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Have you ever noticed how different denominations and different preachers

have you ever noticed how different denominations and different preachers

will each have their main emphasis... something that they keep coming back to over and over again?

will each have their main emphasis something that they keep coming back to over and over again I'll give you an

I'll give you an example, and see if you can guess what it will be: Baptists! Right. You guessed it. Water baptism. It'll be the be-all and end-all of everything they preach.

example and see if you can guess what it will be Baptists right you guessed it water baptism it'll be the be-all and end-all of everything they preach but

But for Baptists, at least, it may something slightly different

for Baptists at least it may be something slightly different simply

simply because they belong to some other groups as well.

because they belong to some other groups

For example... Calvinists.

as well for example Calvinists that term

That terms describes most Baptists, but it also includes groups like: Presbyterians

describes most Baptists but it also includes groups like Presbyterians and

and some Churches of Christ, and Reformed Churches.

some Churches of Christ and Reformed

These guys will always end up telling you that it's all about grace... Jesus doing it all for you.

churches these guys will always end up telling you that it's all about grace Jesus doing it all for you

The Romans Way. Eternal Security. Once Saved Always Saved. Dispensationalism. Predestination.

the Romans way eternal security once saved always saved dispensationalism predestination it has

It has a lot of different names, but they are all about you not having to do anything...

a lot of different names but they are all about you not having to do anything

all about Jesus doing it all for you.

all about Jesus doing it all for you it

It sounds like they really like Jesus; but it's quite a different Jesus to the one who appears in the Bible.

sounds like they really like Jesus but it's quite a different Jesus to the one that appears in the Bible they have made

They have made it all up... the Jesus who does it all for you.

it all up the Jesus who does it all for

Nevertheless, that is where it will all lead in sermon after sermon.

you nevertheless that is where it will all lead in sermon after sermon stop

"Stop trying to be good, and just thank God that Jesus did it for you."

trying to be good and just thank God that Jesus did it for you let's try a

Let's try a different one: Evangelicals.

different one evangelicals this one

This one includes all of the above, but it includes some Methodists, Anabaptists

includes all of the above but it includes some Methodists and a Baptist

and other Holiness Churches too, like the Church of God, Salvation Army, and Missionary Alliance. All these guys... the Evangelicals... will almost always end their sermons with a call to conversion...

and other holiness churches too like the Church of God Salvation Army and Missionary Alliance all these guys the evangelicals will almost always end

their sermons with a call to conversion

to accept Jesus as your Saviour, to say the sinner's prayer, to ask Jesus into your heart.

to accept Jesus as your Savior to say the sinner's prayer to ask Jesus into your heart

Somewhere along the line, John 3:16 will crop up in a very high percentage of their sermons.

somewhere along the line John 3:16 will crop up in a very high percentage of their sermons for several decades the

For several decades, the preaching style of Billy Graham epitomised evangelicalism.

preaching style of Billy Graham epitomized evangelicalism thousands even

Thousands, even millions, would come forward at the end of each of his sermons, just like clockwork

millions would come forward at the end of each of his sermons just like

and supposedly give their lives to God. That little ritual became a lifelong hobby-horse for evangelical ministers all over the world.

clockwork and supposedly give their lives to God that little ritual became a lifelong hobby horse for evangelical ministers all over the world their

Their success was always measured by how many people they could coax into going through the ritual.

success was always measured by how many people they could coax into going through the ritual then there are the

Then there are Pentecostals and Charismatic Churches.

