A blogs eye view at a pervasive heresy...GNOSTICISM...!!! I’m going to try to keep this post simple and to the point, and without pointing fingers at ANY ONE or ANY RELIGION OR SECT...!!!
First, a few definitions are in order:
THEIST: One who believes in God, BUT NOT THE PERSONAL GOD WHO JESUS CAME TO REVEAL TO ANY WHO INVITE HIM INTO THEIR LIVES...!!!
ATHEIST: One who believes there is NO GOD...
AGNOSTIC: One who believes there MAY OR MAY NOT BE A GOD...
GNOSTIC: ONE WHO BELIEVES IN A GOD, but NOT necessarily THE ONE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, and JACOB or THE GOD OF TRUE CHRISTIANITY...ONE HAVING A HERETICAL AND INCOMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ONE TRUE GOD...
You can recognize THE GNOSTIC BELIEVERS...Their form of religion insists on some ‘SECRET FORMULA OR KNOWLEDGE’ usually required before members can be fully initiated into ‘THEIR CHURCH OR SECT'...Some even MAY CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIAN...!!!
In THE TRUE CHURCH...THE BODY OF CHRIST...there are NO SECRETS OR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO BELONG...!!!
SIMPLY PUT...ALL THOSE WHO CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS WILL BE SAVED...No secrets, no stumbling blocks, no hurdles to overcome, no secret passwords...JUST A TOTALLY FREE WILL DECISION DRIVEN BY GRACE...!!!
Where the problem comes in: When men and women attempt to play God by deciding WHO WILL OR WILL NOT BE SAVED...!!! GOD WILL JUDGE US BY HOW WE LIVED OUR LIVES IN THE BODY AND HOW FAITHFULLY WE HAVE RESPONDED TO HIS GRACE, REMEMBERING THAT HE CAME TO SAVE SINNERS, NOT THE SELF RIGHTEOUS...!!!
JESUS CAME TO ESTABLISH ONE CHURCH...ONE BODY OF CHRIST...And He prayed THAT ALL MAY BE ONE...That PRAYER OF JESUS CONTINUES TO SEEK FULFILLMENT...LET US ADVANCE THE WISH AND PRAYER OF JESUS BY FOLLOWING HIM AND HIS CHURCH...FREELY AND OPENLY AND WITH OBEDIENCE AND TRUST IN HIM AND HIS DIVINE MERCY...!!!
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, AND A BLESSED AND HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY...!!!
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