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Bible Terms and PhrasesUsed In Unbiblical Ways

1 Peter 4:11 (NKJV) If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God.Bible Terms and Phrases Used In Unbiblical Ways

Bible Terms and Phrases Used In Unbiblical WaysSpeaking AS the oracles of God requires more than merely quoting a passage (1 Pet 4:11; Neh. 8:8; Eph 4:17; 2 Tim 2:15)

Bible Terms and Phrases Used In Unbiblical WaysMany say - The Bible says what it means and means what it says! Actually, the Bible means what it means.Must account for figurative and accommodative language (idioms, apocalyptic, parables . . . )The importance of context (immediate and remote / who is speaking & who is being spoken to)Properly defining terms (what did the Hebrew and Greek terms mean when they were penned?)Must include EVERYTHING the Bible says about a particular subjectBible Terms and Phrases Used In Unbiblical WaysEvery Professed Christian Who Is A False Teacher Uses The Bible! Historically, Gods words have been twisted to propagate error and promote lawlessness.

Bible Terms and Phrases Used In Unbiblical WaysPs 56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. Jer 23:36 . . . for ye have perverted the words of the living God . . . Mt 15:6 . . . Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

Bible Terms and Phrases Used In Unbiblical WaysMt 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Galatians 1:7 . . . there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 2 Peter 3:16 - . . . which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

A DIFFERENT GOSPELGalatians 1:6By: Charles SwindollIt is a "different gospel" that says, "salvation is not by faith alone it requires works. Human achievement must accompany sincere faith before you can be certain of your salvation". We continue to hear that "different gospel" to this day and it is a lie. A theology that rests its salvation on one ounce of human performance is not good news; it is bad information. It is heresy.A salvation that begins with God's love reaching down to lost humanity and is carried out by Christ's death and resurrection results in all the praise going to God. But a salvation that includes human achievement, hard work, personal effort, even religious deeds distorts the good news because man gets the glory, not God. The problem is, it appeals to the flesh. Paul's twice-repeated reaction to the one who introduced that doctrinal heresy is "Let him be accursed!" The original word isanathema! It is the strongest single Greek term for condemnation.Nevertheless, the heresy goes on. Most every cult you could name is a cult of salvation by works. It appeals to the flesh. It tells you, if you will stand so long on a street corner, if you will distribute so much literature, if you will sacrifice so much of life, if you will be baptized, if you will contribute your money, if you will pray or attend numerous meetings, then your good works and hard effort will cause God to smile on you. Ultimately when the good is weighed against the bad on the Day of Judgement, you will finally earn His favor. The result in that, I say again, is man's glory, because you added to your salvation.Grace says you have nothing to give, nothing to earn, nothing to pay. You couldn't if you tried! Salvation is a free gift. You simply lay hold of what Christ has provided. Period. And yet the heretical doctrine of works goes on all around the world and always will. It is effective because the pride of men and women is so strong. We simply have to do something in order to feel right about it. It just doesn't make good humanistic sense to get something valuable for nothing.Please allow me to be absolutely straight with you: Stop tolerating the heretical gospel of works! It is legalism. Wake up to the fact that it will put you into a bondage syndrome that won't end. The true gospel of grace, however, will set you free. Free forever.From:The Grace Awakening

7Bible Terms and Phrases Used In Unbiblical WaysEvery Professed Christian Who Is A False Teacher Uses The Bible! The terms Grace, Faith, & Works are words that have been twisted and perverted for 2,000 years . . . Jude 1:3,4; Romans 6:1,2; James 2:14-26

Grace / Faith / & Works Bible Terms and Phrases Used In Unbiblical WaysCommon FALSE Concepts of . . . Nullifies any necessary act of obedience on our part.A miraculous gift, merely mental consent, excludes any act of obedience on mans part.Any thing one does. Makes grace void. Heresy when made necessary for salvationSaved by GRACE alone . . .Grace says you have nothing to give, nothing to earn, nothing to pay.Grace is irresistible for the elect and out of the reach of the non-elect . . . GraceThe Term Grace