Pentecostals and charismatic churches

These guys are evangelicals too

these guys are evangelicals too but they

but they have an almost equal bias toward sermons that talk about the Holy Spirit, about speaking in tongues

have an almost equal bias towards sermons that talk about the Holy Spirit about speaking in tongues about

about miraculous healings, and... these days... about material prosperity.

miraculous healings and these days about material prosperity that one final

That one final teaching... material prosperity...

teaching material prosperity has been so

has been so incredibly popular that it is quickly crowding out all of the others.

incredibly popular that it is quickly crowding out all of the others among

Among televangelists... the richest of all preachers...

televangelists the richest of all

prosperity is being promoted in almost every sermon, in one form or another.

preachers prosperity is being promoted in almost every sermon in one form or

Okay, so why am I pointing this out... about all these different doctrinal hobby-horses?

another ok so why am i pointing this out about all these different doctrinal hobbyhorses

I'm doing it to illustrate just how hard it is

I'm doing it to illustrate just how hard

for a serious onlooker to believe that any of these groups is really hungering for the truth.

it is for a serious onlooker to believe that any of these groups is really hungry for the truth they are all as

They are all as biased and irrational as are the Catholics

biased and irrational as other Catholics

with their emphasis on Peter supposedly being the Rock that will save us.

with their emphasis on Peter supposedly being the rock that will save us all so

Or Seventh Day Adventists saying that it's all about the day of the week on which you worship.

that day adventists saying that it's all about the day of the week on which you

Or Jehovah's Witnesses and Hebrew Roots people

worship or jehovah's witnesses and

telling us that everything revolves around how you spell God's name or how you spell Jesus' name.

Hebrew roots people telling us that everything revolves around how you spell God's name or how you spell Jesus's name

Have any of them REALLY found the one great doctrine which transcends all the others? Of course not!

have any of them really found the one great doctrine which transcends all the others of course not they are rather

They are rather obviously looking for almost anything...

obviously looking for almost anything

any silly old teaching that you can imagine, which will make them feel like they are better than everyone else.

any silly old teaching that you can imagine which will make them feel like they are better than everyone else in my

In my opinion... that is what has given religion such a bad name, everywhere in the world.

opinion that is what has given religion such a bad name everywhere in the world

Religion is all about people looking for any kinky teaching they can find

religion is all about people looking for any kinky teaching they can find which

which will make them and their religion out to be better than everyone else.

will make them and their religion out to be better than everyone else

Flat Earth! Anti-Vax! Chem Trails!

flat earth anti VAX chemtrails all the

All the various conspiracy theories

various conspiracy theories are the

are the natural progression of this same self-righteous religious mindset.

natural progression of the same self-righteous religious mindset people

People become fanatically zealous about setting the rest of the world straight about their new religion. Really... stupid... doctrines... All of them!

become fanatically zealous about setting the rest of the world straight about their new religion really stupid doctrines all of them the conspiracy

But conspiracy theorists are only doing more of what the rest of us have been doing for a longer period of time.

theorists are only doing more of what the rest of us have been doing for a longer period of time we each tell

We each tell ourselves that whatever barrow we are pushing is the all-important answer to everything,

ourselves that whatever barrel we are pushing is the all-important answer to

while the others are all in error... or worse still: they are heretics. Cults. Fanatics. Liars.

everything while the others are all in error for worse still they are heretics cults fanatics liars and sooner or later

And sooner or later, they are all demonically deceived.

they are all demonically deceived but

But here is the worst part. I do the same thing.

here's the worst part I do the same

Yet I am going to tell you right now, that my position is significantly different.

thing yet I'm going to tell you right now that my position is significantly

I know. It sounds hypocritical, doesn't it?

different I know I know it's an supercritical doesn't it they

They are wrong for preaching their hobby horse, while I am not. But hear me out! And then decide.

are wrong for preaching their hobbyhorse while I am NOT but hear me out and then

First, I'll show you how I am like the others.

decide first I'll show you how I am like

But think about this: just me saying that... me being able to consider that I may be as guilty as everyone else

the others but think about this just me saying that me being able to consider that I may be as guilty as everyone else

kind of puts me in a different camp already.

kind of puts me in a different camp already

Religions everywhere are far better at judging other people than we are at judging ourselves. So I'm going to judge myself, and this is what I see.

religions everywhere are far better at judging other people than we are at judging ourselves so I'm going to judge myself and this is what I see I see

