Are you a charismatic or non-charismatic ?

It does not mean that if you are 'anointed', you must be from God

Some people may ask, "Are you a charismatic? Nowadays, God speak to the charismatic. If they could speak in tongues, they have the Holy Spirit. They will have the anointing. They can heal and do more miracles. They can teach more wisdom and truth .. They can .."
I will tell them, I am more charismatic than you think. If you think that speaking in tongues is one of the sign for more anointing, you will need to repent.
I was misunderstood as a charismatic fanatic. I received the experience without people laying hands on me and heard sounds which I could never described during those days... I know the supernatural and the weird .. If I go on I will be boasting. But does it matter now? Does it matter to be a charismatic or non-charismatic in these days when the error of the lawless would claim that it came from the charismatic too? ...  ...

The promise that anointing is the sign of a true prophet has become obsolete

The radical grace preachers will boast again, "Why not? As He is, so are we.. If we are the anointed, it means that we will prosper more effortlessly. In the last day, truly anointed grace believers will prosper more. We will prosper 5 times more than others. There would be a transfer of wealth from the ungodly to the godly. Since we are the godly, we are truly the one prophesied by the Lord. Of course, this is true. This is the prophecy of the Lord to bless us. We know this from his parable about the eleventh hour workers. We are those undeserving eleventh hour workers who will cause many others to persecute us. We have no more laws and commandments, and yet God prosper us more. Under the law, God said, "Thou shall do this and that..," but under grace, We said, "I will.. I will.. I will prosper and see more goodness of God. I will.. I will be the Benjamin generation who made the other ten brothers jealous..." Hence, we, the grace generation will be persecuted by the ten commandments or the ten brothers in the last days.. This is a true prophecy of the Lord .."
I will tell them, I don't care how anointed you are because you are a 'Benjamin' generation or 'Grace generation'; if you have preached the gospel that has no more laws or commandments, you are not a disciple of Jesus Christ. Jesus would tell His disciples to keep His laws and commandments. The sign now is by their fruits. Is it the fruit of only getting more believers to believe in the gospel without laws and commandments or the lawless gospel? No, it is the fruit of teaching believers to keep and do all the words, the teaching, and the commandments of the Lord; otherwise, it is fruitlessness.

• Mat 28:19-20 KJV  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:  (20)  Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
• Mat 5:18-19 KJV  For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.  (19)  Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

I will ask them, Are you sure that your 'Benjamin' promise is a prophecy. If it is, it is an obsolete prophecy. I cannot find it in the New covenant. Did God said that you will prosper five times more than others? No, again it is a vain promise from you, not from the word of the Lord. It is only what you said or what you've drawn ridiculously from the Old Testament. It is an obsolete interpretation of 'Benjamin' blessing. If you think that the teaching of God's commandments is obsolete, the prophecy of the 'Benjamin' blessing is even more obsolete than the teaching of the law of Moses and the law of the Old covenant.Why? It's because Paul, who was a Benjamin, had forgone all his Benjamin and old covenant teaching for the cross of Jesus Christ.

The prophecy of the Benjamin blessings has become obsolete (just like the law)

• Php 3:5-8 KJV  Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;  (6)  Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.  (7)  But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.  (8)  Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

Do we picked up what Paul counted as dung ? Marvellous ! He had deliberately dumped the precious name of his king, 'Saul', and many things which were the pride of his Benjamin tribe, and deliberately chose to call himself  'Paul' or the name of 'Little'. Obviously, the Benjamin generation would never know the thinking and passion of Paul. How can any Benjamin generation boast that they know the heart of Paul and preach grace like him?

• Isa 14:12-15 KJV  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!  (13)  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:  (14)  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.  (15)  Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

I will tell them, From the Bible verses above, we know that it doesn't matter if we are '5' times more prosperous than others or we could boast '5' times more than others. If our boasting is like the boasting of Lucifer, we are as lawless as him? Yes, probably, God had shown Lucifer His Commandments, "Thou shall not.. Thou shall not .. but he chose to rebel with, "I will, I will .." Obviously, there is nothing wrong with God's "Thou shall.. Thou shall..". But if we are influenced by Lucifer to boast "I will.. I will .." like him, we should beware. If we love lawlessness with those "I will.. I will' boasting, we could be one more step closer to the Lord's prophecy of, not the Benjamin generation but, of the prophecy of the lawless one in Paul's letters and Revelation. Some may argue convincingly with the Old Testament about their belief in the 'Benjamin generation' but it is an  obsolete promise. It is dung (as Paul said it). The only prophecy that is closer to the claim of this prophecy is the prophecy in the book of Revelation - the prophecy of someone with the mark of lawlessness. He will oppose anyone or any churches who keep the commandments of God.

Therefore, if anyone asks me, "Will you listen to the ten commandments (10 'Thou shall not') from God or the 5 'I will' from Lucifer?", I will still choose God's commandments.  

There is no question about it.
God's commandments of 'Thou shall not' may sound more demanding than the promise of 5 'I will' or 'supplies' from Lucifer, which has deceived many that all the 'demanding words' or commands from God will only make them poor, 
but God's commandments will ultimately expose their hidden rebellion in their 'supplies'.    

The radical grace preachers will argue, "Yes, we preach radical grace but we have never, never, never, said, "I will, I will ". We said, God will, God will .. Does it mean that if God said that He will in the following Bible verses, He spoke like Satan.."

Heb 8:10-12 KJV  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:  (11)  And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.  (12)  For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

I will tell them, Precisely, we don't say that God's commandments or God's words are supplies or demands based on the number of times they are said, whether it is 5 times or ten times; or whether it is 'Thou shall not' or 'I will'. If the word or the command is from the Lord, we have to obey whether it is 'thou shall not' or 'I will'. If it is the command of the Lord, it is the command of the Lord; we don't twist it. Many of us were deceived to think that laws or commands would always demand but pure grace supplies. But I will tell them, Yes, it is good to think of the 'supply'. But if the lawless 'supply' has no God's law or command, it is not pure grace; it is pure lie.

The only prophecy which remain and will come true is the prophecy in the Revelation   

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Are God’s preachers prosperity preachers ?

Prosperity or no prosperity? 

It was never a consideration for me when I chose Christ.

