If you get your first thought and perception wrong, everything that follows will be wrong. Everything following will be viewed through the lens of the erroneous perception. For almost 1700 years the concept of “grace” and the “gospel” has been flawed. The devil has worked very hard to stack the deck against Christians with erroneous information and perceptions. He did the same with the nation of Israel. By giving us a misunderstanding of “grace” and the “gospel”, the devil has completely moved our perceptions from truth to error.
The churches today are all listening to the devil and his lies. Even in silence, truth can be known. For example, as recorded in the Bible, Jesus never mentioned the word “grace” in the 33 1/2 years He lived on earth. Since Jesus came to teach us truth, did He forget? I don’t think so. The knowledge of “grace” was not, and is not, important for our eternal life. Grace is “unmerited”! Therefore, it is given to everyone. Since all have it, knowing about it will do nothing for your eternal life. We are thankful for it, but we can do nothing about it.
However, the “Gospel” has everything to do with your eternal life. But again, the devil has perverted the “Gospel” in order to destroy its effectiveness. Therefore, instead of learning what the true “Gospel” is for your eternal life, the devil has you looking to “grace” which cannot save you eternally. My, my, how sly the devil is. All of the churches, denominations and religions have become “perverts” of the devil.
Since Jesus never once mentioned the word “grace”, what did He teach for our eternal life? What was the “Gospel” Jesus taught? Is it different from the “Gospel” taught today? Well, let’s hear it from Matthew. “Then He went throughout Galilee . . . proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom.” “Then Jesus began traveling throughout all the cities and villages . . . proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom.” And now from Mark. “Jesus went to Galilee and proclaimed the gospel about the kingdom of God.” Matthew 4:23; 9:35, Mark 1:14.
The gospel must be very important. So why are all the churches teaching “grace” and not the gospel? Strange, considering Jesus commanded the disciples to “go into all the world, proclaim the gospel to everyone.” Mark 16:15. Jesus never commanded anyone to proclaim “grace”. Jesus said, “The gospel must be proclaimed to all nations”. Mark 13:10. But has it? In order for the end to come, Jesus said, “This gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world . . . and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:14.
Now we know why the end has not yet come. The gospel has not been taught and proclaimed as Jesus commanded. The mission to teach the gospel that Jesus commanded us to accomplish has been hijacked by the devil. OK, what is the “gospel” we are to be teaching and proclaiming?
If you notice, it is the “gospel of the kingdom”. That would be God’s kingdom. Since the word “gospel” means “good news”, what is the “good news” of God’s kingdom? We are told that it is the “everlasting gospel”. Revelation 14:6. That means, every created being was taught the “good news” of the kingdom by God from the beginning. That includes every angel, every created being in the universe including Adam and Eve. So, what is the “good news”? If they kept the Ten Commandments they would have eternal life. If they broke them, they would die. Genesis 2:17. But the devil rebelled against the kingdom of God and wanted Eve to rebel along with him. Therefore, he told her a lie, “you certainly will not die”. Genesis 3:4. Sounds a lot like “saved by grace”.
Adam and Eve were given the Ten Commandments in their hearts. Deuteronomy 11:18. They kept them until they broke them by disobeying the command not to eat from the Tree of Good and Evil. From Adam and Eve the Ten Commandments were passed on to their children and their children’s children. Then Jesus gave the Ten Commandments in writing to Moses to affirm the understanding that they were to “keep My statutes and My ordinances, which a person is to obey in order to live in them. I am the LORD.” Leviticus 18:5. These Ten Commandments were to be kept in the heart as Adam and Eve were to have kept them. “Let these words that I’m commanding you today be always on your heart.” Deuteronomy 6:6. The world was to be very careful to “obey the words contained in this Law”. Deuteronomy 31:12. “Keep My Commandments and live.” Proverbs 4:4. “Fear God and obey His Commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.” Ecclesiastes 12:13. “If you love Me, you will keep My Commandments.” John 14:15. God does not change. His Law is eternal.
