True vs. False (IV)
TRUE AND FALSE GOSPEL
I'd like to first talk to you who don't believe that Jesus Christ
is the only way
to God. If you say this, then you should just come out and admit
that you do not believe the Bible, because Jesus Himself said in
John 14:6, "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes
to the Father except through Me." So if you think that Buddhism is
a path to God, or meditation or some kind of spirituality devoid of
Christ is a path to God, you believe a false gospel. You believe
that your own works can get you closer to God and put you in
communion with God. But here's the truth for all of you who will
listen: The ONLY way that a man can be in communion with God is
that God's wrath must be appeased toward that person, and that this
person must have a perfect righteousness. The ONLY WAY is through
the atoning blood and imputed righteousness of Christ. Christ was
punished for the sins of His people, and Christ's perfect
righteousness is imputed to His people. The ONLY ones who have
communion with God are the ones for whom Christ died and to whom
God imputes Christ's righteousness. There is no other way.
I'd now like to talk to you who say you believe that Jesus Christ
is the only way to God, but you also believe that Jesus Christ died
for every single person without exception. You may be a zealous,
sincere, conservative church-goer. You may despise immorality. Yet
you're lost. You're just as lost as the person who follows the
Buddhist path to god, or even the atheist who's a god unto himself.
You believe a false gospel of works salvation. You might protest,
"I despise works-salvation! I believe in salvation by grace alone!"
Yet what you believe about the work of Christ shows that you are
still not submitted to the righteousness of God revealed in the
gospel. Let me explain. You believe that Jesus Christ died for
every single person without exception. Thus, you believe that Jesus
Christ died for those who are in heaven as well as those who are in
hell. So what do you believe makes the ultimate difference between
heaven and hell? Before you say, "Jesus Christ," think about it.
You believe that Jesus Christ died for those in hell. So did the
death of Christ make the difference for these people? You might
say, "they rejected Christ." So their rejection of Christ is what
overrides the death of Christ for them, right? The death of Christ
had no effect for them, because the death of Christ did not
actually secure ANYTHING for them. So what about those in heaven?
Did the death of Christ make the ultimate difference between them
and those in hell? Think about it. You believe that Christ died for
those in heaven AND those in hell. Thus, you must believe that it
is NOT the work of Christ that makes the difference between heaven
and hell, since Christ did the same thing for those in heaven as he
did for those in hell. So what makes the ultimate difference is
what? It is the WORK OF THE PERSON. This is the epitome of the
false gospel. You believe that your FAITH is what makes the
difference between your going to heaven and your going to hell. You
believe that Jesus Christ did all he could do on the cross for
everyone without exception, and now it's up to YOU to make the
difference. This is absolute blasphemy against God. Do you know how
much you trample on the blood of Christ? Do you really know how
much you make the blood of Christ of no effect? Think about it!
What did the blood of Christ actually ACCOMPLISH? What did it DO,
in and of itself? Did it really do ANYTHING? We're talking about
the precious blood of Christ here! And you're saying that it did
not actually accomplish salvation for all for whom it was intended?
What VALUE do you put on the blood of Christ? You put on it no
value at all. You spit in the face of Christ and trample on His
blood as if it were nothing. You believe in a God who is a liar -
who said that his wrath was appeased at the cross, but yet sends to
hell some of those for whom his wrath was appeased. Your God
punishes the same sins twice - first in the person of Christ and
then in the sinner in hell. You also believe in a weak Christ who
wishes that everyone without exception would be saved but who is
thwarted by the work of mortal man. What a horrendous
blasphemy.
The TRUE GOSPEL is one of Christ's EFFECTUAL WORK. Christ's blood
DID accomplish something. It accomplished what Christ intended to
accomplish - the salvation of ALL for whom He died on the cross. It
is the work of Christ ALONE that makes the only difference between
heaven and hell. It is the work of Christ ALONE that appeases God's
wrath so that NOT ONE PERSON for whom Christ died will end up in
hell. It is the work of Christ ALONE that MAKES SALVATION TOTALLY
SURE AND CERTAIN for ALL whom Christ represented on the cross.
Anything less is a hellish false gospel - a doctrine of demons. I
hope you will see this. I hope you will see how much your gospel
casts shame and reproach on the one true gospel of Jesus
Christ.
Lastly, I'd like to address those who say that Jesus Christ is the
only way to God and that Christ's death actually accomplished
salvation for all whom He represented, yet you say that some who
believe that Christ died for everyone are your brothers in Christ.
You, too, are lost. 2 John 9-11 says that when you speak peace to
such a person, you are a participant in the evil deeds of the one
who believes the blasphemy of the false gospel. You are as much a
blasphemer as the one who tramples the blood of Christ underfoot.
You say you believe the true gospel of sovereign grace, but you do
not value it. You do not value it because you do not judge by it.
You actually believe that the gospel of universal atonement is the
same gospel you believe, even though it might be a little less
consistent. You have not yet repented of dead works and idolatry,
because what God calls dead works and idolatry, you call works of a
believer. You are yet dead in your sins.
due to post is too long,pls refer such
http://www.outsidethecamp.org/truefalse4.htm
