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I have never heard before that but then again I don't watch TV.
I agree that the wording could be a lot better and a lot of it is true too but it is no worse then saying this " If you want to give your life to Jesus - come forward to the altar." or "If you want to surrender your life to Christ - say this prayer." or "If you want to make Jesus Lord of your life - say this or do this ".
None of the above is the gospel message. True belief is of the heart and we have word-for-word accounts of the true gospel being preached by Peter in Acts 10 and by Paul in Acts 13 and it is nothing like the modern day evangelical way.
The gospel has been so watered down that it's hardly recognizable now from what is said by Peter and Paul when they preached the gospel of the grace of God in Christ.
We can't separate grace from Christ . It's like trying to separate the wet out of the water. It comes by and with Christ. Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
I agree that the wording could be a lot better and a lot of it is true too but it is no worse then saying this " If you want to give your life to Jesus - come forward to the altar." or "If you want to surrender your life to Christ - say this prayer." or "If you want to make Jesus Lord of your life - say this or do this ".
None of the above is the gospel message. True belief is of the heart and we have word-for-word accounts of the true gospel being preached by Peter in Acts 10 and by Paul in Acts 13 and it is nothing like the modern day evangelical way.
The gospel has been so watered down that it's hardly recognizable now from what is said by Peter and Paul when they preached the gospel of the grace of God in Christ.
We can't separate grace from Christ . It's like trying to separate the wet out of the water. It comes by and with Christ. Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
of course the issue is, Who they call liscentious or easy believers, are not what they say they are.. So instead of being united in a fight against one bad gospel, we have to put a hand up and say woe woe, stop right here, these people do not preach what you claim..
and thats what we have been doing for well over a year now. it is sad.