The recent news coming out of Kenya has roused me out of my writer’s block stupor. That one man ( or two) could mislead over 100 people into starving themselves to death in order to get to heaven is beyond appaling. The reason lies are so powerful is because they often get repeated so forcefully that even sceptics start to doubt their own sceptism and embrace a lie.
The need for truth to be told with equal passion has never been greater. That’s why I am “woke” today.
This one thing remains true from all the deceptive tactics that led to to the tragic deaths of over 100 people. People have a deep desire for God, heaven, spirituality, belief ( what ever it is you want to call it) . People are hungry for something “otherworldly” beyond this present life and world we live in.
This deep desire is the basis by which I invite anyone reading this to seriously consider the Gospel of Jesus Christ. By seriously considering, I mean put away mythical, mystical, supersticious and irrational thought. In short, use your brain to read the bible.
The foundational principle to Christianity is Loving the Lord Your God with all your heart, soul and mind. Any “Christian teaching” that supports the need to override your thinking faculties is false. God delights in intellectual thought. Its our way of loving Him with all of our mind. Any teacher who claims to be the authorative source on scripture and discourages personal fellowship with God through your own reading of the Word of God is seriously in error; avoid by all means.
The second key to true Christian doctrine is The Cross of Jesus Christ. It is not enough to claim Christ. The true Gospel is incomplete if the Cross of Jesus Christ is absent. Many false teachers claim to show their followers the way to Jesus. Worse yet, others claim to be Jesus. But the most commonly misleading are those who act as “Agents of our Lord Jesus Christ” They have the lingo and look of a disciple of Christ but their message is devoid of the Cross.
There can be no Christ without the Cross. The centrepoint of true Christianity is Christ died on the Cross to accomplish our salvation. He rose from the dead to secure our salvation unto eternal life. This is the only true way to God’s heaven. To add anything more or take away (or reduce any part of this truth) is error and falls into the danger of falsehood.