Wednesday, November 29, 2017

NOT According To Men



Many doctrines that are
being taught and preached in churches are contrary to the words of
Jesus Christ. The words of Jesus, His teachings, His commands, those
are the words of eternal life, and if we do not obey the words of
Jesus, we will not have eternal life. We read in Matthew chapter 15
verse 8, Jesus said:"This people honors Me with their lips, but
their heart is far away from Me, but in vain do they worship Me
teaching as doctrines the precepts of men."
If we do not obey the
words of Jesus we will not have eternal life. Jesus Christ alone is
the way and the truth and the life. His words are the words of
eternal life, for those who obey Him. His words were recorded in the
Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and we will all be judged by
those words. It is in vain that we hold on to the teachings of men.
The teachings that are preached in churches and that are believed and
practiced by many, are contrary to the words of Jesus. Jesus
commanded that we repent and be baptized in water. He never commanded
that babies be christened, or that babies be baptized. Jesus never
commanded that we have fellowship with each other. He said: "Follow
Me." If we follow Jesus Christ then we are in fellowship with
Him and we will also have fellowship with others who are followers of
Jesus Christ, but if we are in fellowship with other believers we are
not in fellowship with Christ.
If we hang on to the
teachings of a certain church or denomination then we might be
acceptable to that denomination, that group of people, but we are not
acceptable to Jesus. We are only acceptable to Him if we obey His
commands. If we do not obey His words, we cannot be in fellowship
with Him. We can only be pleasing to Him if we obey His words.
Jesus said:"Why do
you call Me Lord, Lord and you do not what I say?" Further Jesus
said that if we obey His words, if we do what He commanded, then He
will reveal Himself to us, He will come and dwell with us. If we do
not know Jesus Christ and we do not follow Him, our religion is in
vain, then we are headed for destruction.
We might fit in with a
church group or we might be accepted by a certain group of believers
with certain beliefs, but if we do not follow and obey Jesus Christ,
we cannot be pleasing to Him, our religion is in vain. We have to
live according to the words of Jesus, not according to the words of
men. Many like to quote the words of the Apostle Paul and they twist
his words to their own understanding, or their own liking, but the
words of Paul cannot save us. It is the words of Jesus Christ that
will save those who obey them.
We have to live according
to the words of Jesus Christ. Those who disobey Jesus or perish.
May Jesus bless you.

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