Is Jesus a means to an end?

Is Jesus a means to an end ? Can we preach Jesus as 'prosperity' ? The prosperity preachers preach it, so do radical grace preachers who promote the health and wealth gospel, effortless success, or supernatural favour. The prosperity preachers do it in the name of faith and call people to worship their prosperity power; whilst the radical grace preachers do it in the name of 'lawless' grace and call people to worship it as their special favours. I don't see much difference. I will tell them, No, Jesus should never be preached as a means if we would still worship Him as God; otherwise He is just an idol, a mammon God, or just any object of worship for our selfish desires.

Can we 'use' God, 'use' Jesus, or 'use' the Holy Spirit ?
They will argue, "What's wrong with the desire to prosper? Don't you like money? If you say that you do not like money, you are a hypocrite. Please give all your money to me. Of course, God wants us to prosper. God wants us to use Him or make use of Him. That's why it is God's will to give His Son Jesus Christ to die for us so that we will live like kings, enjoy abundant life, and prosper. Hence, God's covenant for us today is no more about our love for God, but God's love for us. He wants to do everything for us; but we do nothing. He enjoyed it when we get more from Him. That's why Jesus would only rebuke the disciples for getting too little from Him and said, 'Ye men of little faith, Don't you know that I can calm the sea and multiply bread. However, you never let me do all these for you.. Jesus would never rebuke us for wanting more, seeking for more, desire more, or lust for more... "
I will tell them, If you think that you are Christians and you have the radical grace to live like kings and lust for more, you could be thinking like Judas Iscariot. Judas could have been using 'Jesus' while he was secretly enriching himself using the funds from the treasury of Jesus. However, I am sure that Jesus was not pleased to know that he had gotten too much. Have you thought of Simon, the sorcerer who had the intention to 'use' the Holy Spirit too. He was severely rebuked by Peter:

• Act 8:9-24 KJV  .. (13)  Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.  ..   (18)  And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,  (19)  Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.  (20)  But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.  (21)  Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.  (22)  Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.  (23)  For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.  (24)  Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
• Act 5:1-14 KJV  But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,  (2)  And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.  (3)  But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?  (4)  Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.  (5)  And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.  ..

As usual, they will argue, "Did you see the word 'a certain man' in Act 5:1? It means that Ananias was not a believer. The above Bible verses are for the non-believers. These warnings can never be applicable to us or the believers. We are forever saved under grace. We are irreproachable. We would never be condemned because of wrong motives or wrong mistakes.What's wrong even if we preach God or Jesus as grace or as a means to our effortless success. Jesus wants us to 'use' Him. He felt satisfied whenever we draws from Him like the woman who drew  from Him at the Jacob's well in John 4:6-7. Grace supplies; but law demands - this is a biblical truth. Jesus would be happy to know that He is a means to our prosperity, to repentance, and to changing our minds too. If Grace is a supply, it is a means. That's why Jesus told me 'personally' that we should preach Him as 'radical grace' which will make us prosper. It may not be said in the Bible clearly but it is a better revelation and a proven effortless success to us. Look at the tremendous increase in our great wealth, beautiful buildings, and effortless prosperity now. We are not ashamed of the gospel of grace .. However, many people are jealous of us and they falsely accused us for preaching lawless grace .."
I will tell them, I am not concerned if the Bible verses above are for the believers, false believers, or false prophets. But thinking about radical grace or preaching God, Jesus Christ, or the Holy Spirit as a means, as a supply, as a favour, as prosperity, or as a 'cover' for our old self, is already showing us that you are condemned. The only 'cover' that the Bible would want us to preach is the cover of our sins through the blood of Jesus, and nothing more or less than that. Otherwise, we have not preached the gospel and we have not give due honour to the blood of Jesus Christ. We insult the blood and the grace of God:

• Heb 10:26-31 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?  (30)  For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.  (31)  It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Hence, how can you keep denying it by arguing that you are a believer and can never be condemned ? You should repent; otherwise, no amount of self-assurance can deliver yourselves from the condemnation and rebuke of the Holy Spirit.
(see "The death of Ananias and Sapphira is the clear evidence that there is still judgement in the church of God" in my another post.)


Those who 'use' Jesus are the believers who know Jesus and they will be judged by Jesus
This is common sense - Only those who know Jesus or the name of Jesus can 'use' Jesus or abuse Jesus. Hence, it is ridiculous to falsely accuse the people of the world or the people of other religions, who do not know Jesus or God's grace, as the false prophets who will 'use' Jesus and insult grace of God in the Lord's warnings against His believers and servants. However, many preachers would still blind themselves and others by thinking that the parables and the warnings of Jesus Christ about false prophets and believers are no longer applicable to them. But I think otherwise. Please look at the parable of the tares again:

• Mat 13:36-51 KJV  Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.  (37)  He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;  (38)  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;  (39)  The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.  (40)  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 (lawlessness);  (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.  (44)  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.  (45)  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:  (46)  Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.  (47)  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:  (48)  Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.  (49)  So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,  (50)  And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.  (51)  Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

I will tell them, This parable is more relevant to us than to any of the believers in the church history. Jesus was clearly talking about the end time when He will judge or separate the wheat from the tares, the good seeds from the bad seeds, or the children of the kingdom from the children of the wicked one. You may argue that the children of the wicked one in (v38) can never be you or the believers; but they are the people of the world. I will ask you, Why would Jesus use the tares to describe the children of the wicked one in (v38) ? Do you remember that Jesus said we are the light of the world and the salt of the earth (Mat 5:13-17) ? We are a peculiar people who have God's laws in our hearts (Tit 2:14, 1Pe 2:9, Heb 8:10).
Hence, would Jesus still use the wheat and the tares to compare us with world ? Of course, no, otherwise He would contradict Himself. The tares are those who have great resemblance to us, but they are not from God. They are 'fakes' with great resemblance to our lives, conducts, confessions, doctrines, and beliefs. They can never be the people of the world because they seem to be part of us in the sense that they seem to live with us and know God but they are not from God. They seem to preach the truth but they preach falsehood. They seem to preach obedience but they preach lawlessness. I believe that the Lord would include all those who devise lawlessness when He judges the false prophets in the following Bible verses:

• Mat 13:41-43 LITV  The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all the offenses, and those who practice lawlessness.  (42)  And they will throw them into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.  (43)  Then the righteous will shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one having ears to hear, let him hear. (44) Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Have you discovered the contrast Jesus have shown from the Bible verses above ? The are:

• The hidden falsehood - the hidden tares, hidden false doctrines, or hidden lawlessness, in Mat 13:41-42 and Mat 13:47-50, which would be judged and destroyed in the fire.
• The hidden truth - the hidden treasure, in Mat 13:44-46, which would be collected and kept in a 'safe' place - it means salvation for the righteous. 

