Statement of Faith and Vision of Ministry
WE BELIEVE:
1) In the plenary verbal inspiration of the Bible both in the Old and the New Testaments, keeping all of Scripture free from error and contradiction. We further believe that the Scriptures are of supreme and final authority in faith and life. {2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21}
At this End of the Age, we recognize that many confusing and liberal Bible translations are being marketed. We believe that the King James Version is still the best translation and should be used by all Christians. On this site, we quote from a Parallel Bible, with the KJV on the left and the Amplified Bible Commentary on the right. We do this only to bring understanding to those many passages where the usage of words has changed significantly since 1611, so we can turn to the Amplified to gain a better understanding. But, if you have any doctrinal issues, the KJV is on the left to guide you.
2) In one God -- the Creator and Ruler of the universe, existing in a divine and incomprehensible Trinity -- God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit -- each possessing Divine perfection and personality. {John 1:1; 1 John 5:9; 2 Corinthians 13:14}
3) That Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary. He is true God and true man {Luke 1:35; Isaiah 7:14; 1 John 5:20}
4) That man was created in the image of God; that he sinned, and thereby incurred, not only physical death, but also spiritual death; which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in thought, word and deed. {Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 5:12, 19; Genesis 3:3}
5) That the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice and that all who believe on Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood. {1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Romans 5:1, 9, 18, 19; Hebrews 9:22}
6) In the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven, and in His present life there as our High Priest and Advocate. {Matthew 28:6-7; Luke 24:39; John 20:21; Acts 1:9-11}
7) In the imminent, premillennial, personal return of Jesus Christ for His church; at that moment the dead in Jesus Christ shall be raised in glorified bodies, and the living in Him shall be given glorified bodies without tasting death and shall be caught up in the air before the Seventieth Week of Daniel; also that the Great Tribulation, which follows the Rapture of the Church, will be culminated by the revelation of Jesus Christ in power and great glory to sit upon the throne of David and to establish the millennial reign. {1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:51-58; Revelation 19:11-20:4}
8) That all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become the Children of God. {John 10:27-28; 1 John 5:1; John 1:12}
9) That all who are truly born again are kept by God the Father for Jesus Christ. {Phillipians 1:6; John 10:28-29; Romans 8:35-39}
10) In the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved and everlasting punishment of the lost. {1 Corinthians 15:51-53; John 5:25, 29}
11) In the personality of Satan, that he is the unholy god of this age, and the author of all the powers of darkness; he is destined to the judgment of an eternal justice in the Lake of Fire. {Matthew 4:1-3; 2 Corinthians 4:3-4}
12) In the Genesis account of creation, that man came by direct creation of God and not by evolution. {Genesis 1 & 2; John 1:3; Colossians 1:16-17}
13) That the Lord's Supper is the commemoration of His death until He come and should be preceded always by solemn self-examination. {1 Corinthians 11:23-31}
14) That immersion is the correct outward manifestation of our death to sin and resurrection to a new life in Jesus Christ. {Acts 8:36, 38-39; Romans 6:3-5}
15) Separation
A. Personal Separation -- That all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ are called into a life of separation from worldly and sinful practices and should abstain from such amusements and habits as will cause others to stumble or bring reproach upon the cross of Jesus Christ. {2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Colossians 3:1-12; Romans 12:1-2}
B. Ecclesiastical Separation -- That the church ought not to cooperate or fellowship with any church involved with the Ecumenical Movement, or with any church that places a greater emphasis on the "social" gospel than it does upon the historical Biblical Gospel. {John 17;
2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Matthew 22:21}
16) That the supreme mission of the people of God in this age is to preach the gospel to every creature. {Matthew 28:16-20; Acts 1:8}
17) That the only proper method of financing the work of the Christian Church is by the free will giving of the people, as God has prospered. {1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:6-7}
18) That God is sovereign in the bestowing of all His gifts; and that the gifts of evangelism, pastor, and teacher are sufficient for the perfecting of the saints today; and that speaking in tongues and the working of sign miracles gradually ceased as the New Testament Scriptures were completed and their authority became established. {1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Ephesians 4:7-12}
19) We believe that God does hear and answer the prayer of faith, according to His will, on behalf of the sick and afflicted. {John 15:7; James 5:13-15; 1 John 5:14-15}
As we believe we have been brought by Divine Grace to embrace the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the influence of the Holy Spirit, to give ourselves up to Him, so do we now solemnly covenant with each other, that, God enabling us, we will walk together in brotherly love; that we will exercise a Christian's care and watchfulness over each other, and faithfully warn, rebuke, and admonish one another, as the case shall require; that we will not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, nor omit the great duty of prayer, both for ourselves and for others; that we will participate in each other's joys and endeavor with tenderness and sympathy to bear one another's burdens and sorrows; that we will earnestly endeavor to bring up such as may be under our care in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; that we will seek Divine aid to enable us to walk circumspectly and watchfully in the world, denying ungodliness and every worldly lust; that we will strive together for the support of a faithful evangelical ministry among us; that we will also strive together, by example and effort, to win souls to Jesus Christ, and through life, amidst evil report and good report, seek to live to the glory of Him, who hath called us out of darkness into His marvelous light.
VISION STATEMENT OF THE CUTTING EDGE MINISTRIES
The Cutting Edge Ministries feels led by God to serve Him in this most important, and unique, time in world history, i.e., the soon appearance of the Antichrist!! We marvel at how God has given us insight into His prophecies and Biblical doctrines, as they relate to world and national events during this preparatory time leading up to the New World Order. We have been led to so many writers, both Christian and occultic, that have just shown us dramatically how the world is progressing toward this New World Order, the Kingdom of the Antichrist.
