July 14, 2021
Greetings and blessings to all of you. As we move into the Last Days, false teachers will abound leading people to believe an entirely different gospel than that which was taught by Christ and the apostles (Gal. 1:6-9). We are to ensure that we are trusting in the shed blood of Christ, and that alone for our salvation. The world/culture says True Christians are not loving when we tell others that “Hell is Real”, “You Cannot Choose your Gender” “Watching Porno is Sinful” “The Bible is Completely True” “Marriage is only Between One Man and One Woman” “You cannot go to Heaven except thru Jesus.” The culture today is against the teachings of God. They are for “their own good works” judged only by their standards and not the Lord’s standards which are Holy and perfect. They have an illusion of their own self-righteousness that God does not honor! Our works/behavior/beliefs should come as a response to what Christ has done. “ We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (Eph 2:10) Not from our righteousness which are condemned as nothing more than “filthy rags”( Isaiah 64:6). Did you know that in God’s mercy, grace and wisdom God allows the righteous and the wicked to learn alongside one another until the “harvest”? That is why you will have true believers and false believers sitting side by side in the House of God. Only God will know the real from the fake. The same people who will not tolerate the saints sharing the six truths mentioned earlier are in the church house living ungodly lifestyles. In the parable of the “wheat and tares” found in the Book of Matt. Chap. 13:24-30 “the servants wanted to gather up the tares(sons of evil)but God said , “let both grow together until the harvest and at that time I will say to the reapers First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” Saints, the Pastors cannot purge the church, we cannot purge the church; but what all of us can be/do is to show our love and be a follower of the Truth. No gospel presentation is complete if it avoids or conceals the fact that God hates sin and will punish unrepentant sinners with eternal torment. Therefore, when we are ministering with love and gentleness, please do not forget tell THE TRUTH regarding the Gospel and Salvation.
With the Love of Christ
First Lady Vivian C. Currie
Pastor ALC