THEMES FOR THE WEEK:
By Trevor Davis
www.soundingthealarm.com

INDEX To THEMES FOR THE WEEK (Weekly Index for easy reference)


November 24, 2011 (most recent posting since October 16, 2011)
1. WARNING: Strange Fire Christianity.
(Strange Fire) Leviticus 10:1; Nu 3:4; Nu 26:61
A. “Strange Fire” is the term used in scripture for activities performed in the name of spirituality that are not accepted by God.

B. “Strange Fire” in scripture shows God the Almighty judging those who performed spiritual activities that they manufactured from their own minds or other voices other than God.

C. “Strange Fire” in scripture declares that it is an activity “that He commanded them not”. In other words, it is spiritual activity performed that is not holy or separate to God since He had not directed the activity.

D. In the New Testament we are told that believers in Christ are God's workmanship, that He Himself creates the works and literally ordains them and that we should walk in them. God ordains the works that we should walk in. Ephesians 2:10

E. Death penalty was issued by God in striking Nadab and Abihu dead by fire from the LORD because they did not sanctify the LORD in their service to God. They manufactured activity that God had not ordered. God is obviously showing His disdain for this practice and those who love God and study His Word should take note on how God feels about this manner of iniquitous self-directed activity in serving God.

F. God does not necessarily strike people dead for their ignorant or stubborn disobedience, but we should regard how He feels about such inventions of man in performing so-called spiritual activity in His name. If we love God then we obey Him. If we love God then we should desire to please Him. This infers that we regard the heart of God and what He loves or hates.

G. Today, it is evident by the manner of the Church World that is largely a strange fire Christianity.

H. The most despicable activity that outraged Jesus was how the religious system in Jerusalem had turned the Father's house into a den of thieves and robbers. Jesus took cords and manifested His anger in over-turning the money changer tables and ridding the temple from the various animals being sold for sacrifices. Religion was big business then as it is today, even throughout history. People do not seem to learn or even care how God views this racket of religion. 3 Portions of Scripture dealing with Religion as business: Read Context: Mt 21; Mk 11; Lk 19

I. It has been very evident since the 1960's to see the prominent forms of Christianity Church Land going the way of the flesh and the world in performing its business. The leaders have not generally believed the power of the gospel nor the new life offered by way of the cross and resurrection of Jesus as outlined in scripture. Hence, they have offered a “white bread” artificial synthetic gospel that lacks the power of God. They have not urged people to turn from their sins and evil ways. They have offered a form of godliness that denies the power of godliness. They encourage people that are in a fallen state to remain in so but participate in the business of Church. This is not the Church of Jesus Christ that He is building. Rather, this exemplifies the Strange Fire Church, the Church of the Tares fathered by the devil himself.

J. God is calling His people out of an abominable religious system that is strange fire.

K. Judgment begins in the house of God, later, it shall befall the world. 1Peter 4:17-18 Judgment begins in the House of the LORD.

2. The Pseudo Church Trend Replacing Apostles Paul, Peter, James And John For Rick, Bill, Bob, Brian...
A. We are in the times of the apostasy. 2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not come], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

B. Many professing Christians are following man and not the Lord.

C. Too many people are following men that are not following the Lord.

D. The trend today is religious people leaving the Word of God as recorded by apostles Paul, Peter, James and John, for religious celebrities such as Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, Bob Buford, Brian McClaren and many other false teachers who have corrupted the faith. Phl 3:17 ¶ Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. Phl 3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:

E. In the days of the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel, we have a similar occurrence as the religious system forsook the LORD for broken cisterns---false shepherds, priests, elders and phoney prophets who led the people away from the truth and strengthened them in the error of their ways. Waterless broken cisterns of men preferred over the Fountain of Living Waters The Lord God Himself. Ez 13:22-23 The righteous grieved over the perverse spiritual leadership that refuses to correct wickedness in the midst.

