Deadly Delusions in Today's Church: The Delusion of Grace 1

Deadly Delusions in Today's Church: The Delusion of Grace 1
Brad Reiches
Jul 1 2008 10:42AM

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Evangelizing the Church in the Age of Delusion

  "Deadly Delusions in Today's Church"

EVANGELIZING THE CHURCH IN THE ERA OF DELUSION

"They did not receive the love of the truth...

For this reason God will send upon them a

deluding influence so that they will believe

what is false..."

2 Thessalonians 2:10-11

#2.  The Delusion of Grace - part 1

The Bible teaches, "For by grace you have been saved through faith..." (Ephesians 2:8-9).  Grace is available to everyone, "The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men" (Titus 2:11), however:

ALL MEN DO NOT RECEIVE

THE GRACE THAT GOD OFFERS THEM.

"He (Jesus) came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.  but as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God" (John 1:12).  Do you see it?  "As many as received Him."  Indeed, it is precisely as Ephesians 2:8 tells us,  the grace of God MUST BE RECEIVE THROUGH FAITH!  "For by grace you have been saved through faith..." (bold mine).

This is the "our part" of Christianity.  The myriads of today's teachers and preachers that promote a "grace alone" are leading tens of millions straight to Hell.* 

*Click on Rick Warren's Wacky World of Salvation for more study.

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