End Times Deceptions: Lusting for Words from God Part 1

Truly we are living in volatile times (not interesting times which would be idolatry) with deceptions running rampant. The more and more things escalate the more and more it seems we are living in the End Times. It's funny how so many ministries are out there preaching and teaching lies in the name of Jesus and never repent or never recant their wrongdoing. They just keep doing wrong and never change their mind about their destructive doctrines. So that's not to say I am a big proponent of the End Times as I used to be that particularly but primarily now my focus is Christ and Christ alone. I often get the impression that these End Times proponents are only concerned about End Times stuff and nothing else even caring more for it than the actual Risen Christ HEB 10:26.


Worldly Ministries
Sure they sound good, look good, and talk a big game but deep down some of their teaching and some of these ministries are still false. They can do better than me at making ministries and things but still that doesn't change the fact that they are still false. It's very clear to me when they teach falsehood or false doctrine but it is not apparent to them. Basically we need to recognize that many online youtube ministries have followed the way of Balaam for profit and denied the very Christ who redeemed them with a price. Just because they tag themselves as Jesus followers or Christians that still doesn't change the fact that they are teaching false doctrine and not obeying the precepts of scripture. Here's just some of the ministries going awry...



Tic Toc Ministries--
Sure their stuff sounds good, looks good, and has a decent presentation but deep down after further investigation we find out that they are teaching and preaching false doctrine. One of the pagan philosophies that this ministry teaches is that the Holy Spirit is a woman and that she cohabited with God the father to make Jesus the Son. This is a false presentation of the truth since the Holy Spirit is never presented as a woman in scripture but as a incorporeal spirit. Incorporeal spirits have no sex male or female. This ministry falsely uses scriptures to their own destruction to prove that the impregnation of Mary was the female spirit of God coming about. God have mercy but they are teaching lies in the Name of Jesus. Again this goes back to my previous point of people tagging themselves as Jesus followers or Christians but not changing the fact that they are teaching destructive lies and heresies. Also Tic Toc Ministries is a ministry that is found mostly on youtube is a Woman Teaching Ministry which is a clear violation of the teaching of scripture. 1TIM 2:12

Rapture-Ready--
First off there is no such thing as a "Rapture" of the Church. God picking some Christians and not others? That sounds like judgment and judgment is saved for judgment day. Why would God show partiality in a partial rapture of the Church with the "ready" Christians and leave behind the "lukewarm" Christians? That's not the God I know and that's a lie according to the Bible since God's Word says he is no respecter of persons ROM 2:11. How then can God stay true to His Word if He is having a partial rapture? Since that is what is commonly taught we must understand that the rapture of the Church will never happen and is a false doctrine. The Bible never teaches this but that is a very in depth study something I may or may not uncover at a later time, no promises. I find it kind of funny that whole ministries not only base their theology around the concept of a rapture but organize the very mission or objective or their ministry towards such falsehood. Their ministries are built on a lie. May God have mercy on their souls. The Rapture Ready forum is intolerant and poorly mislead, see for yourself (rr-forum).

::End Times Falsehood::

As I said deception is pretty rampant so let's continue with exposing the truth of these matters in relations to the End Times. End Times used to be my "passion" till I fell out of love with Christ and then fell back in love with Christ again. After falling in love with Christ the first time I couldn't help but being over zealous and self-righteous about many doctrinal subjects including especially the End Times. Now that I fell in love with Christ again the 2nd time I would say I am just in love with him and not anything else. So that being said like Paul says to rid ourselves of all "passions" for passion is of the flesh, I have rid myself of my passion for End Times subjects and am no longer passionate about it or zealous but rather trying to be self-controlled towards the situation as one of the fruits of the spirit is self-control. But not many are this way realizing the error of there Over Zealous Religious falsehood to fall in love with Christ all over again. For I say anyone who loves End Times subjects and not Christ has forsaken their first love and lost connection to the Head, that is Christ REV 2:4, COL 1:18. Christ being the head of the household will put his house in order according to the written word. That being said let's continue I just didn't want anyone getting the impression that I a bigot in relation to End Times matters like a know it all or something. I am not a know it all so don't take what I say as scripture just take it with a grain of salt and don't weigh yourselves down trying to obey me and my words ie man but rather focus on God and His Word ie commandments.