Common FALSE Concepts of . . . A DIFFERENT GOSPELGalatians 1:6By: Charles SwindollIt is a "different gospel" that says, "salvation is not by faith alone it requires works. Human achievement must accompany sincere faith before you can be certain of your salvation". We continue to hear that "different gospel" to this day and it is a lie. A theology that rests its salvation on one ounce of human performance is not good news; it is bad information. It is heresy.A salvation that begins with God's love reaching down to lost humanity and is carried out by Christ's death and resurrection results in all the praise going to God. But a salvation that includes human achievement, hard work, personal effort, even religious deeds distorts the good news because man gets the glory, not God. The problem is, it appeals to the flesh. Paul's twice-repeated reaction to the one who introduced that doctrinal heresy is "Let him be accursed!" The original word isanathema! It is the strongest single Greek term for condemnation.Nevertheless, the heresy goes on. Most every cult you could name is a cult of salvation by works. It appeals to the flesh. It tells you, if you will stand so long on a street corner, if you will distribute so much literature, if you will sacrifice so much of life, if you will be baptized, if you will contribute your money, if you will pray or attend numerous meetings, then your good works and hard effort will cause God to smile on you. Ultimately when the good is weighed against the bad on the Day of Judgement, you will finally earn His favor. The result in that, I say again, is man's glory, because you added to your salvation.Grace says you have nothing to give, nothing to earn, nothing to pay. You couldn't if you tried! Salvation is a free gift. You simply lay hold of what Christ has provided. Period. And yet the heretical doctrine of works goes on all around the world and always will. It is effective because the pride of men and women is so strong. We simply have to do something in order to feel right about it. It just doesn't make good humanistic sense to get something valuable for nothing.Please allow me to be absolutely straight with you: Stop tolerating the heretical gospel of works! It is legalism. Wake up to the fact that it will put you into a bondage syndrome that won't end. The true gospel of grace, however, will set you free. Free forever.From:The Grace Awakening

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London Confession (1689) Chapter 10Those whom God hath predestinated unto life, he is pleased in his appointed, and accepted time, effectually to call, by his Word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ; enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God; taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto them a heart of flesh; renewing their wills, and by his almighty power determining them to that which is good, and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ; yet so as they come most freely, being made willing by his grace. The Term GraceA DIFFERENT GOSPELGalatians 1:6By: Charles SwindollIt is a "different gospel" that says, "salvation is not by faith alone it requires works. Human achievement must accompany sincere faith before you can be certain of your salvation". We continue to hear that "different gospel" to this day and it is a lie. A theology that rests its salvation on one ounce of human performance is not good news; it is bad information. It is heresy.A salvation that begins with God's love reaching down to lost humanity and is carried out by Christ's death and resurrection results in all the praise going to God. But a salvation that includes human achievement, hard work, personal effort, even religious deeds distorts the good news because man gets the glory, not God. The problem is, it appeals to the flesh. Paul's twice-repeated reaction to the one who introduced that doctrinal heresy is "Let him be accursed!" The original word isanathema! It is the strongest single Greek term for condemnation.Nevertheless, the heresy goes on. Most every cult you could name is a cult of salvation by works. It appeals to the flesh. It tells you, if you will stand so long on a street corner, if you will distribute so much literature, if you will sacrifice so much of life, if you will be baptized, if you will contribute your money, if you will pray or attend numerous meetings, then your good works and hard effort will cause God to smile on you. Ultimately when the good is weighed against the bad on the Day of Judgement, you will finally earn His favor. The result in that, I say again, is man's glory, because you added to your salvation.Grace says you have nothing to give, nothing to earn, nothing to pay. You couldn't if you tried! Salvation is a free gift. You simply lay hold of what Christ has provided. Period. And yet the heretical doctrine of works goes on all around the world and always will. It is effective because the pride of men and women is so strong. We simply have to do something in order to feel right about it. It just doesn't make good humanistic sense to get something valuable for nothing.Please allow me to be absolutely straight with you: Stop tolerating the heretical gospel of works! It is legalism. Wake up to the fact that it will put you into a bondage syndrome that won't end. The true gospel of grace, however, will set you free. Free forever.From:The Grace Awakening

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London Confession (1689) Chapter 10This effectual call is of God's free and special grace alone, not from anything at all foreseen in man, nor from any power or agency in the creature, being wholly passive therein, being dead in sins and trespasses, until being quickened and renewed by the Holy Spirit; he is thereby enabled to answer this call, and to embrace the grace offered and conveyed in it, and that by no less power than that which raised up Christ from the dead. The Term GraceA DIFFERENT GOSPELGalatians 1:6By: Charles SwindollIt is a "different gospel" that says, "salvation is not by faith alone it requires works. Human achievement must accompany sincere faith before you can be certain of your salvation". We continue to hear that "different gospel" to this day and it is a lie. A theology that rests its salvation on one ounce of human performance is not good news; it is bad information. It is heresy.A salvation that begins with God's love reaching down to lost humanity and is carried out by Christ's death and resurrection results in all the praise going to God. But a salvation that includes human achievement, hard work, personal effort, even religious deeds distorts the good news because man gets the glory, not God. The problem is, it appeals to the flesh. Paul's twice-repeated reaction to the one who introduced that doctrinal heresy is "Let him be accursed!" The original word isanathema! It is the strongest single Greek term for condemnation.Nevertheless, the heresy goes on. Most every cult you could name is a cult of salvation by works. It appeals to the flesh. It tells you, if you will stand so long on a street corner, if you will distribute so much literature, if you will sacrifice so much of life, if you will be baptized, if you will contribute your money, if you will pray or attend numerous meetings, then your good works and hard effort will cause God to smile on you. Ultimately when the good is weighed against the bad on the Day of Judgement, you will finally earn His favor. The result in that, I say again, is man's glory, because you added to your salvation.Grace says you have nothing to give, nothing to earn, nothing to pay. You couldn't if you tried! Salvation is a free gift. You simply lay hold of what Christ has provided. Period. And yet the heretical doctrine of works goes on all around the world and always will. It is effective because the pride of men and women is so strong. We simply have to do something in order to feel right about it. It just doesn't make good humanistic sense to get something valuable for nothing.Please allow me to be absolutely straight with you: Stop tolerating the heretical gospel of works! It is legalism. Wake up to the fact that it will put you into a bondage syndrome that won't end. The true gospel of grace, however, will set you free. Free forever.From:The Grace Awakening

