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6. Church people fade the meaning of repentance

  6. Church people fade the meaning of repentance   Church people often understand the word repentance as a word to repent, confess, and ask for forgiveness for the wrongdoings they have committed while living in the world. When they have done something that is not right in the eyes of God, or have done something bad to others, or have done something that others would point fingers at as a child of God, they come to church, repent for their actions, and ask God to forgive them. If you understand the meaning of Jesus' words, "Repent" as "Repent for a mistake, confess, and ask for forgiveness," then you are misunderstanding the Bible. Repentance is when a sinner who has turned away from God turns back to God. There is a parable of the prodigal son in the Bible. In Luke 15:11-24, it says that a father had two sons, and the younger one asked his father for his share in advance. So the father gave him the inheritance, but he went to a foreign country and live...

7. The Gospel and the Law Cannot Be Mixed

  7. The Gospel and the Law Cannot Be Mixed   The law was a commandment given by God to the people of Israel. The purpose of this commandment was twofold. First, it tells you that you are all sinners. Second, it tells you that you are making the mistake of condemning others through the law. This is the act of eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This is the same as sitting in God ’ s seat. God made us keep the commandments and, when we break them, receive forgiveness of sins through sacrifice. The reason for this is that through sacrifice, he made us realize that humans are beings who cannot escape from sin no matter how hard they try. Therefore, through sacrifice, he made us remember the promise to the offspring of the woman. The offspring of the woman is none other than the last man, Adam, who is Christ. The last man, Adam, redeemed the body of sin on the cross and gave the body of resurrection (the clothes of Christ) to those who are united ...

7-2. The mixed behavior of those who believe in the gospel but also believe that they must keep the law

   7-2. The mixed behavior of those who believe in the gospel but also believe that they must keep the law   The gospel is about being free from sin and being guided by the Holy Spirit, but those who are under the law are still sinners. Therefore, the law of the Holy Spirit and the law cannot coexist. Romans 8:6-9 『 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is hostile to God; for it does not submit to God's law, nor indeed can it. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. 』 Those who follow the Spirit do not follow the law. Romans 8:2 says, "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death." Nevertheless, there are legalists who say that they follow the Spirit but still believe that ...

8. Minimizing the meaning of the death and resurrection of the cross

  8. Minimizing the meaning of the death and resurrection of the cross   The death of Jesus Christ on the cross frees all repentant sinners from sin. This means that all sins, past, present, and future, are forgiven. This means that God forgives those who enter into Jesus ’ atoning death in this way. However, people in the church community say that only past sins are forgiven, and present and future sins must be forgiven again through the blood of Jesus. That is why they repent every day and pray for forgiveness through the blood of Jesus. How wrong is this behavior? Romans 8:1 says, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." And Hebrews 10:17-18 says, "And their sins and lawless deeds I will remember no more. Wherefore, wherefore, wherefore, there is no more sacrifice for sin." If a believer does not believe what the Bible says, he is committing the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Is the resurrection the body rec...

9. Church doctrine exaggerates the significance of Jesus' second coming and judgment

9. Church doctrine exaggerates the significance of Jesus' second coming and judgment   Matthew 25:31-33 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. All nations will be gathered before him. He will separate people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left." Regarding this, church community members say that when Jesus returns, He will separate believers and non-believers like sheep and goats, and judge believers by sending them to the kingdom of God and non-believers to hell. They describe the appearance of Jesus' return as coming with all the angels, and Matthew 24:20 says, "At that time, the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory," so people imagine t...

10. Lack of understanding of the identity and salvation of the saints

  10. Lack of understanding of the identity and salvation of the saints   The object of salvation is the spirit imprisoned in the flesh. That is why it is said to be the salvation of the spirit. The spirit of all people is dead. In 1 Peter 3:18, it says, "For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit." Being made alive in the Spirit means that one was dead in the spirit. In John 6:63, it says, "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life." So the identity of the flesh was playing the role of the master. The believers in the church community do not understand salvation well. They believe that God created the world beautifully, but because Adam and Eve sinned, all humans became sinners, and that Jesus came to the world to save humans and died on the cross, so those wh...