James 4:7-10 The Deeds of Repentance

  Today Gospel has nothing to do with the true gospel that was preached by the disciples in the early church. In fact what they proclaim by some type of sinners prayer in their services is not in the Bible, it was introduce in the second great awakening by men like Charles Finley, D.L.Moody, and later by Billy Sunday; Charles Finley introduce this in his services in upstate New York plus the anxious bench to put pressure upon the individual to get right with God. Charles Finley used pragmatic ways to bring people to the Lord, but it was not according to scripture. We also know when he came back to this area later in his life there were few who were doers of the Word if any. He thought that he had discover how to preach in a way that he could manipulate his audience to come to Christ, but he was deceive and he deceive others just like your pastor who said to do a sinner's prayer. We also have another gentlemen named Billy Sunday who claimed that he could saved a soul for a dollar. But yet these man did not lead men to salvation, because they did not preach a baptism of repentance which is spoken of in the Bible in four different places(Mark 1:4, Luke 3:3, Acts 13:24, Acts 19:4). Let us read John 1:4, "John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins." In Luke 3:3 "And he went into all of the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.' In Acts 13:24, After John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel." And finally from Acts 19:4, "Then Paul said, John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is on Christ Jesus."
 Note the attitude change that is spoken of in James by these words "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands you sinners and purify your hearts, you double minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up." With this we see that it is possible for us to come to Christ but it must be with a right attitude because God is looking upon our hearts, and He knows if we are coming to God in right manner. If our hearts are not right, God is not mocked. Then he speaks of you hands which are instruments of your heart as you steal from one another and do all kinds things to bring harm to each other. He says you must purify your hearts, you must weep not as the world, but a Godly sorrow, a recognition that you have sinned against a Holy God and that you are worthy of death and Hell. Most people never get past this because their pride will not let them admit that they have a problem with sin. Today people believe that God will cut them some slack that they really did not mean to sin, that is a lie, that you can get in the kingdom under the wire or that He(God) does not see you sin. Pastors will not made it hard for you because they did not come to the Truth themselves, they just preach what they have learned in seminary which is nothing but cheap grace. The doctrines that they teach is tradition that has been handed down since Augustine who introduce original sin, predestination, destroy free will, and deeds that demonstrate that you are a believer. Just what the Pharisees taught in Christ's time they brought down their traditions which had nothing to do with salvation. Seek the Truth before it is too late.

Justification by Faith Alone

  Is this what the Bible teaches about justification that it is by Faith alone? I thought that was true when I was in the Church system but now I realize that I was wrong. Faith alone has to have a working principle behind it or it is a dead faith just like the demons believe that Jesus is the son of God but there is no change that takes place. For example Abraham does the works of faith that he was obedient and follow God. According to John MacArthur he speaks of a Forensic faith, it describes what God declares about the believer not what He does to change the believer, so it is window dressing. In fact, justification effects no actual changes whatsoever in the sinners nature or character. All it does is changes our status. A good summation is that we are positional righteous, but practical we are unrighteous.    What does the Bible say about this? According to Romans chapter 5:1 says "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."  In 2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."  Another characteristic of justification,  "to those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires" from Galatians 5:24. The fourth example of justification that we are made acceptable in the Beloved from Ephesians 6:1.
  What these men who teach justification in this manner by "Faith Alone" do not include the deeds of faith which demonstrate that you are a new creature. According to the writers of the New Testament, faith always meant that there were works together with faith, they never understood any other way. For example, we can take marriage to a young man and woman if this man truly loves his wife he will demonstrate in many different ways in how he expresses his love for her. Even they can look back when they were dating and see examples of his love for her, and when they became engage the man would continue to show his affection toward her, by writing notes or repairing something that has value in her eyes. Note it is the way as believers that we being the bride of Christ that we show our affection to Christ by digging into His word, or staying pure and not falling into sin. But according to John MacArthur we do not have to show our love (commitment) toward Christ, because He does everything for us and He does not see us sin. All of life is demonstrated by our willingness to be committed to getting a education to do something with our lives. So why should God do everything for us, because then we would be spoiled and there would be no commitment from us to be righteous. These men are just like the Pharisees they are addicted to their doctrines but they can not see the Truth that we must follow Christ because He was an example to us all.

