5 Myths Christians Still Believe!

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If I told you that most Christians today
believe at least one false thing about
God, his law, or the gospel, would you
believe me? What if I told you that some
of the most popular teachings in the
church today directly contradict the
Bible? In this video, I'm going to
expose the top five myths Christians
believe. And the most dangerous part,
these myths aren't coming from the
world, they're coming from the pulpit.
It's time to unlearn the lies. Let's
start with one of the biggest myths in
modern Christianity. God's law was
abolished.
This idea teaches that when Jesus died
on the cross, he abolished the law of
God. But what did Jesus say about that?
Matthew 5:17-19 says, "Do not think that
I came to destroy the law or the
prophets. I did not come to destroy, but
to fulfill, for surely I say to you,
till heaven and earth pass away, one jot
or one tit will by no means pass from
the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever
therefore breaks one of the least of
these commandments and teaches men so
shall be called least in the kingdom of
heaven. But whoever does and teaches
them, he shall be called great in the
kingdom of heaven. Fulfill does not mean
abolish. In Greek, the word is playoo
and it means to fill up or to bring to
fullness. Not even one jot or tit means
not even the smallest stroke of the pen
will pass away from the law until heaven
and earth passes away. We know from the
book of Revelation that the new heaven
and new earth doesn't happen until after
the thousand-year reign and the great
white throne judgment takes place.
Yeshua also said that whoever breaks the
least commandment and teaches others to
do the same will be least in the kingdom
of heaven. I don't know about you, but I
don't want to be least in the kingdom.
Then he said that whoever does and
teaches the commandments will be great
in the kingdom. That's my desire. I want
to do the things that please my Lord and
hear him say, "Well done, good and
faithful servant." Yeshua obeyed the law
and taught others to obey the law, too.
The notion that the law has been done
away with is actually lawlessness
disguised as liberty. The second myth we
need to bust is once saved always saved.
They say that salvation is a one-time
decision and if you just pray a simple
prayer, you will secure your eternal
salvation. But where's that in the
Bible? The danger of once- saved, always
saved is that it leads many to
complacency, sin, and apostasy. The
Bible repeatedly warns believers that
salvation can be forfeited through
continued unbelief, rebellion, or
apostasy. These warnings are not to
unbelievers. They're directed at saved
individuals, proving that salvation is
conditional upon continued faith and
obedience. Matthew 24:13 says, "But he
who endures to the end shall be saved."
Not he who makes a decision or he that
prays a prayer, but he who endures to
the end will be saved. Salvation is not
based on a single moment, but a lifelong
walk of faith. Notice it's the future
tense being used here, will be saved,
implying that it's not complete yet. The
final result could still be changed.
Yeshua explains that we must abide in
him to be saved. John 15:6 says, "If
anyone does not abide in me, he is cast
out as a branch and is withered and they
gather them and throw them into the fire
and they are burned." To abide means to
remain or to dwell with. If we don't
remain in our faith and dwell with our
Messiah, we might be cast out by him.
Even the Apostle Paul feared being
disqualified from salvation. 1
Corinthians 9:27 says, "But I discipline
my body and bring it into subjection,
lest when I have preached to others, I
myself should become disqualified." Paul
recognized the need to persevere in
holiness, and he didn't want to do
anything that might disqualify him from
receiving his eternal reward. That's why
he practiced self-discipline. He wanted
to make sure his life was submitted in
obedience to God. Peter warns us that if
we turn back to our old ways after
salvation, then it would be worse than
if we had never known the Lord. Second
Peter 2:20 and 22 says, "For if after
they have escaped the pollutions of the
world through the knowledge of the Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled in them and overcome, the
latter end is worse for them than the
beginning. For it would have been better
for them not to have known the way of
righteousness than having known it to
turn from the holy commandments
delivered to them." He's talking about
people who have escaped the world
through the knowledge of the Lord.
Meaning those who have been saved. He
says if those saved people return to
their sin, it's worse than never knowing
Christ at all. Salvation is a covenant.
A covenant requires faithfulness from
both parties. God is always faithful.
But if we walk away, if we stop
believing, stop obeying, and fall back
into the ways of the world, we can break
the covenant and forfeit our salvation.
The Bible speaks about salvation as past
tense, present tense, and future tense.