F. The prophets were false prophets. The priests were set up in their positions by the false prophets. And the multitudes of the religious masses loved it so! Jer 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

G. Having a temple and all the religious going-on was satisfying for those in the corrupt religious system. They had no regard that God Himself had withdrawn His presence from His own House! They did not say, “Where is the LORD?” They obviously did not care. Having Church was really all they wanted, not the LORD. The same is today for the most part. People are satisfied having a form of godliness or religious activity. As long as they “go” to church and speak the lingo, they seem to think they are accepted in God's eyes. Jer 2:4-8 (context is grieving)

H. The concern here is that the false religious leaders of today are false in that they are not serving God but using God instead for their own imaginations.

I. The plan is an agenda. The agenda is a plot. And the tragic thing is that the blind leaders are leading the blind and they both shall fall into the ditch of destruction if they do not repent. Mat 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch

J. The Plot agenda by the false leaders is to synthesize the religion of Christianity with other religions. It is to remove the savor from the salt of true believers in Jesus. Once the salt looses its savor it is good for nothing but to be thrown out and be trodden under the foot of man. Savor-less salt. Read what Jesus said about losing one's savor by being washed out and blended with the world. Mt 5:13

K. This synthesis is currently underway by very skilled and able men. They have the backing of rebellious governments that have not surrendered to the King God Almighty and His Christ-King Jesus.

L. We can observe how the gospel has been forsaken for a social gospel. We can see how the popular mega churches became “seeker-friendly” or “seeker-sensitive” in order to allow unrepented world people to feel comfortable in their sins as they participate in the Mega Church Cult.

M. God desires to reach the world since He loves the world so greatly that He provided His only begotten Son to die for the sins of the world. (Jn 3:16) However, we must turn from our darkness and choose the light of the Lord that is in and through the Lord. We can not remain in darkness and say we love God, yet this is the lie that is fostered in the Tare Churches of our day. (1Jn 1:5-6)

N. Now we have developing other forms of the Church Cult that are known as “Emergent”. This movement is encouraged by the same group of leaders wearing a different hat offering a different brew of tainted spirituality. Mysticism and other occult practices are now being encouraged to draw those with this psychological interest into their net. (Seeker Friendly, Emergent, Church Growth Movement sponsored by C. Peter Wagner and his disciples as is Rick Warren. Peter Drucker, social engineer, as key promoters of these antichrist venues)

O. Jesus said, Luk 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

P. Jesus loved us so much that He warned us of the dangers that would come especially in the last days.

Q. So, why is it that popular religious leaders of today do not warn the masses in their clutches of the dangers of apostasy and denying the Lord?
Why is it that these leaders actually censor the voice of the Spirit of God? (Sometimes it is not what they say but what they don't say)

R. So, the call is for you not to be followers and servants of men. You must decide to follow the Lord that bore your sins in His own body. It is Jesus that paid the price through His own blood buying your soul from death. Should you not follow Him and learn of Him? 1Cr 7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

S. Jesus sends faithful ones to lead His flock. Jesus sent Paul, Peter, James and John as recorded in scripture. Would it not be wise to study prayerfully the Word of God rather than the latest religious fads that are sold today in the book stores and religious programming?

T. The religious people of the false church have been sold out by their erring leaders.

U. You must decide to be sold out to the Lord and not sold out by the religious con men. 2Pe 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you

3. The Jesus' Agenda.
A. What is the “Agenda” of Jesus?

B. Is it not to go forth into all the world and declare the gospel of the Kingdom? Mk 16:15; Mt 28:19-20

C. Is it not to make disciple-followers of Jesus?

D. Is it not to worship God the Father in spirit and truth with Jesus in the midst? Jhn 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

E. Is it not to become a son and daughter of God by faith? Ro 8:15b-16...but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

F. Is it not the agenda of God to have us grow into the image of Jesus Christ? Rom 8:29

G. The agenda of God is to have a faithful remnant that is purified by fire through the various trials, tribulations and persecutions.

