Are You Guilty of the Worst Sin?
Written in 2010
by Tony Alamo
aka Bernie Hoffman
The world government is guilty of this sin! You may ask, “How do you know what the world’s greatest sin is, and who are you to judge?” I’m not judging with my own judgment. I’m using the WORD of GOD, GOD’S judgment alone.1 In the first book of Timothy 1:15, Paul, by the HOLY SPIRIT, said, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that CHRIST JESUS came into the world to save sinners; OF WHOM I AM CHIEF.”
In Galatians 1:13-20, Paul admits how he became the world’s worst sinner by saying, “For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I PERSECUTED THE CHURCH OF GOD, AND WASTED IT: And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. But when it pleased GOD, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by HIS grace, To reveal HIS SON in me, that I might preach HIM among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the LORD’S brother. Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before GOD, I lie not.”
Paul is said to be more than a mere spectator at the martyrdom of Stephen. He was said to be, more than likely, an assistant, for as we see in Acts 7:58, “the witnesses laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul” (Saul was Paul’s Jewish name2).
After the burial of Stephen, Saul continued his persecution of the church.3 This is stated over and over again in Luke’s narrative and in Paul’s own speeches and epistles. In Acts 8:3, we hear that Saul began ravaging the church (the only true church of GOD, the born of the HOLY SPIRIT followers of JESUS CHRIST4).
Paul, just like today’s Department of Human Services (Child Protective Services), the FBI, the CIA, and other demonic agencies, began invading the sanctuaries of domestic life, entering house after house (Acts 8:3). He committed to prison those men and women whom he tore from their homes. Paul notes, “And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities” (Acts 26:11).
Stephen wasn’t the only one to suffer death, as may be inferred from Paul’s own confession. He admits, “I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women [as this current world government has done and increasingly continues doing]” (Acts 22:4). Paul admits, “…and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them” (Acts 26:10). He even endeavored to compel them “to blaspheme” (Acts 26:11). His fame as an inquisitor was notorious. Even at Damascus, Ananias had heard “how much evil” he had done to CHRIST’S saints at Jerusalem (Acts 9:13). It was not without reason that in his later years he remembered how “beyond measure I persecuted the church of GOD” (Galatians 1:13).
If Paul was the world’s greatest sinner for persecuting the church beyond measure before he knew CHRIST, just think of how much more of a sinner one would be for persecuting the church of GOD AFTER knowing CHRIST. JESUS stated, “Woe to that man by whom the SON of man is betrayed! Good were it for that man [person] if he had never been born” (Mark 14:21).
All true Christians will face persecution, which will increase as the end of the age nears. The Apostle Paul stated, “Yea, and all that will live godly in CHRIST JESUS shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived” (2 Timothy 3:12-13).
The LORD JESUS also foretold of the increase of this sin of persecuting believers. “And as HE sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto HIM privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of THY coming, and of the end of the world? And JESUS answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in MY name, saying, I am CHRIST; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.
“Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for MY name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come” (Matthew 24:3-14).
The Apostle Paul prophesied, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of GOD; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away” (2 Timothy 3:1-5).
The book of 2 Peter states, “For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire” (2 Peter 2:20-22).5
“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the HOLY SPIRIT, And have tasted the good WORD of GOD, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the SON of GOD afresh, and put HIM to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from GOD: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned” (Hebrews 6:4-8).
“For if we sin WILFULLY after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the SON of GOD, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the SPIRIT of grace? For we know HIM that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto ME, I will recompense, saith the LORD. And again, The LORD shall judge HIS people” (Hebrews 10:26-30). “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of GOD: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of GOD?” (1 Peter 4:17).
The world’s worst sinners are those who blaspheme the HOLY SPIRIT by turning against GOD and HIS church after having been saved and having once known the LORD. JESUS stated, “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation” (Matthew 12:43-45).
As born of the SPIRIT believers, we are the body of CHRIST.6 The LORD said, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these MY brethren, ye have done it unto ME” (Matthew 25:40).
The Apostle John was shown, “The great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in Heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our GOD, and the power of HIS CHRIST: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our GOD day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the LAMB, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time” (Revelation 12:9-12).
The WORD tells the followers of JESUS, “Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the SPIRIT saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death” (Revelation 2:10-11).
“And when HE [JESUS] had called the people unto HIM with HIS disciples also, HE said unto them, Whosoever will come after ME, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow ME. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for MY sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:34-36).
