A Tsunami of Grace- Waves of Grace

There is a wave of grace teachings that are quickly spreading through out the church of Jesus Christ. Many renown preachers and popular speakers are joining these teachings and supporting these doctrines almost as if a magical spell has fallen over their sermons, minds, and scripture readings. They now see the entire bible thru the false dichotomy of a conflict between the grace of God and the old testament law. They incorrectly define law as the rule of moral principles for behavior modification in the personal efforts to do good. And they wrongly interpret grace as the freedom from those regulations in absolution from any obligation to keep those standards. The tampering distortions of these biblical terms rob the scriptures of their original meaning, importing into the texts foreign ideas that were never in the minds of the original authors of the biblical canon. The end result is an unbalanced exposition of themes not researched, filled with a lot of exaggerations and a strong emphasis on half truths. For example Pastor Crefflo Dollar said in one of his grace series that the problem with today's Christianity was the mixing of the law with the grace of God and he used as proof text:(Revelation 3:15, 16 ASV)



I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

According to Dollar, hot is symbolic of the grace of God and cold is synonymous with the old testament law; therefore, God doesn't mind you being under the law or operating under His grace. The thing that makes God sick is that we are mixing the two into one. Now I know preachers like to make fanciful interpretations at times, overly emphasizing meanings to squeeze in esoteric views into their sermons but this exegesis is beyond bizarre. Why take an apocalyptic message from Christ Himself that clearly speaks about the pride and indifference of the Laodicean church and ignore the entire structure of the letter to extrapolate a view that is neither mentioned nor hinted in the text? This is not just an irresponsible reading, this is a total disregard for the value and meaning of the word of God in its original context.

If Dollar would have opened any biblical commentary to study the text carefully, he could have found out that the hot and cold phrase in Revelation 3:15 is a topographical reference to the Laodicean landscape. Their city lacked a good source of water supply in the region. So they had to either channel it from the quemically charged hot springs of Hiriepolis in the north or draw it from the cold snow cap mountains of Colosse in the southeast. The problem normally was that by the time the water reached the Laodicean territory, it was already warm and filled with the residue of chemicals that made those who drink out of the water sick to their stomach. The prophetic message to the church was making a comparison between their problem of water supply and their spiritual condition in the presence of God. The text has nothing to do with mixing anything. Nowhere in the passage the word grace, law or mixing is even mentioned in the rebuke. The scripture only speaks of the Laodicean works and attitude towards God that were at the time full of apathy and pride.

But notice how deceptive this interpretation of Dollar really is as he is obscuring a very powerful message of strong rebuke from the resurrected Christ to His Church. Christ is confronting the church for their works that according to Dollar are no longer necessary for a true relationship with God (Rev 3:1). Christ is addressing false doctrines of which the hyper-grace teaching could easily be included (Rev 2:14-15). Jesus is exposing the pride, arrogance, and indifference within His church that is still one of the main problems within the body of Christ today (Rev 3:17). But Mr. Dollar cannot hear any of these corrections and rebukes because he is too busy trying to find in the scriptures proof texts for his delusional grace vs law doctrine.

Now buying for a moment into the false view that the law is the problem with the church of Jesus Christ and that what we need today is more grace teachings, I ask myself the question, who exactly are the grace preachers talking to? Who are all the people that are burdened with moral standards and strict regulations about everything in life? The last time I checked, our modern churches, preachers and ministers included, are at an all time low in their moral and licentious living. What exactly do they all need to be free from?! Maybe their conscience? Or perhaps their shame? Is this really the great revelation that we all need to hear today? Don't bother anymore, ease your conscience?

