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False Doctrines
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Fight For True Love
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In what ways is the Gospel still under attack today?
What are the most dangerous threats to the gospel today?
It’s impossible to answer what’s “most” dangerous to the gospel today without God’s knowledge of everything.
But here are some prominent threats that loom on the horizon:
The prosperity “gospel.”
The belief that the gospel is about God making us rich is a lie.
Jesus came to save us from sin and reconcile us to God (; ), giving us every spiritual blessing () and promising us suffering in this life and glory in the next (, ).The attack on penal, substitutionary atonement.
Many people reject the idea that on the cross God punished Jesus for the sins of his people.
But to reject this is to reject the heart of the gospel itself ().The rejection of the wrath of God.
People today are extremely uncomfortable with the idea of a holy God who will punish sin.
But if we reject the wrath of God we lie to ourselves about the fundamental problem the gospel saves us from (; ; ).The rejection of sin.
Some argue that sin is just an idea that people in power use to make others behave the way they want them to.
But the Bible presents sin—and especially God’s wrath against sin—as humanity’s fundamental problem.
Reject sin and you’ve rejected our only Savior who “died for our sins” ().A man-centered view of the universe.
We like to think that we run things around here.
We like to think that no one can tell us what to do or believe—after all, we have rights!
But the Bible presents exactly the opposite picture: we live in God’s universe ().
He made us ().
He rules over us (; ).
We either worship him or hate him—and face the consequences (, ; ).
A man-centered view of the universe is the opposite of the gospel and leaves no room for the gospel.“All
paths lead to God.”
People like to think that whatever anyone believes is fine so long as they’re sincere.
People like to think that God will accept everyone in the end.
After all, isn’t he a loving God?
But the gospel is a radically exclusive message: Jesus alone is the way, the truth, and the life ().
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (, NIV).Other threats: widespread belief in a brand of “tolerance” which, in fact, is not very tolerant but is fundamentally a rejection of universal truth; cultural materialism; nihilism/philosophical unbelief/radical skepticism; the ever-continual attacks on Scripture, even from within the church.
The false teachers do not in fact carry out, or by teaching false doctrine fail to carry out, the kind of responsibility given to stewards in God’s household.
Their influence is disruptive and they constitute a liability to the welfare of the οἶκος θεοῦ (see esp.
Lips 1979:145–7; Verner 1983).
This corresponds well with the issues of what constitutes legitimate teachers and teaching addressed in this passage and throughout 1 Timothy (cf.
Tit 1:7).
What pulls people away from the true gospel?
How can we change that trend?
2. What are the elements of a simple gospel message?
Elements should include;
Sin
Law ,
Law Rom 8:3,4
Death
Jesus Christ John 3:16
Repentance ,
(1.)
The verb metamelomai is used of a change of mind, such as to produce regret or even remorse on account of sin, but not necessarily a change of heart.
This word is used with reference to the repentance of Judas (Matt.
27:3).
(2.) Metanoeo, meaning to change one’s mind and purpose, as the result of after knowledge.
This verb, with (3.) the cognate noun metanoia, is used of true repentance, a change of mind and purpose and life, to which remission of sin is promised.
Evangelical repentance consists of (1) a true sense of one’s own guilt and sinfulness; (2) an apprehension of God’s mercy in Christ; (3) an actual hatred of sin (Ps.
119:128; Job 42:5, 6; 2 Cor.
7:10) and turning from it to God; and (4) a persistent endeavour after a holy life in a walking with God in the way of his commandments.
Faith Rom 5:1
3. What rules and regulations do some current preachers add to the gospel?
GraceNotes - no. 66 by Dr. Charlie Bing
Why Is Lordship Salvation So Popular?Archive Home
A question often asked by those who hold the Free Grace position is Why is Lordship Salvation so popular?
The Free Grace position teaches salvation by grace through faith alone in Christ alone, meaning that an unsaved person cannot do anything or make any commitment (such as submitting to Jesus as the Master of one's life) in order to be saved, and that believe means to be convinced or persuaded of the truth of the gospel.
The Lordship view stands in opposition to the Free Grace position by teaching that an unsaved person must believe in Jesus Christ as Savior and submit to Him as Lord (or Master) of his life.