False Doctrines
The Rapture is a lie and a false doctrine leading to great apostasy in the End Times 2PET 2:1, 1COR 16:11, 2THESS 2:10-12

Now let's take about other stuff. All you have to do is read Deut 18:9-14 and you will soon realize new believers are not allowed to practice divination, listen to omens, lust after words from God ie medium/spiritists, trusts in man by seeking knowledge from the occult. That being said there really is no reason to go after knowledge of the occult like the Illuminati, Aliens, UFOs as this is dabbling with destruction though it might seem like harmless curiosity. Divination is dabbling into the occult by being a spectator or observer of the occult knowledge ie Illuminati like watching a youtube video about "Illuminati". Watch one of those videos about Illuminati and surely this is getting into the occult. We are called to be pure and to come out of the world. Anyone who teaches things about the Illuminati, Aliens, UFOs,etc has the makings of a false prophet according to the DEUT 18:22 test.

 

Though I mention these things I am not teaching about them or expounding on them for then I would also be guilty myself of the same things at which I teach against. I myself have learned about such things of which I am no longer trying to fall prey or become victim to. 1PET 5:8

 

The devil prowls around like a lion for the purpose of someone to devour so feel free to explore the topics I discuss (Illuminati, UFOs, Aliens) but only for the purpose of brief momentary study so as to be in the world not of the world JN 15:19. Please know I don't support these ideas but how can I not practice what I preach by giving you the benefit of the doubt MT23:3? So essentially yes I am saying it's okay to learn briefly about the Illminati for all things are lawful since I myself am guilty but what I am not saying is to practise it or practise listening to it, like listening to stuff about the Illminati all the time even though you may not be apart of this group yet even listening to messages talking about them could turn into a sin. Listen but don't become, learn but don't lean, study but don't kneel.


Is listening to things about Illuminati, UFOs, and Aliens a sin? Surely not allow my ranting for a few. Don't we have movies about these things is that a sin? Surely not. So what am I saying then? I am saying a full heart pledged interest in Illuminati, UFOs, and Aliens is a sin since it will cause you to continually seek out new knowledge from it causing you to sin.

False Doctrines: Works Based Salvation

Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

So basically there are those who teach works based salvation ie Catholicism, Messianic Jews, Christian law keepers, Ray Comfort, Jewish, Seventh Day Adventists, etc. Considering those groups mentioned we need to recognize that they do not have faith for they are under the law or have put themselves under it. Now if a man put himself under the law he is not condemned for it for the law is good and does not condemn ROM 13:3. However the law will condemn them if they prove false or altogether unworthy of serving God according to the law when they fall short ROM 3:19. But living under the law is good and though the Christian Church often views keeping the law in a negative manner often referring to it as "legalism" or "improper expression of faith in Jesus" these things are not the case. Keeping the law is a great way to follow Jesus it just doesn't express any faith in him for the works of the law is death not life. ROM 3:27. Therefore reading Romans 3:27 I have discovered that boasting is excluded from those who choose to follow Jesus and still keep the law. They often get arrogant for thinking themselves better than those who don't keep the law and this is hypocrisy negating their faith in Jesus.


The Plumb Line of God


Amos 7:8
And the LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said: “Behold, I am setting a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore.

Have you ever wondered why the Bible seems to contradict itself? God commanding us not to kill our children and burn them in the fire and yet God killed his Son? Or why he gave us the Gospel which contradicts the Law? Or why he says he loves us but will send us to a burning Hell forever? Or why a perfect God would allow suffering? Or why Jesus said we must keep the law yet taught and brought in the Gospel of Grace? Or why God says he will reject us but then says he will save us?

