The Simplicity of The Gospel
(2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.)
As we are in the last days of this Church Age, we are rapidly witnessing increased false teachings as their teachers multiply and continue to spread the dangerous doctrines without any conviction, it would seem.
We are instructed in God’s Word to expose these unfruitful works of darkness and have nothing to do with these. (Ephesians 5:11 - And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].)
We are cautioned to beware of false prophets as they come disguised as though they are God’s servants, but are wolves. We need to be careful to try the spirits as the Holy Spirit leads us with the Word of God as pointing to Jesus Christ.(Matthew 7:15 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 1 John 4:1 - Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.)
Many in the Churches today that I have personally witnessed and viewed online seem to hold to the concept of the simple Gospel of Jesus Christ, yet in this I would like to discuss here today the issues that I have often come across in which I believe the enemy of our souls desires to use to steal, kill and destroy.
The way of salvation is simple, Jesus Christ died for sinners, He was buried and resurrected after three days. Jesus was perfect, He never had any sin in Him. He came to this earth as a human being, He came as a man, yet fully divine at the same time. (1 Corinthians 15 :1- 5 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve. John 1:14 - And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Colossians 2:9 - For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.)
Some you would speak to in the church would wholeheartedly agree with these simple terms and not doubt these verses I have shared here, yet in the practicalities of everyday living and the actions of most of these that would agree are the dangerous doctrines that are as snakes that are slipping in the side door, while at the same time many are continuing on as though all is well.
Some examples of this are Churches that preach and teach the Gospel, evangelize the lost, feed the poor, are reading from the Word every Sunday from their pulpits and on the other hand they are having fellowship with those that are coming with another way of salvation and another kind of jesus, even though we know there is no other. We see the leaders of these churches given in to compromise as the church “got modern” so to speak. The Church became relaxed, bored and discontented with the only place we are supposed to remain throughout our walk on this earth with the Lord. We are encouraged and exhorted in God’s Word to remain with the simplicity that is found in Christ Jesus, not to be deceived away from this and as we began in the faith to continue, therefore.
We understand, as we study the Bible that this is what will happen in the last days, false teaching will continue to permeate through the Church and those that are not seeking the truth or have another heart will soon fall sway to these. We know that little leaven when it has done its best will destroy the whole batch if left unchecked. If we want to remain in the faith, we must continue to heed the warnings found on many occasions in God’s Word. Be sober, be vigilant because the enemy prowls around seeking whom he may devour.
Many of these Churches began in the solid truth, just as we see in the Church at Galatia, these also were deceived, the Word uses the phrase “bewitched”, “who had done this?” Paul would exclaim. We need to remember that these had a solid footing, good ground and the enemy came in to steal that which had been planted, yet it was of duty and love that the Apostle Paul would correct these believers and guide them back to the way, which was not the way of the Judaizers professing to know Jesus but adding circumcision, works to the way of becoming right with God. Paul called this another gospel and we must remember that these kind of false teachers are oftentimes the worse. These come with a form of godliness and a jesus in name only, these had not understood the law didn’t save, but proved as a stopgap measure to point people to Jesus until He came. This was is no way intended to save the lost, it worked as its purpose for the time God ordained until Christ came, to point people to the coming Redeemer.
Today we are seeing much of this kind of deception, the way of love, unity and peace comes at a high price, this is the blood of Jesus, no way can we have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, no way can we have communion with those that have a faulty way of love, unity and peace.
The majority of these that have been deceived have gotten to believe that tolerance of sin and false teachings are the key to peace and unity, which in their thoughts concludes love. If they don’t point out the sin of the murderer or point out specific sins are not acceptable to God, then this will win the lost or it will leave out the uneasy feeling we get at conviction, in which is so necessary for God to do a work in these hearts and lives. It is as though these are trying to get in the way of the Holy Spirit.
We first must see our fallen, sinful and deprived state to understand that we can choose to be redeemed through the sacrifice of the cross Jesus died upon. He paid the sin debt and without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. No forgiveness is found outside of the sacrifice Jesus did.
We have seen the likes of Lou Engle kissing the feet of a Catholic Priest to affirm his love for the once, and rightly so, divide that came between Catholics and Protestants. He was in turn greeted in the same manner.
(2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.)
As we are in the last days of this Church Age, we are rapidly witnessing increased false teachings as their teachers multiply and continue to spread the dangerous doctrines without any conviction, it would seem.
We are instructed in God’s Word to expose these unfruitful works of darkness and have nothing to do with these. (Ephesians 5:11 - And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].)
We are cautioned to beware of false prophets as they come disguised as though they are God’s servants, but are wolves. We need to be careful to try the spirits as the Holy Spirit leads us with the Word of God as pointing to Jesus Christ.(Matthew 7:15 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 1 John 4:1 - Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.)
