BEWARE OF LAZY DEAD FAITH
The biggest recipe for deception is to go to some church, listen to a teacher or preacher and believe anything he says because, well, he is a teacher or a preacher, he must be saying the truth. If we want to be blind believers, that is a nice recipe that guarantees we end up in the ditch.
This is what many today do. Even Christians who encounter the forgiveness of Christ jump into churches not knowing the danger of doing that. It is there that many Christians become disillusioned when they are abused by wolves. It is there that many also become indoctrinated with deceptive doctrines and swallow the BIG LIE.
The big lie that became famous is that ALL WE NEED TO DO IS BELIEVE. We don't need to DO ANYTHING. When we believe inside, when we say the sinner's prayer, when we accept Jesus, then THAT'S IT, we are saved, sealed and on our way to heaven. We are forever saved brothers and sisters, just sit back and enjoy.
These mainstream churches have picked up the lie that is based on a selected number of verses from the words of Paul without understanding why Paul said these things. They swallowed the lie that satisfies lazy flesh not knowing the history of what happened in the beginning of the church.
You see, the FIRST CHRISTIANS were JEWISH MEN. They were NOT GENTILES. These JEWISH men who walked with Jesus, saw His miracles and saw Him RISEN, believed in Him and went out to preach the gospel of Christ to everyone. Even Paul himself was A PHARISEE, a JEW steeped in the Old Testament scriptures (The Law and the Prophets).
When the gospel was preached by these Jewish men to gentiles, another part of the Jews (the majority) started saying that gentiles need to FOLLOW the Law of Moses to be saved. Paul OBJECTED to that STRONGLY. That is why Paul said many of the things he said in the Holy Scriptures. That is WHY he says that we are NOT SAVED BY WORKS, WE ARE NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW but by the FAITH of Christ.
Now there was a part of the gentiles who went to the other extreme. With the Jews it was self-righteousness but for these gentiles, it was UNRIGHTEOUSNESS and they jumped on the occasion. "If we are saved by grace through faith alone, so that must mean that we don't need to do anything", the big lie was born. They even started to backslide to sin, we can look at the letters to the Corinthians to read about the type of sins these Christians engaged in. Jude also speaks about that deception.
That is why James, the brother of the Lord, came to set things right again and spoke about TRUE SAVING FAITH, which is ACTIVE.
He said: Faith without works is DEAD.
When we become TRUE CHILDREN OF GOD, we become BORN AGAIN OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, we are supposed to BE LED by the Spirit of God. As Paul says, "those who are LED by the Spirit of God, THEY are the sons of God". The Spirit of God does not lead us to be LAZY brothers and sisters. The Spirit leads us to be FRUITFUL for the Kingdom of Christ.
Does that mean we keep our faith by our works? (as many ignorantly charge us with saying)
NO!! We STAND BY FAITH. It is when we STAND AND ABIDE in that faith that we become fruitful, not because of us but because of HIM WORKING IN AND THROUGH US. THAT DEAR FRIENDS is what is being cancelled by mainstream churches today and MANY are swallowing that deception.
When we ABIDE in the faith, we NATURALLY BECOME FRUITFUL. We cannot BUT BE FRUITFUL and His works come out through our lives. This is why Jesus said: "He who abides in Me, and I in him, BEARS MUCH FRUIT; for without Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5)
The branch that ABIDES ((( WILL BEAR FRUIT ))). If we ABIDE IN THE FAITH, WE WILL BEAR FRUIT.
Dear friends, I cannot emphasize this enough. Please beware of the lazy dead faith that these mainstream churches are pushing people to believe. It will LEAD TO HELL.
Remember the parable of the talents that Jesus told and please GO READ IT in the gospel of Matthew chapter 25. What happened to the lazy servant dear brothers? PLEASE TELL ME.
We need to be GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS busy with the Kingdom. Don't close your eyes to the truth, believe in Jesus and ABIDE IN THE VINE, ABIDE IN THE FAITH and you WILL BE FRUITFUL.
If we are NOT fruitful, we need to ask ourselves if we are actually ABIDING IN THE FAITH.
And what about you dear brother,
- Are you ABIDING IN THE FAITH OF CHRIST?
- Do your works prove you are STANDING BY FAITH?
- Are you being USEFUL AND FRUITFUL for Jesus?
OR
Are you just a LAZY servant in danger of an eternal shock with ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES? Will Jesus say to you: "you wicked and LAZY servant" like He said to the lazy servant who hid his talent in the parable of the talents.
Don't swallow the lie of mainstream Christianity. BELIEVE JESUS not other men.
May God bless you
