My answer is No. Why? Because He taught exactly the opposite, that is, people begin life NOT lost.
In the parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son (Luke 15:1 – 24), Christ taught that people begin life NOT lost:
1. Before the sheep got lost, it was with its shepherd in the fold.
2. Before the coin was lost, it was with its owner.
3. Before the son went lost, he was at home with his father.
So with us all. We begin life with our Shepherd, with our Owner, with our Father. But we all sinned. Hence the command for people to repent, to overcome evil with good. The same command God made in the old covenant (Ezek 18:30); the same command God NOW wants all people to do (Acts 17:30); the same command Jesus Himself made in the Gospel that He preached (Mark 1:14, 15); the same Gospel He wanted preached to the world before He comes again (Matt 24:14).
But alas, in the brand of gospel popularly being preached to the world now, preachers teach that people are born in sin, hence born lost. No wonder Christ has not returned, because the gospel the world knows is tainted with a teaching exactly opposite to what He taught. While Christ taught people begin life NOT lost, most preachers teach people are born in sin, and to be born in sin is to be born NOT in Christ because sin separates man from God. The teaching that people have to believe first before they can be in Christ is a teaching that indirectly teach people begin life in sin, and hence born NOT in Christ.
But praise God, we begin life, that is we are born, NOT lost, as Jesus taught in the parables of the lost sheep, lost coin and lost son. And to be born NOT lost is to be born In Christ! We need to remove the wrong teaching in the gospel that we preach, so Jesus can come.
Dear Reader, is the brand of gospel you preach tainted with a teaching opposite to what Christ taught? If yes, will you decide to remove it from what you teach and instead of teaching that people are born in sin, teach that people are born in Christ?
In the parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son (Luke 15:1 – 24), Christ taught that people begin life NOT lost:
1. Before the sheep got lost, it was with its shepherd in the fold.
2. Before the coin was lost, it was with its owner.
3. Before the son went lost, he was at home with his father.
So with us all. We begin life with our Shepherd, with our Owner, with our Father. But we all sinned. Hence the command for people to repent, to overcome evil with good. The same command God made in the old covenant (Ezek 18:30); the same command God NOW wants all people to do (Acts 17:30); the same command Jesus Himself made in the Gospel that He preached (Mark 1:14, 15); the same Gospel He wanted preached to the world before He comes again (Matt 24:14).
But alas, in the brand of gospel popularly being preached to the world now, preachers teach that people are born in sin, hence born lost. No wonder Christ has not returned, because the gospel the world knows is tainted with a teaching exactly opposite to what He taught. While Christ taught people begin life NOT lost, most preachers teach people are born in sin, and to be born in sin is to be born NOT in Christ because sin separates man from God. The teaching that people have to believe first before they can be in Christ is a teaching that indirectly teach people begin life in sin, and hence born NOT in Christ.
But praise God, we begin life, that is we are born, NOT lost, as Jesus taught in the parables of the lost sheep, lost coin and lost son. And to be born NOT lost is to be born In Christ! We need to remove the wrong teaching in the gospel that we preach, so Jesus can come.
Dear Reader, is the brand of gospel you preach tainted with a teaching opposite to what Christ taught? If yes, will you decide to remove it from what you teach and instead of teaching that people are born in sin, teach that people are born in Christ?