THE FALSE GOSPEL EXPLAINED

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FALSE GOSPEL:

Quote taken from a false bible study guide "In this lesson we come to the basic theme of Romans: justification by faith. The phrase is a figure based on law. The transgressor of the law comes before a judge and is condemned to death for his transgressions. But a substitute appears and takes the transgressor’s crimes upon himself, thus clearing the criminal, who - by accepting the substitute- stands before the judge not only cleared of his guilt but regarded as never having committed the crimes for which he was first brought into court. And that’s because the substitute – who has a perfect record- offers the pardoned criminal his own perfect law-keeping. Thus, the guilty one stands before the judge as having never transgressed."

"No one is saying that the person was innocent. On the contrary, his guilt is presumed. The good news is that, despite the guilt, he is pardoned. In the plan of salvation, each of us is the criminal. The substitute, Jesus, has a perfect record, and He stands in the court in our stead, His righteousness accepted in place of our unrighteousness. Hence, we are justified before God, not because of our works but because of Jesus, whose righteousness becomes ours when we accept it “by faith.” Hence the term “justification by faith.” No matter our past, when we accept Jesus we stand before God in His righteousness, the only righteousness that can save us.

Talk about good news! In fact, the news can’t get better than that."

The above scenario presents a God who is only concerned about punishing the sinner rather than redeeming the sinner that he sins no more. However the bible shows differently. Furthermore in the above scenario God is projected as unforgiving and merciless because someone else had to pay the price before he gives the sinner a chance to be freed from penalty. If a person owe someone a great debt they would see the creditor as merciful and forgiving if they right off the debt, not if they found someone else to pay the debt. In fact the bible shows this is what God does, for if Christ death was a penal substitute Christ would have to face hell and die eternally in place of one sinner.

First of all this whole scenario is wrong because the sinner is not given the Righteousness of God WITHIN (God Himself) –MADE RIGHTEOUS that the person may be able to keep the commandments of God by the faith of Jesus that he may pass in the judgement.

It is written in Revelation 20:12 “And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Psalms 1:5 tells us “Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

And 1 Cor,6:9 tells us “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? …”

And Matt. 12:36,37 says “ But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” 

All these text show we must be righteous to pass in the judgement, these text could never be interpreted to mean Christ would replace us in the judgement, that would be unscriptural and absurd.

Because the plan of salvation or the great atonement ends with the Investigative Judgement we shall see Jesus’ death is meant to effect righteousness in us that we may pass in the judgement.

See Col.1:21-23 “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel …”.

And 1Peter 2:21-24 says “ For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for (huper) us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

And 1John 4:17 says “Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

Once one has some spiritual sensibility one shall see the gravity and solemnness that the SDA leaders have lead their members to. Did not the first Angel say with a loud voice in Revelation 14:7 fear God for the hour of His judgement is come. But the false justification of the General Conference SDA is putting her members into a carefree slumber in a time requiring solemnity and watchfulness. For the save in sin doctrine calls for no maintenance of righteousness with fear and trembling (Phil, 2:12,13), for to them there is none to be had. Indeed it shall be a sad day for many SDA when they wake up in the second resurrection and discover they have been found wanting in the judgement. I implore all in my hearing to take heed to the words of faith, an eternity of bliss awaits, with God, who is Love. Shall a few petty earthly things keep us from so great a salvation, heaven help us.