The Results Of A Sugary Gospel

Sugar creates an appetite for itself. The to a greater extent than nosotros eat, the to a greater extent than nosotros desire to eat.

That’s the danger of the sugary gospel that then many are serving inward the Body of Christ. Sugar-coated truths are yummy in addition to addictive, but they're devoid of spirit-building nutrition then they make our spirits weak in addition to flabby.

They hit a shape of godliness but deny the life-transforming ability of the Gospel (2 Timothy 3:1-5).

God wants us drinking pure spiritual milk (1 Peter 2:2), but He rebukes those who concord onto their milk bottles besides long (1 Corinthians 3:2-3). We must deed on to enterprise spiritual food.

But the sugary gospel is worse than remaining a bottle-fed infant Christian. It’s ruining our spiritual hearts in addition to minds, giving us unloosen energy for selfish things, non the things of God.

Dear Christians, what are y'all reading in addition to studying? Is it spurring y'all on to love, expert works, in addition to self-denial or merely satisfying your spiritual sweetness tooth? (Hebrews 10:24; Luke 9:23)
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Some related 1-minute devotions: "Spiritual Spam" in addition to "Sugar-Coated Truth." They offering to a greater extent than advice on a sugary gospel in addition to 2 tips for discerning spiritual junk food.

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4 Ingredients Inward Spiritual Junk Food

As novel believers nosotros feed on pure Gospel "milk" (1 Peter 2:2).

Next nosotros deed on to corporation food. 

If nosotros spend upward corporation food, nosotros never mature (Hebrews 5:12; 1 Corinthians 3:2-3).

But there's something simply equally unhealthy equally remaining milk-fed babies. It's junk nutrient teachings which give us a "sugar high" but operate out us malnourished.

Junk nutrient teachings:

1. Downplay our take away for regular prayer, Bible reading, together with fellowship.

2. Emphasize God’s grace together with sack personal responsibility.

3. Misuse the words “judge not” to quiet Christians who part God's truth most sin.

4. Misapply Scriptures together with get got them out of context.

Unfortunately, if the Church were a grocery store, we’d honor that the junk nutrient aisles are growing.

Maturing believers empathise our take away for proper spiritual nutrition. 

More than e'er before, nosotros take away to keep a steady diet of prayer, God’s Word, together with godly fellowship!
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For to a greater extent than on spiritual nutrition:
Spiritual Spam
A Sugary Gospel

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