2 Cor. 5:19: To wit, that God was in Christ, reconcilling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconcilliation.
He has committed this message of reconciliation and restoring to favor to us. He doesn't want us to go tell sinners that if they will be good and cry half the night, or if they will do penance half a year, He might eventually have mercy on them and do something for them. No!
He wants us to tell them that God Almighty has already cancelled out their debt. He is not holding one thing against them.
Someone said, Well, if He isn't, then they will all go to heaven. No, they are still children of the devil. They must become children of God in order to enter heaven.
God has cancelled out their trespasses; He is not going to. Can't you see we have never told them that good news? Instead, believers have gone out and have beaten poor old sinners over the head and then wondered why they quit coming to church. An old hog would have enough sense to quit coming if someone took a ball bat and beat his head every time he came up to eat.
You do not find anywhere in the Bible where God told us to go out and club the sinner, yet people think you are supposed to that. No, the sinner is already under conviction.
And may God have mercy on some preachers and pastors who have preached to saints as if they were sinners. They think they are suppose to keep them under conviction and keep them praying in the altar. It is good for people to pray, but you don't have to beat them over the head to get them to pray. Much of the time these people don't know whether they are saved or not. They go to church and go home condemned. They want to hear the truth. I am convinced that if the full truth were given, people would run over themselves getting to church.
May God bless, golfjack
He has committed this message of reconciliation and restoring to favor to us. He doesn't want us to go tell sinners that if they will be good and cry half the night, or if they will do penance half a year, He might eventually have mercy on them and do something for them. No!
He wants us to tell them that God Almighty has already cancelled out their debt. He is not holding one thing against them.
Someone said, Well, if He isn't, then they will all go to heaven. No, they are still children of the devil. They must become children of God in order to enter heaven.
God has cancelled out their trespasses; He is not going to. Can't you see we have never told them that good news? Instead, believers have gone out and have beaten poor old sinners over the head and then wondered why they quit coming to church. An old hog would have enough sense to quit coming if someone took a ball bat and beat his head every time he came up to eat.
You do not find anywhere in the Bible where God told us to go out and club the sinner, yet people think you are supposed to that. No, the sinner is already under conviction.
And may God have mercy on some preachers and pastors who have preached to saints as if they were sinners. They think they are suppose to keep them under conviction and keep them praying in the altar. It is good for people to pray, but you don't have to beat them over the head to get them to pray. Much of the time these people don't know whether they are saved or not. They go to church and go home condemned. They want to hear the truth. I am convinced that if the full truth were given, people would run over themselves getting to church.
May God bless, golfjack