"...they preach about virtually everything, only one thing is not addressed, or is addressed so rarely that I have as yet been unable to hear it, namely, the gospel of Jesus Christ, the cross, sin and forgiveness, death and life." -Dietrich Bonhoffer.
"For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified."
-1 Corinthians 2:2
"For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified."
-1 Corinthians 2:2
She had invited her pastor to attend Bible study that afternoon. He looked across the table and said to one student "God is telling me one day you're gonna be a millionaire!" I had heard about things like this happening in his church often. I almost couldn't believe what I was hearing. All types of religious flattery but no mention of the Cross not even the need to be born again.(See John 3:3 & John 3:7.)
In a video of Joel Osteen I had seen while back he said "If you're a Christian you are wealthy! You are disease free! Just be encouraged!"
And again nothing said about being born spiritually dead and already under a sentence of judgment. But what about their souls? It's as if they are following after the Pied Piper playing a beautiful song which in the end will lead them over a ledge of eternal destruction. Many of which have no understanding of their need for a savior. No concept of sin and the need to repent.
Jeremiah 5:31 says..."The prophets prophesy falsely,And the priests rule on their own authority;And My people love it so!But what will you do at the end of it?"
You can feed and cloth the poor. You can encouraged the depressed. You can help teach someone to be a kind person. These are all good things and we should do them but without the Gospel of Jesus Christ they will not go to heaven!
Jesus again and again taught his disciples that he must be betrayed, crucified and on the third day rise from the dead. If the Lord took such great care to make this known we must do the same (See Mark 8:31,Mark 9:30-31,Mark 10:32-34 & Matthew 20:17-19.)
We must not loose focus on the Cross or we miss the point entirely.
Is our focus getting souls into Heaven for the Glory of God or just trying to numb the pain of a lost world for the point of feeling good about ourselves while they inch their way closer every day to the pits of hell?
This is a sad reality of whats going on with the so called church today. Coming back to Jeremiah 5:31 "...But what will you do at the end of it?"








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