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\u201cCan that faith save him?\u201d (James 2:14) James asks a revealing question. Good questions have a remarkable way leading to good answers. James was defining the difference between true faith and false faith. \u201cThat faith\u201d is only so-called faith, because it was void of motivation for good works. True faith, includes within itself, the motive that guarantees good works. According to James, two things were being called faith, but only one was the real deal.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jesus little brother Jude, had to deal with similar controversy. Jude observed a group of so-called grace preachers who loooved a false version of grace. These men were propagating a false grace as if it was the real thing! Much of what they said sounded right, which made it difficult to pinpoint what was off. One word, \u201cGrace\u201d, but two versions. Jude took the time to listen, observe, and respond.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jude saw what other believers missed. Just because someone uses the word \u201cgrace\u201d doesn’t mean they are preaching the real thing. He is going see-through \u201cThat grace.\u201d He observed men who had the audaciously inverted grace it into the means of sinful self-gratification! They \u201cPervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.\u201d (Jude 4)<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0So-called grace preachers are still around today. They say just enough things that are good and true to suck Christians in by the thousands. Many of these \u201cgrace\u201d preachers aren’t using grace as a means for sensuality, but there is something still very off. I want to help you distinguish between true and false grace preaching but looking at one central component.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0False grace preaching really wants you to know \u201cWHO YOU ARE in christ.\u201d This one line and emphasis is so important in our day. When someone preaches this version of grace the focal point of the teaching is about WHO YOU ARE! I have heard it so many times \u201cYou just need to know WHO YOU ARE in christ.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0That grace is no grace at all. There are some preachers who have the audacity to invert the grace of God into the means of discovering self-greatness. \u201cGod saw what no one else sees! Your greatness! So he sent Jesus to come and get you!\u201d That is not grace!<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0For those who know true grace, there is more excitement about being \u201cIn Christ\u201d than there is about \u201cwho we are.\u201d Real grace leads people to discovery after discovery of the glories of Christ! Real grace makes us so grateful to God for loving sinners. Real grace directs awe away from ourselves and onto Christ! Real grace leads us to give glory to God alone!<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This one simple example will help you differentiate between true grace and so-called grace. A grace that turns inward is no grace at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cCan that faith save him?\u201d (James 2:14) James asks a revealing question. Good questions have a remarkable way leading to good answers. James was defining the difference between true faith and false faith. \u201cThat faith\u201d is only so-called faith, because it was void of motivation for good works. True faith, includes within itself, the motive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":1428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}