Whitewashing the Truth

Whitewashing is a Biblical Term

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres (tombs, graves), which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.” Matthew 23:27

When Jesus called the false leaders of His day “whited sepulchres,” what was He referring to?

“Looks good outside but is dead on the inside.” Tom Cochran

The term “whitewashing” usually refers to applying a coat of white paint over something. It is used metaphorically in the Bible to refer to a person or a group who attempts to make falsehood look like truth – by white washing, waxing over the naked truth, covering it over as if to impede it’s strength, conviction. This is a deadly and insidious practice occurring all around us and at the forefront of the modern church world. There is an intentional smoothing out of the truth by false prophets who use the people for their own self-serving purposes – to build their own church busine$$ empires. The hard truths of Christ are intentionally avoided and when they are read, if ever, false teachers soften their divinely-intended blow. Beware.

In contrast to false leaders, true disciples of Jesus boldly declare His raw truth, allowing no sugar coating. With Paul they declare “Let God be true and every man a liar” (Romans 3:4). Christ’s servantS are loyal to Him, not men. They ask with Paul “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” (Galatians 4:16)

“WHITED SEPULCHRES WHICH APPEAR BEAUTIFUL ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT WHICH ARE FILLED WITH ALL MANNER OF UNCLEANNESS AND DEAD MEN’S BONES

Thus Jesus described the hypocritical religionists of his day. Is modern Christianity much different with gays and lesbian bishops, priests, and pastors, pedophile priests, prosperity preachers, who rob the poor. Churches which are full of worldliness, materialism, rock music and odd manifestations? Mat. 23:27″ Bill K.

How Do We See Whitewashing in the Modern Church?

“Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres (tombs, graves), which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.” Matthew 23:26-28

First off, let us understand that Jesus is warning us that the false leaders of His day and our day were/are whitewashed – “whited sepulchres (tombs, graves).” John the apostle points out the same for the leaders in the church in Thyatira:

“I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.” Revelation 3:1

Modern pastors call adultery an affair, they call fornication sleeping together, they call sodomy homosexuality, they call whoredom promiscuity, etc. They’ve been completely subverted in the vatican infiltrated seminaries which ousted the King James Bible for their vatican-corrupted new “bibles.”

Those who whitewash the truth are exposed as the whitewashed tombs of our day!

Whitewashing is perpetrated through whitewashed modern wolves who themselves are unrepentant and dishonest, and therefore whitewashed – covered over as to hide their iniquity as they pose as representatives of Christ (John 3:19-21; 2 Corinthians 11:12-15).

The true man of God fears God and therefore fears no man (Luke 12:4-5). He will speak the truth no matter what the cost.

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.” Thomas Sowell

Whited sepulcher wolves whitewash divine truth, to cover over the cutting, the circumcising severity of it. This is why they use the corrupted new “bibles.” In doing so, they inhibit, they prevent, they hinder true repentance, shutting up the kingdom from those who would have otherwise entered.

“But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.” Matthew 23:13 

Notice below that Paul points out that the high priest Ananias, while he commanded that Paul should be smitten, he himself was violating the Word of God. Hypocrisy (Matthew 7:1-5).

“Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?” Acts 23:3 

Ananias, the high priest, used his position in rebellion. He himself was not adhering to divine truth, had logs in his own eye, while punishing Paul for a supposed violation of law.

Of Ananias, John Wesley wrote:

“He committed this outrage, while gravely sitting on the tribunal of justice but also as, at the same time that he stood high in the esteem of the citizens, he cruelly defrauded the priests of their legal subsistence, so that some of them even perished for want.”

Summation: When our own lives aren’t right in the eyes of God, we will inevitably be used of the enemy, to pervert justice in our own hypocrisy (Isaiah 5:20-24).

“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;” 1 Timothy 4:1-2

At all cost, they must remain undetected. Yet they can only remain hidden to the eyes of those who also are in darkness due to the refusal to truly repent (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12).

“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares (undetected), who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 3-4

Greek word for “unawares” appears 1 time in Scripture:

pareisdunō

to settle in alongside, that is, lodge stealthily: – creep in unawares. 

Modern Day Example of “Speaking Lies in Hypocrisy”

Many a pastor today peddles the “once saved always saved” myth, which is a doctrine of devils, and by demonic design, causes some to “depart from the faith” that once saved them in Christ.

The eternal security heresy is rooted in the lie of Satan in the Garden and is also a money-maker for the false leaders who peddle this doctrine of devils.

These whitewashed false prophets, whitewash the truth, waxing over, softening the blow of the naked divine truth communicated in Scripture. Modern deceivers usually have large audiences, suppliers, prey because “many,” most are on the “broad … way, that leadeth to destruction” (Matthew 7:13-14). This is nothing new:

“That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:” Isaiah 30:9-10

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts (unrepentant hearts) shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” 2 Timothy 4:2-4

The cross reveals your sin, and God’s love, not how wonderful you are! Repent!

Eternal Security is a Cardinal Heresy Peddled by Whitewashed Modern Wolves

Against the clear teaching of Scripture, OSAS wolves teach that no one once truly saved could possibly “depart from the faith” (1 Timothy 4:1). They refuse to acknowledge that God gave all men free will and conditions for His salvation which must be met in order to receive His blessings. Scripture teaches us that divine blessings are conditional, not unconditional.

While eternal life is eternal, the individual possession of it is not. Possessing eternal life requires initial and ongoing faith on the part of the recipient, otherwise it will be forfeited. | IS Salvation ETERNAL? 

Notice that the eternal security adherent will say things like “if your salvation depended on you, then you can’t be saved” ….This is true in that Christ paid the full price for the sins of mankind, and yet they leave off man’s responsibility, the condition God Himself gave. The price was fully paid by the same Savior who gave man conditions to appropriate that salvation. Yet, today we have many frauds who astoundingly, heretically claim that adhering to, obeying God’s Word is “works salvation.” Yet, according to the testimony of Holy Scripture, if the conditions aren’t met, His salvation isn’t appropriated, otherwise EVERY person would be saved and that’s the heresy of what is called universalism.

These lawless ones only have a problem with the LORD’s conditions because they are unrepentant rebels at heart, hiding behind this “eternal security” fairy tale. These are the very ones whom Jude cites for “turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness” (Jude 4).   

“For there are certain men crept in unawares (stealthily), who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness (license for sin), and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 4

Obeying God is an expression of our love for Him, not to earn our own salvation.

“And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” 1 John 2:3-6

When we read the words of Jesus and His holy apostles for ourselves, a different pictures arises in our heart – different than the picture painted by most modern pastors. Regrettably, so many today want some mere man, a “pastor” or Christian author, to tell them what God says, instead of finding our for themselves via searching the Scriptures (2 Timothy 2:15).

“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 7:21

“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” Titus 1:16

False teachers are maligning the LORD and the clear message of Christ and His holy apostles in an attempt to rescue the people they mislead from assuming any literal personal responsibility to truly repent and obey God.