The more I observe how the church attempts to “polish” the gospel in its attempt to make it less offensive so it can reach the masses, the more I wonder why God continues to tolerate it.

Take for example the heretical concept of evangelism the church has propagated for years and years in its effort to evangelize the masses, a tragic role-reversal where God is made the victim not only of man’s shenanigans, but also of man’s choice (actually, where God is made man’s victim and man elevates himself to the position of God!). Even a casual look at this would lead one to believe that God left the responsibility of redemption up to man and to his ability to contrive an effective plan to win the lost.

Just for the record, I want to offer the following for your careful and prayerful consideration:

  1. The gospel is the power of God for salvation, not the shenanigans of man.  [See Romans 1:16]
  1. The gospel is not for everyone; therefore, the masses cannot be evangelized. [See John 5:20-21]
  1. The gospel is for the elect of God and ONLY for the elect of God; therefore, only the elect of God can be evangelized. [see John 6:37; 39-40, 44, 64; 17:2; Acts 13:49; and Romans 8:28-29]
  1. The antics used to evangelize the masses actually offend the elect; whereas, the gospel offends the masses. [See 1 Corinthians 1:18]
  1. No one, not even the elect, can come to the Father (be evangelized), unless He grants it and unless He draws them to Himself. [See John 6:44]
  1. When the Father draws one of His elect to Himself, he/she will come to Him and that in His time. [See John 6:37)
  1. The Son gives life to whom He wishes and only to whom He wishes. [See John 5:21]
  1. God did not design evangelism to be some complicated, manipulative effort that man carries out; instead, He designed it to be something that He accomplishes through the power of the Holy Spirit. [See Acts 1:8]
  1. The effectiveness of evangelism is not determined by the efforts of man—the one who wills or the one who runs—but by the power of God, who has mercy and lavishes grace. [See Romans 9:16]
  1. What we win them with is what we win them to; consequently, we should never attempt to win anyone with anything other than the preaching of the gospel. Actually, we never win anyone because He has reserved that for Himself. [from the gospel of Mac]

It is my prayer that you are one of those who refuses to attempt to polish the gospel in an effort to make it more palatable to the lost, that you simply trust the offensive gospel to accomplish the work of evangelism.

Blessings and love,

Mac