About ten years ago I used to get these newsletters from the Tony Alamo "Christian" church. I'm someone who thinks, hey, if you're on God's side, I want to hear from you. I was acquainted with someone online who actually used to go to that church (won't say who this person is).
Well, I was on my Kindle this evening, going back through all the newsletters...and I can't believe I just about fell for the craziness that is Tony Alamo. Yeah, he was busted about seven or eight years ago...but sometimes things pop into your mind years later.
Quick note here: It IS true that the Catholic "church" is spearheading the one-world religion and all that. Just because Alamo believes it, doesn't mean he's on our side. Enter the $PLC and you have a few complications. I don't trust Alamo's group any more than I trust the $PLC which, in my opinion, is a hate group in and of itself! I know he had ex-Jesuit Alberto Rivera speaking at some point, I think back in 1984. I believe Alberto, and I believe Jack Chick. I don't believe Tony Alamo. As far as I'm concerned Alamo is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Keep in mind that a good counterfeit looks as much like the real deal as possible--it is not going to be obvious or in-your-face that it's a fake...you have to know what to look for. Use the Bible like cashiers use that pen to discern counterfeit bills.
I was saved for sure a year ago; before that, I'm not sure. But now I can give you a time and a place. March 10, 2015, at the independent Baptist church I attend.
Alamo doesn't pass the test. He gives you this malarkey about "five steps to salvation." Excuse me, Mr. Alamo, but here's how it's really done: You realize that you are a sinner and cannot save yourself. You ask Jesus Christ to save you and come into your heart. You repent--you turn away from your sin and to God. You CANNOT do ANYTHING to save yourself (or keep your salvation)--Jesus did it all! He tells you after you're saved, pray for baptism in the Holy Spirit. Hold on--once you're saved, the Holy Spirit comes to reside within you!
Another thing: If Alamo wants to be a pastor (World Pastor, really?), he's failed a test by having all these wives. The book of Titus talks about an elder being the husband of ONE wife. And even on his site he is doing whatever he can to justify his polygamy.
And then he claimed that he and his wife Susan were the prophesied "two witnesses" from the Book of Revelation. That earns a HUGE facepalm! Then he claims that he has seen Jesus Christ in person, face to face. I'm surprised he hasn't declared himself an apostle yet (at least to my knowledge), a la Herbert W. Armstrong!
Oh, and Susan Alamo was a pastor. Hold the phone--the Bible says that women are to keep silent in the churches and to ask their husbands at home! Yet, from the things I've read and heard, she pretty well ran the show.
He's also one of these preachers who says you can lose your salvation. Well, 1 John 1:9 says "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." According to Alamo, if you're saved, you will be sinless; if you sin, you risk losing your salvation. Thing is, to be human is to be a sinner. A saved person has a dual nature--the old man (the flesh) and the new (the Spirit). Feed one, you starve the other--a principle that's described in the Reformers Unanimous program. Not only that, but OUR righteousness will never be enough. A saved person has Christ's righteousness imputed to them.
Tell you what, you take the idea that you can lose your salvation, and combine it with a preacher that's a totalitarian, and you get bondage. "If you don't do what the pastor says, you will be sent to hell!" Sounds a lot like Catholicism, Tony! (Reminds me of what a science teacher of mine used to say--point the finger and you have three pointing back at you.)
At any rate, if you want the truth, and not something out of the Twilight Zone, steer clear from "World Pastor" Tony Alamo's literature. He talks about adulterers going to hell, yet from what I understand he married a twice-divorced Susan--which is in itself adultery. Find a King James Bible-believing church (preferably independent Baptist).
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