The Ten Commandments are righteous and just. Moses stated, “And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?” Deuteronomy 4:8. “Righteousness and justice make up the foundation of Your throne.” Psalm 89:14. The Ten Commandments are the foundation of God’s Kingdom. Therefore, the gospel of God’s Kingdom is teaching people to live in obedience to the Ten Commandments. Is that what Jesus did? “You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:48. The Father is the Head of God’s Kingdom. The Father cannot let anyone into His kingdom who does not live by His Law. So, how do we live as perfect as the Father? Jesus told us, “Sin no more.” John 5:14. What is sin? “Sin is the transgression of the law.” 1 John 3:4. Therefore, Jesus commanded, “If you would enter life, keep the Commandments.” Matthew 19:17. The entire Bible is like a jigsaw puzzle. You must put all the pieces together.
That is the “everlasting gospel” Jesus taught for our salvation. All the disciples, including Paul, went out teaching and preaching the gospel to stop sinning, be perfect and to keep the Ten Commandments to get your eternal life. “Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.” Acts 8:25. “But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns.” Acts 8:40. Wherever the disciples were, “there they continued to preach the gospel”. Acts 14:7. “When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch.” Acts 14:21. Peter stood up and proclaimed that “by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.” Acts 15:7. Jesus was adamant that the gospel was to be preached. He sent a vision to Paul who concluded “that God had called us to preach the gospel to them”. Acts 16:10.
In order to understand the first century Christians, including Paul, we must understand what they knew about the word “Law”. “I am speaking to those who know the law.” Romans 7:1. There were four basic “laws” given to Israel.
1. The Moral Law: the Ten Commandments.
2. The Temple Laws: ceremonial, sacrificial, rituals, rites, services and feast days
3. The Civil laws
4. The Health laws
The Moral Law, the Ten Commandments, were given to the whole world. Adam and Eve were to teach their children how to live in obedience to the Ten Commandments of God’s Kingdom. Abraham continued the tradition, “He kept My instructions, commands, statutes, and laws.” Genesis 26:5. Eventually, Israel was chosen to be the conduit through which the knowledge of the Ten Commandments were to go to all the world. That is why Jesus stated to the Samaritan woman at the well that “salvation comes from the Jews”. John 4:22. God was not just the God of the Israelites but of the whole World. “God is king over all the earth.” Psalm 47:7 His moral law, the Ten Commandments, are for everyone. Sin is the breaking of this law (1 John 3:4).
The temple laws were only for Israel. In order to become an Israelite and participate in the temple ceremonies, traditions, rituals and services, you had to be circumcised. The equivalent for us today would be baptism in order to participate in church, denomination or religious rituals, ceremonies and traditions. Once you became an Israelite, then you were obligated to obey the temple laws and rituals of purification. These laws and rituals had nothing to do with eternal life. They had to do with participating in temple services, worships and rituals. They were examples, pointers and illustrations of what the life was to be in obedience to the Ten Commandments.
The civil laws had nothing to do with eternal life either. Unless of course, those civil laws were in conjunction with the Ten Commandments. The civil law was to keep order and peace in the land of Israel. They were for the good of the nation of Israel as a civil entity. They were to “appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities that the LORD your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially.” Deuteronomy 16:18. In the civil aspect of Israel, they were to “treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you.” Leviticus 19:34. Under the civil law, all peoples and nations were to be treated equally.
The health laws were given to keep the Israelites healthy. We have health laws in our governments today to keep the population healthy. An example would be the health law to carry “a spade among your equipment so that when you squat to relieve yourself, you can dig a hole and then cover your excrement.” Deuteronomy 23:13. This had nothing to do with breaking the Ten Commandments. It had nothing to do with your eternal life. It wasn’t a sin if you had to relieve yourself in a bush.
