A WORD FOR THE PERSON WHO TAKES GOD’S GRACE FOR GRANTED

Ever since the Lord Jesus Christ left His Glorious Throne in Heaven, came into this world as a human, died for the redemption of mankind and left the Gospel for Christians to share with others, satan has been trying all means to distract Christians and create confusion in their understanding of the Gospel.

A time was in the Church’s history when there was debate on the eternal Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ, with some people falsely proclaiming that there was a time when only God the Father existed and later on He created God the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Years later, a certain priest called Arius continued to propagate this false doctrine and it gained wide spread acceptance in his time until during the first church council of Nicaea convened by the Emperor Constantine the Great in 325 where this false doctrine then called Arianism was disproved through the power of God’s Holy Spirit speaking through genuine men of God.

There have been other false doctrines propagated over the ages for which I would not want to dwell on in this discuss.

However, one false doctrine that has gained ground in this end of the church age is the one on grace as a licence to sin. This false teaching claims that since the Lord Jesus Christ has died for us and grace abounds, then when the born again Christian who has believed and accepted Jesus sins, God no longer sees him as the sinner but Christ who took our sins away.

As a result, the devil has used this false teaching to deceive many professed Christians who are now living and swimming in sin while claiming the false doctrine of eternal security, that once saved, forever saved.

The Bible has many passages to disprove this false doctrine and indeed, those who follow this false teaching are in danger of going to hell and can even lose their salvation here on earth and be forever damned.

I will give just one Scripture to back my comment here and that Scripture is found in Hebrews 6:4-6 (AMPC), “4 For it is impossible [to restore and bring again to repentance] those who have been once for all enlightened, who have consciously tasted the heavenly gift and have become sharers of the Holy Spirit,

5 And have felt how good the Word of God is and the mighty powers of the age and world to come,

6 If they then deviate from the faith and turn away from their allegiance–[it is impossible] to bring them back to repentance, for (because, while, as long as) they nail upon the cross the Son of God afresh [as far as they are concerned] and are holding [Him] up to contempt and shame and public disgrace.

Dear friend, this passage of Holy Scripture tells us that someone who has attained maturity in relationship with God through the Holy Spirit and tasted Jesus Christ, the Heavenly Gift and by God’s Divine will operates the power of the Holy Spirit through discernment and then deliberately returns to sin cannot be restored again to repentance.

This means the person is already damned and destined for hell even while alive here on earth. Such person already shares the same fate with the devil and demons (fallen angels) who know God as their Creator but deliberately chose to rebel against His Divine Authority as the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.

Please take note here that this decision by God applies to matured Christians of the Faith as against baby Christians who are just starting their Christian race and do not yet understand many things concerning God and still need the milk of the Gospel to enable them grow to spiritual maturity in Christ Jesus.

Let me use an analogy here to throw more light on this point. If you are a parent with a baby child of between 2-4 years old and that baby misbehaves, you would overlook the offence because you know the child has not yet reached the age of understanding of right from wrong.

However, when that child reaches the age of understanding to know right from wrong, when you give an instruction to that child and that child deliberately flouts your instruction, would you be happy with your child?

The answer is no.

You would react to discipline that child and when the child asks for forgiveness, you would afterwards forgive the child, wouldn’t you? Yes, you would because of your love for the fruit of your body, your child.

What if that child continues to flout the same instruction afterwards as he or she matures in life, would you still be happy with the child flouting the very same instruction? Of course you would be upset at the child.

For some parents, it gets to a point when they would eventually disown the child who has now become an adult, knows right from wrong, but continues to do wrong and cause severe pain to the parents.

This is why some parents deliberately leave out their rebellious child or children from their will and give their estate to their child or children that gave them joy and obeyed their instructions.

Dear friend, this analogy should tell any discerning mind reading this piece that just as a human parent would become upset at a child (adult) who deliberately does wrong to offend that parent, God Almighty and Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ would be upset at a matured, Holy Spirit-filled Christian that deliberately and wilfully disobeys God’s commandments.

Let the propagators of the false doctrine or teaching on eternal security (one saved, forever saved regardless of lifestyle choices whether right or wrong) take admonition from this message and retrace their steps before it is too late.

Every sin a Christian commits offends God Almighty and nails the Lord Jesus Christ again to the Cross!!

Time is running out because Jesus Christ is coming now. Amend your ways before it is too late. Do not say nobody told or warned you because you have been warned by this message.

May the good Lord bless you as you heed His Word today, act on it and share with others in the Purest Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

Gabriel Ama.

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