H. The Jesus' Agenda is to follow the Lord in all He commands. He is a living Lord, not a dead prophet. He speaks today. Can you hear His voice? Do you desire to hear His voice? Seek the Lord with all your heart and you shall find Him.

I. The Jesus' Agenda is to have a holy peculiar people fit for the Master's use, serving Him in eternal life of the Kingdom of God. This agenda is not of this world. It is not driven by the course of this world. The Jesus' Agenda is outside the corrupted religious system serving, loving and following the Lord in His Kingdom.

J. So, is the Church World's Agenda as seen in the Mega Churches and popular trendy “Churches” sincerely following the agenda of Jesus Christ?

K. I dare say, you are either serving Jesus Christ or the Anti Christ. You can not have two masters. So Church World, repent and submit to the King Jesus Christ and serve Him His way in His agenda. But turn from your wicked ways of promoting a worldly vain and ecumenical mixed bag of religion. It can not save. It is strange fire before the Lord and He is calling for repentance.

4. Watch Unto Prayer.
1Pe 4:7 ¶ But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
A. Watch and pray is the command of Jesus. Jesus commanded to watch and pray. 4 texts

B. This is our calling now in this evil hour.

C. We must not be guilty of the sin of prayer-lessness.

D. Prayer is communicating in submission to the Father in the name of Jesus.

E. Open your eyes of understanding. Open your senses both natural and spiritual and observe what is coming. Be wise. Be diligent.

F. Perception is a gift from God. It is the ability to see. It is the ability to cognitively understand in the skill of wisdom.

G. Some can “watch” and see but do not understand what they see. They do not understand the implications of the danger signs and warnings of the LORD. This is why we must watch and pray. We do not want to do one without the other. Some pray but are not alert nor wise and understanding what the will of the Lord is. They often bury their head in the sand and ignore the dangers. This is not godly. It is foolish and the Lord would not have His children foolish but wise.

H. Luk 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

5. SOCIAL REDEMPTION Minus The Gospel? A False Gospel. (An Example Of Misguided Goals)
A. Many prominent teachers and ministries of the institutional Church World are now promoting “social redemption”, or, redeeming society through religious means.

B. This is a great error.

C. Remember that all truth is a strait and narrow truth. Anything to the left or right of the truth in Jesus Christ, scripture and the Spirit of Truth is an error of extreme.

D. God has not called His people to redeem society. God has not called His people to preach a social gospel.

E. God has called His people to declare His Word.

F. God has called His people to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.

G. The gospel according to Paul was the foolishness of the cross. In the eyes of the world it is weak and foolish. But to those who are saved it is the power of God.

H. The method and manner that is prominent today in the religious Christian World is on a carnal worldly sphere.

I. When a person or group does not speak what God has ordained to be spoken they nullify the power that is available in Jesus Christ's name.

J. The Lord has given us the message for the world today. It is the gospel.

K. Paul the apostle warned that certain men come by stealth and deceit delivering false gospels.

L. Paul also warned that unsuspecting and undiscerning people are vulnerable to believe the lies of the fake ministers who bring a false gospel, another spirit, and even another Jesus.

M. The Error of Engels (The Call): Lou Engels is said to have asked the Lord how he could win the world to God. This is a great deception since the Lord has already told us how to reach the world by proclaiming the gospel message and making disciple-followers of Jesus. For a person to ask the Lord how he can win the world to God any other way is ludicrous. It is a presumptuous and vain imagination that is foreign to the ways of the Lord identified in scripture. We do not win people to the Lord without proclaiming the Word of God. It is the Word of God whereby people may be born again; not a social gospel or a political religious gospel that seeks to dominate and rule side by side with un-regenerated politicians. Consider the times of Constantine this same temptation of Satan for the religious leaders in that time. They were either going to serve the Lord and suffer ostracization and persecution, or they were going to stand side by side with the Emperor, compromising the standard of God.