I see myself turning every conversation, every teaching

myself turning every conversation every

every encounter over to my one overriding hobby-horse.

teaching every encounter over to my one overriding hobbyhorse

for example people write to me with

People write to me with testimonies of various sorts: They had a dream. God spoke them.

testimonies of various sorts they had a dream God spoke to them they died and

They died and went to heaven. And I just kind of shrug it off.

went to heaven and I just kind of shrug

What I invariably do to test their religious experiences

it off what I invariably do to test their religious experiences is to ask

is to ask them whether it has led to them following the things that Jesus taught...

them whether it has led to them following the things that Jesus taught I

I ask them whether they have stopped working for money

asked them whether they have stopped

whether they have given up everything they own

working for money whether they have given up everything they own and whether

and whether they are going into all the world to preach the gospel. If not, well I am openly skeptical about all their spectacular revelations.

they are going into all the world to preach the gospel and if not well I am openly skeptical about all their spectacular revelations this thing about

This thing about obeying Jesus is my doctrinal hobby-horse, right?

obeying Jesus is my doctrinal hobbyhorse right people write to me about some

People write to me about some amazing ministry they have discovered

amazing ministry that they discovered

which, they say, goes well with what I am doing.

which they say goes well with what I'm

They say that they have something to offer me... to set me straight, and improve my ministry.

doing they say that they have something to offer me to set me straight and improve my ministry it may be another

It may be another YouTuber or televangelist whom they support.

youtuber or a televangelist whom they

It could be the author of a book they have read

support it could be the author of a book

or it may even be the person who is writing themselves

that they have read or it may even be the person who is writing themselves who

who has some powerful teaching that will set me straight.

has some powerful teaching that will set

And what do I do?

me straight and what do I do

I ask them to point me to where they or their favourite minister

I asked him to point me to where they or their favorite minister is teaching

is teaching people to stop working for money, to leave everything

people to stop working for money to

and to go into all the world preaching the gospel.

leave everything and to go into all the world preaching the gospel

Do you see it? I'm back on my doctrinal hobby horse... obeying Jesus... forsaking all... living by faith.

do you see it I'm back on my doctrinal hobbyhorse obeying Jesus forsaking all living by faith they write to me about

They write to me about how they have had demons cast out of them, how they were healed of a terrible disease

how they have had demons cast out of them how they were healed of a terrible

and maybe just about a powerful musical group that is singing songs of praise.

disease and maybe just about a powerful musical group that is singing songs of

And you guessed it!

praise and you guessed it I quiz them

I quiz them again on whether any of these people are saying anything about forsaking all

again on whether any of these people are saying anything about forsaking all

whether they have moved in with other full-time servants of Christ

whether they have moved in with other full-time servants of Christ and whether

and whether they are preaching the gospel together seven days a week.

they are preaching the gospel together seven days a week the same thing happens

The same thing happens with all the conspiracy theories that come my way each week

with all the conspiracy theories that come my way each week and with all the

and with all the revelations people have about who the Antichrist is

revelations people have about who the

and about a lot of other details of Bible prophecy.

Antichrist is and about a lot of other details of Bible prophecy I don't

I don't necessarily condemn any of these things...

necessarily condemn any of these things

UNTIL, I see how totally and stubbornly each of them actually BLOCKS acceptance

until until I see how totally and stubbornly each of them actually blocks acceptance

of what it most obviously meant to be a follower of Jesus in Bible times.

of what is most obviously meant to be a follower of Jesus in Bible times but

But when I do bring up the teachings of Jesus, the end is almost always the same...

when I do bring up the teachings of Jesus the end is almost always the same

a blank wall on their part, and rejection of what they are saying on my part.

a blank wall on their part and rejection of what they are saying on my part so

So, the question, as I intimated at the start, is whether I am as guilty as everyone else.

the question as I intimated at the start is whether I am as guilty as everyone

Am I just looking for a good excuse to condemn everyone else, and to make myself look superior.

