For God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time…
I Peter 5:5-6
A Pride Church…
Has a god who might have spoken to a people who need not listen.
(Genesis 3:1-4)
Loves lawlessness and iniquity, knows no bounds for fleshly lusts.
(Romans 1:28-32)
Welcomes all to keep on sinning, tells them “There is no Hell,” and “Love is love.”
(Jeremiah 17:9)
Teaches a Christ who did not pay for a people who do not sin.
(Galatians 1:6-9)
Holds a Bible that does not endure while proclaiming a cross that bore no curse.
(2 Peter 3:1-7)
Tells of a gospel without salvation, relieves no burdens, cures no guilt.
(Acts 15:1)
Maintains a faith without an object, believes in truth without a foundation.
(Psalm 115:4-8; Acts 17:22-23)
Acknowledges death but has no deliverance, promotes the proud and denounces the humble.
(Jeremiah 50:29-32; I Corinthians 15:32)
Calls evil good and good evil, exchanges darkness for light and light for darkness.
(Isaiah 5:20)
Cries out “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace. Heralds “Love, love,” when hatred, misery, and death are knocking at the door.
(Jeremiah 6:14; Proverbs 8:36)
Beckons you to go on the broad way. Many there are who find it. Its end is destruction, countless thousands wish they could warn.
(Matthew 7:13-14; Luke 16:19-31)
Leads followers on the highways to perdition. Those who go in to her will not return. Her house is the way to hell, she takes you down to the chambers of death.
(Proverbs 2:18-20; 5:5)
“Listen carefully to me,” says the Lord
concerning her pride. “Pay attention to the words of my mouth: Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths.” Fear the Lord and follow Him, He will direct your ways to life evermore.
(Proverbs 1:7-16; 5:1-14)
A Christian Church…
Has the God who surely spoke to a people that must earnestly listen.
(Hebrews 1:1-2; 2:1-4)
Loves the Ten Commandments and all God’s holy law. Meditates on them both day and night for they are good.
(Psalm 119:97)
Desires all to follow Jesus, believes that God is love, and God is angry with the wicked everyday.
(II Peter 3:9, John 8:31-32, I John 4:8, Psalm 7:11)
Heralds the Christ who died for sinners, the worst of whom is me. His grace is all sufficient, He alone makes the blind to see.
(I Timothy 1:15)
Reads the Bible that endures forever, proclaims the cross where the curse was paid.
(Isaiah 40:8, Galatians 3:13)
Trumpets the gospel of salvation through the precious blood of Christ. He died for the ungodly, rose from the dead to justify.
(Romans 1:16; Romans 5:6; Romans 4:25)
Calls all to faith and trust in Jesus, whose Word is “Yes” and “Amen.” Jesus is the sure foundation, repent, believe, and live.
(Mark 1:15; II Corinthians 1:20; Isaiah 28:16)
Has no fear of death for its sting is swallowed up in Christ’s victory. Warns the proud while reminding of God’s mercy on the humble.
(I Corinthians 15:54-56; James 4:6-7)
Loves that which is good, abhors that which is evil. Prays for those who hate it. Ministers the gospel call of repentance to as many as will hear.
(I Corinthians 15:54-56; James 4:6-7)
Cries out “Look, look! Look to Christ and live.” Acknowledges peace in no other but in Him who died and lives forevermore.
(Isaiah 45:22; Revelation 4:9-10)
Points to the narrow way. Its end is eternal life and few have found it. Their witness still calls out to you. Come to the Living Water, buy, drink, and live.
(Matthew 7:13-14; Hebrews 11, 12:1-2; Isaiah 55:1-3)
Knows that those who unite with her King surely will be saved, though they die they will live, and pleasant pastures they will find.
(Psalm 24:7-10; John 11:25-26; Psalm 23:1-2)
When their time on earth is done, when the midnight cry goes out, then these glorious words they’ll hear from the one they long to see, “Come you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”
(Hebrews 9:27, Matthew 25:6; 34)
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1 Comment
Stirling · June 30, 2023 at 10:49 am
Beautiful written and so well put answer our Lord’s detractors with His very own Word. I love what Jude says about them Ben. “These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.” Jude 1:12-13 NKJV.
Thank you for your great work. Blessings S&C 👍🙏❤️