Christians aint this the biblical truth?

Question

Genuine Salvation

"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

— Matthew 7:13–14


Many people today have essentially believed a watered-down gospel that deletes the message of repentance. They believe in an all-caring, nonjudgmental God who requires no repentance or a change in their lifestyle. They will say things like, "I believe in Jesus Christ, but my God is not judgmental. My God would never send a person to hell. But I am a Christian."

Yet they cannot have it both ways. They can't make it up as they go.

There are many people, even in the church, who hold to a watered-down belief. This diluted gospel may be the most dangerous plague the church is facing today, because it gives a sense of false assurance to the person who believes it.

The Bible speaks of false prophets who give false assurance. In Jeremiah 6:14, God says, "They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, saying, 'Peace, peace!' when there is no peace."

It would be like going to the doctor when you are having a heart attack, and having the doctor tell you, "Oh, you are fine. You are being so dramatic! You will be OK."

There are ministers today who say, "God loves you and everything is fine. You can do whatever you want and live however you want to live. Let's just love one another and have a great time."

But that is a false gospel. Yes, God loves us. Yes, God receives any person who comes to Him. But He asks us to repent. He asks us to turn from our sins. If we are not willing to do so, then we are not experiencing biblical faith. And thus, we are not going to receive what the Bible describes as genuine salvation.

Answer 1

Salvation is certainly free, but at the same time, it costs us everything. We are to die to ourselves as we become more and more changed into the likeness of Christ. Where easy believism fails is in its lack of recognition that a person who has truly believed in Jesus as the Savior will have a progressively changed life. Salvation is a free gift from God to those who believe, but discipleship and obedience are the response and responsibility which will no doubt occur when one truly comes to Christ in faith.

Answer 2

This is true, but it is also true that we are to love all people, u can hate the sin, but love the sinner, love is the key to winning people to God. For we all like sheep have gone astray. There are none righteous no not one.
God would not want us to fellow false doctrine, but many will fall away in the end times.
We must preach the Gospel not diluted but the same Gospel Christ preached.
He loved the world so much that while we were yet His enemy He gave His life for us, but remember He did it all, not of ourselves least we boast.
I understand ur point, but u must temper ur words always with love.

Answer 3

I have never heard a preacher say what you say they've said (God loves you and everything is fine. You can do whatever you want and live however you want to live. Let's just love one another and have a great time).....and I've heard a lot of preachers. I do agree though that most people don't think logically through what they believe and see the fault in their reasoning. They just believe what they want to believe and that's what you get in a post modern world where truth is dependent on the person.

Answer 4

They try to explain all of their nonsense with weird facts and other made up bs. Then there are the ones who say "oh, you need to read it symbolically, it's not literal." Oh really? I thought that when something wasn't literal you didn't let it control your life. If it's not "literal," why do you believe in god? He's not literal, right? I don't even want to get into it because I can go on and on about the stupid sh*t. Christians are literally f*cking stupid. OH and the bible teaches that the earth is flat with four corners. That should be enough to make you think a little about what you're reading.

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

Amen- the church is teaching good advice rather than the gospel- this is wehat comes of teaching a lawless Jesus!

Answer 7

WELCOME TO THE LIGHT YOU RECEIVED

God awakened me to see that He may call a person, yet the person may not be saved!! Take Judas Iscariot for example; he believed in Jesus, walked with him, was the trusted treasurer for the Apostles, did miracles and cast demons out (after Jesus sent them out two by two); but yet he was not saved!!

So too, as I began to learn the lives of the Israelites, there were 603550 of them (men above the age of twenty, excluding the Levites; Num 1&2). They were the Church in the wilderness (Acts 7:38) but yet, may perished in unbelief (Ps 95, 105, 106, Heb 3 & 4)!!! They were called of God, but yet not saved!! Their carcasses fell in the wilderness because God swore in His wrath, that they will not enter into His (eternal) rest because of unbelief! It brings fear and trembling to see so many are called, and only two (ie Joshua and Caleb) from the first generation entered the Promised Land!! Alas, many are called, and indeed few chosen! So too, as I carefully examine John 6. Thousands came to Jesus, but as the going gets tough; in the end only twelve were left (John 6:66).

The gracious God also awakened me to see that even in the life of Abraham, it took him years before he was justified, converted! As God called Abraham in Genesis 12, and exercised faith (Heb 11:8-10) but yet, Abraham was not saved until he was imputed righteous in Genesis 15:6!! So……….. Abraham exercised faith from Gen 12:1-15:5 yet he was not justified at the point in time until Genesis 15:6. Perhaps now, you may understand why I put….’desiring my sins to be forgiven’ and my avatar is Genesis 15:5. After making a thorough examination to make my calling and election sure, I felt that I came short of what true justification is. Like the Israelites, God graciously called me out of paganism; I have cross the Red Sea (liken to my abandoning my pagan ‘Egypt’), and now I am in Sinai. I am wandering in 'Sinai' in the Church, just like the Israelites’ forty years wandering. I fear that I have not really cross my Jordan, into the Promised Land.

When I read John Bunyan’s Pilgrim Progress and the Strait Gate, I realized how far I am from being truly justified! Perhaps you may get them to read as well. Alas, many today jumped to the conclusion that the moment they left their respective ‘Egypts’, straightaway they presumed that they cross the Red Sea and Jordan together! It is not true, as we have seen in the lives of the Israelites and of our patriarch Abraham. Abraham left Ur (liken to leaving ‘Egypt and crossing the Red Sea’) and it was not many many years later before he was imputed righteous in Genesis 15:6 (ie the crossing of his ‘Jordan’)!

Alas, many of us are presumptuous and did not differentiate the crossing of the Red Sea with the river Jordan! That is why we have the situation in Matt 7:21-23, whereby many thought that the Lord Jesus would have approved of them, yet in the most scary and scathing rebuke in v23…… And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity!! May God have mercy upon us to grant us grace to truly make our calling and election sure; and save us!!

Shalom,

(Lamentations 3:1-26)

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Answer 8

(Revelation 3: 15-16) Says, I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm- I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

Answer 9

You are correct, I see some who they change
instantly, and those who make an effort to change
over a period of time, but the change will
happen if your seeking it in truth.

Answer 10

Amen....keep preaching it Pal.


"PREACH THE WORD, in season and out...reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and doctrine; for the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine...but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers telling them what they WANT to hear...." (2Tim.4:2)