Therefore, as we read Paul, we will be referring back to these four laws in order to understand what Paul is talking about. Only the Moral Law concerned Paul for eternal life. He wanted to make sure that everyone understood that our salvation was dependent only on keeping the Moral Law. Nothing of the other laws counted for eternal life. 1 Corinthians 7:19. Paul was very explicit to the Corinthians that it was not “grace” that saved us eternally, but, “You are saved by the gospel if you hold firmly to it.” 1 Corinthians 15:2. That is why Paul was so adamant that we must obey the gospel of Jesus to be perfect, to keep the Ten Commandments for our eternal life and to “come back to your senses as you should, and stop sinning”! 1 Corinthians 15:34.
So, why was it necessary to keep reminding the early converts that they did not have to belong to any church, denomination or religion to be saved? Because, “But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, ‘Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved’.” Also, there were Pharisees who had converted to Christianity who were teaching, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.” Acts 15:1, 5. So, they had to be reminded over and over again that no, it wasn’t necessary to be circumcised or to keep the “law of Moses” that had to do with Israel as a Nation. Only the Ten Commandments were necessary for eternal life.
Romans 1:1 – Romans 1:32
From: Paul, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, called to be an apostle and set apart for God’s gospel,
Here we have Paul plainly stating that his mission was to preach “God’s gospel”, the gospel that we are to stop sinning, be perfect and to keep the Ten Commandments to get our eternal life. You might say, this sets the tone for the rest of the New Testament. Which, of course, isn’t “new”, but a remake of the Old Testament so the people of that time could understand it. The New Testament pointed people back to the Old Testament for their eternal life. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17). The church had so apostatized, the church people no longer understood what the “gospel” was. The church had made the civil laws, health laws and temple laws important for salvation, while the Moral Law was just a relic to hang on a door post. Therefore, the disciples, Paul and all who called themselves “Christian” were “set apart for God’s gospel”.
Please keep in mind, there was no “New Testament” at the time of Paul. He never quoted from or asked his readers to read or study from the “New Testament”. He couldn’t. The “New Testament” as we know it today, did not exist until 300 years after Jesus. Jesus, Paul and all the disciples, and early Christians, used the Old Testament for their instruction for salvation. “Holy Scriptures” to the early Christians were only “Old Testament”. “You have known the Holy Scriptures that are able to give you the wisdom you need for salvation through faith in the Messiah Jesus. All Scripture (Old Testament to Paul) is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good action.” 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
Now you see why the churches, denominations and religions of today are so off-base. The devil has them concentrating so heavily on the “New” Testament that they have completely misunderstood the words “grace” and “gospel”. The “gospel” is that which has been taught since Adam and Eve. All the prophets of the Old Testament taught the gospel to stop sinning, be perfect and to keep the Ten Commandments to get our eternal life. The “gospel” is that . . .
. . . which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures . .
Yes He did. As we have learned all the “prophets in the Holy Scriptures” taught the gospel. The entire Old Testament revealed God’s gospel, the Good News, that we can and must stop sinning, be perfect and keep the Ten Commandments to get eternal life. Through the examples of the Old Testament we see what happened to those who disobeyed the Ten Commandments. They were punished, disciplined or destroyed. But those who kept the Ten Commandments were loved, blessed and honored. 2 Peter 2:6, Jude 1:7.
. . . regarding his Son. He was a descendant of David with respect to his humanity and was declared by the resurrection from the dead to be the powerful Son of God according to the spirit of holiness—Jesus the Messiah, our Lord.
Paul just wanted to make it very clear: Jesus is the Son of God. He is the “descendant of David” as a human, but by his resurrection, was proved to be the Messiah. Keep in mind, they were still trying to convince people that Jesus was the Messiah, the One who was prophesied in the Old Testament to come. The proof that Jesus was the Messiah was not only about the “prophecies”, but His character. He lived the Ten Commandments perfectly, thereby proving Himself the Messiah, the perfect Lamb of God, who could redeem us. He was the “Son of God according to the spirit of holiness”. And that is why He rose from the dead. He lived the perfect life of the Old Testament and that entitled Him to be resurrected from the dead. That was not what the church wanted to hear.
