Christ [Jude 3-4]

The reformation came about because the visible church ,had fallen into error
,often this has been  the case.The church under the Papacy had become
political powerful,with its own army,one does not have to look back on the history of Rome,to see how far from the truth they had strayed.But  they are not on their own, Germany the birth place of the reformation,gave way to liberal Theology,when the Nazi party came into power,some Christian groups identified with them.In South Africa the church took on board
apartheid,with all its evils,and in the land of the free,many churches were deeply racist.
    It is in 1 Corinthians 1 v23,we,/ But we preach Christ and Him crucified,/
having said that,it is one thing to say that,and unlike Paul not really preach the  the truth of whom Christ really is, and miss out in what His death is really about.The cults can sound like Christians, but under the searchlight of
Gods word,they show  themselves to be in the land of make believe.
     True Christian faith is commitment to the Christ of the Bible,when we stray from this then we have left the path of truth. This means accepting
who the Bible says He is,the Son of God,which means He is divine,God manifested in the flesh.It means trusting in him alone,and his saving work,
on the cross,we must not add to it,or weaken this truth.
       Now there will be many things that even as Christians we will differ on
that is no a problem,we will have to agree to disagree,but there it must stop.
We must not compromise,must not ,on the person of Christ,and His atoning work.
                                               A  prayer.
Dear God help to hold fast to Your word,and the truth who Christ is and His saving work on Calvary. in His name we ask this Amen .