What Is Progressive Christianity? Interpretation

 False and Twisted Interpretation 

Ever been told something that you have believed for years to mean one thing actually means something totally different? Things like this in Genesis 1:27

"So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."

So you see? It says God created Man and Woman. And in Psalm 139:15-17

"My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!"

God made me the way I am. He made everyone the way they are. We are all simply born this way. God loves all of us. After all, we will all inherit the kingdom. We are all God's Children and according to Romans 8:17

"And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."

So who are you to judge? Does your Jesus Himself not say this in Matthew 7:1-3

"Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"

We all have our own things to deal with. Live and let live. God loves everyone and you need to simply stop with the whole Hell and Devil thing. One, they do not exist. A loving God would never create anything like that and would never send someone He loves to be tormented forever. Two, God forgives everyone. So just shut up and sit down. Just because someone believes differently than you doesn't mean they are wrong. So they believe in Mohammad? Or they believe in Buddha? Or maybe they believe God is an energy that we are all part of and we become God when we pass on. Who cares? God will accept us all in the end.

Do you see how easy it is? I just convinced some that there is no need for Jesus, using the Word, and even Jesus Himself. I purposely twisted the meanings of the passages just enough to fit my agenda. This is why it can be so easy, and yet, so hard for some to understand that this is what is happening. They actually WANT to believe it. Why?

Friends and loved ones that have never, and never would, accept Jesus. Oh, Grandma was a Saint on Earth. Grandpa was a great person. But they never had time for all that "Jesus nonsense." They are dead. Are you telling me they are in Hell?

My friend, best friend, Johnny is a Muslim. He will never accept Jesus. You are telling me that he is condemned to go to Hell? He runs a non-profit. He helps people. He would give the shirt off his back and you are telling me that just because he does not believe in Jesus, he is condemned?

The short answer is YES. Sorry. This is the difference between Christianity and any other Religion. Jesus IS God. There is no other way to get to God except for God Himself. The Bible is the Word of God, and the very Word of God is Jesus. He is the Gate to Heaven. He is the Door. He is the Key. He is Heaven itself. Without Jesus, you get nothing. You have nothing. Are these true?

Genesis 1:27? Yes. God created all things and this includes every Man and Woman.

Psalm 139:15-17? Yes. You are Blonde with Blue Eyes, Brown with Brown, 6' tall 5', Birthmark here or there, and freckles or not, White, Brown, Black, or any other tone of Skin, because God Made you that way. He has a plan and a purpose just for you. However, God does not make mistakes. You are Male because God made you Male. You are Female because God made you that way. Sorry, just the truth. Anything else is learned behavior that is NOT of God.

Romans 8:17? Yes. However, not for everyone. Here are the Five Steps of a Saved Life.

"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." {Romans 8:29-30}

1-God foreknows you from the beginning of time. {Everyone}

2-God fashions you after His Will and sets up a Plan and Purpose for your Life. {Everyone}

3-God calls you. He calls you to accept Him and His Plans for you. {Everyone}

This is where it stops for those that simply say no. Those who do not have time for all that "Jesus non-sense." Or those that simply reject the Truth that there is no other way. Oh, Lightning is not going to come down and strike you dead where you stand. Or Hell is going to open up and devour you that moment because you decided not to accept Jesus. Truth is, you may live a long and happy Life here on Earth. But what then?

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." {John 3:16-18}

You are right, a loving God does not want to send someone He loves to Hell. In 2 Peter 3:9

"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

God does not want ANY to Perish. None. But He gives us Free Will. We get to decide "Yes" or "No." Heaven or Hell? God or ourselves. If, and only IF, we say YES to God and His Plans for us, then and only THEN, will we receive the Spirit of Adoption.

"For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:" {Romans 8:15-16}

Then and only THEN can Steps 4 - 5 happen.

4-God prepares us. Teaches us. Grows us into the people He wants us to be. A time of Preparation and getting to know God Himself. This time is crucial to EVERY Child of God. Then and only then will we be able to accomplish what God has for us to do and receive that of which God has for us.

Jesus told us this in John 14:21

"Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."

Then and only then will Step 5 take place.

5-God Glorifies us.

He Glorifies us both in this time, and in the after. Jesus said John 10:10

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."

Jesus also tells us this in John 14:2

"There is more than enough room in my Father's home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?"

There is nothing that can possibly compare to a Life Adopted into the Family of God. When the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the Great "I am", the Lord of Lord and the King of Kings becomes your Abba Father. Your Daddy.

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." {Romans 8:35-38}

Be careful. If you ever hear something, even if it comes from me, that you do not understand or agree with, then please, pretty please, look it up for yourself. Pray about it. Look to the Word. See if what someone is telling you is ACTUALLY saying what they claim it is saying.

This is why it is so very important to Read the Word on your own. To lay for yourself a solid foundation in the Word. Why you need to have a one on one relationship with God Himself. With that Relationship with God, comes God Himself moving into YOU.

"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you" {John 14:18-20}

Then and only then will you be able to detect a lie when you hear it. The Word of God is THE Word of God. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. It does not change with the times. It does not evolve. It does not change to include things because Society now says it is OK. It is all that matters. Twisting and Misinterpreting it for evil has been going on since the Devil tried to tempt Jesus {Matthew 4} Do not be misled.

Do you know Jesus as your Savior? Have you been adopted into the Family of God? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be. Say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray.

"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Jesus's sacrifice for me. I repent my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Jesus, Amen!"

That's it. It really is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." {Romans 10:9} You need to find a Church that God leads you to, and be Baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A new Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him." {Colossians 3:10}


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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. {2 Corinthians 13}

Until next time, be Blessed, be a Blessing, and Jesus IS Lord.