Keep in mind, there are two resurrections. One is the “resurrection” Jesus preformed when he raised Lazarus, the little girl, and the widow’s son from Nain. Those resurrections were temporal and the people would die again. The resurrection of Jesus was completely different. It was an eternal resurrection based on righteousness of character. Moses, and those who came to life at the time of Christ’s death, were an example of the righteous resurrection.
Through him we received grace and a commission as an apostle to bring about faithful obedience among all the gentiles for the sake of his name.
Paul is explaining that it was through Jesus that all Christians were to teach people that their faith in Jesus was to produce “faithful obedience” to the Ten Commandments. “For the sake of His name” they were not to sin or live in disobedience to the teachings of Jesus. Jesus didn’t have to use them. Their sins only required them to die. But Jesus gave them “grace” to live a life of probation in order to learn how to live the gospel: perfect, sinless and Commandment keeping. Jesus was also gracious enough to commission them to share the gospel with others. Jesus was gracious enough to share His character with us sinful beings who deserved nothing but death. By God’s grace, we could develop the character of Jesus by living as He did: obediently to the Ten Commandments. That, in turn, would eventually produce the resurrection of eternal life. Now that is wonderful grace. Praise God for His grace.
You, too, are among those who have been called to belong to Jesus the Messiah.
It is the highest honor to “belong to Jesus”. We are called by God to die to our sinful lives and rise to a new life in the family of God as sinless, perfect, Commandment keeping members. This honor was not just for the Jews, but for the whole world. We all can “belong to Jesus the Messiah”. You didn’t have to belong to any church, religion, denomination or organization. Jesus is calling everyone to accept the gospel offered “by (because of) grace, you have been saved through faith” (Ephesians 2:8), to live the perfect, sinless and Commandment keeping life. The Jews didn’t want others getting to heaven without first belonging to their private club, their church. They lost sight of the fact that they were to teach the gospel to the world. Since they rejected that high honor, God invited others to teach it. Again, what grace.
To: Everyone in Rome, loved by God and called to be holy. May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!
Yes they were. We are all called “to be holy” by living the perfect, sinless and commandment keeping life. Then we will receive peace, love and the eternal life that God offers us. Going to church or claiming to be a Christian does not make you “holy”. “Holy” is an attribute that infuses the life because it is “Holy” to God. It does not sin. It is perfect. It keeps the Ten Commandments in order to achieve the resurrection of eternal life. It reads the Old Testament in order to understand God’s plan for us.
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus the Messiah for all of you, because the news about your faith is being reported throughout the world.
If you notice verse five above, Paul talks about the “obedience that comes from faith”. Therefore, we now know who has faith and who does not by the “obedience” that is visible to all. Is your obedience “being reported throughout the world”? What or who are you obedient to? The obedience of their faith was so powerful that all the world was able to know and understand it. Is your obedience to the Ten Commandments that powerful?
For God, whom I serve with my spirit by preaching the gospel about his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you in my prayers at all times, asking that somehow by God’s will I may at last succeed in coming to you.
Again, the gospel Paul was preaching had to do with the perfect and sinless life the “Son” lived. Paul wanted all to know that through the Spirit of God we can all attain to the perfection that Jesus attained. It was God’s plan that Jesus was to be made “perfect through suffering” as our example. Then, “once made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him.” Hebrews 2:10; 5:9.
Notice again, the thrust of Paul is to take us back to the Old Testament concepts of “obey Him”. This concept is expressed in only one avenue open to humans: obedience to the Ten Commandments. Jesus perfected His life through obedience to the Ten Commandments. That obedience produced suffering in this world of sin. We also will suffer as Jesus did as we keep the Ten Commandments perfectly. “For you have been given the privilege for the Messiah’s sake not only to believe in Him but also to suffer for Him.” Philippians 1:29. Have you suffered for Jesus?
For I am longing to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong, that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
That was the true church. Not adhering to any church doctrine, or meeting at any set times, or going through rituals, services or traditions, but imparting “spiritual gifts” that make us strong and help us to mutually encourage each other in the faith: obedience to the Ten Commandments. That is not done in our churches, denominations, independent ministries or religions today. The “gifts” God gives are gifts that enhance and encourage Christians to live in obedience to the Ten Commandments.
