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Galatians 2:4-5 ESV
“Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery— to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.”
There are false Christians in the gatherings of the church
(or what is falsely called “church”) today who are using marketing schemes and
manipulative tactics in order to convince even seasoned Christians and
non-Christians to yield to a false “cheap grace” gospel which does not put sin
to death in the life of the believer, and which does not call for repentance nor
for obedience and walks of holiness and righteousness. In fact, they demonize
such things as that by calling them “works salvation” and “legalism.”
So much of today’s “church” – mostly consisting in
institutional churches, i.e. those incorporated under the state and beholding
to church denominations who are marketing “the church,” i.e. their businesses,
to the world – they are teaching a cheapened and altered and diluted gospel
message, and they are altering the character of God/Christ in order to appease
and appeal to human flesh and the people of the world, and in order to draw in
large crowds of people from the world to their gatherings.
But we are to be people of faith who are walking in obedience
to our Lord, and who are testing what we hear and read from other people, for
not everyone who professes faith in Jesus Christ has genuine God-given faith.
There are many wolves in sheep’s clothing (charlatans) among us who are
pretending to be Christians but who are not Christians in practice. They are
among us solely for the purpose to deceive us and to manipulate us into
believing their lies and into rejecting the truth of the gospel.
But when we test what we hear or read against the
Scriptures, we need to do so in context. For many of these false teachings are
being widely accepted because they are using Scriptures out of their context,
and they are twisting them to say what the Scriptures do not teach. They are cleverly
blending the lies in with the truth so that those who are not students of the
Scriptures are not able to discern the lies from the truth. But once you learn
their tactics and their message, the lies will just jump out at you.
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An Original Work / February 24, 2012
Jesus,
my Savior, full of compassion,
Glorious
in power, mighty in strength;
Gracious
Redeemer, mighty deliv’rer,
My
heart adores Him. Praise to His name!
Perfect
salvation my Lord provided
When
He died for my sins on a tree;
Crucified
my sins; conquered in vict’ry,
When
He arose, so I could be free!
I
am so thankful for His forgiveness;
Grateful
that He chose to pardon me,
Giving
me new life full in His Spirit,
So
I can serve Him; His servant be!
Walking
in daily fellowship with Him,
Obeying
Him whate’er He commands;
Forsaking
my sins, living in freedom,
I
will endure with Him to the end!
He
gives me peace and calm reassurance
In
times of sorrow, or in distress.
His
grace is sure, and oh, how sufficient
To
meet me in my need for sweet rest.
Oh,
how I love You, Jesus, my Savior.
My
heart longs for You where’er I am.
Your
word is precious; speaks to my spirit;
Brings
comfort, healing. Praise the “I AM!”
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