Faith in God’s Word by Today’s Christian

Do we preach Christ Crucified or do we preach a milk toast Jesus?

The Apostle Paul, one of the leaders in the First Century Church, said in 1 Corinthians 11:1 “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.”  Lets see what his faith was like.

^{Jesus commanded in the great commission at  Matthew 28: 18-20 to go into all the world preaching and teaching what Jesus commanded.  What did Paul teach? He tells us in 2 Timothy 3:16 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness”  He preached the scriptures.}

^{How often do Christians look at the Gospel message and say, “How are we going to make this more desirable for the people to accept?”  So they dress it up and have two hours of games and fun with 5 minutes of Gospel testimony.  They do this especially when teenagers are involved.}

^{When the Gospel is presented, they have to make sure that it never makes anyone uncomfortable or offends them in any way.  The sugarcoat the gospel in hopes that the lost will accept their milk toast Jesus.  When you hear their gospel, the Christian life is all flowers, peace and happiness.  There is perfect happiness if you come and become a Christian.  The Gospel is emasculated of its power.}

^{Never let it be said that any sin, accepted by the world, is wrong.  You never want to offend someone about, homosexuality, sex before marriage, or belief in any other gods beside the Biblical God, Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit.  Do the scriptures say something is wrong?  If it does then speak the truth.}

^{“Oh no.” You say in horror. “My friend will think I am some kind of religious fanatic.  They might unfriend me on Facebook. “  How sad that you do not love your friend enough to risk your friendship with them, so that they may never see Hell.}

^{If we truly believe God’s word, then we would be like Paul.  Persecution, slander, prison, torture, and even the threat of death, could not stop him from preaching the gospel.  He knew the power of God, which resided in the scripture.  The undiluted Word of God can change the world.}

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