How often have you heard that Jesus Christ was a friend of sinners?
I recently was doing some research on the error filled Wesleyan denominational and I came across this quote:
"The bible teaches that Jesus was a friend of sinners ( Luke 7 ) and so we should be their friend also"
This quote stirred me to really dig into this deeper and find out exactly what the bible says about Jesus.. as a friend of sinners? Is He really a friend as these religious places claim or have they twisted God's Word to suit their own false watered down ways?
Use this biblical test to see if your life/body in in sin?
http://www.dontperish.com/10-point-biblical-test.html
Lets get to the bottom of this Friend of sinners issue for God's glory.
The bible mentions this friend of sinners and here it is in two places: Luke 7:34 and Matthew 11:19
If we look at both accounts of this term being used it was Jesus' ungodly ENEMIES that gave him this title not his disciples or godly people at all. Here is the entire quote from Luke 7:34
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
Two points to make here:
1) Did you catch that? Jesus said YOU say....
It was His Pharisee enemies that gave him the title friend of sinners in these verses as they were trying to defame Him NOT praise Him. Yet many still claim Jesus really was a friend, hung out with and even partied with sinners as the fallen world does.
This is a lie from hell! The bible does not teach this at all. While Jesus was friendly with sinners to teach them, he would not be considered a friend as people know friends today or as man made religion teaches. He called men out of sin and he was stern with them at times regarding eternal truth!
2) If the false religious folks of today are going to give Jesus the unbiblical title of friend of sinners
then they also must also give Him the title a drunk and glutton as that is what they (in great error!!!) called Him.
No, the teachers of today ignore those "vile descriptions" and take the friend of sinners title only as it works for their SEEKER friendly ways. It helps them get close to SINNERS who will sit in their pews, support their programs and feel all warm and fuzzy about God when they should FEAR His wrath to come. 2 Thessalonians 1:8.
See this article about seeker ways:
http://bewareoffalse-unbiblicalteachers.blogspot.com/2016/08/seeker-sensitive-ways-are-unbiblical.html
In this we can see their modern religious theology is both flawed and false. While they could not convince people that Christ was a drunk or glutton they have been successful telling people He was a friend of sinners. That sounds good doesn't it if you're ...living as a sinner? That is how man made religion works you know. It is geared to please sinful itchy ear people in the pews (2 Timothy 3) NOT to serve a Holy God, preach His Word and FULL truth ...that calls out sin!
Scripture is very clear. Jesus NEVER sinned. He was the PERFECT lamb of God so He could not have united or partied with sinners as fallen men claim or do today. He also NEVER encouraged ANY sin in others; quite the opposite as He called men to REPENT (change your mind and leave sin) as in Luke 13:3.
Repent lest you all perish
What does Gods Word tell us about God/Christ's relationship to sinners if He was not a friend to them as the world understands friends?
These old testament verses tell us how God views sinners and it is very ugly indeed!
(open your bible and read them will you?)
Micah 3:4, Psalm 7:11, Psalm 66:18, Proverbs 15:8, Isaiah 1:15 and Isaiah 59:2
But "that was the old way of God" many religious people will say and now God loves and caters to all sinners. Really? What does the New Testament tell us then?
John tells us this in John 9:31:
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
James 4:4 says
Romans 8:7-8 says this:
So how do we reconcile this clear truth in Gods Word that He opposes sin/sinners yet so many sinners claim Jesus as their friend????
We must be ready to understand Christ and His mission and not try to twist His ways to meet a human centered theology that is flawed.
He came to call men out of sin not just be friends with them! He spent time teaching them to do just that and false men today lie about Him to please men and fill up pews/money plates!
It is true Christ can be seen as a type of friend to the entire world in that He came to live perfectly then die and make the ONLY narrow road way for salvation of sinners to become saints. Jesus said this Himself in Matthew 9:13:
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
The key word is repentance. It is a turning your mind from your own ways to Gods Holy ways and desiring to leave your sin that made you Gods enemy. You can't be close to Jesus without repentance. Without repentance/holiness you cannot be born again in God unto eternal life. See Acts 2:38, Hebrews 12:14 and John 3:3
In fact; if we look at the bible/Jesus ministry it was about calling people out of sin into a holy righteous life in God not making friends at all. He did spend time with sinners yes that is true! But the truth is that it was not to approve of their sin or just to be their pals or friends! No..it was to teach and call them OUT OF SIN! ( and in the end MOST hated Him for it) Jesus said HARD things and did not care what men felt about the truth and in that we must be the same so they can hear the truth and decide for themselves. Life or death and judgement!
Get your bible out and read these verses will you that speak of repentance?
Matthew 3:7-8, Mark 2:17, Luke 3:3-8, Luke 5:32 and Luke 15:7
We care about you and want to warn you about staying in sin and claiming Jesus/God as your friend. Go to the bible and read these verses:
Psalm 5:4-6, 2 Cor 6:14-16, Matthew 7:22-24, John 12:46 and 1 John 1:6
If those verses do not make you wake up to sin vs repentance; your dead spiritually and we fear for you!
