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One man in Los Angeles is guilty of what could be called vigilante evangelism.<\/p>\n
A now-viral video making the rounds on social media depicts an unidentified individual standing on a billboard platform painting over the word \u201cnot\u201d on a large black-and-white sign declaring, \u201cJesus is not God,\u201d transforming the billboard from communicating a heretical to evangelical message.<\/p>\n
The group World\u2019s Last Chance is behind the billboards, which have been seen in Southern California, Georgia, and other states across the country,\u00a0according to The Christian Post. The group described the billboard as part of \u201cfour billboard themes that dare to shatter the chains of long-held misconceptions\u201d about God, Jesus, and Christianity.<\/p>\n
In addition to suggesting Jesus is not the Son of God, the organization, founded in 2004,\u00a0promotes\u00a0Arianism (the heretical belief Jesus was a created being), disavows the Trinity, and pushes the fallacious view that the earth is flat.<\/p>\n
Arianism, it should be noted, was classified as a heresy in the fourth century at the Council of Nicaea.<\/p>\n
WLC has purportedly stated these messages are \u201cnot mere slogans\u201d but should serve as a \u201cclarion call to awaken hearts and minds to the radiant truth of Scripture.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man\u2019s actions, while likely a legal violation, have garnered positive attention from Christians. While his vandalism hasn\u2019t been condoned, the intent behind it \u2014\u00a0to eliminate heretical messages \u2014\u00a0has been praised.<\/p>\n
For example, Living Waters founder Ray Comfort condemned WLC as \u201ca strange sect\u201d in a video posted earlier this month, condemning the group for claiming \u201cto believe the Scriptures yet openly den[ying] the deity of Christ \u2014 a contradiction the Bible doesn\u2019t permit.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bible \u201cplainly teaches that God was manifest in the flesh and that Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God and the express image of his person,\u201d said Comfort, adding, \u201cJesus himself said, \u2018I came down from heaven and before Abraham was, I am\u2019 \u2014 a direct claim to deity that is here understood clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cHe is not merely a moral teacher or a created being, but the Creator himself, for all things were made through him and without him nothing was made that was made,\u201d a reference to John 1:3.<\/p>\n
As of the time of this report, it is not known exactly where or when the billboard video was recorded.<\/p>\n
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