I will tell the radical grace preachers, There is a great hidden Bible truth which we can discover for the people, as well as a great wicked doctrine which we should ask the people to beware. How can you hide the truth instead, and blind their mind or influence their thinking to miss the truth ? Hence, I can assuredly say that those who keep saying that the preaching or teaching of Jesus has become obsolete are false prophets. They have created many false doctrines but they are afraid that the people would expose them if they know and believe in the warnings and parables of Jesus Christ. Hence, they would keep arguing why the teaching, warnings, and commandments of Jesus Christ are no longer applicable to them. But, this would keep proving to us how accurate and applicable are the warnings and prophecies of Jesus Christ to show that they are truly false prophets.

Those who 'use' Jesus will boast and argue convincingly with their Bible knowledge
They will argue, "What's wrong if we 'use' Jesus, 'use' Jesus' money, 'use' Jesus' favours, 'use' Jesus' grace, and 'use' Jesus' prosperity ? We are the pillars of our churches. We must prosper more than others because we are the pastors. We are destined to reign, If we don't reign or enjoy like kings, we are not anointed. If we are poorer than our congregations who are sinners, we would not be successful. Hence, those preachers who do not prosper as much as us are not anointed preachers. If we preach that Jesus has made Himself poor so that we are rich, we know that Jesus wants us to take His money, His grace, His fortune, and His benefits. If we stop taking from Him, we are not doing Him favour; we are insulting His grace. If we do not take more from Him and prosper, He would rebuke us and said, 'Oh, Ye of little faith, don't you know that I can do this.. and that.. for you ? (Mat 16:8, Luk 12:28, Mat 8:26)' In fact, Jesus is so good to us that that is the only rebuke He would say to us and the believers. He would never condemn us or judge us because He is more than happy if we take from Him. So, if we keep taking from Jesus, no one can accuse us .."
I will ask them, So, no one can question you even if you take Jesus' money or your churches money, and think like Judas Iscariot? Are you teaching the believers to be good stewards of Jesus' money or to be good 'suckers' of His money ? This is ridiculous prosperity and grace teaching. Churches which believe in your arguments or teaching for this type of prosperity are breeding grounds for false prophets and pastors who may go into the 'field' and take over all our churches one day.
Yes, king David and king Solomon reigned and enjoyed like kings because they are kings. They were supposed to collect the money from the people to build the country, eg. build roads, hospitals, markets, business centres, infra-structures, orphanage, welfare organisations, ... etc. Although you are not kings. You are pastors. When you get the money from the people, you get Jesus' money and you do not have the right to use all for yourselves. If you have only 10 people in your church and each one give $1,000 as their tithes and offerings through you, you may use all the money or the total amount of $10,000 after deduction of the church rental and general expenses. But if you have 20,000 members who will also give you $1,000 each, you would get an exorbitant amount of $20,000,000. Can you argue that you can use the total amount too after deduction of church rental and general expenses ? Yes, you may argue that you should be paid more because you are the pillars of the church who draw the people to give through you, but you do not have the right to use the whole amount of $20,000,000. Firstly, you are not the kings. Secondly, you do not need such a big amount for your living expenses. If you insist that you must get the full amount, it is your greed that is speaking. Yes, you can use Jesus' money to a certain extent, but when you claim, conspire, persuade, and collaborate with others to use Jesus' money or the church money, you are 'using' Jesus like Judas Iscariot. Jesus will rebuke you, no matter how well you can quote the Bible verses about your prosperity and confess His name. You have used Jesus and preached Him as a means to your end including the lust of your flesh:

• 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. (Jesus has clearly shown us in other Bible verses that those who do the will of the Father are those who do His commandments. Those who dispute about it are those who do not do the will of the Father, and they are those will confess, argue, and boast before the Lord.)
• 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.)

Grace is Jesus Christ or Jesus Christ is grace ?
It is ok to say that God is love, God is grace, God is truth .. etc. But the moment someone preaches grace, prosperity, riches, or any gifts of God radically and argue that grace is God or grace is Jesus Christ, we have to beware.  The point that I wanted to make was: Money is good, but money can never be God and it should not be preached like it is God too.

• Luk 16:13-14 KJV  No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.  (14)  And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

Similarly, Grace is good, but grace can never be God and it should not be preached like it is God too. Grace is a gift which came by Jesus Christ (John 1:17). Grace is not Jesus Christ. Similarly, 'seek ye first the kingdom of God in Matt 6:33' should be preached to point people to God; not to point people to prosperity, favour, or the gift of God. However, I have heard many radical grace preachers who said that "grace is not a doctrine; grace is Jesus Christ, and grace will prosper you". We should question their motive or their reason for preaching it. Is it because they think that, if they preach grace, they preach Jesus Christ and, hence, no one can question them about their grace teaching or radical grace ? If this is the reason, they would not care if people are clear about sound doctrine or become so confused that they worship grace as their idol for prosperity or anything. This is the reason why we have to beware.

