False Teacher/False
Teaching Update ~ Ed. #2
www.incpu.org/Dave-Uth-mason-false-teacher-report.htm
www.incpu.org/Dave-Uth-mason-false-teacher-report.pdf
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Hello brothers and sisters in
Christ, and friends,
Here at 'Foundations of
Evangelism, Discipleship, and Biblical Preaching' (FEDBP),
we try to expose both false
teaching and false teachers - that is, teaching that doesn't
line up with God's Word. Our
specific emphasis is to focus on fundamental Biblical
teaching, so that we might be
able to properly identify more false teachings, and
even more - false teachers. So,
with that said, on occasion, I intend to post ‘False
Teacher Reports’. And I really
have 2 objectives here, 2 reasons of why I’m trying to
do this. 1) We have (in the US
and abroad) so much false teaching and lessening of
God’s Word and changing of the
definitions of God’s Word that the majority of us are
losing touch with what the
Scriptures actually say and mean. And 2) Even if you don’t
know the particular false teacher
these various reports are on, I hope you will take
away from it a clearer
understanding of God’s Word as well as a sharper sense of
spiritual discernment to see
through the false teaching and/or false teachers around
you.
So, with this introductory
edition of exposing false teaching and false teachers, next I
will need to give you a little
background on who is writing this. For those of you who
don't know me, my name is Steven
Henry and I'm the main writer here at FEDBP. And
my goal here (and those on this
team here) is not simply to expose error, lies, and
where God’s Word is being
twisted. I don’t make any money by exposing false
teaching or false teachers. I’m
just an active student of the Word of God and Jesus’
teachings, and the more I study
them, the more I see His words are very true – all that
He says will come to pass. But,
false teachers prevent people from getting saved so
that they can go to Heaven, and I
want to rescue as many as possible. So, my
motivation behind writing these
is that I seek to expose some clever false teaching
and masterful and smooth false
teachers – before they destroy our more people in our
country. I also write these so
that we can all sharpen our spiritual eyesight and grow
closer in our relationship with
the “Holy, Holy, Holy” Creator, Judge and Lord, and
get ready to see Him in such a
way that we will not be ashamed at His coming or
when we stand before Him at His
Throne to give an account of our lives.
And as you are reading this,
please remember that false teaching and false teachers
should be identified in 2 ways:
by both what he does say/teach about God and His
Word, and by what he does not
say/teach about God
and His Word. In other words:
notice the verses he uses and
also note the verses he doesn't use. If the way he
interprets the verse(s) he does
use contradicts verses he doesn't use, take note.
Because that person is either a
brother who needs to keep spiritually growing and
needs the accountability of
someone to graciously point out to him a gap in his
understanding and/or teaching, or
he's intentionally being a false teacher - teaching
some of God's Word with a twist,
not consistent with the whole counsel of God’s
Word.
A quick YouTube video for those
who want to see David Uth’s smooth message and
careful twisting of God’s Word ~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAJxGRatfbQ
Seeking ‘peace’ in everything
most often leads to us being people-pleasers rather
than men and women who strive to
please One – God. We need to remember this
verse: “The fear of man brings
a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD shall be
safe.” (Proverbs 29:25) And God,
through the apostle Paul said it this way: “For do I
now
persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I
would
not be a bondservant of Christ.” (Galatians 1:10) This video actually captures
Dave Uth pretty well, because as
you see in this false teacher report, Dave carefully
crafts his words, analogies,
stories, demonstrations and the verses he quotes to make
sure that none of it is
‘offensive’ – nothing that will bring Biblical conviction for sin
that would cause anyone in there
to fall on their knees before a Holy God and repent,
asking God to teach them not to
do that thing they know is wrong - again. No, Dave
Uth is smooth. He’s easy-going,
and as I expect you’ll see in this false teacher report,
he’s also very wrong and
carefully and subtly both twists God’s Word and allegorizes
it – changing it to ‘good
stories’. His words and his lies are smooth, and he’s
graciously letting people, even
leading, many people to Hell, rather than warning
with Jesus’ words so that they
will be ready to see Jesus and not here those dreaded
words: “… Depart from Me, I never
knew you, you who practice lawlessness.”
(Matthew 7:21-23)
Okay, with that brief
introduction and background, let’s look and see what we can
pick up from studying this false
teacher with a lukewarm message, and comparing him
and his message to the literal
Word of God.
“Dave says” versus God’s Words:
"You’re going to
hear an appeal to go to the nations this morning. But, let me tell
you, we’re not going to the nations and neglecting the neighborhoods.
We’re
going to love everyone – starting in our Jerusalem. And going
beyond…"
>> Okay, so after some
emotional music with no message, Dave then does a brief
setup for his speech after a few
more songs. Yet, what he says here is striking. Some
of you are probably already
familiar with this ‘catch-phrase’, so for those who have
heard and gotten used to the
phrasing ‘our Jerusalem…’,
it may seem like no big
deal. But, I know it will be
especially visible to those who study God’s Word and have
never heard that phrasing. It’s
very sad, but this (sadly) popular false teaching is
called “Church Replacement
Theology” and it
has carefully slipped into many Baptist
pulpits today.
So, um, excuse me. Just a minute
– I’ve got a question. Where in the Bible did God
make Jerusalem an allegory? Well,
He didn’t, right? So, why do men allegorize it?
Even more – why do pastors
allegorize it? If you look on any map today, you will see
that Jerusalem is an actual city.
