EVERY WIND OF NEW TEACHING? by steve finnell
Immature Christians
are subject to every wind of new teaching. (Ephesians 4:14 Then we will
no longer be immature like children. We won't be tossed about by every
wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick
us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.) NLV- New Living
Translation.
The Christians in
the first century believed the apostles teaching on salvation. Which was
Faith: John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life.(NKJV) Repentance: Acts 3:19 "Repent therefore and be
converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of
refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. (NKJV) Confession:
Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and
believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be
saved. (NKJV) Immersion in Water: Mark 16:16 "He who believes and is
baptized will be saved...Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as were
baptized into Christ have put on Christ.(NKJV)
Would a mature
Christian leave the first century church of Christ to place their
membership in a church that did not believe the apostles teaching on
salvation. Would they have joined The Church of Jehovah' Witnesses, The
Baptist Church, The Latter Day Saints, The Methodist Church, The Church
of The Salvation Army, The Community Church, The Lutheran Church, the
Church of The Masonic Lodge, The Pentecostal Church, The Roman Catholic
Church?
The apostle Paul
asked the elders of the church to guard against those would trick
immature Christians with lies so clever they sound like the truth.
(Acts 20:28-30 "Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock,
among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the
church of God which He purchased with His own blood.29 "For I know this,
that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not
sparing the flock. 30 "Also from among yourselves men will rise up,
speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after
themselves.(NKJV)
It would appear that over time the elders of the Lord's Church have fallen asleep at the wheel.
Neither Jesus nor the apostles gave multiple terms of pardon for salvation.
FAITH, REPENTANCE, CONFESSION, IMMERSION IN WATER---Just one plan of salvation.