(Psalms 2 declares the error of apostate religious leaders standing with the rebellious political leaders in their opposition to the LORD and His Christ)

Lou Engels has created his religious political exercises that use God rather than serving God in the Jesus' Agenda. God has not called us to merge in union with carnal man of the political world. Pray for those in political authority yes. Join with them in partnership no. Can you see this?

N. A division is occurring in Christendom. Those of the flesh versus those of the spirit. Some think they serve God in their flesh with fleshly and worldly ways. Others have realized there is no good thing in the flesh and that we are not to trust in the flesh to serve God in the spirit. Paul spoke not with eloquence as some great orator. He spoke with simplicity the Word of God with power and demonstration of the Spirit of God. 1Cr 2:4 And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 1Cr 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

O. Many today indeed are leaving the way of the Lord as outlined by the example of the apostles to follow celebrity charlatan ministers who are seeking their own agenda and not the Jesus' Agenda. 2Cor 11:13-15 False apostles servants of Satan that transform themselves as ministers of righteousness.

P. The people want the quail. The people want the flesh. The people want the white bread gospel. Nevertheless, we each must decide what we want. Is it to serve the Lord acceptably in godly fear or is it to serve our own self and other religious rebels in their grandeur imaginations?

6. The Sodom Gospel.
A. The Sodom Gospel is the message of and from Sodom.

B. Sodom was full of pride and haughtiness.

C. Sodom was self-centered. “It is all about me”. “It is all about number 1”.

D. Sodom had an abundance of idleness.

E. Sodom had an abundance of bread. Sodom's god was their belly. “Feed me. Feed me. Grrrr...”. A nation driven by its carnal appetites.

F. Sodom was only concerned for her own desire and needs and not the needs of others.

G. Sodom was iniquitous and did abominable sexual sin before the eyes of the LORD.

H. Sodom was oblivious to the nearness of the burning fire and brimstone judgment of God that was eminent.

I. Sodom's gospel seeks to defile the holy.

J. Sodom's Gospel is to “go for the gusto” “Get what you can”. “The one with the most toys wins”.

K. Sodom loves its evil ways. But Sodom is no more to this day. They that are of Sodom shall have the same end unless they repent and believe in Jesus Christ.
Eze 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. Eze 16:50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good

7. It Takes The LORD...
A. Only the Lord can save you. Acts 4:12

B. Only the Lord can change you. 2Cor 3:18

C. We can never be pleasing to God without Jesus Christ.

D. The Lord gets the glory for it is He alone that is worthy. He alone is the One that can bring any good or redemption. This is why the apostate church is in great error since it has forsaken the Lord and gone back into Egypt, the world. The false teachers are unbelievers. They do not follow the Lord. They delight in the works of their own hands rather than the works of God's hands. They speak their own words. They minister by their own strength and imagination. God is not in their thoughts. God is not with them though they may speak of Him.

8. Sad Story Of Samson.
A. Samson was deceived by his own lust.

B. Samson fell and became blind.

C. Samson lost his strength.

D. Samson loved a woman more than God.

E. Samson became caught by the allure of a woman.

F. Samson had been mightily used by God.

G. God is speaking to us today about Samson.

H. Many ministers have been enticed by an element of the world. Many have been caught in the snare of the devil. Too many have been blinded by their sin. So many pedestal preachers have lost the strength and power of the Lord.

I. I believe God is calling for them to repent. Repent, surrender, be cleansed from the sin of the world. Regather yourself from the snare of the devil. It may be that God will grant the Samson ministers to repent and be granted one more thrust against the kingdom of Satan as God allowed Samson.

