Greetings to
all in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ,
I was
glad when I stumbled accross this message by
Randy. I had the same essence in thought but
hadn't gotten around to put it in words.
Today
we are so driven by society standards that we
have bought into satan's "final fantasy". What
am I talking about? This overly nice mushy wushy
mentality we have taken towords the gosple -
'God loves you'... 'don't say that'... 'it's
going hurt her'...'hate the sin love the
sinner'... 'just believe'...'God accepts you the
way you are' etc. Some of these things by
themselves are not all bad, but this water down
concept has crept into our doctrine and have
watered down our intended impact. A passive
church is all the devil needs to carry out his
"final fantasy."
For
example, this Christian told me, "jesus never
did that, he didn't say we must evangelize (push
gosple on people - tracts), he said we must just
love." The same person went as far as to say
that if it offends (gosple) them (sinners) don't
preach it. Preachers who preach about
homosexuality, transgendering, bi-sexuality and
even against witchcraft are labelled as
preaching hate; and many groups and lobbists are
fighting hard to shut us up on that grounds. One
physic, who claims she was a Christian, let me
know that she's offended, Jesus didn't say we
must repent; man put that together. When I
showed her luke 13 she still was adamant.
Why is
everybody offended today and why is everybody so
thin skinned? This tract explains some, "Final Fantasy", but this
message by Randy will help those in the body of
Christ clarify this New Age fling of "Nice
Christianity."
NICE IS NOT A
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT!
By Randy
Loudenslager
Where
does it say in the Bible that 'nice' is a fruit
of the Holy Spirit?
The
answer will surely irritate many of you reading
this. Nowhere can it be found as a fruit of the
Holy Spirit or as a desirable quality in a
Christian! For those who are closest to me you
know how I like to mention that the American
church is so caught up in the 'nice [sect]' that
it helped elect that 'nice' man Bill Clinton,
not once but twice, to the White
House!
The
'nice [sect]' dictates our Christian social
customs. If someone pronounces that a person is
nice then it is generally assumed that person is
a Christian regardless of doctrinal position and
can be trusted.
Someone will
inevitably say that Jesus Christ was a nice man.
If you believe this then you may be surprised
that Jesus openly questioned his disciple's
mental capacity by asking them if they were so
"dull" as to not comprehend what he was saying!
That's not nice. Read the gospels and look for
examples of Jesus being 'nice.' You will come
away seeing that the world did not perceive him
as being a 'nice' guy.
If
Jesus walked among us in person right now he
would be automatically rejected by the 'nice
[sect]' as being divisive, critical, arrogant,
holier than though, condemning, abrasive, too
intense and just down right
intolerant!
Jesus
wanted us to love each other. Our love can only
be proven by our actions not by our words alone.
It is found in joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and
self-control. These are actions that stem from
obedience to the Word of God and are manifested
as fruit of the Holy Spirit. Scripture says that
if the truth is in us then we will walk as Jesus
walked, humble, repentant and thankful. We will
never depart from the truth nor will we withhold
it from others even if appears to hurt them at
first. In the Spirit we would discern that the
long-term effects of the truth could be the very
thing that will see a person into the LORD's
kingdom. That is love!
Nice
is a false spiritual fruit. It requires nothing
from us but to be actors. As pretenders we feign
kindness and gentleness with soothing words
meant to tickle the itching ears of those who we
are trying to impress with our piety. Can anyone
say, "Sunday Christian?"
The
very irony of the end-times is that many
practitioners of 'nice' will never experience
the persecution of the church because they will
blend into the world so well with their 'I won't
judge you if you won't judge me' mentality. You
see, that is the danger of 'nice.' A somewhat
recent survey has shown us that the most quoted
scripture in the Bible was John 3:16.
Unfortunately this verse has been supplanted
with Matthew 7:1, which reads, "Do not judge, or
you too will be judged."
God is
sending forth his prophets. These are NOT nice
people. They won't tell you what you want to
hear. Although they won't judge you their words
will! If your conscience isn't clear then they
will be speaking conviction to your heart. If
you are humble then their words will be met by
you with rejoicing! The truth from the mouths of
God's prophets more often than not leads to
their suffering, torment and even death. But
beware Mr./Mrs. Nice, you will not stop them or
those who obey their words because they know
that their reward is coming in the
resurrection!
Check
the motives of your heart. If you seek
acceptance from other people then you are a
self-seeker and are not worthy of the kingdom to
come, no matter how saved YOU think you are!
Seek God's acceptance alone, even at the cost of
favor among men, without it you will not enter
the gates of eternal life!
But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Galatians
5:22-23
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I love you enough to smack you
upside the head for you to not jump into the
fire. Rather than say, "It's your path, Jesus
will understand, he loves you." Hardly anybody
wants to conform to word, but rather the word
must conform to them.
Grace
be unto you,
Oneil
www.ThreeQ.com
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