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Grace says you have nothing to give, nothing to earn, nothing to pay. You couldn't if you tried! Salvation is a free gift. You simply lay hold of what Christ has provided. Period. And yet the heretical doctrine of works goes on all around the world and always will. It is effective because the pride of men and women is so strong. We simply have to do something in order to feel right about it. It just doesn't make good humanistic sense to get something valuable for nothing.A DIFFERENT GOSPELGalatians 1:6By: Charles SwindollThe Term GraceTrue: Cant merit favor with God Luke 17:10Parables of pearl & treasure Mat 13:44-46What about giving our love? Mark 12:29-31What about our bodies? Rom 12:1-2What about our lives? Luke 9:23; 18:22A DIFFERENT GOSPELGalatians 1:6By: Charles SwindollIt is a "different gospel" that says, "salvation is not by faith alone it requires works. Human achievement must accompany sincere faith before you can be certain of your salvation". We continue to hear that "different gospel" to this day and it is a lie. A theology that rests its salvation on one ounce of human performance is not good news; it is bad information. It is heresy.A salvation that begins with God's love reaching down to lost humanity and is carried out by Christ's death and resurrection results in all the praise going to God. But a salvation that includes human achievement, hard work, personal effort, even religious deeds distorts the good news because man gets the glory, not God. The problem is, it appeals to the flesh. Paul's twice-repeated reaction to the one who introduced that doctrinal heresy is "Let him be accursed!" The original word isanathema! It is the strongest single Greek term for condemnation.Nevertheless, the heresy goes on. Most every cult you could name is a cult of salvation by works. It appeals to the flesh. It tells you, if you will stand so long on a street corner, if you will distribute so much literature, if you will sacrifice so much of life, if you will be baptized, if you will contribute your money, if you will pray or attend numerous meetings, then your good works and hard effort will cause God to smile on you. Ultimately when the good is weighed against the bad on the Day of Judgement, you will finally earn His favor. The result in that, I say again, is man's glory, because you added to your salvation.Grace says you have nothing to give, nothing to earn, nothing to pay. You couldn't if you tried! Salvation is a free gift. You simply lay hold of what Christ has provided. Period. And yet the heretical doctrine of works goes on all around the world and always will. It is effective because the pride of men and women is so strong. We simply have to do something in order to feel right about it. It just doesn't make good humanistic sense to get something valuable for nothing.Please allow me to be absolutely straight with you: Stop tolerating the heretical gospel of works! It is legalism. Wake up to the fact that it will put you into a bondage syndrome that won't end. The true gospel of grace, however, will set you free. Free forever.From:The Grace Awakening

13Grace - , charis - Usage Notes: has various uses, (a) objective, that which bestows or occasions pleasure, delight, or causes favorable regard; it is applied, e.g., to beauty, or gracefulness of person, Luke 2:40; act, 2 Cor. 8:6, or speech, Luke 4:22, RV, "words of grace" (AV, "gracious words"); Col. 4:6; (b) subjective, (1) on the part of the bestower, the friendly disposition from which the kindly act proceeds, graciousness, loving-kindness, goodwill generally, e.g., Acts 7:10; The Term Grace

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament WordsGrace - , charis - . . . especially with reference to the Divine favor or "grace," e.g., Acts 14:26; in this respect there is stress on its freeness and universality, its spontaneous character, as in the case of God's redemptive mercy, and the pleasure or joy He designs for the recipient; thus it is set in contrast with debt, Rom. 4:4, 16, with works, Rom. 11:6, and with law, John 1:17; see also, e.g., Rom. 6:14, 15; Gal. 5:4;The Term Grace

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Romans 11:6 (NKJV) 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. The Gospel is NOT a system based on MERIT but forgiveness through Jesus Christ when we by faith obey Him Salvation is either merited or it is unmerited It cant be both!Forgiveness is unmerited through Jesus Christ when we by faith obey Him Heb. 5:8.9; Act 2:38 The Term Grace

