“For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.” Jude 1:4 ESV
Without Holy Ghost discernment, many will be led astray into perverting God’s Grace into lasciviousness.
The Trinity is the One True God revealed through the Lord Jesus Christ. Without the Holy Spirit in us guiding us in Truth, we will never come to fully understand true grace. For many captain the pulpits and have become perverters of God’s Grace. They deceptively con people into the mindset that they can live how they want and still grasp Heaven. There is no call to turn from one’s sins, and this is the underlying epidemic of our day. Without Holy Ghost discernment, many will be led astray into perverting God’s Grace into lasciviousness.
Many who are of the world have crept into the churches of our day. They have brought in carnal motives and worldly doctrines. They are led by the spirit of deception rather than the Spirit of Truth. They believe in their own opinions over the Word of God.
Many who are of the world have crept into the churches of our day. They have brought in carnal motives and worldly doctrines. They are led by the spirit of deception rather than the Spirit of Truth. They believe in their own opinions over the Word of God. They are distorters of what God has declared. They divert from what God has spoken and seek to idolize their own opinions and assumptions. They are followers of psychology, sociology, and ungodly philosophy. Due to this, many are living in sin without conviction.
If any teaching or doctrine results in a lack of God being exalted, it is putrid. If anything permits sin, it does not emphasize Him. If anything drifts one from righteousness, it was never of God to begin with.
It is easy to discern those who deny Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Listen to their speech. Watch the way in which they carry themselves. See what they teach and preach. Ask them what they believe. Simply assess their viewpoint based upon God and His Word. If any teaching or doctrine results in a lack of God being exalted, it is putrid. If anything permits sin, it does not emphasize Him. If anything drifts one from righteousness, it was never of God to begin with.
“Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.” Miyamoto Musashi
The famous Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, once said, “Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.” Many are living a lie. They believe they are forgiven without repentance. They believe they can partake with Hell and gain Heaven.
God's Word declares: “you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, Whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” (Exodus 34:14 NKJV). There are many gods in our age. We see cultures make their own idols. We see men foolishly attempt to exalt themselves above God. We see people attempt to exalt their moral law and code above God’s. We see people create their own view of "god" out of the One, True God. Due to this, multitudes are led astray by their own perverting of God’s grace. Many see God’s grace as the ability to do as one pleases, while receiving unlimited forgiveness in the process. There is no call to obedience, to take God at His Word, or to study His Word and grow to know Him.
Many are following a false Christ made by man and will be damned in the process. This process all begins with the enemy. “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12 NKJV). The enemy has infiltrated and taken control of those who love the world and want to play the game of religion at the same time. “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works” (2 Corinthians 11:13-15 NKJV).
Many false prophets focus on the externals of life and neglect the interior life. They spoon-feed and tell us to do good works, be charitable and hospitable, love everyone. Disguised in this Biblical declaration is the viewpoint to love and accept the sin of sinners. There is no direction in understanding God’s hatred, disgust, wrath, and indignation towards sin.
Many false prophets focus on the externals of life and neglect the interior life. They spoon-feed and tell us to do good works, be charitable and hospitable, love everyone. Disguised in this Biblical declaration is the viewpoint to love and accept the sin of sinners. There is no direction in understanding God’s hatred, disgust, wrath, and indignation towards sin. It is merely a message that comforts sinners in their own sin and does not confront them or demand them to change (as the Bible declares).
It is no wonder why the church is filled with counterfeit conversions. For many believe they are spiritual by their externality, while being dead internally.
It is no wonder, then, why the church is filled with counterfeit conversions. Many believe they are spiritual by their externality, while being dead internally. The Holy Spirit does not truly live in them because they are not convicted by their sin.
Perverters of grace are those who permit sin, promote sin, and live in sin without conviction.
Perverters of grace are those who permit sin, promote sin, and live in sin without conviction. Anyone who promotes that which is contrary to God’s Word is a counterfeit convert. They are fake and living a lie. They do not know the one true God of the Bible because they are not convicted by sin. For we know that the Holy Spirit came into the world to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8).
What a tragedy it is that while false apostles and deceptive preachers continue to infiltrate the pulpits, many are being duped to living under a false grace. “But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!” (2 Corinthians 11:3-4 NKJV). Many people have put up with a “universalist Jesus”. They believe that everyone is going to Heaven, when the Bible and Christ clearly state the contrary. They believe that God will always forgive and show grace, while we go out and can sin as much as we want.
The deciding factor that reveals those who properly understand God’s Grace is this: Those who are truly born again will be sorrowful over their sin. They will recognize they are sinners and they will always repent when in the wrong.