Many in the Churches today that I have personally witnessed and viewed online seem to hold to the concept of the simple Gospel of Jesus Christ, yet in this I would like to discuss here today the issues that I have often come across in which I believe the enemy of our souls desires to use to steal, kill and destroy.
The way of salvation is simple, Jesus Christ died for sinners, He was buried and resurrected after three days. Jesus was perfect, He never had any sin in Him. He came to this earth as a human being, He came as a man, yet fully divine at the same time. (1 Corinthians 15 :1- 5 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve. John 1:14 - And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Colossians 2:9 - For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.)
Some you would speak to in the church would wholeheartedly agree with these simple terms and not doubt these verses I have shared here, yet in the practicalities of everyday living and the actions of most of these that would agree are the dangerous doctrines that are as snakes that are slipping in the side door, while at the same time many are continuing on as though all is well.
Some examples of this are Churches that preach and teach the Gospel, evangelize the lost, feed the poor, are reading from the Word every Sunday from their pulpits and on the other hand they are having fellowship with those that are coming with another way of salvation and another kind of jesus, even though we know there is no other. We see the leaders of these churches given in to compromise as the church “got modern” so to speak. The Church became relaxed, bored and discontented with the only place we are supposed to remain throughout our walk on this earth with the Lord. We are encouraged and exhorted in God’s Word to remain with the simplicity that is found in Christ Jesus, not to be deceived away from this and as we began in the faith to continue, therefore.
We understand, as we study the Bible that this is what will happen in the last days, false teaching will continue to permeate through the Church and those that are not seeking the truth or have another heart will soon fall sway to these. We know that little leaven when it has done its best will destroy the whole batch if left unchecked. If we want to remain in the faith, we must continue to heed the warnings found on many occasions in God’s Word. Be sober, be vigilant because the enemy prowls around seeking whom he may devour.
Many of these Churches began in the solid truth, just as we see in the Church at Galatia, these also were deceived, the Word uses the phrase “bewitched”, “who had done this?” Paul would exclaim. We need to remember that these had a solid footing, good ground and the enemy came in to steal that which had been planted, yet it was of duty and love that the Apostle Paul would correct these believers and guide them back to the way, which was not the way of the Judaizers professing to know Jesus but adding circumcision, works to the way of becoming right with God. Paul called this another gospel and we must remember that these kind of false teachers are oftentimes the worse. These come with a form of godliness and a jesus in name only, these had not understood the law didn’t save, but proved as a stopgap measure to point people to Jesus until He came. This was is no way intended to save the lost, it worked as its purpose for the time God ordained until Christ came, to point people to the coming Redeemer.
Today we are seeing much of this kind of deception, the way of love, unity and peace comes at a high price, this is the blood of Jesus, no way can we have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, no way can we have communion with those that have a faulty way of love, unity and peace.
The majority of these that have been deceived have gotten to believe that tolerance of sin and false teachings are the key to peace and unity, which in their thoughts concludes love. If they don’t point out the sin of the murderer or point out specific sins are not acceptable to God, then this will win the lost or it will leave out the uneasy feeling we get at conviction, in which is so necessary for God to do a work in these hearts and lives. It is as though these are trying to get in the way of the Holy Spirit.
We first must see our fallen, sinful and deprived state to understand that we can choose to be redeemed through the sacrifice of the cross Jesus died upon. He paid the sin debt and without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. No forgiveness is found outside of the sacrifice Jesus did.
We have seen the likes of Lou Engle kissing the feet of a Catholic Priest to affirm his love for the once, and rightly so, divide that came between Catholics and Protestants. He was in turn greeted in the same manner.
Christian evangelist Lou Engle of The Call kisses the shoe of Catholic leader Matteo Calisi during the "Azusa Now" prayer event in Los Angeles.
Their priesthood is totally unbiblical and that includes their “sacrifice of the Mass” for both the living, and the dead souls who are supposedly in Purgatory, which does not exist! They make the claim that the Mass satisfies the justice of God for sins committed against God as they worship Mary and even go as far as claiming she intercedes or acts as a mediator between God and man! This is damnable religion and leading billions to hell. For a summary of the false teachings of Catholicism please refer to link - https://www.thenarrowpath.co.uk/a-summary-of-the-false-teachings-of-catholicism.html
We have the likes of Franklin Graham, who has followed in the footsteps of his father, allowing catholic priests on his stage, encouraging these to continue in their own religious institutes instead of coming to repentance.
We have many more examples of these taking place within the Church world today. I have attended congregations that have allowed for Anglican ministers that endorse Catholics and allow for many things that are unbiblical, while at the same time professing not to be a part of this, but why do it? Why go against the Word and compromise the truth? I must conclude it is that birds of a feather indeed do flock together, or that money, the false unity, false love and false peace have deceived these.
It is very sad to see these that I believe do want the truth, but on the other hand deceived by error because the devil has come as light to the place where discernment wasn’t sought.
