Confronting the Error of Hyper-Grace

Charisma News – 2/18/2013 – Michael Brown

The biblical message of grace is wonderful, glorious and life-transforming. We can’t live without it for one second of our lives. But there is a message being preached today in the name of a new grace reformation, mixing powerful truth with dangerous error. I call it hyper-grace.

One of the foundational doctrines of the hyper-grace message is that God does not see the sins of his children, since we have already been made righteous by the blood of Jesus and since all of our sins, past, present and future, have already been forgiven.

That means that the Holy Spirit never convicts believers of sin, that believers never need to confess their sins to God, and that believers never need to repent of their sins, since God sees them as perfect in his sight.

It is easy to see how such teaching can be dangerous, especially to a believer being tempted to compromise.

One hyper-grace teacher wrote this: “When God looks at me, He doesn’t see me through the blood of Christ, He sees me—cleansed! Likewise, He sees us as holy and righteous. He sees us, and He loves what He sees!”

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Channel Seven – Australian woman drugged and rapped in Dubai / Today Tonight – Troubled Suburbs in Sydney

Dear friends & family in Christ,

We’re forwarding the following media reports on the increasing exposure of Islamic Sharia law, close to home in Australia, for your ongoing prayerful action.

1) Channel Seven News on Sunday May 12, 2013 – Reporter: Ross Coulthart – Producer: Ali Russell

“With Dubai emerging as a major stopover point for long haul journeys, five hundred flights a month will deliver over one million of us to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the next year. Dubai is being promoted as a luxury high-class paradise in the desert, but the reality is brutally different, as Australian Alicia Gali discovered. Gali took a job in the UAE with one of the world’s biggest hotel chains, Starwood. What happened next makes this story a must-watch for every Australian planning on travelling through the region.

Gali was using her laptop in the hotel’s staff bar when her drink was spiked. She awoke to a nightmare beyond belief: she had been savagely raped by three of her colleagues. Alone and frightened, she took herself to hospital. What Alicia didn’t know is that under the UAE’s strict sharia laws, if the perpetrator does not confess, a rape cannot be convicted without four adult Muslim male witnesses. She was charged with having illicit sex outside marriage, and thrown in a filthy jail cell for eight months.”

You may click the following link to read and watch both parts of a very shocking report on the practice of Islamic Sharia law with non-Muslims in Dubai, the so called most moderate city in the Muslim Middle East.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/article/-/17094076/abandoned/

 2) Channel Seven Today Tonight Program  ‘Troubled suburbs’ – May 13, 2013 – James Thomas  

“The shock waves of the religious war between the Sunnis and the Shias in Syria are being felt 14,000km away in the suburbs of Australia.

You may click the following link to read and watch the ‘Troubled suburbs’ as Islamic tensions arise with Muslim fighting Muslim in the streets of Sydney.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonight/latest/article/-/17129164/troubled-suburbs/

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“There can only be one set of laws in this country”: UK MP opposes bid for state-sponsored Sharia courts

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Recently a Sharia court in Britain told an abused wife to stay with her abusive husband and “correct” herself. Britain will see much, much more of that sort of thing (and worse) if Hopkins is not heeded, as he probably won’t be. “Ilkley MP speaks out against Mosques’ Sharia law bid,” from the Wharfedale Observer, April 13:

Keighley and Ilkley MP Kris Hopkins has written to the Justice Secretary stating his opposition to the establishment of Sharia courts.

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Rise Up Australia Party promotion in Melbourne at large conference with several thousand people

Dear friends, Last Friday at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre at the River of Life Conference, Rise Up Australia Party had a stall to promote the RUA Party Policy Principles and…

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Pr Daniel & Rise Up Australia Party Campaign in Toowoomba, Bongeen & Sunshine, Qld on 17-19 May 2013

Dear friends & family in Christ, Pr Daniel will be speaking at a Rise Up Australia Party Campaign Meeting in Toowoomba, QLD at 7pm Friday 17th May at Philharmonic Centre…

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University Puts ‘Stomp on Jesus’ Professor on Leave for Safety Concerns

Charisma News– 4/1/2013 – Gina Meeks

Florida Atlantic University has put Deandre Poole, who had his students write Jesus’ name on paper and stomp on it, on administrative leave.

Florida Atlantic University has put a professor who taught a controversial lesson last month on administrative leave.

The institution announced Friday that Deandre Poole, who had his students write Jesus’ name on paper and stomp on it, was placed on leave for safety reasons.

“As a result of the reaction to a recent exercise in Dr. Poole’s intercultural communications class, the instructor’s personal safety has been compromised,” the university said in a statement.

“Because of this, Dr. Poole will not teach any classes, conduct office hours, or be present at any of FAU’s campuses or sites. Alternate instructors have been assigned to teach Dr. Poole’s classes. Students have been notified and classes will continue as scheduled.”

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Live webcast of special guest sharing her story of Christ’s redeeming love for the homosexual at CTFM on Mother’s Day this Sunday 12th May

Dear family & friends in Christ, We’re excited to announce that a very special guest speaker, Christine Sneeringer from the USA, will share her miraculous testimony of God's redeeming love…

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Great campaign meetings and ministry in Wagga & Albury, NSW

Dear family & friends in Christ,

We thank and praise God for a great weekend for CTFM & RUAP in Wagga & Albury, NSW.

Pr Daniel & team spoke at a RUAP campaign meeting in Wagga on Friday night, a Breakfast and another campaign meeting in Albury on Saturday night.