9. Saul The Rebel—The Saul “Ministry”.
A. Theme song, “I did it my way...”

B. Saul the king of Israel rationalized his disobedience to God. God told him not to bring back anything from the war against the enemy. Yet, Saul determined to take the animals and he postured that he would make a sacrifice to God with what God told him not to do. In his own mind he was doing right. But before God is was disobedient and even likened to idolatry and witchcraft.

C. The Saul Ministries of today serve God on their own terms. They rationalize their disobedience. But we are told not to do evil that good may abound. That is to slander the Lord and His ministry.

D. The Saul Ministry wants what it wants. It disregards what God wants.

E. Saul Ministries serve Saul and not the Lord.

F. The Saul Ministries are strange fire ministries of death.

G. Many today are serving in the vein of Saul. They do not seek the LORD. They do no listen to the LORD. They imagine their own creations and worship the very works of their hands. They are literally in bondage to the creations they make. Sadly, they put God's people into bondage to their whimsical desires. They are like Pharaohs who create monstrous 'skyscrapers' elevating their own name and agendas. Yet they hold the people as slaves to pay for their ivory towers.

H. God is bringing down the “skyscraper” institutions of religion that have elevated themselves into the heavens as ancient Babylon did. God wants His name sanctified. He will not let His name be impugned by the iniquitous example of religion that mis-represents His holiness. God is exposing the truth. God is exposing the charlatan rip-off con men who have spurned the voice of the Lord choosing their own imaginations. Enough with the Strange Fire Ministries. Enough with the Saul Ministries and their Ministers. God is going to bring forth His chosen broken vessels of honor that are fit for the Master's use. They have put away the things of the flesh and the world. They have made themselves ready for the Master's use. They love Him. They listen to Him. They obey Him. And the Lord is in the midst working and delighting as He is glorified through a special people of the LORD that He Himself has sanctified and equipped. Praise God.

10. Does Anyone Really Care What Is True? Few Do.
A. Truth has perished in the land.

B. The masses are largely under the influence of a specific plot of mind-control that was accomplished through the media and the educational system.

C. Truth is not a lie. Simple. Profound and true.

D. The scripture calls us to buy the truth and sell it not. Pv 23:23

E. The majority of the world does not love the truth.

F. Truth is of God.

G. Lies are of Satan.

H. We must have a commitment and “love for the truth”. If we do not, and we love unrighteousness instead, the Word of God declares that God will turn us over to believe a lie. The lie. 2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

I. Do you really love the truth?

J. Are you willing to die for the truth?

K. The truth will cost you guaranteed.

L. You shall be persecuted for the truth. The day of lies is upon us. The people believe the lies. The people for the most part do not regard truth. They can take it or leave it.

M. The stage is set for the greatest deception in the world's history.

N. Today's cultures are lied to on a constant basis byway of the media, commercials, education, and now, even among the Church World.

O. If people that go to the Churches loved the Lord, loved the truth and studied the scriptures, they would realize the pack of lies that are being sold in the religious land. The world is lost already. Truth can only come by way of the Lord.

P. Truth is a heart issue. We can not discern truth when we are in sin. We are dead and deceived when we are abiding in sin. We are in darkness if we walk in sin. Truth is not a mental issue. God hides the truth from the wise and prudent and reveals the truth to the humble meek child-like believer.

Q. I am grieved by the state of the world, both secular and spiritual, that does not love the truth and is not able to discern what is a lie.

11. Keep Your Garments. What are you wearing?
A. The Lord Jesus admonished us to keep our garments.

B. Jesus spoke to the Church of Laodecia and admonished them regarding their true state.

C. They were worldly but did not recognize it.

D. They thought they were spiritual and blessed by their temporal riches.
Rev 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: Rev 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

E. Today, as I wrote this, I was considering how personal it is when you drink out of someone else's cup. Yet this is what the Lord wants of us. We are to drink of His cup. 'Drink it all', He called His disciples.
Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

See, Jesus is standing at the door. Here He is speaking to the Church of Laodecia which reflects generally the fallen state of today's Church World. Lukewarm, fallen, deceived, worldly, wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked, yet the Lord was knocking at the door. Does anyone hear? Does anyone notice that Jesus is outside knocking? Will you open to Him? He desire to meet us as individuals and not some big reprobate religious crowd.

