Man Centered Gospel

There is a gospel going through the church of Jesus that teaches the bible from a perspective of how the bible and it’s teachings pertain to their lives.  It has been called prosperity and is a man centered, at best, gospel.  What flows from this false gospel has distorted who Jesus is, what righteousness is, what holiness is and has led us to a business mentality in the church rather than one of humility and laying down our lives.

If you were the enemy wouldn’t you do all you could to distort the true gospel of Jesus Christ to His followers to make it powerless?  As Paul said to the Galatians  “who has bewitched you?”  Satan has infiltrated the church with witchcraft/ deception as it is spoken of in 2 Timothy 4:3-5,

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure affliction, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”

This man centered gospel is very deceptive.  The false teachers who preach it week in and week out are well meaning but do not know that they are preaching a self centered message.  They themselves are deceived and because their followers don’t study their bibles they continue to follow these false teachers.  They are focused more on their programs and tithes than they are the full true gospel of Jesus Christ which is the power unto salvation.  The messages they preach usually starts with a scripture.  Then for the next 30 minutes they tell stories (fables) of how God pertains to your life.  In essence they bring God down to your level. They preach how God brings prosperity and wants us to be fulfilled in this life.   Instead of teaching what the bible teaches which is death to self, a complete turning from living for this world, and bowing our hearts before a merciful Savior who sprinkled the mercy seat with His blood to appease Gods wrath. Instead they teach all about how Jesus gives us our best life now.  Peace and safety are the focus. They focus more on changing behavior than the Spirit of God who alone can change a man or woman.

It seems that while the Me gospel is going around and putting on nice shows on Sundays the prayer meetings remain empty or cancelled. It is the High Places that the Spirit of God works to tear down in us. The place where idols exist. God is zealous for a people who will worship Him alone in purity and truth. The me gospel builds up our ego and is the opposite of the Spirit of God. Sure itching ears love it but it’s just not God. The entire testimony of Jesus is from Genesis to Revelation and speaks of God wanting a people who don’t have idols before Him. He went to extreme lengths to make clear His desire all through old and new testaments.

We have to repent and follow Jesus and allow the Spirit of God to tear down the high places of pride in our hearts. We will never understand scripture and the true gospel without humility and truth. He has had great mercy on us and remembers that we are dust.

Kristin