Do you believe that The Word is God or that Grace is God?

Do you believe that The Word is God or that Grace is God?
Many believers will say, "What's the difference? We believe in both." I will tell them, In the past, we were not clear about the difference, and hence, there was no need for us to ask such a funny question. But today, it is not funny anymore. It is clear to us:

• that those who believe that The Word is God would naturally focus more on the words, teaching, and commandments of God, 
• whilst those who believe that Grace is their God would focus radically on grace and treat it as their solution to every problem, including their sin problem, poverty problem, morality problem, psychological problem, and stress problem. Hence, grace or mercy could be preached until it became their God or until it became Jesus Christ. Many preachers have begun to preach along this idea that grace is not a doctrine or principle;  but grace is Jesus Christ or God. Hence, I am not surprised that many will worship Grace; but not God or Jesus Christ. 

Theoretically grace can be a god if we are so obsessed with it that it became an answer to all our problems. But biblically can it be god? Certainly not.

We worship God; not the gifts of God !

Grace can be a 'person', but it cannot be God
Yes, we may personalize 'wisdom' or 'grace'. We can use the metaphor to illustrate how 'wisdom' will teach us or speak like our teachers. But the Bible would never tell us that we should worship 'wisdom' as God. Certainly 'wisdom' can never replace God or become a God. Wisdom is just one of the attributes of God or the the gift of God. Hence, like any gift of God, wisdom can never rise to the position of God.  Yes, wisdom is a person; but wisdom is not God:

• Pro 1:20-21 KJV  Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:  (21)  She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
• Pro 7:4 KJV  Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

Similarly, grace can be a person too; but it cannot be God. Grace and truth came from Jesus Christ (John 1:17); but grace and truth are not Jesus Christ. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. But we don't preach or worship the way, the truth, or the life as Jesus. We cannot reverse it and tell people to worship the way or the life; otherwise the gifts of God would become our idols.
So, I don't see any reason why we should preach grace as God or as something to replace God or His commandments. Radical grace or hyper grace preachers may preach wonderfully about grace and look gracious to everyone, but they could have unknowingly used radical grace preaching to replace all the words and commandments of God. This type of radical grace teaching may look acceptable to most of the people in the world, including the ignorant believers, but the Lord had already prophesied and warned against their plan and strategy. The Lord knew that they could never do the will of the Father:

• 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?  .. (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.)

Please think, if the false prophets can preach something to replace God or His words, what is next? They will tell the people to believe whatever they say without God's laws. Ultimately, their words would become 'God's words' to those who are deceived.


The typology of grace can be used to show grace as a person; not as God
Many will argue, "But you are ignorant of the Old Testament typology. Do you know why the mercy seat is on top of the ark of covenant? It shows us that mercy seat which is a type of Christ is above the law or commandments. Grace is always above the command or the law which demands.. "
I will tell them, If you want to bring in the typology, we will talk about the typology from both the Old Testament and Old Testament. But, firstly, you said that grace is above the commandments of God, and therefore grace is of a higher position? No, come on! This is ridiculous. How can you compare grace and commandments of God on a virtual scale and tell us what to chose? If you think that grace is God, do you think that God would allow you to compare Him on a scale virtually? No, even if you can convince the people that grace is more important than the commandments of God, you still cannot prove that grace is at the same position of God. Grace, like wisdom, is from God. To be more precise, it is a gift or attribute of God; it is not God:

• Joh 1:17 KJV  For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Hence, both the  law, grace, and truth are the gifts of God. They came from God. We don't worship law or grace. They came from God, but they are not God. The only thing that can be considered God is The Word. Jesus is known as The Word (the manna, the commandments, or the rod) that came in the flesh. John would never tell us to preach that Jesus is The Grace that came in the flesh. Why?


The typology of Christ in the New Testament can be used to show The Word as God
I will ask them, Do you know why Jesus is the The Word? The Bible is about Jesus Christ, but the Bible is also about God's words, God's will, and God's command to us too. How can we put asunder or divide what God is in the Bible? John said, The Word is God. The Word has come in the flesh. And the Word will teach because the Word is the principle and teaching of Christ for us to know how to live; not just to prosper, but to love and to do good to others too :

• Joh 1:1-14 KJV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (2) The same was in the beginning with God. .. (14)  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• Heb 5:12 KJV  For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. ... 6:1-3 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,  (2)  Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.  (3)  And this will we do, if God permit.
• 2Ti 3:16-17 KJV  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  (17)  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
• 1Jn 4:2-3 KJV  Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:  (3)  And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
• 2Jn 1:6-11 KJV  And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.  (7)  For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.  (8)  Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.  (9)  Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.  (10)  If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:  (11)  For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

The typology of the ark of the covenant in the Old Testament can be used to show The Word as God too
Many of us think that eating the Son of man in Joh 6:53-58 is to eat the holy communion and mentally consume Jesus. Many think that the bread and wine in the holy communion are powerful elements which will bring prosperity and healing. However, eating them is meaningless without understanding the words of Jesus Christ in Joh 6:53-58.