The answer is simple...it's the plumb line of God. Basically these things described are like a double edged sword HEB 4:12, cutting between bone and marrow causing both calamity and serenity. The truth of God is like a Rose beautiful, yet it has thorns which can cause pain. For this reason I say at one point those who mix law and grace are apostates and then at other points like now I say people who keep the law and follow Jesus are doing good. The Bible says these same things. Basically the Bible says anyone who does the law does good but anyone that does not do it fails to do good and brings forth sin. JAM 4:17. So basically what I am trying to do here is paint the picture here that the Bible says to "Keep Law & Grace" but then also says to "Not Mix Law & Grace". So it says them both. As I have pointed out. This is why you will find me at one point telling others not to mix Law & Grace and at other points justifying others who keep Law & Grace. What's the difference here am I teaching hypocritically? No I am practicing mercy for I myself desire mercy. Should I not also give mercy to others? Do you think it wise to condemn everyone who doesn't agree with me? Would that be quite arrogant of me in fact? And if it was not so then do you think it wise to justify the breaking of the Law? Or justifying the denial of Salvation? So then how can I be teaching a lie if I in fact support what the Bible teaches and not go against it?


It should be plain to see but I'll point it out anyway. I do support keeping New Testament (NT) Laws & obeying the Gospel otherwise known as Law & Grace but that is not my stance. My stance is Grace, grace, and more grace! I only support the laws of the NT to exalt the grace. I am not a supporter of Christians keeping the Law of Moses which I think is a very clear form of Apostasy. But rather I permit Christians to obey the Gospel by keeping the laws or commands of the Gospel to help mature the Christians in their walk of faith. JAM 2:14-17. So without the Law the Jew is dead and without faith the Christian is dead. But without God they are both dead! So we must realize that anything of God lasts forever but anything not of God perishes. So essentially this is a message of mercy that I don't condemn those who keep Law & Grace but I do condemn those who Mix Law & Grace and who teach others to mix it. The difference I think is letting our light shine and not bragging about our observance of the Law since that could be misconstrued as a mixture if done in the wrong spirit.

Isaiah 55:8

⁸ “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
 

Here is God saying again that his ways are not our ways. We think if something is the opposite of something it is a contradiction. Well I am saying it is not always the case in the unknown with God. We must trust God in order to have faith. Since faith is the essence of things hoped for there can be no way faith is anything substantial or tangible. Therefore how can we say we have faith unless we speak from God? We must recognize then also that those ideas seem contradictory they are in fact describing in simple terms exactly what God teaches in human form. God brings forth both light and darkness let us understand and be wise. We cannot always see the rainbows for the rainstorms or the reasons for our lack of understanding but God is faithful to his word and his word is truth. Therefore my stance again is always grace which I use the law to exalt grace more not to go about keeping the law but rather live out what it is commanded.

That being said I don't think anyone can work their way to Heaven of course and I am not trying to teach anyone other than to know grace. To find salvation I truly believe grace is evident, mercy is prevalent, and truth is paramount.

Apostates & Legalism: The falsehood of dreamers and flatterers

Jude 1:12
[ Apostates Depraved and Doomed ] These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;


Apostasy
In the book of Jude it talks about Apostates as regular Religious mixed in with the true people of faith causing deception and uncertainty. It says that Apostates sit with us in our midst talking about our Congregations and things of Jews & Christians. This being noted it goes on to say it is hard to notice a true from a false believer but God apparently knows their works and he says they are "dead". To me apostates are those who mix law & grace, those who practice apostasy by disobeying the guidelines of scripture by Women becoming teachers of Men when the Bible clearly commands no woman shall teach a man in Timothy.

1 Timothy 2:11-13

¹¹ Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. ¹² And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. ¹³ For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

Those women out there with teaching ministries have gone the way of Balaam. This concept in scripture means they have gone after profit against the teaching of scripture which means they have essentially apostatized and departed from the faith due to money or other personal corruption.

1 Timothy 6:10

¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.


So women should not have teaching ministries like Joyce Meyer who is clearly an apostate writing teaching books like the "Battlefield of the Mind" for the clear purpose of personal gain at the cost of scriptural obedience which negates every spiritual thing she has to say. This is not to degrade women but for them to learn God never granted them permission to be spiritual leaders except for being in charge of other women. Now I do think Beth Moore's ministry is biblical since she is focused only on teaching towards women or makes her teaching geared towards women like Women of Faith conferences and her theology being explained as sisterly concepts. So you see there is a very thin line where Joyce Meyer crossed but Beth Moore didn't yet they are both the same and yet both different.