Persecution will come to true Christians, but only for a season. The promises of GOD to never leave you, to live inside of you, to give you peace and the authority to walk out this life as more than a conqueror can be yours forever!7 You can begin a new life of victory with GOD, but you must continue in HIM to the end.8 If you are not saved, repent of your sins, and say this prayer:
Prayer
My LORD and my GOD, have mercy upon my soul, a sinner. 1 I believe that JESUS CHRIST is the SON of the living GOD. 2 I believe that HE died on the cross and shed HIS precious blood for the forgiveness of all my former sins. 3 I believe that GOD raised JESUS from the dead by the power of the HOLY SPIRIT 4 and that HE sits on the right hand of GOD at this moment, hearing my confession of sin and this prayer. 5 I open up the door of my heart, and I invite YOU into my heart, LORD JESUS. 6 Wash all of my filthy sins away in the precious blood that YOU shed in my place on the cross at Calvary. 7 YOU will not turn me away, LORD JESUS; YOU will forgive my sins and save my soul. I know because YOUR WORD, the Bible, says so. 8 YOUR WORD says that YOU will turn no one away, and that includes me. 9 Therefore, I know that YOU have heard me, and I know that YOU have answered me, and I know that I am saved. 10 And I thank YOU, LORD JESUS, for saving my soul, and I will show my thankfulness by doing as YOU command and sin no more.11
After salvation, JESUS said to be baptized, fully submerged in water, in the name of the FATHER, and of the SON, and of the HOLY SPIRIT.12 Then study the King James Version Bible, and, for your benefit and the benefit of others, do what it says.13
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footnotes:
1. Ezek. 44:24, Matt. 4:4, Luke 18:19-21, John 5:30, 7:24, 12:48-49, Heb. 4:12, James 2:8-12, Rev. 20:12 return
3. Acts 7:54-60, 8:1-4, 9:1-2, 22:1-8, 19-20, Phlp. 3:4-6 return
4. Acts 20:28, 2 Cor. 5:17-21, 1 Pet. 1:18-23 return
5. Matt. 12:43-45, John 15:6, Heb. 10:26-32 return
6. Rom. 7:4, 12:4-5, 1 Cor. 12:12-14, Eph. 4:4-16 return
7. Luke 10:19, John 14:15-21, 26-27, Rom. 8:33-39, Heb. 13:5 return
8. Matt. 10:22, 24:13, Acts 14:22, Rom. 11:22, Col. 1:22-23, 1 Tim. 4:16, 2 Tim. 2:1-3, 4:5, James 5:10-11, 1 John 2:24-25, Rev. 3:1-5, 11-12, 21 return
Prayer footnotes:
1. Psa. 51:5, Rom. 3:10-12, 23 return
2. Matt. 26:63-64, 27:54, Luke 1:30-33, John 9:35-37, Rom. 1:3-4 return
3. Acts 4:12, 20:28, Rom. 3:25, I John 1:7, Rev. 5:9 return
4. Psa. 16:9-10, Matt. 28:5-7, Mark 16:9, 12, 14, John 2:19, 21, 10:17-18, 11:25, Acts 2:24, 3:15, Rom. 8:11, I Cor. 15:3-7 return
5. Luke 22:69, Acts 2:25-36, Heb. 10:12-13 return
6. I Cor. 3:16, Rev. 3:20 return
7. Eph. 2:13-22, Heb. 9:22, 13:12, 20-21, I John 1:7, Rev. 1:5, 7:14 return
8. Matt. 26:28, Acts 2:21, 4:12, Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:14 return
9. Matt. 21:22, John 6:35, 37-40, Rom. 10:13 return
10. Heb. 11:6 return
11. John 5:14, 8:11, Rom. 6:4, I Cor. 15:10, Rev. 7:14, 22:14 return
12. Matt. 28:18-20, John 3:5, Acts 2:38, 19:3-5 return
13. Deut. 4:29, 13:4, 26:16, Josh. 1:8, 22:5, 2 Tim. 2:15, 3:14-17, James 1:22-25, Rev. 3:18 return
14. Isa. 28:11-12, Joel 2:28-29, Luke 3:16, 11:9-13, John 1:29-34, 7:37-39, 14:15-29, 15:26, 16:7-14, Acts 1:1-8, 2:1-18, 32-39, 5:29-32, 19:1-7, Rom. 5:3-5, 15:13 return