Joseph Prince said in one of his messages that he tells people all the time that while they are watching pornography they should keep proclaiming that they are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. In other words, don't flee immorality, don't avoid the appearance of evil and don't stay away from iniquity but instead, as you are engaging in sinful behavior, keep on confessing grace because it is not about what you do with your body, it is about what you believe and confess with your mouth. Supposedly, anything else would be a product of will power and human effort which according to Joseph Prince is contrary to grace. Where exactly is the bible against discipline and human effort? Since when is it so wrong to invest effort and will into your Christian life? Isn't confession also human effort? Is not believing a part of your human will involving discipline and work? Are not the grace teachers boasting in their revelations and confessions as much as they are accusing others on boasting in their will power, works, and righteousness?

The first Christians, Paul, and the apostles included were all law abiding Torah observing Jews. They celebrated the feasts of Israel keeping the food laws and reading as their sacred text the Old Testament scriptures. Many of the debates, struggles and conflicts that we read in the new testament are not against moral restraints or even against codes of purity but instead they were all about the ethical issue of ethnic reconciliation. Now that Christ is risen from the dead, the division and wall of separation between Jews and Gentiles has been torn down and what defines the people of God is no longer Jewish ethnicity and not even faithful Torah observance but instead our faith in the Messiah evidenced by the witness of His Spirit. Therefore, works of the law such as the sacrificial system, circumcision, dietary rules are now relativize and no longer required of gentiles who thru faith are already accepted into the family of God. That does not mean no more keeping of commandments or freedom from any regulations that are uncomfortable to our flesh but instead it signifies a new and fresh empowerment to fulfill the will of God, keeping His commandments in the power of the Spirit. Thru Christ the law is now written in our hearts not to give us freedom from moral standards but for us to fulfill the highest of standards that was previously impossible to achieve because of the weakness of our flesh. Now because of our faith in Jesus we can receive and live by the power of The Holy Spirit, putting to death all the deeds and appetites of our flesh. That transformation, sanctification, and regeneration is what the true grace of God is all about!!

Paul who is read today as the hyper-grace champion was himself very strict with moral codes and kept a very high standard of purity among his churches. In 1 Corinthians 5:11, he instructs his readers to not associate with immoral Christians to the point that one is not to even seat to eat with them. In Romans 16:17, Paul urges to single people out who oppose the teaching and make sure to turn away from them. In 1 Corinthians 5:2, Paul judges a person and recommends for that individual to be excommunicated from the congregation. In 1 Timothy 1:20, he calls out people by name and pronounces them blasphemers, turning them over to Satan. In 1 Timothy 5:20, He instructs to rebuke people publicly because of their sins in order to cause fear to the rest of the congregation. In other words, by today's standards Paul could easily be called a legalist, a hater, and a religious Pharisee. Contrary to what Joseph Prince says about not putting any effort into our Christian lifestyle, Paul urges believers to seek holiness, pursue righteousness and put to death the deeds of the flesh. Notice just a few of the many instances where Paul makes exhortation about the importance of right just living.

Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God. (2 Corinthians 7:1 NLT)

For you remember what we taught you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin. Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor— not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways. Never harm or cheat a Christian brother in this matter by violating his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before. God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives. Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. (1 Thessalonians 4:2-8 NLT)

[i]Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience…But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds. (Col. 3:5-9)

God, who will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;but glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: for there is no respect of persons with God. (Rom. 2:6-11)

"Dios me dijo"

"Dios me dijo" -- descaradamente esa es la manera en que los manipuladores irreverentes se atreven justificar su irresponsable conducta defendiendo los atrevimientos de su desenfrenada manera de vivir. Antes de blasfemar una autoridad divina que no nos corresponde tomar por favor consideremos con respeto:

1. Dios no contradice su palabra y lo que habla siempre es consistente con su carácter y revelación ya expresada en las sagradas escrituras.

2. Dios no viola su propio orden ni deshonra sus autoridades desacreditando y minimizando la función de su liderazgo.

3. Dios no fomenta los caprichos de la carnalidad ni auspicia las agendas inspiradas en la rebeldía y en el auto engaño.

4. La palabra de Dios siempre imparte su naturaleza divina. La inmadurez, las divisiones, las ofensas, la indiferencia y la maldad no son frutos de la autentica voz de Dios.