One can physically go there and see it (which I would
like to do one day!) But, my
point here is this - when men allegorize God’s Word,
we’ve got serious trouble. Why –
you ask? Because when they allegorize the Word of
God, they show contempt for God’s
Word and a refusal to read and teach it literally –
word for word. Yet, Jesus said: “For assuredly, I say to
you, till heaven and earth
pass
away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is
fulfilled.” (Matthew 5:18) Jesus seems to
consider His Word accurately – literally, and
even with the parables He said,
there is one literal interpretation that we can pull
directly from the text, if we
study them carefully. And another verse where God says
this of His Word: “All Scripture is given
by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the
man
of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2nd
Timothy 3:16) Hmm… again, it
looks to me to be pretty clear that God intends for His
Word to be taught and understood
literally. And, again here, God seems to, once
again, be making the same point:
“And
so we have the prophetic word confirmed,
which
you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place… knowing this
first,
that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy
never
came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by
the
Holy Spirit.” (2nd Peter 1:19-21) Now, just reading those words seems to
be
pretty clear to me that God has
no intentions of people allegorizing His Word. And to
further make this point, God says
this in Proverbs 30: “Do not add to His words, lest
He
rebuke you, and you be found a liar.” (Proverbs 30:6) Dave Uth knows these
verses – he’s been a teacher for
a long time, at several different churches – in 3
different states. But, he
apparently ignores those verses, and this one: “My brethren,
let
not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter
judgment.” (James 3:1) Those of us who
teach God’s Word will be judged more
strictly – here, and ultimately
at God’s Throne. Teaching God’s Word can be
spiritually dangerous to those
who are careless with it, and twist it to excuse men and
women’s self-centered and
rebellious desires. We all need to be careful on that, so
we aren’t rebuked by our Maker –
here, or in the Judgment at His Throne. And we
need to be wary of teachers who
do that too.
So back to the point, does Jesus
intend for His Word to be understood and taught
literally? YES! And, this
allegorizing of Israel and Jerusalem is why many here in the
US have no clue how to stand with
Israel, as well as causing many confusion so they
do not realize that we haven’t
missed the ‘catching up’ (rapture) of the church of
Jesus Christ (1st Thess. 4:17), or the Tribulation (Revelation 6-19).
We’re still in the
church age (Revelation 3:14-22),
and it’s not time for Satan to carry out his evil plan
yet. “And now you know what
is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own
time.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He [the Holy Spirit]
who
now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way [steps aside].” (2nd
Thess. 2:6-7) So, we, who know
and study God’s Word and care about Israel – we need
to stand up to those who are
dividing His Land and murdering the honorable Jews and
destroying the Jewish homes on
Jewish land. ‘Church-Replacement theology’ is a
subtle false teaching, but it
comes out smoothly with the other flattering and
‘calming’ words and
false-teachings that flow from this story-teller’s lips.
But, interestingly enough, Dave
didn’t stop there with that little phrase of
allegorizing the city of
Jerusalem. He mentioned Israel again later on, in the quote
below. So, in this next quote, we
have skipped down past the songs and are now into
his speech. (I call it a speech
not a sermon, because having seen and heard him for a
little while, I don’t believe him
to be qualified to be a Biblical pastor, and that comes
out clearly later in this update.
[Dave just finished reading
Genesis 12:1-3, and then said] “Let me pause right there.
God help us if we ever turn our back on Israel. God help us. Did
you hear what He
said? And who are the descendants of Abraham? Jews. We are too,
but first the
Jews…”
>> More errors – yet they
are very subtle. First off, for many years now the US
government has been forcing the
honorable Israeli people to give up their homes and
allowing even pushing for more
demolitions of Jewish homes on Jewish soil while
almost entirely ignoring the Arab
homes and new construction projects. George W
Bush was a big drive behind the
destroying of Jewish homes in 2005 – it was called the
‘expulsion’ or ‘disengagement’. * And in that one act of many, GW
Bush was cursing
Israel by working hard to divide their
land. And, guess what? How many Christians
spoke up about how wrong that
was? Apparently, less than 10%. Why? Because they
are not keeping up with real and
honest journalistic news and the pastors weren’t
honest enough to tell them what
was going on. Most people watch TV ‘entertainment
news’, and they think they know
what’s going on, not realizing that what’s on TV is
all about money, not reality. So
the disinfo on the TV and the silence on the part of a
majority of our country’s pastors
are two key reasons why most people wouldn’t at
first-glance be able to catch Mr.
Uth in his little lie there. Dave Uth knows what’s
going on – he knows. He’s just
acting as part of the cover-up. Many in the US gov’t
(State Dept., etc) has been going
against Israel and the Jewish people since WWII, at
least. So, Mr. Uth is flat-out
lying here. Please note that – it’s very important. That is
where the ‘Church Replacement
Theology’ (that
he hinted at earlier) leads to – a
zealous support of Israel with no
clue of what’s really going on there.
* two links:
https://www.mideastweb.org/disengagement.htm
https://blog.womeningreen.org/?m=200506
And the next point that we need
to see clearly in Dave’s quote above is this Biblical
definition – Gentile Christians
are not Israel. Those who are genuinely followers of
Christ are grafted in - yes, yet
even still they are held as different from the ethnic
Hebrew/Jewish people, and there
are many verses that confirm this (Acts 15 and
Romans 14 are just 2 passages).
So, Gentile Christians have not replaced Israel in
identity or in the many
prophecies and promises God made to the descendants of
Abraham. To say that the Gentile
believers have replaced the Jewish people is just
re-iterating another lie from the
‘Church
Replacement’ false
teaching. Are Christians
going to get back the Holy Land
that was promised to Abraham’s children? No – those
promises weren’t to Gentile
believers in Christ, but to the faithful Jewish people of
Israel. I do realize that
Israel’s history has been pretty bumpy, but God will still fulfill
the promises He made to them in
passages like:
“But this is the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,
says
the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I
will
be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his
neighbor,
and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they all shall
know
Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will
forgive
their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more. Thus says the LORD,
Who
gives the sun for a light by day, the ordinances of the moon and the stars for
a
light by night, Who disturbs the sea, and its waves roar (The LORD of hosts is
His
name):
If those ordinances depart from before Me, says the LORD, then the seed
of
Israel shall also cease from being a nation before Me forever.”