We have been saved when we come to
faith. We are being saved as we abide in
Christ. And we will be saved if we
endure to the end. If at any point we
stop walking with the Lord, then our
salvation is no longer guaranteed. The
danger of once saved always saved is
that people think they just pray a
prayer and they're saved. And many of
them continue living like the world. The
third myth is probably one you've heard
at every funeral. Grandma's in heaven
now watching over us. It sounds
comforting, but it's not biblical. In
fact, Yeshua said that no one has gone
to heaven. John 3:13 says, "No one has
ascended to heaven but he who came down
from heaven." That is the son of man who
is in heaven. Yeshua is the only one who
has ever gone to heaven. Because he's
the one who came down from heaven.
There's not a single verse in the Bible
that ever promises we go to heaven. The
Bible says, "The dead sleep in the grave
until the resurrection when Yeshua
raises them from the dead." John 6:40
says, "And this is the will of him who
sent me that everyone who sees the Son
and believes in him may have everlasting
life, and I will raise him up the last
day." The hope of the gospel is the
resurrection of the dead. It's not about
going to heaven when we die. The idea
that we go to heaven when we die
actually comes from pagan mythology, not
from the Bible. Paul explains that when
Yeshua returns, the dead will be
resurrected. 1 Thessalonians 4:16. For
the Lord himself will descend from
heaven with a shout, with a sound of an
archangel, and with the trumpet of God,
and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Daniel prophesied about two
resurrections. One to reward the
righteous with everlasting life, and the
second to condemn the wicked. Daniel
12:2. And many of those who sleep in the
dust of the earth shall awake, some to
everlasting life, some to shame and
everlasting contempt. The Bible even
gives a specific example of King David
saying that he is still dead and buried
and in his grave and he's not yet
ascended to heaven. Acts 2:29 says, "Men
and brethren, let me speak freely to you
of the patriarch David that he is both
dead and buried and his tomb is with us
to this day. For David did not ascend
into the heavens." The Bible never says
we go to heaven when we die. The hope of
the gospel is eternal life through the
resurrection of the dead. Myth number
four, the church replaced Israel. This
teaching known as replacement theology
says that God is done with Israel and
that all the promises now belong to the
church. However, Paul said the exact
opposite in Romans 11. He explains that
gentile believers are grafted into the
cultivated olive tree known as Israel.
He also explains that some branches were
broken off because of unbelief and he
warns us not to boast against the
branches. Romans 11:17-18 says, "And if
some of the branches were broken off,
and you being a wild olive tree were
grafted in among them, and with them
became a partaker of the root and
fatness of the olive tree, do not boast
against the branches. But if you do
boast, remember that you do not support
the root, but the root supports you."
Notice that we are grafted in among them
and with them. Gentiles don't replace
Israel. They're grafted into Israel.
God's covenant with Israel wasn't
revoked. It was expanded. Listen what
the Bible says about the new covenant.
Jeremiah 31:31 says, "Behold, the days
are coming, says the Lord, when I will
make a new covenant with the house of
Israel and with house of Judah." The new
covenant is for Israel and Judah.
However, the Gentiles are given an
opportunity to join with Israel and
Judah by being grafted in through faith.
The book of Ephesians explains, "We were
formerly called Gentiles when we didn't
know God." Ephesians 2:1-13 says,
"Therefore remember that you once
Gentiles in the flesh, who are called
uncircumcision by what is called the
circumcision, made in the flesh by
hands, that at that time you were
without Christ, being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel and strangers
from the covenants of promise, having no
hope and without God in the world. But
now in Christ Jesus, you who were once
far off have now been brought near by
the blood of Christ." Next, Paul
explains that the wall of separation
that kept the Jews and Gentiles apart
has been torn down. Ephesians 2:14. For
he himself is our peace, who has made
both one and has broken down the middle
wall of separation. He concludes his
argument by explaining that we who were
once strangers from Israel are now
fellow citizens with them. Ephesians
2:19. Now therefore, you are no longer
strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens with the saints and members of
the household of God. The church doesn't
replace Israel. it joins her.
Replacement theology argues that the law
was only for Israel, not for the church.