The Best Church Money Can Buy

The Best Church Money Can Buy

So I am looking at a huge building on tv packed with thousands of people and I tell a friend sitting next to me, "Look at that! Is that not an amazing church?" He looks back at me smiling and answers, "Yes, that's the best church money can buy!!"

The best church money can buy:

1. If you remove the salary from its staff, you would lose the majority of its leadership to the next highest bider.

2. Without the fancy building, the expensive sound system, and the state of the art technology, 80% of the membership would decrease in church attendance.

3. They resolve everything by throwing money at problems, replacing pastoral care for social work, and creating the illusion of compassion by marketing faith and selling spirituality.

4. With their million dollar budget they schedule the celebrity preachers and famous artists that no other church can afford to buy so that way they can increase their popularity, gaining more influence within the star driven, ego intoxicated gospel culture of today.

5. Always removes all inconveniences, fixes all difficulties, and creates a comfortable experience for people that avoids the testing of their faith, eliminating the human challenges that create the potential for true spiritual growth.

6. It's members reflect the vision of their church, constantly living for themselves and seeing others only as a means to reach their individual aspirations, pursuing the fulfillment of all their personal goals at any cost.

7. Their success is carefully measure by numbers, always evaluating the size of their bank accounts, the salary of their leadership, and the lifestyles of their members.

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16 Maneras Que Satanás Tratara Para Destruirte

                              16 De Algunas de Las  Maneras Que Satanás Tratara Para Destruirte

Él es la serpiente , el Gran Dragón , Belcebú , el príncipe de este mundo , el príncipe de la potestad del aire , el malo , y el adversario . Él es Satanás. Y , si usted es un seguidor de Jesucristo el te odia con una pasión . Como un león rugiente  que está rondando alrededor tratando de destruirte. ¿Cómo puede mantenerse firme y resistir al diablo y  él huirá de vosotros ? En primer lugar , no seas ingenuo , sino que debe considerar sus caminos.

1.) Él puede tentar a engañar a los demás con el fin de crear o mantener la impresión de ser más espirituale que los demas. (Hechos 05:03 ; Jn 08:44 ) .

2.) Él puede corromper tu mente y mantenerte alejado de la sencillez de Cristo y de su Evangelio ( 2 Corintios 11:3).

3.) El puede luchar contra usted, la lucha en contra de su crecimiento en Cristo ( Ef 6:12 ) .

4.) Él te  puede tentar a cometer inmoralidad sexual en contra de tu cónyuge como consecuencia de dejar de lado la intimidad del matrimonio ( 1 Corintios 07:05 ) .

5.) Él te puede molestar con algún tipo de aflicción carnal ( 2 Corintios 12:7) .

6.) Él puede cegar los ojos espirituales de su familia que no son salvos , sus amigos y vecinos para que no puedan ver la gloria de Jesús en el Evangelio ( 2 Corintios 4:04 ) .

7.) El puede mantener a tus conocidos no salvos en la esclavitud de los pecados que les impiden llegar a Dios ( Gálatas 4:08 ) .

8.) Él te puede herir con la enfermedad física (Lucas 13:16; Job 02:07 ) .

9.) Él puede matarte (Sal 106:37 ; Jn 08:44 ) .



10.) Se puede sembrar cizaña [ cristianos falsos , hijos del maligno ] dentro de la asamblea de los creyentes con el fin de engañar y crear la desunión (Mt 13:38-39 , 2 Corintios 11:13-15 ) .

11.) Él te puede llevar hacia el compromiso teológico al causar que usted confie con la falsa doctrina y sus maestros ( 1 Tim 4:1-3 ) .

12.) Él puede perseguirte por tu consagracion a Dios  (Apocalipsis 02:10 ) .

13.) Él te puede tentar a hacer el mal (Mateo 04:01 , 1 Tes 3:05 ) .

14.) El  en este momento - te anda rondando para  capturarte y destruirte , principalmente a través del orgullo (1 Pedro 5:6-8 ) .

