I have to laugh because of this idea of DIY self righteousness.
Part of the gospel is DIY, you have to believe, you have to follow, you have to
obey. You cannot get someone else to believe for you, follow for you, and obey
for you.
But the reason it is biting, because they are saying any response from the believer
is taking the place of Christs work and not just the legitimate recognition of salvation
and Christs work, and walking in the empowering of the Holy Spirit.
Now the reason DIY is used so often because they feel it hurts and hits home.
But actually it just demonstrates the miss-understanding they have of salvation, and
the privilege our Lord and friend has raised us up to walk in, in the Kingdom of Heaven,
as His people who freely exercise His authority. Because we choose, and that is the
whole point, it is not earning salvation, it is literally walking in it.
The only reason this is being missed, is because at its core, they are not walking in it.
It has taken me sometime to discern the spiritual blindness here, but we assume we see
alike, because most real believers do, surprisingly but not really, but they do not.
I have shared about some simple emotional realities of the Kingdom, and it is like I am
talking a different language. They will often get theology and scripture wrong, miss-quote
and miss-construe so much to fit their ideas, but with zero bad conscience.
In their world there is no judgement from God, or even fear of Him.
Except ofcourse for us, who do not have their revelation, and are doomed to burn in hell
for all eternity, while they revel in their wealth and health here on earth, ushering in the
1,000 year reign with Christ. The joke is this gospel has been preached since the 50's
and that generation have now died, so you would have thought the message might have
come home.
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