Beth Moore doesn't openly express a concern for women she just makes her messages about them and surrounds herself with them which is what makes her stand out from her sisters in Christ. So apostasy is also getting into deceitful doctrines/dogma such as Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Works Based Salvation, etc.

For this reason Jude calls them "dreamers" since they are dreamers brought by arrogance, followers of the world, and practitioners of justification by good works when we are justified by faith not by works of the law, ROM 5:1.


Legalism
The Flatterers are many. So every time we see these flatterers running a muck we find out the hard way they were hypocrites and the like. Legalism breeds hypocrisy. Basically when they come disguised as sheep though they are ravenous wolves internally we don't have the foggiest idea when they turn on us and attack us for our beliefs. Sitting in Church Groups many times I have been verbally assaulted in the form of legalism by practitioners of favoritism who set themselves against me. Though they favored others I guess I am one of the folks you either love or hate and love to hate. So basically I notice a lot of normal people and cool people never get bothered and people generally leave them alone. But for some reason people give me a lot of beef and such. That being said sometimes they always say worse things than what I say about what I say in a harsh tone and intolerant manner that is just plain legalistic. They give gifts of praise to one another but leave me out of the loop for some reason. It's like I try to befriend my Christian brothers and it backfires horribly on me. This is why I recommend for my other brothers to not go around trying to befriend but just try finding true friends. I mean I myself got into the bad habit of trying to be everyone's friend in the Church for the sake of unity and that idea got completely annihilated. I tried volunteering at a Church to help with a revival meeting and the Pastor totally reeemed me a new one and let everyone else go but not me. I was so pissed it almost caused me to leave the Church. I came back though because I love God and want to serve him and I forgive them since I love them. Though I have been hurt by them I still have the love of Christ to love my religious enemies since his own kind hated him which were other Jews also so I must also do. Those who keep flippantly saying "Jesus Loves You" are in danger of being destroyed as there are using idle words to deal with the brethren and are no longer walking in the love of Christ. This being said they have not the love of God and only the love of the praises of men for they offer false comfort by saying Jesus loves you when this should only be used sparingly if at all. I hardly find it appropriate to even say that for most situations as it is sounds better when I just say it to myself rather than saying it trying to just to win a convert which has become a weak attempt at evangelism. "Jesus loves you" has become quite the cliche since people have used it so insincerely so often it has been used way too frequently and with way too much unrighteousness of heart. Love does not boast there is no reason to boast to many and say all the time "Jesus loves you" just to try to win them to Christ as this can become a form of legalism but rather we should allow our light to shine so that others see Jesus in us which is far superior than merely speaking flattery.

1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does notboast, it is not proud.

Legalism is the result as doing religious observance in a lack of love or no love. Basically when we do things out of fear so that God will accept us like evangelism or whatever and we don't have love in our hearts we might as well sit at home for this does not accomplish the purpose and plan of God. We need to only do things because we want to do them an not because we are afraid something bad will happen to us if we don't. This is the good news is that the work is finished and we can just sit and wait on the Lord to move in our lives. There's no rush. It's about doing what you want when you want and not doing things because you feel obligated to since this will cause legalism to come and pop up.

Hypocrites & Heretics: The Unversed of Scripture

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility
value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each
of you to the interests of the others.” Philippians 2:3-4

People make mistakes and may there be mercy upon these poor souls I am about to talk
about. So for this scripture passage I wanted to discuss about how
hypocrites shut up the windows of Heaven and do not enter themselves as
warned about in the Gospel of Matt 23. Don't take what I say as Gospel as
many try to think or pretend. All I am saying is that we are all subject to
becoming hypocrites and not practicing what we preach. Our families often
times are the ones we usually catch in blatant hypocrisy since we know the
most about them and hypocrisy is a very hard falsehood to discern. It's
even hard to discern my own hypocrisy at times. Anyone who thinks they have
not at least at one time been a hypocrite is a liar and immoral and doesn't
have the spirit of Christ living within them. At the time of my hypocrisy
it was so great I didn't even know it existed, even now it's near
impossible to detect that's why it's called a deception. We must put no
confidence in the flesh for our flesh tries to manipulate our mind to
believing certain things are true which may not necessarily be true. That's
why I think it's best to note our families carry the severest forms of
hypocrisy for they know not what they do which causes very severe levels of
destruction to the spiritual lives & faith of others. Many times due to my
family I have lost faith due to their lack of faith and wanted to depart
from the faith due to being so disgusted by their haughty arrogance but
alas I must always serve the Lord. It was the way I was raised and
engrained to believe so I don't think I could ever truly depart from the
Lord without serious levels of conviction I could never truly live with. So
it's like a double edge sword not being able to be fully confident either
way I choose to follow the best I can after the Lord and his ways.

