Wednesday 14 March 2012

Is a radical grace preacher a false teacher because he preaches radical grace ?

Asking, "Can a believer of God become a false preacher?" is like asking:
Can a believer lose his salvation?
Can a believer fall?
Can a believer sin?
Can a rich man be saved?
Can you reply, "No, they can never, never, never fall, sin, or preach false doctrine" ? No, I won't give such a blanket guarantee to all the people.Neither will I say, "A preacher can never be a false preacher just because he always preach from the Bible, he always preach salvation, he always preach God, he always preach the Holy Spirit, he always preach repentance, he always preach God's laws, or he always preach grace". Hence, my reply is: We don't simply accuse anyone as a false preacher just because he preaches grace or he preaches the law. A grace preacher or a law preacher is not necessary a false preacher. But he could be a false preacher if:
  1. he prophesies, preaches, and promises radical grace as oxymoron for effortless prosperity and success (thereby removes the clear message of repentance for the world)
  2. he preaches 'anti'-repentance which devices all kinds of oxymoron for sinners and the people of the world to skip, ignore, or delay repentance with the subtle psychology of no more sins to confess.
  3. he argues that grace is not license to sin; but he would never admit, Radical grace is license to sin
  4. he refuses to preach against sins conscience, thinking that preaching of repentance and sins will bring sins conscience. But he would never realize that the blood of Jesus removes sins conscience to sin; but his radical grace would remove sins conscience to repent
  5. he has brought a radical grace revolution which has managed to drawn away many unrepentant believers from most of the churches in the world today, many were the church elect: Mat 24:23-24 KJV  Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.  (24)  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect ..
  6. he believes that as Christ is, so is he also, in EVERYTHING, and preached subtly that he is also that 'JOSEPH' or ;CHRIST' who would set the people TOTALLY free (or RADICALLY free) from the law including God's laws and commandments. So, he has impressed many to consider himself as the fulfilled prophecy like CHRIST who will bring hope and grace to the people of our time. But little did he realize that he could be the false CHRIST (or the false anointed one) that was also prophesied in: Mat 24:4-5 KJV  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.  (5)  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. Rev 13:16-18 KJV  And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:  (17)  And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.  (18)  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
  7. he could have been successful in doing what is doing now and hence, he should be qualified as the false prophet who has the most potential to be one in our time:   Mat 24:11-15 KJV And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.  (12)  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  (13)  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.  (14)  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.  (15)  When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
  8. The abomination of desolation spoken by Daniel is found in Dan 11 & 12 - basically a battle or conflict between two kings/princes; one from the land of the north who was the lawless one and another from the south who probably worship the golden calves:  Dan 11:30-32 LITV  For the Kittim ships will come against him. And he will be pained and turn back and be furious against the holy covenant. And he will act, and he will return and heed the forsakers of the holy covenant.  (31)  And forces will stand away from him, and they will profane the sanctuary, the fortress. And they shall remove the regular sacrifice, and they will place the abomination that desolates.  (32)  And he will defile by flatteries those who do evil against the covenant. But the people who know their God will be strong and will work. 
  9. he could be one the the kings in Daniel 11. If we have difficulty reading the whole chapter of Daniel 11 and could not follow through the intricate events in Daniel 11, just highlight all the verses with 'the king of the north' and 'the king of the south' in the chapter, and you may be surprised to know that the two kings are the two major 'stars' of all the events in Daniel 11. We used to think that the king or the beast in Rev 13 which was also tied closely with the number of a man '666' and the abomination of desolation must be a powerful secular dictator, general, king, president, prince, lawyer, or leader, but can we think out of the box? Can he be a false religious apostle, teacher, prophet, healer, pastor, or anyone who knew Christ, had the number of 'sixes' in his name, preached like the voice of a lamb (but actually it's the voice of dragon), and became the son of perdition? 2Th 2:3 KJV  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Rev 13:11 KJV  And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
    Can the kings of both North and South be anyone who only has the name of a king or prince ? Oh, boys,
    if you would just accept all kinds of Old Testament typologies, you should also stretch your 'New Testament' imagination just a little.
  10. he will make people sleep. I hope no one would become vehemently defensive or sensitive about the Bible accounts and warnings above; the reason, why I mentioned all the categories of people, is not because I am biased against all of them, but because we do not know who he is yet until the end of time is near, and hence, we should not make 'blind' radical assumption on only a specific category of men, people, organisations, companies, communities, countries, or religions. But we should not be so blind that we would totally ignore all the 'clues' given to us too. But to be wise is a command from the Lord: Mat 25:9-13 KJV (9) But the wise answered, saying, Not so; .. (10) .. the bridegroom came; .. and the door was shut.  (11)  Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.  (12)  But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.  (13) Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh... Rev 13:18 KJV  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. A wise church is likened to the wise virgins who were prepared for the coming of the Lord; but the foolish ones are those who will 'believe only', or will believe in 'effortless ways' to keep themselves 'busy and prosperous in blindness', or will just 'sleep' during the end time. 
  11. he preaches evasively. For example, this year he will say, The TV told me to preach against God's commandments. Next year, he will say, I heard the Lord told me to preach against His laws. Then, subsequent years, he will say, I heard the voice of the Lord which told me to ..., then many more years later, he will say, "I saw the vision when the Lord said, "Son, if you do not preach it radically, people's life cannot change radically.."
 
We know that history can repeat itself. If you can remember, There was a 'religious' war between the king of the north and the king of the south in Israel too. Immediately after the record of the number of gold '666' was found in 1Ki 10:14, we notice the fall of king Solomon in the next chapter and how his son, Rehoboam and Jeroboam would fight fiercely to gain popularity of the people with ungodly means. Jeroboam had even created two golden calves to pursue his political goal in 1Ki 12:28. It means people who want to impress and make people follow them will find all means to sell, promote, boast, impersonate, decoy, camouflage, deceive, and accuse, to create the needed revolutions for their agenda. They would never feel any condemnation when doing it.  

We will find someone who may think that he is a prophecy himself before the end of the times: Mat 24:32-35 KJV Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:  (33)  So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.  (34)  Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.  (35)  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Well, I hope that he is not. Anyway, when he comes, he would say that he is a good man who never sin, who overcome sins by the power of God, who is a 100% devoted husband of one wife, who never tell people to live licentiously, who has been preaching the law or the word of God faithfully. In fact, he may preach the name of Jesus beautifully. However, whether he is or he is not, he will know how to answer the Lord. However, as for us, we have no excuse if we just want to preach the desires of our sinful hearts and ignore all God's warnings in the name of radical grace: 2Th 2:2-3 KJV  That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.  (3)  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.   

Perhaps, radical grace is true for him. He could be saved no matter what he thinks, what he says, what he do, what he sins, or what he preaches because he may repent just before he exceeds the 'grace limit' or 'grace period'. Yes, this is really good and can only be best described as 'radical grace' But please think, If everyone would just believe in this kind of radical grace, do you know what's wrong ? Everyone would like to believe immediately but would only repent later or just before they exceed the 'grace limit'. I don't think this is what the Lord encourages. Please listen to the Word:  Eph 5:14-17 KJV  Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.  (15)  See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,  (16)  Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.  (17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.


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