The form of godliness

2Tim 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
 7  Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

A form of godliness is a semblance or likeness of godliness, but where it differs from true godliness is its lack of the power of godliness.

One of the major characteristics of such people is that they shall be lovers of themselves.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

It is a form of godliness that pervades the whole of Christianity today. It is entrenched in the culture of "fulfilling your dreams"; " following your passion"; " adding value to yourself"; and so on.

These are the modern day doctrines of the Church and they have nothing to do with the cross of Christ; rather those who follow these teachings have made themselves enemies of the cross of Christ.

Phillipians 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

You must understand that the above verse is talking about BRETHREN who are enemies of the cross of Christ.

19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

All they think about is success and greatness in earthly things, their belly - what to eat, drink, where to live, etc.

These things have become their god, for when Paul talks about their belly being their god he is no doubt referring to not merely eating and eating; but he is referring to the incessant feeding of the flesh and the satisfying of all its desires.

In this way, their flesh is their god BECAUSE they mind earthly things.

You cannot mind both earthly and heavenly things simultaneously, for one is always the dominant one.

Paul wept over them because they were BRETHREN. Even so we have brethren today who have become ensnared by the lust for greatness; the desire for worldly success; they have become "motivated" to get these things by "teachings' that excite them.

" Money is good. Who does not want money raise your hand and let me pray for you "; with this and other seemingly harmless, innocent and innocuous quotes a congregation is disarmed, rendered powerless to resist, and put to sleep.

Beware of " harmless", "innocent", teachings that tend to make you laugh, get excited (motivated); or divert your attention from the saving of your soul; for even as your spirit has been saved, so also must your soul; and then will come the salvation of the body when the Lord returns for his own; those who have crucified the lusts and the affections of the flesh.

But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Hebrews 10:39

Brethren, not all " spiritual " teachings are SPIRITUAL!

Beware of New Age Christianity

It is not some new doctrinal approach to Christianity, neither is it repackaged Christianity. It is simply a watering down of the doctrines and teachings of the Bible so that the things pertaining to Salvation are no longer taught or emphasized and the things of this world are instead highlighted.

It is an unequal yoking of the Church with the world so that worldly things now find a lawful place in the church that has over the years grown to be the accepted and perfectly normal pattern of the Christian life.

There are several pointers to this false gospel, for there is another gospel that is false as Paul rightly pointed out to the Galatians.

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Gal 1:8.

In Paul's day, the 'other gospel' was justification through the law - Gal chapter 3.

Today the other false gospel is a hybrid gospel of the good and the godly; the seemingly innocent things and righteousness.

There is a blurring of the lines between righteousness and unrighteousness such that people cannot tell that which is clean from that which is unclean. They can no longer discern iniquity.

2John 2:12I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 



13I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that isfrom the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

 14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

We only know God the Father the Forgiver of sins and have never progressed beyond that point to distinguish between the goodness and severity of the Lord.

We have not yet become young men because the word of God does not yet abide in most. They are still being tossed around by every wind of doctrine.
 Don't you see and understand that for as long as pastors and overseers remain your "spiritual daddies" you can never grow into young men for they will always consider you to be children, as you too will always consider yourself. Ever learning but never coming to the knowledge of the truth.

They wish you to remain children under their "covering" or the covering of the local church.

All these things are new age Christian teachings that you can never find in the Bible!

From time to time they will say things like that repeatedly until you begin to believe it is biblical but you have only been ensnared, bewitched!

They believe only in a good God who will never allow them to endure suffering. They have not been taught that we must enter the kingdom through much tribulation. They are not aware that it is only the trial of our faith that must come out shining like gold. They are still as little children exercising their faith for trinkets, baubles, positions and things that have nothing to do with salvation.

They are stuck in a materialistic gospel that only pays lip service to the true gospel.

We have forgotten that the race we run is not about good and evil but about life and death; not about what we are doing but about what we are becoming.

We emphasize doing over growing and then confuse ourselves into thinking that by doing we are growing.

We think that by routine religious prayer and praise (like the Pharisees of Matt 15); we are effectively growing, yet all we are doing is reinforcing and reemphasizing in our minds, that which we have been brainwashed with over several decades.

We praise God in song and dance ostensibly to receive some blessing, we pay tithes for the sole purpose of receiving blessings poured out from the windows of heaven. Even our prayers are geared towards receiving something from God.

It is no wonder that though we perhaps have the highest number of local churches in Africa today, yet the state of the nation is worse than most other African nations.

Righteousness has not exalted our nation, not because our leaders are corrupt, not because there are too many ungodly people; but because the Church for whose sake righteousness would have exalted us is herself UNRIGHTEOUS!

She has descended into such worldliness and carnality that she can no longer tell the difference between righteousness and unrighteousness, life or death.

Today we see many "teachers" on Facebook advocating an "anything goes policy in marriage" to the extent of actually being supportive of oral sex!

Today Christians dance the Makossa dance in Church gleefully, deceiving themselves that they are praising God, not knowing how far from God their hearts have fallen!

Musicians play in nightclubs and parties on Saturdays and play in church on Sundays and still the chorus answer we keep getting is that "there is nothing wrong in..."

David offered up the meditation of his heart along with the words of his mouth. That meant that the continual meditation of his heart on a DAILY BASIS had to tally with the words of his mouth on a daily basis. He was offering these two things on a daily basis as his praise and worship.

Today we have to "be in the mood of prayer or worship" on Sundays before this can happen. No, we are supposed to present our bodies our habitual thought patterns and the words we speak daily from the abundance of our hearts to him as a living sacrifice daily, not when we are in the mood of prayer or worship!

Aren't our hearts far from him already?


Beware of New Age Christianity!