Galatians 6:7-8, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
We find a solemn promise from God in Galatians 6:7, warning all humanity that we will REAP what seeds we have SOWN. Within proper context, the Apostle Paul in Galatians 6:7 is warning the churches at Galatia about succumbing to false doctrine.
Galatians 6:1, “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” I have heard many preachers using Galatians 6:1 to teach about restoring fellow Christian brethren who've gone into sin. Although this is indeed true, I think the particular fault which Paul is referring to is being misled by false teaching.
Paul stresses that we all are ultimately responsible and will be held accountable by God for OUR OWN DECISIONS. Galatians 6:5-6, “For every man shall bear his own burden. Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.” Paul says that believers who are taught (skilled) in the Word of God should teach those whop teach. Wow! In other words, if you hear a pastor wrongly teaching the Word of God, you and I have a duty biblically to share doctrinally sound information with him.
When I attended the neo-evangelical Harvest Baptist Church on Guam (HBCG) for an entire year in 2013-2014, I was dismayed after hearing senior pastor Marty Herron preach a perverse gospel of “Lordship” salvation. Pastor Herron was preaching from multiple different Bible revisions, and the church members were using over two dozens different Bible versions (a house confused). The church was ignorantly promoting Martin Luther (1483-1546) as a born-again Christian, when in reality Luther taught Baptismal Regeneration his entire life. Luther was not saved. Sadly, there pastors at HBCG didn't care. I communicated with those who taught at Harvest Baptist Church on Guam, because by God's grace I am learned in the Word of God.
Kindly said, Marty Herron is an incompetent pastor theologically. It sickens me that he is now corrupting young people as executive vice president of Faith Baptist Bible College And Theological Seminary in Ankeny, Iowa. Mr. Herron would be in prison if I had the power to put him there, for all the people whom he has victimized and hurt! Pastor Herron will bear his own damnable burden on Judgment Day when he appears before God. Galatians 6:7, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” God has promised it so! Galatians 6:5-6, “For every man shall bear his own burden. Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.” I spoke words of wisdom to a fool, and they cast me out of their church and ostracized me as punishment for TELLING THE TRUTH. Romans 3:4 promises that God will avenge me!
The Apostle Paul elaborates further...
Galatians 6:12-14, “As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”
To become a follower of Jesus Christ meant certain persecution, back then in history and still today (2nd Timothy 3:12). Consequently, the cult which had infiltrated the church of Galatia was trying to get the churches to adopt keeping the law of Moses as a requirement to be saved. We know that this is a false gospel according to Romans 3:29-20, “Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” The ONLY purpose of GOD'S LAW in Salvation is to give THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN!!! That is, the law shows us our hopeless sinful condition and need for the dear Savior (Galatians 3:24-26).
The Apostle Paul is obviously upset in the Epistle of Galatians, upset that these professed believers had succumbed to a dangerous cult that requires keeping the Mosaic law to get to Heaven. Paul calls them foolish and bewitched in Galatians 3:1-3. Paul warns in Galatians 1:6-9 that there are not two gospels, there is only ONE. Paul warns that anyone, even an angel (demon) who preaches another gospel, is accursed by God. Getting our doctrine correct is a very serious matter. Hebrews 10:31, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!! Paul didn't merely assume (ass-u-me) that the churches of Galatia were caught up into mere semantics, so it really didn't matter. That is the sinful poor attitude of foolish men like Dr. Kevin Bauder. Calvinism does NOT fall within the realm of orthodox theology! Faith Baptist Bible College And Theological Seminary, Bob Jones University and Moody Bible Institute are sadly teaching damnable Calvinist doctrine today, perverting the Gospel of free grace. Anybody who says that you cannot know 100% that you are saved and going to Heaven at the moment of the new birth is a liar and false prophet.
Calvinism is based upon a WRONG understanding of what it means to “repent.” In the Bible, repentance concerning salvation always means only “a change of mind” (Greek noun: metanoia) or “to think differently” (Greek verb: metanoeo). Repentance never means "to turn away from sinful ways,” which is the heresy tragically taught at Bob Jones University today. It is a dangerous thing to embellish the Word of God. It is wrong and dishonest to add or subtract meaning from the Holy Bible.
For example: I was looking at the website of the Victory Bible Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. On their page showing “Salvation,” it horribly reads:
Repent of your sinRepentance is a change of mind that leads to a change of direction -- a turning from sin unto ChristMatt 3:2 - ...Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.Luke 13:3 - ...except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
SOURCE: https://www.vbbcfl.org/salvation
The first big noticeable problem is that Pastor Allen Cotton corrupts the true meaning of repentance. Instead of a simple change of mind, Pastor Cotton changes it to mean “a change of mind that leads to a change of direction.” The problem is when Cotton says repentance means to “turn from sin,” it strongly implies that to be saved a person must give up their sinful behavior or at least make an effort to clean up their life, which is a false gospel. The only thing that we need to turn away from to be saved is the only thing that can prevent us from going to Heaven, which is UNBELIEF!
Marty Herron (former shameful pastor of Harvest Baptist Church on Guam), Chuck Phelps (shameful pastor of Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana), Ray Comfort (Living Waters), Gary Walton (shameful pastor of Harvest Baptist Church on Guam since 2018) are all corrupt doctrinally! These aforementioned infidels all teach a perverse meaning of repentance, requiring lost sinners to forsake a lifestyle of sinning to receive God's free gift. That is NOT the Gospel taught in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4 and the Gospel of John (John 20:31).
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