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From Charles Elliott Newbold, Jr. ~ July 7 & 18, 2009

RELIGION BREEDS LEGALISM fn ^{1}

LEGALISM BREEDS INTOLERANCE,

INTOLERANCE BREEDS ARROGANCE,

ARROGANCE BREEDS A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT,

IRONICALLY THEN,

ENTITLEMENT BREEDS LAWLESSNESS.

2 Corinthians 3:6; 11:3; Galatians 5:1

 

 THE GOSPEL IS THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS, PLUS NOTHING.

THEN, GIVEN TIME AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE CARNAL MIND,

IT BECOMES JESUS, PLUS SOMETHING—A DOCTRINE, REVELATION, MOVEMENT, MINISTRY.

A LINE IS BEGINNING TO BE PROJECTED OUTWARD.

SOONER OR LATER THE “SOMETHING” LOOMS LARGER THAN JESUS

AND IT BECOMES SOMETHING, PLUS JESUS.

GIVEN ENOUGH TIME AND EMPHASIS, IT BECOMES SOMETHING, MINUS JESUS.

AT THIS POINT, DECEPTION IS FIRMLY SET.

THE “SOMETHING ELSE” HAS BECOME THE GOSPEL WE PREACH—ANOTHER JESUS.

Galatians 1:6
 

FOOTNOTES 1 By legalism, I mean the laws, rules, regulations, moral codes, rituals, and practices we invent and impose upon ourselves and others to satisfy what we believe will appease God; attributing to ourselves a righteousness our own making.