If we would 'use' Jesus as a means to an end, we would 'use' anything to get our selfish 'ends' met
Many people argue and believe that they should never vote for politicians who are evasive with they political agenda and promises, and who 'use' politics as 'a means' to 'an end'. Similarly, I would think so if we need to select pastors or preachers for the churches too. We should never believe the preachers who are 'ding dong bell' preachers, and who 'use' Jesus as 'a means' to 'an end' too.
I will tell them, You said that"you are the pillar of your church and therefore you deserve all the goodness and favour of your God, including money collected from the tithes and offering of the people. You should be paid better than all other pastors or ministers because you could preach better and you attracted most of the people to your church. You did most of the miracles in the name of Jesus. You have done this .. and that ... You are also the keynote speaker to a certain ministry. You are the senior leader of your church who is solely responsible for your church growth. You are this .. and that.."
I will tell them, If this is your philosophy, let me ask you, Will you do the same if you are a political leader too ? Will you say, "I am the pillar of my political party and therefore I deserve all the goodness and favour of my government, including all the money collected through tax and legal means. I should be entitled for all the surplus after the deduction of the expenditure in the process of tax collection, because I am the key leader who governs all the people.." I will tell them, If this is your philosophy, you are a tyrant or dictator who wrongly think that everyone's salary or possession belong to you Do you know how much would the money surplus be after the deduction of the expenditure ? It is an exorbitant amount. It cannot be all for you. It is still the money of the people for other contingencies and for future national development. The money is still theirs for their children and their children's children. It is too much for you to take all and to enjoy it. Don't be so greedy like the rich man in the parable that you would just want to hoard money and riches by doing nothing for others:

• Luk 12:16-21 KJV  And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:  (17)  And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?  (18)  And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.  (19)  And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.  (20)  But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?  (21)  So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

We do not worship Jesus merely as a 'supply' to all our needs or as grace which supplies like the 'casino'; we must worship Jesus as God. If we just want to worship Jesus our 'supply' or 'casino', we would not see the need to repent before Him or to serve Him. We would just see Him as our 'slave' or 'servant'.
(see "Can we use God?" in my another post)



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Have all our sins been forgiven, including all our past, present, and even future sins?

This is a critical and important question which we must answer correctly. We can afford to make many mistakes; but not this one, especially if we are God's preachers. It's because it could be a costly mistake which may lead people, as well as, believers to hell. Do you agree? I believe that the radical grace preachers would agree wholeheartedly, quoting from one of their favourite sayings:

"If you believe right, you will live right. If you live right, you will do right !"

Can God's grace be so good or so radical that it will forgive all our future sins without any of our future repentance, even if we sin ?
Generally most of us could understand that our sins are forgiven if we repent (or if we sincerely confess our sins before God or truly turn from our sins in our continuous repentance attitude before God). We can easily prove this not only biblically, but sensibly too. I will not need to quote any Bible verses to the radical grace preachers unless they would disagree with this too. However, I will tell them, The Bible has never told us that God's grace is too good to be true (or so radical) that it can forgive us all our past, present, and even our future sins without us doing anything. Please think, If this is true, we will have no more sins in the future. If we have no more sins in the future, we will not need to repent any more. If we will not need to repent any more, we will do nothing even if we will still sin in the future. We will just continue to feel good even if we sin. We will just think righteous? We will have no more sin conscience to repent? Did I hear it correctly from the radical grace preachers? Can we tell the sinners or the believers that they can just be grace conscience or God's goodness conscience whenever they sin? This is ridiculous. I will tell them, Why don't you tell them to be prosperity conscience, lawless conscience, or righteousness conscience whenever they sin ? Yes, you may argue with many Bible verses that it is good to have prosperity conscience, lawless conscience, effortless conscience, and righteousness conscience instead, but it is clear to us that you do it so that the people can forget or ignore their sin conscience to repent whenever they sin.

Did Paul tell us that we should have no more sin conscience to repent in the future ?
I will tell them, No, that can never be the teaching of Jesus or Paul. Yes, Paul did mention that, as a Jew:

• he would not have the sin conscience to offer any more blood sacrifice; 
• but he would never say that we would never have any sin conscience to repent.
• Heb 10:1-6 KJV  For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.  (2)  For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.  (3)  But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.  (4)  For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.  (5)  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:  (6)  In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
• Gal 2:15-16 KJV  We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,  (16)  Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 

Sin conscience to repent will never condemn
Sin conscience to repent will condemn only when we are deceived to think that it will condemn.
They will argue, "But sin conscience will condemn. It should not be encouraged or preached. Look at the adulterous woman in Jn 8:8. The Pharisees tried to condemn her and make her sin conscience or law conscience; but Jesus made us grace conscience. Hence, if we preach repentance conscience or sin conscience to repent, it is not the gospel. It would become a condemnation gospel."

• Joh 8:3-4 KJV  And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, .. (10)  When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?  (11)  She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

I will tell them, Yes, sin conscience will condemn without repentance. But sin conscience to repent will certainly not condemn. Let's not argue whether Jesus had preached repentance first or grace first to save the woman. Just ask yourselves, was there sin conscience from the adulterous woman? Yes, otherwise, Jesus would not help her. Was there grace conscience from her too? I will not deny it too because Jesus forgave her. Now, we should also look at the Pharisees. Was there sin conscience from the Pharisees? No, I believe there was none. Was there grace conscience from the Pharisees? Hmm.. you may argue that they have no grace conscience but do you know that they could have favour conscience too ? Most of them thought that they were highly favoured by God because of what they did (Luk 18:10-14). They thought that the works of the law (Rom 9:31-33, Mat 3:8-9) should exempt them from any sin conscience to repent. Hence, I think that it is perfectly alright to have both sin conscience to repent and then grace conscience, and vice versa, in the preaching of the gospel. If you would dispute, please read the following Bible verses:

• Luk 24:47 KJV  And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Act 5:29-32 KJV  Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.  ... (31)  Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.  (32)  And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
• Act 26:18-20 KJV  To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.  .. (20) .. that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

Please be honest after reading the above. Did the Lord, Paul, Peter, and the Apostles in the Bible verses above preach the gospel? Did they preach the gospel of grace? Yes. Although they might not mention the word 'grace', they knew clearly that forgiveness of sins is God's grace. Was there sin conscience to repent ? Of course, I believe that there were both sin conscience to repent and grace conscience even though it was not mentioned clearly. However, it would be totally off if we interpret that we must preach repentance only because we can see repentance conscience only, or that we must preach grace only because we cannot see any sin conscience to repent. No, we must not be radically lob-sided in our perspectives. Otherwise, we would behave and see things like the 'half-brain freak' in my story here.