• Joh 6:53-58 KJV  Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.  (54)  Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.  (55)  For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.  (56)  He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.  (57)  As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.  (58)  This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

When the Lord told His disciples to eat His flesh and drink His blood, He was not telling them to eat Him alive; He was telling them to eat His words. In another words, He wants all His disciples to seriously and diligently DO all His words and KEEP His commandments. For He is The Word in the flesh. He was the bread, the commandment, and the authority in the ark of covenant too. However, when He was resurrected and risen from the tomb, He became The manna (bread), the tablets of stones (commandments), and the rod (authority) which will dwell in the hearts of men. Hence, men can now have a better covenant relationship with God. Like what He had done in the Old Covenant, God would still want to commune with men and reveal His will or command to us. However, the 'form' of worship has completely changed because The Word has now come in the flesh and dwelt among us:

• Exo 25:21-22 KJV  And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.  (22)  And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
• Joh 6:63-66 KJV  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.  (64)  But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.  (65)  And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.  (66)  From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
• Mat 4:4 KJV  But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
• Joh 1:14 KJV  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• Joh 20:7-12 KJV  And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. .. (11)  But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,  (12)  And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
• 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:

Hence, where is the ark of covenant now ? Under the Old Testament, the ark of covenant was in the temple of God; but under the New Testament, we are the temple and our hearts becomes the ark of covenant:

• 1Co 3:14-18 KJV  If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.  (15)  If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.  (16)  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?  (17)  If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.  (18)  Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 

The Word is the manna, the tablets, and the rod, which supplies, commands, and judges
Many will argue, "Please don't falsely accuse us. We can never be antiChrist. We preach Jesus. We preach Him as The Word too. He is The Word or the bread which supplies; not The Word which beat us or command us like it is the rod. Under the new covenant, The Word is always like the bread to us. It is like the unlimited supply of grace. Grace is not a doctrine, law, or demand. Grace is supply. Grace is Jesus Christ. That's why we won't preach any law, doctrine, or mixture; we preach pure grace. We preach Jesus Christ. If we have grace in our hearts, we have The Word in us. And the Word that we preach is grace, not any law or command for us to do anything. The Word that we preach is Jesus Christ.. If we believe this alone, we are saved forever, even if we do not do anything, any law, or any commandment .." 
I will tell them, Yes, you did preach 'The Word'; but what kind of Word. I am afraid it is your own words. Please think, What is God's Word? What is The Word (of God) which has no more command? Do we listen only to the word(s) that we like (like the promise of blessing, prosperity, and long life)? No, the word of God  would include God's instruction, correction, warning, commandment, and judgement too. Yes, the Bible did say that we are saved if we believe in Him. But did Jesus tell us how we should believe in Him? Certainly, yes. Jesus said, If we truly believe or love Him, we would keep His words and commandments even if it is a pure command without His promise of what we can get: 

• Joh 14:15 KJV  If ye love me, keep my commandments.
• Joh 14:23-24 KJV  Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.  (24)  He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
• Joh 6:63-66 KJV  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.  (64)  But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.  (65)  And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.  (66)  From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 

Peter truly believed in Jesus. He had no faith in getting more fish even if he let down his net and tried again. Nevertheless, he obeyed at the command of Jesus:

• Luk 5:4-6 KJV  Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.  (5)  And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.  (6)  And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

Do we listen only to the word(s) that we like (like the promise of blessing, prosperity, and long life)? No, the word of God  would include God's instruction, correction, warning, commandment, and judgement too.