Following is a very interesting comment that was made by a gentleman after the Breakfast. ”Firstly, I am not a political person , not by a long shot. But I would like to commend you Daniel  on your stance. It is a long time since we have seen any leadership in this country. Personally, I’d have to say I thought Australia as the majority of us have known it, was finished! No hope. But now I can see some light in the darkness. This nation has been sold out. I reckon your party and your own guts give an old Aussie digger like me some hope …I’ve got kids and grandkids. And we’ll be praying for you. Australia may not be finished yet!”

On Sunday Pr Daniel preached at the AM & PM services at Albury Church of Christ.

Those who attended the meetings were greatly touched and challenged to  take a stand to protect our Judeo-Christian heritage and to ‘keep Australia Australian’ for generations to come.

We thank God for very positive media coverage before and after the meetings. You may click the following links to read two more newspaper articles from Wagga & Albury that appeared today Monday the 6th May.

http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/1479726/one-culture-for-everybody/?cs=11

http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/1479696/school-teacher-selected-for-rise-up-australia/?cs=14

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Blacks don’t believe gay rights are the same as civil rights: poll

by Ben Johnson – Mon Apr 01, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – By a two-to-one margin, blacks reject the notion that homosexual rights compare with the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and ’60s, according to a new poll commissioned by Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television.

The poll found that more blacks oppose redefining marriage and believe clergy are right to denounce homosexuality.

In all, 55 percent of blacks deny the idea “that equal rights for gays are the same as equal rights for African Americans.” Only 28 percent believe they are the same.

Despite the endorsement of prominent black leaders including the president, 42 percent of blacks still believe marriage should be “restricted to a man and a woman,” more than those who believe gays should be able to marry (40 percent).

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Truth Telling in the Culture Wars

Bill Muehlenberg - CultureWatch - 01/05/13 The two biggest threats to faith, freedom, and family today come from militant groups dedicated to the destruction of the West, democracy, and Christianity.…

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More RUAP newspaper articles

Dear friends & family in Christ, You may click the following links to read three more newspaper articles from WA, SA & NSW regarding Rise Up Australia Party. http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Geraldton-Guardian.pdf http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Border-Chronicle.jpg…

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Does your Faith play a part in Politics??? By Pr Daniel / A great quote from Cindy Jacobs / Fantastic message from former US President Regan

Dear family & friends in Christ,

Could your personal faith play a part in your Political life?? Should people of faith be involved in Politics?? This is a very interesting question.

Very often, you hear the statement, “Church and State should stay separate. Christians should not be involved in Politics.”

May I humbly ask you a question, “How many times in the past year have you said something or complained about our Government?? When did you last do something to help the Government or the Nation??”

Whether you like it or not, Faith plays a major role in Politics.  Even the Atheists cannot deny that their Faith that there is no God, very much moulds their world view on everything they do. One of the greatest lies that we in the Church have accepted is that ‘Church and State should not come together’, based on a misinterpreted statement of a speech, completely taken out of context, made by Thomas Jefferson, one of the first US Presidents.

Following is a link to a short video of an absolutely fantastic speech by former US President Ronald Regan. It is a must watch as it will definitely challenge you and make you want to get involved in the Political life of the Nation you live in.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/OvN1jTkzXbY?rel=0

Cindy Jacobs, a great woman of God from the US, made the following statement in her book ‘Reformation Manifesto’.

She stated, “’This gospel of the Kingdom will be preached Mathew 24:14’ echoed in my spirit as I read this. For my whole adult life I had thought that we would preach the gospel of salvation to all the world, and when everyone had heard, Jesus would return, but this is not what scripture says.

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Quit Trying to Be Big … and Just Be Faithful

Charisma News 4/10/2013 – J. Lee Grady

There’s nothing more disheartening to a preacher than to see empty seats in a church service. I’ll be honest—I like meetings where you have to pull out extra chairs and put people in the aisles. Why? Because I assume if God’s blessing is on a meeting it will be packed. I like numbers because, in my carnal thinking, crowds are more significant.

Our culture puts value on things depending on how popular they are, and we are guilty of applying this rule in the church. We like big. We even rate churches based on size. We know that the three largest churches in America in 2013 are (1) Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church, (2) Andy Stanley’s North Point Ministries and (3) Bill Hybels’ Willow Creek Community Church. The assumption is that these churches are leading the way in making spiritual impact.

But God doesn’t evaluate us based on numbers, nor does He rate our effectiveness by comparing us to someone else. Many pastors of small or mid-size churches get discouraged because they evaluate their ministries by counting the number of rear ends in seats or the amount of money in offering plates. But God’s ways are not our ways! Remember these kingdom principles:

Less is sometimes more. Jesus attracted big crowds, but the numbers didn’t impress Him because He knew many who were healed in His meetings wouldn’t follow Him to the cross. He even told one of His crowds that the gospel seeds He was sowing would be eaten by birds, scorched and withered, or choked by thorns (see Mark 4:3-8). Only a small percentage, He said, would bear fruit. Jesus was looking for quality, not quantity.

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Rimsha Masih’s Unending Nightmare

April 3, 2013 By Frank Crimi – The Point

After being acquitted in January 2013 of blasphemy charges, now reopened the case against Rimsha Masih, a 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl believed to suffer from mental disabilities.

Rimsha’s case had drawn international attention as well as corresponding outrage after the young girl was arrested  at her home in August 2012 and charged with blasphemy upon being accused by a Muslim neighbor of allegedly burning pages from a Koran.

It should be noted that running afoul of Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws can earn sentences of death or life in prison for those convicted of desecrating Islam’s holy book or insulting its Prophet Muhammad.

For her part, Rimsha, who worked as a maid at the time, denied through her attorney any blasphemous wrongdoing, claiming she was simply burning garbage and “did not know a Koranic book was among the papers because she cannot read.”

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