Preached In Newtownabbey Free Presbyterian Church.

"Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle," 2 Thessalonians 2:15.

Jude was pressed in his soul to warn of the infiltration of the ranks of the Apostolic Church by those he called 'creepers'! "There are certain men crept in unawares, 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 1:4.

From its inception, the embodiment of Ecumenism, the World Council of Churches, made its objective clear.

The goal of the World Council was plainly stated at its convening Assembly in August 1948. Former General Secretary of the WCC, W.A. Visser 't Hooft, stated the sentiments of the ecumenists gathered for that historic occasion:

"Our name indicates our weakness and our shame before God, for there can be and there is finally only one Church of Christ on earth. Our plurality is a deep anomaly. But our name indicates also that we are aware of that situation, that we do not accept it passively, THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS THE MANIFESTATION OF THE ONE HOLY CHURCH" (The Genesis and Formation of the World Council of Churches, P. 66).

In 1948 a Lutheran delegate stated that the purpose of the World Council of Churches was to reverse the Reformation.

"The Common Declaration by Pope Paul VI and the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Michael Ramsey", In which they said that their meeting "marks a new stage in the development of fraternal relations, based upon Christian charity, and of sincere efforts to remove the causes of conflict and to re-establish unity." (1966).

Oct. 6, 2016. VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis and Anglican Primate Archbishop Justin Welby have signed a joint-declaration emphasising that while topics such as homosexuality and the ordination of women still constitute points of division, they are committed to working together in their pursuit of full unity.

The WCC and its associated churches has been pursuing that purpose ever since 1948 and that with much success amongst its member churches. A recent statement, posted in July of this year, indicates that.

The World Communion of Reformed Churches has formally joined an ecumenical statement with Roman Catholics, Lutherans and Methodists aiming to overcome divisions between Protestants and Roman Catholics from the time of the Protestant Reformation.

"Today is a historic day," said Jerry Pillay, president of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), at a ceremony on 5 July in the eastern German town of Wittenburg, where Martin Luther lived and worked. "The documents we are signing today are significant and symbolic of the road we are to travel."

What a work of God the Reformation was and how hard the devil and his agents are working to overthrow it!

Out text, 2 Thessalonians 2:15, teaches us the very opposite to that which the Ecumenists are engaged in.