I chose Christ 30 years ago because I was shown about my sins, my lack, and my helplessness. 

So, should I leave this world today, I will still go with Christ with the same thought, same need, same repentance, same humility, and same grace. I see prosperity and health as temporal; but salvation is forever.

That's why we will never preach prosperity even if we have prospered today. If it has never been our consideration in our decision for Christ, it should never be preached as a consideration for drawing people to Christ too?

Please click on this link to go to slide no: 32

of the the following video:

This video would explain the doctrine of prosperity quite clearly

 

1. The Lord's rebuke and warning against the accumulation of tithes for personal gain is still applicable to the churches today   
2. The prophecy of Malachi against the priests or leaders in the house of God is still applicable today  
3. The prophecy and rebuke of the Lord to the churches in Revelation is still for us  
   
4. Can we all reign like kings? 
5. How do we judge if a prosperity preacher is a false prophet or false preacher? 
6. False preachers will convince us to give to God through them directly or indirectly
7. False preachers will create idols for the believers subtly or subconsciously
   
   

1. The Lord's rebuke and warning against the accumulation of tithes for personal gain is still applicable to the churches today  

Many prosperity preachers think that the following Bible verses can never be applicable to them because it was Jesus' rebuke only to the Pharisees:

• Luk 11:41-46 ISV  (41) So give what is inside to the poor, and then everything will be clean for you.  (42)  "How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! For you give a tenth of your mint, spices, and every kind of herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.  (43)  How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! For you love to have the places of honor in the synagogues and to be greeted in the marketplaces.  (44)  How terrible it will be for you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk on them without realizing it."  (45)  Then one of the experts in the law said to him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us, too."  (46)  Jesus said, "How terrible it will be for you experts in the law, too! For you load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you yourselves don't even lift one of your fingers to ease the burdens.

They argued that Jesus' rebuke or hard saying was only for those who preached the law or hard rules to tithe or to sow 'seeds', and that therefore there is no more need for the Lord's command, hard saying, or rebuke for the churches today. I will ask them, Do you think that the Pharisees or false prophets in Jesus' time could argue with the Lord and said that His hard saying was no more valid against them? Of course not. Similarly, false prophets today can never argue with the Lord and say that His hard saying or rebuke is no more applicable to them too. As long as there are still hypocrites, Pharisees, and false prophets, the Lord's hard saying is there to expose them and warn the believers about their false doctrines and greedy deceits. Please read the Lord's teaching above again. Jesus' hard saying above is not only for those who preached hard rules or laws to the Jews in (v46); his hard saying is also for those who used the tithing principle or the tithes belonged to God to enrich themselves and glorify themselves in the marketplaces instead of giving it to the poor, doing justice, and showing love to the people (v41-43)..

Now, are there preachers who preach hard rules like the lawyers to the people in (v46)? You bet. Yes. Are there also preachers who preach prosperity, fame, and favour to exalt themselves in (v41-43) too? Of course, many. I will tell them, If the situation in the house of God has not improved, I don't see any reason why Jesus' hard saying is no more valid for our churches today. Hence, the prosperity preachers, who had the intention to prosper themselves in the house of God and argued that the Lord's teaching and hard saying could never apply to them, could not preach very convincingly to deceive us.

• 2Pe 2:1-6 KJV  But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.  (2)  And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.  (3)  And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.  (4)  For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;  (5)  And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;  (6)  And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

2. The prophecy of Malachi against the priests or leaders in the house of God is still applicable today 

Many preachers have quoted Malachi and talk about the curse which will come to the believers if they do not tithe or give to them. But it was actually the curse to the priests, Pharisees, leaders, or preachers who corrupted the covenant or the law of God.

• Mal 2:1-17 KJV  And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.  (2)  If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.  (3)  Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.  (4)  And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.  (5)  My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.  (6)  The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.  (7)  For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.  (8)  But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.  (9)  Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.  (10)  Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?  (11)  Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.  (12)  The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.  (13)  And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.  (14)  Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.  (15)  And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.  (16)  For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.  (17)  Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?  ...    Mal 3:1-18 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.  (2)  But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:  (3)  And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.  (4)  Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years...
  (8) Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.  (9)  Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.  (10)  Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. .. (13) Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?  (14)  Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?  (15)  And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.  (16)  Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.  (17)  And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.  (18)  Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. (4:1-6) .. (5)  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:  (6)  And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
   

3. The prophecy and rebuke of the Lord to the churches in Revelation is still for us

I have heard prosperity preachers who argued and said, "The above rebuke on abuse of tithes, warning against greeds, and conviction of sins, should never be preached or taught in the churches. They are not applicable to us. We are saved by grace. Therefore, none of us can sin or will sin like that. We are the righteous ones, especially we the grace preachers. We can never fall like those who preach the laws.. Only the law preachers will sin and commit adultery; we will never .. because grace or the goodness of God will always lead us to true righteousness. That's why we will never sin and should never confess sin. 1 John 1:9 is not for us, so is Revelation 2-3 .."
I will tell them, You will never sin ? That's very good. But that doesn't mean that the prophecy and the rebuke of the Lord in the Bible can never be applicable to the churches. We can never preach that all the warnings or the commandments of the Lord are obsolete. Why? It's because there will still be believers and preachers in our churches today who will sin, commit adultery, abuse grace, steal tithes, and misappropriate God's money. It doesn't matter if they are true believers or false believers; if they are from our churches could fall, the churches should be warned about them. Please think, If the Lord's rebukes, against the Pharisees in Luke 11:41-46 and the priests in Malachi, can never be applicable to the churches today, why would the Lord rebuke or reproof the churches in Revelation:

• Rev 3:13-22 KJV  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.  (14)  And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;  (15)  I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.  (16)  So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.  (17)  Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:  (18)  I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.  (19)  As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.  (20)  Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. .. (22)  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Do you agree that the above is a rebuke to the churches ? How can you twist it and say that it is a rebuke not applicable to you or to any churches when the Lord said it repeatedly that He was speaking to the churches ? Please read (v19) again, The Lord was not speaking to the sinners or the people of the world; He was speaking, rebuking, chastening the people whom He loved, including people like you and me. Hence, His rebuke is definitely for the churches, for those whom the Lord loves, and for us.