Are you being deceived by the modern church?

As we examine a couple of scriptures, the first is in 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 "And with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness." This is a warning to those who think that they can lived a double life, yet this what the modern gospel is that you can live in sin and that God is not going to judge you. Let us examine what Romans 1:24-25 says "Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever." Wow this is about judgment upon those who believed The Lie and worshiped Satan instead of God. This is the same lie that Satan used on eve in Genesis, that if you sin you will not died. Most people will say that Eve did not die at that point but in reality she die spiritually. This is what being taught by these ungodly men in your pulpits and you have no idea what they are telling you. Many are telling you that grace is covering these sins in your life or that God is loving and kind and he would not do something like that to me. Note you are responsible to get right with God and if you choose to continue to live in sin than it is your fault not God's. Do you understand, the gospel today is not the Truth. They are claiming by this false gospel to be saving people in their sins. Note Jesus did not teach this , He taught you must go through a baptism of repentance, this is not some short sinner prayer, which is a lie. It is a season of Godly sorrow which is explain in 2 Corinthians 7:9-11 and the story of Jonah chapter 3. Many people who claim to be Christians say that they have accepted Jesus in their hearts or that they go to church and are faithful. But the truth is anyone can do these things and yet have no faith at all. Just because we acknowledge that Christ died on the cross, He arose, and was resurrected doesn't mean we believe in Him. What we are talking about here is that we can fool ourselves in thinking that we have faith, but this is just acknowledging that something happen in history. The faith that saves man is his willingness to be obedient to scripture and to do them and this means that we must die to ourselves each day and pick up the cross. And this is not being taught in the pulpits today at all. Christ is our example by what he did when He was on the earth.

What do these verses have in common? I Corinthians 6:9-10 Galatians 5:19-21 Ephesians 5:3-5

  Many Pastors teach there flocks that God is not going to judge your sins because Christ is your righteousness and that God does not see your sin, but these verses do not agree with your pastors. This is straight forward and a warning to you, in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 it reads: "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God."  Not only is it a warning to those who claim to be Christians, but Paul warns that you can be deceive and think you are going to Heaven.
   Another example comes from Galatians 5:19-21, "Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like: of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."
  And one more example, is from Ephesians 5:3-5, "But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints: neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God."
  It is only those who see themselves as filthy rags before a Holy God and pursue the Truth will ever find God, because He knows your heart and He is not mock and He only reveals Himself to those who desire Him above all else. Look at Matthew Chapter 5-7, only the doers not the hearers will inherit the kingdom of God. Wake up and see the Truth.

"Sin No More"