That being said be on your guard against your family! They are the ones
that will likely hurt you the worst or cause the most damage to your
spiritual walk and could cause you to depart from the ways of the Lord of
which I greatly warn. Don't trust them as the Bible says trust no man and
set no provision for the flesh for the flesh is at times tempted to be
arrogant. We must always set the Lord before us and remember Hypocrisy is
easy to fall prey to and we need to watch out for these unmerciful
hypocrites that are in our families. Just when I thought my family loved me
and was the safest place to be here comes all this hypocrisy and unmerciful
judgment. I have never seen such harsh words come from family or family
like structures. Your lifeblood relatives I am referring to of course but
you are also in danger of being hurt by your Church Family, your work
family, etc. I have been hurt the worst by those I love the most and I must
warn others as I really wished strongly someone would have warned me that
my family would screw me over royally worse than even my worst enemy in the
world. My enemies in the world curse me out and what have you but my family
kicks me out which screws me over with homelessness or my work family ie
boss goes off on me causing me to lose it and quit my job in arrogance or
my Church Family screws me over by being plain hypocritical. I mean
hypocritical by them deleting me from facebook with no notice, sending me
harsh words via text, combating with me at a Church group about how
strongly they disagree with me or what have you. So be warned! Don't trust
these hypocrites since they don't care for you though they should. Your
family loves you but only so far not as much as a true friend or not as
much as yourself. Jesus warned to be on guard against men since there were
hypocrites among us and I guess we never saw that Jesus could have meant be
on our guard against our Religious family members since they are the ones
possibly being hypocritical and causing our pain. So be on guard against
them and make wise choices that will prevent you from getting screwed
(homelessness, job loss, etc.). Your family will probably love you a lot
when you ask for little and give much but when it comes time to depend on
them for something and you need them to give this is where the hypocrisy
flourishes and people lose it.

As for the heretics among us there have been many in times past but not as
many with which I am currently aware. I do know of one heretic who was a
Pastor at his Church left for personal glory to seek "feelings from God"
and totally branded himself a heretic. He had a good thing going with his
Church and everything was fine till one day he decided he didn't want that
and was feeling to much discontent to stay. He decided against the
prompting of the Holy Spirit to depart from his faith and leave his Church
of which he was head Pastor. The problem with this story is not that he
left but the manner in which he left. He left to pursue "feelings" which
were unjustifiable as he wouldn't explain himself when question he just
acted dumbfounded which was the most shocking to me. I mean he left his
Church! That's a huge decision to just up and leave and still claim to be
following God. He can't possibly be lead by the Holy Spirit because the
Holy Spirit would never prompt someone to LEAVE THE CHURCH FOR SELFISH
AMBITION. Since he left for the wrong reasons he couldn't have possibly
left in spirit and in truth. He left to pursue his own personal ministry
and personal glory perhaps but that is besides the point. The point is
because he had successful book sales and suddenly felt the freedom probably
to do "whatever". He later ended up in China without a clue in the world
where God wanted him and still completely clueless about the call on his
life he moved back to "AMERICA" because He "felt" called again after
leaving his Pastor role in the Church. Is that any way for the Holy Spirit
to act? No this sounds like a confused man's journey that lost sight of
what was important due to his momentary success he lost complete control of
his life and it spun out of control that is God's control. God cannot use
people like that. His name is Frances Chan. I was shocked when I discovered
this because I loved listening to his teaching now I know he is a heretic
not worth listening to due to his reasons for leaving. He abandoned God and
abandoned his Church. He now travels the earth waywardly and in his
wantonness. My thing is not that he left that is not the issue here. The
issue is the reasons why he left, the manner in which he left, and the
terrible scene he caused when he did leave it caused more questions than
answers. For this reason he is a heretic. Now again Pastor's can step down
or leave their Pastor role in their Church if for good measure and good
reasoning but not in this way and not when it is this sloppy. Pastor's can
leave but not in a heretical way since they are under the public eye and
under more severe judgment by God for being responsible to lead the flock
as they are called shepherds for a reason in scripture.