We believe God has commissioned The Cutting Edge Ministries to forewarn God's people of these upcoming events. The Cutting Edge has based its work on some key end-time Scripture.
1) Daniel 11:32b-33: "... but the people who know their God shall prove themselves strong and shall stand firm and do exploits for God. And they who are wise and understanding among the people shall instruct many and make them understand, though some of them and their followers shall fall by the sword and flame. by captivity and plunder, for many days."
Of course, we do not flatter ourselves in thinking that we are "wise" in our own power or understanding; rather, we are Biblically wise, after the manner spoken of in Proverbs 1:7, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge:" Once we were firmly at this point, God stepped in to begin leading in the direction of thoroughly understanding the complete Plan of the New World Order, and its full impact upon our society.
2) "And the teachers and those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament and those who turn many to righteousness shall give forth light like the stars forever." Our desire is to turn many to righteousness. Of course, there are always two types of people who need to turn to righteousness: (a) The sinner, in need of Salvation through Jesus Christ; (b) The lukewarm Christian, who needs to become on fire for Jesus Christ. Jesus had some very stern Words to say to the lukewarm Christians of this world, In Revelation 1:15-16, "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."
Therefore, our major emphasis is toward the lukewarm Christian. There are so very many of this type of Christian that, if they were to become awakened, they would be a formidable spiritual force with which to be reckoned. If they were to become awakened, millions of people would receive the witness of Jesus Christ, and many would be saved. If they were to become awakened, the precious seed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ would be planted in the hearts and minds of many millions of people, waiting until the stress and trouble of the Tribulation Period to germinate and bear the spiritual fruit of Salvation through Jesus Christ.
Toward this end, we labor, bearing in mind a most precious verse. In Isaiah 32:20, God foretells of this type of spiritual planting. "Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass." Since the meaning of this verse is a little obtuse in the King's English, the clear meaning is, "Happy and fortunate are you who cast your seed upon all waters, when the river overflows its banks; for the seed will sink into the mud and when the waters subside, the plant will spring up; you will find it after many days and reap an abundant harvest, you who safely send forth the ox and the donkey to range freely."
This ministry intends to cast the seed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ around the entire world through the Internet, waiting for the abundant harvest of precious souls once the Antichrist does arise. Of course, the first step in getting people interested in the Gospel in this Time Period is to penetrate the cloud of disinformation and deliberate lies which surround this coming New World Order! When we expose the Plan for its full Satanic scope and intensity, we then trumpet the news from the housetops, that this Plan fulfills Bible prophecy to a startling degree! Then, people get interested, and God is glorified! Then, hard and cold hearts seem to open to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Then, the lukewarm Christian, most of whom have been taught Biblical principles and some prophecy, will begin to witness vigorously to those in their Spheres of Influence, and the traditional Christian method of witnessing to the lost begins anew.
3) Daniel 12:10b, "Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand." This verse leads us to understand that most of the unsaved wicked will not become directly saved as a result of this ministry. Read carefully the phrase, above, "the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand..." None of the wicked shall understand. Most of the wicked will be so blind to this unprecedented deception that they will -- and do -- believe we are quite mad. Their salvation prior to the actual appearance of the Antichrist will only occur as the result of the witness of a Christian, who can properly meld the two elements of Biblical prophecy/doctrine to turn conversations to spiritual matters and complete the witness.
But, to reiterate, our major emphasis is to so stimulate the lukewarm Christian that he or she will begin to witness in the traditional manner which has so grown and sustained the Christian Church in the last 2,000 years. To this end, we are committed.
4) Ezekiel 3:17-19, "17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul."
Any ministry that deals with the issues of the coming Kingdom of Antichrist becomes one of God's Watchmen on the Wall, ready to sound the alarm when he sees the enemy force approaching. We take our responsibility of being this Watchman on God's wall very seriously. While we seek to defame no one, nor to falsely accuse anyone, we do intend to sound the warning clearly whenever we see danger approaching!
We are especially aware that this End of the Age will be uniquely deceptive, that it will delberately set out to deceive many well intentioned, and religious, people into believing the lie. Therefore, we will especially seek to sound the alarm whenever and wherever we see a lie being perpetrated, no matter by whom. We ask for your prayers, of Wisdom from on High and for Power, and for Discernment, so we may successfully accomplish this mission for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
We fear no man, only God.
We believe in the pre-Tribulation Rapture of the Church. However, we believe it highly likely that we will see the appearance of the Antichrist, with our Rapture occurring shortly thereafter. What a great witness it will be if we are allowed to be in our communities when Antichrist arises, to warn our unsaved friends and loved ones that Antichrist is a fraud, and is bent on first deceiving the peoples of the world, and then destroying them. Once Christian witnessing has run its course, we believe Jesus will return to Rapture us out of this world -- as He promised to do in Revelation 3:10 -- and then Antichrist will have free reign to bring the entire world under his rule.
Our hope and prayer is that this ministry will be allowed to function for a long time after the Rapture of the Church, serving as a spiritual lighthouse on the Internet, warning and cajoling people, and broadcasting the truth about Antichrist!! We feel this scenario is highly likely, since our http-server is a Christian organization, and will not be shutting us down shortly after the Rapture. What an exciting thought, that tens of millions of people might be able to access our Site after the Rapture to learn of the truth of the Antichrist and of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!!
We covet your prayers for the full blessing of this ministry!!!
Maranatha!!