(Jeremiah 31:33-36) I believe
that this passage is rightly taught as including some
details about becoming a new
creation in Christ (2nd Corinthians 5:17), but it is also
clearly a promise from God to
restore Israel, whom He chose as a people, to the land
that He gave to Abraham and his
children as an everlasting covenant (Genesis 17:7).
And there are other verses just
like this: Ezekiel 39:25-29; Joel 3:1-2; Amos 9:14-15;
Zech. 9:12-16; and Romans 11:1
(just to name a few).
Please be very careful of those
that allegorize God’s Word. And work to sort through
and intentionally only listen to
those who teach God’s Word literally – word-for-word.
We need to be careful not to
support false teachers, while at the same time making
sure that we aren’t condemning
the young and growing. As you will continue to see in
this report though, Dave is not
young and deceived – he is clearly twisting the Word of
God for his own agenda(s).
So, picking up where we left off,
let’s look at the next Dave quote.
“We may not give a
rip, but God cares for every one of those people groups.”
>> Um, can I ask you a question?
Can someone be a follower of Christ and not care
about people’s salvation? No.
Jesus said: “If you love Me, keep My commandments…
He
who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is
not
Mine but the Father's who sent Me.” (John 14:15, 24) And Jesus said this of His
followers: “Follow Me, and I will
make you fishers of men.”
(Matthew 4:19) And
again: “Jesus said to him, ‘Let
the [spiritually] dead bury their own
dead, but you
go
and preach the Kingdom of God.’” (Luke 9:60) So why did Dave just give subtle
approval to those who don’t care
about others eternal salvation and spiritual growth?
“Matthew 24 tells us
when the end will come. I’m telling you in this verse, I can
tell you when the end of time is coming. Unlike our brother a few
weeks ago, who
obviously has not read Matthew 24. You know, it would help you if
you’re trying
to figure out the end of time – to read your Bible. That would
just be a great help
[light laughter in the background]…”
>> The point seems to be
good at first-glance, except for one seemingly little detail.
Why is Mr. Uth calling Harold
Camping a brother? For those who don’t remember,
Harold Camping is the false
teacher who falsely prophesied that the rapture was going
to happen on May 21, 2011. When
that false prophecy didn’t happen, Mr. Camping
then changed the date to October
21, 2011*.
But, um, don’t hold your breath :) ~
because Jesus said: “But of that day and
hour no one knows, not even the angels in
heaven,
nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch and pray; for you do
not
know when the time is.”
(Mark 13:32-33)
* www.christianpost.com/news/harold-camping-breaks-silence-predicts-october-21-
doomsday-50438/
So, back to my question about
Dave Uth - Why is Dave calling Mr. Camping a
‘brother’, even though Mr.
Camping has proven himself to be a false prophet and a
false teacher? Has Dave not read
where God says this: “When a prophet speaks in
the
name of the LORD, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the
thing
which the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously;
you
shall not be afraid of him.”
(Deuteronomy 18:22) God says not to listen to
prophets who lie in the name of
the Lord. And when God ruled Israel, He told Moses
how to handle a false teacher and
false prophet who tries to lead the people away
from the One true God in
Deuteronomy 21: “Then all the men of his city shall stone
him
to death with stones; so you shall put away the evil from among you, and all
Israel
shall hear and fear.”
(Deut. 21:21) We don’t do this today, nor am I saying we
should. But that is what God
thinks of false prophets. So, again, back to my question
on this - why is Dave Uth calling
false-prophet Mr. Camping a ‘brother’? I think there’s
possibly an interesting reason
why he calls Mr. Camping a ‘brother’ that you’ll want to
see.
Curious, how much do you know
about Freemasonry? It’s a Satanic religion with blood-oath(
s) that disguises itself as a
‘non-religious fraternity’ organization and includes
various different fraternities,
like: the Masonic lodges, the Elk – Moose – Eagle Lodges,
the Rotary, Rainbow Girls and
Eastern Star – just to name a few. Most mason members
do not mention masonry outside of
their little clubs (because of their oath to be a
member), so most people wouldn’t
recognize those who are masons, except for some
code-words they use. And, many
Mason members do not know what the religion is or
how bad it is until they are very
well indoctrinated and get to the highest level of
confusion and deception and
lying. So, just because someone is mason doesn’t mean
they know what all they are into.
But, if they are a mason, they cannot teach God’s
Word literally or they wouldn’t
be allowed to stay as a member of their Masonic
lodge. So, with that said, here
is my next question: curious, did you know that fellow
masons call each other
‘brothers’? It’s an interesting question if Mr. Uth is a mason.
But, it may surprise people even
more to see how friendly Mr. Uth is with the masons
and we’d like show you evidence
of why we’re fairly certain that Dave Uth is a mason
(though we just haven’t heard
what lodge he’s a member of yet).
Here’s some evidence to consider:
David Uth’s masonry links
· 2005 Obituaries - www.bayou.com/~suelynn/genweb/obitjan05.html - Mr.
Uth performed a mason funeral (no
Bible-believing pastor would have done
such, but a Masonic ‘pastor’
would.) Here’s the link that shows he was this
pastor in that area at that time
– This is Mr. Uth:
www.gofbw.com/News.asp?ID=4257
· Mr. Uth’s uncle and aunt (on the wife’s side) are/were masons.