4. Can we all reign like kings?

How many of you have thought of your preachers or pastors as kings or princes - as your king David or king Solomon? So, do you think that you could prosper or reign like kings or princes too? Is this a Bible promise for everyone of us? Many of you would argue, "Of course, yes. It is a Bible promise in the Bible.."

I will tell them, 

1. Yes, there were many kings and princes in the Bible but it is not a promise for everyone to be a king
2. Yes, Abraham had prospered like a king in the Bible but it is not a promise for everyone to prosper like a king
3. Yes, Peter, John, James, and the Apostles would rule the 12 tribes in heaven but it is not a promise for everyone to rule like them in this world - Mat 19:27-29 KJV  Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?  (28)  And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  (29)  And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.   

From the Bible verses above, we know that the Lord's promise to rule the twelve tribes with Him was given to His twelve disciples, not to every disciple. Only the twelve disciples like Peter, James, and John had forsaken everything including their family and friends to follow Jesus at that time.We can confirm this with other Bible verses too:

• Luk 22:24-32 KJV  And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.  (25)  And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.  (26)  But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.  (27)  For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.  (28)  Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.  (29)  And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;  (30)  That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.  (31)  And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:  (32)  But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
• Jas 1:1 KJV  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

Of course, we should know by now that the Lord's promise to His twelve disciples was not to reign like the kings of the Gentiles (Luke 22:25). We know that the promise of the Lord has come true because none of the twelve disciples had prospered or lived like the kings of this world. Instead, they became the servants of God for the twelve tribes, as promised by the Lord.
When the radical grace preachers argued that the Lord's promise to reign was not a promise for His twelve disciples, but for them who come after the twelve, it made me laugh. Please think, If the Lord had made it clear to His twelve disciples that His promise for them is not to rule or to prosper like the kings of this world, do you think we can reign or live luxurious lives like the kings of this world? This is ridiculous. However, if this is true, don't you think that the twelve disciples would complain, "What's the logic? We've forsaken everything. But the promise is not given to us, but to the preachers who would boast that they are the eleventh hour worker, the Benjamin generation, or those who would do the least or do nothing for the Lord?"  Of course, no such thing. The twelve disciples knew that the Lord would never give worldly promise to all His disciples. They heard the Lord say to them clearly in Luk 22:25-26 The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.  (26)  But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. Hence, the promise to reign like kings in this world is a lie because the Lord would never made such a promise to any of His disciples or Apostles.

• 1Co 15:17-19 KJV  And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.  (18)  Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.  (19)  If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

Do we know why Paul said the above? He was telling us, If the promise and the hope of Christ was to reign in this life only, they were of all men most miserable. Why? It's because Paul and most of the Apostles did not really reign like the kings of this world and live luxuriously. In fact, they did not want to live like the kings, they chose to live with the poor and like the poor, why?  So that they can transfer their prosperity and wealth to us? No way. They did this so that they would run for the real crown of life as promised by the Lord, which is not of this world. Paul had shown his true passion, after he was converted, when he changed his name from the name of a king to the name of a 'little', from king 'Saul' to a little 'Paul'. Hence, if anyone claims that  he preaches grace like Paul, he should know the passion of Paul, otherwise his preaching of grace has a different motive or a question mark.

• 1Th 2:19-20 KJV  For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?  (20)  For ye are our glory and joy.
• 2Ti 4:5-10 KJV  But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.  (6)  For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.  (7)  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:  (8)  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.  (9)  Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:  (10)  For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
• Jas 1:12-16 KJV  Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.  (13)  Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:  (14)  But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.  (15)  Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.  (16)  Do not err, my beloved brethren. 

 I have just shown you how we should interpret the promise of the Lord in Luke 22:24-32 above. But, now, if we just use common sense, we should know that the promise to reign in this world is not practical too. Please think, How many king(s) or dictator(s) can you support in this world? If your country is rich financially, you may say that you can afford to support a few of them. However, can you support hundreds or thousands of them? No way. One is enough to make you suffer like hell if he is a dictator or hypocrite like the Pharisees and would aspire to live luxuriously at the expense of the poor especially when the nation is poor. You will notice that most of the kings or dictators, whether they are religious dictators or political dictators, would promote self-glorifying life styles and do nothing for the people.

• Luk 11:41-46 KJV  But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.  (42)  But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.  (43)  Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.  (44)  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.  (45)  Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.  (46)  And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 

Hence, the promise that every preacher or every pastor can expect, to reign like kings, to prosper, and to live luxurious lives in this world is just ridiculous. If the people have already suffered tremendously by paying tax to the kings or the rulers of this world, do you think that they would still need to support many more kings like you, just to prove that Jesus would prosper everyone today as 'kings' too? No, that 'bubble' will be broken.
They will argue, "Are you jealous because we live like kings? If you don't preach prosperity or preach like a king, you can never prosper like a king. That's why you are poor. That's why it is a 100% true promise from the Bible. I can't give you the exact Bible quotation from the Lord but I can see the Lord's desire to prosper all of us at His own expense. So, if you miss the boat to prosper, blame it on yourself. Don't influence others from giving to us and believing us. After all, we are not prospered by the people; we are prospered by God, and no one can change the truth of God's blessing for us.. "
I will ask them, Where did you get the money to live like kings? Isn't it from the people's donation when they send it to you as tithes, offerings, free will giving, or purchases of many things done in the name of Jesus? Most of the people received the sermons of Jesus free of charge; but they must now pay you to listen to your podcast, CDs, DVDs, and books. Obviously, you have prospered yourselves by 'selling' something from Christ, but it does not mean that you are prospered by God. No, you are prospered by the people who think that you can prosper them with your books, CDs, DVDs, or internet downloads.
I believed that Jesus had said this to both the religious rulers and political rulers in Israel; He would still say this to us today:

If you are prospered by the people, you are prospered for the people too..

