Message to Mike Adams: Rightly Dividing the Word and Salvation by the Grace of God

by EzekielDiet.com
Posted on Oct 13, 2025

Ezekiel Diet Notes:  I like Mike Adams, even though I believe he’s a long way from understanding scripture and I flinch at many things he ‘teaches.’  He will most likely be flinching later on as he grows spiritually and remembers some of the things he’s taught and at the Great White Throne Judgement. I also don’t believe Mike is indwelt with the Holy Spirit that’s required to decode scripture like an encryption key if he’s this far off in the basics.

In past audio files I’ve pointed out (blog post below) that Mike Adams equates Jesus Christ’s finished work on the cross as a fairy-tale for adults, just like Santa Clause is a fairy-tale for children. Mike also says: “In truth we’re all children of God, we’ve already been saved from the moment we were conceived, we’ve already been saved, all of us have access to heaven, regardless of our religion. Could be Islam, could be Christian, could be Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, even Atheism. Yes even atheists have access to heaven. What determines our experience after this simulation in heaven is our deeds. It’s our works.”

In this podcast below Mike Mike makes several more key errors that I would like to correct, to the extent my limited reach can affect.

At 3:35 minutes:  Mike Adams “Jesus of Nazareth  was strongly opposed to animal sacrifice. Completely opposed to it. That’s why He freed the animals in the Temple and got angry with the money changers, etc.  That’s all part of the same scene of Jesus of Nazareth rejecting the ancient Jewish traditions of animal sacrifice. Which are really rooted in demonic rituals. So animal sacrifice is a demonic ritual, and so is child sacrifice.

At 14:27 minutes:  For your soul to be clear, you need to reject Zionism, Satanism, and Netanyahu.  Embrace the teachings of Jesus.

Whopper at 15:09 minutes:  Mike Adams “It’s not that hard to get into heaven. All you have to do is be a good person. Learn and read what Jesus taught, practice that in your life, treat other human beings with dignity, and you too can get into heaven. Again, it’s not that difficult.”

The Bible teaches your goodness is like filthy rags to a holy God. “Being good” is not good enough.

Below this video I’ll rebut the three statements above in an effort to correct these errors to the extent my limited traffic can reach.

Why were animals sacrificed in the OT? (3 important excerpt paragraphs from Bible Hub)

A core principle undergirding the sacrificial system was atonement-the concept of covering sin and reconciling sinful humanity to a holy God (Leviticus 17:11: “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls…”). The shed blood represented life given in place of another, reflecting the seriousness of sin and the requirement that sin’s penalty be borne by a substitute. This substitutionary aspect highlighted the gravity of humanity’s wrongdoing and pointed toward the need for a perfect offering that would ultimately resolve the sin problem once and for all.

Shadow of a Greater Sacrifice

These sacrifices foreshadowed a more complete sacrificial act. The New Testament describes this in places like Hebrews 9:22: “Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” As centuries progressed, it became evident that no continuous cycle of animal offerings could permanently remove the root problem of sin. Instead, these practices anticipated a final Lamb-one fully capable of resolving human separation from God. Later biblical manuscripts, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, reinforce an expectation of a Messiah who would fulfill and surpass the ritual offerings once and for all.

Fulfillment in the Messiah

In the New Testament view, the ultimate purpose of animal sacrifices was realized in Jesus, who is called the Lamb of God (John 1:29). His death and resurrection demonstrated that the Old Testament sacrificial system was a temporary signpost pointing to an eternal resolution. As Hebrews 10:4 states, “it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” These earlier offerings served as physical, historical enactments of a deeper spiritual truth: only a faultless sacrifice could achieve definitive redemption. Jesus’s self-offering-being without sin-perfectly satisfied the requirement for atonement.

Read more at: https://biblehub.com/q/why_were_animals_sacrificed_in_the_ot.htm

Why Jesus Whipped the Money Changers

Jesus whipped the money changers to express His anger at how they had turned the Temple, a sacred place of worship, into a marketplace, exploiting worshippers for profit. He aimed to restore the sanctity of the Temple, emphasizing that it should be a house of prayer rather than a den of thieves.

Jesus did not overturn tables and whip the money changers to free the animals being sacrificed in the Temple, as Mike Adams opines at about 3:30 minutes in this video.

Read more at:  https://biblehub.com/q/what_did_jesus_do_to_money_changers.htm

Soul Salvation, or as Mike Adams puts it ‘Getting Into Heaven’ (from Saved by the Grace of God by Gary and Lynda Miller)

There is no soul salvation in trusting in or doing any of the following:

• obeying the Ten Commandments
• doing your best
• living a good life
• doing good works
• obeying the Golden Rule
• giving money to a church
• church membership or attendance
• praying
• being water baptized
• taking holy communion
• being confirmed
• doing penance
• or by anything else you do or your church does for you!

Salvation is by the Grace of God! Your part is to simply believe.

Rom. 11:6, “And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.”

Rom. 4:5, “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”

Salvation is not a result of your trusting in Christ’s substitutionary death on the cross and your work added to it. That is what religion teaches, not what the word of God teaches. Salvation is a gift.

Salvation is a free gift. You cannot work for a gift. The gift of eternal life is free for us to receive but it cost God the death of His only begotten Son. We cannot add anything to His payment of our sins.

Christ did it all.

Read more at:  https://www.grace-harbor-church.org/pdfs/Saved_By_Grace-English.pdf

How do ‘filthy rags’ and good deeds align? (excerpt from Bible Hub)

Isaiah’s ministry took place in a time of spiritual decline in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Archaeological discoveries, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, confirm the text of Isaiah to be remarkably consistent with ancient manuscript traditions, indicating that what we have today accurately preserves Isaiah’s message. In Isaiah 64, the prophet laments the depth of the people’s sinfulness and separation from God.

• In Isaiah 63-64, there are pleas for God’s mercy and repentance from the nation.

• The phrase “filthy rags” in the original Hebrew carries a vivid sense of uncleanness, emphasizing that human righteousness alone falls far short of God’s perfect holiness.

Within this context, Isaiah’s words highlight that even Israel’s best efforts, if prompted merely by ritualistic or prideful motives rather than genuine faith and repentance, are not sufficient for restoring fellowship with a holy God.

The Theological Meaning of “Filthy Rags”

When Isaiah refers to “filthy rags,” he underscores the futility of attempting to earn divine favor by one’s merit alone. This principle aligns with other Scriptures that stress humanity’s universal fall into sin (Romans 3:23).

• The moral and ritual practices of Isaiah’s audience had become empty; while some still performed religious duties, their hearts were distant from God.

• The same biblical truth applies to all humanity: trying to establish righteousness by self-effort cannot erase sin (Romans 3:20).

Thus, Isaiah 64:6 exposes the glaring inability of fallen creatures to justify themselves before a perfect Creator.

Read more:  https://biblehub.com/q/how_do_’filthy_rags’_and_good_deeds_align.htm

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