"For a time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers,
4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to fables."
2 Timothy 4:3-4 NKJV
Today I want to bring to your notice the term Hyper Grace Teaching. You may have heard of it as it is widely used by several world famous preachers with massive churches:
'The term hyper-grace has been used to describe a new wave of teaching that emphasises the grace of God to the exclusion of other vital teachings such as repentance and confession of sin. Hyper-grace teachers maintain that all sin, past, present, and future, has already been forgiven, so there is no need for a believer to ever confess it. Hyper-grace teaching says that, when God looks at us, He sees only a holy and righteous people. The conclusion of hyper-grace teaching is that we are not bound by Jesus’ teaching, even as we are not under the Law; that believers are not responsible for their sin; and that anyone who disagrees is a pharisaical legalist. In short, hyper-grace teachers “pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality” (Jude 1:4) and flirt with antinomianism.
Jesus’ words to the seven churches in the book of Revelation strongly contradict the idea that Christians never need to repent. To the church at Ephesus, Jesus said, “Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place” (Revelation 2:4). Jesus rebukes five of the seven churches and demands repentance from them (Revelation 2:4, 6, 20; 3:3, 15–19). Far from believers being unaccountable for their sin, they must answer to Jesus for their disobedience (see also 2 Corinthians 5:10).
Preachers of hyper-grace doctrine discount the Old Testament and the Ten Commandments as irrelevant to New Testament believers. They even teach that Jesus’ words spoken before His resurrection are part of the Old Covenant and no longer applicable to born-again believers'.
Jesus’ words to the seven churches in the book of Revelation strongly contradict the idea that Christians never need to repent. To the church at Ephesus, Jesus said, “Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place” (Revelation 2:4). Jesus rebukes five of the seven churches and demands repentance from them (Revelation 2:4, 6, 20; 3:3, 15–19). Far from believers being unaccountable for their sin, they must answer to Jesus for their disobedience (see also 2 Corinthians 5:10).
Preachers of hyper-grace doctrine discount the Old Testament and the Ten Commandments as irrelevant to New Testament believers. They even teach that Jesus’ words spoken before His resurrection are part of the Old Covenant and no longer applicable to born-again believers'.
Regarding our text, William Barclay makes a comment before hyper Grace teaching had become popular: 'Any teacher, to this day, whose teaching tends to make men think less of of sin is a menace to Christianity and a menace to mankind.' The Letters to Timothy by William Barclay
Again, the well-known bible teacher RT Kendall also calls this type of preaching Hyper Grace Teaching and writes: 'At the heart of hyper grace teaching is the belief that there is no need to confess your sins - no place of repentance is in order in the Christian life; all sins are already forgiven and washed away by Jesus' blood at the cross'
When you consider the state of our world today, it is not difficult to realise that Satan is at the heart of the pain and heartache. He even twists scripture to read as he wants it to read and if we are not wise and alert, we can easily fall into the trap of this false teaching. I am making no judgement here but purely pointing out the facts. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 cannot say it anymore clearly. The preachers that are bringing this new wave of teaching, are very successful and popular people. They have massive churches but just ask yourself, 'What is this doing to the church today?' I have had a couple of people who I have known for sometime, talking to me about how wonderful this teaching is. They told me- 'There is no need to repent and confess your sins and there is also no need to pray The Lord's Prayer anymore; we're already forgiven.'
Can you see how easy it is for the devil to convince people about this teaching? When you are in conversation with fellow believers, listen carefully to what is said, also listen to what the preacher is saying as well. I say this, not to make you paranoid - far from it. I say it because, as a teacher myself, I feel I have a duty to speak the truth to you.
If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now:
'Lord Jesus, I have sinned and I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today.
In Jesus' Name. Amen'
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