Only as we follow OUR apostle and the instructions given him by the RISEN Christ, are we "different" from the other churches. Very few preach the gospel of OUR salvation found in Pauls epistles. All the others ADD to it or preach the KINGDOM gospel that was set aside two thousand years ago when God set ASIDE Israel.
How do I know? How many times have you heard it said from church pulpits that all you need to do to be saved is:
Ask Christ into your life.
Confess Your sins.
Walk the aisle .
REPENT and turn from your sin.
Be sorry for your sin.
Be baptized and go to church.
Only read a KING JAMES Bible.
Commit your Life to Christ.
Give your Life to Christ.
While all those things "sound" very "spiritual"...are we all aware that NONE of them are Gods criteria for being truly SAVED today? You will be hard pressed to find ONE verse to support ANY of the above listed ideas. If you do find it...it will be in Israels program that God set aside two thousand years ago.
Today we are given the gospel of OUR salvation in 1 Cor 15:1-4 and you will find NONE Of the above listed there as criteria for being saved. So you see, if you ask any ten people...what do I do to be saved...you will get any number of answers...plus some that arent even ON the list above. But none of them can tell ya how to be saved by grace thru faith alone.
This concerns me....and it should concern you as well. Since Satan is clever at presenting and promoting "another gospel" and "another jesus"....we should be concerned that so many good people are being deceived into believing a gospel that doesnt save at ALL today. That is what satan is after...NOT the dirty dozen or getting you to SIN...(your sins have all been paid for at Calvary and God isnt judging mankind on the basis of their sins today)...but in keeping people BLINDED to the program God is IN today, and by keeping them "in the flesh", trying to establish their OWN righteousnesss , instead of accepting the ONLY true righteousness that any of us has...IN CHRIST alone.
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Good study!!
Or they keep asking for forgivness. I talked to someone last year and they said that they always ask God to forgive them because it makes them feel good.
This person is definatley going by his feelings and not by faith.