Where does it say in the Bible, ‘God is Good All the Time. All the Time God is Good?’ It’s not there!
Since it is not in the Bible, then why is this statement the most quoted statement in churches throughout the world? We have been taught in the past few decades that ‘EVERYTHING BAD COMES FROM THE DEVIL AND THAT EVERYTHING GOOD COMES FROM GOD’. We’ve been told that ‘IF IT’S NOT ‘GOOD NEWS, IT’S NOT GOSPEL’. We’ve also been taught the ‘UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD’ and a perverted ‘GRACE’ message which translates into ‘Eternal Security’ (See the article: ‘Eternal Security, The Huge Gamble’ www.lorendavis.com). These statements and teachings are simply not true! Nowhere in the Bible does it say that any of His promises are ‘unconditional’ nor that we are ‘Eternally Secure’ if we continue in our sins. THESE TEACHINGS HAVE REDEFINED THE NATURE OF GOD.
FINANCES. Mal 3:10 shows that God’s financial blessings are conditional on whether one tithes or not.
HEALING. Matt 13:58-14:1; Heb. 11 shows the importance of having faith and believing God.
Saying ‘GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!’ STRONGLY INFERS THAT WE ARE NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD AND THAT GOD WILL NOT JUDGE US. This along with other things I mentioned, among others, have reconfigured Christianity and are the main reasons sin, hell, and The Judgment Day are not preached today. It is also the root of why so many professing Christians are living sinful lives. THIS IS THE ‘NEW AND IMPROVED, FEEL GOOD, POLITICALLY CORRECT, BIG MONEY CHRISTIANITY’!
ROM 11:22 “BEHOLD THEREFORE THE GOODNESS AND SEVERITY OF GOD: ON THEM WHICH FELL, SEVERITY; BUT TOWARD THEE, GOODNESS, IF THOU CONTINUE IN HIS GOODNESS: OTHERWISE THOU ALSO SHALT BE CUT OFF.” KJV
Ex. 17:18 “I am the Lord…I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink;” (This does not mean that all pollution comes from God. Of course we know that most pollution today is man-made; but in this particular incident, it shows that God caused it. In the Book of Revelation during the Great Tribulation, we see that God will do a similar thing again that He did in Egypt to the rivers and the seas).
Ex. 8:2 The Lord said, “I will smite all thy borders with frogs?”
8:21 “I will send swarms of flies upon thee,”
Ex. 11:4-5 “Thus saith the Lord, about midnight will I go out into the land of Egypt: and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die:” (This of course does not mean that when someone dies that God killed them. There are natural causes of death; accidents; and premature deaths also caused by demonic attacks. But in Egypt, God Himself brought death to the Egyptians).
9:5-6 “and the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.”
9:8-9 “…and the Lord…brought boils upon the Egyptians”
9:15 “The Lord smote them with the pestilence. (Of course not all pestilence is from the Lord. Much of it is a natural occurrence of nature, but this pestilence in Egypt was caused by God).
9:23 “…and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt:” (Not all storms are caused by God, but this shows that He has used storms to judge at different times in the past. If He ever has used them in judgment, He can use them again today if He so chooses, because ‘He Changes Not’ Mal 3:6.).
Was this God bringing these plagues to Egypt or the Devil. What does the Bible actually say?
Ps. 111:10 teaches that “THE FEAR OF THE LORD is the beginning of wisdom”.
In Deuteronomy 28:15-68 God says that HE WILL SMITE WITH CURSES those who do not keep His commandments.
JESUS VALIDATED THIS PRINCIPLE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT when He said in…
Matt 19:16-19 “And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS. He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” KJV
Those who argue that this is legalism are calling the Bible, God the Father and Jesus Christ legalists.
Rev 6:16-17 “And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from THE WRATH OF THE LAMB (JESUS): For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” KJV
Rev 16:11 “And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and REPENTED NOT of their deeds.”
Luke 12:5 “But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.” KJV
It is God who will judge you and determine if you spend eternity in heaven or in hell.
Heb 10:31 “It is A FEARFUL THING to fall into the hands of the living God.” KJV
Today ‘THE FEAR OF GOD’ and respect for God and His Word can hardly be found, especially among many preachers who are using their pulpits to literally teach opposite the Bible, God’s Word. Many spin the Word of God and turn the truth into a lie (Ro 1:25). The amazing thing is that they do this brazenly in the name of Jesus.