15.) El te puede utilizar con el poder de la persuacion  para moverte lejos de la voluntad de Dios (Mateo 16:21-23 ) .

16.) EL puede tratar de paralizar tu eficacia a través de la confusión , el desánimo y la desesperación ( 2 Corintios 4:8-9 ) .

¿Cómo puede mantenerse firme y resistir al diablo para que huya ? La Biblia exhorta a los creyentes a la guerra contra los enemigos de la fe por no permanecer ignoramos sus maquinaciones ( 2 Cor 2,11) ; presentando a Dios (Santiago 4:07 ), siendo sobrio y alerta y resistentes a él ( Efesios 4:27 ; Jas 4:07 ; 1 Pedro 5:08 ).

5 Piezas defensivas de la armadura y 2 armas ofensivas : Debemos ponernos la armadura de Dios , que incluye las armas de defensa de la verdad , la rectitud, la proclamación del evangelio , la fe y la salvación. También hay que emplear las armas ofensivas de la espada de la Escritura y la oración ( Efesios 6:11-18 ) . Estos son los únicos medios por los cuales podemos permanecer firmes contra el diablo . " Por último , hermanos míos , fortaleceos en el Señor y en el poder de su fuerza" ( Efesios 6:12 ) .

                              Ver Tambien los dioses Caidos(la Caida de Satanas Con los Angeles)

Pastors Of L.A (Reality Show) - New Reality Show?

Pastors Of L.A (Reality Show) - New Reality Show?

Reality tv? There is nothing real about scripted story lines and contrived plots created for the fleshly entertainment of a worldly audience. Why do you think these specific individuals were chosen for the preachers of LA reality show? I am sorry to burst your bubble but they were not chosen because they were so godly, anointed and special in the kingdom of God. In fact 3 of the lineup preachers have multiple scandals under their name and 2 of the last 3 live and preach under what might be considered very extravagant and extreme circumstances. These individuals are all very carefully selected because of their particular personalities, their intense dispositions and their outspoken mentality. All these scenes and scenarios you see on your screen are the invention of creative writers and the intentions of innovative directors who have an agenda and mind of their own.

What is their goal? What exactly is their specific aim? Mainly, their interest is the manipulation of emotions, the induction of personal conflict, and the sensationalizing of characters for the necessary drama that can manufacture public interest in their new reality tv stars. Preachers of LA is not a Christian show even by the admission of some of the very participants of the show. It is at best a bad soap opera and at worst a sick joke on the true Christian Church of Jesus Christ. The exploitation of the suffering and pain of people for the profit of fame and the market of tv ratings is not a genuine expression of the loving ministry of Jesus Christ. How preachers today are exposing their families and their member's lives for the amusement of secular producers and the mockery of our depraved American pop-culture is a new low even for our modern versions of Christianity.

      Read Part #1 http://realityofgodchurch.blogspot.com/2013/07/pastors-of-la-reality-show_30.html

Perhaps the most amazing and interesting feature of this insane spectacle is the delusional state of mind of the participants of the reality show, preachers of LA. They sincerely believe that they are accomplishing a great work for the Lord. They cannot even realize the mockery they are making of themselves! I imagine they reason among themselves that going to 80 million homes, appearing on multiple media events and promoting their new image of reality stardom is a great opportunity for them to proclaim the blessing of the Lord on their lives. After all, the spirit behind most of the preaching done inside our churches today is driven by the exaltation of self, the glorification of our ego, and the promotion of human success at any or at all cost. Therefore, what better manifestation of all these virtues than becoming a reality star on your own reality show!!

I don't know what is worse, that all of these preachers are so self-deluded that they actually believe that this is a great new ministry venue for the church or that the Christian world is so blind and naive that they cannot see thru the smoke and mirrors created by the preachers of LA?

El Verdadero Amor, El Amor Todo Lo Puede

Dios Tiene El Control

Dios Tienen El Control