That
information is seen here in
Rachel’s aunt’s obituary write-up. -
https://panolawatchman.com/helen-gertrude-brillhart-patterson-p6154-73.htm
And a second piece of evidence
that shows that his wife is the one referenced
in the link above -
www.firstorlando.com/Church/Our_Pastors_Staff/Pastors_and_Ministry_Leader
s/itemId/195/Dr-David-Uth-Senior-Pastor.aspx
So as you can see, Mr. Uth’s
family links to masonry are interesting, but they’re not
conclusive by themselves. It is
common practice for family members who are into
freemasonry to pass it down to
the next generation and to share/push it with the
other members of the family –
that is very common. Still those don’t quite prove Dave
Uth is a mason. But, there is
another key detail that I believe pretty clearly confirms
that Mr. Uth is a mason.
· An author by the name of William Still talked to one pastor who
was ostracized
by the Southern Baptist
hierarchy. And, in this interview, Mr. Still quotes this
small-town pastor as saying: “‘90% of the
Southern Baptist hierarchy are
freemasons. And if you wish to excel in the Southern Baptist
ministry, you
have to be a mason. He said the same was true of, I believe, of
both
Lutherans and Methodists.’” (this video was posted on December 11, 2007)
>> This is the YouTube
video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT1UquRHJwk
· Another helpful resource on this is Capt. William
Morgan’s book: ‘The mysteries
of
Free Masonry – Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a
Master’s
Lodge’(also referenced with the
video)
Free link to read Captain William
Morgan’s book online (and save it)-
https://books.google.com/books?id=2CyaeS4RV5wC&pg=PA9&dq=freemasonry+e
xposed+and+explained+captain+morgan&hl=en&ei=0svHTfe2Mcj00gHghdSvCA&s
a=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=fr
eemasonry%20exposed%20and%20explained%20captain%20morgan&f=false
· And, here is David Uth’s bio in his own words:
“… Where else have you
served before coming to First Orlando?
“My very first church
was in the mountains of southwest Arkansas in a town
called
Murfreesboro when I was only 19 years old. There were only 21 people
there
on my first Sunday. I pastored there for three years while I was in
college.
The second church I served was First Baptist Church of Briar, Texas
and
that was while I was attending seminary in Fort Worth. We stayed there
10
years before moving back to Arkansas, where I pastored First Baptist Church
of
Camden. I served there four years, then moved down to Rachel’s hometown
of
El Dorado, Arkansas, and pastored Immanuel Baptist Church where her
family
attends. It was a great joy to pastor my in-laws. From there, I went to
First
Baptist Church of West Monroe, Louisiana, where I served for almost 10
years
before coming to Orlando. God used each of these wonderful churches in
my
life to help me grow in His likeness and be the pastor He wants me to be…”
~ link:
www.firstorlando.com/Church/Our_Pastors_Staff/Pastors_and_Ministry_Leader
s/itemid/33/Dr_David_Uth_Senior_Pastor.aspx
· Another link of interest: Orlando pastor David Uth elected president
of
Florida
Baptist State Convention www.gofbw.com/news.asp?ID=12347
· Conclusion – David Uth is now in what many
would call a ‘prestigious position’
at one of the largest churches in
FL, and one of the top 100 largest in the US
(between 9,000 and 15,000 in
2011). And he’s quickly climbing the ladder in
the ‘Southern Baptist
Leadership’. At ‘First Baptist Church of Orlando’ [which
some
call: ‘Baptist World’ because the teaching and people are so lukewarm]
anyone can come there and not
feel even an inkling of conviction for any sin.
Biblically-defined repentance is
never mentioned or taught. And, David Uth’s
history proves where he is,
because he’s traveled quite a bit. And, as the quote
above about Freemasons
controlling the Baptist structure showed, you cannot
move up in leadership in the
Baptist churches (as David Uth has done) unless
you are a mason. And you
certainly cannot get into one of the large Southern
Baptist churches as their ‘senior
pastor’, unless you are a mason. I believe that
Mr. Uth has been caught – in his
own words.
I post this info because I’d like
more info to come out about this likely mason
and for other Masonic ‘pastors’
to get caught as well. I hope that after you
read the rest of this report, you
will consider sharing it with those you care
about this. Thanks for
considering this request.
· If you’d like to
know more about how Freemasonry contradicts the Bible,
see below at the end of this report for more info and a website.
***
So, if we understood Dave right
about his confession that he’s a mason - this is pretty
serious. And hopefully it’s
starting to make sense now to you who are reading this why
Mr. Uth likes allegorizing parts
of God’s Word. Why does Dave do that? Apparently,
it’s because he doesn’t believe
the Bible is accurate and holy and that God’s Word
must be understood literally, and
Dave adjusts and twists it as he wants. That’s
dangerous. And in that detail
alone, Mr. Uth proves himself to be unfit for the
pastoral position, because to him
- pastoring is just a job. He does not take serious
the Biblical warning to teachers
in James 3: “My brethren, let not many of you
become
teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.” (James 3:1)
Stricter judgment – both here on
Earth and even more so in Heaven, before the Holy,
Holy, Holy Creator. Also, if you
look more closely at how Dave runs First Baptist
Orlando, you would notice that
Dave runs his church like a business. Check out this
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-9RY-SsPAc
.
How can a church
receive the
energy star award and consider
that something to be proud of? And, since when does
a church get this kind of award –
one of five. As you study it out, you will probably
find out that these 5 are not
churches, they are 501c3 businesses, whose concern is
money not proclaiming the gospel
of Jesus Christ and His message. On this same
topic, insiders who know Dave Uth
have told us that extra money from his ‘church-corporation’ go into his pocket.