They teach that believe includes submission, commitment, and obedience.
Though specific biblical answers could be given (see past GraceNotes), here we simply state some reasons why Lordship Salvation is so popular.
Misinterpreted Scripture.
Failure to distinguish between the passages in the Bible that pertain to salvation and those that pertain to the Christian life (or discipleship) lead many to a Lordship view.
They confuse justification and sanctification issues, which makes the Lordship "gospel" include many conditions of commitment and obedience.
Unfortunately, this adds human merit to the gospel.
Preaching these texts as conditions for salvation may produce more outward commitment, but it also induces guilt and doubt.Law verses Grace.
Lordship theology often comes from confusing law and grace.
Transferring the moral laws of the Mosaic Law to the age of grace after Jesus Christ has fulfilled the Law makes law-keeping an important part of salvation--if not at the front end as a condition for salvation, then at the back end as proof of salvation.
Lordship adherents believe those who are truly saved will keep the moral laws of the Old and New Testaments demonstrating that Jesus is the Master of their lives.
But this view not only ignores the change of dispensations between Law and grace, that is, the difference between God's program for Israel and His program for the church, it also ignores the reality that no one keeps all the laws perfectly.New-old Calvinism.
There has been a great resurgence of strong deterministic Calvinism, especially among young adults.
Lordship theology is a necessary result of this theology, because in this view God elects some to salvation and gives them faith to believe.
That divine gift of faith cannot fail, therefore it guarantees a persevering life of submission to Jesus as Lord if one is truly saved.
This view of Christianity preaches the necessity of a full commitment to Jesus Christ, which is commendable in itself, but not if it is a test of salvation.
The preaching of commitment attracts many young adults who respond to such challenges.
Unfortunately, it is very likely that many or most of these "young, restless, and Reformed" Calvinists do not understand the whole package that makes commitment the condition for salvation.An Unrealistic View of Sin.
An unwillingness to admit that Christians can sin severely or continuously leads many to a Lordship view, because they are not willing to concede that such people are saved since they have not made Jesus their Lord.
While it is grievous when Christians sin, a more biblical approach is to recognize that this reality is reflected throughout the Bible.
Grace gives people the freedom to serve God or their own selfish desires.
Unfortunately, not all choose to serve God, but the solution is not to make the gospel more difficult with additional conditions.
Labeling these people as unsaved ignores or deals insufficiently with the Bible's teaching about God's discipline and the church's discipline for sinning Christians and their loss of temporal and eternal rewards.
It is also possible they never really understood the simple gospel to begin with and are not saved.A Cure for Worldliness.
A sincere and legitimate concern about the worldliness of modern Christians also causes many to adopt a Lordship position.
They conclude that worldliness results from a gospel that makes salvation too "easy."
They believe that if salvation is available only to those who are fully committed to the lordship of Christ, then godliness is guaranteed.
To them, believe is not sufficient as the condition for salvation; it must be believe and submit or believe and commit.
Unfortunately, this changes the condition of the gospel from faith alone to faith plus something the sinner must do.Human Nature.
Our natural human aversion to grace feeds the Lordship view.
Since creation, humans have wanted to contribute to their salvation in their own way.
This appeases the ego that craves significance, even if it is only the feeling that "I helped" or "I am fully committed," therefore I am saved.
This appeals to the subtle sinful tendency of all humankind toward legalism - the self-inflating attitude that I can do something on my own to become acceptable to God.
The prevalent legalism in almost all religious systems welcomes this Lordship theology.Misleading Rhetoric.
Lordship adherents have influenced many by their derogatory rhetoric and misrepresentation of Free Grace views.
For example, the Free Grace position is sometimes called the "no-lordship" position even though its adherents believe that the lordship of Jesus Christ is essential to His provision of salvation and godly sanctification.
The difference is that Free Grace adherents don't think commitment to Jesus as the Master of one's life is the issue in salvation.
The issue is believing in Jesus as the One who died for one's sin, rose again, and guarantees eternal salvation.
Commitment to Christ as Master is an issue of sanctification (that is, the Christian life or discipleship).
Lordship adherents also make charges of "easy believism," which is misleading since no one says believing is easy.
It is simple, but not necessarily easy.
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