Satan and the Stolen IFs: A Teaching Story

 Satan and the Stolen IFs: A Teaching StoryOne dull night in hell, an under-demon went up to Satan with an idea.“We’re getting too much resistance to converting new Christians into new devils—except, of course, in churches that preach the Easy Gospel (those are the ones we call "easy-in, easy-out.")  Research indicates that in those churches where a set of moral and spiritual values (fromthat book) is not emphasized, the evangelistic message is watered down and presented as not having any universal behavioral application. But it makes it easy to call oneself a Christian. The termChristian is no longer a synonym for ‘deeply spiritual and loving follower of Jesus Christ.’”“But what aboutthat book? It tells them what to do and what not to do —in quite explicit terms.”“Oh, Mighty Evil One. Excuse me, but you’re still living in 1950. No one reads that book any more. The new evangelistic come-on is ‘Come as you are and stay as you are.’ Converting those ‘believers’ to the Dark Side is like shooting fish in a barrel. Easy as eating devils’ food cake.”“But certainly there are those few who have polluted society by using the old evangelistic appeal of ‘Come as you are and now change your world view and behavior to follow Christ and his teachings.’ And they probably read and try (I wish I could laugh at how hard it is for any of them to do th is) to build their whole lives on the principles fromthat book. ”“You are exactly right. An...
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