The Gospel comes First

FAITH, HOPE and LOVE:

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. PROVERBS 14:5 KJV.

And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages teaching. MARK 6:6 American Standard Version (1901).

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. JUDGES 18:7 KJV.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. LUKE 6:34 Revised Standard Version.

Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his game; but Rebekah loved Jacob. GENESIS 25:28 Revised Standard Version.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. MATTHEW 6:24 KJV.


A thought on 'church' culture:

No 'church' can save any man from his sins. No denomination is above or below any other in righteousness before God and no ordinance of any 'church' can provide a means of finding favour with God. Alter calls, communions, prayer recitals, singing etc etc are all part of man's creation called church (Yes church is spoken of in the New Testament but it is not the same thing as what church refers to today). I am not saying that absolutely all churches are disconnected from God, I am saying that religious practise is NOT associated with having a Relationship with the Living God, even Jesus Christ. Yes, Jesus left us with ordinances to keep but without the preaching of the Gospel FIRST there is no Life or meaning to those ordinances - they are empty observances (The Gospel is not the Gospel if it does not declare sin, Repentance, New Life[Re-Birth], Obedience, Endurance, Resurrection, Love). Jesus said you must be Born-Again and until this occurs, that is, without the Holy Spirit, anything you do, in any aspect of your life, profits you nothing! It's the Spirit that gives Life. Get the Spirit! Ask and it will be given to you! Then the Spirit will Lead you into all Truth!