Topic: Repentance Part 1
Greetings Sons of God:
Over the next couple of weeks I want to share the Word of
God with you as it pertains to three topics but are all significantly
connected. They are Repentance,
Hypergrace and the Law. Now for some of
us the word that really jumps out at you is hypergrace. Hypergrace is a term that you will come to
know especially in this season and it is important to know what hypergrace is
and how it is a rapidly growing doctrine that seeks to stunt the maturity of
the sons of God today. We are seeing a
rapid growth of hypergrace churches and once you know what hypergrace is then
when we look out at the church we can see the effects of this false doctrine is
doing to many believers.
Characteristics of Hypergrace churches are:
1. Embrace motivational preaching instead of the Word of
God.
2. Despise the Law of God and the acceptance of grace
3. They deny the
chastisement of the Lord and the fear or the Lord
4. No Need to Repent
This is a very disturbing doctrine and the evidence of its
impact can be seen in disorderly households (churches), corruption and lack of
the power of God. There is extreme
emotionalism masking as a movement of the Spirit. The way to remove this doctrine and eradicate
it from the church begins with the very thing that it denies, repentance.
Repentance is a change of the mind. When one changes their mind they turn the
opposite direction of which they are going and do the opposite of what they are
doing. The word repentance is one of the
most powerful word in Scripture but before I tell you how let me share this.
Hypergrace churches deny the dual nature of the believer. What do I mean by dual nature? The believer has a human nature and a divine
nature. Hypergrace churches only
acknowledge the spirit nature of man.
Now this may sound good but it is not because to deny the human nature
is to deny the sin nature contained within.
Let me show you in Scripture:
1 John 1:8,9: If we
say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
To deny the human nature is to deny the sin nature within us
and so many who have adopted the hypergrace doctrine feel no need to repent
because they take the grace of God as a occasion to sin. In other words you hear them say this phrase:
"I know it is wrong but the
Lord will forgive me"
This
mentality goes to one of the characteristics seen in believers that have embraced
the hypergrace doctrine and that is they deny the chastisement (correction) and
the fear (respect and reverence) of the Lord.
You take a "arrogant" attitude because I am saved I can sin
and God will forgive me without even thinking about any type of punishment for
the sin because their perception of love is God being cuddly and sweet and
never one who punishes us for disobedience.
But let me show you the folly in that mentality of those who embrace the
hypergrace doctrine:
Hebrews 12:6-8: For whom the Lord loveth he chaseneth, and
scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
If ye endure the chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what
son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement,
whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.
It is time
for us to embrace repentance and understand that we are to die daily and be
transformed by the renewing of our mind.
As we mature and change from glory to glory, that change and maturation
only begins with repentance.
Peace, Love and Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
