Does God punish us
I knew this post would raise some eyebrows. Again, people do not understand the difference between the new covenant and the Old. People have so confused the Law with Grace. It’s the number one reason the church is in such a mess today. The Mosaic Law was written to the Jews and the Jews only. If you read I corth 10:32 it address three groups of people. The Jew, the Greek (gentiles), and the church of God.
The law was never written to the church of God, nor the gentiles. The problem is, we take the Law which is one part of the bible, look at and try to implement it into the church age. Under Law, wrath was revealed. It is the only Covenant God made with man that was conditional. God said if you do this, this and this you will be blessed. If you do not, then you will be cursed. To be in right standing with God, you had to obey the WHOLE LAW which was impossible. The wrath of God was laid on Jesus Christ at the cross. God is not mad at the world or you as a Christian. Yes, the law of sowing and reaping apply and we can eat the fruit of our own way, but God is not the author of sickness, disease, death or destruction. Isa chapters 52 thru 54 clearly reveal this. Roman chapter five clearly tells us that God loved us while were sinners, John 3: 16-17 clearly tells us that God did not send his son to condemn us, but to save us. II corth 5: 17-21 clearly lays out that God is not imputing men’s sins against them, but he wants them to be reconciled to him through Christ. When we receive Christ we become new creations in Christ.
As christens we are saved from the wrath to come, and we will NEVER experience the wrath of God. In the flood and in Sodom and Gomorrah, God took the righteous out of the way and protected them when wrath fell, but God is not dealing with men through anger or wrath today. Now, there is coming a time of wrath on this earth, just read revelation, but our job is to tell the world, that God is not mad at them, he has provided a way to him and it’s a free gift. That gift is Jesus Christ. People hate the church because we are telling them, God is mad at them, will kill there kids, make them broke and destroy their lives if they are not perfect. Heck, we even told them that God authored the world trade center bombings and the Tsunami. Even Abraham had better sense then to believe that lie. Gen 18:23 Abraham asks God, would God destroy the righteous with the wicked? God is not in the business of destroying people. We are doing a good enough job of that ourselves by not implementing Gods word in our lives.
All the destruction you see on this earth is because men are yielding to Satan. Does God correct us yes? If we continue to yield to sin, we can be turned over to SATAN for the destruction of the flesh so the soul will be saved. However, God is not the one doing the destroying. No, he is not allowing it either, we are by going our own way.
If you as a Christian think God is going to put sickness disease, death on you when you mess up, then you will never draw close to him. You would serve him out of ungodly fear. Godly fear leads to repentance, but that does not mean cringing, scared to death fear. It means reverence and knowing you place before God. Fear is not Gods method of training us.
When we read in the bible about the Plagues of Egypt, you will see the first several plagues represented their Gods. They worshiped the Nile, made idols of frogs, and bugs. The real judgment fell when God allowed the first born to be killed. The other plague was God trying to show them that the Gods they worshiped were totally foolish. Give me a break, they worshiped frogs. LOL. But you must put this in proper perspective. This was all a prelude to the Law and God was trying to get his people to turn their hearts back to him. He needed to get the Law in so people recognized sin and turn from it. He needed to get the seed(Jesus) into the earth and the rate they were going; there would not have been a virgin left on the earth. Once Mary was impregnated years later, she bore the savior of the World who would come, fulfill the Law, then give us the new covenant of Grace. Romans chapter 5 verses 13 states, for until the law, sin was in the world, BUT sin is NOT imputed when there is no Law.
From Adam to Moses, sin was not imputed unto men. When the Law came, it was imputed. When Jesus died and raised again, once more sin is not imputed unto men. I hate to disappoint many Christians, but God is not mad at the sinner. He loves them and he is trying to get the church to tell them about the free gift of Grace not of works (eph 2:1-19) that he has offered to men. Again,we are to tell the world, that by confessing Jesus as Lord and savior you will be saved. It is not about works, its about grace through faith that they are saved. The sin problem was dealt with by the Father through Jesus Christ. Will you accept this free gift??
We must get back to the real gospel, not a bunch of traditions of men, and much of the rubbish we preach from our pulpits. Heck we tell people if they wear jewelry or pants, or have long hair, or have an earring or smoke God hates them. But if they quit doing these things he will love and accept them. That is pure trash. God ALREADY LOVES AND accepts them just the way the are. He is not mad at them or punishing them. He just wants them to know him and receive Jesus as Lord. Our actions have become our righteousness not our faith in Christ. Once a person gets born again, he goes through a life long sanctification process, but his works does not save him. Its his believe in Christ that does
Romans chapter six tells us that we should not use the grace of God to justify sin. We all know that sin pays a wage, DEATH. Its not God killing them, it’s the wages of sin. Heck just ask Ananias and Sapphira what the wage of their sin paid. Death. They got so scared that their sin was revealed it killed them. But it was not God. It says, Satan filled their hearts to deceive and he took advantage of that and it killed them.
I ask all of your to put aside your traditions and preconceived ideas about God. We must get people born again, and loving God. Out of knowing Gods love for them, they will draw near to God and all the junk will fall off. It may take some time; we all deal with areas in our lives. We can correct one another, within the body, but is must be done in love and tactfully. Matt 7 tells us the way we judge will be they way we will receive judgment. . So all of us, lets get to know the real Jesus and his Father and lets preach the real gospel message to the world!
Trucker
Merry Christmas to all!