A pastor who teaches the Bible
literally is Pastor Chuck Baldwin, who points out that
government officials are to
commend those who are doing what is right, deal with
those who are doing what is
wrong, and uphold the law for conscience sake. One of
his recent articles points out
how church-organizations that sign up with the IRS as a
501c3, are now under direct
control/force of the government, obeying their orders on
what to say, what not to say and
how much. That is a big reason, in addition to many
‘pastors’ being masons, of why
many churches in the US today are not churches where
the whole counsel of God’s Word
is taught literally and that Christ is the head of them
– they in submission to Him. Many
churches in the US today are in fact businesses,
concerned mostly about money and
very little about what the Word of God actually
says and our obedience to it. You
will want to see his insights from his 35 years as a
lay minister in jails and
prisons, and serving as a literal Bible-teaching pastor. The
article I just referred to is
titled ‘Come Out of Her, My People’, and this is the link:
https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=3859
.
Okay,
back to quotes of Mr. Uth:
“You see, it doesn’t
matter this morning what I think. It doesn’t matter what I do.
I can
walk right out of here, as I’ve said before, and shake my fist at the Heavens
and
say ‘God, I don’t believe You. I don’t believe You’re faithful…’ I can say that
all I
want, but it won’t change who God is. It’ll destroy my life…”
>> Here again, we see Dave
handling God too casually. Though it’s true that we can’t
change God’s character with our
words, we can either be a part of building what God
is working on or destroying it –
with our words and actions. Here, Mr. Uth just
contradicted Jesus and God’s
Word, again. It does matter what we say and do. Jesus
said: “But I say to you that
for every idle word men may speak, they will give
account
of it in the Day of Judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and
by
your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:36-37) And, even more Jesus
says this: “But I say to you, love
your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good
to
those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute
you.” And God’s Word clarifies this
even more in Romans: “Bless those who
persecute
you; bless and do not curse.” (Romans 12:14) Here in Romans 12, God
through Paul, commanded us not to
curse our enemies – why? If Dave is correct and it
doesn’t really matter what we say
and our words don’t really affect anyone, then why
did God tell us not to do that?
And, again in 2nd John, God talks again on this: “If
anyone
[specifically a
teacher] comes to you and does not bring this [correct, literal
Biblical] doctrine, do not
receive him into your house nor greet him; for he who
greets
him shares in his evil deeds.” (2nd John 1:10-11) Clearly, God says
in His Word
that our words and actions do
influence and affect others and ourselves, so we ought
to listen to God and not those
who contradict or trivialize Him or His Word. Mr. Uth’s
teaching here lacks the “fear of the Lord” and accountability, as well as
being
unBiblical encouragement to lazy
hands and those who are distracted on things and
pleasures of this world, rather
than correcting them in love with the Word of God to
motivate them to be as faithful
as they can be. Mr. Uth is very wrong here and Jesus’
words correct him. Remember,
Jesus said: “Watch therefore, for you do not know
when
the Master of the house [Jesus] is coming--in the
evening, at midnight, at
the
crowing of the rooster, or in the morning-- lest, coming suddenly, he find you
sleeping.
And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!” (Mark 13:35-37) And again,
Jesus said: “Blessed is that servant
whom his Master [Jesus], when he comes, will
find
so doing.”
(Matthew 24:46) Both of these verses show that Dave Uth is just giving
approval to lazy hands and to
those who don’t believe and are not actively growing in
obedience to the Word of God.
Dave Uth is continuing to lessen and soften God’s
commands, proving himself a liar.
And, in these several few quotes, we will continue
to see that.
“I mean, think about
it guys, as a church this morning, what we decide to do with
what I’m going to share with you in a moment. What we decide to do
is not going
to change God’s plan, He’s going to be faithful – why? He promised
it. It’s just He
invites us to join Him. He invites us to be in on this – it’ll
bless our life, or on the
converse, it’ll destroy our life if we choose to walk in
disobedience to what God
has told His people to do. But, you might as well be throwing
snowballs at Hell if
think you’re going to change something God has ordained. I mean
throw a cotton
ball at the Rock of Gibraltar and see if it does anything. No. Our
God is faithful.
The thing that tells about us is this – God’s faithfulness demands
my
faithfulness.”
>> That is one confusing
mix of Biblical teaching and psychology – one of the most
clever I’ve seen. But, did you
notice what’s missing? Dave completely missed
something – God’s faithfulness
doesn’t demand my faithfulness to be kind to the world
and win them without words to be
fond of Jesus (which is the message that Dave is
saying here). God’s faithfulness
and holiness demands your and my obedience. As God
says: “… as obedient children,
not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in
your
ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your
conduct,
because it is written, ‘Be holy, for I am holy.’” (1st Peter 1:16) Yes, God is
going to be faithful to His Word.
But if we aren’t faithful, it may just prove that we
don’t even know Him. “He who does not love
Me, does not keep My words.”
(John
14:21) Anyone can go through the
motions on any given day and look good to almost
everyone around them, yet Jesus
said that He will say to many “Depart from Me…” ~
“Not everyone who says
to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven,
but
he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. Many will say to Me in that day,
'Lord,
Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name,
and
done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never
knew
you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' Therefore whoever
hears
these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who
built
his house on the rock…”
(Matthew 7:21-24)
“The question this
morning is not if God is faithful – [the question is] are you
faithful? Are we, as the people of God, faithful? That’s the
question. And that’s
where I need to talk to you. God has been stirring in me lately
about this. And
you know we have the heart of – oh my goodness, we have such a
great heart.
After yesterday, I walked away again with that Winston Churchill
quote – hear
me. Hear me carefully: ‘It is the church who has the heart of a
lion, I just get the
privilege of giving the roar.’ Guys, this church has the heart of
a lion.”
