I received a letter today from a
professed witch. In her e-mail she claimed that she "used to be a
Christian," and was upset with me for speaking out against Wicca as a form
of Satanism.
FIRST, I would like to say that there is NO such thing as a person who "used to be a Christian." Just as a person cannot reverse the physical birth, neither can the spiritual birth be reversed. John 3:3-7 clearly teaches ... YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN! Salvation is a second birth, a new birth. Salvation is not a philosophy, or a way of life. Salvation is not an experience, or a religion. Salvation is the second birth. Many people today have churchianity; but they don't have Christianity. They have religion without truth. America's churches are filled with people who claim to be Christians, but they've never been born anew in Christ Jesus. 1st Peter 1:23 states... "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." The Word of God is the seed that brings forth new life in response to our faith in the Savior. Salvation is a supernatural act of God in response to our faith. Salvation is not a prayer, although someone may call upon the Lord in prayer for salvation. Salvation is not a commitment, although a person may desire to commit their life to God at the time of salvation. Salvation is a miracle of God, brought about by our faith in the shed blood of Jesus. Someone asked me the question... "Isn't placing our faith in Jesus a work?" Yes, but it is not an act of self-righteousness. Jesus said in John 6:29, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."
Thus, it is IMPOSSIBLE to reverse the second birth, just as it is equally impossible to reverse the physical birth. Once a child of God, always a child of God! Once saved, always saved! This is a fundamental doctrine of the Bible. To say that a person can lose their salvation is to call Jesus a liar, because in John 6:37 He promised, "...him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."
The reason why many people today
claim to be former Christians is simply because they were never BORN AGAIN
to begin with. To unsaved people, Christianity is nothing more than a
philosophy. So when they decide to change their philosophy, they are sincere
when they say... "I used to be a Christian." Now, they may have once
been in a Christian church, and had learned Christian teachings; but they
certainly never found Christ as their personal Savior. Many people
join a church, listen to the Gospel message, but they have NO faith in God.
This is exactly what happened to the Jews in the Wilderness in Moses'
time... "For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but
the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them
that heard it." Many people hear the saving Gospel message of
Christ crucified, but they have no faith in what they are hearing. Our
churches are packed full with such Christ-rejecters. What a sad
paradox!
SECOND, Wicca is Satanic.
All Wiccans worship the pagan god, Pan, from whom the modern image of
a horned Devil originates. In fact, Pan is extremely popular in
Wicca and Satanism. Who's kidding who? We've seen Pan quite a
bit lately in movies such as Narnia, Pan's Labyrinth, and on
several of Ozzy Osbourne's
OzzFest album covers.
Pan is the pagan god of sexual perversion and rape, and is often portrayed
fondling and seducing women. If you want to learn just how sick all
this stuff is, please read
NARNIA and Satanism.
Also, Pan's
Labyrinth.
CONCLUSION
Either you are saved now, and always will be; or else you aren't saved now, and never were to begin with. Once saved, always saved! Whatever experiences you may have had in the past, or Christian teachings you held for a time, cannot qualify as having BEEN A CHRISTIAN. Ye must be born again! Christianity began as a relationship with Jesus Christ. When it went to Greece it became a philosophy. When it went to Rome it became an organization. When it spread throughout Europe it became a culture. And when it came to America it became a business. Most of what is considered "Christian" today is nothing of the such. Without a doubt, the term "Christian" is the most abused, misused, and misunderstood word today. So the next time you hear someone claim... "I used to be a Christian," you know that they've never been born again to begin with, because the second birth is as irreversible as the physical birth.