• 2Ti 3:15-17 KJV  And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.  (16)  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  (17)  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
• Heb 9:4 KJV  Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

The words of God or the scripture is not just about God's promises, historical records of the kings and kingdoms, or the stories of how people could prosper. Yes, God's words can supply (like the manna), but God's words can also instruct (like the tablets of the covenant), and judge (like the rod) too. Is there any scripture support to show that God's word is the rod too? Please read the scripture references about 'the rod' in my previous post here. However, if you deliberately preach away the rod or the tablets, and keep only the manna, what you have in your heart or in the hearts of your followers is not The Word; it is your words.
In our world of economy, there are always the laws of demand and supply. But can it work if we just want  the law of supply? No, certainly not. Similarly, if you go against the law of God and remove His commandments from the ark of covenant, His words cannot work in you too. Hence, it is ridiculous to preach God or The Word that can only supply without His commandments and judgement. It is ridiculous to keep only the manna, and throw away all His commandments too. Hence, I don't understand why you want to preach only grace that supplies, and reject all God's laws that commands or give instructions. The Word is God because He supplies, instructs, and judges; The Word is not pure grace or radical grace.


In the end time, many antiChrists will start to reveal themselves when they start to reject Jesus as The Word who came in the flesh 
Hence, in the end time, Satan will leave the non-believers alone, but he will try very hard to remove the ark of covenant or the commandments of God from the 'temple' or the believers. When we see this is happening, we know that all God's prophecies have been fulfilled and the end is near:

• Mat 24:14-16 KJV  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.  (15)  When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)  (16)  Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
• Mar 13:12-14 KJV  Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.  (13)  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.  (14)  But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
• Dan 11:31-32 KJV  And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.  (32)  And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
• Dan 12:8-13 KJV  And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?  (9)  And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.  (10)  Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.  (11)  And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.  (12)  Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.  (13)  But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
• Rev 14:12-13 KJV  Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.  (13)  And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. 

Many of us think that the abomination of desolation will come only during the third world wars. However, what I see is the abomination which will make our hearts desolate. In the end time, it could be a spiritual war or a fierce battle between different words, doctrines, or laws. It will create tremendous desolation in the life of a believer or someone who wish to be made 'desolate', with no more God's words, God's laws, God's commandments, or God's glory.


The antiChrists are not necessarily the evil or wicked people; they are simply those who cannot keep the words of Christ
Many will argue, "We are not the antiChrists. We preach Jesus. We love grace. Hence, we love Jesus Christ and we always preach His name..."
I will tell them, It sounds marvelous to tell people that you are the lovers of Jesus and you would always love Jesus, think of Jesus, preach Jesus, and sing about Him. But it is an insult to Him if you confess His name only to change or remove all His commandments gradually and unknowingly. That's why Jesus would know very clearly those who are truly His disciples and those who are not:

• Mat 7:15-23 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. .. (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.)
• Joh 14:15-25 KJV  If ye love me, keep my commandments. ,, (21) He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.  (22)  Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?  (23)  Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.  (24)  He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.  (25)  These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 
• 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.
• 1Jn 5:2-3 KJV  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.  (3)  For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
• Exo 20:6 KJV  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
• Rev 12:17 KJV  And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

I will tell them, It is difficult to convince us that you love Jesus when you preach something else to replace the commandments or the will of the Father. If you love Him, you will keep His words. Otherwise, you love the ones who asked you to keep 'pure grace' or 'pure doctrine' that has no more laws from God. You have loved the lawless ones. Please think again, If Jesus is just 'pure grace' or 'radical grace', can He still be The Word or the law of God in your hearts? No, 'another Jesus' has probably taken over His place in your hearts. 


How do we eat the words ?
Many will say, "We eat the words too. We chew like the ox. We meditate on the words according to Psalm 1. But we believe that we chew the laws of God because they are the words of God, not because they are the do's and don'ts for us to do, like the Ten Commandments.. Right believing will lead to right living. Hence, we don't need any commandments to tell us what to do. We just believe and chew the words.. "

• Psa 1:1-3 KJV  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.  (2)  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.  (3)  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

I will tell them, Can you please read Psa 1:1-3 again? I don't know how you can blind yourselves from seeing any do's and don'ts in the Bible verses above? If you tell people to chew the words without thinking of any do's and don'ts, they are not chewing the words of God; they are chewing your own words. If they keep chewing the words without the knowledge or intention to do it, they are just doing it like chewing the  bubble gums.
I don't know how you can psycho them to chew the words radically and prosper successfully without doing God's commandments. But, if you can psycho them to chew the words without telling them to do them, you are not preaching the words of God, you are preaching your own psychology or mind changing philosophies. You are not telling them to eat The Word and keep the words of God; you are telling them to depart from The Word. Yes, many of them might prosper, but they might have departed from the glory of The Word too:

• Gen 3:1-7 KJV  Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? ..  (7) And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
• Mat 7:21 KJV  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.
• Joh 14:15 KJV  If ye love me, keep my 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.
• Mat 22:11-14 KJV  And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:  (12)  And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.  (13)  Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  (14)  For many are called, but few are chosen.

