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真理只有一个,上帝只有一个
 
编者按:乔治·申是一位终身天主教徒,曾供职于美国海军陆战队,现在是加利福尼亚的国民警卫队职员,上海天主教家庭后裔,非常关注宗教在中国的发展。这篇发表于Truthandway.net的文章,从基督教的立场出发,揭露李洪志的世界末日骗局,批驳法轮功的歪理邪说,预言法轮功对宗教的极大危害性。

  基督教在中国有着悠久的历史,但很少有人意识到基督教与中国的关系始于1500年前。今天,基督教在许多地方都很盛行,尤其是在中国。

  6世纪,天主教传入中国。那时,到处都在兴建教堂,比较著名的有金教,光明教等,一些高级政府官员也加入教会。天主教的兴盛,像其他事物一样,自然受到了其他教会的排挤,开始遭受迫害。

  到了15世纪,一些从罗马来的基督教徒,又来到中国开始传教。在中国历史上,有一个著名人物,马泰奥·利玛窦神父,很快就适应了中国这个新的微妙而复杂文化环境,他通过所有的方式见到了当时的皇帝,最终被允许在中国传教。我的先人在那时候成为了天主教徒。慢慢地,基督教在这个世界上人口最多的国家开始发展。

  2007年,为了促进团结,教宗呼吁中国爱国教会参加公众活动。罗马教廷对中国寄予厚望,希望中国的文化氛围对教堂的发展能有促进作用。近年来,罗马教廷和中国政府的关系的确有了明显的改善。但是,一些心理障碍依然存在,并且由于中国历史上一些奇怪的邪教,使得中国官员对宗教有所怀疑。因为邪教给人民造成了极大的苦难和伤亡,这让中国官员对教会慎之又慎。

  然而,《圣经》告诉我们怎样才能够平和地崇拜和获得救赎,给了我们明确指示。人们只需要听上帝的话,把耶稣基督当成上帝和救世主一样,忏悔邪教崇拜所带来的罪过。《圣经》告诉我们说:“耶稣来到加利利,宣传神的福音,说,日期满了,神的国近了。你们当悔改,信福音。”

  忏悔的涵义,为什么要忏悔

  “忏悔”,在《圣经》中出现过100多次,对这一词,人们有很多误解。“忏悔”在《圣经》中的意思,是指在神面前,发自内心的悔改。我认为,忏悔就是接受唯一真正的神,听神的话。

  马可福音教导我们:“有许多人要来,假冒我的名说‘我就是基督’,并且要迷惑许多的人。那时,如果有人对你们说:‘看哪,基督在这里!看哪,他在那里!’你们不要信。因为必有假基督和假先知出现,行神迹和奇事,如果可以的话,连选民也要迷惑了。所以你们应当小心!我已经事先把一切都告诉你们了。”有些假上帝,或假先知让你误入歧途,隐瞒真相,我们必须准备,接受这个真理。如果我们认真研读《圣经》,将真理和谎言作比较,就不会被误导。

  邪教的误导

  其他一些信仰体系或邪教会告诉我们,神最终会是客观的、永恒的、本质的、永存的力量,没有人类的属性或特征(比如理解、思考、爱等等)。婆罗门存在于许多教派如克利须那或藏传密宗中,被认为是一种没有个性特质的纯精神力量,却存在于宇宙的所有事物中。人们相信特质属性仅仅存在于物质上,而上帝是抽象的、客观的,没有一点个性特质,这与圣经上所说的相矛盾。但是,神的特点是活生生的、个人的、独特的,它包括以下几点:

  他活着(约翰福音5:26)

  他爱世人(约翰福音3:16;罗5:6-11)

  他说(马太福音3:17)

  他做事(约翰福音5:17,20)

  他知道(马太福音6:8,32)

  他指示(马太福音7:21)

  他看见(马太福音6:4,6,18)

