“Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins(*),
for the terrible wrath of God is upon all those who do them.
Don’t even associate with such people.” (Ephesians 5:6-7, TLB)
(*) the sins which are listed immediately before in Ephesians 5:3-5.
Other similar warnings are in 1 Cor 6:9-10, Gal 5:19-21, Col 3:5, Rev 21:8)
“Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins(*),
for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.
Don’t participate in the things these people do.” (Ephesians 5:6-7, NLT)
“Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things(*)
the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
Therefore do not be partakers with them.” (Ephesians 5:6-7, NKJV)
“Let no one delude and deceive you with empty excuses and groundles
arguments [for these sins(*)], for through these things(*)
the wrath of God comes upon the sons of rebellion and disobedience.
So do not associate or be sharers with them.” (Ephesians 5:6-7, AMP)
Okay, so the question must be: In what form will the wrath of God come upon
these believers who insist on being habitually-disobedient sinners?
“Easy-grace” & “Easy-believism” proponents have told me the NT warnings are about rewards!
And each time, I’ve had a difficult time to stop laughing and getting up off the floor.
We need to consider WHY so many of our churches are NOT preaching against this!
We have several possible reasons for our North American churches preaching
the false doctrine of easy-believism and easy-grace without accountability,
which has deceived many believers into a false sense of security …
• Leadership was deceived by Satan into believing this false doctrine
• Leadership desires the praise of people more than the praise of God
• This doctrine is popular and non-threatening for those who love their sins
• This doctrine will not cause believers to leave the church
• This doctrine will ensure that the tithes keep rolling in
So, pick your poison … and more than one may be chosen for your church.
for the terrible wrath of God is upon all those who do them.
Don’t even associate with such people.” (Ephesians 5:6-7, TLB)
(*) the sins which are listed immediately before in Ephesians 5:3-5.
Other similar warnings are in 1 Cor 6:9-10, Gal 5:19-21, Col 3:5, Rev 21:8)
“Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins(*),
for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.
Don’t participate in the things these people do.” (Ephesians 5:6-7, NLT)
“Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things(*)
the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
Therefore do not be partakers with them.” (Ephesians 5:6-7, NKJV)
“Let no one delude and deceive you with empty excuses and groundles
arguments [for these sins(*)], for through these things(*)
the wrath of God comes upon the sons of rebellion and disobedience.
So do not associate or be sharers with them.” (Ephesians 5:6-7, AMP)
Okay, so the question must be: In what form will the wrath of God come upon
these believers who insist on being habitually-disobedient sinners?
“Easy-grace” & “Easy-believism” proponents have told me the NT warnings are about rewards!
And each time, I’ve had a difficult time to stop laughing and getting up off the floor.
We need to consider WHY so many of our churches are NOT preaching against this!
We have several possible reasons for our North American churches preaching
the false doctrine of easy-believism and easy-grace without accountability,
which has deceived many believers into a false sense of security …
• Leadership was deceived by Satan into believing this false doctrine
• Leadership desires the praise of people more than the praise of God
• This doctrine is popular and non-threatening for those who love their sins
• This doctrine will not cause believers to leave the church
• This doctrine will ensure that the tithes keep rolling in
So, pick your poison … and more than one may be chosen for your church.