammed, himself, literally believed that he was demon-possessed. He was suicidal. He was terrified.”
After this, he runs home to his wife who eventually convinced him he was a prophet of God. This is the origin of Islam. In a spiritual sense, Islam is the broken, bitter cry of Ishmael.”
Therefore it important to pray for Muslims, the followers of the religion of Islam, and break this Ishmaeli generational curse of bitterness and anger over them, so they may be saved and understand the truth! Because there is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity, Jesus Christ! He gave His life to purchase freedom for everyone, including those from the religion of Islam! (See 1. Timothy 2:1-6)
“Leave
your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go
to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I
will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to
others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you
with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
Genesis 12:1-3 NLT
God gave Abram the promise of a son, when He told him:
“You
will have a son of your own who will be your heir.” Then the LORD took
Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars
if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!” Genesis 15:4-5
NLT
God also gave Abram the promise of the land of Israel, when He made a covenant with him:
“I
have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border
of Egypt to the great Euphrates River.” Genesis 15:18 NLT
“Then
God said to Abraham, “Regarding Sarai, your wife—her name will no
longer be Sarai. From now on her name will be Sarah. And I will bless
her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she
will become the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among
her descendants.” Genesis 17:15-16 NLT
God’s promise to Abraham was directly connected to the land of Israel. It was to be fulfilled through his son, Isaac, the firstborn of Sarah through whom came the nation of Israel, the Jewish people, and the redeeming Savior to all people of the earth, Jesus Christ!
But then, Sarah, lamenting her barrenness, told Abraham to go in to her maid, Hagar, and conceive by her.
“Now
Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But
she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar. So Sarai said to Abram, “The
LORD has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my
servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with
Sarai’s proposal. So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian
servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. So Abram had sexual relations
with Hagar, and she became pregnant.” Genesis 16:1-4 NLT
This child born to Hagar was Ishmael through whom the Arab nations came and, eventually, Islam and the greater Islamic world.
Immediately after Ishmael was conceived, Hagar began to despise Sarah. Sarah also despised Hagar because she had conceived a child by her husband. (See Genesis 16:5-6) After this, Sarah treated her so badly that Hagar attempted to flee. This enmity between Hagar and Sarah, because of Abraham’s very bad decision, is the beginning of all the enmity that exists to this day between their descendants.
It was during this time that the Lord sent an angel to give Hagar the following message:
“I
will give you more descendants than you can count.” And the angel also
said: “You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to
name him Ishmael (which means ‘God hears’), for the LORD has heard your
cry of distress. This son of yours will be a wild man, as untamed as a
wild donkey! He will raise his fist against everyone, and everyone will
be against him. Yes, he will live in open hostility against all his
relatives.” Genesis 16:10-12 NLT
Fourteen years after the birth of Ishmael, Isaac is born fulfilling God’s promise to Abraham through Sarah. Ishmael begins mocking Isaac’s birth, so Sarah tells Abraham to send Hagar and Ishmael away. Abraham was greatly troubled by this, but God told him not to worry and to do what Sarah said, reminding him the promise was to be through Isaac. Ishmael was not to be heir with Isaac. However, out of His mercy, God also promised to make Ishmael a great nation because he was a son of Abraham too. (See Genesis 21:1-13) And it is from this nation that Islam eventually came.
A well-known author and teacher of eschatology, describes the biblical definition of Islam this way:
“So now we have this story: Ishmael and Isaac. Ishmael is a fourteen year old boy. He’s kicked out into the desert but the Lord is faithful. He preserves him. He promises to make him into a great nation. So we read these things and they’re interesting Bible stories but what I’m asking you to do is to put yourself in the position and recognize the fact that in history, in real time, this was a real boy… with real emotions, with a real life. This happened to a little kid named Ishmael. And so what we need to understand is you have this little boy and… he had a dad. He had a mother. He had a family. He had a life. He had an inheritance. And in one day he loses all of these things. He loses his dad. He loses his inheritance. He’s out in the desert. He’s on his own. And that brokenness, that woundedness, that rejection that took place in this little child, today, has been passed on into the religion of Islam.
What do I mean? … Mohammed, the founder of Islam… claims to be a direct descendant of Ishmael and Muslims, today, view themselves as both the physical and the spiritual descendants of Ishmael. And so here you have this story, this incredible event that took place in this child’s life. Two thousand six hundred years after these events took place, a direct descendant of Ishmael named Mohammed birthed forth a new religion into the world. And what does the religion teach? … It teaches God is not a father. God has no Son. And, thirdly, Ishmael, not Isaac, is the heir with regard to the promises of God to the earth. The very things that those issues of rejection and woundedness and brokenness that took place in Ishmael’s life were preserved in that line and two thousand six hundred years later, a man named Mohammed goes into a cave, has an incredibly dark encounter with some sort of spiritual being. It literally chokes the life out of him to where he feels as though he’s going to die, three times this presence comes over him and it demands of him to recite… On the third time, the words of the Qur’an begin to flow forth from his mouth.
Mohammed, himself, literally believed that he was demon-possessed. He was suicidal. He was terrified.”
After this, he runs home to his wife who eventually convinced him he was a prophet of God. This is the origin of Islam. In a spiritual sense, Islam is the broken, bitter cry of Ishmael.”
