Truth About 21st C Christianity.(5)

Truth About 21st C Christianity.(5)

1. Religious speculation became rife after the death of the soul. The endless babble of Babel’s builders demonstrated its futility.
2. Likewise today’s babble of extemporary preachers infatuated with their own unctuous unction is often void of biblical content and full of humanistic sectarian psychology laced with their own philosophy.
3. Despite their reliance upon natural faith it is weak, double-minded, & can’t access God. The Twelve often exasperated Jesus with their lack of faith. Only when they were converted after the resurrection was distrust replaced by the faith of Christ as they received His Spirit. (Luke 24; John 20.)
4. In the case of the first twelve disciples prevenient grace was given by Christ at Jesus’ awakening call to follow him.
5. Prevenient grace moved the twelve men to seek his company and presence wherever he went as they heard & learned of the Father (John 6)
6. It took 40 months before their eyes were opened at conversion Luke 24, John 20
7. Illuminating-faith and repentance given them at Emmaus & Jerusalem Luke 24
8. Eleven of the twelve disciples became sheep & testified with Christ over 40 days to 109
9. The 120 (11+109) prayed ten days waiting Pentecost’s outpouring Acts 1.
10. Only the interceding High Priest sending the spirit of prayer to gathered saints in free-prayer will move the Father to awaken lost. But do-it-yourself evangelism of the 21st C has completely forgotten this with its easy-automatic religion.
11. Evangelism without the spirit of prayer is empty and often the verbose self-effort of easy-religion

BIBLE REFERENCES:
Luke 24:31; 32; 45; Acts 16:14; John 1:16; Romans 1:17; Ephesians 2:8; 2 Corinthians 7:10; Acts 5:31; Acts 11:18
Acts 3:16; Romans 12:3; Galatians 2:20 Ephesians 3:12; Philippians 3:9; Colossians 2:12
1) And their eyes were opened…32 Did not our heart burn within us, while he … opened to us the scriptures?
45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
2) … whose heart the Lord opened…
3) … grace for grace.
4) …the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith:
5) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that ‘not of yourselves: it is the gift’ of God:
6) For ‘godly’ sorrow works repentance … but the sorrow of the world works death.
7) Him hath God exalted…for to ‘give’ repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
8) Then hath God…granted repentance unto life.
9) …the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness…
10) … God hath dealt to every man…the measure of faith.
11) …I live by the faith of the Son of God,
12) …by the faith of him.
13) …through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
14) …through the faith of the operation of God

Truth About 21st C Christianity.(5)

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