Man made religion today will tell you to be sinners friends and hang out with them to get them to like you and then you can led them to and tell them about Jesus. This is a lie and it is called friendship evangelism. It is a sinful/false and human centered way to make false converts not true godly saints. The truth is they do just that in their false ritual services every Sunday in buildings all over this land. Per Apostle Paul is Galatians 1 they teach a false/different Jesus and they are accursed!!! This is NOT what Jesus taught at all and we are to imitate Jesus/Paul (1 Corinthians 11) NOT man made religion. In fact if you read Matthew 10, Christ tells His people the world will HATE you not like you. Why? The truth of God's Word cuts like a sword (Hebrews 4:12) and just like with Jesus/the disciples ( they killed Him and them) when you live, stand for and preach the gospel truth, they in the fallen world and religious folks will hate you, even if they do not literally kill you today. (That day may come too in America!)
Did you know the bible calls God's people SAINTS never sinners?
Read this article: http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2016/10/sinner-or-saint-which-one-are-you.html
This article shows the true NT church and its ways:
http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2014/04/characteristics-of-new-testament-body.html
Some more verses to share with you that tell the real truth and it exposes mans false theology:
Who was a friend to Jesus?
Jesus said this in John 15:14:
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Was He united to sinners?
Hebrews 7:26
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Were we all enemies as sinners before God; until we came to Christ?
And Romans 5:10
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
I hope you can now see it clearly now this Jesus friend of sinners lie?
Jesus was NOT a friend to sinners as the modern pastor/hirelings will tell you today /as the world knows friends. They only teach this to aid them in filling up their buildings and grow theirs numbers; NOT to make real converts!
The scripture show us that Jesus came to reach out to and He called sinners OUT of sin. Do you want to call Jesus your friend???
It was ONLY those who were humbled and willing to repent that ALONE can claim Jesus a friend . Are you one of them? He alone rescues us from our sin/judgement to come via the gospel good news.
To be clear.. Jesus Christ was holy and perfect. He did not hang out with sinners to make friends and He did not compromise on sin or telling truth just to be liked.
He called men to repent! (leave sin / turn to God)
If you claim Him; how are you doing on that? Or are you following watered down man made false ways that only lead to death? Prov 12:14
You can find that good news here: http://www.dontperish.com/the-gospel.html
God be praised
www.dontperish.com
I recently was doing some research on the error filled Wesleyan denominational and I came across this quote:
"The bible teaches that Jesus was a friend of sinners ( Luke 7 ) and so we should be their friend also"
This quote stirred me to really dig into this deeper and find out exactly what the bible says about Jesus.. as a friend of sinners? Is He really a friend as these religious places claim or have they twisted God's Word to suit their own false watered down ways?
Use this biblical test to see if your life/body in in sin?
http://www.dontperish.com/10-point-biblical-test.html
Lets get to the bottom of this Friend of sinners issue for God's glory.
The bible mentions this friend of sinners and here it is in two places: Luke 7:34 and Matthew 11:19
If we look at both accounts of this term being used it was Jesus' ungodly ENEMIES that gave him this title not his disciples or godly people at all. Here is the entire quote from Luke 7:34
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
Two points to make here:
1) Did you catch that? Jesus said YOU say....
It was His Pharisee enemies that gave him the title friend of sinners in these verses as they were trying to defame Him NOT praise Him. Yet many still claim Jesus really was a friend, hung out with and even partied with sinners as the fallen world does.
This is a lie from hell! The bible does not teach this at all. While Jesus was friendly with sinners to teach them, he would not be considered a friend as people know friends today or as man made religion teaches. He called men out of sin and he was stern with them at times regarding eternal truth!
2) If the false religious folks of today are going to give Jesus the unbiblical title of friend of sinners
then they also must also give Him the title a drunk and glutton as that is what they (in great error!!!) called Him.
No, the teachers of today ignore those "vile descriptions" and take the friend of sinners title only as it works for their SEEKER friendly ways. It helps them get close to SINNERS who will sit in their pews, support their programs and feel all warm and fuzzy about God when they should FEAR His wrath to come. 2 Thessalonians 1:8.
See this article about seeker ways:
http://bewareoffalse-unbiblicalteachers.blogspot.com/2016/08/seeker-sensitive-ways-are-unbiblical.html
In this we can see their modern religious theology is both flawed and false. While they could not convince people that Christ was a drunk or glutton they have been successful telling people He was a friend of sinners. That sounds good doesn't it if you're ...living as a sinner? That is how man made religion works you know. It is geared to please sinful itchy ear people in the pews (2 Timothy 3) NOT to serve a Holy God, preach His Word and FULL truth ...that calls out sin!