But when we understand that the church
is grafted into Israel, we start to see
things more clearly. This final myth is
one that will lead to apostasy in the
last days. This teaching is known as the
rapture. The belief in a pre-trip
rapture is one of the most popular yet
most deceptive teachings in modern
Christianity. The word rapture comes
from a word in the Latin Vulgate found
in 1 Thessalonians 4:17. The word used
here means caught up, but the context is
not about a rapture. Paul is talking
about the hope of the resurrection when
Yeshua returns. First Thessalonians 4:13
says, "But I do not want you to be
ignorant, brethren, concerning those who
have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as
others who have no hope. For if we
believe that Jesus died and rose again,
even so God will bring with him those
who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to
you by the word of the Lord, that we who
are alive and remain until the coming of
the Lord will by no means precede those
who are asleep. For the Lord himself
will descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of an archangel, and with
the trumpet of God, and the dead in
Christ will rise first. Then we who are
alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet
the Lord in the air. And thus we shall
always be with the Lord. Therefore,
comfort one another with these words.
Paul is giving us hope for the
resurrection, saying that we who are
alive will be caught up together with
the resurrected saints when Yeshua
returns. He says, "When this happens,
there will be a trumpet from heaven
announcing his return and the dead will
be raised." The left behind books got
their title from Matthew 24 when Yeshua
was talking about the judgment in the
last days. Matthew 24:37 says, "But as
the days of Noah were, so also will be
the coming of the Son of Man be. For as
in the days before the flood, they were
eating and drinking, marrying and given
a marriage, until the day that Noah
entered the ark, and did not know until
the flood came and took them all away.
So also will be the coming of the son of
man. Two men will be in the field, one
will be taken and the other left. Two
women will be grinding at the mill. One
will be taken and the other left. Watch,
therefore, for you do not know what hour
your Lord is coming. Notice that Yeshua
compares it with the days of Noah, and
the flood took all the unrighteous away.
Then he warns about the ones who will be
taken away when he returns. He's not
talking about the righteous being taken
to heaven. He's talking about the wicked
being cast into the fire. Just like
Noah's flood took all the wicked away.
Yeshua told a parable about wheat and
tears, explaining the order of events in
the last days. Matthew 13:37 says, "He
answered and said to them, he who sws
the good seed is the son of man. The
field is the world. The good seeds are
the sons of the kingdom, but the tears
are the sons of the wicked one. The
enemy who swed them is the devil. The
harvest is the end of the age and the
reapers are the angels. Therefore, as
the tears are gathered and burned in the
fire, so it will be at the end of the
age. The son of man will send out his
angels and they will gather out of his
kingdom all things that offend and those
who practice lawlessness and will cast
them into the furnace of fire. There
will be wailing and nashing of teeth.
Then the righteous will shine forth as
the son in the kingdom of their father.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Notice that the tears are cast out first
to be burned before the wheat is
gathered into the kingdom. The idea of a
preerttrib rapture contradicts the
teachings of both Yeshua and the
apostles. The timeline we find in
scripture is after the tribulation, the
trumpet sounds and the dead are
resurrected. Matthew 24:29 says,
"Immediately after the tribulation of
those days, the sun will be darkened and
the moon will not give its light. The
stars will fall from the heaven and the
powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Then the sign of the Son of Man will
appear in heaven. And then all the
tribes of the earth will mourn. And they
will see the Son of Man coming on the
clouds of heaven with power and great
glory. And he will send his angels with
a great sound of a trumpet. And they
will gather together his elect from the
four winds from one end of heaven to the
other. The problem with the pre-trip
rapture is that it will cause people to
fall away in the last days. The parable
of the swer actually speaks about this.
Matthew 13:20 says, "But he who received
the seed on stony places is he who hears
the word and immediately receives it
with joy. Yet he has no root in himself,
but he endures only for a while. For
when tribulation or persecution arises
because of the word, immediately he
stumbles." These people receive the
gospel with joy. But when tribulation
arises, they stumble in their faith.
Their faith isn't prepared for
tribulation because they've been told
that they'll be raptured out before the
tribulation happens. They ignore the
warnings in scripture that tell us we
will face tribulation. Yeshua told us
about the tribulation so that our faith
would remain strong until he returns. He
even tells us we can be cheerful about
it because we know he has the victory in
the end. John 16:33 says, "These things
I have spoken to you that in me you may
have peace. In the world you will have
tribulation, but be of good cheer. I
have overcome the world." So, how many
of these myths have you been taught in
church? One, two, maybe all five. Let me
know in the comments which of these
deceptions surprised you the most.