Luk 11:41-46 KJV  But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. (42)  But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 
('of the people, by the people, and for the people' - I suspect Abraham Lincoln read the Bible too)    

I have discussed on the doctrine of prosperity quite thoroughly in my previous post. You may want to go back to my previous post - The steps of a false prophet to read the follow topics. Of course, we cannot conclude that all prosperity preachers are false prophets, but we can generally say that most false prophets are prosperity preachers because, as a false prophet,

18. he will preach deceitfulness of riches

19. he will preach the old wine's prosperity but label it as his new wine's health and wealth gospel

20. he will aspire not only to be a king or prince; he will extend his ambition to become like gods or God

21. he thinks that he is answerable only to God

22. he thinks that it is none of our business 

23. he would insist on a tithing principle, first fruit principle, religious tax principle, or any 'hard' giving principle which is no longer practical in our secular or Gentile nation    

24. he would manipulate tithes and giving of the people to promote himself  

.. from The steps of a false prophet 

 

5. How do we judge if a prosperity preacher is a false prophet or false preacher?

We can judge or find out who is a false prophet or false preacher, not because we know better than others and can be more judgemental than others, but because Jesus has clearly told us to judge the false prophets by their fruits, their doctrines, and their words.   

• Mat 7:15-24 KJV  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.  (16)  Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?  (17)  Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.  .. (20)  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.  (21)  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  (22)  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?  (23)  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.  (24)  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
• Luk 6:46-48 KJV  And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?  (47)  Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:  (48)  He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood (false doctrine) arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. (Hence, Jesus said clearly that He would not just want us to have right believing, right faith, right miracles, right preaching, or right confession only; he wants us to have right doing with His words too, because right doing would prove that we are His true disciples on the rock of salvation.)

However, some of them will argue, "No matter how we sin, we can never be false prophets. Why? It's because we confess and preach the name of Jesus. We are the true believers of Jesus Christ. If we are the believers, we can never sin or have sin. Even if we commit adultery, steal, or cheat, we are no more considered as sinners in the eyes of God because of the blood of Jesus. We may have sins but yet our sins are not considered as sins anymore. Holelujah, that's radical grace ! Please think, How many of you can claim that you don't lust for women, you don't lie, or you are not greedy? I am just like you who still has greed and feelings for women. So, will this make me a false prophet. No way. Jesus says, "You are righteous because I am righteous and I judge you as righteous..Hence, if God is for you, who can be against you". That's why we don't accuse other believers, neither can other believers judge us. If the Lord judge us righteous, we are righteous. Jesus will never tell us that we are the false prophets. No, never ! God forbid."
I will tell them, If you are greedy and lustful with no repentance, but with boasting of how much you can sin with your lust and greed, you could be a false prophet. Right believing will lead to right living and right teaching. You may preach God's doctrine or God's commandments directly from the Bible, but your behaviour and thinking could be as rotten as the Pharisees who were unrepentant and boastful. If this is so, Jesus would still rebuke you like He rebuked the Pharisees too:

• Luk 11:41-46 KJV  But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. (42)  But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone...    

Of course, Jesus will never say, "I never knew you: depart from me" if you were true believers. But He would definitely reject you if your hearts are as hypocritical or as deceitful as the Pharisees. He would reject you even if you claimed that you had received grace and the blood of Jesus.

6. False preachers will convince us to give to God through them directly or indirectly

They will argue, "Why should we care for the poor? Jesus told His disciples, "You would only care for the poor; don't you care for Me ?" No, the poor will take care of themselves, but we should care more for the Lord and His churches. We should give all totally like the woman below:
Mat 26:7-10 KJV  There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.  (8)  But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?  (9)  For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.  (10)  When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. (11)  For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. So, please look at the way we raise funds. Did we ask the people to give to us? No, we emphasize that they should give to the church or give to the Lord. If they give to God. God will bless them and prosper them. If they are wise and wish to be rich, they will give more. Otherwise, they should not give.. So, I have not cheated the people. If God did not prosper them, God had cheated them, not me .." 
This is how the Pharisees had deceived the people when they convinced the Jews to give to God directly or indirectly. Please think if you tithe or donate to the synagogues or the churches, ultimately who will benefit directly or indirectly? Of course, the Pharisees or the preachers. I don't care how convincing or how they claimed to have loved God and given to God sacrificially, I know that they had said those words with the hope and intention to benefit themselves when the people gave to God. Hence,

1. It is a lie if they said that Jesus would never want us to care for the poor
2. It is even a greater lie if they said that God will prosper them if they do as they said, to give to the church or to give to them directly or indirectly. 

• Mar 7:11-16 KJV  But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.  (12)  And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;  (13)  Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.  (14)  And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:  (15)  There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.  (16)  If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
• Mat 15:6 KJV  And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. (7) Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,  (8)  This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.  (9)  But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Hence, I would think that both the Pharisees and false prophets could make the word and commandment of God of none effect by their deceits and doctrines. They asked the people to give to God but the giving will ultimately go back to themselves. They might boast that they all give to God, but in vain they do worship God, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. They behaved like the Pharisees who loved to show off their giving:

• Luk 18:9-14 KJV  And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:  (10)  Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.  (11)  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.  (12)  I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.  (13)  And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.  (14)  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
•  Luk 11:41-46 KJV  .. (42)  But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone...     
• Mat 23:5 KJV  But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

Hence, I believe that the Lord would reject all the false prophets and false preachers even if they claimed that they knew Him (Mat 7:15-24) and that they had been cleansed by His blood (Heb 10:26).

• Mat 7:15-24 KJV  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. .. (21)  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  (22)  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?  (23)  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.  ..
• Luk 6:46-48 KJV  And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?  (47)  Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:  (48)  He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood (false doctrine) arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. (Hence, Jesus said clearly that He would not just want us to have right believing, right faith, right miracles, right preaching, or right confession only; he wants us to have right doing with His words too, because right doing would prove that we are His true disciples on the rock of salvation.)
• Heb 10:26-29 KJV  For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,  (27)  But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.  (28)  He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:  (29)  Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

Hence, if I am asked to give all to them directly or indirectly, I will tell them, Fat hope, I will give all to you if you were Jesus and you were on the way to die for me on the cross, but I know that you won't. So, why should I give to you ? No, offence. 