Matt 7:22-23 “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied IN THY NAME? And IN THY NAME have cast out devils? And IN THY NAME done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” KJV
Acts 17:30 “And the times of this ignorance God winked at” KJV
God no longer winks at copycat preachers who are preaching the perverted and false doctrines of other preachers or of their denominations. On the Judgment Day you won’t be able to tell God, ‘I didn’t know!’ You have the Bible. You need to find out the truth first hand from the Bible. There is no excuse anymore! Otherwise the preacher himself becomes ‘the blind leading the bind,’ Lk 6:39. (See the article: ‘Changing the Bible’ www.lorendavis.com)
2 Peter 2:1-2 “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be FALSE TEACHERS among you, WHO PRIVILY SHALL BRING IN DAMNABLE HERESIES, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And MANY SHALL FOLLOW THEIR PERNICIOUS WAYS; by reason of whom THE WAY OF TRUTH SHALL BE EVIL SPOKEN OF.” KJV
It is amazing how people can say that they believe the Bible is God’s Word, then believe and teach opposite of what it says. This is not revelation, it is unbelief and deception. No preacher, teacher, prophet, apostle or prophet has the last word about the Word of God. Its truths stand alone. The greatest enemies of the Bible are the massive hordes of ‘Christian’ preachers who find fault with the Bible and criticize it openly from their pulpits, and in its stead give their own revelation and proclaim that ‘this’ is what God is saying.
2 Peter 1:20 “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.” KJV
How can one call himself a Christian and dispute the Bible?
Prov 30:5 “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.” KJV
Jesus said in Matt 4:4 “Man shall not live by bread alone, but BY EVERY WORD that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” KJV
(LOREN DAVIS INTERNET RADIO can be listened to on www.combineharvesting.com; Loren Davis’ book ‘The Paganization of Christianity’ is available as an e-book at www.lorendavis.com)
Since it is not in the Bible, then why is this statement the most quoted statement in churches throughout the world? We have been taught in the past few decades that ‘EVERYTHING BAD COMES FROM THE DEVIL AND THAT EVERYTHING GOOD COMES FROM GOD’. We’ve been told that ‘IF IT’S NOT ‘GOOD NEWS, IT’S NOT GOSPEL’. We’ve also been taught the ‘UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD’ and a perverted ‘GRACE’ message which translates into ‘Eternal Security’ (See the article: ‘Eternal Security, The Huge Gamble’ www.lorendavis.com). These statements and teachings are simply not true! Nowhere in the Bible does it say that any of His promises are ‘unconditional’ nor that we are ‘Eternally Secure’ if we continue in our sins. THESE TEACHINGS HAVE REDEFINED THE NATURE OF GOD.
EVERY PROMISE OF GOD IS CONDITIONAL
FINANCES. Mal 3:10 shows that God’s financial blessings are conditional on whether one tithes or not.
HEALING. Matt 13:58-14:1; Heb. 11 shows the importance of having faith and believing God.
Saying ‘GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!’ STRONGLY INFERS THAT WE ARE NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD AND THAT GOD WILL NOT JUDGE US. This along with other things I mentioned, among others, have reconfigured Christianity and are the main reasons sin, hell, and The Judgment Day are not preached today. It is also the root of why so many professing Christians are living sinful lives. THIS IS THE ‘NEW AND IMPROVED, FEEL GOOD, POLITICALLY CORRECT, BIG MONEY CHRISTIANITY’!
ROM 11:22 “BEHOLD THEREFORE THE GOODNESS AND SEVERITY OF GOD: ON THEM WHICH FELL, SEVERITY; BUT TOWARD THEE, GOODNESS, IF THOU CONTINUE IN HIS GOODNESS: OTHERWISE THOU ALSO SHALT BE CUT OFF.” KJV
BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF THE SEVERITY OF GOD
THE 10 PLAGUES UPON THE EGYPTIANS
Ex. 17:18 “I am the Lord…I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink;” (This does not mean that all pollution comes from God. Of course we know that most pollution today is man-made; but in this particular incident, it shows that God caused it. In the Book of Revelation during the Great Tribulation, we see that God will do a similar thing again that He did in Egypt to the rivers and the seas).