We don't split hairs; we allow God's words to 'split' us in the end time
Many will say, "What's the difference if we believe that the Word is God or Grace is God? You are splitting hairs only to win arguments and gain popularity.."
I will tell them, If you were a preacher who truly believe in right believing and used to preach that right believing will lead to right living, you would not say that it is splitting hairs. If you used to preach revolution to show that all others have got it wrong,  you would understand why people would accuse you for splitting hairs too.
I have already mentioned at the beginning that, in the past, we were never bothered if The word is God or grace is God. But today, we cannot ignore it anymore, partly because the prophecy of the Lord has come true. Today there are too many preachers who claim that they are preaching right believing radically and they would argue that other preachers are splitting hairs. So, if we want to know who is preaching right believing and who is splitting hairs, we have no choice but to go deeper in the study of the Bible and God's words. Naturally we would question those who preach that Grace is God or Grace is their revolution. We will ask them, "On what basis you challenge all those who preach The Word or God's commandments as the law preachers or Pharisees in your revolution or arguments?"
I don't think we are splitting hairs when we split arguments and find out who is their God and who is the true and living God in the Bible ! We should always quote the Bible in its context. And this will reveal the hearts and intents of many who would use the words of God to preach their 'god' or the true and living God. The split may be painful for the churches but it is the prophecy which must come true in the end time:

• Heb 4:12-13 KJV  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.  (13)  Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• Mat 25:31-33 KJV  When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:  (32)  And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:  (33)  And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
• Mat 13:40-43 KJV  As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.  (41)  The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;  (42)  And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.  (43)  Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
• Rev 14:14-19 KJV  And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.  (15)  And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.  (16)  And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.  (17)  And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.  (18)  And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.  (19)  And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
• Mat 7:15-23 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.

Many believers will argue that they can never be condemned and quote His words out of context
Many will say to us, "No one can condemn us. Why? It's because we confess the name of Jesus, and hence, we are the just. If anyone condemn us who are the just, they will be condemned. They are the abomination which desolates .."

• Pro 17:15 KJV  He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
• Pro 29:27 KJV  An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

I will tell them, Obviously, you have shut your ears again and again from hearing the warning of the Lord in Mat 7:15-23 by quoting from the Old Testament to deceive yourselves and others. You would just want to believe that you can never be condemned even if you rebel and refuse to do the will of the Father. But do you understand that Jesus said, in Mat 7:15-23, that no one who rebel and refuse to do the will of the Father can be justified? not even if they keep confessing His name and arguing vehemently that they have done many things in His name?

• 1Jn 3:18-22 KJV  My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.  (19)  And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.  (20)  For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.  (21)  Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.  (22)  And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

Have you read what John said above too? Why was he so confident that he could never be condemned (v21)? He knew it because because he knew that he was of the truth (v19). How did he knew that he was of the truth? He knew it because he would not just love in word or in tongue; but in deed and in truth (v18). So, John would never tell us to just confess the name of Jesus and to expect that we can never be condemned. On the contrary, he would still command us to keep His commandments and love in deed and in truth according to the will of the Father.



Many preachers have only high regard for hyper grace or radical grace; instead of the words of God
They have high regard only for grace. Hence, they will interpret all the words of God with a 'bend' in their perspective of life, thinking that grace is given so that they do not have to keep any law of God, so that they can be saved irregardless of whether they walk after God's commandments or the law of their flesh, so that they can never fall even if they sin like the devils, they can never be reproved by the Holy Spirit when they sin, so that they have no more law or no more need to yield to the righteousness of God .., so that .. etc.
They think that they have total freedom from the law of God; but actually, they are going back to another law which, Paul said, would not and cannot subject to the law of God:

• Rom 6:12-13 KJV  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.  (13)  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. ..(15) What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.  (16)  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (Are we under grace so that we have no more law or no more need to obey any law to do or yield to righteousness? No, on the contrary, we are under grace to do and yield more to righteousness.)
• Rom 6:17-18 KJV  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.  (18)  Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
• Rom 7:21-25 KJV  I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.  (22)  For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:  (23)  But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.  (24)  O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?  (25)  I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. ..   (Rom 8:1) For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.  (7)  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.  (8)  So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

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