  As we examine the Word of God, there was something that leap out at me when I was reading scripture when I began to see the Truth of the Bible unlike what I was told in a church. You see the Church does not preach the Truth because they are blind and teach false doctrines that allows themselves to continue to live in sin. Let us look at John 5:1-15 as Jesus heals the man at the pool of Bethesda; why does Christ heal this man on the Sabbath because the religious leaders were obeying their rituals but had nothing to do with obeying God. Another words their rituals became a stumbling block for them to understand the Kingdom. Another factor that stands out is Verse 14, note these words are of Christ "See, you have been made well. Sin no more lest a worse thing come upon you." Interesting from the mouth of Christ he is saying to this gentlemen that you are capable (man) to no longer sin. That not even discuss in today church, why are you able to stop sinning? Because you have free will you are not born a sinner, which is taught by the Catholics, and the Protestants guess where they get this doctrine from it is not in the Bible, but was taught by Augustine who was a gnostic and he brought there teaching into the Catholic Church. This occur in the 4th century and the Church at first refuse this teaching but later they compromise and allow it in their midst. Many protestants don't know that Augustine is consider the Father of their Church which is where many doctrines come from plus Lutherans revere him too. Unfortunately, few in these denominations have any idea that he has brought in false doctrines.
   But there is another example in John 8:1-11, as we see that the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery in the act and they wanted to stone her as they talk to Christ. They were trying to test Him and see what He would do, So He made the comment "He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first." At this point He wrote something in the ground and they were convicted in their conscience left one by one until there was no one there except the woman. In verse 10, "Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?"  Then in verse 11, "Neither do I condemn you; and sin no more." So the concept of Christ's teachings was that man has free will and he is not born a sinner (original sin) at the age of accountability (that is when a child is able to understand what is right and wrong) then he chooses to do good or bad. Note in scripture there are verses that give support that children are born innocent and that our souls come from God: Psalms 139:13-14, Isaiah 49:5, Ecc 7:29, Jeremiah 1:5, Ezekiel 28:15, Deut. 1:39, 2 Chr. 25:4. Note another false doctrine was introduced by Augustine it was called Infant Baptism because if children are born in sin which is transfer from your parents (sin is matter or flesh) then you must be baptize or you will go to hell. 

Psalms 32:5 Humble and Repentant Heart before God.

In Psalms 32:5 It says "I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and You forgave the iniquity of my sin."   This is a recognition of the state that you are in and your heart is humble and that you understand that you have sinned against God and you are not hiding anything from God and that you deserve Hell. God sees our hearts and He knows if we are genuine and He is not fooled by half hearted repentance it must be a godly sorrow or else there will be no change in you because you will live just like you have in the past. Note most men are not willing to come to the light because they exposed themselves being in darkness and they are not willing to do this. it is the same with those who struggled with addictions they must first recognize that they have a problem and face it, the same way if you are going to be able to enter the narrow gate. Please examine what the Bible says about repentance Jonah chapter 3 and  2 Corinthians 7:9-11.

The Lukewarm Church

 In Revelation 3:15-18
   "I know your works, that you are neither cold or hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of my Mouth. Because you say, I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see."
   These list of verses are dealing with those who claim to speak the Truth but are selling you a false gospel which will lead to judgment from God. As I was thinking today preachers are hirelings that is you are paying them good salaries to tell you what you want to hear and there is no truth what they are telling you. In Jude 4, "For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God in to lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ." As I look at scripture, I don't see Peter or Paul and James getting paid to preach the gospel, they didn't sell the gospel they told the the Truth. Everything has change since the early apostles the gospel has been compromise. The first thing we see in examining verse 15 is that Christ sees your works, which would mean that faith alone is a lie and it is the devil's faith. James warns us today in chapter two verses 18-22 "But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe and tremble! But do you want to know O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Issac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect." Anybody can say they have faith but it is true faith that acts and demonstrates that it is not dead because by doing you have real faith.
  As we continue He talks about hot and cold this speaks of someone who is indifferent or a double minded man and a double minded man is someone who produces good and bad fruit which is not according to someone who is a good tree because they produce good fruit all the time. They claim to be wealthy, but only in their own eyes they have wealth that the world knows of not the true spiritual wealth that God offers to his children. He speaks of those who claim to be wealthy and they are arrogant as to say I need nothing but in reality they are poor,blind, and naked and this demonstrates their heart condition that they think they know Him but they do not. He even gives them counsel by saying buy from Me the gold that has been refined in the fire so it is able to be obedient to God. He speaks of them as being naked and they do not realize that they are, again they are blind and they are in need of eye salve so that they can see the Truth about themselves and who God is. Again this is the state of the Church no matter if you are Reformed or Arminian in the Protestant denomination. The best thing for you to do is get out of the churches because they are preaching false doctrines and they will destroy your soul and you will end of in Hell.