Saturday, June 26, 2010
(I am purposely omitting names in this)
Recently, I had a disagreement with a friend who has seem to start walking the wrong turn in his Christian life, he claims to have found this "true Gospel" and that pretty much everyone but him and this other internet preacher he met on facebook, and a few others, seem to have discovered.
From the first time he approached me with this "true" Gospel, I knew it was not the truth, my biggest hint was that he got it from some guy he met on facebook that runs a "I hate all churches, all Christians are wrong" type website. His aproach is that we are to be perfect, and as Christians we can't sin anymore, and if we do, God can not forgive us and basically is saying we can go to hell if we sin.
That is what his so called "true" Gospel is all about, on top of that he has twisted it all because he believes that anyone who disagrees with him are wicked, deceivers and are not trully saved.
The biggest problem is that he is leaving the GRACE part out of AMAZING GRACE, leaving that and God's mercy, love and forgiveness.
He uses verses that speak about God hating sin (which is true), and twisting them to God hates us if we sin, he believes that ALL churches are teaching the "false" Gospel, telling people they can go ahead and sin, that God doesn't care if you continue sinning. He has some good points, but more of it is sin and condemnation towards others in order not to see his own sins.
I have never been a big fan of confronting people, I don't like conflict and I don't like to be hated, but this time I couldn't keep quiet. This guy has had problems with the law, spent quite some time in prison and has basically lived a life of fear and doubt (among other things that for respect, I will not mention) and since day one that he stepped foot into our church and into people's lives, everyone has loved him, cared for him and tried to help him, but instead he has decided to turn his back, insult and cast judgement among everyone who ever tried to do something nice for him. Is this how people are when you help them? Not always, but it is sad because personally, I have invested a lot of time in him and then all the sudden one day he calls me up and starts telling me that he feels sorry for me, I'm probably going to go to hell because I deceive people, am wicked and I am probably not even saved! I was so upset when he told me that.
The truth is that Satan lies to people, showing them the best lie is the closest to the truth, and that is what happened.
Please keep this friend of mine in prayer, as any attempt that anyone has tried to make contact with him, he just ignores and the worse part is that he tried to convince others, and in the process was rejected, so now his chain of hating people has grown.
I usually don't like using this blog to vent my frustrations, but I still feel sad and dissapointed about how much this friend changed, and how he has been so deceived into this whole cult-like way of thinking. I could go into more detail, but I won't.
Recently, I had a disagreement with a friend who has seem to start walking the wrong turn in his Christian life, he claims to have found this "true Gospel" and that pretty much everyone but him and this other internet preacher he met on facebook, and a few others, seem to have discovered.
From the first time he approached me with this "true" Gospel, I knew it was not the truth, my biggest hint was that he got it from some guy he met on facebook that runs a "I hate all churches, all Christians are wrong" type website. His aproach is that we are to be perfect, and as Christians we can't sin anymore, and if we do, God can not forgive us and basically is saying we can go to hell if we sin.
That is what his so called "true" Gospel is all about, on top of that he has twisted it all because he believes that anyone who disagrees with him are wicked, deceivers and are not trully saved.
The biggest problem is that he is leaving the GRACE part out of AMAZING GRACE, leaving that and God's mercy, love and forgiveness.
He uses verses that speak about God hating sin (which is true), and twisting them to God hates us if we sin, he believes that ALL churches are teaching the "false" Gospel, telling people they can go ahead and sin, that God doesn't care if you continue sinning. He has some good points, but more of it is sin and condemnation towards others in order not to see his own sins.
I have never been a big fan of confronting people, I don't like conflict and I don't like to be hated, but this time I couldn't keep quiet. This guy has had problems with the law, spent quite some time in prison and has basically lived a life of fear and doubt (among other things that for respect, I will not mention) and since day one that he stepped foot into our church and into people's lives, everyone has loved him, cared for him and tried to help him, but instead he has decided to turn his back, insult and cast judgement among everyone who ever tried to do something nice for him. Is this how people are when you help them? Not always, but it is sad because personally, I have invested a lot of time in him and then all the sudden one day he calls me up and starts telling me that he feels sorry for me, I'm probably going to go to hell because I deceive people, am wicked and I am probably not even saved! I was so upset when he told me that.
The truth is that Satan lies to people, showing them the best lie is the closest to the truth, and that is what happened.
Please keep this friend of mine in prayer, as any attempt that anyone has tried to make contact with him, he just ignores and the worse part is that he tried to convince others, and in the process was rejected, so now his chain of hating people has grown.
I usually don't like using this blog to vent my frustrations, but I still feel sad and dissapointed about how much this friend changed, and how he has been so deceived into this whole cult-like way of thinking. I could go into more detail, but I won't.
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