>> Wow – so much for using
Scripture to make his point, not that his point was worth
making in that way. But, did you
also notice that he used flattery and not Bible verses
to compel people to obey? But
wait – I hope you’ll keep reading, because it gets more
bizarre!
“But, God has been
convicting me about something. And I want to share that with
you. When Jesus said – the last thing He told us is to go make
disciples of all
nations. He didn’t say go win as many people as possible. See this
is not about
lost-ness – it’s about access. Are there lost people here in
Orlando? Absolutely.
Are we going to continue to try to reach them? Absolutely. But,
what you and I’ve
got to understand is that people drive by churches everyday here [in the US].
We’re talking about 3800 people groups who never see a church.
They don’t even
know what a church is. Cause they don’t have any access to the
gospel at all. And
Jesus said you’re to go to everyone of them, to give them
opportunity to become
disciples and followers of Christ.”
>> Wait, wait. What did
Jesus say we are to reach people with – the world’s version of
‘love’ or His truth? Remember
Jesus’ last words were: “Go therefore and make
disciples
of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son
and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have
commanded
you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
(Matthew 28:19-20) We need to
catch this - notice, Jesus did not say go set up
churches. Jesus told us to teach
His Word. Building replicas of American churches in
other countries must not be any
emphasis at all. If Jesus’ teachings are clearly
taught, then small groups of
believers will start to form and as long as they are
continuing to grow spiritually,
it will grow from there – deeper spiritually despite
numbers. But forming groups so we
can boast about numbers of how many churches
we’ve planted is a far cry
different from what Jesus taught us to do. In today’s age,
those are 2 different things –
teaching God’s Word and planting replicas of American
churches. Also, Jesus didn’t just
say to call out Jesus’ name wherever we go and hope
someone gets saved. While, it is
the work of the Holy Spirit to draw a person (John
6:44), Jesus also taught us how
to proclaim the Gospel in one of the parables that He
told: “Then the Master said to
the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges,
and
compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.’” (Luke 14:23) ~ Notice
the Master (Jesus Christ) didn’t
give a passive suggestion, He gave an emphatic
command, as He also did in
Matthew 28:19-20, commonly called the ‘Great
Commission’ or great sending.
And, taking the gospel has nothing to do with access
and everything to do with
repentance and salvation. “Repent therefore and be
converted,
that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may
come
from the presence of the Lord…” (Acts 3:19) That is the message we take:
repentance and obedient faith and
submission to Jesus Christ, our Master and Savior.
Dave’s church is full of those
who are not saved – as you talk with them, you quickly
find that many there are
spiritually lifeless - hardly caring about God’s Word or trying
to obey Christ. And that is a
good setup for what Dave Uth did next.
“And by the way, I
need to do something – John would you help me? Would you
guys…? You guys up here on the front row, I just felt real
impressed. I just want
to thank you for being here – sitting on the front row. I’ve got
some money for
you. Maybe it will buy you a Starbucks or something. Thank you
guys so much.
Hey John – John. They’re not on the front row. [inaudible] No, that’s all
right –
they don’t get one. Just these guys right here. They’re on the
front row. Okay.
[laughter] And, you know what – give them another one. Give them another
one.
You guys need some more. In fact, can you give them $5 each just
for being here?
Thank you guys. [pause] Have any of you
back there had the thought – what
about us? [laughter] Did anybody have that
thought go through your mind? Like –
why’s he giving it to the front row? What about us? Guess what?
There are people
on the planet Earth who are asking the same question. What about
us? You see –
the reason I did that is because I want you to see what it’s like
when we don’t go
to those on the back row. When we don’t offer the goodness of the
Lord and the
gospel of Jesus Christ to those that have never heard – it doesn’t
make sense. It’s
a disobedient act on the part of the body of Christ. And, by the
way, you’ve all
got to give that money back. That was just a – that was an
illustration. [lots of
laughter]. I’m just kidding
– keep the money [more laughter]. In fact, go back to
the back row and give somebody a dollar. [laughter]”
>> Wow. Did you catch that?
Dave used a little demonstration to entertain and stir up
the emotions of his hearers with
a worldly incentive to do what he was saying he
wants them to do. But, what a
Bible teacher would be doing is showing what God says
and using God’s Word to make the
point. I hope you are starting to see that Dave is
only tickling itching ears and
doesn’t want to ‘offend’ anyone with the tough truth of
God’s Word.
Let’s look at this a little
deeper. The reason the common Christmas celebrations are a
spiritual disaster is because
they are built around the lusts and selfish desires of this
world. ‘Give me! Give me!’ - with
shallow lip-service to Christ. But Jesus said you
can’t serve two masters. So,
American X-mas celebration is given almost completely
over to covetousness, not about
thanking Christ for coming and taking up our crosses
and following Christ. If you
understand that teaching right there, then that should
help you see that Dave Uth is
only flattering his hearers with approval to their
covetous lifestyle. Dave’s
message contradicts Christ and is a different gospel. God
warns people like Dave against
teaching a false easy-gospel in Galatians 1: “But even
if
we, or an angel from Heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have
preached
to you, let him be accursed.” (Galatians 1:8)
Dave’s
conclusion to his speech:
“It’s a call to the
back. So, God has been putting on my heart – we’ve got to go to
the back row. I mean, we keep going to places over and over that
have had the
gospel. But what about those 3800 – who’s going to reach them?
Well let me tell
ya – to whom much has been given, and we’ve been given a bunch –
much is
required. So it’s time, we as First Baptist Orlando say we’re
going to the back
row – to take the gospel to at least one of those groups. [applause]. Yeah, let’s
give the Lord praise, because that’s where we’re going.”
