Be sober, be vigilant

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Be sober, be vigilant—for “your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” (1 Peter 5:8 KJV)

Wolves don’t always snarl; sometimes they quote Scripture out of context. The enemy’s oldest trick is twisting God’s Word just enough to shift trust from Christ’s finished work to human effort or ritual.

Let’s stay anchored in the gospel of grace: “By grace are ye saved through faith… not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV)
May we discern truth with humility, guard our hearts, and keep pointing others to Jesus alone.

Grace and peace in Christ.
 
Be sober, be vigilant—for “your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” (1 Peter 5:8 KJV)

Wolves don’t always snarl; sometimes they quote Scripture out of context. The enemy’s oldest trick is twisting God’s Word just enough to shift trust from Christ’s finished work to human effort or ritual.

Let’s stay anchored in the gospel of grace: “By grace are ye saved through faith… not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV)
May we discern truth with humility, guard our hearts, and keep pointing others to Jesus alone.

Grace and peace in Christ.

2 Timothy 3:5 (KJV):
“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”
 
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Wolves don’t always snarl; sometimes they quote Scripture out of context. The enemy’s oldest trick is twisting God’s Word just enough to shift trust from Christ’s finished work to human effort or ritual.

This is a false framing constantly used by those who seem allergic to spiritual obedience. By that I mean obeying the spirit rather than the flesh, which is absolutely essential to salvation..
 
This is a false framing constantly used by those who seem allergic to spiritual obedience. By that I mean obeying the spirit rather than the flesh, which is absolutely essential to salvation..
Obedience to the Spirit is absolutely essential — but it flows from salvation, not toward it.
Scripture makes that order clear:

“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:13)
“Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?” (Galatians 3:3)

The problem isn’t obedience itself — it’s where we place it in relation to grace.
True obedience is the fruit of being born again, not the root of how we get saved.
When trust shifts from Christ’s finished work to our performance, even subtly, the gospel gets distorted.


Salvation is by grace through faith; sanctification is where obedience grows.
Confusing the two is what Paul warned against throughout Galatians.

Salvation is not water baptisms... as in your contradiction below tossed to and fro,


Grace and peace in Christ.


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John 5 v 24 Whoever hears My word and believes Him Who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed he has crossed over from death to life.
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John 5 v 24-25 ~ Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life. Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. :)
 
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John 17 verses 2-3 ~ You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him. Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, Whom You have sent.:)
 
It flows from justification towards salvation

That’s a subtle but serious doctrinal shift — and it’s where he reveals he doesn’t grasp the difference between justification and salvation as Scripture defines them. He rarely supports his claims with Scripture, and when he does, the verses are usually taken out of context or misapplied.

That’s not what Scripture teaches.
Justification is the moment of salvation — not something that merely “flows toward” it.

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1)​
“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace.” (2 Timothy 1:9)​

Justification is God’s legal declaration that a believer is righteous in Christ.
Salvation is the full result of that — including justification, sanctification, and eventual glorification — but the entry point is justification by faith alone.

Obedience flows from that new life, not toward achieving it.
If obedience were a step “toward” salvation, then grace would no longer be grace (Romans 11:6).

“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.” (John 3:36)​
Not will have, but hath — present possession, not future potential.​

Grace and peace.
 
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1 John 5 verses 11-13 + John 6 verse 47 ~ This is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
 
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This is ridiculous. Grace and works of the spirit are perfectly compatible.
Yes they are compatible, but we have only to look at Ephesians 2 to see that good works follow belief and being saved:

“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.” (Eph 2:8-10 NKJV)
 
Another example of theological error from ChristRoseFromTheDead.

The statement below/screenshot contains a core theological error: it makes salvation contingent on a human act (baptism) rather than on faith in Christ’s finished work.

In short:
  • It adds a ritual to grace, turning the symbol of salvation into the means of salvation.
  • It reverses Paul’s order in Colossians 2:11–12, where spiritual circumcision is “without hands” and happens “through the faith of the operation of God,” not through baptism.
  • It confuses cause and sign — baptism is the outward sign of an inward change already accomplished by God’s Spirit.
In essence, it preaches faith + ritual = salvation, which Scripture consistently rejects (Ephesians 2:8–9; Romans 4:5; Galatians 2:16).


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This other one loves running around claiming there are two gospels...

This post is the textbook form of hyper-dispensational error — polished, confident, and laced with Greek and historical claims that sound scholarly but collapse under Scripture’s own testimony.

Here’s a breakdown of what’s wrong point-by-point, so you can clearly identify it.

1. Misuse of the Greek in Galatians 1:6

He cites heteron (“another of a different kind”) as if that makes Paul’s “other gospel” legitimate.
That’s false.
Paul immediately clarifies in verse 7:


“Which is not another (allo), but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.”
In other words, it’s different (heteron) precisely because it’s corrupt—a perversion, not a parallel gospel.
Greek lexicons agree on the nuance; context defines meaning, and Paul condemns it as accursed (vv. 8-9).

