The Subtle Intrusion of the False Gospel
by Howard Green, Christian Post:
The gospel by its very definition is literally the good news. It has been preached through all generations since the beginning of the church. When the gospel message is preached in it’s untouched, unaltered, and undiluted beauty, it has the power to transform people from enemies of God into his children. The opposite of personal transformation happens when the false gospel quietly intrudes into churches and masquerades as the truth. Instead of hearing the gospel that leads to heart transformation, many receive confirmation they really aren’t that bad, in fact, they are misled into believing they are pretty good people after all. Let’s take a closer look at the eternally tragic false gospel in light of the true gospel.
Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
Dear friends, if we are to get down to the root of the problem in the false gospel message, we need to allow the Holy Spirit to show us just how far off course some have drifted here in the West. Before we dig in, please understand that this article by no means is meant to indict every evangelical church in the Western world as a proliferator of false doctrine. There is a substantial number of churches who haven’t compromised the gospel message. That being said, there is a great number and perhaps even a majority of churches that have capitulated into promoting a false gospel. When I say false gospel it might conjure up images of new age practices or overtly aberrant forms of Christianity such as Mormonism or Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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