The deciding factor that reveals those who properly understand God’s Grace is this: Those who are truly born again will be sorrowful over their sin. They will recognize they are sinners and they will always repent when in the wrong. They will be those who pray, “O God, I do not deserve Your Grace. How could you love a sinner such as I?” They will hate disappointing God and sinning against Him.
Those who live under a false grace will argue with true believers and say things such as, “You can’t judge me, only God can!” They will live as a double-minded man who is unstable in all his ways (James 1:8). Their faith will not be true or authentic. It will merely desire to be saved from Hell but not live for God.
Those who live under a false grace, however, have no such disposition. They will argue with true believers and say things such as, “You can’t judge me, only God can!” They will live as a double-minded man who is unstable in all his ways (James 1:8). Their faith will not be true or authentic. It will merely desire to be saved from Hell but not live for God.
That is why it is imperative, now more than ever, that we understand that this is life or death. It is Heaven or Hell. Why would we trust in ourselves or seek to pervert God’s Word? If we truly believed in God, we would trust that what He has declared is truth.
Grace is not merely forgiveness of sin; it is empowerment over sin. Grace is what comforts the weary sinner when he has sinned. Grace gives us the strength to rise again after we fall.
Grace is not a license to sin. Grace is not merely forgiveness of sin; it is empowerment over sin. Grace is what comforts the weary sinner when he has sinned. Grace gives us the strength to rise again after we fall.
Any lifestyle that is unrepentant, has never had sorrow over sin, or continually thinks they are covered while being of the world for six days a week are deceived.
Any lifestyle that is unrepentant, has never had sorrow over sin, or continually thinks they are covered while being of the world for six days a week are deceived. They will be those who hear, “‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” (Matthew 7:23 NKJV).
It is easier to lead an Atheist to Christ than one who has sat under false teaching their entire life and accepted its ways.
May we forever share Truth in love. May we not allow false apostles, false prophets, and false teachers to lead genuine seekers astray. For it is easier to lead an Atheist to Christ than one who has sat under false teaching their entire life and accepted its ways.
The mindset that “We can live how we choose and at the end of the day everything will be fine” will damn many on that Final Day.
We must ask God and trust in Him to give us the wisdom, love, and courage to deal with such matters. As the days go on, more and more people will become perverters of Truth. They will craft their own view of unlimited grace. They will make a hyper-perversion of grace where God is seen as this loving Father in the sky Who merely dismisses and overlooks all sin. They will see God as One Who is never angry or upset at sin. They will think that God merely forgives everything without a second thought. They will believe that God does not call or expect us to obey or repent. The mindset that “We can live how we choose and at the end of the day everything will be fine” will damn many on that Final Day.
For we know that “God is a Righteous Judge, and a God Who feels indignation every day” (Psalm 7:11 ESV). One day, God’s wrath will be poured out upon the sons of disobedience. “Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them” (Colossians 3:5-7 NKJV).
If we truly have God, we will be changed. If we truly change, we will view God’s Grace as undeserved. We will see ourselves as deserving nothing. We will desire to seek after righteousness and holiness. We will want to live godly lives that are acceptable to God.
Those who want to live in sin and gain Heaven will find death. Those who want to distance themselves from sin and live for God shall receive everlasting life.
For us who become born-again, we will see God’s Grace as His unmerited gift of forgiveness and sustaining power to get us out and away from sin, not to merely live in it. For those who want to live in sin and gain Heaven will find death. Those who want to distance themselves from sin and live for God shall receive everlasting life.
True faith is a transformed lifestyle that lives out the attributes of the faith in the power of the Holy Spirit. Without action and desire to obey and live for God, many people’s faith will be shipwrecked and proven a lie.
For true faith is more than mental ascent or profession of words: true faith is a transformed lifestyle that lives out the attributes of the faith in the power of the Holy Spirit. Without action and desire to obey and live for God, many people’s faith will be shipwrecked and proven a lie.
For on that Final Day, we shall all give an account. May we find ourselves as desiring the things of God and putting to death that which is contrary to Him. For life is short. Eternity is long. We must have a proper understanding of God’s grace, if we desire to ascend to new heights when our lives here are finished.
PRAYER
Heavenly Father, God of Grace and Truth, shine newness of Life within our souls. Protect us from deception, O God. Distance us from those who do not speak the full counsel of Your Word. O God, protect us from the enemy and lead us not into temptation. Correct our paths where we have gone astray. We repent before You, Lord God, of all sin that we have committed. Empower us, O Holy Spirit. Help us to live out the understanding and knowledge of the Truth of Your Word. May You be glorified through our vessels as we seek to obey and live for You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Lance VanTine