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I was devastated and in total bondage to porn and other vile sins of the flesh, while I did my good deeds for God and my church, who when I came pleading to them, after I fell again into my porn addiction, they told me its normal, you are saved by grace, God feels sorry for you, and you are a poor sinner, etc..
I was serving the young children in the children's ministry at this very liberal Church for 13 years, and continued in my vile sins with no hope whatsoever to ever be set free!
I joined promise Keepers, did an on line course called Setting the Captives free, went through the book An Affair Of The Mind, then Every Mans Battle, etc,,, plus many accountability partners who were in the same boat, a struggling sinner, who bought into the lie all you guys are preaching and defending us few against! It was all just putting a small band-aid on a huge out of control cancer! This cancer neede to be cut off at the roots in repentance, never once taught to me through these very popular band-aid courses!
You are causing many to stumble, Jesus said ,
Mar 9:42And whosoever shall offend one oftheselittle ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Mar 9:43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Mar 9:44Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mar 9:45And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Mar 9:46Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mar 9:47And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
Mar 9:48Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mar 9:49For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
Mar 9:50Saltisgood: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
Its not important how we look at sin, BUT how God looks at sin, and what He expects from us to do with it! And that is repent of it or die spiritually!
I don't take this lightly, God has been more than merciful with me, and I own Him all I have, which isn't much compared to what He did for me, through my crisis of conviction, and leading to godly sorrow, and Him showing me how far off the mark I was, living a lie, worshiping at the alter of satan, every time I went on line to watch porn, or watched the XXX Channel, so all you out there who profess to be of Christ, and find our repentance messages repulsive and prideful to you, think about this:
Then take into consideration the effect this Doctrine has had on the People. They sin with impunity! I've heard stories of men who have come out the System and were truly Saved, who said they were hopelessly addicted to Pornography and lust. When they sought help, time and again, the Pastor and other church leaders would tell them not to worry about it, God will clean him up in time and remove the desire, so focus on your service. In this case the service was ‘Children’s ministry’ ! WOW. They allow someone with a dangerous addiction to teach the kids. Outrageous, yet common.
People with these addiction need to Repent, they are NOT Christians. The Promise Keepers have no real impact on them because they preach the magic cloak. They need John the Baptist! Your churches have been infiltrated by them and as a ‘little’ Leaven, leavens the whole lump, they have brought society to the depths of Satan. Still you Pastors refuse to wake up and claim that everything is fine. This is Christianity, You claim. The people are hypocrites and the Chief of sinners. They can't help what they are and that’s why we need the Cover. Without it everyone will be lost.
So at its base your Gospel is flawed. You rest Salvation on a ‘repeat after me’ formula, or a Trusting in the Provision of Christ. In the Bible Salvation is established on Repentance and Faith PROVEN by Deeds. But today Most of Christendom will not even mention Repentance. The small segment that still does preach it has it like everything else, ‘In Reverse’ of the Bible. They have the person getting Saved first and then Repenting….AFTER God has off-set his inbred depravity or nature so he could respond to the Gospel. The reason for this is their own theology. Here’s the Premise:
Man is born in sin. (whether its inherited from Adam, natural depravity or inbred) His natural ability has been affected to the extent that he is incapable of stopping sinning or turning to God. He may be willing but he’s not able. Not without help from above. So the Biblical concept of Sin Stopping in Repentance before a person is saved is an absolute impossibility in the minds of the Pastors. No matter what happened in Nineveh or how many times you show them the arrangement of the passages that say so clearly ‘It’s Repentance unto Salvation’ NOT salvation unto repentance, they refuse to relent. In their minds man CANNOT stop sinning and if he could he wouldn't need Jesus….or you really mean the Magic Cloak.
As I’ve said this is the fundamental flaw in your Doctrine and it’s the reason no one is getting saved out of their sin. In your attempt to uphold the Sovereignty of God you completely eliminate the Synergy of man being ‘workers together’ with Him. Man is not already Reconciled to God. There’s a process to Reconciliation and it begins with Repentance, Faith and deeds. He doesn’t need anything off-set in his spirit to turn to God. His ability is in tact. The Prodigal son sitting in the pig pen came to his senses rose up forsook his sins and returned to the Father. All the Prophets directed their message in this manner, as a given man could turn and do what God has said. (edited by LLJ removed link)
“Let the wicked forsake his ways and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the Lord and He will have mercy on him.” Isa55:7
Final comments, Please know this is serious business, IF any of you think you can sin away, and you are ok by God think again, God is not mocked and will not relent forever, I was living the lie, told all was well from scholars in the faith who were just as blind as I was, I am thoroughly blessed by God for Him giving me the privilege to come before His alter on my face! crying out for His great mercy, as He lead me through repentance, and set me on the rock of Jesus Christ, I had to die to self, and now live IN Christ, pure and undefiled, a heart made pure through an obedient faith, filled with the spirit of God, living a simple life pleasing to Him, dead to sin and my sick, perverted flesh!
Tommy