The Conclusion
In closing we should do well to do nothing out of selfish ambition as
Frances Chan did or anything out of vain conceit as my Religious family has
done but to do all things in a spirit of remission and not counting on
others as much as we think we can depend on them since they will fail us
and can't be trusted. So these are basically unversed methods of scripture that people
use to hypocritically obey love or heretically practice following the Holy Spirit since they have good
intentions.

False Doctrines: Mixing Law & Grace

Breaking It Down
Basically when it comes to the Law many stumble and fall but when it comes to Grace many are entwined by it and easily cheapen it by failing to look deeper within. People exalt the Law of Moses and rightly so but few have found that there are laws in the NT too. I mean you got to be kidding me. How could we miss this when it was so duly noted? Easily missed many cheapen Grace and think of it as a license to sin or a method to freedom or a spiritual rebirth when it is none of those things! Grace is the spirit of the law of Christ. Grace is given freely by the grace-giver Jesus Christ who brought forth grace into existence from the foundation of the world. His foreknowledge lead him on the path of righteousness which extended unto the Eternal realm and brought about true healing and kingdom reign. Still it is crucial to note the Jews who are holy keep the Law to be Holy. However the side effect is the Jews are not righteous as the Apostle Paul noted because he says trusting in the Law to bring forth righteousness is a grave error the Jews often commit. But then the Grace of the Gospel to give Christians righteousness is truly existent since it is called the "Gospel of Righteousness." So the Jews have no faith and the Christians have no law. The Christians have no holiness except for the holy fear of God and the Jews have no righteousness save for the seldom path of righteousness they may tread few and far between. Without Jesus Christ though no man can become righteous of his own doing. Many confuse these and fail to properly divide the Word of God and they mix law & grace which is not only apostasy but a grave doctrinal error that results in understanding that has a very confusing position. I mean think about it....

Those who have a mixture of Law & Grace say that we Christians should keep the Law and yet they believe in or accept the Grace. However though they say we are not "under the law" which is true they subvert the truth by teaching us to keep the Law! Pretty weak theology if you ask me. I mean why would you teach the opposite of what you teach? If they say you should believe the Gospel why do they say we should keep the Law? They say that the Law is not "works" when Paul clearly says the Law is "dead works" of the flesh! It also says in Galatians no man shall be justified by works which they think is driving a school bus, serving in a Church program, etc. I mean come on! What works are there other than serving God and keeping his commands? Whether they are Old Testament or New Testament commands it doesn't matter for there are more commands in the New than the Old and it is harder to keep the New Testament laws than the Law of Moses for at least they have a method for that in Judaism. In Christianity to keep the New Testament laws we have to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit which cannot be confined to a Church Program!

The commands in the New Testament are things like not being lawless, not being sexually immoral, not being unregenerate, not being unrepentant, not being effeminate, not being unloving or unforgiving, not being uncouth or rude, not being an adulterer, etc. There are so many NT laws to go through that will have to be discussed at some point since after looking at these simple laws I already mentioned we can tell this new law of the Spirit of Christ is far harder to complete on the road of faith than any Jew keeping the Law of the Torah. So although we Christians have been in the dark a long time thinking we have no little laws to obey we can come out of become immaturity through spiritual obedience and be more adaptable than our Jewish Brethren. But I think by focusing on the laws of the spirit we can continue to grow and know Christ more. Also the Jews have no faith because the Law of God leaves no room for faith and explains why Jews don't believe in Salvation because they have "no reason" to. To them it is all works and nothing more. To us it is all faith plus nothing.