Did Paul tell us that our future generation should have no more sin conscience to repent too? No.
I will tell them, Yes, based on the Bible verses above, we can say that God's grace or the blood of Jesus is powerful enough to cleanse the sins of all our past, present, and future generation too; but it cannot work if our future generation do not know about repentance in the Lord. It cannot work too if they think that they would just repent 'once and for all' and think that they can just forget about repentance for the rest of their lives whenever they will sin again in the future. I will tell them, Yes, Jesus can die once and for all (because He is God), but we cannot afford to repent once and for all (because we are sinners). Hence, Paul had to address it with a severe warning against the believers who are perverted in their thinking. Contrary to the radical grace preacher's assurance that this can never happen to them or their believers, Paul specifically mentioned that his warning would include any believers who have the knowledge of the truth, God's covenant, and the grace of God:

• Heb 10:26-30 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?  (30)  For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. (Can we twist and argue that this warning is not for God's people? No, it says very clearly that God will judge His people; not other people. When He used the comparison of a sorer punishment, He confirmed again that He was comparing and warning two of His people - one who despised Moses' law, and another who dishonoured the Spirit of grace. Please think, who were able to despised Moses' law, except the Jews or His people who were given the law? Similarly, who could dishonour the Spirit of grace, except the believers or His people who were given the grace of God too?) 
• Heb 6:4-12 KJV  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,  (5)  And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,  (6)  If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.  ..  (8)  But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.  (9)  But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.  (10)  For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.  (11)  And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:  (12)  That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. (That's why we ought to be diligence. It's because believers can fall and perish if they are not diligent about things that accompany salvation in (v9).
• 2Pe 2:19-21 KJV  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. (I don't think radical grace preachers can argue that this Bible passage is for the non-believers. No, they are the believers who have escaped the pollution of the world through Jesus Christ but later found themselves entangled in the world again, while promising others they can still have abundance of liberty, prosperity, and grace of God. They know the way of righteousness but obviously they have rejected God's law and commandment too.) 

Is it acceptable to preach the gospel of Jesus with our own conscience, which could be our self-righteous conscience, sinless conscience, or false repentance conscience ?
No. If sinners or believers who sinned would never have any sin conscience to repent, they would never be saved. Hence, If anyone perverts the words of the Lord or the gospel of repentance, they could be under the curse of the Lord too, even if they may confess, argue, or sincerely think that they are still in the Lord.

• 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.
• Mat 18:4-8 ASV  Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  (5)  And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me:  (6)  But whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.  (7)  Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!  (8)  And if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed or halt, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
• Rev 18:20-21 ASV  Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her.  (21)  And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all.

Will they become poor now because they have perverted the gospel of the Lord? No, on the contrary, many of them may prosper and become boastful, but they would be 'poor' when they will stand before the Lord:

• Rev 3:17-19 KJV  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.

Did Jesus tell us to change His gospel and teach grace conscience instead of repentance conscience ?
Many would boast, "We are grace conscience, not repentance conscience; however, we have prospered more. Why? It's because Jesus wants us to be grace conscience, not sin conscience or repentance conscience ... Few years ago, the Lord told me in a small voice that His gospel is the gospel that Paul preached. His gospel is the gospel of grace, not the mixture of law and grace. The Lord told me in the Spirit that it is time to change now. It is time to preach the grace revolution. He told me that it is His will for us to preach the gospel of grace, not the gospel of repentance or any teaching about God's laws in our hearts and mind .."
I will ask them, Are you sure Jesus said that ? I have problem believing that because it contradicts totally against the command of the Lord in the Gospel:

• Luk 24:44-48 ASV  And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.  (45)  Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;  (46)  and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;  (47)  and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.  (48)  Ye are witnesses of these things.

I will ask them, If Jesus would tell us to preach grace instead of repentance, when will He change again and tell us to preach some other things? Will He raise up another radical grace preacher to tell us to preach something else again? Of course, no. This is ridiculous.
You said that the gospel that what Paul preached is the gospel; but how about the gospel that other disciples preached? Wasn't what they preached considered as the gospel too?

• Mar 6:7-12 KJV  And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;  (8)  And commanded them that they should ..  (11)  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. (13) And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. 
• Luk 4:17-21 KJV  And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,  (18)  The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,  (19)  To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.  (20)  And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.  (21)  And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

They will argue, "But the twelve disciples did not preach grace. Only Paul preached grace and only the gospel of grace is the true gospel of Jesus Christ. Hence, we should preach the gospel that Paul preached. However, if we did not preach grace radically until other people misunderstood us and accuse us for preach license to sin, we have not preached the gospel that Paul preached because Paul had preached grace until the Pharisees accused him."
I will tell them, So, are you saying that Peter, John, and James had not preached the true gospel because they preached repentance ? What makes you think that they had not preached the gospel? Before falsely accuse all the disciples who preached repentance, please read your Bible again:

• Act 5:31-33 KJV  Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.  (32)  And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.  (33)  When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

I will tell them, Do you know that Peter had preached the gospel because he preached repentance and forgiveness of sins ? Although Peter did not preach grace, he preached forgiveness of sins. And don't you know that forgiveness of sins received through repentance is considered as the grace of God under the New Testament according to Lord's command and teaching from all the Bible verses I have shown above ? Please read them again -  Luk 24:44-48, Mar 6:7-12, Luk 4:17-21, Luk 5:32, Luk 19:8-9 ..



  
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Is it lawful to do good, or to do evil ?

1. Is it lawful to do good (or teach others to do good) under the law ?
Jesus had asked the Pharisees the above question in Mar 3:4 even though they might think that they had God's law. The Lord will still ask the radical grace preachers the same question too, irregardless of whether they may think that they have God's law in their hearts and mind (Heb 8:10).

Please think, If Jesus said to the Pharisees bluntly that it was lawful to do good, wouldn't there be still law to do good too ? Of course, yes. This is not only common sense; but also God's truth and God's law. The Lord had spoken and shown the Jews and the Pharisees that it was always God's law to do good (see more Bible verses below). Please think, If there is a law to do good, it means that: There is also a requirement for us to do good and teach others to do good too; whether it be our inner law, spiritual law, unspoken law, or God's law. It will bear witness with us of Christ when the law of the Spirit is revealed:

• Rom 8:2 KJV  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
• 1Jn 5:2-9 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.  (4)  For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.  (5)  Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?  (6)  This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.  (7)  For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.  (8)  And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.  (9)  If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

Hence, Jesus would never destroy God's law to do good or make it of none effect.

• Mat 5:17-20 KJV  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 preach the covenant of grace or Himself to supercede or destroy the law of God; instead Jesus preached repentance - because no one is too righteous to repent and to do and to keep the law of God; including the Pharisees. 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.)

