Why Christianity?

Christians are accused of arrogance, judgemental attitudes, and exaggeration when we insist that Christianity and Jesus Christ is fully sufficient in of itself, and exclusively the only true religion.

Nobody needs anything more than Jesus Christ.

For example, a convicted thief met Jesus Christ while they were beside each other; each on their own cross of crucifixion.  There was no time for baptism, prayers, communion, nor any other religious dogma.  The thief accepted that Jesus was the Son of God, and asked Jesus to remember him when Jesus reached Heaven.  Jesus assured the thief that he would be with Jesus in Heaven.  Simple as that.

Christianity is exclusive.  That means that only Christianity offers a guaranteed entrance into Heaven for all those who truly believe in Jesus.  Of course, true believer follow God's Laws, and Jesus' teachings, and do not chronically practice sin.

Jesus performed miracles so that people would recognize Him as God.  The Bible describes 37 miracles, and states in John 21:25 that many more were done, beyond these 37 miracles.

There are 44 prophecies in the Old Testament which predicted and described the life of Jesus Christ (see Bible37Miracles44PropheciesOfJesusChrist ).  These prophecies were made during a period from 4,000 BC to 150 BC.  These Old Testament prophecies are supported by the historical writings by Prophets, first and second hand witnesses of the life of Jesus Christ (Jesus' Apostles, Disciples, and others), as well as Roman, Greek, Jewish, and other historians who were alive at that time.

By all of this evidence, it is reasonable to conclude all of the objective evidence points to Jesus Christ being a real, historical person who did numerous miracles, claimed to be God, convinced thousands of people that He was God, lived a righteous life, made numerous prophecies that all came true, was falsely convicted, crucified, died, was buried, and ascended to Heaven 3 days after His death.

To conclude anything else is to ignore the strong, irrefutable objective facts that we have in our possession today.

If someone performs miracles and rises from the dead, I have made a personal policy decision to believe them when they claim to be God.  I suggest you do likewise.

Other World Religions

Muslims are required to do continual prayers and good works.  Islam claims that Allah takes note of all events in a person's life, assigning weights (good or bad) to every event, then Allah decides if a person has done sufficient good works to warrant heaven.  You never know, until it's too late, how Allah will decide your case.

Hindu claims reincarnation, but who decides if you get to move up or down; worm, dog, bird, human, or something else.  In the end, you can cycle around and around forever, never exiting from the reincarnation cycle.

Atheism is a belief in the empty null set, that no God exists; one shot through life, then nothing.  Agnostics aren't sure about God, and can continuously raise another doubt to procrastinate their final decision about God still longer.  Either way, they get to do as they please with no absolute limits on their thoughts, words, or deeds; except as they choose to self-impose.

We have discussed 3 major religions, there are 4 more to consider for a total of 7 major world religions.

No other world religion offers what Christianity offers.

Some religions make spurious, non-verifiable claims.  Only Christianity has the Bible to support and verify all claims made.

If it sounds too good to be true, it likely is untrue.  Buyer beware of non-Christian religions!

Comparison Shopping

With the power of the Internet, people can easily do comparison shopping.  You can more easily find the product, style, colour, features, price, and other characteristics that you seek without leaving home.  While you may compare Walmart vs. Amazon, is it OK to compare all the world religions before choosing one?

I am not sure if it's a sin to compare all the different religions before choosing one specific religion to follow.  However Christianity is not a smorgasbord, where you can pick or choose what goes on your plate, for your own customized version of Christianity.

If you try to pick and choose the aspects of Christianity you like, and reject the parts you don't like, then you are creating your own false god; not the God of the Bible. A "cult" is defined as a religion that does not accept all Biblical doctrine, or adds additional doctrines to the Bible.

Mormons claim they believe in Jesus Christ, but the Mormon Jesus, as described in the Book of Mormon and other Mormon doctrine is not the same Jesus as described in the Bible.

Muslims claim to believe in the Prophet Jesus Christ.  However the Jesus described in the Qu'ran is not the same as the Jesus described in the Bible.  Allah is not the same as God of the Bible.

