{"id":1900,"date":"2012-03-04T10:33:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T10:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2012-03-04T10:33:02","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T10:33:02","slug":"false-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1900","title":{"rendered":"False faith?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>by Don Fortner-<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is a false faith in which multitudes are confidently resting.<\/p>\n<p>There is a false faith by which multitudes<br \/>\nare deceived and will perish for ever in hell.<\/p>\n<p>A false faith may be greatly enlightened and<br \/>\nknowledgeable in gospel truth (Heb. 6:4).<br \/>\nA false faith excites the affections (Stony Ground Hearers).<br \/>\nA false faith reforms the outward life (The Pharisees).<br \/>\nA false faith may speak very well of Christ (The Jews).<br \/>\nA false faith confesses sin (Saul).<br \/>\nA false faith may humble itself in sackcloth and ashes (Ahab).<br \/>\nA false faith may repent (Esau &#8211; Judas).<br \/>\nA false faith may diligently perform religious works<br \/>\n(The Pharisees).<br \/>\nA false faith may be very charitable and generous (Ananias).<br \/>\nA false faith may tremble at the Word of God (Felix).<br \/>\nA false faith may experience much in religion (Heb. 6:1-4).<br \/>\nA false faith may enjoy great religious privileges (Lot&#8217;s wife).<br \/>\nA false faith may preach, perform miracles,<br \/>\nand cast out demons (Matt. 7:23).<br \/>\nA false faith may attain high office in the church (Diotrephes).<br \/>\nA false faith may walk with great preachers<br \/>\n(Demas was Paul&#8217;s companion).<br \/>\nA false faith may be peaceful and carnally secure<br \/>\n(The Five Foolish Virgins).<br \/>\nA false faith may even persevere and hold out until the<br \/>\nday of judgment (Matt. 7:22-23).<\/p>\n<p>If you have the faith of God&#8217;s elect, it will bear examination.<\/p>\n<p>If you do not, if you are resting in a false faith, you need to<br \/>\nbe awakened so that you may flee to Christ in true faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Don Fortner- There is a false faith in which multitudes are confidently resting. There is a false faith by which multitudes are deceived and will perish for ever in hell. A false faith may be greatly enlightened and knowledgeable in gospel truth (Heb. 6:4). A false faith excites the affections (Stony Ground Hearers). A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,29,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-don-fortner","category-faith","category-false-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1901,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}