{"id":5594,"date":"2020-02-18T08:29:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T08:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5594"},"modified":"2020-02-18T08:29:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T08:29:44","slug":"false-faith-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5594","title":{"rendered":"False faith!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>False faith!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Don Fortner)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a false faith in which multitudes are confidently resting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a false faith by which multitudes are deceived and will perish for ever in Hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may be greatly enlightened and knowledgeable in gospel truth (Heb. 6:4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith excites the affections (Stony Ground Hearers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith reforms the outward life (The Pharisees).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may speak very well of Christ (The Jews).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith confesses sin (Saul).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may humble itself in sackcloth and ashes (Ahab).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may repent (Esau \u2013 Judas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may diligently perform religious works (The Pharisees).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may be very charitable and generous (Ananias).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may tremble at the Word of God (Felix).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may experience much in religion (Heb. 6:1-4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may enjoy great religious privileges (Lot\u2019s wife).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may preach, perform miracles, and cast out demons (Matt. 7:23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may attain high office in the church (Diotrephes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may walk with great preachers (Demas was Paul\u2019s companion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may be peaceful and carnally secure (The Five Foolish Virgins).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A false faith may even persevere and hold out until the day of judgment (Matt. 7:22-23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have the faith of God\u2019s elect, it will bear examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do not, if you are resting in a false faith, you need to be awakened so that you may flee to Christ in true faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>False faith! (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). [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,29,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-don-fortner","category-faith","category-false-religion-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5594","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=5594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5595,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5594\/revisions\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}