Nevertheless the foundation of God
standeth sure, having this seal,
The Lord knoweth them that are
His. And, Let every one that
nameth the name of Christ
depart from iniquity. But in a
great house there are not only
vessels of gold and silver, but
also of wood and of earth; and
some to honor, and some to
dishonor. If a man therefore purge
himself from these, he shall be a
vessel unto honour, sanctified and
meet for the master's use, and
prepared unto every good work.
2Timothy 2:19-21
In yesterday's blog I began naming names for you to examine and determine if whether or not they are teaching heresy, or in the least false understanding of Scripture. First I wrote what they have had to say and given references for you. I pray that you will take this time. Why?
"Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy" (1Peter 1:16). What is the purpose of your life? When you come to know it, restate it to yourself. Much preaching today is all about what God will do for you, prosperity, health, happiness, etc., but this is not the destined end of man, only holiness. Today people are running to and fro for some form of euphoric happiness, or some entertainment (which is not all bad) that will cause joy. We are dissipated (scattered in various directions), to indulge in extravagant, intemperate, or dissolute pleasure. We will find or give to them some right, good or noble affinity (not all bad), that we have come to believe will in time find their fulfillment. Churches have become a social (which in its good use is good) entity, filled with exciting entertainment that is more like a concert by the world than entertainment that leads a person to worship God in truth. God must atrophy them. The real matter is: whether a man will accept God
Who will make them holy. At all costs a man must be rightly related to God.
Listen to some of the preachers: shouting, sweating, dancing, crying, and teaching a gospel that is not the Gospel. Or they are holding up a Bible saying that what they are teaching is Scripture and this is what I will be doing for the more famous of those preachers who teach falsely. At least I have found this to be true and will give you their words so you can check this out, by Scripture.
Do you believe that you need to by holy? Do you believe that God can enter into you and make you holy? Here is where much preaching as gone askew: they teach a soft gospel making Jesus to be a teddy bear, and if you are "good" enough He just might save you. But if the preaching is to convince me that you are unholy, you resent it. Is this not what the Gospel does? You when hearing the truth about yourself you are awakened to an intense resentment because it does reveal that you are unholy. On the other hand: you are awakened to an intense craving, craving to be holy. Your sanctification will not be complete this side of heaven, only until you are before the throne of God will you achieve the holiness that God has determined for all His children. This is the destined end that God has for those to whom He has enabled and called. God desires to produce saints. Not someone that has been determined to be called a saint, but saints who live a holy life.
God is not an eternal blessing machine for man. This is what is being taught by men such as T.D. Jakes, and other as will be shown. Those teachers, preachers who are duping people to believe another gospel outside the true Gospel of the Bible. God did not come to earth to live, die, and be resurrected, and to ascend into heaven out of pity. No! He paid that debt we owe to Him, Himself. God came to enable, to call, to save men because He created them to be holy. Atonement, a word tossed around in Churches but few understand its real meaning: Atonement means that God can put you back into perfect union with Himself. God can take away that wall, which is a shadow,"Though thou hast broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart" (Psalm 44: 19-21). This He did by means of the death of Jesus Christ.
Are you sympathetic to yourself, or with others who practice that which is not keeping with a holy God? Holiness means an unsullied walk with God, daily, with your tongue, with your mind, every detail of life is to be under the scrutiny of God. Holiness is not only what God gives me, but what a person manifests what God has given a person.
Tomorrow I will examine another preacher to see if what he believes and teaches is Scriptural.
And now for a little space
grace hath been shown
from the LORD our God,
to leave us a remnant
to escape, and to give us
a constant and sure abode
in His holy place, that our
God may enlighten our
eyes, and give us a little
reviving in our bondage.
Ezra 9:8
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