  神是一种客观的力量,他不需要肉体来拥有自己的个性,神就是一种精神,不是物质的或肉体的,但他又拥有每一个个体所有的特性。

  我们的身体和精神都是神照着他自己的形象和样式造的。但是,我们的内心不是神,没有神的本质,也不能被崇拜。认为我们是神是对上帝的亵渎。所以,当那些邪教鼓吹一个与我们都不相像的神体时,这只能是一个谎言,因为神体不能像我们每一个人而只能是神。但是,更重要的是,一些教派,比如藏族的秘宗,或者法轮功,信仰一个活着的神,甚至声称他们自己是神的转世,然而神迥非世人。

  真主在十大戒律里说,“我是耶和华,除了我以外再没有神”。这个定律在赛亚书中再次被肯定:“在我之前没有神,在我之后也不会再有了。惟有我是耶和华,除我以外没有救主。”

  在即将结束时,就像在预言中所说,骗子最终会暴露,来到上帝的面前,散布虚假教义。有的升天,有的下地狱,但他们肯定会来的,他们还会继续欺骗我们。我们在这里所做的,只是一个一个地指出他们的谬误。

  什么是法轮功?

  他的首领李洪志,常常声称自己是真神转世,称自己的力量比佛祖还要强大。我不知道该怎样反驳,那么我们的耶稣基督呢?李洪志宣扬,通过练习他的邪教,能够得到救赎,得到永生。另一个例子,李洪志说世界末日在1997年,然后又说在1999年,然而,每一次他都被证明是错误的,他现在又声称是自己推迟了世界大爆炸的时间,重新给了人类一次生存的机会。

  李洪志同时宣称自己是一个“先知”。启示录(13:11)预言在最后的时刻,或撒旦在地球结束统治的时刻,一个特殊的宗教就会出现并欺骗人类世界。这个人就被称为“兽”或“假先知”。这个“兽”有时能够做出很大的壮举,并且说出“兽”的话,他欺骗人类以得到人类的忠诚和崇拜,他会利用自己的影响力来干扰别人的信仰,他将成功说服大部分人类崇拜自己。遗憾的是,《圣经》没有告诉我们这个“假先知”的名字。但是,我们必须根据他们的果子辨别出来。

  世界末日的预言完全是个大骗局(马太福音24:11),选民也不能完全阻止骗局(马太福音24:24)。真正的信徒,我们必须认真地看透骗子的面孔,分辨撒旦所说所做的,而不是听信他所宣扬的(哥林多后书11:14-15)。我的同胞们,对于李洪志这个“假先知”,我必须警告大家,这个“兽”将会通过迫害摧毁教会,如果失败的话,他又会像其他的邪教一样推翻自己的异端邪说,法轮功正是这样。对神的教堂来说,异端邪说远比迫害更危险,歪理邪说就像是恶魔的暴力一样可怕。(启示录2:14-15,20,24)

  他们是谁?

  先知,是神的代言人,他们传达神授予他们的旨意。神告诉摩西,在出埃及记7:1中,他的兄弟艾伦将会成为他的先知,正如摩西是神的先知。由于摩西不相信神能够通过他代言的能力,神就告诉摩西,他会告诉亚伦对其他人说什么——尤其是法老。正是代表他人的职责,而非他们所行使的神迹将摩西和亚伦界定为先知。经常地,先知代表神所说的话,事实上可以预见今后将要发生什么。然而,先知的一个重要角色是为神代言,而不一定是预见未来。错误的先知要么是充当了错误的神的代言人,要么是他们宣称收到了来自真实神的启示但并没有准确地反映他的旨意,由于他们自身的野心,他们说出的是他们自己人类的心声,甚至很有可能,他们所代言的神实际上是魔鬼。最坏的是,暗示他们自己将成为我们的救世主。