Instead of listening to a pastor, minister or teacher talk on and on and on about nothing, we are to gather and share with each other what God is doing in our lives to overcome sin. Is that what you are doing in your church? When was the last time you stood up and shared with the church the sins you are overcoming? Or, are you overcoming?
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the gentiles.
The path is not easy. I know. It is hard. Satan is hard at work keeping us from working hard. Many of our plans and aspirations may be prevented, but that is never to stop us. Eventually, it will all work out so we “might reap a harvest” among those we are striving to reach with the gospel.
Both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to foolish people, I am a debtor.
We are in debt to those around us. God has given us “gifts” to give to the world. We have a “gospel” to give to the world. God has given us a “loan” of these gifts, and the gospel, which He expects us to pay forward to every person we come in contact with. We are not to turn our noses up at the Greeks, barbarians, wise or foolish. Inmate or police, student or teacher, patient or doctor, Republican or Democrat, all are to receive from us what God has commanded us to give them: the gospel.
That is why I am so eager to proclaim the gospel to you who live in Rome, too.
Are we as eager to “proclaim the gospel” to those who live around us? When was the last time you proclaimed the gospel to someone? That is your duty! That is your obligation! If you call yourself a Christian, you have no higher duty. Get out of your church and go “proclaim the gospel”. So few are Christians.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God’s power for the salvation of everyone who believes, of the Jew first and of the Greek as well.
Are you “ashamed of the gospel”? Do you really believe in Jesus? Most don’t really believe. They just go to church and think they believe. As long as the pastor doesn’t actually require them to live the gospel, OK, I’m a Christian.
There is no salvation in your church, independent ministry, denomination or religious organization. There is no salvation being taught, unless it is teaching you the gospel to stop sinning, be perfect and to keep the Ten Commandments to get your eternal life. That is why the gospel is “God’s power for the salvation of everyone who believes”. There is no salvation for anyone, anywhere else. You can talk about Jesus all you want, but it won’t get you into Heaven. Even the devils talk about Jesus. They won’t be saved.
For in the gospel God’s righteousness is being revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, “The righteous will live by faith.”
Yes it is! The “gospel”, the requirement to live the perfect, sinless and Commandment keeping life, reveals the righteousness of God. And it can only be accomplished in our lives if we have the faith that keeps on growing in obedience to the Ten Commandments. That is why it is never a “once saved always saved”, but a continuing in our salvation. It is “earned” every moment of every day.
“If you continue in My word, you are really My disciples.” John 8:31. “Continue to work out your salvation.” Philippians 2:12. “Continue to stand firm in the Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 3:8. “Continue to fight the good fight.” 1 Timothy 1:18. “Continue to have faith.” 1 Timothy 2:15. “Continue in what you have learned.” 2 Timothy 3:14. “Continue to live such upright lives.” 1 Peter 2:12. “Continue to build your most holy faith.” Jude 1:20. “Let the righteous person continue to do what is right. And let the holy person continue to be holy.” Revelation 22:11.
Are you beginning to see why your church, denomination, independent ministry and religion is not of God? Are you beginning to see how deceptive the devil has been in gaining control of your church, denomination and religious programing? Do not allow your feelings, emotions or personal attachments to keep you in church or listening to the religious media on TV or the internet. It is all “fake news” of the devil. We are not to “continue” in church, but in keeping the Ten Commandments.
For God’s wrath is being revealed from heaven against all the ungodliness and wickedness of those who in their wickedness suppress the truth.
So, what happens to those who “suppress the truth” about the gospel? The wrath of God will fall upon them. There is no “unconditional love” of God here. He hates wickedness. He loves righteousness. But if you suppress the truth of the gospel to stop sinning, be perfect and keep the Ten Commandments to get your eternal life, you will be subject to “God’s wrath”. Now you see why America, and the world, is in the trouble it is in today. They have rejected God’s Ten Commandments. The end of Earth’s history is soon to fall upon us. Are you ready for probation to close?
For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God himself has made it plain to them.
