Author	Thread: if Satan really took control
Admin	if Satan really took control Posted : 11 Sep, 2010 02:51 PM What would things look like if Satan really took control of a city? All of the bars would be closed, pornography banished, and pristine streets would be filled with tidy pedestrians who smiled at each other. There would be no swearing. The children would say, "Yes, sir" and "No, ma'am," and churches would be full every Sunday...where Christ is not preached. When preaching is full of moral instructions like, "read your Bible" "share your faith," "don't look at pornography," "teach your kids," and "be honest in your taxes," without setting Jesus forth as the only path through which this can be accomplished, you produce a bunch of moral legalists, nice people with nice smiles, who are either too good or too terrified to take an unbeliever to lunch, babysit a stripper's child, or share the gospel with a man in a drunken stupor. So how should the preacher preach? He must preach Christ! Messages that are not Christ-centered inevitably become human-centered...These preachers do not deliberately exclude Christ's ministry from their own, but by consistently preaching messages on the order of "Five Steps to a Better Marriage," "How to Make God Answer Your Prayer," they present godliness entirely as a product of human endeavor...No message is more damaging to true faith. By making human efforts alone the measure and the cause of godliness, evangelicals fall victim to the twin assaults of theological legalism and liberalism�which despite their perceived opposition are actually identical in making one's relationship with God dependent on human goodness. One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination. Proverbs 28:9 Post Reply
View Profile History	if Satan really took control Posted : 11 Sep, 2010 02:59 PM Good timing Mr Row, just before yours and Trucker's post!! It is legalistic to preach repent of your Sins, that is surely not the Gospel Jesus proclaimed nor is saying anything different today. Post Reply
View Profile History	if Satan really took control Posted : 11 Sep, 2010 02:59 PM Good timing Mr Row, just before yours and Trucker's post!! It is legalistic to preach repent of your Sins, that is surely not the Gospel Jesus proclaimed nor is saying anything different today. Post Reply
hubbarddebra99 View Profile History	if Satan really took control Posted : 15 Sep, 2010 10:09 AM you really gave me a lot to think about! Thanks for posting. Debby Post Reply