Most people who profess to be Christians and to be born again do not really know Jesus and never have. The reason for this condition is that the ministries that have presented salvation to the people are in the flesh. They are sensual and worldly and view everything in the Bible through natural eyes (not spiritual) and evaluate everything with the carnal mind. By implying it or saying it directly, they teach people to be preoccupied with the things in the natural realm that minister to the flesh. The Bible says to DIE TO IT. They teach folks to go after the world and the things of the world. The Bible teaches us to give up the world. They are involved in a religious system that keeps them in bondage to the world, the things in the world and their self-life. Consequently, they are under the law. The scripture says that anyone under the law is under a curse., (severed from Christ, fallen from grace).
The sin of presumption also dominates them. Presumption simply means that a person thinks he is in a position or some kind of status with God because of some doctrinal belief or some kind of religious experience or activity that they have encountered or that they have been involved in. This is the condition that today's so-called "church" is in. The desire and objective of this ministry is to preach the full message of the cross of Christ so that the Body of Christ will come forth as the true Church and so that God will truly have a people for His own possession and so that they can be a WITNESS to this perverse and rebellious generation that Jesus Christ is ALIVE in the Spirit, having died in and to the natural realm and having become a spiritual KING, not a natural or carnal one.
Axehead
If you take away the
"sweeping generalizations", and
ad hominems, I think there are some things I can agree with.
The Bible says to DIE TO IT.
The Flesh, that is. I agree.
The Bible teaches us to give up the world.
Again, I agree.
The scripture says that anyone under the law is under a curse., (severed from Christ, fallen from grace).
Agree.
Presumption simply means that a person thinks he is in a position or some kind of status with God because of some doctrinal belief or some kind of religious experience or activity that they have encountered or that they have been involved in.
OK, I can agree with the general thought here . . .
The desire and objective of this ministry is to preach the full message of the cross of Christ so that the Body of Christ will come forth as the true Church and so that God will truly have a people for His own possession and so that they can be a WITNESS to this perverse and rebellious generation that Jesus Christ is ALIVE in the Spirit, having died in and to the natural realm and having become a spiritual KING, not a natural or carnal one.
Your meaning of "spiritual king" needs to be fleshed out a little (if you'll pardon the expression), but, taking this at face value, this brings us to some life changing truths:
Romans 3:19-28 NLT
(19) Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses and to bring the entire world into judgment before God.
(20) For no one can ever be made right in God's sight by doing what his law commands. For the more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't obeying it.
(21) But now God has shown us a different way of being right in his sight--not by obeying the law but by the way promised in the Scriptures long ago.
(22) We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done.
(23) For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard.
(24) Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins.
(25) For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times.
(26) And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus.
(27) Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on our good deeds. It is based on our faith.
(28) So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.
One of my favorite places in the Bible where God's grace is explained through demonstration, is:
(4) I can never stop thanking God for all the generous gifts he has given you, now that you belong to Christ Jesus.
(5) He has enriched your church with the gifts of eloquence and every kind of knowledge.
(6) This shows that what I told you about Christ is true.
(7) Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(8) He will keep you strong right up to the end, and he will keep you free from all blame on the great day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns.
(9) God will surely do this for you, for he always does just what he says, and he is the one who invited you into this wonderful friendship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
You realize who this was written to, right? That's right, the church in Corinth. This is 1 Corinthians chapter 1. This is how Paul introduces this letter:
1 Corinthians 1:2 NLT
(2) We are writing to the church of God in Corinth, you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did all Christians everywhere--whoever calls upon the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and theirs.
Interesting thing here . . . "made you holy" is a perfect tense, which means this was done with enduring result. Having been made holy, that's the way it is. It's like a rung bell. Let's say you make a bell, but it's never been rung. Then you ring it. It's now a rung bell. It can never become again an "unrung" bell. It's been rung. This is the sense of the perfect tense.
Now, read this passage again, and keep in mind as you read, this is followed by a cataloging of the Corinthian Christian's shortcomings - sins - yet this is what God says to them:
1 Corinthians 1:2-9 NLT
(2) We are writing to the church of God in Corinth, you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did all Christians everywhere--whoever calls upon the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and theirs.
(3) May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you his grace and peace.
(4) I can never stop thanking God for all the generous gifts he has given you, now that you belong to Christ Jesus.
(5) He has enriched your church with the gifts of eloquence and every kind of knowledge.
(6) This shows that what I told you about Christ is true.
(7) Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(8) He will keep you strong right up to the end, and he will keep you free from all blame on the great day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns.
(9) God will surely do this for you, for he always does just what he says, and he is the one who invited you into this wonderful friendship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amazing Grace!!!!! How sweet the sound!!!!!