They will say, "You don't have to give if you don't believe me. But others will prosper if they give to me and God. So, it's none of your business..."
I will tell them, God's business is my business. As long as you use the same Bible and preach from the same Bible, you are accountable to my God. You are accountable to answer to all our doubts and questions on your evasive doctrines.
They will say, "I have preached Jesus commandments. God's commandments or the ten commandments to worship God or to love men is no more applicable to us. Jesus commandment to love your neighbour as thyself is no more applicable to us. His commandments to us now is to love others as He loves us.."
I will tell them, Don't be hypocrites. Do you know what it means to love others as Jesus loves you? It means you are willing to die for others as Jesus died for you? Come on, if you can't love your neighbour as yourselves, forget it. I would suggest you clean up your false doctrines first before you start to love others. Learn to keep the commandments of God and stop twisting God's word:

• Mar 7:9-13 KJV  And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.  (10)  For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:  (11)  But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.  (12)  And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;  (13)  Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
• Mat 15:6-14 KJV  And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.  (7)  Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,  (8)  This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.  (9)  But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.  (10)  And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:  (11)  Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.  (12)  Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?  (13)  But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.  (14)  Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

No offence. If we want to love others as Jesus loves us, we should 'clean' our mouth first, clean our preaching, clean our doctrines, and clean our hearts. Otherwise we do not just defile ourselves, we defile others too. Hence,

Right believing will lead to right living. 

Right repentance will lead to right grace. 

Right doctrine will lead to right-eousness.

7. False preachers will create idols for the believers subtly or subconsciously

After quoting some Bible verses on the Pharisees Matt 15 and 23, I started to read the whole chapter of Matt 23 again. I realised that it is a fantastic chapter which helps us to discern false prophets. Many of us thought that it was a chapter against the Pharisees who were living in Jesus' time. But there is a particular Bible verse which caught my eyes:

• Mat 23:16-25 KJV  Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!  (17)  Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?  (18)  And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.  (19)  Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?  (20)  Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.  (21)  And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.  (22)  And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.  (23)  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.  (24)  Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.  (25)  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

Obviously, the Pharisees were false prophets or false teachers who told the people to swear or confess things based on their Corban law (Mark 7:11) as well as their twisted doctrine. Instead of preaching God the almighty as the source and the giver of all good things, they made people focus on the gift and swear by it or worship it. That's why Jesus questioned them, "Which one is greater? God or the gift?" The false prophets today would turn God's people to the worship of idols without us knowing it too. They may not tell us to worship the golden calves or confess Corban openly but they will cunningly devise many doctrines similar to the leaven of the Pharisees (Matt 16:11) to lure the people away from God and God's commandment. They will tell the people, "If you obey God, it is under the law, it is useless. But if you obey grace or confess grace, you will be saved." Now, the ultimate question:

Will the Pharisees or false prophets use the grace of God to turn us away from God or from God's commandment? You bet. 

Grace is a gift too. Hence, we don't worship grace, we worship Jesus !

Jesus has both the grace and commandment of God. But if we worship grace only, we would limit and reduce God to just an idol for ourselves again. 

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How good is God ?

1. God is good because He is light

2. God is good because He gave us His commandments

3. But men loves darkness

4. Men could 'misunderstand' darkness as light, and light as darkness

5. God is good because He is more than grace

6. God is good because He is a good judge (He gave us warnings against the false prophets)

7. God is good because He is a good judge (He gave us warnings against the 'Corban' preachers)
8. God is good because He is a good teacher (He will teach His people) 
9. God is still good if He makes us sick 

 

1. God is good because He is light

How good God is is seen in how good He could save us and deliver us from the darkness of the world. It is not based on how much we could enjoy life in this world or how long we can live in this world. Of course, no one would reject riches, long life, and prosperity, but Jesus would want all His disciples to know the real kingdom of God. His real kingdom is different from the kingdom of this world, so are we different from the rest of the people too, because we are the light of the world.

• Mat 5:11-20 KJV  Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.  (12)  Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.  (13)  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.  (14)  Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.  (15)  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.  (16)  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.  (17)  Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.  (18)  For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.  (19)  Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.  (20)  For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. (Jesus did not say that we should be as righteous as the Pharisees, but He said we should be more righteous than the Pharisees who were hypocrites. In another words, 1. All the Jews must still repent even though they thought that they were as righteous as the Pharisees, 2. All of us, who are now in Christ should never follow the deceivableness of unrighteousness (2Th 2:10) that is in the Pharisees or hypocrites too.)

 That's why we are also considered as an holy nation, a peculiar people, ... who has His laws in us:

• Heb 8:10 KJV  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 
• 1Pe 2:9-17 KJV (9)  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• 1Jn 1:5-10 KJV  This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.  (6)  If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:  (7)  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.  (8)  If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.  (9)  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  (10)  If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 

2. God is good because He gave us His commandments

Because God is light, so are we the light, and so is the kingdom of God too. How do we know that there is light? It's because there is God's commandment. God's commandment is light. That's why Jesus will not destroy the law of God or tell His disciples to teach breaking of God's laws. Teaching people to break God's commandments or to reject God's laws is the teaching of the darkness.

• Pro 6:23 KJV  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Psa 119:105 KJV  NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
• Isa 51:4-16 KJV  Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.  (5)  My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.  ..  (8)  For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.  .. (11)  Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.  (12)  I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;  ..
• 1Jn 2:7-8 KJV  Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.  (8)  Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
• 2Pe 1:19 KJV  We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: ... 2 Pe 2:1-22 KJV (1) But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.  (2)  And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.  (3)  And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. .. (17) These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.  (18)  For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.  (19)  While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.  (20)  For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.  (21)  For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

3. But men loves darkness

However, sometimes, darkness is good for us in real life because we need to sleep. In fact, many of us cannot sleep well with the lights on. But can we conclude that because most people cannot sleep well with the lights on, therefore, darkness is better than light?  Of course, this reasoning is too ridiculous.

Ironically, many believers or even preachers think of God's commandment in the same way too. They think that light is good and God's commandment is good but when it cannot fit into thinking, they conclude that His commandment is no more useful for them. They think that God's commandment has become obsolete and they choose to reject it totally.. They think that without any God's laws, it will give them good 'sleep' and sweet dreams. Hence, they conclude that darkness has now become better for them. However, they have forgotten that they need to wake up in the morning. When the morning comes, they will know that light is always better than darkness.

 

Darkness is only for a moment; but light is forever.