  确实,如果一位先知预见了某事但却没有发生,那么他是一位“假先知”,然而正确地预见了将来并不一定意味着他就是真正的先知。真正的问题是,宣称代表了神并为神代言的人的所作所为是准确的还是虚假的。这是发现他是骗子的有力证据,但对于我们而言,他告诫我们他是改变世界进程的唯一力量,这对我们基督徒而言是无法接受的。并且不接受耶稣基督作为我们的唯一救主,反而去践行他的法轮功的错误教义,认为法轮功是在地球爆炸时拯救我们的身体和灵魂的唯一方法,这也是令人无法接受的。

  不服从神的惩罚是死亡,正如神明确告诉我们的那样,启示录19:20中说道这就是对于假先知的惩罚:他被扔进了火焰之湖,由于他背叛我们的救主和耶稣的这一亵渎,所以现在要接受火焰之湖的永久惩罚。

  他们为何危险

  “他们因为有贪心,就用捏造的话,想在你们身上图利;惩罚他们的,自古以来就没有松懈;毁灭他们的,也不会打盹。”(彼得后书2:3)。“假先知”利用人类的贪欲这一弱点来侵入人的心灵。“……那些随肉身、纵污秽的情欲、轻慢主治之人的、更是如此。他们胆大任性、毁谤在尊位的也不知惧怕。就是天使、虽然力量权能更大、还不用毁谤的话在主面前告他们。”(彼得后书2:10-11)。

  因此兽们“随肉身、纵污秽的情欲”;他们的精神主要依靠的是物质而非神圣的事物。神并不存在于他们的观念中(诗篇10:4)。他们也鄙视权力——除了他们自己的——并且明显地认为他们甚至比神的天使还要高贵。十二门徒也说过“假先知”“满眼是淫色”。这可能不是字面上的意思,也更加宽泛地描述了他们的不忠诚——如果有利于他们就可以丢弃诺言。他们也很少担心持久的罪恶。就像不可靠的预言者们,他们为了个人利益会不择手段。

  我们通常会问的问题是金钱。“他们来到耶鲁撒冷:耶稣进了神殿,赶出殿里一切做买卖的人,推倒兑换银钱之人的桌子,和卖鸽子之人的凳子(马可福音11:15)。法轮功团体使我们更多的想起了神殿里兑换银钱的人,而不是真理的传授者。我们并没有看到法轮功所推动的慈善事业。

  我们能够发现这些“假先知”和他们的学说,“他们应许人得以自由、自己却作败坏的奴仆。因为人被谁制伏就是谁的奴仆”(彼得后书2:19)。他们承诺自由——自由自在,也许通过遵循上帝旨意或通过迫害或磨难——但是,是他们使自己受制于罪恶的。兄弟们和姐妹们,这是我为什么写这些的原因,为了警告你们远离虚假教义所带来的奴役。

  当上帝之子——耶稣基督出现在他的公开神职任期期间时,他开始宣扬悔罪和信仰的狭小和独一无二的教义。如果耶稣感到必须被迫要在一个迷失和垂死的世界面前宣讲这样一种信念,那么我们也应当是这样的。迦拉太书1:6-9告诫我们只有一种福音,并且如果任何一种负心信念离开了悔罪和信仰或二者的教义,你就可以确信这是一种假福音。任何其他名字的假福音都是异端邪说,我们必须拒绝。

  如何保持真我

  我的兄弟姐妹们,悔罪的回报主要是拒绝邪教,并遵循福音。在马修25:46——在审判后,这些人要往永刑里去。那些义人要往永生里去,一种极乐的状态,与上帝同在。邪恶的人得到了永恒的惩罚,忍受痛苦和悲伤,与上帝分离。

  耶稣基督,曾经存在过的上帝最为完美的代言人,在他的神职期结束的时候只有12个真正的门徒(使徒行传1:15)。这并非他的失败,而是因为天父的信念只能通过那些心灵已经被上帝准备好接受他的人所全心全意的接受。当今诸如李洪志等“目标驱动”的教会领导并不会宣讲上帝的真正理念,因为他们知道那会带来分裂。因此,他们的教义并不涉及悔罪、好的教义或者上帝的法则,除了那些可能有利于进一步深化那些驱动他们的目的之外。因此如果并且当我们遇到这些的时候,从你的心灵里与我们的救主靠近,你将识别这些宗教的谎言。随即,我们祈祷教会能够尽快重返中国,并且全世界将见证真理。