>> If only Dave were
talking about taking the message of Jesus Christ to them… and
he capped his speech up with a
fleshly boast, rather than a “if the Lord wills, we will
do…” (James 4:15)
Conclusion
Though there are many key
Biblical principles noted in this report, I hope you one key
one has stood out – the value of
reading the Bible, taking and applying it literally, and
letting God be your Teacher
rather than spending much time reading books. This is
also why we need to sort through
the variety of people who call themselves Bible
teachers to find and only value
those who literally teach God’s Word, not their own
thoughts, because many don’t
either understand God’s Word literally, or teach God’s
Word literally. And, those
teachers who do not know or teach God’s Word literally are
easy tools for Satan to cause
confusion on a lot of things, even if they get a few things
‘right’.
So, there you have it. One of the
most popular Baptist leaders of our day – allegorizing
God’s Word, calling a false
prophet a ‘brother, and twisting God’s Word to make it
more comforting to the rebellious
hearts. This is the sad situation we have in this
country. The saddest part is that
the Southern Baptists (as a group) have largely fallen
to Freemasonry domination. If
you’d like to know more about Freemasonry, here are
4 links that I think you will
find helpful.
> Freemasonry: The
Trojan Horse In the Church - The Testimony of Pierce Dodson
https://www.ephesians5-11.org/dodson.htm
> Freemasonry - what
is that?! :)
https://www.facebook.com/notes/fedbp/freemasonry-the-trojan-horse-in-thechurch/
233406080007245
> ‘Looking at
Freemasonry through Christian Glasses’
https://www.ephesians5-11.org/glasses.htm
And the ministry page of Ron
Carlson, who has 2 helpful DVDs on Freemasonry
comparing Freemasonry and it’s
writings to the Word of God. ~
'Freemasonry, the
Masonic Lodge, and the Shriners' and
'Freemasonry: From
Darkness to Light'
~
both of which you can find at his
website: www.roncarlson.com
***
So, back to Dave Uth. His
smooth-sounding teaching and flattery words are spiritually
dangerous, for he refuses to
teach the Whole counsel of the Word of God to lead
people to genuine repentance and
salvation in Christ. And yet, Dave is just one of
many, many Baptist pastors who
are doing the very same thing. So, how do we correct
this problem?
First off, we need to identify
who is literally teaching God’s Word and distinguish
them from those who are just
telling stories. Then, we will need to work to plead
with those who are telling
stories and twisting Scripture - to repent and teach God’s
Word accurately. If they refuse,
we will need to actively work to remove and replace
them with those who will take the
Bible seriously and work to teach it literally.
There’s no other way to solve
this other than that. And, as we see this process take
its course and God’s Word is once
again proclaimed without hesitation, we will start
to see a genuine (not showy)
revival in this country, and genuine repentance come to
many. That is what I strongly
desire to see, and that is why I write this and other
reports and Bible studies.
To those of you who are currently
Bible teachers now and are reading this report,
please – I plead with you – do
not learn the ways of Dave Uth and those like him.
Please, take passages like this
next one very seriously, and daily make sure that
pastoring is not a ‘job’ to you
and that your church is not a ‘business corporation’,
but a calling from God to which
you pledge to be aiming to be faithful to till your final
breath. “So you, son of man: I
have made you a watchman for the house of Israel;
therefore
you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. When I say
to
the wicked, 'O wicked man, you shall surely die!' and you do not speak to warn
the
wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I
will
require at your hand. Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his
way,
and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have
delivered
your soul.”
(Ezekiel 33:7-9)
So, if as you’ve been reading
this, you don’t remember the Gospel (or Good News)
that Jesus taught, please allow
me to remind you – because I want to see you in
Heaven one day.
In John 14, Jesus said: “‘I am the way, the
truth, and the life. No one comes to the
Father
except through Me.”
(John 14:6) One path – through Christ – no other way. No
other way, including Muslims who
don’t repent, Mormons that don’t repent, Catholics,
Freemasons, Protestants,
Lutherans, Episcopals, Baptists, and non-denominationalists
who don’t repent and become
genuine followers of Christ. There’s only one way, it’s
through Christ – the real Christ
of the Bible. And notice – it’s not on our terms, but on
His terms: “… but by Me.”. Let me give you the literal
translation of this verse really
quick for it emphasizes this
point even better. “Jesus is saying to Him: ‘I AM the
Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one is coming toward the
Father, if not
through Me.’” That is where Joel errs. Joel really wants an all-friendly
‘god’ and not
the God of the Bible. Joel wants
to explain away God’s consequences for sinful
rebellion instead of getting
ready to meet his maker one day.
And to clarify it further, Jesus
more clearly defined this narrow path through Him.
Here are 3 passages. “Enter by the narrow
gate; for wide is the gate and broad is
the
way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because
narrow
is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few
who
find it.”
(Matthew 7:13-14)
>> Please notice 2 phrases
of Jesus’ words: “many go in by it [wide gate, broad
path]” – many go in by the wide path,
the easy path, the path that allows you to bring
all of your and my selfish
self-interests, pride – ego, our vain and short-sighted
temporary earthly wants and
pleasures, laziness and lust for whatever makes us
happy. But, notice where that
broad path goes: “… broad is the way that leads to
destruction…” Don’t go there – it leads to
eternal torment. Instead find out what
about Jesus’ narrow path that “leads to life and there
are few who find it.”
Did you
catch that? Not only do few enter
it, but few even find this path that leads to eternal
life. Why? There are 2 reasons –
1) they are not looking in the right place, and 2) they
are not willing to give up their
own rebellious beliefs and selfish wants so that they
might be saved from Hell and be
in Heaven with God’s wonderful personality and
presence forever.
