Date:   2/14/2004 2:51:25 AM ( 20 y ago)
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Modern Christian theology claims that Christ destroyed all the barriers between man and God, and that Christ brought about a total reconciliation between man and God by the work of the Cross, and that all man must do is RECOGNIZE IT, AND ACCEPT IT AS AN ACT OF FAITH, AND HE IS THEN SWEPT INTO HEAVEN.

If this is true, then what happened to the many ? They certainly accepted the work of Christ on the cross, and they put all their faith and belief in that work. Yet it availed them nothing. When they arrived in heaven they found out that THEY WERE NOT RECONCILED TO CHRIST WHATEVER. The Christ they thought they knew, this gentle meek lamb full of love, mercy, grace and compassion turned into something quite different. He turned upon them and with the sweep of His hand he forces them to eternal ruin WITH NO LOVE, NO HOPE, NO MERCY OR COMPASSION. Wherein, then, is THIS SO-CALLED COMPLETE RECONCILIATION? It is a pipe dream of apostates, of false prophets and teachers who have invaded the Body of Christ to deceive the elect and sweep them away into ruin.

The claim of modern Christian theology is that there is ONE BARRIER BETWEEN MAN AND GOD. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS:

The one barrier of modern Christian theology is called the SIN BARRIER. According to this theology it was SWEPT AWAY BY THE WORK OF CHRIST UPON THE CROSS. Therefore all we need to do is ACCEPT THAT FACT BY AN ACT OF FAITH, ALONG WITH CHRIST, WE ARE THEN HEAVEN BOUND.
In truth, there are two barriers, and Christ destroyed one , and we must, be walking the narrow way, to destroy the other. The first barrier was destroyed by the work of Christ upon the cross, and that RECONCILES GOD UNTO MAN . The remaining barrier is the hostility barrier that natural man has within his own heart. No amount of religious theology, no amount of philosophy, no amount of works, no amount of righteousness upon earth is going to break down this barrier. There is only one way through it: STRAIT GATE AND NARROW WAY.

The Bible is very clear that God reconciled Himself to the world, via accepting the work that Christ did upon the cross. What about us? Are we reconciled?



“And, having made peace through the blood of his cross,
BY HIM TO RECONCILE ALL THINGS UNTO HIMSELF,
BY HIM, I SAY,
WHETHER THEY BE THINGS IN EARTH, OR THINGS IN HEAVEN.

And you, that were sometimes ALIENATED AND ENEMIES IN YOUR MIND BY WICKED WORKS, YET NOW HATH HE RECONCILED IN THE BODY OF HIS FLESH THROUGH DEATH, TO PRESENT YOU HOLY AND UNBLAMABLE AND UNREPROVABLE IN HIS SIGHT:
IF (THE HUGE CONDITIONAL IF)
YE CONTINUE
IN THE FAITH GROUNDED AND SETTLED AND BE NOT MOVED AWAY FROM THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL, WHICH YE HAVE HEARD, AND WHICH WAS PREACHED TO EVERY CREATURE WHICH IS UNDER HEAVEN” (Colossians 1:20-23)


Please pay close attention to the HUGE CONDITIONAL “IF”. False prophets and false teachers DROP OFF ALL THE QUALIFIERS TO SOFTEN THE GOSPEL, TO MAKE IT POPULAR TO CARNAL MAN. This conditional if sounds very much like the CONDITIONAL IF OF CHRIST THAT WE CONTINUE IN HIS DOCTRINE, or the huge conditional CALLING UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD IN TRUTH
(Psalm 145:18 ).

This verse alone should prove to anyone that MAN MUST, IF HE IS TO RECONCILE HIMSELF TO GOD, DO AS COMMANDED. Jesus only gave us one way to accomplish our reconciliation to God. There is no other way. Thus:

CONTINUE IN THE DOCTRINE = FINDING THE TRUTH
CONTINUE IN THE FAITH = BEING RECONCILED

In graphic form, we could lay out this verse of Scripture like this:

The reconciliation does not TAKE PLACE until we find Christ, KISS THE SON, and enter into UNION WITH HIM. You cannot enter into UNION unless you are reconciled. Obviously, then, the process of reconciliation IS THE WALK OF THE NARROW WAY. Because we can prove that God has reconciled Himself to man, there is only one reconciliation left, and that must be, has to be MAN TO GOD. That means that the strait gate and the narrow way is the reconciliation process, and it is the only way by which we may BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT OUR INNER HEARTS HAVE ERECTED TOWARDS GOD. That is why the Bible says that our carnal minds, our carnal hearts are HOSTILE TOWARDS GOD. Natural man does not perceive this to be the case, and he is UNAWARE of the true nature of his inner heart. That was the deception of the many, they refused to face the REAL REALITY OF THE AWFULNESS OF HUMAN NATURE.

