Someting's Wrong at Church

Every journey has detours. Each person needs to determine whether the detour is worthy of his or her time. Sometimes Christians find detours are divine appointment. Sometimes they are time wasters or paths the keep them away from their purposes. Anything that differs from the gospel of the Bible is anathema. That journey does not need to be taken. But how does a person know? This is that answer.

We are to be holy. God paid too high a price to leave us in the sorry state that He found us. So, we are saved, receive a divine nature and guard our hearts to be holy. The flesh is made to nothing. The Spirit becomes our source of truth and strength for living. We present our whole selves to God. He makes us holy.

Sharing our faith is not optional. The way we do so is determined by our spiritual gifts. That is not the general training method of the church. The church's evangelism training would be great if everyone had the gift of prophecy. Thus, many people shy away from sharing when they could be very effective in bringing others to a saving faith in Christ.

Faith is just a word if you don't know what it is. Faith is found in the character of God. Faith is found in believing the God of His Word. Therefore, our faith should move mountains.

Some people believe that they can manipulate God. They think there are certain things that they can do that will cause God to do what they want. Some of them have said that God can do nothing on this earth until He has permission from us. This message brings real prayer into focus and reveals God as sovereign rather than servant.

Many people are duped by false prophets because they simply do not know what God's word says. These false prophets use popular reasoning to convince their followers. For example, a number of these false prophets claim that God produced little gods when He made man. They all use an illustration of horses produce horses, dogs produce dogs, cats produce cats, etc. However, the Bible says that God created man. He did not reproduce man. Creation is not producing the same thing as the creator. Man was fashioned into God's image. He wasn't made a god. And, most importantly, being a god is the temptation Eve was offered by Satan. The churches where this heresy was preached should have emptied in minutes if people knew God's word. This teaching challenges all believers to recognize the importance of knowing and following God's word.

There are many heresies that keep people from coming to know Christ as their Savior. This study presents seven ways that Jesus was unique. It debunks those who say that Jesus is only an example or that they can become the Son of God themselves. It presents the gospel so that people grasp it and can tell when they are hearing a false gospel.

Heresy has seeped into the mainline churches. Preachers are criticizing each other for minor differences. Shallow sermons are being preached. Why? Because we have a big problem at church. We have forgotten what our purpose is.