Anytime someone promotes or advertises one thing, and then provides an inferior product in place of what was originally offered, it's called a "bait and switch".
There's a lot of that in the Kingdom of God.
Religionists practice the bait and switch by offering a more complicated gospel padded with man made rules, rituals and regulations.
Evangelistic hucksters practice the bait and switch when they convince their trusting and unsuspecting followers to purchase salvation and healing from them.
Satan is the author and main practitioner of the bait switch, and has been since the beginning, as he offers what appears to be a rosier path than what God offers, but is really a garbage strewn fast track to Hell.
Galatians 6:7-8 (Amplified Bible) - "Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. (8) For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life."
"Do not be deceived". God will not be left holding the bag for you. He will never be made to look stupid or embarrassed.
Accept no substitutes.
Nothing other than the pure gospel of God, which is contained in His Holy Word, is authoritative.
When you unwittingly or purposefully accept or follow a perverted brand of the gospel you are sowing into your lower nature.
It is an endeavor completely in the flesh, and you are sowing a seed of destruction and decay into yourself. It is greed and selfishness.
You think you have advanced yourself, but in reality you have decreased.
There are no better deals.
It's Jesus, or a lesser, putrid, weaker version of Who He is.
Check yourself. Be careful who you listen to and follow. Be mindful of what you read and watch.
Are you getting the truth?
It is the truth and nothing but the truth that sets us free!
Keepin' it Real,
Pastor Kevin <><
www.reallifect.com
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