The Infection of False Gospels!
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The Infection Of False Gospels!
The Infection Of False Gospels!
A few years ago, a pastor was at a local convenience store and happen to run into an old school friend. The pastor and his friend talked for a few minutes and she commented about the church where she attended regularly.
The pastor asked her, “how was her church was doing?” She replied, “It’s about time our pastor resigns. He’s been there too long.”
That statement peak the pastors curiosity and he wanted to find out why she felt this way. She continued, “All his sermons are exactly the same. I’m thinking about joining your church because I’ve heard a lot of good things about your church.”
The pastor then asked about the topics of his receptive messages. She replied, “He’s always preaching about Jesus. He’s always preaching about Jesus’ crucifixion, His death, and His resurrection.
That’s all he preaches about!” The pastor had to break the news the his friend. He politely told her, she wouldn’t be happy at his church either, because there is no other topic that should be preached at church besides that one.
The problem in this country as well the world is the topics that preachers, preach on.
Preachers today want the water down or sugar coat the gospel.
Their reasoning behind this is people don’t want to hear the truth.
They want to feel good about themselves and justify their sins.
If you keep preaching on Jesus is the only way, God hates sin, and if your not saved, then your heading for the gates of Hell.
People will stop going your church and take their money with them.
They will find a church where they can feel good about themselves, that God is a loving God, and He understands why they sin, and would never send a good person to Hell.
Let me tell you something church, if you feel that way, then you better leave now, and go and find you a Burger King Church out there.
You know where “you can have it your way!”
Because I was called to preach, “God’s Way!”
I’m, what my son has called me the other day a, “VelociPastor” I believe his actually was calling me a dinosaur because I’m old.
But, I actually agree with him, I am old, I’m old fashion, I’m called to preach the old time religion, the True Gospel of Jesus Christ.
I just love that old song, “Give Me That Old Time Religion.”
I preach on the Death.
I preach on the Burial.
I preach on the Resurrection
In other words, I preach the “True Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
I Preach the Cross.
I Preach the Blood.
I Preach the New Birth.
I Preach Repentance, the turning away from sin.
And I Preach on Hell’s Fire.
If you don’t like the way I preach, then you can leave or fire me.
But as long as I’m the pastor of Faith Bible Baptist Church.
I’m going to Preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, because without the gospel there is no salvation!
I’m going to preach about the cross.
I’m going to preach about the Blood.
I’m going to preach about the New Birth.
I’m going to preach on Repentance.
And I’m going to preach about Hell.
Now that I got you fired up! Please turn your Bibles to the Book of:
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Pray.
I. Simply Putting It.
I. Simply Putting It.
What the Apostle Paul, was telling the Galatians.
That there is only one gospel
Not to believe in any other gospel that’s contrary to the true gospel of Jesus Christ
Whither it comes from man or angels.
Or, you will be cursed.
Paul is telling us not, to peach to please man.
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Those are what I call Burger King Preachers!
With a Burger King Churches.
Trying to have it their way instead of God’s way
And they are sending people to hell everyday.
II. We Are Being Infected By The Most Deadly Of Infections Known To Man.
II. We Are Being Infected By The Most Deadly Of Infections Known To Man.
The Infection of False Gospels.
To figure out what a false gospels is, you must know what the true gospel is.
The True Gospel is simply church?; Is the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
A False Gospel are simply; Anything that is contrary to the True Gospel of Jesus Christ.
There is only One Gospel, that is mention in the Bible and that’s the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
Five False Gospels Being Preached In The World Today.
Five False Gospels Being Preached In The World Today.
The Prosperity Gospel:
This gospel claims that if you trust Jesus, pray the sinners prayer, or do some act of faith the preacher prescribes from the pulpit,
You will be blessed on this earth and in this lifetime with material blessings and health like you never could have dreamed.
It is is also as the Health and Wealth Gospel.
Common verses they take out of context are.
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be meat in mine house, And prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, If I will not open you the windows of heaven, And pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
The Suffer for Success Gospel:
This false gospel found creeping into many churches today is similar to the prosperity gospel in that rewards are not rooted in grace but, in the person’s acts of faith.