However, the Pharisees would always make God's law of none effect by giving the false impression to the people that they were not required to do God's law:

• Mat 15:5-12 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.  (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?
• 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. 

Those who hate God's law would argue, "No, Jesus did not say, 'Is it lawful to do good, in Mar 3:4?' but He said, 'Is it right to do good..' in another Bible translation. Hence, Jesus did not tell us to do any law or God's law .."
I will tell them, Will you feel better just because you think that Jesus said, It was right to do good or it was 'lawless' (has no law) to do good ? No, you will still have to do God's law whether you like it or not, because to do right or to do good is always in God's law. Just ask ourselves, How do we, or Adam and Eve, know what is right or wrong? Isn't it by God's command or God's words ? Hence, when Jesus asked, "Is it right to do good .., or to do evil ?", He had actually asked the question based on God's law and commandment too !

• Joh 1:17 KJV  For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
• 2Co 3:6-7 KJV  Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.  (7)  But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
• Gal 3:10 KJV  For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Hence, under the law - the old covenant, the Jewish law, or the law of stones which was given by Moses (Joh 1:17, 2Co 3:6-7), the Jews were strongly required to do all the works of the law to fulfil the law (Gal 3:10). But, under grace or God's law which came by Jesus, both the Jews and all of us are strongly required to do good to all men (see the parable of the good Samaritan in Mat 25:34-42 and more Bible verses from the Lord below).   

2. Is it lawful to do good (or teach others to do good) under grace or God's law ? 
Many will argue, "Of course, it is lawful to do good and we will never dispute with anyone who want to do good. But we are no more under any law including God's law to do good, or to love God; it is now God who will love us. We have no more law to do good or do anything; we have only grace under the New Covenant to do nothing, to maintain an effortless state of our mind and life .."
I will tell them, Of course, we are not required to do the law or the works of the law which fulfilled the law. Firstly, we cannot do the works of the law even if we want to because we are not the Jews. Secondly, the works of the law were referred to the works which the Jews must do to justify themselves.

• Gal 2:15-16 KJV  We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,  (16)  Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Now many radical grace preachers would interpret with this Bible passage that, therefore, they are not required to do any work including God's laws and good works. Is it true. No, it is a lie. If we do not read the Bible, we would be deceived by their radical interpretations on Galatians which are quoted out of the Bible context. Firstly, we are not the Jews. Secondly, we have never received the law. Thirdly, Jesus has clearly told us that it is lawful to do good works. In another words, we are required to do God's laws and good works even if it is against the law of Sabbath, the law of the Old Covenant, or our legitimate laws. God's laws to do good and to help others would supercede all the works of the law which previously or currently served the laws of any covenants:

• Mar 3:1-4 KJV  And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.  (2)  And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.  (3)  And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.  (4)  And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
• Luk 6:8-11 KJV  But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.  (9)  Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?  (10)  And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.  (11)  And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
• Mat 25:34-42 KJV  .. (37)  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ..(40)  And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.  (41)  Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:  (42)  For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink..

Hence, nothing can supercede God's law to do good, not even the effortless grace, 'pure' grace, radical grace, lawless grace, or the 'most most glorious' grace too. If we use any kind of grace teaching to supercede God's law, God will supercede us !

• 1Co 3:14-20 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.  (19)  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.  (20)  And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. (We are holy because the Spirit of the law of God is in us. But if we defile or reject that Spirit, we are no longer in Christ)
• Luk 10:29-37 KJV  But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?  (30)  And Jesus answering said, A certain man ..  (36)  Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?  (37)  And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
  

Hence, today if we see a Pharisees under the law or a preacher under grace who would not stop by to help others in need, he may not a genuine believer in Christ. If he goes further by arguing with everyone and stopping everyone from doing good which becomes his law teaching, effortless teaching, or grace teaching, his teaching is not under any God's covenant; he could have been under false delusion and religious hypocrisy. He is certainly not under any God's laws; he could be under the error of the lawless prophesied by Paul:

• 2Pe 3:9-18 LITV  The Lord of the promise is not slow, as some deem slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not having purposed any to perish, but all to come to repentance.  (10)  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with rushing sound, and having burned the elements will be dissolved, and earth and the works in it will be burned up.  (11)  Then all these being about to be dissolved, of what sort ought you to be in holy behavior and godliness,  .. (14)  Because of this, beloved, looking for these things, be diligent, spotless, and without blemish, to be found in peace by Him.  (15)  And think of the long-suffering of our Lord as salvation, as also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him;  (16)  as also in all his epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the unlearned and unsettled pervert, as also they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.  (17)  Then beloved, you knowing beforehand, watch lest being led away by the error of the lawless you fall from your own steadfastness.  (18)  But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. 

3. Is it lawful to do good (or teach others to do good) under the Spirit of the law (Rom 8:1-5) ? 
They will always argue, "No, you have misunderstood us. You have falsely accused us. How can we be lawless although we preach that grace has no law, no repentance of sins, no moral codes of conducts, no do's and don'ts to do good, and no judgement. Yes, we did emphasize and preach pure grace, we preach no mixture of law and grace, we preach effortless prosperity, and we tell people that there no need to keep the ten commandments or any do's and don'ts. But we still tell them to live like Christ or prosper like Christ. As He is, so are we .. Hence, we still have the law of Christ. It is not the law to do good and do, do, do.. but it is the law of effortless success; it is the law to do nothing, the law to rest, the law to get, get, get or the law to be blessed !"
I will tell them, If this is your law, you are still lawless under lawlessness like the Pharisees. The Pharisees were 'lawless' in the eyes of God even though they might have many laws.

• Mat 23:27-29 LITV  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened graves which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness.  (28)  So you also indeed outwardly appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.  (29)  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous.
• Mat 7:22-24 LITV  Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many works of power?  (23)  And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; "depart from Me, those working lawlessness!" Psa. 6:8  (24)  Then everyone who hears these Words from Me, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house on the rock;
• Mat 13:40-41 LITV  Then as the darnel is gathered and is consumed in the fire, so it will be in the completion of this age.  (41)  The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all the offenses, and those who practice lawlessness.
• Mat 24:11-12 LITV  And many false prophets will be raised and will cause many to err.  (12)  And because lawlessness shall have been multiplied, the love of the many will grow cold.