Okay we’ve looked at one passage,
but we need to look at 2 other passages to get
what Jesus said. “Not everyone who says
to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the
Kingdom
of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. Many will
say
to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out
demons
in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will
declare
to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice
lawlessness!'” (Matthew 7:21-23)
>> Again, please note the
word “many”.
This is Jesus talking. This is still part of His
sermon on the Mount of Olives in
Israel. Just because you or I say that we know God
doesn’t mean that He knows us.
And just because we say that we love Jesus doesn’t
mean that we are His children or
adopted by Him out of Satan’s family into God’s
family. And just because we go to
church, sing some superficial ‘I love you’ songs, and
hear a peppy message that makes
us feel good – doesn’t mean that we are saved.
Notice these people were doing
much more than the average church-goer. They were
doing miracles and healings (real
ones, not fake like most of what Benny Hinn and
others like him do). These people
that Jesus was talking to were apparently teaching
God’s Word, probably pretty well.
And, even more, they were doing something that
almost no church-goers today ever
do – casting out demons. Most people today love
witchcraft so much, because they
can use the demons to get just about whatever they
want without consequences (or so
they think…) So, they’d never cast out demons from
people and free them from that
evil oppressive bondage. Yet, the people Jesus is
referring to here will have done
that – they will have freed people from the
oppressive bondage of
demon-possession. And yet, look at what Jesus says to them: “I
never
knew you.” Ouch.
And He says further: “Depart from Me…!” I believe these
are some of the most chilling
words in all of Scripture, because many walking and
talking all around us will hear
these words. But, wait. Why would Jesus say this to
them? Look at Jesus’ last few
words in verse 23: “you who practice lawlessness.”
And, there we find the catch.
These people thought they could do a few trinkets for
God and live for themselves, only
to find Jesus say to them – Depart, I never knew
you, because you practice and
enjoy lawlessness.
>> If my cautions here
cause you concern and help you to realize that you are not
100% sure that you’d be in Heaven
– good! There’s still hope for your soul! Because,
those who are genuinely saved are
growing obedience to Christ’s commands (John
14:15, 24) and they have the
confirmation of the Holy Spirit that they are saved
(Romans 8:16). “Examine yourselves as
to whether you are in the faith. Test
yourselves.” (2nd Corinthians 13:5) And don’t stop examining yourself
and praying,
pleading with God to save you
until you know you are saved, because if and when you
become saved, the difference will
be clear – not on the outside (at first) but on the
inside. “Therefore, if anyone is
in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have
passed
away; behold, all things have become new.” (2nd Corinthians 5:17) And
another verse of comfort is in
Romans 8 – “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our
spirit
that we are children of God.” (Romans 8:16) ~ Those who are genuinely saved
have the Holy Spirit inside of
them and He confirms that we are saved, as well as
teaching us daily how to be
closer to God and walk in more obedient fellowship with
Him.
In John 14, Jesus gave a quick
test for us to check ourselves by: “If you love Me, keep
My
commandments… He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the
word
which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.” (John 14:15, 24)
Now, with those passages in mind,
we still need to see one more passage that sums up
Jesus’ teaching here and helps
further clarify it. “When He had called the people to
Himself,
with His disciples also, He said to them, ‘Whoever desires to come after
Me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever
desires
to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the
gospel's
will save it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and
loses
his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For whoever
is
ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the
Son
of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the
holy
angels.’” (Mark
8:34-38)
Our new life in Christ has to
start with one word: repentance. “Do you think that
they
were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you,
no;
but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” (Luke 13:5)
“Repent therefore and be
converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that
times
of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.” (Acts 3:19)
“For God so loved the
world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes
in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send
His
Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him
might
be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not
believe
is condemned already… And this is the condemnation, that the Light
[Jesus] has come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light,
because
their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the Light and
does
not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the
truth
comes to the Light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been
done
in God.” (John
3:16-21)
Another helpful one is 1st John 1 “This is the message which we have heard from
Him
and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no shade of evil at all. If
we
say
that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not
practice
the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have
fellowship
with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us
from
all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not
in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins
and
to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1st John 1:5-9)
So, what should you start with?
First thing is you and I have to repent of your rebellion
against God. That's where it
starts. You have to hate how you've done what you know
is wrong without caring that it's
wrong. That's both a starting point and a continual
process. And, you need to ask God
to teach you His ways and re-arrange your life -
making His Word your priority and
spending quality time in it - daily.
Next, you'll want to learn to
talk to Him about everything and work on a perspective
that includes Him in every detail
of your life - holding nothing back. And, you'll want
to find a group of believers whom
you can talk about the Bible and how to please God
in the details of life, as well
as removing friends who try to distract you from pleasing
Christ or at least diminish their
influence in your life. ~ These things will take time.
But, as you continue to grow in
these things, you will see God molding you into His
image, and you will also see that
He can use you because you, especially as you are
trying to carefully and
intentionally grow in obedience to Him and His Word -
confessing when you see you're
wrong, and starting again, doing what you know is
right.
If this encourages you, you're
welcome to share it or message me. If this false teacher
report has raised many questions
for you and you’d like to get some answers, just
email me: Steven.H3 @ gmail.com (remove spaces). I’d love to hear from you and
I’ll
be glad to help you as best as I
can. Also, a good next step for you, is for you to spend
time reading the book of 1st John. If you don’t know where that is, check the index
–
it’s one of the last books in
your Bible. Read it every day for a month. And ask God to
show you more about Who He is,
how you’re really doing, and how you can draw
closer to Him and grow in
obedience to Him and His Word.
Take care,
servants of Christ,
The FEDBP team
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This report was done by the FEDBP
team (Foundations of Evangelism, Discipleship and
Biblical Preaching). If you’d like
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Thank you.
~ a growing servant/life-slave of
Jesus,
SH and the FEDBP team