June 11, 2024 
There is a smoother and an easier way to Heaven, than what the Scriptures have marked out
(Charles Simeon) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio
Jeremiah 6:14, “They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace!’ they say, when there is no peace!”
Ezekiel 13:10, “They lead My people astray, saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace!”
These verses are a scathing denunciation of every unfaithful minister!
In the Christian Church, there are many who, while professing themselves to be ambassadors of Heaven, are only deceivers of the people! Their habit has at all times been, to preach, “Peace, peace!” when there was no peace!
There are still many ministers who never teach their people:
the desperate depravity of the human heart,
the absolute necessity of a new birth,
the impossibility of being saved by their own righteousness, and
the indispensability of thorough devotion to God, as His redeemed people.
Instead, they tell their hearers, that there is a smoother and an easier way to Heaven, than what the Scriptures have marked out!
Whether seduced by others or not, all unbelievers are naturally prone to speak “peace” unto their own souls. “I have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart!” Deuteronomy 29:19
The unsaved will not receive the plainest declarations of God concerning them. They cannot endure to think that they are in such danger as God’s Word declares them to be.
They do not believe that the way to Heaven is as strait and narrow as His Gospel represents it.
They persuade themselves that they shall be saved at last, even though they scoff at both the clearest principles and practices of Scripture.
Yet the holy Judge of every person is unmistakable, “There is no peace for the wicked! The wicked shall be turned into Hell, and all the nations that forget God!” Isaiah 57:21, Psalm 9:17
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These ‘salesmen’ of an unholy gospel have been and will continue to be held to a higher standard at judgement. Leviticus 21:6. James 3:1 among many scriptures.
Amen. It really is heartbreaking when you hear such teaching.
There’s something painful about not understanding the need for a Savior and yet pretending that we’re all doing fine. Peace only comes through Jesus–no other peace lasts or has substance. Thanks for this beautiful reminder today.
Amen Dayle. I still can’t articulate the peace i have since Jesus saved me, when i was in dark depression and suicidal after losing my sight at 24! It really is peace beyond all understanding, and people ask me to explain it to them which is pretty much impossible. 🙏 😀