The Lord would consider us lawless too if we would just talk about many laws eg. our own laws or even the law of Christ; but do nothing. The Pharisees and false prophets were definitely considered as the lawless ones in the above Bible verses because they preached many laws without doing them. They might do the works of the laws and many laws but they have all missed the law of the Spirit that would teach them to do good and help the needy. They might even boast about the works of the law but they had no fruit of the law or the Spirit of the law of God:

• Gal 2:15-16 KJV  We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,  (16)  Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
• Rom 8:1-5 KJV  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  (2)  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.  (3)  For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:  (4)  That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  (5)  For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. (Jesus Christ was sent to fulfil the law so that we have the Spirit of God's law to do God's laws. However, if we do not walk by the law of the Spirit to do good and to produce the fruit, we would be condemned.)
• Gal 5:22-25 KJV  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,  (23)  Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.  (24)  And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.  (25)  If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. (It should not be misinterpreted as 'no more law'. But here it actually says, There is no other law which can replace the law of the Spirit, to do God's law and do good, with fruits.)
• Eph 5:5-11 KJV  For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.  (6)  Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.  (7)  Be not ye therefore partakers with them.  (8)  For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:  (9)  (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)  (10)  Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.  (11)  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. 
• Mat 3:8-11 KJV  Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:  (9)  And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.  (10)  And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.  (11)  I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

Many radical grace preachers argued that the opposite of the law is the Spirit and vice versa or the opposite of the Spirit is Law. Why would they interpret this ? They did this so that people would not do any God's laws and commandments, except their laws, their grace confession, their righteousness confession, or their mind changing philosophies. I will tell them, No, that's not the Spirit of the law. No, the opposite of the Spirit is not law but lawlessness and walking in the flesh and the desires of lawlessness. Obviously, all your own laws and mind changing doctrines have twisted and changed God's laws and commandments so that you would only keep the laws which you love and benefit yourselves eg. the law of rest or the law of doing no more law or doing nothing. However, you are like the Pharisees who would only keep the works of the law or the forms of the law without the Spirit eg. their law of circumcision, law of rest, law of Sabbath,.. etc, and doing nothing ! They did not know the Spirit of the law of God in all those laws. They were hypocrites because they would only want to preach the law that they liked.

• 2Ti 3:1-10 KJV  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.  (2)  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,  (3)  Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,  (4)  Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;  (5)  Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.  (6)  For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,  (7)  Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.  (8)  Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.  (9)  But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.  (10)  But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, ...
• ...  2Ti 3:14-17 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;  (15)  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. (Hence, the law of doing good is still under the law of the Spirit of God and no one can dispute against the law of God, no matter how 'snaky' he is !) 

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Exhorting with sound doctrine or Romancing the stone ?

Exhorting with sound doctrine
Paul has warned us that there will be be many unruly and vain talkers, not only those who are of the circumcision; but also those who are crafty in smooth and vain doctrines.

• Tit 1:9-16 KJV  Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.  (10)  For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:  (11)  Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.  (12)  One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.  (13)  This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;  (14)  Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.  (15)  Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.  (16)  They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
• Eph 4:14 KJV  That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Romancing the stone (Twisting and turning God's command)

• Gen 2:16-17 KJV  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:  (17)  But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.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?  (2)  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:  (3)  But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.  (4)  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.  (6)  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.  (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. 

Satan would love to twist and turn God's law and grace
In another words, Satan has a special supernatural skill in 'romancing' the law and grace of God too.

• Please think, If Satan knew how to twist and turn the command of God and make it more pleasant to the eyes of Adam and Eve,  
• can he twist and turn the grace of God and make it more appealing to the people today too ? Oh, you bet. He could do better than what we think without anyone realising it.

In his temptation to men in both cases above, Satan knew the command of God and the grace of God. He could certainly bring out or preach the topic of God's command and grace beautifully, but he would also add in his lawless conclusion and interpretation on God's words. To Adam and Eve, he would show them how God's command without obedience will open their eyes and make them wise as gods. To the churches, he would say that God's grace without repentance will prosper them effortlessly. When he is accused of rebelling against God's words, he would always know how to argue and say, "Did I say that ? No. Has God said that you cannot do this .. and that ..? No, I tell you, This is what God said (about His law or His grace). You don't have to obey ... and you don't have to repent. You would not die. You would not be condemned by God's command.. You would have grace without repentance.. You would prosper.. You would be righteous.. You would be anointed.. You would be wise.. You would be like God.. As Christ is .., so are you .. Haha .. Heh .. heh .. you will like it .."
Preaching grace without the preaching of repentance is 'romancing the stone'. It would appeal to most worldly sinners and believers, but it is not the grace of God. If you hear any preacher who is 'romancing the stone' or preaching like this as a law preacher, repentance preacher, or grace preacher, run for your life; he is not from God, he is trained by the 'beast'. You may ask, Who is the 'beast' ? Can you disclosed his name ? I will say, Of course, I can do it if I want to. But if I mention his name, there is no more fun for him and me. He would be jobless. Ok, joke aside, All I can say is: he has the number of sixes in his title and names. That number is not the number of his company, his computer, his country, his buddies, his inner circle, his church, or any kind of hidden codes; the Bible has mentioned it very clearly and openly that it is the number of a man. It is the number of his name:

• Rev 13:17-18 KJV  And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.  (18)  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

John could not mention his name even though he could have seen his name, clearly written under image of the beast as 'xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx'. However, John could not record it for us. Why ? It's because John could not read or write English. At most, John could only count the number or show the number of the alphabets of his name.  