Jesus wants that intimacy and realness that comes person to person. He says He will sup with that person and that person, shall sup with Jesus. Is this what you want?

12. The LORD Is Not Amused.
A. Who's Church Is It Anyway?
Pastor So And So? Or is the Church Jesus' Church? Which do you belong?

B. Who Is The “Star” Amongst Us?

C. “That's Entertainment”. A movie title reflecting the modus operandi of Church Land.

D. Tickled Fancies. The masses seeking teachers to have their ears tickled by goofy messages that are not of God; but Oh, so entertaining, warm and fuzzy. 2Ti 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 2Ti 4:4 And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

E. Prophetic Guessers. (The trend of guessing and calling it prophecy)

F. Those entertained by the Prophetic Guessers.

G. Religious Business. There are religious people who desire to make money on the gospel by misleading the people with a false motive. These are they that handle the Word of God deceitfully for the sake of making filthy lucre, desiring vain prominence and power or other physical delights forbidden by God. Some call it the three “G's”. The Gold, the girls and the glory. These are the three lusts outlined in 1John 2:16 that are also reflected in Eve's sin in the garden at the great falling of man. 1John 2;16: The 3 lusts that spawn all sin. These can be eradicated by faith in the power of Jesus' cross, burial and resurrection. Praise God.

H. The Church World's Results. (Reprobate concerning the faith. Worldly religious people that will never likely see the Kingdom of God since they do not walk with God. They that are led by God are born of God. They that aren't—aren't. Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (The religious system does not promote walking with God. If people genuinely walked with the Lord they would not be involved in the corrupt religious system for the most part. Jesus does not tell His disciples to walk in darkness. He does not condone walking in the sins of the flesh. But the Church World will not tell the people this. They bank on filling the pews with religious people that have never been transformed by the power of God through His gospel and power. Therefore, the Church World that is apostate to the core, does not desire disciples of Jesus. And as a major Mega Church leader said recently, that “his” church was not for Christians; it was for the unbeliever.

I. The State Of Those Who Profess To Believe In Jesus.

J. Status Quo. Status No-Go.

K. The Mis-Spoken Mis-representatives.

L. This is not funny. The Lord is offended and grieved by what goes on in His name. What excuse is there? We have the scriptures. We should have the Spirit of God that shows how God feels. Does anyone care about this? Very, very few care in these days.

13. Dead Give-Away Of The Religionists Who Promote “Changing Or Re-Inventing Christianity.
A. There has been a common theme over the last decades to “rethink” Christianity. Some are now writing books about reinventing the Church and Christianity. The point I want to make here is that this is a dead give-away that those who promote “rethinking, reinventing, changing” the gospel or Church are not of God. It is absolutely evident that they are promoting religion which is based in carnal fleshly devices that are strange fire before God.

B. The Word of God can not be reinvented, changed or rethought.

C. The Gospel of Jesus Christ does not change.

D. Jesus does not change either and He is the same yesterday, today and forever.

E. The Father does not change.

F. Religion does change.

G. The gospel of Jesus Christ does not change. The gospel is the belief in Jesus' redemption through His own blood shed by dying on the cross, being buried for three days, and then being raised by the Spirit of God. This is the gospel. (1Cor 15)

H. Religion is nothing more than a product than one can buy at the store. From time to time some gimmick is implemented to create new interest. A new package, a secret prize hidden in the box, a new name, a new taste, a new size or whatever, the thing is that religion is not of the gospel.

I. The gospel is not a religion. It is the power of God unto those who are saved by faith in Jesus Christ.

This is the call to come out of religion to believe the gospel. Serve the Lord. Believe in Him.