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Lord, What Should I Do?
By
Fred R. Coulter
Dedication
This book is dedicated to all true Christians who love God the Father
and Jesus Christ with all the heart, all the mind, all the soul and all the
strength; who are pursuing righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance
and meekness; and who are fighting the good fight of faith to lay hold on
the hope of eternal life.
The apostle John was inspired to write of the ultimate love of God the
Father and the hope that He has given us through Jesus Christ: “Behold! What
glorious love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the
children of God .... Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not
yet been revealed what we shall be; but we do know that when He shall appear
[at His second coming], we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him
exactly as He is. And everyone who is having this hope in him is purifying
himself, even as He is pure” (I John 3:1‑3, AT).
Acknowledgments
The author offers his personal thanks and gratitude to John W. Wyatt,
whose concern and love for the brethren of Jesus Christ moved him to ask the
questions that led to the writing of this book.
The author also extends his heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all the
brethren of Jesus Christ who are associated with the Christian Biblical
Church of God whose loving prayers, work, gifts and donations have made the
publication of this book possible.
First Printing, 1994
Second Printing, 1996
The churches of God are being engulfed by a sweeping tide of doctrinal
change. Doctrines that were formerly condemned by church authorities as
pagan and unscriptural are now being sanctioned and upheld as “new
understanding. “ Ministers and local church leaders are often the first to
succumb to this subtle, persuasive and powerful subversion of the Truth of
God. Many brethren in Jesus Christ are confused and bewildered by the major
changes in church teachings, but they are afraid to question church
authority. Those who object to these doctrinal changes are threatened with
loss of salvation for resisting the “government of God”! But what should we
do when we see the churches of God exchanging the eternal Truth of His Word
for counterfeit doctrines of pagan origin? What should we do when we see
God’s churches crumbling from within? Should we keep quiet and continue to
attend, trusting that God would never allow His churches to be overcome by
false doctrines? Or should we make a stand for the Truth? If we speak out
and we are forced to leave, will we lose salvation? What does the Word of
God say? LORD, WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Introduction
All true Christians are being targeted by Satan the devil in a subtle
conspiracy to destroy their faith and belief in Jesus Christ. Satan is the
Adversary! He is the Destroyer! He is the implacable enemy of God the Father
and Jesus Christ and every begotten son of God!
In an August 1993article I wrote, “Satan has launched a major spiritual
battle for the hearts and minds of God’s people. It is not limited to a
single organization. It is a major spiritual attack to destroy the knowledge
of God’s plan! It is a major attack to ensnare the brethren of God with the
deceit of persuasive religious words in an attempt to get them to accept
doctrines which deny Jesus Christ and God the Father, thereby causing them
to lose salvation.
True Christians are not the only ones who are under attack. Satan is out to
attack everyone who names the name of Jesus Christ, regardless of whether he
or she is truly converted. Satan desires to expunge every vestige of the
name of Jesus Christ and any form of Christianity!
Satan’s targets include every fundamental Protestant denomination. Here is
a quote from a fundamentalist evangelical Protestant publication: “The
Church in America [the Protestant churches] is under attack! The source of
this attack is not primarily humanism, secularism, or agnosticism from
without, but liberalism from within. Liberalism within the Church is
eating away at the core of the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith.
Christianity in America today is facing the same ‘downgrade’ that the Church
in England faced 100 years ago in the days of Charles Spurgeon.
“Spurgeon said: ‘We live in perilous times: we are passing through a most
eventful period; the Christian world is convulsed; there is a mighty
upheaval of the old foundations of faith; a great overhauling of old
teaching. The Bible is made to speak today in a language which to our
fathers would be an unknown tongue. Gospel teachings, the proclamation of
which made men fear to sin, and dread the thought of eternity, are being
shelved. Calvary is being robbed of its glory, sin of its horror, and we are
said to be evolving into a reign of vigorous and blessed sentimentality, in
which heaven and earth, God and man are to become a heap of sensational
emotions; but in the process of evolution is not the power of the gospel
weakened? Are not our chapels emptying? Is there not growing up among men a
greater indifference to the claims of Christ? Are not the theories of
evolution retrogressive in their effect upon the age? Where is the fiery
zeal for the salvation of men which marked the Nonconformity of the past?
Where is the noble enthusiasm that made heroes and martyrs for the truth?
