False
Teachers Say…
SELF‑RIGHTEOUSNESS
WILL
SAVE
The churches of Christ Greet You (Romans
Many in the first
century and
today are establishing their own righteousness by rejecting the true
righteousness
of God (Rom. 10:1‑3; 1 John 3:6‑9). The righteousness of God is
revealed unto men by the Gospel of Jesus Christ (Rom. 1:16‑17). This is
the same as the Gospel of our salvation (Eph.
Adam and Eve were
given a
commandment, just one (Gen. 2:16‑17), and transgressed it for at least
two reasons:
Their disobedience
brought
forth the wrath of the Almighty (Gen. 3:1‑6). God meant and made good
what He said (Gen. 3:8‑24). All men everywhere need to repent of their
self-will and love for lies (
The King of Judah,
Jehoiakim,
rejected the inspired revelation of God from the prophet Jeremiah and
the
penmen, Baruch. He was not afraid of the words of God, so he burnt the
Holy
Spirit’s wonderful scroll. In his self-will he burnt the plea from God
to
repent. Jehoiakim decided to believe and follow a lie rather than
submit to
God’s terms and conditions (Jer. 36:16‑27).
The penknife
religion is
alive and well today (humanism, denominationalism, etc.). Denominations
exist
simply because men want them and are willing to submit to a lie to have
them.
Yet, no matter how hard Satan tries to destroy the word of God (1 Peter
1:22-25), it will continue to be printed, studied, and obeyed as
history has
clearly shown (Jer. 36:28‑32; 2 Tim. 2:15; Rom. 6:17).
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