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Originally Posted by JOHN G

Hello all. I need some guidance on a tract issue. I really like the million dollar bill and curved allusion tracts distibuted by Ray Comfort and Way of the Master / Living Waters. However, as of late (as I am hopefully growing in the Lord) ,the defining of repentance on the tract has bothered me. Here lately, I usually have been marking out the part in parenthesis after repent on the second card. I also have wrote "KJV" by the read your bible part. Here is the text of the curved allusion cards.

CARD ONE: Hold both cards curving toward the right. Which is bigger, the pink or the blue? Both are the same size. Our eyes are often fooled by optical illusions. Speaking of eyes -- imagine you were offered $1 million for one of your eyes for a transplant. It could be taken out painlessly, and you'd be given a new glass eye that will look as good as your other eye, but it just won't look as good. Would you sell an eye for $1 million? How about both for $20 million? No one in his right mind would. Your eyes are priceless, yet they are merely the windows of your soul. Jesus said that your eyes are worth nothing compared to the value of your soul: "If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire" (Mark 9:47).

CARD TWO: He asked, "What will a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matt. 16:26). There is nothing as important as your salvation. Judge yourself by the Ten Commandments: Have you lied (even once), stolen (the value is irrelevant), committed adultery (Jesus said, "Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart" -- Matt. 5:28), or killed (God considers hatred to be murder -- 1 John 3:15)? Have you loved God above all else? Be honest. You know you will be guilty on Judgment Day, and therefore end up in Hell. Today, repent (confess and turn from your sin) and trust in Jesus Christ. He died on the cross to take our punishment, and then He rose from the dead. He showed how much God loves us. Then read the Bible daily and obey what you read. God will never fail you.
source: www.livingwaters.com


I have quite a few of these tracts at home. Should I chunk them, edit them, or what? This is an honest question. I don't want this to be (or start) another Calvinism debate (BTW, thanks George for your recent, excellent and thorough posts on the subject). I look forward to your counsel and thanks ahead of time for your posts.

They are preaching a false Gospel. The Scriptures tell us that:

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23 KJV)

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. (Romans 11:29 KJV)

So what must a man do to be saved? Repent? Do good works (remember the works of the Law are mostly a bunch of "thou shalt not's")? Well, thanks be to the Lord Jesus Christ that this question was asked IN THE BIBLE!

And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:30-31 KJV)

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Romans 10:9 KJV)

These "another" gospel preachers are heretics. I'm sorry, I know most won't like my attitude about this, but this is where I draw my line.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV)

SALVATION IS OF THE LORD!

For Jesus' sake,
Stephen