else am I just looking for a good excuse to condemn everyone else and to make myself look superior what do you think

What do you think? As I have already said, I personally think that my hobby-horse trumps all the others.

as I've already said I personally think that my hobbyhorse trumps all the others

Why? Well, because that is how it comes across in the Bible.

why well because that is how it comes across in the Bible Jesus said at the

Jesus said, at the end of his Sermon on the Mount, that, if you refuse to obey the things he taught in that sermon

end of his Sermon on the Mount that if you refuse to obey the things he taught

you are building your house on sand, and it will be destroyed.

in that sermon you're building your house on sand and it will be destroyed

Does he ever say that about the day on which you go to the synagogue?

does he ever say that about the day on which you go to the synagogue does he

Does he ever say that about getting baptised in water?

ever say that about getting baptized in

Does he say it about speaking in tongues? Or about the Earth being flat? Can you see how every one of these other hobby-horses clearly IS a hobby horse...

water does he about speaking in tongues or about the earth being flat can you see how every one of these other hobbyhorses clay is a

a trivial, nit-picking excuse for religious self-righteousness by comparison to the teachings of Jesus?

hobby horse at reveal nitpicking excuse for religious self-righteousness by comparison to the teachings of Jesus

Jesus said that the religious builders would push aside the chief cornerstone

Jesus said that the religious builders would push aside the chief Cornerstone

and build a religion of their own invention, and that is exactly what they have all done. Go on! Take the biggest issue you can possibly think of.

and build a religion of their own invention and that is exactly what they have all done go on take the biggest issue you can possibly think of whatever

Whatever it is that you think defines the difference between Christian and non-Christian

it is that you think defines the difference between Christian and

between saved and lost, between heaven and hell.

non-christian between saved and lost between heaven and hell set it up here

Set it up here on the table against my hobby horse (faith in and obedience to the teachings of Jesus)

on the table against my hobbyhorse faith in and obedience to the teachings

and see how it stands up.

of Jesus and see how it stands up my

My hobby horse is the Cornerstone... head and shoulders above the rest.

hobbyhorse is the cornerstone head and shoulders above the rest you pretty much

You pretty much have to call Jesus evil in order to challenge this emphasis on his teachings.

have to call Jesus evil in order to challenge this emphasis on his teachings

Most people get around the teachings of Jesus by quietly ignoring them.

most people get around the teachings of Jesus by quietly ignoring them in some

In some cases, they straight out condemn his teachings

cases they straight-out condemn his

by saying such things as he never intended for Gentiles to pay attention to what he taught.

teachings by saying such things as he never intended for Gentiles to pay attention to what he taught well they

Well, there you have it. I'm doing the same thing as them.

have it I'm doing the same thing as them

I'm saying that my teaching is right and all of theirs are wrong. Same old, same old!

I'm saying that my teaching is right and all of theirs are wrong same old same

But there is one very important difference.

old but there is one very important

I'm talking about the Mountain, and they are stumbling over molehills.

difference I'm talking about the mountain and they are stumbling over

I'm dealing with the camel in their soup, while they are straining at gnats.

mole hills I'm dealing with the camel in their soup while they are straining at gnats

Because ultimately, this is not MY hobby-horse...it's Jesus' hobby-horse.

because ultimately this is not my hobby horse it's Jesus's hobby horse and whether it

And whether it is you, me, or anybody else...unless we conform ourselves to what Jesus said

is you me or anybody else unless we conform ourselves to what Jesus said

what we teach and do will continue to be a distortion...

what we teach and do will continue to be

half truths, and outright anti-Christian teaching.

a distortion half-truths and outright anti-christian teaching I'll leave it

I'll leave it there and let you think about just how true that observation is. Please fall on the Rock of Christ's teachings today. Don't put it off until they fall on you.

there and let you think about just how true that observation is please fall on the rock of Christ teachings today don't put it off until they fall on you if you

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