They would not face the BLACKNESS OF DEPRAVITY. You see, this is the REPROOF OF GOD, THIS IS THE REBUKE OF GOD. Ever notice how a little child will confess he did something wrong, but it is almost impossible to get him to tell you what HE DID? He will wail and cry and carry on and confess he was naughty, and yell that he was sorry, but NEVER WILL TELL YOU FOR WHAT! You have to drag it out of them. Likewise does God have to DRAG IT OUT OF US.

Mankind will CONFESS his multitude of sins. He knows he rapes, steals, murders and commits gross violence. All the primary religions of the world focus on the multitude of sins, and most of them claim that if man would JUST CLEAN UP HIS ACT, AND GET RIGHT WITH GOD, he would be in fine shape. Modern Christianity is no different, for the ‘many’ DUTIFULLY CONFESS TO GOD THEIR MULTITUDE OF SINS. Our altars are stained with the tears of sincere and dedicated people who have admitted to God their deepest and darkest secrets. BUT NEVER WILL THEY ADMIT TO THEIR ONE SIN. They simply refuse to face the issue, they refuse to be exposed to the real darkness, the real problem with man; NO AGAPE LOVE.

The multitudinous sins of mankind were forever settled by Christ upon the cross. He took the sins of mankind into Himself and that work was accepted by God because Christ was innocent of all charges. The only hitch in this transaction is that mankind can only avail himself of this work by WALKING THE NARROW WAY. If he refuses, the sins remain. If he accepts, the sins are blotted out forever. To settle the sin issue after a soul has come to the living Christ, Jesus now sits upon the throne of God as our HIGH PRIEST, and EVER LIVES TO MAKE INTERCESSION FOR US. That part of His intercession IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE REGENERATED. It does not cover anyone else. We will cover this in detail.

The work of Christ on earth was accomplished by Christ being a substitute for us under what is known as Kinsman-redeemer law. Under kinsman-redeemer law, CHRIST CAME TO EARTH AND PURCHASED THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE BY HIS BLOOD ATONEMENT. He now owns everyone, lock, stock and barrel. By this act of purchase, ALL THE BARRIERS ERECTED BY GOD AGAINST MAN WERE UTTERLY DESTROYED. EVEN THOSE SUPERNATURAL POWERS AND THE DOMINION OF SATAN WAS UTTERLY DESTROYED. Satan’s power and dominion over the minds of man is a dominion of fraud and deception. He was totally dethroned by Christ and has no real claims over anyone. He gets his power by DEFAULT, BY DECEPTION, BY SECRECY, BY CUNNING.


“And HAVING SPOILED PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS, he made a shew of them OPENLY, TRIUMPHING OVER THEM IN IT. (Colossians 2:15)


The word “spoiled” is “apekduomai” and it means TO DIVEST WHOLLY, TO DETHRONE, TO REMOVE TOTALLY, TO ELIMINATE COMPLETELY. The root is “ekduo” and it means TO DIVEST, TO STRIP. Christ utterly destroyed Satan’s power and his dominion, yet Satan still retains it by default. It is the self on the throne of the great “I AM”, aided and abetted by Satan and his demons that raise up a formidable barrier that EVERY SOUL MUST FIRST OF ALL REALIZE IS THERE, and second of all, FIGHT A MAJOR BATTLE TO PENETRATE IT. The narrow way is the only way we can penetrate it, and then only with God’s power.

Modern Christian theology ignores this barrier, and most evangelists today claim there is no barrier at all, that all we need to do is accept Christ by a simple act of faith, and PRESTO! We become INSTANT CHRISTIANS, FULLY REGENERATED, WRITTEN IN THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE, AND HEAVEN IS AN ASSURED VICTORY. They ignore such words as STRIVE, LABOR, FIGHT AND THE WORD OVERCOME. They smoothly tuck them away, fold them into their false theology and keep them out of sight. If what they say is true, then why did Christ say the opposite? Who are you going to believe, JESUS CHRIST OR A CARNAL THEOLOGY?

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