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    "The Word" ....: Today’S Church Seems to Be Ignoring
    "The Word" ....: Today’S Church Seems to Be Ignoring
    "The Word" ....: Today’S Church Seems to Be Ignoring
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    "The Word" ....: Today’S Church Seems to Be Ignoring

    By Matthew Scott Senge

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    This book was created with the intent to grab and wake you from the message of the modern-day church that preaches God has a wonderful plan for your life or a lifestyle-enhancement Gospel. Imagine hearing these words from our Holy Creator on Judgment Day: Depart from me you who practice lawlessness, I never knew you. What would you do if that happened? Moreover, are you willing to take that chance? Examine yourself right now. Do you consider yourself a good person, really? Romans 3:10 (NKJV) states, There is none righteous, no, not one. Take a closer look at the beliefs you may have been taught throughout your life. I am eternally thankful to our Lord and Savior for His patience with me, the undeserved love and kindness He has, as well as His unending grace and mercy He offers to His children. A special thanks goes out to LivingWaters (Ray Comfort and staff ), Bridge - Logos foundation for their help and my family for never giving up on me.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateApr 27, 2012
    ISBN9781449748401
    "The Word" ....: Today’S Church Seems to Be Ignoring
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    Matthew Scott Senge

    Matthew has been a waiter, a bartender, a salesman, a manager, a security guard, a medic, a police officer who held a top-secret clearance, and just recently a prison inmate or as the world labels, “a convict.” But with all that said, he is nothing without Christ. While incarcerated in the Alabama Department of Corrections, Matthew found his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, whom he now humbly serves with all his heart. Matthew prays that this book is a constant reminder of the undeserved love and mercy He offers His children. If only one soul is brought to Christ through true repentance, although Matthew prays for thousands, he knows angels will rejoice in heaven. It took forty years for the Israelites to finally journey out of the wilderness. A week prior to his release date, he turned forty years old.

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      "The Word" .... - Matthew Scott Senge

      The Word. . . .

      Today’s Church seems to be ignoring

      Matthew Scott Senge

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      Copyright © 2012 by Matthew Scott Senge—Redemption Road Ministries.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      All Scripture quotations in this book, except otherwise noted are from the New King James Version, ©1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Contributing Sources: Bridge—Logos publishing for use of the Firefighter Story many thanks goes out to their entire staff. Living Waters for the teachings by Ray Comfort used in this book.

      WestBow Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4497-4839-5 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-4841-8 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-4840-1 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012907091

      WestBow Press rev. date: 04/25/2012

      Contents

      Part One:

      Today’s Gospel—Good News or Bad Infection

      Part Two:

      Pastors—Cause or Cure

      Part Three:

      Are You A Fan or Follower of Jesus

      Part Four:

      How to be Soldier for Christ

      Endnotes

      First, this book is dedicated to the matchless name of Jesus Christ, Donna and my son Levi for never giving up on me, my Dad, Lana and my brother Chris, whom I feel I can never repay. Special thanks go to a few very important people in my life: Dustin Casey, Living Waters Ministries, Ray Comfort, Allen Atzbi, Lloyd Hildebrand, Bridge-Logos Foundation, Wilford George, Gary Yates, Latahdrick Perkins, Rontavious Holloway, and Billy Jones. I will never forget any of you.

      The time will come when men will not put up with

      sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will listen to many teachers that say what their itching ears want to hear.

      2 Timothy 4:3 (NKJV)

      Introduction

      Although I’m a sinner, The Great Commission applies to me, calling me to spread the truth and the Word to those around me. It is by this commission that—the Lord has enabled me, entrusted me and provided the words in my mouth to convey this message.

      I understand that some may not care to hear this; in fact, it might even anger some readers. However, my request is that you persevere throughout this message, as I believe in my heart through God’s leading that it, will not only change you, but also transform your life. I hope this message will bring you to your knees and close your mouth while opening your ears.

      Part One:

      Today’s Gospel—Good News or Bad Infection

      Let’s get started! To set the foundation, I’m first going to define the word gospel. The English word gospel comes from the Greek word—euaggelos meaning good news. In modern Christian society, it is associated with church. Yet some of today’s churches aren’t spreading good news but a bad infection!

      Some churches have turned the good news into a myriad of beliefs that are far from the actual truth, just so that we can be comfortable with God. The message that’s being preached by some Pastors is a WATERED DOWN, HALF-TRUTH, diluted Gospel. The modern day church has convoluted the meaning of the good news. By the time those who desire to seek a Holy God, with their whole hearts, travel through the maze of confusion, with walls high and thick, based on individualistic ideas, they become bitter, hard-heartened and are labeled backsliders by the very same ones who created the maze itself.

      By the time backsliders discover the actual truth, they are so tired of hearing it that they turn away.

      But, are they really backsliders at all? In my understanding, no, they probably never slid forward in the first place. They were actually a false convert, a product of a corrupt message.

      This so called Love gospel preached in most churches today only reaches the flesh; it can’t get to the heart. It can’t pick at the sin in order to reap a cleansing. This false gospel says this: God has a wonderful plan for your life. He will fix your marriage, drug addiction and illness and will give you happiness beyond measure. Just believe and get saved. In this message there’s

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