BEWARE OF A SPIRITUAL DEAD TRAP IN AMERICA!
My friends, you are a greatly blessed person, for the most important message concerning
one's spiritual life is in your hands now!
IT TOOK ME ALMOST 30 YEARS HARD WORKS TO DISCOVER THIS LESSON!
Today you got it for free!
So please read it carefully!
With God's mercy one day when I study Acts 15:1-30, I discovered this:
POPULAR SPIRITUAL DEAD TRAP IN AMERICA!
I was taught to believe and preach this spiritual dead trap for years!
1. In Acts 15:11 Peter says: We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved.
2. In Gal. 3:26 Paul says: You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
(Sons of God had to be saved!)
3. In Eph. 2:8-9 Paul says: For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--
and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works, so that no one can boast.
4. From Acts 16:30-31 we get: The Philippian Jailer asked: Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Paul and Silas answered: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved-- you and your household.
My dear friends, if you think the above 4 steps of salvation preaching is correct,
then you are in a spiritual dead trap as I was!
This actually is THE POPULAR SPIRITUAL DEAD TRAP IN AMERICA!
You may want to test it by asking your friends in the Baptist, Methodist, Evangelical, Lutheran,
Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Catholic church...
I am sure they will all agree the above 4 steps salvation preaching is correct from the Bible!
For each verse is quoted from the Bible!
The above 4 steps salvation preaching is very well constructed!
A. From Acts 15:11 we get: We are saved by the grace of our Lord Jesus.
B. From Gal.3:26 we get: By faith we are sons of God.(Had to be saved!)
C. From Eph.2:8-9 we get the conbine of A. and B. How can it be wrong!!!
D. From Acts 16:30-31 we have the conversion of a whole family to prove the above salvation theory!
How can it be wrong!!!
Without God's specail mercy no one in the world will ever know this is a spiritual dead trap!
My dear friends, may be you want to try to find out what and where it is wrong before you read on!
If you can't then you must read on!
Actually, after I told you what and where it is wrong, then you will realize it is simple and easy!
It is always simple and easy after you know what went wrong!
ALL THE ABOVE VERSES ARE QUOTED OUT OF CONTEXT AND BEING WRONGLY USED!
Please be patient with me. Let me explain one point at a time!
1. Acts 15:11 was used by Peter to argue against a group of Jewish believers
who tried to require Gentiles saved Christians to obey the Law of Moses and be
circumcized to be saved!
The statement in Acts 15:11 was used to settle an argument within the church between
saved Christians, not to the people in the world!
2. As for Gal.3:26, if we read Gal.1:1-2 we know this verse was written to the churches in Galatia.
When you read the whole book you will know this book is explaining the decision made in
Acts 15:1-30.
3. Eph. 2:8-9 in the context, it is the same with the above two!
One who knows the truth in the Bible will not use these verses to help non-believers in the world
to become saved.
4. The short coming about Acts 16:30-31 is that they should read on to 16:34
then they will find out the whole salvation plan should be: Listen to the message of the Lord-->
Believe in Jesus--> Repentance --> Baptism--> Celebration at home for their salvation!
To help people of the world to become saved we must use Mk.16:15-16, Acts 2:21-41,
and Acts 16:30-34, etc.
MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND YOURS RICHLY!
This article was written by John Chan.
136-49, 41 Ave., Flushing, N.Y. 11355. Tel. 718-886-6396(Fax also).
Today is Nov., 14, 2008
I am thankful to God for the opportunity to post this article on my website!
I wrote this article about 18 years ago!
I almost forgot about this!
Last night a man walked by the church building told me how to intrepret words in the Bible!
I found it is my God given responsibility to write this following on 2 Cor.3:6-9!
Actually you should read Romans 7:6 also!
Yes, this spiritual dead trap teaching is not just in America it is all over the denomination world!
They interpret 2 Cor.3:6 and Romans 7:6 to mean we can't read the words printed in the Bible and know the
meaning! We have to pray for the Holy Spirit to tell us what it means!
Please study the context! If you do,
you will know these two place of the scripture is talking about we,
Christians in the New Testament time are to do things according to what the New Testament Bible says,
not what is written in the Old Testament!
I hope some day I will have the time to write the system of the Bible from Gen. to Rev. and my readers will
have time to read it! But in the meantime you may read Ro.10:4 and Matt.11:13!
Please let no one tell you that you can't read the words printed in the Bible and know the meaning!
The Bible was written for people to read, understand, practice and have eternal life in the Lord!
Anyone who have question or still do not understand, is welcome to write the questions and I will try my best
to answer them one by one!
May the Lord bless you always!
Yes, do you know Titus 3:10-11 says denominations are warped, sinful and self-condemned!
(Yes, this is the original text correct translation!) I stand by this! Sign me John Chan!
And you have my address to look me up! By the grace of God, I now dare to say this! And remember each
sentence in the Bible carry one meaning, absolutely not many different meanings! It is very important to
remember this one! Please with God's mercy do not be misled! Read the Bible yourself!)