We know the above is directed toward Christians, the Lord's servants, because of the expression "assign him a place with the unbelievers." If you begin to beat your fellow servants you will be cut in pieces (whatever that means) and removed from the family of God.

There is nothing more common today in the Christian churches than beating our fellow Christians. We do this by gossip and slander. Yet the first chapter of the Book of Romans lists gossip and slander with the worst sins of mankind, saying those who do such things are worthy of death.

What will happen to us if the Lord arrives unexpectedly while we are gossiping and slandering, speaking evil of our fellow Christians? We will be cut in pieces and assigned to the ranks of the unbelievers.

What happened to the "state of grace"? Nothing. It remains as foreign to the Gospel as ever.

When the Lord put this present essay on my heart the other morning He let me know He is very displeased with the perversion of the Gospel of grace. I am responding by writing down what I think the Lord has laid on my heart. It is up to the Holy Spirit to alert the Church. My job is to prophesy to the bones.

So we see we are not engaging in a theological exercise, presenting a novel view of the Bible. Either we are correct, the present view of salvation is incorrect, and God is very displeased at the wrecking of His intention concerning man, or we are deluded.

The only way in which my words can be proven to be a delusion is by a demonstration from the Word of God that I have not cut a straight course in the Word of truth. Traditions and reasoning (such as how can someone be unborn after they have been born, and this sort of unscriptural thinking) have no strength at all when it comes to proving the validity of doctrine. The Word must respond with yea or nay. I am ready to accept the verdict of the written Word.

Does anyone care enough to prove me wrong?

Americans tend to be good-natured, easygoing people and probably would prefer to keep on driving on the wrong highway just as long as the weather is nice and the car is operating smoothly. As long as the economy remains strong they are not interested in fussing about truth! We can see that from what is taking place in our government today.

"Daddy, Daddy, we missed our turnoff back there."

"Don't worry, Honey, just sit back and enjoy the ride and the beautiful weather. Perfect for our trip!"

They will not become alarmed enough to change until they arrive at the edge of the Grand Canyon. Then they will realize something is wrong and take another look at the map. Maybe it will not be too late to turn around and go in the other direction.

Hopefully there are some exceptions to this!

To be continued.