“Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

 Romans 1:21

A detestable and damnable teaching that floats around in minds and hearts of men today is known as: “Deism”. Just one among many heresies that are damning souls to hell for they will not believe the love of the truth. How that Christ died for our sins and was buried and rose again the third day according to the scriptures. Amen!

 Deism was in the past much more popular than it is today. However, many principles of the Unitarian teachings have Deism in them. Deism holds:

• A creator, sometimes referred to as God created the world, then left it. God held no further interest in His creation. God’s word declares: (“The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.” Ps. 58:10-11) (See Dan. 5:21) God did not create the world then leave it, my friend. True wisdom begins with the fear of the LORD. (“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.” Prov. 9:10) (See Rom. 1:18-32) (“…God saw…” Gen. 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31 Gen. 6:2, 5 Ex. 3:4, Rev. 20:12)
• Deism does not accept or believe the Bible is God’s inerrant and inspired Word.The Bible is just a guidebook for us. Balderdash. (“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” II Tim. 3:16-17) How foolish it is for man to turn to the vanity of their own hearts and become vain in their imaginations. (“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jer. 17:9) (“Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:”) Ps. 106:24 (See Duet. 9:23)
• Some in Deism teach Christ never existed (wicked).Others state Christ Jesus did exist but deny the miracles and resurrection. Others say Jesus was a good moral and upright example and teacher. My friend, the Lord Jesus Christ of the Bible was, is, and shall forever be Almighty God. (“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.” I Tim. 3:16) (“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Is. 9:6) Period! There is a warning to those denying the faith and resurrection. (“Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.” I Tim. 1:19-20) (See II Tim. 2:17-18) (Also John 20:30-31) Repent, Look to the Lamb of God. He alone is able to save you.
• Deism holds that you gain knowledge and wisdom from all that is around you: from humankind, from nature, from the precepts of the universe, etc. God says: (“…but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”) From our above main verse. (“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” II Tim. 3:1-7) (Note Rom. 1:22-23)

 Fear God the Almighty. (“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matt. 10:28) This is the beginning of wisdom. (See Ps. 111:10)

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;”

 I Peter 2:9

Saints, Christians, Believers, we have the highest calling, the grandest position (chosen generation, royal priesthood, holy nation, peculiar people) by which we must prove ourselves. In self-examination, in speech, in practice, in conduct, in service, etc. Singing out with glory, praise, and thanksgiving to our Saviour Jesus Christ. Building upon Him our most holy faith, who hath called us out of darkness (blindness) into His marvellous light (Christ our life, wisdom, and sight). A people sanctified (separated and set apart) meet for the Master’s use.

 There are three doctrinal aspects concerning our sanctification, which is in Christ Jesus, taught in the scriptures.

1. (“Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” Heb. 10:9-10) Glory! Amen! At the very moment of believing in Christ Jesus, we are Instantly (Instant sanctification) created a new creature (holy nation, called to be saints) in Christ. A new position in Christ Jesus, from an enemy of God to a child of God in Christ. (“Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;” Heb. 3:1) (Also Phil. 1:1)
2. (“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” John 17:17) (“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.” I Thess. 5:23-24) (II Cor. 3:18, Eph. 5:25-26) As we daily live for the Lord, the Holy Spirit by use of the Word in us, Progressively sanctifies (Progressive sanctification) us through daily experiences to be eternally preserved without sin in Christ. It is the Lord who has called us, who also will do it. (“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Phil. 2:13) (Also Phil. 1:6)
3. (“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” I John 3:2) Our (Complete sanctification) consummating when we shall meet Him in the air or at the first resurrection. For we shall be changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, and so shall we ever be like and with the Lord our Saviour Jesus Christ. (“That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.” Eph. 5:27) (I Cor. 15:51-58)

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

II Corinthians 5:17

Many today do not know or understand: “It is the LORD God Himself which Saves the man, and He is also the One who Changes the man. A person has absolutely nothing, with actions to do in getting saved or changed to be in Christ, except repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. (Read: Acts 20:21) (“Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;” II Cor. 3:3-5) (“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”) (“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.” I Cor. 12:13) (“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” John 6:47) Child like faith in His precious blood for the remission of our sins. (Rom. 3:25-26)

 (“…any man be in Christ,…”) Look to the Lamb of God! Repent (change your mind and heart)(obedience to His Word is proof of a repentant heart, which is faith in His Son Jesus Christ for the remission of thy sins); you are a lost hell bound sinner who has sinned against the most Holy God. (“And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.” Luke 18:13) Realize you are no good, cannot do anything to save thyself. Look in faith to the Lamb of God, our Lord Jesus Christ who has suffered, died for our sins, and is risen from the dead. (“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” Is. 53:6) (“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:” I Cor. 15:3-4) (“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:” John 11:25) Hallelujah! Amen!Christ said: (“…it is finished…”) Christ Jesus has done all which was required for mine and thine salvation. Glory to His name! Repent, believe, ask Him to save you today. He will save you and He will change you. To be (“… in Christ…”) is salvation.

 (“…he is a new creature…”) No more the same old sinful desires, miserable when we do sin. No more an enemy of God, but a child of God with love and joy unspeakable and full of glory. No more the hateful and bitter old creature, but a new creature in Christ, whom we cannot see, yet love. (“Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:” I Peter 1:8)

 (“…old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”) The old man is given a new heart. The changed old into the new man with a new heart, with new desires, with a new character, a new and different behavior and conduct. Living with new guidelines, desiring the milk of the Word of God. New type of goals and those he has around him. A workman created in Christ Jesus unto good works. (“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Eph. 2:10) (“And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.” II Cor. 5:15) This is why we cannot just go off and do as we please, without being miserable, and having the Lord chastise us to bring about in us the peaceable fruits of righteousness. (“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:” Rom. 7:22) (“Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.” Heb. 12:11)

 We ought to stand out from the crowd. We ought to be noticed as different and weird to this world. Being falsely accused of evil, yet full of good works. (“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” Titus 2:14)