CONSEQUENCE OF DENYING THE POWER

 


By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi 

"For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile." Romans 1:16 NLT

" For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living by God’s power." 1 Corinthians 4:20 NLT

    The difference between the born again experience and man-made religion is that religion places the burden of salvation on man and makes a person arrogant (col2:19-23) while the born again experience humbles a persons with a servant's heart , man-made religion promotes pride which is behind all the crisis in the world . Pride precedes a fall  because God opposes the proud (James 4:6) 

    Secondly, man-made Christian  religion places emphasis on externalism and promotes hypocrisy. They want to appear good but have hearts full of corruption and hatred . Haters do not have the life of Christ in them . The Bible says " If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness."1 John 2:9 NLT .,(1John3:15, 1 John4:20) The born again Christian hates sin but loves the sinner while religion hypocritically loves the sinner and promotes sin by justifying it while saying " the lord does not see it " (Psalm94;7) , this is what the bible describes as denying of the power of the gospel .

 Thirdly , while Jesus Christ instructed his disciples to preach the message of repentance from sins, on the other hand man - made christian religion preaches a tolerance and celebration of both sinner and sins claiming it is a demonstration of God's love or grace . The bible says ".. some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ .Jude 1:4 NLT     The message of grace is corrupted to mean a license to sin  but the new testament bible says "..God will surely judge people who are immoral .."  Hebrews 13:4 NLT and " Anyone who continues to live in him will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him or understand who he is." 1 John 3:6 NLT

 The power of the gospel is contained in the message of repentance. The christian who keeps  sinning does not know God and has denied the power for salvation . 
  The bible describes  Christians who do not preach repentance in this light  " For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!" 2 Timothy 3:2‭-‬5 NLT This is the reason behind the increase in marital crisis in the church .
  The scripture in 2 Timothy 3:2‭-‬5  serves as a litmus test to show whether a church is led by the Holy Spirit or man. God is calling the church to go back to preaching the original message Jesus Christ instructed his disciples to preach Matt.4: 17 "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." and  Mark 6:12 "And they went out, and preached that men should repent." 

Prayer : Heavenly father forgive me of my sins against you I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised again for my salvation I receive him as lord and saviour and receive the Holy Spirit and boldness to preach the gospel with signs and wonders following .
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