Many
'grace' preachers say, "Only the gospel of grace is the true gospel
because it is the only gospel that really show more love, more grace,
and more Jesus Christ. Hence, naturally and DIVINELY, we who preach
grace have the most noble intention to help people to feel less
condemned and to prosper them; not ourselves. But, yet we are still the
most misunderstood by those who are jealous of us in spite of our great
teaching .."
I will tell them, I cannot judge your intention because
I am not God but I can judge that your basis of preaching the gospel is
so wrong (so subtly - probably nobody notice that you've used these
words in the beginning of your preaching "Only the gospel of grace is
true .." ):
1. The true gospel is not based on our intention. We
may have very good and noble intention to preach it; but if it is the
false gospel, it can never become true based on the intention of our
preaching it. Of course, we are not particular about it whether we can
preach everything right and complete in one sermon; but if we cannot
preach from the right basis, everything that we preach will crumble,
even if we preach beautifully and convincingly.
2. The true
gospel is not to remove the condemnation feeling of the sinners or the
people who sin. It is to remove sin. Hence, if a so-called 'gospel of
love, peace, prosperity, or grace' can make people (both sinners or
saints) feel less condemned, it is not necessarily the true gospel.
Please think, If the gospel is just to help people to feel less
condemned, does it make sense for Jesus to upbraid or reprove the cities
and all the people in the cities?
Mat 11:20-24 KJV Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: .. (24) But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Mar
6:11-12 KJV And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye
depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony
against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for
Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. (12)
And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
Act 2:37 KJV Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
If
the true gospel is just to make people feel less condemned, why would
Jesus and His disciples preach repentance to Jerusalem and the cities
like Nineveth, Sodom, and Gomorrha? Yes, some of the Jews might not feel
condemned, no matter how we preach, or whether we preach more
condemnation or less condemnation. But I believe that many who felt
condemned by their sins would repent.
Now I will ask the radical
grace preachers, If the true gospel is just to help the people to feel
less condemned, are you saying that Jesus and His disciples had preached
the wrong gospel or the obsolete gospel that is inferior to yours?
Of
course, I do not deny that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the gospel of
grace; but it is not just all about grace. I have said in (K029) that
the gospel of Jesus Christ is to be saved by grace and to take up our
cross and follow Him. Of course, we may not want to rebuke the people
too harshly if they would just want to keep thinking of the grace of God
or just the repentance of sins because of their ignorance.
Heb
5:12-14 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; .. (6:1) 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 .. (3) And this
will we do, if God permit. (4) For it is impossible for those who were
once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made
partakers of the Holy Ghost,
But, if the ignorant would keep
using their ignorance to nullify whatever Jesus has said (words), taught
(doctrine), and commanded (commandments), something is not right with
what they believe even if they profess that they have right believing
and that they always have good intention to help others to feel less
condemned. In this case, we have no choice but to rebuke them with the
words, doctrine, and commandments of Jesus Christ:
Mat 7:22-24 KJV
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:
I
used to think that those who work iniquity or lawlessness are those who
are lawless, but now I realize that, in the eyes of the Lord, those who
work iniquity are those who know (or receive) His words and ignore
doing them (nullify, corrupt, or twist His words to justify their old
selves for not doing them).
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