|
|
I am a retired pastor of
the Church of God (Tennessee). My name is Isaac Livingston. I am from Neyyoor India. |
|
Email: Pastor True Gospel
We studied the last Romans 12:1&2. It was about New Heavens. The principle in that study is to seek the kingdom of God. Jesus Christ says in "Matthew 6:31-33, 31 ... take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." But our preachers do just the opposite. They preach, pray, and seek the things of the world, and take the things of heaven for granted. Godly people seek preach, pray, and seek for the things of the kingdom of God, and take the things of the world for granted. You have to work to eat, but that is not a thing to seek God for. But seek God for the things of heaven. False preachers, who are of religion, do not want to do it, but want to please the religious society of the world. So, they bypass heaven in a crooked way, by preaching heaven in five minutes and quickly get it out of the way and seek the more important things for them like prosperity, doing miracles, healing, positive thinking, having faith, and such things. In short, they seek the worldly things and brush aside the heavenly things. Let us see how they brush it aside the message of the kingdom of God in five minutes. The method is called "Romans Road to heaven." Here I like to rebuttal their deceiving doctrine. Let us look into it.
If video stops, you may watch this video by a click on this link
: You-tube video.Let us rebuttal the false doctrine of the Romans Road. They begin their doctrine with Romans 3:10&23: "10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Preachers quote these two verses and claim that no one is righteous in this world and Christians accept it as true. But when we study any verse from scripture, we must study that with its context and the intent that God has in the verse. Let us see the context from verse 1. "Romans 3:1-4. 1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God." So it is about the Jews, who received and are committed to the law of God. So, it does not refer to the entire world, but only to Jews, further it is only to the scribes to whom the oracles were given. "3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?" So, even among them, it refers only to those who did not believe the law, even though they serve as scribes. They are as our pastors, who do not believe the bible or God, but serve churches for easy money. In the context, it applies only to such scribes or pastors. "4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written," Here 'every man is a liar', refers to these pastors only, but not to anyone else. But they call all are liars and unrighteous, which include you and me. It is deception on purpose. From verse 9, it includes unrighteous Gentiles also, who are same as the unbelieving pastors, who do not even have good conscience. But these ungodly lying preachers, fully knowing that God is converting many people for him in this world, call them also as all are sinners.
I like to give one more proof to show how they twist scriptures. They quote
verse 10 to say that not even one person is righteous, which includes you
and me. Really! let us look at the scripture. Romans 3:"10 As it is written, There is none
righteous, no, not one:" Let us see who they are, and make sure
whether you are in it or not. I tell you that I am not in it. Let us look at
who they are. "11
There is none that understandeth, there is none
that seeketh after God. 12
They are all gone out of the way, they are
together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13 Their throat is an open sepulchre;
with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under
their lips: 14
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16 Destruction and misery are in their
ways: 17
And the way of peace have they not known: 18
There is no fear of God before their
eyes." In the context, verse 10 gives the description of filthy
criminals, but not that of an average Christian. So, by pulling you in the
group of "none righteous, no, not one:,"
the next step they will take is give you a false salvation from the devil,
to drag you to hell with them. Do not fall for their trap. If you fall, they will lead you straight to hell
with them, and you will end up in the lake of fire with them.
Please note that God has set up such verses, for preachers such as whitewashed sepulchers, wolves in lamb skin, and to those with evil intent, so that they may stumble and fall. In turn, they use these verses to trap you and to deceive you. But only those who will be caught are the dishonest ungodly believers. Now let us see the verse. "Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." They divide this verse in two sentences. First is: "For the wages of sin is death;" They agree with this 100% as true, then their trap is that they include you also as a sinner with them and say that you will also be cast into hell. But please watch, with subtle deception they will void this portion of this verse right before your eyes. Please watch how they do it. Now they quote the next portion of the verse. "but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." The "but" will neutralize the previous portion. They will cunningly tell you to never mind the previous portion of the verse, since God will give you "eternal life" to you as "the gift of God". So the previous portion is null and void, and instead of going to hell, you will be going to heaven as a reward for living in sin. How ridiculous that is! They make God as bias, you as a sinner, and the whole salvation process as hum buck; and say that it is "through Jesus Christ our Lord." Now you will be shocked and wonder that Jesus Christ gives the sinning people eternal life instead of hell. It seems that they have succeeded, convinced and fooled you! Will Jesus Christ do it, No! Then what is it? It is planned by God for them and their people to fall. If you are rooted in the word of God, you will not fall and you will not be their victim. Look at the verses in its context.
"Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." These verses are easily understandable. The verses say that unrepented and unconverted sinners will eternally die, but the people in the verse are converted, and they are proof for righteous servants of God, which are against or opposite to the doctrine of Romans Road. They obeyed the commands of Jesus Christ and stands as proof that we also can obey his commands and can be made free from sin. That is we can become holy and righteous. And eternal life will be reserved and will be waiting for us. God will give us eternal life, which is the inheritance in the kingdom of God in heaven. And the second portion of verse 23, "but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord," is the summary of the verses from 16 to 22. And eternal life is given to them as gift by God. Why is it a gift? Because nobody can buy them or work for them. But God gives his gift to his dear children, servants, Sons, and to the Bride of Christ. So become one of them, then you will receive eternal life as a gift. At least become a child of God, which is a lot easier that remaining as a rebel sinner. So first, escape deception. Then you will be on the way.
Romans 10:9, "That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." They say that we already believe in the resurrection of Jesus, so now just say that Jesus is Lord, and then we will be saved, which means that we will escape hell. They quote verse 13 also, "for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." They also say that Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins and redeemed us from eternal death. Salvation, the forgiveness of sins, is available to anyone who will trust that Jesus Christ will save them. So, according to them, if we call Jesus Christ and tell him that he is our Lord and Savior, we will be saved; it is all ceremonial, and they do not require any change in life. This is their argument and rest their case. So, the matter is settled for them, and they will be in heaven.
Let us reopen the case and hear the truth. Verse 9
says to confess. Confessing is saying what is true.
So, if we confess that resurrected Jesus Christ is our Lord, we have accepted
that he is our master, and if so, we will be obeying his commands. But they
will never say that they obey Jesus Christ. But they
say
that Jesus died on their behalf. The bible does not say that, but they
make it up. But
Christians accept this lie as truth. They reinforce it saying that
his death is the payment for our sins. Again the bible does not say this; yet Christians accept it as the truth. So, it is not
just preachers deceive, but Christians also eagerly waiting for the
devil to deceive them. So, they are in the pool of deception together.
If we accept Jesus Christ is our Lord,
we must obey his commands. Christians do not
accept this. So, preachers as well as Christians are fake.
Then the grand finale ending of the Romans Road salvation is this. They
politely ask: "Would you like
to follow the Romans Road to salvation? If so, here is a simple prayer you
can pray to God." Let me quote their prayer; it is: "God, I
know that I have sinned against you and am deserving the punishment. But
Jesus Christ took the punishment that I deserve so that through faith in
Him I could be forgiven. With your help, I place my trust in You for
salvation. Thank You for Your wonderful grace and forgiveness - the gift
of eternal life! Amen!" This is their prayer. But it is a lie that Jesus took
your
punishment. Have any of you, by accident, pray this prayer? If you have
prayed, you must repent for this, since it is a lie.
Please write to me
in the 'Mail
Box'
below.
![]()
![]()
![]()

Matthew 28:20, & Mark 16:15. Jesus Christ preached his commandments to obey, as his
Gospel; it is the true Gospel to inherit Eternal life. Genesis 3:1-4 & 2 Corinth 11:2-4. But Preachers, who are Serpents of Satan, preach the life of man Jesus just to believe, but not to live as a chaste virgin, as the gospel; it is another gospel, which cannot and will not give Eternal life.The true gospel will convert evil people to do good and thereby they will inherit the kingdom in heaven.
John 3:19-21 say that people are two kinds, evil and true. Evil doers will not come to the Light, who is God; but people of truth come to God for their deeds to be made manifest. We have good and evil people by our standard of our society or culture. These evil people may be converted to be doers of truth by the power of God, and they may inherit the kingdom of God in heaven.
![]() |

![]() |
Email: Pastor True Gospel
![]() |
![]()