Worshiping a non-Bible Jesus is blasphamy.  Creating your own custom designed god is also blasphemy, and contrary to the 2nd Commandment (see Exodus 20:3):

Thou shalt have no other gods before Me [God].

True Christians believe in:

• the Jesus Christ described in the Bible
• the teachings of Jesus Christ described in the Bible, and
• the Commandments of God as described in the Bible (see the 20 Commandments for Christians).

Full stop, no additions, no deletions.  The New Testament describes all of this.  If you're missing one of more of these,  you are not a True Christian; you're a mirage, a make-believe Christian, a false Christian, an imposter.

Fake Christians

Jesus can see all of your heart, mind, body, soul, and spirit.  Jesus knows if you are a True Christian, or a fake.  In Matthew 7:20-23, Jesus Christ said:

"Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, 'Lord, Lord', shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in Heaven.  Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?'  

And then will I profess unto them, 'I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.'  "

Iniquity is unrepented, chronic sin.  Iniquity is deadly.  Iniquity annuls your status of "Born Again".  Those who practice iniquity will be thrown into the Lake of Fire, to be burned and tormented for ever and ever.

Contrasting with the above, when True Christians reach Heaven, True Christians will hear Jesus Christ say something similar to Matthew 25:23:

 "Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."

Buying The Whole, Indivisible Jesus Christ

Jesus believed, quoted from, and included the Old Testament in His teachings.  In Matthew 5:17-18, Jesus said:

 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.  For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."

If you profess that you believe in Jesus, and Jesus is described by the New Testament, and in the New Testament, Jesus supported and included the Old Testaments, then we conclude that believing in Jesus requires believe in both the Old Testament and the New Testament.  Therefore true Christians believe in the whole Bible.

If a sect, denomination, Pastor, Priest, or Minister adds or subtracts or denies all or part of the Bible, then they are not true Christians.

Properly Interpreting the Christian Bible

The Bible is an essential part of Christianity.  Therefore properly interpreting the Bible is essential.

However, everyone must regard the speaker, the intended audience, and proper context of the Bible, so as to rightly divide the Word as 2 Timothy 2:15 says:

"Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

We don't impose definitions upon the Bible, we let the Bible define itself.  We don't propose interpretations in one verse that conflict with other verses.  We seek two or three witnesses to consistently agree so as to settle Biblical doctrine.

Biblical word study and doctrine takes hard work, patience, logic, and in depth study to apprehend the infinite nature of God in our insufficient mortal minds.

God will reveal the important aspects, while the finer points may remain mysteries.

While we can apprehend the essentials about God, we won't be able to fully comprehend God.  That's where faith comes in.

Act Now While You Still Can

There isn't much time left, as the Great Tribulation will soon begin (sometime between now & Nov. 1, 2019 ???).

Every second, approximately 2 people die somewhere on Earth (approximately 164,000 people per day).  Their sudden, unexpected death is likely a shock to the ones affected.

Once you die, it's too late to accept Jesus as your Saviour.  Procrastination is fatal to the infinite power of eternity.  A big mistake!

If you aren't Born Again before you die, you are guaranteed a 1-way ticket to Hell.

I don't want you to go to Hell.  I am a good and faithful Watchman, who wants to warn you of the danger so I don't have your blood on my hands.  If you don't heed the Watchman's warning, your blood will be on your own hands.

Come to Jesus.  Come today.  Come now, before it's too late.

Here is Ravi Zacharia speaking at the Mormon Temple about the sufficiency and exclucivity of Jesus Christ and Christianity (55 minutes):

1. Redemption. then
2. Righteousness, then
3. Worship

Part 1 to 5
Part 6
Part 7

Mystery Babylon, AntiChrist, & False Prophet are Identified

There is much confusion and speculation about the identity of the beasts, AntiChrist, False Prophet, and Mystery Babylon in the Book of Revelation.

Here is a video which discusses the various candidates and interpretations through the ages, and proposes what seems to be one set of reasonable possibilities for the true identities.



There is no doubt that New York, Rome, the EU, United Nations, and all the rest have sufficient evil therein to somewhat justify them as Mystery Babylon candidates.