Ex. 8:2 The Lord said, “I will smite all thy borders with frogs?”
8:21 “I will send swarms of flies upon thee,”
Ex. 11:4-5 “Thus saith the Lord, about midnight will I go out into the land of Egypt: and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die:” (This of course does not mean that when someone dies that God killed them. There are natural causes of death; accidents; and premature deaths also caused by demonic attacks. But in Egypt, God Himself brought death to the Egyptians).
9:5-6 “and the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.”
9:8-9 “…and the Lord…brought boils upon the Egyptians”
9:15 “The Lord smote them with the pestilence. (Of course not all pestilence is from the Lord. Much of it is a natural occurrence of nature, but this pestilence in Egypt was caused by God).
9:23 “…and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt:” (Not all storms are caused by God, but this shows that He has used storms to judge at different times in the past. If He ever has used them in judgment, He can use them again today if He so chooses, because ‘He Changes Not’ Mal 3:6.).
Was this God bringing these plagues to Egypt or the Devil. What does the Bible actually say?
FEAR
Ps. 111:10 teaches that “THE FEAR OF THE LORD is the beginning of wisdom”.
THE BLESSINGS AND THE CURSES
In Deuteronomy 28:15-68 God says that HE WILL SMITE WITH CURSES those who do not keep His commandments.
JESUS VALIDATED THIS PRINCIPLE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT when He said in…
Matt 19:16-19 “And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS. He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” KJV
Those who argue that this is legalism are calling the Bible, God the Father and Jesus Christ legalists.
ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA
THE WRATH OF GOD
Rev 6:16-17 “And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from THE WRATH OF THE LAMB (JESUS): For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” KJV
Rev 16:11 “And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and REPENTED NOT of their deeds.”
HELL
Luke 12:5 “But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.” KJV
It is God who will judge you and determine if you spend eternity in heaven or in hell.
‘GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME?’
Heb 10:31 “It is A FEARFUL THING to fall into the hands of the living God.” KJV
Today ‘THE FEAR OF GOD’ and respect for God and His Word can hardly be found, especially among many preachers who are using their pulpits to literally teach opposite the Bible, God’s Word. Many spin the Word of God and turn the truth into a lie (Ro 1:25). The amazing thing is that they do this brazenly in the name of Jesus.
Matt 7:22-23 “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied IN THY NAME? And IN THY NAME have cast out devils? And IN THY NAME done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” KJV
Acts 17:30 “And the times of this ignorance God winked at” KJV
God no longer winks at copycat preachers who are preaching the perverted and false doctrines of other preachers or of their denominations. On the Judgment Day you won’t be able to tell God, ‘I didn’t know!’ You have the Bible. You need to find out the truth first hand from the Bible. There is no excuse anymore! Otherwise the preacher himself becomes ‘the blind leading the bind,’ Lk 6:39. (See the article: ‘Changing the Bible’ www.lorendavis.com)
2 Peter 2:1-2 “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be FALSE TEACHERS among you, WHO PRIVILY SHALL BRING IN DAMNABLE HERESIES, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And MANY SHALL FOLLOW THEIR PERNICIOUS WAYS; by reason of whom THE WAY OF TRUTH SHALL BE EVIL SPOKEN OF.” KJV
It is amazing how people can say that they believe the Bible is God’s Word, then believe and teach opposite of what it says. This is not revelation, it is unbelief and deception. No preacher, teacher, prophet, apostle or prophet has the last word about the Word of God. Its truths stand alone. The greatest enemies of the Bible are the massive hordes of ‘Christian’ preachers who find fault with the Bible and criticize it openly from their pulpits, and in its stead give their own revelation and proclaim that ‘this’ is what God is saying.
2 Peter 1:20 “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.” KJV
How can one call himself a Christian and dispute the Bible?
Prov 30:5 “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.” KJV
Jesus said in Matt 4:4 “Man shall not live by bread alone, but BY EVERY WORD that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” KJV
(LOREN DAVIS INTERNET RADIO can be listened to on www.combineharvesting.com; Loren Davis’ book ‘The Paganization of Christianity’ is available as an e-book at www.lorendavis.com)
Copyright 2012 Loren Davis
Also see,
"TITHING" IS NOT FOR CHRISTIANS
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~revival/lie-4.html
Is Tithing Biblical?
Should Christians Tithe?
