The Incredible Human Potential PDF - Church of God Faithful Flock

THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN POTENTIAL 7great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers ofrighteousness ... " (11 Cor. ll: 13-15).Peter, John and Jude Expose False MinistersPeter wrote of these deceivers: "But there were false prophets alsoamong the people, even as there shall be false teachers amongyou, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies .... And manyshall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way oftruth sha/1 be evil spoken of And through covetousness shaU theywith feigned words make merchandise ofyou ... " (11 Peter 2: l-3).John wrote of these same perverters of the true gospel,denying obedience to the way of God. "He that saith, 1 know him,and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is notin him" (1 John 2:4). "They went out from us, but they were not ofus; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continuedwith us ... " (1 John 2: 19).Jude warned us that we should "earnestly contend for thefaith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certainmen crept in unawares, who were before of o1d ordained tothis condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our Godinto lasciviousness [license to disobey] .... Likewise also these filthydreamers defi1e the flesh, despise dominion [government], andspeak evil of dignities .... Woe unto them! for they have gone inthe way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward,and perished in the gainsaying of Core. These are spots inyour feasts of charity ... clouds they are without water, carriedabout of winds ... twice dead, plucked up by the roots; ragingwaves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars,to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever" (Jude 3-4,8,11-13).The Word "Gospe1" Mis1eading TodayEven the very word "gospel" is misleading today, especially asused by evangelical Protestants, their missionaries, their evangelistsand their literature. The world has been, and is, full of "gospelprograms" on television, on radio, in print, in personalevangelism.Say to almost any person, "The gospe1 has not been pro-