• Luk 11:34-36 KJV  The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.  (35)  Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.  (36)  If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
• Joh 1:4-7 KJV  In him was life; and the life was the light of men.  (5)  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.  (6)  There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.  (7)  The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
• Joh 12:44-50 KJV  Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.  (45)  And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.  (46)  I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.  (47)  And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.  (48)  He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.  (49)  For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.  (50)  And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

In the end time, there will be more and more people who will go against the norms. They will tell you, for various reasons, that light is darkness, and darkness is light; or good is bad and bad is good; or lawlessness is godliness, and godliness is lawlessness.. Of course, the false preachers would do the same thing for various reasons too:

• Jud 1:11-24 KJV  Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.  (12)  These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;..  (15)  To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.  (16)  These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.  (17)  But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;  (18)  How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.  (19)  These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.  (20)  But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,  (21)  Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.  ..  (24)  Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Now, questions: How can the believers keep themselves in the love of God (or in the light of God) when false preachers are so cunning with their words. They could convince you that light is darkness and darkness is light or darkness is good and light is bad. The answer is to stay close to God's laws and commandments. If we have God's laws and commandments, the false preachers cannot deceive us because if God's word says so, it shall be so. If God's word says, Light is good, it shall be good. No one can change it and say that light is bad and darkness is good. Similarly, if God's word says that His law is light, no one can change it by saying that His law is darkness too. Hence, if we heard someone trying to persuade the people to believe that God's laws and commandments are darkness or curses, we should know that he is a liar:

• Pro 6:23 KJV  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• 1Jn 2:3-8 KJV  And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.  (4)  He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.  (5)  But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.  (6)  He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.  (7)  Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.  (8)  Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 

4. Men could 'misunderstand' darkness as light, and light as darkness 

Some may ask, "How can men be so blind?" I will tell them, If you think that men should be more intelligent, you should look at the 'perfect' man that was first created by God. He should be the most intelligent man because he was 'perfect' and had no sin. However, if he could fall, it should keep us humble enough to keep God's commandment. In fact, men today could be more 'blinded' than Adam. Of course, they could treat 'light' as 'darkness' and 'darkness' as 'light' without knowing it too. They could misunderstand God's commandment as darkness and lawlessness as light too. Preachers today could misunderstand the gospel too. They could have preached to the sinners the sinner's gospel which loves darkness, instead of God's gospel which loves God's laws and commandments.

We know that grace come from Jesus: Joh 1:17 KJV  For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Some people would just conclude that Jesus is grace and grace is Jesus Christ based on this Bible verse. But if we read all the Bible verses above and the whole Bible, there is a greater possibility that Jesus is light. In fact, Jesus is the Light (see John 1:7, John 12:46 above). He is the Word, the Commandment, the Light. That's why we would keep the commandments of God according to His words, or else there will be darkness instead (see Luk 11:35 above). . 

Favour is for a moment; but God's commandment is forever

• Psa 19:7-14 KJV  The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.  (8)  The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.  (9)  The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.  (10)  More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.  (11)  Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.  (12)  Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.  (13)  Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.  (14)  Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
• Mat 19:16-17 KJV  And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?  (17)  And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
• Rev 22:13-14 KJV  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.  (14)  Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.   

5. God is good because He is more than grace

Yes, God is grace, but He is not just grace. He is also light, love, truth, judgement, commandment, faithfulness, and justice. If He is only grace, He is not good enough. Hence, we do not worship grace; we worship God. God is grace, Jesus is grace, but grace is not Jesus Christ. Grace is not God, neither is grace a person. So, we don't tell people to worship grace or believe just in grace. Why? Grace is a gift of God; grace comes from God. Grace comes from Jesus Christ. Probably preachers who preached that grace is God or grace is Jesus Christ, they wanted you worship grace and slowly influence you to idolise them as the true grace giver in the end..

• Joh 1:17 KJV  For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
• Rom 5:15-18 KJV  But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many  ... (17) For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)  (18)  Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

Grace, righteousness, resurrection, or life, is just a free gift of God or a free gift from God. We should ask the people to worship the Giver instead of the gifts; otherwise, the gifts of God could become the idols which we create for ourselves according to the desires or glory of our flesh.  We would be no difference from the Pharisees who used the law of God to glory their flesh too.

• Gal 6:13-14 KJV  For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.  (14)  But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 
• Joh 11:25-27 KJV  Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:  (26)  And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?  (27)  She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
• Joh 14:5-15 KJV  Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?  (6)  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.  (7)  If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him ...  (15) If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Hence, we would be limiting God if we tell people to believe only in grace or grace as Jesus Christ when He is more than grace. Hence, we ask the people to worship Jesus, not grace, commandments, the way, or the life.

6. God is good because He is a good judge (He gave us warnings against the false prophets)

Have you seen any warning signboard around you? There could be a signboard which says, "No U Turn", "One Way Only", "No Entry", "Danger", "Slippery road", "No Swimming", or "Sharks", .. Most people would think that these are not good signs because they cannot do much when we see one of these signboards. However, a more thoughtful person would be grateful to the people, the town, or the country who put them up. He will not argue to remove all these signboards from their countries, from their roads, their work places, and their seaside. He knows that the only time when we don't need any signboard is when we are in heaven. It's because we don't drive or swim there. Similarly, a God's preacher will not argue to remove all God's law and commandment from the churches today. He knows that we will still have God's law and commandment in the kingdom of heaven after all the signboards of this world are gone. Why? It's because God's law is in our hearts and minds now and it will still be in us when we are in heaven too. Hence, God's law can never be obsolete.    

• 1Pe 2:7-17 KJV  Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,  (8)  And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.  (9)  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:  (10)  Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.  (11)  Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;  (12)  Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.  (13)  Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;  (14)  Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.  (15)  For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:  (16)  As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.  (17)  Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. 

