Intro
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Discussion
Death wears a pleasant face.
That is one of the things most do not understand. That is why they listen to people pleasing messages. This is why those that teach people pleasing messages are twice cursed.
Now why do I say twice cursed?
Galatians 1:6-10 NKJV – I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
In these verses the Holy Spirit guided Paul to say those that teach people pleasing messages are cursed and he does so twice.
For centuries and especially in recent decades. Those that stand in front of an audience saying that God is love. That Jesus Christ is love. That they can live their lives as they see fit. This is why those that stand before these people are twice cursed.
Evil will smile at you as it opens the door to eternal darkness. The Bible makes it clear that we are to follow the teachings found within the Bible. That only through Jesus Christ can we attain eternal life. This is spelled out in 2 Peter 2. The entire chapter, but it is too much to go into here.
Jesus Christ knew that humanity for the majority would listen to these pleasing messages. This is why those that teach it are twice damned. However, those that listen to these lies have no desire to hear the Truth. The Truth is that if you live in sin, you will not be welcome in the kingdom of heaven.
This is the True gospel. This is what should be taught by those that stand upon the dais in front of audiences. It makes people feel uncomfortable. It makes them shift about in their seats. This is as it should be.
We are not to feel comfort in this temporal realm. We are to be hated, despised, persecuted. If those that stand before you make you feel happy happy joy joy. Then they despise you. They hate you and wish for you to live in eternal damnation.
Matthew 7:13-14 NKJV – “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 7:21-23 NKJV – “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Proverbs 13:24 NKJV – He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.
“He who spares his rod hates his son.”
Those that give people pleasing messages truly hate those who listen to them. I will show these verses from 2 Peter 2:
2 Peter 2:1-3 NKJV – But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
2 Peter 2:3 AMP – And in their covetousness (lust, greed) they will exploit you with false (cunning) arguments. From of old the sentence [of condemnation] for them has not been idle; their destruction (eternal misery) has not been asleep.
I once went to a men’s retreat at the last church I tried to attend. I had a set down with three others to discuss our faith. I mentioned that pursuing large houses was a sin. This made the associate pastor shift in his seat. He said: “Well I bought a million-dollar home to entertain.” You see this particular church had a Super Bowl party shortly after the men’s retreat. This was the last straw for me. Let me read from Galatians once again.
Galatians 5:19-21 NKJV – Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
A million-dollar house is a form of idolatry. Having Super Bowl parties is revelries. Therefore, what is the last statement in this verse?
“That those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Two counts against an associate pastor. I can add another point.
Ephesians 5:3-5 NKJV – But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
“But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you.”
Now for a leader within the church to be covetous, makes it named amongst us. And what is the fate of someone that is covetous within the church.
“Nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.”
This equals twice damned. Twice cursed.
This is why it is so important that each and every single person read the Bible for themselves. Because their salvation is their responsibility to address. Not anyone else’s. This is why most will awaken not before the Throne of God in white robes, but before the Great White Throne Judgement. And what is the fate of those that stand before the Great White Throne Judgement?
Revelation 20:11-15 NKJV – Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
This is the fate for those that make you feel good about yourselves. That tells you that you are going to heaven no matter what. Lies, lies, lies. This makes these verses originally said to those that claimed to be children of Abraham work for these false teachers as well:
John 8:44 NKJV – You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
If their true father is Satan, then their fate is sealed. They will be amongst those that live in the lake of fire. How does Isaiah word it?
Isaiah 66:24 NKJV – “And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.
God does not place people there. People place themselves in the lake of fire.
They do this by doing what those in Galatia did. They accept Christ as their Savior and then they turn their backs upon Him. Quickly.
It is “quickly” because they say they accept Christ and then refuse to downsize. They want to keep their mammon and their salvation. What is this called? I’ll let the Word of God for that answer.
Revelation 3:15-17 NKJV – “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. 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—
Being vomited out of the Body of Christ equals what you have heard and read from the Bible twice before in today’s study. Not welcome in the kingdom of God.
People need to awaken to the fact that time is quickly running out. Too many think they can go to a building called a “church.” Listening to platitudes that make them feel good about themselves. That makes them pleased to hear what those on the dais say to them. They accept what those that are quickly removed from their salvation teach them every Sunday. That they are going to heaven, when in reality they aren’t.
Repent now. Downsize. Learn the Word of God. Spread the Word of God. Seek True Life. True Salvation.
God Bless.
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