The righteousness of God is known to all the world. God made it very plain. All creation expresses God’s justice, righteousness and law. Every person understands what is right and wrong. The Spirit of God strives with each person until it is grieved away.
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible attributes—his eternal power and divine nature—have been understood and observed by what he made, so that people are without excuse.
The deeper man digs into science, the greater the divine nature is understood and observed. Just because some refuse to “see” it, doesn’t make it nonexistent. It is just “invisible” to them. The same goes in every scientific branch of learning.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him. Instead, their thoughts turned to worthless things, and their senseless hearts were darkened.
As we look about the world today, I see the fulfillment of that statement. Instead of spending time with God, glorifying Him and honoring Him through obedience to His laws, the churches have turned to material things. Things that are worthless. Their hearts are senseless. Therefore, without God in the heart, we have the mass killings, rapes, riots, street protests, and civil order being dismantled. On the other side of the coin, we have people becoming more religious and going to church, but have no Spirit of God within them. It is all about church, religion, rituals, services, traditions and ordinances. Nothing that will prepare them for Heaven.
Though claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images that looked like mortal human beings, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
I suppose one could say that Paul was already seeing “evolution” being promoted back then. Today, instead of looking up to God, science is looking down and digging around in the dirt to find “human beings, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles” in order to find the missing link. As such, the dignity and glory God gave to man is being degraded to the level of animalistic behavior. Are you looking down, or are you looking up? Are you looking at the news, or looking at Jesus through His Word?
For this reason, God delivered them to sexual impurity as they followed the lusts of their hearts and dishonored their bodies with one another. They exchanged God’s truth for a lie and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Most are guilty of that statement. I would say all churches, denominations and religious organizations are serving the creation rather than the Creator. They serve the creation of their church. They serve the creation of their denominations. They serve the creations of their theology, philosophy, science and other “creations”. But in all honesty, who is serving the Creator by living as He commands: perfect, sinless and commandment keeping?
The world has also been dishonoring God and have “dishonored their bodies” by accepting the idea that man can be a woman and that a woman can be a man. That man has the right to change what God has created him to be.
For this reason, God delivered them to degrading passions as their females exchanged their natural sexual function for one that is unnatural. In the same way, their males also abandoned their natural sexual function toward females and burned with lust toward one another. Males committed indecent acts with males, and received within themselves the appropriate penalty for their perversion.
For most churches, denominations and religions, it is about “what I don’t do” that makes them feel superior to others. “I don’t do that” is the main criteria for claiming to be a Christian. However, you could live your whole life not doing anything forbidden in the Bible, and never make it to heaven. Our lives must be about knowing Jesus, not about a bunch of “don’ts” from your church. Total surrender to Jesus! Knowing Jesus fully, and what He commands you individually to do! Have you heard Him lately?
Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done.
You see, one can be so focused on the “don’ts” that one forgets to “keep knowing God fully”. Just because you “don’t do”, doesn’t mean you have cleansed your “degraded” mind. And let’s be very clear on this. Nowhere in all the Bible are we commanded to go to church. Nowhere is “church” a requirement for Heaven. The devil goes to church, but he and everyone else in church will not be in Heaven.
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, haughty, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to their parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, and ruthless.
So, you can point your fingers at gays, abortionists, druggies, murderers, rapist, child molesters and drunkards, but are you a gossip, slanderer, haughty, arrogant, boastful about your “not doing” any of the above? We can focus on the negative and find out too late that we have had no room for God in our lives. That is what the Jews of Christ’s day did. They were full of “Can’t do that”, but they had no room for the love of Jesus in their hearts.
Although they know God’s just requirement—that those who practice such things deserve to die—they not only do these things but even applaud others who practice them.
And that is the problem with our churches, denominations and religions today. While pointing fingers at the sins of others, they are practicing sins themselves. The wages of sin is death. While you applaud the sins of your church, denomination or religious organizations you are supporting, you will find yourself under the wrath of God. It’s a character thing. God hates church. Get out of your church and change your character by living the perfect, sinless and commandment keeping life