“You can do whatever you want, all you have to
do is believe in Jesus!” With such declarations, ‘children’ of God are told to do whatever
they want after all He is the God of the second, third, tenth, twentieth etc
chance! ‘As many chances as you want dear, He is all that’. These teachers
forget Hebrews 12: 16-17. Grace, love and mercy of God have been turned into licenses
for sin and a licentious life-style! These strange teachings being churned out from
pulpits, if one is not careful such will be swept away by this evil tide. If
you listen carefully you would notice that the teachings of Christ have been so
simplified and watered down to the point of error and sacrilege! The proponents of this ‘anything goes’ gospel
argues that the Kingdom has been made wide open so that many hitherto would not
have had the opportunity because of the ‘judging sermons’ can now come in. This
question then readily comes to mind: ‘if this is working why is sin commonplace
in the house of the Lord?’ Things that are frowned at in Scriptures are being
excused away and instead of Churches Discipling men, they are growing fan clubs.
Friend, Jesus Christ saw these times and warned us in Luke 21:34-36 to be
watchful and on our guard. We must not allow our minds to be dulled from
carousing, drunkenness and the worries of life. Look around you from the
pulpits to the world scene, teachings and principles all geared towards dulling
the mind. In the process of telling the congregation not to worry about life, they
are then introduced to outlandish prosperity and self-aggrandizement teachings
that dull the mind to the true teachings of the Word of God. Such a mind thinks
he has been brought into the world to please himself! This is not true! Thus
any teaching that challenges or points his mind back to the true teachings of
Christ is rebuffed. Jesus Christ’s return is already here and He warns us not
to let the day come upon us like a trap. Meaning there will be no way out as so
many will be caught unprepared. He admonishes us to be alert, attentive, discreet
and ready at all times. We must be like the Berea Christians that always go
back home to find out if what they had been taught is in line with the
Scriptures. We must do the same so that this DAY will not close in on us like a
noose. Friend, once what we have been taught is not in line with the word of God
we must discard them immediately. We must continually pray for the Strength of
God to escape these things and to stand before the Lord on that day, because without
God’s strength, we cannot stand against the wave of strange teachings being
churned from the pit of hell to distract and finally sidetrack the child of God
from the grace, mercy and love of God. The grace to discern, stand and remain standing
is released to you in Jesus Christ name. God bless you.
Have you ever visited a quarry site and considered the process the rocks are subjected to before they become dressed stones to be used? If the stones could talk they will have a story to tell about their experiences. As children of God we go through diverse experiences and we wonder if we will indeed survive them. Sometimes we wonder why our gracious and compassionate Father would allow such to befall us considering who we are in Him and what we are doing in His vineyard. The Scripture that should readily come to our minds in such circumstances is God’s assurance when He said: “I will be with you when you pass through the waters, and when you pass through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. You will not be scorched when you walk through the fire and the flame will not burn you ” (Isaiah 43:2). This Scripture assures us that through the experiences of flames and waters, God is always by our side to see us through. Thus, it is necessary for us to go through the...
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