Ep 745 • Bonhoeffer, Good or Bad? • Becoming Like Children • ANOTHER Gospel • PREPARING for 2025 •

Words of Encouragement, Wed Nov 27, 2024

Ep 745 • Bonhoeffer, Good or Bad? • Becoming Like Children • ANOTHER Gospel • PREPARING for 2025 •

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"See that you be not deceived" ~ Jesus

SCRIPTURES:

Galatians 1:8-10
"But even if we, or an Angel from Heaven, preach any other Gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other Gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ."

Luke 21:7-8a
"So they asked Him, saying, 'Teacher, but WHEN will these things be? And WHAT sign will there be when these things are about to take place?' And He said: 'Take heed that you not be deceived..."

The enemy's primary strategy in the end will be deception.

The primary strategy of the Lord in the end days will be to unveil truth.

Truth is a man.
Deception is also a person.

Jesus declared that He IS Truth.
Jesus also said that the devil has lied from the beginning.

BONHOEFFERS GERMANY

"According to historical records and census data, the total population of Germany around 1940-1945 was approximately 83-85 million people."

"During Hitler's rise and rule (1920s-1945), Germany had a predominantly Christian population. Here's a rough breakdown of the religious makeup of Germany during that time:

• Christianity: Approximately 95% of the German population identified as Christian, with:

• Lutherans: Around 65% (about 45 million)
• Catholics: Around 30% (about 20 million)
• Judaism: Less than 1% (around 525,000)
• Other: Around 4% (number unknown)

"Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime attempted to alter and manipulate Christian theology to align with their ideology. However, they did not directly rewrite the Christian Bible."

"The Nazis created a movement called 'Positive Christianity' (Positives Christentum), which aimed to redefine Christianity to support their racist and nationalist agenda. This movement rejected traditional Christian teachings, such as the Old Testament and the Apostle Paul's writings, which they deemed 'Jewish' or 'un-German."

"This was part of the Nazi's effort to supplant traditional Christian values with their own ideology. The 'German Christian Movement," which was closely tied to the Nazi party, advocated for the removal of the Old Testament and the Apostle Paul's writings from the Bible, [and] in some cases, 'Mein Kampf' was displayed prominently in churches, and even used as a liturgical text."

"This perversion of Christian worship and theology was part of the Nazi's broader effort to co-opt and corrupt Christianity to serve their own ideological purposes."

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