  关于作者:乔治·申

  一位终身天主教徒,1978年到1983年曾供职于美国海军陆战队,现在是加利福尼亚的国民警卫队的一位官员。他是一个来自上海的非常有名的天主教家庭的后裔,曾16世纪帮助耶稣会在当地设立。
 
A CALL TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO REPENT, FOR THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUTH, AND ONLY ONE TRUE GOD.

忏悔吧,我的弟兄姐妹;因为真理只有一个,真神只有一位

Christianity has a long history in China, and few realize that the relationship dates as far back as one thousand five hundred years. Today, we are experiencing unprecedented growth in many places, and especially China.
Catholicism reached China in the 6th century. At that time the Church blossom and it was known as the Jin Jiao, or the "Luminous Church" many conversions took place, including many high ranking government officials, as with other things in life, success brought on envy from other religious organization, and persecution started.
It was not until the 15th Century when a group of Jesuits - send by Rome - successfully returned to China and again started the Church's apostolate. A major figure in the Chinese history, father Mateo Ricci S.J. was very successful in adapting himself to the delicate and complex new culture, even reached all the way up to the Emperor himself, and thus was allowed to preach to the mass, and my family became Catholic at about this time. Slowly, Church made progress in this most populated country in the world.
The Holy Father in 2007 officially called for the Chinese Patriotic Church to join the open activities of the others and was an open call for UNITY. The Holy See has great expectations in China and the contributions that the Chinese culture will bring to the Church. The relationship between the Holly See and the Chinese Government has improved significantly in recent years, but some psychological obstacle still exists, and that is a history of strange cults in China has made all religions looks suspicious in the eyes of the Chinese officials, many of these cult have caused great misery, suffering and death, this has caused the Chinese officials to err on the side of caution.
However, the Bible gave us clear instruction on how one can worship in peace, and obtain salvation, or give us a way out of this dilemma. One needs only to follow the Word of God, accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, repent from the sin of not observing form the true Word of God by cult worshiping. We were warned that "Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel" (Mark 1:14-15).
MEANING OF REPENTANCE, AND WHY
The words "repent," "repentance," are mentioned over 100 times in the Bible. Some confusion or misunderstanding over what the word repentance means. When the word "repent" is used in the Word of God in the context of Biblical salvation, it is referring to a truly God-given, Spirit-led change of heart and mind toward God. I say, repentance is to accept the one and only True God, the word of God.
In Mark 13:6; 21-22, we are taught that, "Many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and will deceive many. At that time if anyone says to you, And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time. Many false god, or false prophets will lead you astray, and hide the truth from you, it is incumbent upon us to prepare for, and accept the Truth. If we read the Good Book carefully, and compare with the lies that are out there, then we will not be misled.
FALSEHOOD OF THE CULTS
Some other belief systems or cults teaches that God is ultimately an impersonal, eternal force, essence, or power of existence, which has none of the attributes or characteristics of humans (such as knowing, thinking, loving, etc.). This is sometimes called Brahman in cults such as Hare Krishna, or Tibetan Secret Sects. Brahman can be thought of as a sort of spirit force which has no personal qualities, but which pervades everything in the Universe. The attributes of personality are believed to exist only in physical, material things. God, in pure form, is impersonal and has no personal characteristics. This contradicts directly of what the Bible has taught us. However, Gods characteristics are those of a living, personal, individual Being. These include the following:

He lives (John 5:26 )
He loves (John 3:16 ; Rom. 5:6-11)
He speaks (Matt. 3:17 )
He works (John 5:17 , 20)
He knows (Matt. 6:8,32)
He wills (Matt. 7:21 )
He sees (Matt. 6:4,6,18)
God is not just an impersonal force, nor does He need a physical body in order to possess personal characteristics. God is spirit, not material or physical, and yet He possesses the characteristics of a personal individual.
Also, we are both physically and spiritually made in His image or likeness (Gen. 1:26f; 5:1; 9:6; James 3:9). But our inner being is not Divine, not of the essence of God, and not to be worshiped. To believe we are Divine is blasphemous. So when other cults preach a divine being that looks unlike any of us, this can only be a lie, therefore this image must not be the image of our one and only TRUE God. But, more importantly, certain cults, such as Tibetan Secret Sect, or another by the name of Falun Gong, worship a MAN as living god, even claiming themselves as reincarnated gods, but God is not a man. (1 Samuel 15:29)
The Ten Commandment said of the Lord "I am the Lord thy God, and thou shall have no other God besides me." This is affirmed in Isaiah 43:10,11 - "Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me. I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no savior."
At this end time, as foretold in the prophesy, deceivers will emerge, and come in the name of our Lord, spreading false teaching. Many have risen, many have fell, but surely they will come, and they will try to deceive us. What we are trying to do here, is merely point out some of the fallacies one by one.
WHAT IS FALUN GONG?
It leader, Li Hong Zhi, who often claims that his power, is greater than that of Buddha and also reincarnation of the "holy one," which I don't know enough to argue, but even our Lord Jesus Christ? he teaches that, by practicing his cult ritual, his follower shall reach salvation, and life everlasting. Another example, Li Hong Zhi predicts the end time in 1997, and again in 1999, however, in either cases, he was proven wrong, he now claims that he postponed the explosion to give the mankind one more chance.
Li also proclaims himself as a kind of a "prophet". In Revelation ( 13:11 ) foretells at the end time, or at the end of Satan's reign on earth, a religious personality will arise and deceive the whole world. This person is referred to as "another BEAST", or a FALSE PROPHET". The BEAST some time has power to performs great feats, and combined with the demonic words he speaks (Revelation 16:13 ), he will trick people to give their allegiance to, and even worship, the Beast (Revelation 13:14 ). He would wield vast influence in others faith, he will successfully convince most of the world to commit idolatry (Revelation 13:12 ). Unfortunately, the Good Book does not reveal the False Prophet's name or even the numbers to us the faithful, as it does with the Beast. Instead, we must recognize him by what he says and does (Matthew 7:15 -20).
The end time is prophesied to be full of deceptions (Matthew 24:11), and the elect will not totally be immune to the deceits either (Matthew 24:24; Mark 13:22 ). The true believers, we must take care to see through the facade and to recognize Satan's servants for what they they say or do, not what they appear to be (II Corinthians 11:14-15). My brothers, this false prophet of Li Hong Zhi. I must warned that, "The Beast" will try to destroy the church through persecution, failing that, he will try to destroy her through heresy and false doctrine, what many of these cults are doing, especially Falun Gong is just that. The church of God is in more danger from heretics than from persecutors; and heresies are as certainly from the devil as open force and violence. (Revelation. 2:14-15, 20, 24)
WHO ARE THEY?
A prophet, is God's spokesman, delivering a message that God has ordained him. God tells Moses that Aaron in Exodus 7:1, his brother, would be his prophet, even as Moses was God's prophet. Because of Moses' disbelief in God's ability to speak through him, God would speak to Moses, who would tell Aaron what to say to others--Pharaoh in particular. It is the function of speaking for another, rather than the miracles they performed, which defined Moses and Aaron as prophets. Frequently, the words a prophet spoke on God's behalf will in fact, predict what would happen later. However, a prophet's essential role was to speak for God, and not necessarily predicting the future. False prophets either speak for the WRONG god, or they claim to have heard from the true God but do not accurately represent His teaching, they speak out of their OWN human hearts, for their own ambitions, and more likely, the "god" they are speaking for is really a demon. The worst, insinuate themselves to be our Messiah.