However, based on this video, Mecca now seems like a prime candidate.

I am no Bible scholar.  Do you know any 2 or 3 Bible verses which are contradicted if Mecca is defined as Mystery Babylon?  If so, please leave your comments below.

The Muslims would not likely accept a Jew, Christian, European, or American as the AntiChrist.  However, if the AntiChrist is from the Middle East, and the False Prophet is from Europe or America, all sides could feel somewhat comfortable with the Devil's New World Order.

Turkey, as the Kingdom of the North, and the seat of Satan can help orchestrate the End Times government system.  The Turkish Mahdi can establish his caliphate for Turkey, then the rest of the Muslim world.  Soon after this, he can expand his role as the AntiChrist ruler for the entire world. 

The False Prophet would be the Roman Catholic Pope.  After the Pope kicks Jesus Christ to the curb (ie. deny Jesus as the Son of God, and demote Him to Isa, mere prophet) and substitute Mariology for Christ, the Muslims will readily accept both Isa as Prophet and Mary.

The destruction of Mecca as Mystery Babylon could be done by Iran and other Shia Muslims as punishment against their hated Sunni Muslim neighbours (Saudi Arabia is Sunni, Iran is Shia).

It seems to all make sense.

Islam: A Religion of Convenience?

Will Islam soon become a "religion of convenience", siphoning off everyone with a half baked faith in God?

Today, Christianity is the leading religion of the world, but Islam is on the rise, and Christianity may soon be left behind in the Islamic dust.

I have learned that Christianity is the largest faith on Planet Earth (31.5% of all humans, about 2.4 Billion people).  Islam is in second place (23.2%, or 1.6 Billion people).  The Muslim population is growing far more rapidly than Christian families, so Islam is projected to overtake and pass Christianity in the next 50 to 100 years if past trends continue.  Pew Research[1] has found that historically for United States, 23% of those who were born and raised Muslim will lose their faith and become apostate (ie. non-Muslim).  Pew has also found that 23% of today's Muslims were raised in a different faith, then converted to Islam; therefore the in and out flows (conversion and apostasy) cancel each other out.

Unlike the past, will there be a growing number of Christians, agnostics, and atheists who convert to Islam in the future?

I understand that Islam gangs inside prisons claim total control over all or most US prison inmates (see here and here).  It is reported that 80% of the prisoners who "find faith" while in prison convert to Islam.

In Ontario, prisoners have been reported to convert to Islam so as to receive better food (Halal freshly prepared individual meals, rather than mass produced cook-cool-reheat slop served to everybody else) and/or more food while in prison.  Unfortunately, these recent reports of "food forced Islamic conversions" have been scrubbed and removed from Internet history for unexplained reasons.

In the UK, prisoners are converting to Islam so as to receive protection from the powerful Islamic gangs inside UK prisons.  Similar conversions to Islam are happening in the EU and  Australia.

It isn't just prisoners who convert to Islam for safety and fringe benefits.

Under Sharia Law, no Muslim is allowed to charge another Muslim usury interest on borrowed money.  Wikipedia reports that in 2009, there were over 300 banks and 250 mutual funds around the world complying with Islamic principles.  In 2014, they had around $2 trillion in assets that were Sharia-compliant; approximately 1% of total world assets.  The Globe & Mail reported that the first Islamic home-financing agreement was drafted in Halifax in 1975.

Toronto-based Ansar Co-operative Housing Corp. is a Sharia mortgage lender..  After the Ottawa Citizen ran a story on Ansar in 2002, the co-op was inundated by queries from many non-Muslim Canadians, all of whom were turned away.  What will happen during the next financial crisis, when Canadians are truly desperate, and they risk losing their home unless they find an affordable mortgage?  Will the desperate convert to Islam so that they can get an affordable mortgage?

When CMHC (Canadian Mortgage & Housing Canada) commissioned a study of Sharia-based loans, CMHC was attacked as aiding and abetting the entry of Sharia law into Canada. 

In the Western and Christian world, we aren't so lucky at avoiding the blood sucking leaches of bank financing.

