Friday, March 9, 2018

Ron Smith Said This:

"God is love!" is NOT the TOTALITY of the Gospel...and it is not REMOTELY enough to be presented as a SERMON...it is not ENOUGH of a MESSAGE...enough TRUTH...by which the Church can GROW and MATURE in Christ...enabling us to "earnestly contend for the faith."
You see:
Jesus NEVER commanded His DISCIPLES to PREACH love...He told them TO love.
Remember the words of Paul:
Ephesians 4:14-15 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
What did Jesus preach...and what did He command US to preach?
Luke 24:44-47 Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” 45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Then...we discover this in the Book of Revelation...as Jesus appeared to John on the Isle of Patmos...and...as Jesus came to do one thing:
Speak to the CHURCH.
And...when He did...He REBUKED 5 out of 7 churches...telling them to REPENT.
5 out of 7:
Quite a percentage there!
Jesus would basically tell them one thing:
REPENT...or ELSE!
Does anyone reading here know what the NUMBER ONE theme found in Scripture is...based on SUBJECT MATTER?
It has been studied...and it was found to be this:
Warnings regarding FALSE PROPHETS and their PROPHECIES...and...WARNINGS regarding FALSE TEACHERS and their FALSE DOCTRINES.
From Old Testament to New Testament...more is said about this ONE subject than any OTHER subject.
The PRIMARY theme of Scripture...BEYOND the coming of a Savior...is that we MUST understand one VERY crucial thing:
TRUTH has an ENEMY...an ANTITHESIS...and Satan will send FALSE messiahs...FALSE teachers...and he will SEDUCE people into believing LIES.
That is the CRUX of Scripture...teaching us to grow in KNOWLEDGE and WISDOM so we may be able to DISCERN what is TRUE and what is FALSE.
Yes...Jesus LOVES us...but how can I DISCERN the difference in GODLY love and SATANIC seduction?
That is what is CRUCIAL to our EXISTENCE...and it is CRUCIAL to our UNDERSTANDING of Scripture.
Folks...it is not ENOUGH to be LOVED by God...allowing us to simply walk through life being LOVED.
We are called to CONTEND for the FAITH...to BATTLE Satan for SOULS!
Be sure...Satan is EARNESTLY contending for DECEPTION...for DELUSION...for ENTERTAINMENT and SELF-INDULGENCE to CONTINUE ON within the Church.
It often seems he is WINNING.
The VAST majority of churches are LOST...DECEIVED...DELUSIONAL...and fully SEDUCED by the HARLOT gospel.
Yet...THEY believe they are SUCCESSFUL..."relevant"...and even "evangelistic."
How FAR they "God is love!" is not REMOTELY the TOTALITY of the Gospel...and it is not REMOTELY enough to be presented as a SERMON...it is not ENOUGH of a MESSAGE...enough TRUTH...by which the Church can GROW and MATURE in Christ...enabling us to "earnestly contend for the faith."
You see:
Jesus NEVER commanded His DISCIPLES to PREACH love...He told them TO love.
Remember the words of Paul:
Ephesians 4:14-15 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
What did Jesus preach...and what did He command US to preach?
Luke 24:44-47 Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” 45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Then...we discover this in the Book of Revelation...as Jesus appeared to John on the Isle of Patmos...and...as Jesus came to do one thing:
Speak to the CHURCH.
And...when He did...He REBUKED 5 out of 7 churches...telling them to REPENT.
5 out of 7:
Quite a percentage there!
Jesus would basically tell them one thing:
REPENT...or ELSE!
Does anyone reading here know what the NUMBER ONE theme found in Scripture is...based on SUBJECT MATTER?
It has been studied...and it was found to be this:
Warnings regarding FALSE PROPHETS and their PROPHECIES...and...WARNINGS regarding FALSE TEACHERS and their FALSE DOCTRINES.
We are CONSTANTLY warned about DECEPTION...whether SELF-DECEPTION or being led astray by OTHERS.
From Old Testament to New Testament...more is said about this ONE subject than any OTHER subject.
The PRIMARY theme of Scripture...BEYOND the coming of a Savior...is that we MUST understand one VERY crucial aspect of TRUTH:
TRUTH has an ENEMY...an ANTITHESIS...and Satan will send FALSE messiahs...FALSE teachers...and he will SEDUCE people into believing LIES.
That is the CRUX of Scripture...teaching us to grow in KNOWLEDGE and WISDOM so we may be able to DISCERN what is TRUE and what is FALSE.
Yes...Jesus LOVES us...but how can we DISCERN the difference in GODLY love and SATANIC seduction?
That is what is CRUCIAL to our EXISTENCE...and it is CRUCIAL to our UNDERSTANDING of Scripture.
Folks...it is not ENOUGH to be LOVED by God...allowing us to simply walk through life being LOVED.
We are called to CONTEND for the FAITH...to BATTLE Satan for SOULS!
Be sure...Satan is EARNESTLY contending for those SAME souls...using DECEPTION and DELUSION...urging "leadership to CONTINUE ON with ENTERTAINMENT and SELF-INDULGENCE within the Church.
It often seems he is WINNING.
The VAST majority of churches are LOST...DECEIVED...DELUSIONAL...and fully SEDUCED by the HARLOT gospel.
Yet...THEY believe they are SUCCESSFUL..."relevant"...and even "evangelistic."
Sound familiar?
Revelation 3:15-21 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,[g] I will vomit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— 18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. 21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne."
No one TRULY "evangelizes" the LOST without CALLING them to REPENTANCE.
Period.
In TRUTH...we MUST preach MORE than "God loves you!"...or we preach no TRUTH at all.

~ Ron Smith

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