| (Copyright 09-14-2024) by Gary C. Miller (Pocahontas, Arkansas) |
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 STRAIT AND NARROW WAY: “Enter you in at the strait (difficult) gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be which go in there at: Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way…to life, and few there be that find it.” (Matt. 7:13,14). THE LAW OF NATURAL SELECTION: Biological science recognizes the law of Natural Selection: the survival of the fittest. In raw nature survival rates are low: trout 20%, salmon (15%) and birds (10-20 %). Few reach maturity. RELIGIOUS NATURAL SELECTION: Natural Selection works in religion as well; weeding out the many; leaving only that small percentage of the spiritually fit. Apostle Peter, alludes to this process: “…in all his epistles (Paul’s), speaking in them of those things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest (Gk. “twist”), as they do the other scriptures, to their own destruction.” (2 Pet. 3:16). This is a good definition of the spiritually unfit. NEW TESTAMENT IN GENERAL When we see what is commonly taught, we realize not only Paul’s writings, but the New Testament generally is written to weed out, separate the “sheep” from the goats. GRACE-WITHOUT-LAW IS A “WEEDING OUT” DOCTRINE: Many teach grace replaces law in the New Testament, and Faith saves without deeds of the Old Testament Law. Meaning, sin is not imputed to the “saved” who can do pretty much as they please. UNGODLY MEN TEACH GRACE REPLACES LAW: “For certain men crept in unawares, who were…of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the Grace of our Elohim [“God”; KJV] into lasciviousness (wanton, lawless) …” (Jude 4). These false doctrines and the structure of the New Testament are part of the Spiritual Natural Selection process narrowing the survivors to just the few fittest. GLOBAL NATURAL SELECTION AHEAD: “For then shall be Great Tribulation…And except those days be shortened, there shall NO flesh be saved: but for the Elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. (Matt. 24:21,22). ——————————————————————————————————- See Gary C. Miller’s other articles at: Miller, Gary C. – Church of God, Bismarck (church-of-god-bismarck.org) Reprinted with permission from: International Congregation of Yahweh http://www.icyahweh.org/ ——————————————————————————————————- |
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