2. Inventing Two True Gospels

He claims Peter preached a valid “Kingdom Gospel” while Paul preached a separate “Grace Gospel.”
Scripture utterly denies that division:


  • **Acts 15:11 **—Peter: “We believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
  • **Ephesians 4:5 **—“One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
  • **1 Corinthians 15:1-4 **—Paul summarizes the gospel, not a gospel.

Distinct audiences and emphases, yes; different messages of salvation, no.

3. Misreading Peter’s Baptism Preaching

He says Peter’s “gospel evolved away” from baptism as salvific.
That’s not evolution—it’s clarification through revelation.
Acts 10 proves this: the Gentiles received the Holy Spirit before baptism (vv. 43-47).
Peter concludes, “Whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins.”
Faith first, baptism second—the exact same order Paul taught.


4. False Claim That the Twelve Never Taught Grace Apart from Law
  • Peter rejected Law-keeping for justification (Acts 15:10-11).
  • James called salvation God’s gift of grace (Acts 15:15-18).
  • John declared, “The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” (John 1:17)
The Twelve didn’t rebuke Jewish believers for keeping customs, but they never made those customs salvific.

5. Contradiction About “Two True Gospels”

He says both gospels are “absolutely true” yet “cannot be harmonized.”
That’s self-refuting. Truth from the same God cannot contradict itself.
If one gospel requires baptism and the other forbids it, one of them is false—yet Scripture says only one gospel exists (Gal 1:8-9).


6. Abuse of Mystery Language

He treats Paul’s “mystery” (Eph 3:2-6) as a new gospel.
Paul himself says the mystery is that Gentiles are now fellow heirs in the same body, not a new method of salvation.
Same gospel—expanded scope, not changed content.


7. Undermining the Unity of the Cross

By dividing Israel and the Church into separate salvations, he splits Christ Himself:

“That He might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross.” (Eph 2:16)

Two gospels = two bodies = two crosses — a theological impossibility.

In Summary
  • Heteron in Gal 1:6 = different because corrupted, not different but valid.
  • Peter and Paul preached the same grace-based salvation.
  • Baptism follows faith; it doesn’t cause forgiveness.
  • The mystery revealed was one body, Jew and Gentile together, not two gospels.

    “There is neither Jew nor Greek… for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.” (Gal 3:28)
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Romans 16:17–18 (KJV) — it speaks directly to this kind of situation:
“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.”
Paul’s command is twofold:
  1. Mark them — identify and take note of those who cause division by teaching contrary to sound doctrine.
  2. Avoid them — don’t keep engaging or giving them a platform once their divisive intent is clear.
This fits perfectly with the “two gospels” error — it divides what Christ made one.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:10:
    “That ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.”​
  • Titus 3:10–11:
    “A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.”​
These verses together make it clear: when someone persists in teaching division under the name of doctrine, Scripture says to mark, avoid, and move on.

Grace and Peace
 
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The mindset shown in the red-arrow comments (“His word sure is confusing,” “Which gospel is for which people?” etc.) reflects skepticism toward the clarity and unity of Scripture what theologians often call a low view of inspiration.

Here’s what’s behind that way of thinking:

1. Man-Centered, Not God-Centered Reasoning

Saying “His Word is confusing” implies that the problem lies with God’s revelation rather than with man’s understanding.
But Scripture itself says:


“God is not the author of confusion, but of peace.” (1 Cor 14:33)
When someone finds the Bible “confusing,” it’s usually because they’re approaching it through a lens or system (like hyper-dispensationalism) that forces contradictions God never made.

2. Division Where God Gave Unity

Questions like “Which gospel is for which people?” come from a mindset that divides what God has made one.
Yet the Bible insists:


“There is one body, and one Spirit… one Lord, one faith, one baptism.” (Eph 4:4-5)
“We believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.” (Acts 15:11)

This view treats Scripture as fragmented instead of unified around Christ.

3. Human Logic Over Divine Revelation

That mindset elevates reasoning and system-building above what’s plainly written.
It assumes, “If I can’t reconcile this my way, God’s Word must be confusing,” rather than, “My understanding must still be limited.”
Proverbs 3:5–6 corrects that posture:


“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”

4. Spiritual Root

Often, this comes from pride disguised as intellect — exactly what Paul described:
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” (Rom 1:22)

In short, that mindset doesn’t come from humility before Scripture, but from trying to make God’s Word fit a human framework.
The cure is the opposite spirit — the one David had:


“The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.” (Psalm 119:130)

God’s Word isn’t confusing — our own systems are.
Scripture says, “God is not the author of confusion, but of peace” (1 Cor 14:33), and “The entrance of Thy words giveth light” (Ps 119:130).
When something in Scripture seems unclear, it’s not that God gave two conflicting gospels, but that our understanding needs to line up with what He already revealed.

Peter and Paul both preached the same Christ and the same grace (Acts 15:11; Eph 4:5).
Rather than dividing His Word into “which gospel for which people,” we should humbly seek the Spirit’s light to see the unity God already placed there.

Grace and peace.
 
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