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What is New Life in Christ?

The truth that being part of a church and having all the right doctrine won't get you to Heaven is a Universal truth. I am making it clear that I am not attacking the church, for the church has the deposit of scripture and tradition that shows human beings the doctrines and message of the gospel. What I aim to do here is just confirm the teachings of the scriptures and hopefully the teaching of the church, as we now live in an age of relative truth within the church. Let me explain. Relativism has been part of our world for a very long time, and it is true that people are forgetting basic principles on how to live their lives according to the gospel and message of the bible. People are taking into their own hands their Salvation, instead of living in faith, which is the only way a person can be justified and saved. The reason why this is happening is because people have become lazy (I can't think of a better word) and have fallen into the routine of faith. There has been an overemphasis on works in Christianity in the evangelical world and in the Christian world in general, that people are actually believing that good works can merit their own salvation.

This happened because of humanistic doctrines and teachings within the Christian Church world wide, that the message of the gospel although still preached, is not being practised by professing Christians. The church has become a place where people are accepted unconditionally, which should be the case, but the seriousness of sin has been forgotten. The purpose of the church is to be a preservative in the world, and God uses the Holy Spirit in the church and in the holy lives of His followers to be a witness through their lives. The church has been under great pressure over the past 10 years, (Just an estimate) that they have compromised with the world, something that the bible clearly teaches is wrong. To put the blame on individuals in the church is wrong, the problem is that the body of Christ is sinning just like the world, and the Holy Spirit is not retraining her.

In Hebrews the bible warns against such falling away, but the church has forgotten passages that warn about taking our salvation lightly. To posture relationship with God without the forgiveness of sins is wrong. Relationship should lead to a growing awareness of our own sins, and there are some good priests and preachers still out there who have not lost the reality of the holiness of God in their churches. I am not saying the church is failing to preach the gospel, what I am saying is that corporately the church is covering up their own sins, for the sake of saving face with the world and this is producing confusion in the world as to what the mission of the church of Jesus Christ really is.

Churches should have a mission statement and this statement should accurately reflect the mission of the gospel. I heard one ministry say that these statements aren't necessary for the church, but this statement is wrong. Part of getting the church back on track is restating why we exist. The world needs to know again, and we need to know again why we go to church on Sunday or Saturday. Redefining or putting it into our own minds again why we worship God, doesn't necessarily erase the pressure of conforming to the world, but it strengthens our resolve for holiness and holds us accountable to each other, when that has failed. Part of the church starting to heal itself is this precisely. Accountability has been lost, and done in the right spirit, will renew and resolve the things that the church is struggling with right now. This is Mike.
 

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