The false prophets will come and convince many that God instructions, God's laws, God's commandments, God's doctrine, and God's teaching are heavy burdens or the curses of the law for the believers, and therefore, true gospel should have no more do's and don'ts or God's commandments. 
I will tell them, Of course, we are not saved by any do's and don'ts, but there are still many do's and don'ts in the gospel or in the word of the Lord. As long as we can still find clear instructions and God's commandments for us in the New Testament, it is still the will of God for us. Of course, we can still meditate on God's laws and keep all the do's and don'ts of God's commandments without being legalistic or unreasonably demanding on others. However, sadly, many eloquent preachers today have falsely accused all God's do's and don'ts as the law of Moses while convincing others that their own do's and don'ts are more gracious than God's laws. While deceiving the people that they have no law, they secretly bring in their own 'law' as their liberty or cloke of maliciousness against the law of God or the word of God. Yes, they preach grace, but they have also preached 'beautiful' lawlessness against the clear instructions and teaching of the Apostles. John said, They were from us, but they were not of us.

• 1Jn 2:15-29 KJV  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  (16)  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  (17)  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.  (18)  Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.  (19)  They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.  (20)  But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.  (21)  I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.  (22)  Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.  (23)  Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.  (24)  Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.  (25)  And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.  (26)  These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.  (27)  But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.  (28)  And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.  (29)  If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.  

We notice that John still emphasized on doing the will of God and righteousness of God. But the antiChrists will preach differently. They may confess repeatedly and vehemently that they loves Jesus and knows Jesus, but they could have denied Jesus simply by preaching everything contrary to what the Lord commanded. Beware of such preachers. They are coming. Yes, they may love to use the name of Jesus like an obsession but they do it to preach anitChrist teaching or their own teaching which is in place of the true teaching of the Lord.

• Mat 7:15-24 KJV  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.  (16)  Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?  (17)  Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.  (18)  A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.  (19)  Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.  (20)  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.  (21)  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  (22)  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?  (23)  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.  (24)  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 
• Luk 6:46-48 KJV  And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?  (47)  Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:  (48)  He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood (false doctrine) arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. (Hence, Jesus said clearly that He would not just want us to have right believing, right faith, right miracles, right preaching, or right confession only; he wants us to have right doing with His words too, because right doing would prove that we are His true disciples on the rock of salvation.)

The Lord told us clearly that these prophets preach doing their own will instead of God's will. They preach lawlessness or effortlessness by twisting the word of the Lord.

7. God is good because He is a good judge (He gave us warnings against the 'Corban' preachers)

They will argue, "You said, 'Many eloquent preachers today who teach eloquently against any do's and don'ts as the law of Moses are preaching attractive 'lies' and giving their own 'laws' to their believers today. While claiming that they are the servants of God, they also preach liberty as a cloke of maliciousness against the words of God. They preach grace, but they also preach 'beautiful' lawlessness against the clear instructions and teaching of the Apostles.' When did we give any law to the people ? We don't give any law; we believe only in grace .."
I will ask them, Have you forgotten that you told the people that they should never confess sins but only grace or righteousness? You had preached it like it was your 'law' because you preached vehemently that they must think of 'grace' instead of the law of God or repentance, and otherwise, they will be under the curse of the law. You said that grace or teaching of grace would lead all the sinners to repentance without any preaching of repentance. But can I give you a tight slap and think of grace because, by thinking of it, it can lead me to repentance? If this is true, I would like to try it. No offence.
Have you heard of the the Pharisees who created a 'law' or confession similar to yours? They told the people that they must think of 'Corban' instead of keeping the commandments of God. Of course, it was a lawless deception which they had created in the name of God for those who hate to live with God's commandments and principles. Probably, in the past the Jewish sinners could not find any reasons to rebel against God when God's commandment was so clearly understood as God's commands. But when the Pharisees came, they were happy that the Pharisees could twist the scripture so well that they could argue convincingly against God, God's servants, or God's commandments. Similarly, I'm not surprised that, the Gentile sinners in the end time, would love and worship any 'preachers' who could teach them to argue convincingly against God, God's servants, or God's commandments with any 'Corban' confession, 'righteousness' confession, or 'grace' confession too

•  Mar 7:11-13 KJV  But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.  (12)  And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;  (13)  Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
• Mat 15:5-14 KJV  But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;  (6)  And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. (7) Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,  (8)  This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.  (9)  But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Obviously, it was just a similar 'gimmick' to cover their sin conscience and justify themselves. Today, I am not surprised to find that many preachers would preach similar 'gimmick' to cover their sin conscience, to argue convincingly against the law of God, to increase their popularity, to claim that they are more righteous than others, to argue that they can never sin, to boast that they have more favours, to and to prosper themselves effortlessly too. But please ask yourselves, Which 'gimmick' is the best now if it can be used to do all the deceptions above and nobody would suspect that they have preached against Jesus Christ by eliminating all the law of God and the teaching of Lord on God's commandments?  Well, you know the answer, it is xxxxxxx ! I can say generally that it is a cheap promotions 'gimmick' for greedy preachers who would not hesitate to preach the gospel carelessly, lawlessness, and relentlessly by confusing the people with Paul's grace argument against the law of Moses (which is the Jewish law) to promote themselves as the 'anointed' grace preachers. Of course, most of the sinners would be drawn by their arguments because the sinners do not know how to differentiate between keeping the law of Moses and keeping the laws of God.
Someone may ask, "Why are you against such 'gimmick' even if it can promote the kingdom of God and give God all the glory ?"  I will tell them, The Lord had answered it very clearly when He condemned the Pharisees or the lawless 'Corban' preachers. God did not get the glory. God saw defilement of the hearts in the Pharisees or the lawless preachers. He would not allow the defiled leaders to teach His people:    

• Mat 15:5-20 KJV  But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; ...   (7) Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,  ..  (10)  And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:  (11)  Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.  (12)  Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?  (13)  But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.  (14)  Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.  (15)  Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.  (16)  And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?  (17)  Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?  (18)  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.  (19)  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:  (20)  These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

Hence, whenever I heard of any religious confession, be it a confession of righteousness, of faith, of prosperity, of the name of Jesus, or of grace, when it is preached without doing any God's commandments, I consider it as similar to the Corban's confession - it will just defile anyone who confess it, as their heart is not right and has no faith to do the words of God.