Canadian mortgage rates are set by the Canadian bond market.  HELOCS (Home Equity Lines of Credit) float at the Canadian prime interest rate charged by Canada's Big Five banks (RBC, TD, Scotia, BMO, CIBC).  Canadian rates have exploded upwards, and have a lot further to go.

Canadian bond market interest rates are climbing rapidly.  With Canadians overloaded with debt,will conversion to Islam
and free loans be used as an escape route?

source: tradingeconomics.com

On Garth Turner's Canadian real estate blog,  he notes that Canadians owe $211 billion in HELOCS, 40% of Canadians pay nothing on these loans, another 25% pay just the interest, so 65% of mortgage borrowers haven’t been reducing their mortgage debt load.

The Greater Fool Blog notes that a 0.25% interest rate increase means Canadian must pay $1.6 billion more in bank charges in 2018.  Garth also notes almost half the households in Canada have less than $200 available after paying the monthly bills.

Add to this the B20 rules for Canadian mortgages that limit the "loan to value" amount that can be borrowed, and mandatory qualification to stress test interest rates, set significantly higher than the interest rate you will eventually pay to your mortgage lender.

The coup de grace is the dropping real estate values.  Mortgaged to the hilt, and no longer able to sell to a "greater fool", Canadians will be getting letters from their mortgage lenders saying they must pay down their current mortgage debt before they qualify for a mortgage renewal.

Garth reports:

Richmond Hill [in Greater Toronto Area] detached median sold price has dropped a whopping $122k, down to $1,100,000, or a full 35% down from the peak in April [2017],” says Toronto real estate broker Alex Prikhodco in his monthly report to us. “In January-February [2018] sellers are going to get crucified.  Expect a further drop of 10-15% before March 2018.” And, yikes, look at this. The average sale price of almost $1.7 million nine months ago is now $1.1 million. If Alex is correct, these houses are on their way to the $900,000 range, for a plunge of about 45%.

If non-Muslim Canadians can no longer afford the rising interest rates for their McMansions housing excesses, and the Muslim world makes their oil & gas wealth petro-profits available for the masses, will this encourage conversion to Islam as an interest rate relief "religion of convenience"?

For the young Canadians who covet a house of their own, rather than living in their parent's basement, how will they ever afford a house of their own at rising interest rates, sky high prices (that are slowly deflating), windfall profit potential from a real estate bubble no longer available, and tighter mortgage rules?  Some may choose to sell their soul to the Devil so as to enjoy hedonistic housing today.

There is a growing chorus (see here and here ) who say the US Federal Reserve may soon be forced to rapidly raise interest rates so as to rescue a predicted collapse in the US dollar in the near future; likely in 2018.  This would instigate similar response from the Bank of Canada, fully nailing on the lid of the Canada's real estate coffin; hopefully with a decent Christian burial six feet under.

A hundred years ago, conversion to Islam for financial gain would be unthinkable.  However, with the luke warm Christianity of today, plus the hedonistic, instant gratification world we live in, will people stand loyal to Jesus Christ?

Some may rationalize that they can convert to Islam, get their interest-free loan, then convert back to Christianity later.  Others may "pretend" to be a Muslim, so that they get the usury fringe benefits.

Don't be fooled.

"Surely, there is at this day a confederacy of evil, marshaling its hosts from all parts of the world, organizing itself, taking its measures, enclosing the church of Christ as in a net, and preparing the way for a general apostasy from it.  Whether this very apostasy is to give birth to Antichrist, or whether he is still to be delayed, we cannot know; but at any rate this apostasy, and all its tokens, and instruments, are of the Evil One and savor of death.

Far be it from any of us to be of those simple ones, who are taken in that snare which is circling around us!  Far be it from us to be seduced with the fair promises in which Satan is sure to hide his poison...

He prompts you what to say, and then listens to you, and praises you, and encourages you.  He bids you mount aloft.  He shows you how to become as gods.  Then he laughs and jokes with you, and gets intimate with you; he takes your hand, and gets his fingers between yours, and grasps them, and then you are his."

J.H.Newman, The Times of Antichrist