{"id":7375,"date":"2026-11-10T09:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7375"},"modified":"2026-11-10T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:22:18","slug":"false-faith-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7375","title":{"rendered":"False Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>False faith!<\/strong><strong><\/strong><em><br><\/em>(Don Fortner)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a&nbsp;<strong>false faith<\/strong>&nbsp;in which multitudes are confidently resting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a false faith by which multitudes are deceived and will perish for ever in Hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A false faith may be greatly enlightened and knowledgeable in gospel truth (Heb. 6:4).<br>A false faith excites the affections (Stony Ground Hearers).<br>A false faith reforms the outward life (The Pharisees).<br>A false faith may speak very well of Christ (The Jews).<br>A false faith confesses sin (Saul).<br>A false faith may humble itself in sackcloth and ashes (Ahab).<br>A false faith may repent (Esau \u2013 Judas).<br>A false faith may diligently perform religious works (The Pharisees).<br>A false faith may be very charitable and generous (Ananias).<br>A false faith may tremble at the Word of God (Felix).<br>A false faith may experience much in religion (Heb. 6:1-4).<br>A false faith may enjoy great religious privileges (Lot\u2019s wife).<br>A false faith may preach, perform miracles, and cast out demons (Matt. 7:23).<br>A false faith may attain high office in the church (Diotrephes).<br>A false faith may walk with great preachers (Demas was Paul\u2019s companion).<br>A false faith may be peaceful and carnally secure (The Five Foolish Virgins).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A false faith may even persevere and hold out until the day of judgment (Matt. 7:22-23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have the faith of God\u2019s elect, it will bear examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&nbsp;false faith&nbsp;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 false faith reforms the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,138,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-don-fortner","category-false-religion-2","category-false-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7375","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=7375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7376,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7375\/revisions\/7376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}