Scripture is very clear. Jesus NEVER sinned. He was the PERFECT lamb of God so He could not have united or partied with sinners as fallen men claim or do today. He also NEVER encouraged ANY sin in others; quite the opposite as He called men to REPENT (change your mind and leave sin) as in Luke 13:3.
Repent lest you all perish
What does Gods Word tell us about God/Christ's relationship to sinners if He was not a friend to them as the world understands friends?
These old testament verses tell us how God views sinners and it is very ugly indeed!
(open your bible and read them will you?)
Micah 3:4, Psalm 7:11, Psalm 66:18, Proverbs 15:8, Isaiah 1:15 and Isaiah 59:2
But "that was the old way of God" many religious people will say and now God loves and caters to all sinners. Really? What does the New Testament tell us then?
John tells us this in John 9:31:
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.So how do we reconcile this clear truth in Gods Word that He opposes sin/sinners yet so many sinners claim Jesus as their friend????
We must be ready to understand Christ and His mission and not try to twist His ways to meet a human centered theology that is flawed.
He came to call men out of sin not just be friends with them! He spent time teaching them to do just that and false men today lie about Him to please men and fill up pews/money plates!
It is true Christ can be seen as a type of friend to the entire world in that He came to live perfectly then die and make the ONLY narrow road way for salvation of sinners to become saints. Jesus said this Himself in Matthew 9:13:
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
The key word is repentance. It is a turning your mind from your own ways to Gods Holy ways and desiring to leave your sin that made you Gods enemy. You can't be close to Jesus without repentance. Without repentance/holiness you cannot be born again in God unto eternal life. See Acts 2:38, Hebrews 12:14 and John 3:3
In fact; if we look at the bible/Jesus ministry it was about calling people out of sin into a holy righteous life in God not making friends at all. He did spend time with sinners yes that is true! But the truth is that it was not to approve of their sin or just to be their pals or friends! No..it was to teach and call them OUT OF SIN! ( and in the end MOST hated Him for it) Jesus said HARD things and did not care what men felt about the truth and in that we must be the same so they can hear the truth and decide for themselves. Life or death and judgement!
Get your bible out and read these verses will you that speak of repentance?
Matthew 3:7-8, Mark 2:17, Luke 3:3-8, Luke 5:32 and Luke 15:7
We care about you and want to warn you about staying in sin and claiming Jesus/God as your friend. Go to the bible and read these verses:
Psalm 5:4-6, 2 Cor 6:14-16, Matthew 7:22-24, John 12:46 and 1 John 1:6
If those verses do not make you wake up to sin vs repentance; your dead spiritually and we fear for you!
Man made religion today will tell you to be sinners friends and hang out with them to get them to like you and then you can led them to and tell them about Jesus. This is a lie and it is called friendship evangelism. It is a sinful/false and human centered way to make false converts not true godly saints. The truth is they do just that in their false ritual services every Sunday in buildings all over this land. Per Apostle Paul is Galatians 1 they teach a false/different Jesus and they are accursed!!! This is NOT what Jesus taught at all and we are to imitate Jesus/Paul (1 Corinthians 11) NOT man made religion. In fact if you read Matthew 10, Christ tells His people the world will HATE you not like you. Why? The truth of God's Word cuts like a sword (Hebrews 4:12) and just like with Jesus/the disciples ( they killed Him and them) when you live, stand for and preach the gospel truth, they in the fallen world and religious folks will hate you, even if they do not literally kill you today. (That day may come too in America!)
Did you know the bible calls God's people SAINTS never sinners?
Read this article: http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2016/10/sinner-or-saint-which-one-are-you.html
This article shows the true NT church and its ways:
http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2014/04/characteristics-of-new-testament-body.html
Some more verses to share with you that tell the real truth and it exposes mans false theology:
Who was a friend to Jesus?
Jesus said this in John 15:14:
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Was He united to sinners?
Hebrews 7:26
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Were we all enemies as sinners before God; until we came to Christ?
And Romans 5:10
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
I hope you can now see it clearly now this Jesus friend of sinners lie?
Jesus was NOT a friend to sinners as the modern pastor/hirelings will tell you today /as the world knows friends. They only teach this to aid them in filling up their buildings and grow theirs numbers; NOT to make real converts!
The scripture show us that Jesus came to reach out to and He called sinners OUT of sin. Do you want to call Jesus your friend???
It was ONLY those who were humbled and willing to repent that ALONE can claim Jesus a friend . Are you one of them? He alone rescues us from our sin/judgement to come via the gospel good news.
To be clear.. Jesus Christ was holy and perfect. He did not hang out with sinners to make friends and He did not compromise on sin or telling truth just to be liked.
He called men to repent! (leave sin / turn to God)
If you claim Him; how are you doing on that? Or are you following watered down man made false ways that only lead to death? Prov 12:14
You can find that good news here: http://www.dontperish.com/the-gospel.html
God be praised
www.dontperish.com