Where is the force which carried Nonconformity forward like a mighty
avalanche? Alas, where?’
“If something is not done to stem the tide, the wave of liberalism will
engulf our nation as it did England at the end of the last century. The
evidence of the liberal landslide is rampant, but a few recent examples
highlight its growing intensity. In Newsweek (8/9/93) an article
entitled ‘Dead End for the Mainline?’ chronicled the demise of the mainline
denominations in America” (The Prophetic Observer, November 1993,
Southwest Radio Church, Oklahoma City).
The attack against all forms of Christianity has been well organized.
Approximately one hundred years ago, the Synagogue of Satan finalized and
implemented its master plan to destroy every vestige of Christianity and to
conquer the world through its subversive tactics of monetary control of all
governments. The ultimate goal is finally to rule the world and destroy all
Christian religions. What has happened in England—in its government and its
Protestant religion during the past 100 years—was deliberately planned and
carried out by the agents of Satan. England has been reduced from the
greatest empire in modern times to a minor nation dying of moral deprivation
because God has been systematically eliminated from all public affairs and
nearly every private life as well.
Moreover, the money exchangers have destroyed its wealth through wars, debt
and the subversion of its government. Today, England is a mere vassal state
controlled by the “unseen hand” of the Synagogue of Satan. At the present
time, the United States is experiencing the greatest siege ever by the full
forces of the Synagogue of Satan. Every type of Christian religion is under
attack. Our government at all levels is dominated and controlled by the
forces of the Synagogue of Satan. What has happened in England for the past
100 years is happening in America today. It will not take 100 years,
however, to complete the enslavement of America. In only a few more years,
the shackles of governmental and religious slavery will be locked in place.
In America today, Satan is attacking in full fury any religious
organization that teaches any Truth from the Word of God. Now that he has
nearly completed the subversion of Protestantism, he is focusing all his
efforts on Sabbath‑keeping Christians and their organizations. His ultimate
goal is the annihilation of all Christians—all who are the begotten sons of
God the Father and the true brethren of Jesus Christ.
True Christians need to be aware of Satan’s devices. They need to wake up
and perceive what is now taking place within the churches of God. Satan’s
subtle deception is being accomplished—not by a direct attack from without,
but by a clever, insidious conspiracy at work within the churches’ own
headquarters. Satan is launching his attack with an avalanche of false
doctrines through the top authorities and highest-ranking ministers within
the churches of God. These ministers, who purport to speak the Truth of God,
have in reality erred from the Truth and have been subverted by Satan into
accepting false teachings. Wittingly or unwittingly, they have
become Satan’s agents by promulgating false doctrines from within.
This book reveals how pseudo-scholars and self-seeking ministers within the
centrally organized churches of God are being used by Satan to undermine and
destroy the faith of true Christians, ministers as well as members. The
original apostles of Jesus Christ were confronted with the same subtle
attack by false teachers and so-called apostles. The New Testament is filled
with warnings against these “false apostles” and “deceitful workers.”
You, your fellow brethren in Christ and the church you affiliate with may
be experiencing such attacks. This book is designed to answer the question,
“Lord, what should I do?”
Jesus Christ inspired and preserved in the New Testament what every true
Christian needs to know in order to overcome the subtle, cunning deception
being perpetrated by Satan. God has provided us with the knowledge of His
Word and the power of the Holy Spirit to repel all the fiery attacks of
Satan the devil. The battle is for eternal life. Jesus Christ is on our
side, and He has promised to be with us to the very end of this present age.
We can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens us. We are to
fight this fight of faith—even unto death.
“And I heard a great voice saying in heaven, ‘Now is come the salvation and
the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ;
because the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuses them before
our God day and night.’ And they overcame him [Satan the devil] through the
blood of the Lamb, and through the word [their message] of their testimony,
and they loved not their lives unto death. Because of this, rejoice you
heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to those who inhabit the earth and
the sea, because the devil is come down to you, having great fury, knowing
that he has a short time” (Rev. 12:10-12, AT*).
In these trying times, our love and faith are being tested to see if we
truly love God the Father and Jesus Christ with all our hearts, with all our
minds, with all our souls, and with all our strength. God the Father has
proven His great love for us through the life, death and resurrection of
Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son. May this book be a tool to help
strengthen you in your love and faith toward God and in your resolve to be
faithful to His Word.
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AT
designates the author’s translation. All other Scriptural references are
from the KJV.
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