You shall not sow your vineyard with different seeds – Deu 22:9
On Thursday, 31st August 2017, Christianity Today
magazine published a “Pew Research” article that showed that, 500 years after
Martin Luther’s Reformation, many Protestants have strayed far from the pivotal
doctrine that defined their identity. Which is “Sola Fide” (justification
is through faith alone), and “Sola Scriptura” (Scripture is the only
ultimate authority for Christian belief and practice and does not need
oversight from church leaders or tradition to be read and understood).
Shockingly, the research showed that 52% of American Protestants polled say
that both Good Deeds and Faith in God are needed to get into heaven! But also
quite revealing is the fact that the same number of persons that believed Good
deeds are required for salvation also say the Bible is NOT the only authority
for Christian belief.
This little trivia makes us know that the farther we go from scriptures
and start delving into human traditions and sense logic, the higher the
tendency for us to corrupt the undiluted doctrine of the Gospel.
The Bible never says salvation is through Faith and Works, the
Bible says “The just shall live by faith” (Rom 1:17). We are saved by
grace through FAITH” (Eph 2:8); and Rom 11:6 tells us that “if by grace,
then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of
works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.”
The mixed Gospel message – one that says we’re saved by faith, but
afterwards our right-standing with God is maintained by works – is a
reversion back to the works-based theology of the Dark Ages and stifles
fruitful living.
It’s also, as the Pew Research seems to indicate, evidence of biblical
ignorance among Believers who are then forced to resort to logic and tradition
instead. What the Church needs to get back to righteousness, is not more dogma
and church doctrine, but more emphasis on scripture and the simplicity that is
in the Christian Gospel message. (2Co 11:3).
AMEN.
More Blessings await you today; you’ll not
miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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