The document discusses how many people prefer certain teachings of Paul over the harsher teachings of Jesus. It claims that people are drawn to teachings that emphasize salvation through faith alone or predestination, rather than teachings where Jesus calls for strict obedience or self-sacrifice. The document suggests that some scholars improperly focus on attractive teachings to get more donations, rather than conveying the true teachings found in the Bible.
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Beautiful lies versus the harsh truth
1. Most people donotfollowthe true andharsh teachingswhichurge usto obeyGodas taughtby Jesusin
Matthew22:35-40, Luke 10:25-28, Mark 12:28-34, but theypreferthe attractive teachingsof Paul like:
We are saved by grace through faith apart from works - Ephesians2:8-9
Even when we were dead in sins, we are saved by grace - Ephesians2:5
A man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law - Romans3:28
A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith - Galatians2:16
For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse - Galatians3:10
Most people donotfollowthe true harshteachingslike If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out
and throw it away whichistaught by JesusinMatthew 18:9, Matthew 5:29 andMark 9:47, but they
preferthe attractive teachingsof Paul like:
God has chosen us before the foundations of the world - Ephesians 1:4
God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation - 2 Thessalonians 2:13
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation - 1 Thessalonians5:9
But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!
1 Corinthians15:51
God has saved us and called us - 2 Timothy1:9
we have been justified through faith - Romans5:1, Romans 5:9
Bad scholarsdo notteach the true teachingslike Matthew 10:8
Freely you have received; freely give; theyteach that itis o.k.to reapthe financial giftsinexchange of
the spiritual giftsandteachthe attractive oneslike Romans8:30
And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he
also glorified
Theytry to make people feelhappybysuchteachingsinorderto receive more donations
The sad realityisthat people preferthe beautiful liesandignore the harshtruth.