The gospel of grace has been greatly perverted in so many different ways. There are those who think that the righteousness of Christ is going to cover their unconfessed and unforsaken sins. They believe that Jesus has saved them and that when they go to heaven, He will change their character. Such a deception. On the other hand, there are many who believe they must obey God's commands while living on this earth in order to enter heaven. It is true that we must first become saints here before we shall be saints in heaven. Then where is the great deception with this "conservative" group? They fail to understand that it is Christ's righteousness that we need, not our own. For our own righteousness is as filthy rags. Unless we die to self and allow Christ to empower us through His Spirit, we are none of His and all of our good works are really selfishness.
When we disobey God, when we do that which we know is wrong, then it is sin and it reveals we are separated from God. In His mercy, He extends our period of probation that we might choose to let Him rule the life. The day will soon come when there will be no more opportunity to choose, for we will have made the final choice and our characters will be fixed. It is very sad there are so many false teachers leading so many away from the truth of the power of God's grace to transform the character. They use much truth to deceive that if it were possible they would deceive the very elect, but they cannot. For the very elect are looking to God, not to the broken cisterns of man.
We are witnessing today the results of the false teachers. One day, if they do not turn and repent, they shall better understand when it is too late what they have done to themselves, their families, and the church. The gospel message is very simple. Beware of those who come bearing the Greek and the Hebrew in an effort to explain it. The simple truth is found in the Words and life of Christ. His teaching was simple, so simple a child could understand. The day is soon coming when we shall be surrounded by danger, danger that we can see. Not that we are not surrounded by Satan today. It is a spiritual battle and He has his snares set all around us. But, I am speaking of the dangers that are visible, the dangers the Bible speaks of in these last days. All around us we see one disaster after another. And, it is getting worse. God has revealed to us the future and as long as we abide in Jesus, we shall make it through to the end.
Let us press together as that day approaches. By God's grace, today, we can be clothed in the wedding garment, the righteousness of Christ. Don't put it off until probation closes. Then it will be too late.