I know it sounds corny, yes, a line from a poor-quality cover of a classic pop song. If that was the only thing I felt or that went through my mind, then it wouldn’t have been memorable. The person that literarily rocked my mental world, opened their mouth and sang a line of a song in Yoruba language. Before I translate the offending, abominable, evil, depraved and damned utterance, I should provide context. The person is a member of a sect or cult that practises religious brainwashing, not only do they twist the word of God, the scriptures, they ignore substantial portions of it that do not suit their purposes. They also practice divination; during their divination sessions, their prophecies often come in the form of songs, during the sessions, both the “prophet” or to be more precise, the vessel temporarily inhabited by the “spirit” or evil, and a “scribe” that is somebody who writes down the often times rubbish (sometimes little glimpses of the future, which is a gift from God to both the evil and the good souls), that they spout from the acchole (pardon my language) located below their noses. Apparently, they revere their songs more than the scriptures. Anyway, the translated line goes as such: “salvation is by worship”, when I heard this, I said and quoted Ephesians 2 verses 8 and 9; For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
You could knock me over with a feather, 20 hours after hearing this, I am still in a shock, when the person said it, I said to them “Can you Google that statement and if you can find it, in the Bible, then I know that God has used you to reveal something to me, that is in His word, that I did not know before. Of course, they could not find it in the Bible that Salvation is by worship, which means that probably the devil used the mouth of the person to reveal himself and his control over the sect that the person belongs to. The battleground is the mind, and the devil knows the word of God more than the average Christian, he can only twist the word and give false interpretation, but he cannot add to it or take from it. The sects that add to it or take from it, have a special place in hell reserved for them.
The Bible says in Hosea 4 v 6: my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.
“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
The members of the sect know themselves, and if you translate the line of the song I mentioned from English to Yoruba and recognize it, and you identify it, and still don’t understand the mess or the place you’re in, then remember the words of our Lord Jesus Christ in Mark 8 v 17-18: Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? When the psalmist under the spirit of the Lord said in Psalm 135 verses 15-18; The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears, but cannot hear,
nor is there breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
When you put your trust in a sect or cult that says salvation is by worship, may the Lord have mercy on your soul. This is an offense against the Holy Spirit, all sins can be forgiven, except sin against the Holy Spirit, by perverting the word of God and claiming that salvation is by worship, you’re truly committing a sin against the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, according to our Lord Jesus Christ in John 14 v 15-17: “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[c] in you.