Unmerited Favor God Not Under Obligation to Man - Rom 4:4, 5; Mat 18:23-35Gods Love is unmerited! John 3:16; Rom 5:8; 1 John 4:9,10The means of salvation is unmerited! Mat 26:28; Rom 5:8-10; Heb. 2:9All spiritual blessings in Christ are unmerited Ep 1:3; Col. 1:19; 2:9; The Term Grace17Universally Extended Has appeared to all men Titus 2:11; Eph. 3:3-8; Col. 1:6; John 1:9; Heb. 2:9; 1 John 2:1,2; Gods will and desire is that all men be saved 1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 3:9; Ezekiel 18:20-32

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Brings Salvation We are saved by grace Tit 2:11; Rom. 3:24; 4:4; Eph. 1:7; 2:5-8; 2 Thes. 2:16; Tit. 3:5-7We lay hold of what Christ has provided by submitting to His terms, which He has by His grace revealed to us Eph. 2:8,9; Titus 2:11-13; 3:3-5The Term Grace1920

Ephesians 2:8-10 (NKJV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. The Term GraceGrace Does NOT Exclude Conditions!The Term GraceGrace Does NOT Exclude Conditions!For by grace (ti gar chariti). Explanatory reason. "By the grace" already mentioned in Ephes. 2:5 and so with the article.Through faith (dia pistes). This phrase he adds in repeating what he said in Ephes. 2:5 to make it plainer. "Grace" is God's part, "faith" ours.And that (kai touto). Neuter, not feminine taut, and so refers not to pistis (feminine) or to charis (feminine also), but to the act of being saved by grace conditioned on faith on our part. Paul shows that salvation does not have its source (ex humn, out of you) in men, but from God. Besides, it is God's gift (dron) and not the result of our work. Word Pictures in the New Testament(A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament, p. 525).22Salvation is a gift of God which no man deserves Rom 3:23Salvation is received through the means of our faith John 8:24; Heb 11:6Salvation not earned through our own merits Rom. 11:6No saved man can boast Rom. 4:2The Term GraceGrace Does NOT Exclude Conditions!For by grace (ti gar chariti). Explanatory reason. "By the grace" already mentioned in Ephes. 2:5 and so with the article.Through faith (dia pistes). This phrase he adds in repeating what he said in Ephes. 2:5 to make it plainer. "Grace" is God's part, "faith" ours.And that (kai touto). Neuter, not feminine taut, and so refers not to pistis (feminine) or to charis (feminine also), but to the act of being saved by grace conditioned on faith on our part. Paul shows that salvation does not have its source (ex humn, out of you) in men, but from God. Besides, it is God's gift (dron) and not the result of our work. Word Pictures in the New Testament(A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament, p. 525).

2223Noah saved by grace through faith Gen. 6:8; Heb 11:7Walls of Jericho fell by grace through faith Joshua 6:2,15,16,20; Heb 11:30Naaman healed by grace through faith 2 Kings 5:1-19; Lk 4:27Obedience by faith does not nullify Gods grace!The Term GraceGrace Does NOT Exclude Conditions!For by grace (ti gar chariti). Explanatory reason. "By the grace" already mentioned in Ephes. 2:5 and so with the article.Through faith (dia pistes). This phrase he adds in repeating what he said in Ephes. 2:5 to make it plainer. "Grace" is God's part, "faith" ours.And that (kai touto). Neuter, not feminine taut, and so refers not to pistis (feminine) or to charis (feminine also), but to the act of being saved by grace conditioned on faith on our part. Paul shows that salvation does not have its source (ex humn, out of you) in men, but from God. Besides, it is God's gift (dron) and not the result of our work. Word Pictures in the New Testament(A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament, p. 525).

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Brings Salvation The doctrine of grace has been abused Rom. 6:1,15; Jude 1:4Something we can receive and then lose Acts 13:43; Gal. 5:4; Heb. 10:29; 12:15The grace of God that brings salvation includes conditions Mark 16:15,16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; Gal. 2:20; Titus 2:11-14The Term Grace24The Term GraceThe Grace of God Teaches Us!Titus 2:11-15 (NKJV) 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. 15 Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you. God's Universal Kindness, Love & Mercy.26The ConditionsofSalvationThe Provision of SalvationThe Basis of SalvationThe Gracious Gift of Gods Son & The Gospel

Faith Repentance Confession Baptism - FaithfulnessThe Terms Faith & WorksNot Of Works!Not Of Works!Includes Works!You simply lay hold of what Christ has provided26Keys to Understanding the IssueCharts by Don McClainPrepared November 8-12, 2011Preached November 13, 2011West 65th Street church of ChristP.O. Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219501-568-1062

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