Most believers
attend Pentecostal churches. Indeed it has become a hallmark of Christianity so
that if you truly are a believer, it is expected that you will be part of a
Pentecostal church. Don’t worry; I’m a member of one myself so I’m not putting
you down for being a member. The problem though, is that even in the
Pentecostal churches, our faith is under attack. Let me note here that when
people get born again, I believe it is correct to encourage them to attend a
bible believing church where proper biblical doctrines as well as the truth of
the word of God are taught. Let me state further that I have since come to the
realization that it does not have to be a Pentecostal church to teach the truth
of the word of God; there are non-Pentecostal churches that do well or even
better than some Pentecostal churches at preaching the unadulterated word of
God and biblical doctrine; in my opinion, these are also bible believing
churches. They preach salvation by grace through faith in the son of God.
Unfortunately,
one is not saved because they attend a Pentecostal church just like “it does
not have to be bread because it came from an oven in a bakery; to come out as
bread it must have gone in as bread dough. The bakery oven would not make bread
of everything that goes into it just because it’s in a bakery.” It is sad to
observe that a number of believers whilst attending Pentecostal churches, and
some despite being very committed to the church, are not committed to Christ so
that they live a life of absolute disobedience to God. It is not the church
that saves but Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. Some have also deliberately
reduced the word of God to “our level.” We decide the word is “too hard” and
impossible to obey as it is in the bible plus the fact that we must do what we
want to do, we then interpret it in a way that is more acceptable to us thereby
altering the word. When you do that, you no longer walk in the word but in
ignorance and futility of your own mind.
Romans
1: 21 -22 & 24a “Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship Him as God
or even give Him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God
was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be
wise, they instead became utter fools…so God abandoned them to do whatever
shameful things their hearts desired.”
Even worse is
the fact that in some Pentecostal churches the word of God has been watered
down to make it more convenient. Such churches argue that “there is liberty in
Christ” which is true; but they leave out the bit that says we should not use
that liberty as a reason to please our flesh. Such people argue that if you
continue in sin, the blood of Jesus is available to cleanse you; which again is
true but they leave out the bit that says you have to be living and walking in
Him and having unbroken fellowship with Him for the blood to cleanse you when
you sin so that that falling into sin should not be a our way of life. Such churches argue that if the word of God is
preached as it is, membership of their churches will not increase because it
will be too tough for people to take in. Such preachers work for their belly
and not for God. They are walking assiduously to destroy our faith.
Galatians
5: 13 “For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters.
But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature.”
We cannot afford
to turn a blind eye. The only way to fight this type of attack is to stand for
the truth. To withstand such people when they lie against God in our presence
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