The beast would know how to twist and turn God's law and grace too
Many of us may think that he is a political 'Tyrant ...... ......', a medical 'Doctor ...... ......', legalistic 'lawyer ...... ......', 'Scribe ...... ......', or a mad computer 'Genius ...... ......' with the number of sixes and has the supernatural power to control our buying and selling with his banks and computers; but can we rule out the possibility that he could be a 'Pastor ...... ......' too ? While a lawless tyrant can only destroy our bodies and make us poor physically, but a lawless pastor can kill our souls and make us poor spiritually and eternally if he could control our mind, hypnotize us, and put his mark or doctrine of lawlessness into our brains:  

More about the beast: 

• Rev 13:15 KJV  And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 

When I read the above, I found it difficult to interpret, how on earth could anybody have the power to give life unto his own image, and then he and his image could both speak? Wasn't it crazy ? Will there be monsters, beasts, or HeMan rising up in the end time, like some kind of monster movies ? VERY UNLIKELY ! No one could figure it out even after we have known that human figures and images could be projected to the wall or TV screen for the last few decades. But it has now become a common scene in many churches today where a pastor and his image can both speak, and cause many to worship God (or him - who knows ?) Very soon, we will have all our TV and LED screens in 3D images too. Hence, this could be the era when the beast could fulfil all the prophecies of Revelation 'effortlessly'. He or his cohort may not call fire to come down physically; but he could certainly call down the 'strange fire' effortlessly from heaven and shout 'Fire !' in the sight of millions through his satellite television. He may not look like the beast with much hair; but he could certainly speak like the dragon who had been wounded by the Lord's command:

• Rev 13:11-13 KJV  And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.  (12)  And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.  (13)  And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

He could certainly do more harm than we could imagine by taking away the mark of God (or the mark of God's commandments) from the believers and replace it with his mark of lawlessness. Why would a believer has the law of God in his heart and mind? It's because he would always meditate and think about God's law. Yes, we can say that he is law conscious in his mind about God's law; but he is not law conscious about the Jewish law or the law of Old Covenant. But what will happen if a believer would no longer think of God's law in his heart or mind ? He could lost the mark of God if he keeps listening to the lawless one who put his mark of lawlessness into his mind and work.

• 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. (Do you realise that all our lawlessness and sins are remembered no more because we have God's laws in our hearts and mind ? If we have no more law, how can our lawlessness and sins be remembered no more ? This is common sense from the reading of God's words) 
• Rev 14:11-12 KJV  And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.  (12)  Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Hence, Satan could remove the law of God from our mind if we believe in his lawless teaching and allow him to place his lawless reasoning into our mind. Can this happen to us who are saved by the blood of Jesus Christ ? You bet, or else Paul would not need to warn the believers day and night with tears:

• Act 20:28-32 KJV  Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.  (29)  For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.  (30)  Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.  (31)  Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.  (32)  And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. (Yes, Paul believed in the word of His grace and the blood of Christ which is able to save them and build them up. But Why would he still need to warn and do so much to prevent the believers from following the grievous wolves or false prophets ? Isn't it clear to everyone that the believers would still need to be warned because they could lose their salvation if they believe in the false prophets who preached perverted law and corrupted grace ?)
• Mat 18:32-34 KJV  Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:  (33)  Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?  (34)  And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. (Many radical grace preachers have argued that those who are forgiven much will love much; however, it did not seem to work for this servant. Why ? It's because he only wanted to be forgiven and that was all he desired. He had no true repentance or compassion for others. Yes, he did think about forgiveness or grace, but only for himself; not for others. Hence, he was still a selfish man who did not truly repent, take up his cross, and die to his sinful self at all. The Lord has spoken: There are people who do not deserve grace even if they have prayed and asked God for forgiveness. They would expect God to forgive like the king in the parable above, with radical grace, but they would never have the desire to repent, confess, admit, or turn from their sins.)   
• Have you read the Bible ? Do you know that Satan would only tempt certain people ? He tempted Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden (Gen 3:1), he tempted Jesus in the wilderness (Mat 4:1), he will tempt the churches too (Rev 14:11-12, 2Co_11:3); however, he would never tempt the sinners? Why? He does not need to do anything because the sinners are already destined to perish. He would only tempt those who are righteous, who are without sin, who are forgiven, who have God's commandment in their mind and hearts, and would keep God's commandments. Hence, it would be a lie to say that the believers will never fall and never need to take heed to God's words and commandments when the Bible have warned us so clearly that Satan would tempt at the beginning of the Bible (Gen 3:1), in the middle of the Bible (Mat 4:1), and at the end of the Bible (Rev 14:11-12).
  

Of course, we believe in the power of the blood of Christ and eternal salvation; however, the Bible has also warned us that we should not underestimate the deceiving power of the beast too. We would lose our eternal salvation if we receive the mark of the beast. If Satan could tempt Adam and Eve who were sinless into sins, Satan could certainly tempt us into his lawlessness too, otherwise, all the warnings of the Lord and the Apostles would become lies and we would make them liars instead:

• 2Co 11:3-15 KJV  But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.  (4)  For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.  (5)  For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.  (6)  But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. .. (13)  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.  (14)  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.  (15)  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
• 1Jn 1:8-10 KJV  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  ... 1Jn 2:3-6 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.

Should we listen to the one with a sharp tongue or smooth tongue ?
I would rather listen to Him who has a short and 'sharp tongue' than the one who has a long and 'smooth tongue':

• Rev 2:12-16 KJV  And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;  .. (15)  So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.  (16)  Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
• Rev 16:13-16 KJV  And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.  (14)  For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.  (15)  Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.  (16)  And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

The 'frogs' have long curly tongues, because they loves to boast, twist, and turn with their words. They would twist and turn the law of God too. One moment they seemed to tell the people to love and obey the law of God but in another moment (probably in a same sermon), they would suddenly or subtly convince you that the law of God is infectious or contagious like sins, eg. "Under law, sin is infectious; under grace, holiness is contagious..", "law supplies; grace demands", "Under law, you must do this and that; under grace, you do nothing", "under law, you cannot prosper; under grace you would prosper effortlessly", "Under law, we feel condemned, dejected, and depressed; but under grace, we feel loved", "Under law ..;under grace .. " 

Who is under the law ?
I will ask them, Are you preaching to the Jews, the believers, or the sinners when you preach like the law or grace experts ? 

a. If you are preaching to the Jews, 
please take a good look at your own audience again before you blast off with the wrong teaching of the law. Very likely, you have preached to the wrong target audience with your bitter arguments against the law or the works of the law known and practised only by the Jews, Peter, and Paul when you are not even a Jew.