This false gospel claims that if you work hard for Christ, don’t turn from Him in the time of trails, and put up with the dark world that is constantly trying to persecute you.
Then you will be exalted in God's eyes and given spiritual power and ministry success.
Common verses taken out of context includes;
Paul’s suffering, 2 Corinthians 11,
Daniel in the lion’s den, Daniel 6,
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego getting thrown into the fiery furnace, Daniel 3,
And other stories of suffering that resulted in miraculous deliverance.
The Poverty Gospel:
This false gospel is similar to the “suffer for success gospel” in that trails, persecution, and pain are often emphasized from the pulpit.
However, this type of false teaching basically demonizes material blessings, earthly success.
And anything that might tempt someone into worldliness.
This false gospel likes to use Matt 19:21 out of context.
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
This is where Jesus talking about the young rich man.
The poverty gospel preacher neglects the context of such verses
Missing the fact that Jesus said it to a specific person who had a love for money.
The Bible warns us not to idolize money,
It also tell us to enjoy all the blessings of God has given us.
17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
We must be generous.
But, giving so much that we are in poverty ourselves is not Biblical.
13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
The God is Love Gospel:
This is another false gospel being circulating throughout churches today.
This false gospel preachers emphasize.
The unconditional love of God.
His endless grace.
And the always forgiving Father.
Let me say, used in the proper context, truths like these are absolutely Biblical.
But preaching one truth at the expense of another truth.
Always leads to heresy.
If you only preach about the love of God and never preach on.
His holiness
His justice
or His wrath
God is a loving God, but He is also jealous, and hates sin.
It’s because of God’s grace we have salvation through His Son Jesus Christ.
God has always been the forgiving Father but, you have to be one of His children and believe on His Son Jesus Christ.
These so called preachers take the attributes of God, out of context.
They commonly take these verses out of context.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, So great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, So the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
The true gospel preachers, will emphasize the love of God,
He will be sure to express that love in context.
The Christ-less Cult Gospel.
The Christ-less churches often emphasis on the reaching your full potential.
Being the best as you can be.
By following Jesus as our example.
They claim to be Christians, but like every church that doesn’t preach the True Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It’s deemed a Cult.
Let me say it another way!
Any church that teaches Jesus Christ was not fully God and fully man, sent from heaven to die on the cross for our sins, raised from the grave on the third day, and ascended into heaven is not a true church and is led by a false prophet.
Any church that preaches something contrary to what the Bible says about Jesus is a false church and preaches a false gospel
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
John was writing to a church that was being attacked by false teachers called Gnostics.
What is a Gnostic?: They believe that humans are divine souls trapped in the ordinary physical world.
They say, the world was created by an imperfect spirit. “The unperfect spirit may be seen as evil, or sometimes just not perfect but, doing the best it can.
Now does that sound like our God, our Heavenly Father?
That my friends is a cult, not a true gospel preaching, God fearing church.
That’s Doctrine straight out of the gates of hell.
Did you know there is a difference between a pastor, preacher, evangelist, and missionary.
Pastor: is the leader of a Christian congregation, the under-shepherd of Jesus Christ. Who preaches God’s word, shares the gospel, cares and ministers to his flock. Gives advice and counsel the people from his church and the community.
Preacher: A person who delivers a sermon publicly, one who inculcates or exhorts something earnestly or officiously, and shares the gospel.
Evangelist: A person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching.
Most evangelist uses the same message over and over preaching in different churches.
Missionary: A person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.
The bible warns to watch out for false preachers, teachers, prophets, and that would also included false evangelist.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Our country and this world has been infected by the teachings of false gospels, by false preachers and teachers.
The only cure for the false gospel, is to start telling and preaching the True Gospel of Jesus Christ.
By witnessing and sharing the gospel to everyone we come in contact with.
Every person living on the planet earth needs the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
There are not many paths too God, as Oprah Winfrey and Joel Osteen says, but one way.
And that’s through God’s only Son the Lord Jesus Christ. There is no other way.
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
We all need to realize and understand that there our some so, called preachers and evangelist out there teaching and preaching a false gospel.
They are not true preachers or evangelist, they are only concerned with money, their fame, and their own prosperity.
The Bible give us the job description of a pastor and these guys and gals don’t fit the job description.
1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
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