The Pharisees and 'gimmick confession' preachers will now argue, "Preaching of 'gimmicks' or the goodness of God is, after all, not too bad. It will ultimately lead to repentance, God's commandments, and inward transformation. On the other, preaching of God's commandments, do's and don'ts, or 'Thou shall not .., Thou shall not..' are preaching of outward transformation. It will push them further and further away from repentance. That's why we preach more on confession, on our Corban promise, or on the goodness of God instead of God's laws and commandments. If we do that, they will be more receptive to God's words and in the end they will still repent. That's why we preach Corban, prosperity, grace, gift, favour, cancellation of debts, financial breakthrough, monetary gain, any gimmick, or any confession which will both benefit us as well as the people. When we preach it correctly, we will prosper ourselves. We will also prosper others too, for this is the will of God... Haha, we are now very prosperous already, who can deny it? Only the law preachers or those who preach the repentance .. Haha we have made them very jealous of us.. They have sinned .."

I will tell them, No one can argue with you if they don't know the Bible or the teaching of the Lord. But we know that you are preaching against the teaching of the Lord. You are a typical 'Corban' preacher or 'Gimmick confession' preacher. If you need to use gimmicks or deception to bring people to repentance or God's commandments, you are not preaching the word of God. In fact, your evasive teaching or oxymoron doctrines will never give people the intention to repent or to keep God's commandments. Why? It is because you have given them the option not to repent or to keep God's commandments, and argued that God must forgive them. Hence, most of them will not repent or have the intention to repent and obey the words of God. They will only want to obey your words instead. Your words seem to give them less sin conscience should they fall into sin unknowingly, knowingly, or even wilfully. Yes, you may occasionally preach a few sermon to tell them not to sin, not to steal, or not to lust .. but you have become their 'God' who can give them no condemnation no matter how they live their lives without repentance. Hence, they will treat your words as their 'commandments' and you have become their idol. You have cunning made the word of God and the commandment of God of none effect and stolen the credit by claiming that the principles, which originated from God's commandment, are now your grace principles and are now more effective than when they are preached as God's commandments. Yes, Paul did argue and preach that we are saved by grace. But when he taught the believers about godly principle and behaviour, he would not claim that it was his own principle from his grace teaching. If it is a God's commandment, it is a commandment; don't preach it as grace (voice of grace, teaching of grace, ..) or something else, to get credit for yourselves.

• Eph 6:1-3 KJV  Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.  (2)  Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)  (3)  That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

I will tell the radical grace preachers, I am not against grace preaching or grace teaching even if you tell people how grace, Holy Communion, anointing oil, Holy Spirit, or your CDs from your seminaries, can make people more mature, more skilled in the word of righteousness, and more able to enjoy their inheritance. But if you need to promote it by changing, removing, confusing, accusing, or twisting God's laws and commandments, you will probably need to see a psychiatrist, or an exorcist ? No offence for saying that - because the serpent had done the same thing to God's words and we know that he is a hater of God's commandments. The Pharisees were probably trained in the laws to do more lawlessness like him too:

• Gen 2:16 KJV  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:..   (3:4-5) And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:  (5)  For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
• Jud 1:10-13 KJV  But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.  (11)  Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.  (12)  These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;  (13)  Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

8. God is good because He is a good teacher (He will teach His people) 

However, there are preachers who think that God will not need to teach His people. They argue that God's people will learn everything automatically with an inner supernatural knowledge or wisdom which is greater than God (who will still need to teach His people). They claims that it is grace which will teach; not any God's laws, God's words, or God's commandments. Hence, they conclude that there is no need for any laws, commandments, instructions, or godly advice for the churches.They said, "Laws and commandments are for the people outside the churches, but there is no need for God's people to know God's laws and commandments. It would be a tragedy if God's people needs to know 'Thou shall not.. thou shall not .. to live their lives. It would be like inviting Haggar, the bondwoman back into the churches. No, God's people has the auction from the Holy Spirit to lead them .. they will know what to do without any teachers of God's laws, God's words, and God's commandments..."  

I will tell them, Yes, God's people will not need anyone to teach them how to know the Lord but not to know everything. Please don't be boastful. Just because you believe in Jesus, do you think that you are wiser than all other people? Please read your Bible again:

• Heb 8:11 KJV  And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

If we don't teach the believers to know the Lord, it does not mean that we don't teach the sinners to know the Lord. If we don't teach the people to know the Lord, it does not mean that we teach nothing.   

Yes, the people outside the churches needs the laws and order. They knows the laws of their countries too. But they do not know God and God's laws. Do you notice that Jesus would not ask the sinners to keep His commandments but He would ask them to believe and repent only ? Why? It is because the sinners can never keep God's commandments. They do not know God and God's commandments. They can only receive grace. But after they have become His disciples, Jesus would ask them to keep His commandments.Why?

• Mat 19:16-17 KJV  And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?  (17)  And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
  Joh 14:15 KJV  If ye love me, keep my commandments.
• Joh 15:10 KJV  If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

They will still argue, "But the person in Mat 19:16-17 was not a disciple of Jesus yet. Why did Jesus still ask him to keep the commandments .."
I will tell them, Of course, the person was a Jew. He knew God and God's laws. He showed potential to become one of the disciples of Jesus because He had the heart to do God's words. Hence, Jesus said to him, "Why callest me good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. In another words, God is good because God would teach His people and give them His commandments.

However, sadly, many preachers today are giving the wrong signal to the believers. They have confused them to think that all God's laws is the law of Moses which has become obsolete. They boasted that only their churches are better churches because their churches have no more teaching of God's laws, no more commandments, no more godly traditions, and no more doctrine. I will tell them, If we thinks that teaching of family values, online etiquettes, moral living, good traditions, and good cultures is good for the people outside the churches, we would think that teaching of Bible values, Bible principles, God's laws, and commandments is good for the churches too. We should never deceitfully preach them as self-effort, works of the law, or curses of the 'bondwoman'. No, God's laws and Bible principles can never be self-effort, even if there is much effort to do them when we are facing challenges. Obviously doing the works of God without any God's laws, God's commandments, or God's principles may seem effortless to the boasting of many radical grace preachers who have prospered, but it could be their greatest deception against God's principles.

9. God is still good if He makes us sick 
Many will ask, "Are you sure ? God will make us sick ?" I will tell them, Of course yes.

• Exo 4:11 KJV  And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

They will say, "Ok, yes, God will make the sinners sick; but God will never make us sick or let us sick because we are in Christ.." I will tell them, If God can make others sick for His reasons, He can make anybody sick (including us) for good reasons too.

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