• 1Ti 1:7-8 KJV  Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.  (8)  But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
• 2Pe 3:1-18 KJV  This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:  (2)  That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:  (3)  Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts ..  (9)  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance ..  (14)  Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.  (15)  And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;  (16)  As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.  (17)  Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked (lawlessness), fall from your own stedfastness.  (18)  But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. 

b, However, if you are preaching to the believers,
you are still speaking to the wrong crowd too. The believers should have the law of Christ to do good, not the law of the Jews to circumcise themselves. They will argue, "No, we must expose all the legalistic believers who are under the law. Yes, they may not be Jews but they have been deceived by the Pharisees to believe in the law. When they teach others to do many things, to do good get good, and to think of any law, they are under the law.."
I will ask them, The lawyers are always thinking about the laws; are they under the law? After they have received Christ, can they still think of the laws ? Of course. Many welfare organisations, including those run by the Christian organisations, would always think of doing good too; are they under the law? Of course, we don't just accuse everyone as under the law just because they think of their laws, rules, and regulations.

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

I am sure you have always quote from the Bible verse above, but have you ever pause and ask yourselves: Who has truly received the law given by Moses? Of course, only the Jews. You and me CAN NEVER received the law given by Moses because it was the covenant only between God and the Jews. Hence, we can never be under the law; we are under sins. We may have many laws. Some religious bodies may think that they have the law of God to do good and do many things. But those are not the law given by Moses. In the eyes of God, we are still under sins as sinners, unless we have repented in the Lord to receive grace under His New Covenant. 

c. However, if you are preaching to the sinners, 
you would certainly confuse them because they have not read the Bible and would be deceived to think that they are under the law instead of being under sins and under the New Covenant to repent. You could be using the law and grace confusion as your 'cover' to excuse or exempt yourselves from preaching the unpopular command to the sinners to repent. However, your behaviour as God's preacher would only show that you have rebelled and rejected the Lord and His command in Luk 24:45-48 even though you may claim that you have done many wonderful works for the Lord in Mat 7:15-24. Yes, you are right to say that many sinners felt loved after coming to your church, but that was because they felt accepted in your church even if they sinned 'quietly' and would not repent. They could have felt condemned and dejected by their former churches because they had been asked to repent, to admit, and to confess their sins. However, they could just falsely accuse all their former churches for preaching the law and condemnation now. It could be just their excuses to hide their rebellion against God's commandments, their unwillingness to repent, and their unrepentant hearts. They felt condemned not because they were under the law; but because they were under sins and unrepentant spirit. 

I will tell them, You said that 'under law, sin is infectious' because it will spread or it will make others sinning too? Please think, If law will make sins infectious, then

• law is worst than SARS or poison, 
• law is the culprit, 
• God who is the lawgiver would be solely responsible for our sins. When we sin, it is God's problem; not our problem. And hence, God must find His ways and means to settle the sin problem which was caused by His laws,
• we would not need to repent from our sins, and 
• we would just need to reject any law or any poison from God ..  

Can you see it ? If you know their hidden agenda and reasoning, you will know that they are false prophets. You will also know that they are 'ding dong bell' preachers who would devise many long arguments and debates to hide their lawlessness. However, by doing so, they would also confuse the sinners, the believers, and those who question them. Hence, one moment, their biblical stand on the law of God was a 'ding', but it would become a 'dong' not long after they started to preach. They would just keep changing their biblical stand on God's words until their entire sermon is always the 'ding dong, ding dong, ding dong' between law and grace .. Please think, Does it look odd if a 'ding dong' preacher would preach radical doctrines from his 'rock star' outfits at one moment and then change into his normal pastoral outfit with a neat tie while preaching godly values and decent living at another moment? I would think that it looks odd because it is like putting on some kind of 'cover' to make his points without sincerity or simplicity in his biblical stand. 
Yes, his stunt may always captivate the audience who love God and God's prosperity, but they will have no intention to repent and would be jealous of others who have repented. Their pulpits have become the 'HorrorWood' platform for their actors and actresses who entertain themselves with their own popular show - 'Romancing their stones' with the Bible, where everyone is promised to prosper effortlessly without any preaching of repentance from their sins. Instead of preaching the gospel, they preach lies and stones. They have used the law and grace arguments to distract the people from believing in the gospel of repentance. However, I believe that we should preach the following clearly if we want the sinners to truly repent:

• Under the law, the Jews must keep the law and the works of the law that fulfil the law. 
• Under grace, the Gentiles will not need to keep the law and the works of the law.
• But under the New Testament, all those who are under the law or under sin must repent (Luk 13:2-5) and keep God's commandments. Jesus did not say that keeping no commandment is the gospel when He showed us Mat 5:28; but rather He proved to us that all must repent, including the Pharisees (Mat 5:20), otherwise no one can enter the kingdom of God. Hence, repentance is the gospel. 

Luk 13:2-5 KJV  And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?  (3)  I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.  (4)  Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?  (5)  I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Mat 5:19-20 KJV  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.)
Mat 5:27-28 KJV  Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:  (28)  But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

It's a thin line between under grace and under fantasy
They will argue, "We will never admit wrong for 'romancing the stone'. God would be pleased to know that we are exalting and promoting Him, His grace, His favours, and His glory. Besides, promoting or boasting about the grace of God is not romancing the stone. Grace is not the stone. Grace is Jesus Christ. Grace is supernatural. Grace is effortless. Believing in grace is like sitting by the beach with your folded hands and enjoying the sun without doing anything, while watching God doing everything for you. Grace makes everything possible effortlessly. Hence, we pray effortlessly, worship God effortlessly, repent effortlessly, live effortlessly, and prosper effortlessly with all the favours of God. Gone were the days when legalistic preachers, repentance preachers, and spiritual warfare teachers would lay down many unnecessary rules and regulations for the people to many things. Of course, we will still pray and have spiritual warfare, but our spiritual warfare is to rest and do nothing, (ahem.., Of course, I mean), to rest in the Lord. Have you seen Star War and some Chinese Kung Fu movies ? They used laser blades and flying swords ! Why do we still use  the hard manual system to fight in the warfare when we can use high tech and effortless methods. However, many believers who are under the law are still living in their primitive world using their old weapons. We are not like them. We have found better thing and better way through the grace of God. Haha, we are not ashamed to boast that we are destined to reign. We are destined to do better. We will prosper .., we will do this.. and that.. We will .. this .. we will .. that .. we will .."
I will tell them, Yes, you can go on and on, and live in your 'grace land' or effortless world. But when you wake up, you will realise that you are not under grace. you are under fantasy. The grace of God does not make us fantasize and rest (or sleep upon) all His warnings and commandments. 
 
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