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The Daily Word of Righteousness
An Examination of Current Teaching, #6
Why do you call me, "Lord, Lord," and do not do what I say? I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. (Luke 6:46-48)
God does not require that we keep the commandments of Christ and His Apostles; the purpose of the commandments found in the New Testament is to show us we are unrighteous and must be saved by grace (forgiveness).
If it were true that the purpose of the commandments found in the New Testament is to show us we are unrighteous and must be saved by grace (forgiveness), then what is the Lord speaking of in the above passage?
The Lord says clearly that we are not to call Him "Lord, Lord" and then not do what He commands. Yet, this is what is taught today. We are to believe in Jesus and call Him Lord. But He does not expect us to do what He taught.
But the Lord does not approve of this interpretation. He states that the person who built on the rock is the one who put His Words into practice, not the one who realized he was unrighteous, called Jesus "Lord," and went on his way without practicing the teachings of the Lord.
How frustrating to the Lord must be the current proclamation of "faith alone"!
God is our Father. What if our earthly father told us, when we were five years old, to fix the carburetor of the car. When we discovered we could not do this, he said, " I knew you couldn't fix the carburetor, I just wanted you to understand how much you needed me."
And then he said, "You never have to do anything I tell you. I just want you to know how impossible it is to obey me so you will always look to me for mercy."
Wouldn't that be a marvelous relationship to have with our father?
We then could go out and wreck the car and we would say to our father, "I know I shouldn't have done that, but you know me. I am unable to do what you want. I am trusting in your mercy."
This gives us some idea of the fallacy of the current Christian teaching.
Are we in fact to ignore the commandments given by the Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles and not keep them, when He stands ready to gives us the wisdom and strength so we can obey Him?
Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. (Deuteronomy 8:2 NIV)
If you love me, you will obey what I command. (John 14:15)
Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him. (John 14:21)
If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. (John 15:10)
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God's commands is what counts. (I Corinthians 7:19)
If anybody thinks he is a prophet or spiritually gifted, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command. (I Corinthians 14:37)
To be continued.