Marks of a Possible False Convert (Tony Miano)

Tony Miano, director of Living Waters/Way of the Master's Ambassador's Alliance, gave a sermon recently called "Marks of a Possible False Convert". In it, he identifies several marks that, if a person has, they could be a false convert. These marks include a "theology" called "Open Theism" (God doesn't know the future and learns like we do), another called "Sinless Perfectionism" (a belief that we can attain perfection in this life), and a denial of original sin among others. This is a hard hitting sermon, but it's spoken in love to those who are entangled by these heresies as well as others.

Here is the list from Tony's blog, http://thelawmanchronicles.blogspot.com , that lays out all the marks he wanted to cover in this sermon. Due to time restraints, he wasn't able to hit all these topics.

Ten Marks of a False Convert:

1. You believe that you are inherently a good person, thus denying the doctrine of Original Sin.

2. You commit idolatry of the mind and blaspheme the very character of God by denying essential doctrines such as judgment, hell, regeneration, and justification by faith alone; and you replace the truth with lies such as sinless perfection and open theism.

3. You think that only the red-lettered words in your Bible are the words of Jesus and, therefore, the rest of the Bible can be interpreted and applied to your liking.

4. You believe that a person can be a Christian while wantonly engaging in habitual sin; such as homosexuality, fornication, adultery in mind or body, the support in any way whatsoever of the murder of the unborn, or any other sin.

5. You believe that because a person has prayed a prayer and asked Jesus into their heart, then they are saved.

6. You believe a person can be a Christian, even if they bear no fruit after making a profession of faith in Christ. You treat the grace of God as a license to sin. You like the word backslider.

7. You struggle with the thought of missing a meal; but going days, weeks, even months without reading your Bible doesnt faze you.

8. You pray when you want something from God; but beyond that you have very little time for conversation with Him.

9. You believe that Darwinian, macro-evolution is a scientific fact and compatible with belief in the God of the Bible.

10. You see evangelism as a gift other people have; and you have no real concern about the fact that 150,000 people die every day, with the vast majority of them bound for hell. You soothe your conscience by convincing yourself that friendship evangelism, as it is most commonly practiced among American Christians, is actually in the Bible. You think that if you let your little light shine, you dont have to verbally proclaim the gospel.

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[TheLawman104]

And the pope is wrong.

[parakeethands]

Yes, that is true, the pope is incorrect. Martin Luther pointed out this very fact and for this reason could not be trusted as being exact teachers of truth without error. Only the Bible is perfect and therefore free from any type or kind of error or mistake being that it originated from the omniscient God. It matters not if the whole world agrees with the theory of evolution, if the Bible teaches otherwise then the Bible is true. :)

[thrufaithalone]

@talitha00cumi Not weekly - daily; priests are required to perform the "Mass" on a daily basis.

[profoundpictures2010]

Excellent teaching/preaching. Thank you for posting!

[adayinhistory]

Thank you my brother, I just stumbled into your sermon. Boy! I was blessed. I also sent this video out to many who are of the househld of God b/c ONLY His Children can understand the truth you here unveiled.  Never mind, when I finished listening, I clearly understood, with much tears, why you read the opening statement. Again, may the Lord who have sent you continue to bless and keep you. The Holy Spirit witnesses to my Spirit that what you say is truth. This sort of teaching is very RARE!!

[Bizzle4114]

1 Thessalonians 4:11

2 Peter 3:8-14

Luke 12:57

[talitha00cumi]

Fireemblem1992 & Lawman:

And the Pope is not Christian. He believes, among other things, that anyone who believes in one God, first and foremost the Muslims, are saved. He believes Christ must be sacrificed every week to save us from our sins (the Catholic communion does this).

The pope isn't just wrong, he's not a Christian.

[russkie69]

For TheLawman104, I just wanted to complement you on your Youtube page. Quite lovely. Must of been a lot of work. Did you outsource that, or do it yourself? Bravo!

[russkie69]

wow

[TheLawman104]

Wow. That's pretty judgmental of you. But those who scream "judgmental!" the loudest usually don't do so in front of a mirror.

[ShakerCuda71]

Great sermon thanks for posting

[anonazero]

or better yet just throw the quran away and save some time :)