I have also attended a congregation that would be taken up with the fads lingering in the church world that have come with the name of love and unity. The likes of Rick Warren, Joyce Meyer, Bethel Ministries, Bill Johnson and T D Jakes were promoted at this place. No discernment was heeded, and correction was dismissed because there’s deception the enemy brought in once more with the name of a jesus that doesn’t line up with the Biblical Jesus. For more information on these please click on these articles:
https://www.thenarrowpath.co.uk/an-exposeacute-of-rick-warren.html
https://www.thenarrowpath.co.uk/word-of-faith-heresy.html
https://www.thenarrowpath.co.uk/dominionism-error.html
We see much advancing with the implementing of the Evangelicals and Catholics Together, which is a 1994 ecumenical document signed by leading Evangelical and Catholic scholars in the United States. This has encouraged many to unite but not all were in agreement with this document I must state, yet again we must be careful not to just jump on board with people that do profess even the true Gospel, we need to see what else has been added or taken away through any teaching we hear and examine it by the Word of God.
Please click on the link for more information on the problems with ecumenism.
https://www.thenarrowpath.co.uk/ecumenism.html
We must be very careful as to what we are believing and not join with these coming with another gospel.
Galatians 1:6-8
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 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.
Galatians 3:1-5
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
The simplicity of the Gospel is oftentimes lost in all this confusion that the enemy has sown. We need to be very cautious as to the understanding we have and that our belief system is correct. If we do not have our faith anchored in the true, only Jesus and remain here, the enemy will take us to another place where he can steal, kill and destroy. Please understand that many are adding and subtracting from the truth in these last days, but we have the Word of God and the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us into all truth. May we never believe in the name of love, peace and unity that this means we are to tolerate, pray with, engage in spiritual endeavours with those who hold onto another jesus, doctrine or word that has nothing to do with the Scriptures. (2 John 1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed. Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.Titus 3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject.)
Their priesthood is totally unbiblical and that includes their “sacrifice of the Mass” for both the living, and the dead souls who are supposedly in Purgatory, which does not exist! They make the claim that the Mass satisfies the justice of God for sins committed against God as they worship Mary and even go as far as claiming she intercedes or acts as a mediator between God and man! This is damnable religion and leading billions to hell. For a summary of the false teachings of Catholicism please refer to link - https://www.thenarrowpath.co.uk/a-summary-of-the-false-teachings-of-catholicism.html
We have the likes of Franklin Graham, who has followed in the footsteps of his father, allowing catholic priests on his stage, encouraging these to continue in their own religious institutes instead of coming to repentance.
We have many more examples of these taking place within the Church world today. I have attended congregations that have allowed for Anglican ministers that endorse Catholics and allow for many things that are unbiblical, while at the same time professing not to be a part of this, but why do it? Why go against the Word and compromise the truth? I must conclude it is that birds of a feather indeed do flock together, or that money, the false unity, false love and false peace have deceived these.
It is very sad to see these that I believe do want the truth, but on the other hand deceived by error because the devil has come as light to the place where discernment wasn’t sought.
I have also attended a congregation that would be taken up with the fads lingering in the church world that have come with the name of love and unity. The likes of Rick Warren, Joyce Meyer, Bethel Ministries, Bill Johnson and T D Jakes were promoted at this place. No discernment was heeded, and correction was dismissed because there’s deception the enemy brought in once more with the name of a jesus that doesn’t line up with the Biblical Jesus. For more information on these please click on these articles:
https://www.thenarrowpath.co.uk/an-exposeacute-of-rick-warren.html
https://www.thenarrowpath.co.uk/word-of-faith-heresy.html
https://www.thenarrowpath.co.uk/dominionism-error.html
We see much advancing with the implementing of the Evangelicals and Catholics Together, which is a 1994 ecumenical document signed by leading Evangelical and Catholic scholars in the United States. This has encouraged many to unite but not all were in agreement with this document I must state, yet again we must be careful not to just jump on board with people that do profess even the true Gospel, we need to see what else has been added or taken away through any teaching we hear and examine it by the Word of God.
Please click on the link for more information on the problems with ecumenism.
https://www.thenarrowpath.co.uk/ecumenism.html
We must be very careful as to what we are believing and not join with these coming with another gospel.
Galatians 1:6-8
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 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.
Galatians 3:1-5
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
The simplicity of the Gospel is oftentimes lost in all this confusion that the enemy has sown. We need to be very cautious as to the understanding we have and that our belief system is correct. If we do not have our faith anchored in the true, only Jesus and remain here, the enemy will take us to another place where he can steal, kill and destroy. Please understand that many are adding and subtracting from the truth in these last days, but we have the Word of God and the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us into all truth. May we never believe in the name of love, peace and unity that this means we are to tolerate, pray with, engage in spiritual endeavours with those who hold onto another jesus, doctrine or word that has nothing to do with the Scriptures. (2 John 1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed. Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.Titus 3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject.)