It is true that, if a prophet foretells something that fails to come to pass, he is a false prophet, but foretelling the future correctly does not necessarily mean true prophets. The real issue is whether one who claims to be representing God and speaking for Him, is doing so accurately or falsely. This by itself, is proof that he is a fraud, but for us, he teaches that he alone has the power to change the course of the world is not acceptable to us Christians. And the heresy of not accepting Jesus Christ as our only salvation, rather, the false doctrine of practice his Falun Gong is the ONLY WAY to save our body and soul when the earth explodes.
The punishment for disobeying God is DEATH, as God has taught us unequivocally, and Revelation 19:20 says that this is exactly what happens to the False Prophet: He is thrown into the Lake of Fire. Li, in his blasphemy betrayed Our Lord and Savior Jesus, has now a lake of fire to look forward to in all eternity.
WHY ARE THEY DANGEROUS
"By covetousness (greed) they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber" (II Peter 2:3). False prophets use human weakness of covetousness to make inroads to a person's heart. ". . .and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries, whereas Gods angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord" (II Peter 2:10-11).
So the BEASTS "walk according to the flesh"; their minds are primarily on physical things and not things Divine. God is not in all their thoughts (Psalm 10:4). They also despise authority--other than their own--and apparently think themselves superior even to God's angels. The apostle also says false prophets have "eyes full of adultery." This may not be literal, it can also more generally describe unfaithfulness--a willingness to discard an agreement if it is in their interest to do so. They also worry little about resisting sin. Like Balaam, they are willing to do just about anything for personal gain.
The question we always have to ask, is money "And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves (Mark 11:15). The cult of Falun Gong reminds us more of a money changer in the temple, not teachers of the TRUTH. We have not seen any charities promoted by the Falun Gong.
We can identify these false prophets and their teaching, "While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage" (II Peter 2:19). They promise liberty--freedom, perhaps, from keeping God's law or from persecution or tribulation--but they are themselves enslaved to sin. Brothers and Sisters, this is why I am writing this, to warn you against the most dangerous of slavery by false doctrine.
When the very Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, appeared upon the scene in His public ministry, He came preaching the narrow and exclusive doctrines of repentance and faith. If Jesus felt compelled to preach such a message before a lost and dying world, so should we. Galatians 1:6-9 teaches that there is only one gospel, and if any gospel message leaves out the doctrine of repentance or faith or both, you can be assured it is a false gospel. False gospel in any other name is heresy, and must be rejected by us.
HOW TO STAY TRUE
The reward for repentance my brothers and sisters, is great, reject the cults, and follow the gospels. In Matthew 25:46 - After judgment, men receive their eternal destinies. The righteous receive eternal life, a state of bliss, in the presence of God. The wicked receive eternal punishment, suffering and sorrow, separated from God.
Jesus Christ, the most perfect Spokesman for God who has ever lived, had only 12 true disciples when His ministry ended (Acts 1:15 ). This was not a failure on His part, but because His Father's message could be wholeheartedly believed only by those of whose minds God had prepared to accept it. Today "Purpose-Driven" church leaders like Li will not preach the pure Word of God because they know it is divisive. It would also thwart their goals of a large following and sizeable profits, the ultimate goal. Thus, their messages do not involve repentance, sound doctrine, or God's law, except where it may serve to further whatever purpose is driving them. So if and when we ever come across this, hold our Lord close to your heart, and you will see through the falsehood of these cults. With that, we pray the Church can return to China soon, and all the world will see the truth.

Author: George Shen
A lifelong catholic, he served in the US Marine Corp from 1978 to 1983, and even now, is an Officer in the National Guard of California, a descendant of a very well known catholic family from Shanghai that helped the Jesuits in the sixteenth century to get established there. He is very concerned about the difficulties the Holly See finds in China in order to reunite the Church.

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