Therefore it important to pray for Muslims, the followers of the religion of Islam, and break this Ishmaeli generational curse of bitterness and anger over them, so they may be saved and understand the truth! Because there is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity, Jesus Christ! He gave His life to purchase freedom for everyone, including those from the religion of Islam! (See 1. Timothy 2:1-6)
Monday, November 23, 2015
YOU ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN
When you continue to follow the desires of your sinful nature, the
results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,
idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger,
selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties,
and other sins like these. Anyone living this sort of life will not
inherit the Kingdom of God! (See Galatians 5:19-21)
Even if you claim to be a believer yet you indulge in sexual sin, or you are greedy, or you worship idols, or you are abusive, or you are a drunkard, or you cheat people, or you commit adultery, or you are a male prostitute, or you practice homosexuality, or you are a thief, you will not inherit the Kingdom of God! (See 1. Corinthians 5:11, 1. Corinthians 6:9-10)
When you keep on sinning, it shows that you belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God. So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God! (See 1. John 3:8-10)
Even if you claim to be living in the light and love God, but hate a fellow believer, you are a liar and still living in darkness! You do not know the way to go, because you have been blinded by the darkness! (See 1. John 2:9-11, 1. John 4-20-21)
If you love only those who love you and do good only to those who do good to you, and if you love your father or mother more than you love Jesus Christ, you are not worthy of being His; or if you love your son or daughter more than Jesus Christ, you are not worthy of being His. If you refuse to take up your cross and follow Jesus Christ you are not worthy of being His! (See Luke 6:32, Matthew 10:37-39)
THE BIBLE SAYS
That God’s true children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them! (See 1. John 5:18)
Even if you claim to be a believer yet you indulge in sexual sin, or you are greedy, or you worship idols, or you are abusive, or you are a drunkard, or you cheat people, or you commit adultery, or you are a male prostitute, or you practice homosexuality, or you are a thief, you will not inherit the Kingdom of God! (See 1. Corinthians 5:11, 1. Corinthians 6:9-10)
When you keep on sinning, it shows that you belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God. So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God! (See 1. John 3:8-10)
Even if you claim to be living in the light and love God, but hate a fellow believer, you are a liar and still living in darkness! You do not know the way to go, because you have been blinded by the darkness! (See 1. John 2:9-11, 1. John 4-20-21)
If you love only those who love you and do good only to those who do good to you, and if you love your father or mother more than you love Jesus Christ, you are not worthy of being His; or if you love your son or daughter more than Jesus Christ, you are not worthy of being His. If you refuse to take up your cross and follow Jesus Christ you are not worthy of being His! (See Luke 6:32, Matthew 10:37-39)
THE BIBLE SAYS
That God’s true children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them! (See 1. John 5:18)
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
WHY GOD CHOSE MARY AND JOSEPH
God did not choose a loudmouthed, self-centered, complaining,
manipulative and controlling woman to bear His Son Jesus Christ, but
instead He favored Mary, a humble, submissive woman who was willing to
do whatever God asked of her.
She had to travel while pregnant, and when there was no hotel available she was willing to allow her baby Jesus to be born in a barn without complaining and blaming her husband for not taking better care of her. (See Luke 2:1-7)
When an angel of the Lord appeared to her husband Joseph, a good man, (See Matthew 1:19) in a dream and told him to get up and flee to Egypt and stay there till King Herod who was searching to kill baby Jesus died, Mary obediently and humbly followed her husbands’ leading, and left her country and family. (See Matthew 2:13-23)
With Joseph and Mary, God set the example of what a godly marriage is supposed to look like!
By Edwin Christiaan
She had to travel while pregnant, and when there was no hotel available she was willing to allow her baby Jesus to be born in a barn without complaining and blaming her husband for not taking better care of her. (See Luke 2:1-7)
When an angel of the Lord appeared to her husband Joseph, a good man, (See Matthew 1:19) in a dream and told him to get up and flee to Egypt and stay there till King Herod who was searching to kill baby Jesus died, Mary obediently and humbly followed her husbands’ leading, and left her country and family. (See Matthew 2:13-23)
With Joseph and Mary, God set the example of what a godly marriage is supposed to look like!
By Edwin Christiaan
Saturday, November 7, 2015
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE WHAT YOU DON’T ADMIT!
The Bible says that if you claim you have no sin, you are only
fooling yourself and are not living in the truth. But if you confess
your sins to God, He is faithful and just to forgive your sins and
cleanse you from all wickedness! (See 1. John 1:8-9)
In other words, you need to be willing to sincerely admit your sins and mistakes in order to receive forgiveness and be healed, restored, and changed!
Jesus said; “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.” Luke 5:31-32 NLT
This means, that Jesus did not come for those, even if they call themselves Christians, who think they never sin or do anything wrong and instead blame everyone else for their own sinful actions! It is impossible to help such people!
Because, “If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that His word has no place in our hearts!” 1. John 1:10 NLT
For this reason, the Scriptures say to: “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results!” James 5:16 NLT
By Edwin Christiaan
In other words, you need to be willing to sincerely admit your sins and mistakes in order to receive forgiveness and be healed, restored, and changed!
Jesus said; “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.” Luke 5:31-32 NLT
This means, that Jesus did not come for those, even if they call themselves Christians, who think they never sin or do anything wrong and instead blame everyone else for their own sinful actions! It is impossible to help such people!
Because, “If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that His word has no place in our hearts!” 1. John 1:10 NLT
For this reason, the Scriptures say to: “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results!” James 5:16 NLT
By Edwin Christiaan
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