The Grace Gospel

"The grace gospel is over preached from todays churches!" I've heard this statement from many different people on social media, radio shows, blogs, and even people I know. But one thing a lot of people are forgetting is GRACE plays a major role in the Bible and salvation.

The "grace gospel", along with other "movements" like the "prosperity gospel" or even the "feel-good gospel", is being critizied and looked down upon by some many preachers, evangilist and "religious" people in the churches today. To take it a step further, there's certain pastors, churches and evangilist being accused or pointed out being apart of these "movements" in the christian world. But here one thing I don't understand, why are other pastors, evangilist and "religious" people speaking out and even preaching against the "grace gospel"? Is GRACE not an important role in salvation...the Bible? Yes I know, just like anything, people take things too far, obsses about it and take things out of context, but what makes it better to be the polar opposite and campaign against it? In the topic of the "grace gospel", does it do any good for us to talk against the "grace gospel"? Does it do any good to use other pastors or evangelists name as we judge which message or style they choose to minister with, which I'm sure is God directed if they are truly a life giving pastor or evangelist. 

To be honest, I know there's some pastors and evangelist that do take advantage of different "movements" to gain whatever it is that they want to gain or achieve. Do I agree with it? Absolutely not. Do I think it's wrong? Absolutely yes. Am I going to put them on blast on social media, small talk with other ministers or even during a sermon to the church body? Absolutely not! It's not my place to judge what someones doing (side note: but it is my job to pray for them if I feel they are doing that). Will I speak against the "grace gospel"? Absolutely not. In fact, I will never stop preaching GRACE. I truly believe that if it wasn't for God's grace, we'd all be destined for an eternity in hell. One thing to thing about, is grace not love? And if grace is love, that means God's grace is God's love. So to say that the grace gospel is being over preached is like saying God's love is being over preached. 

Since I've traveled around, my eyes have been opened to may different things. I've noticed that the difference in culture doesn't just effect the way of life but the way of ministering. One thing I've noticed is the bulk of people criticizing the grace gospel is in the southern states also known as the Bible Belt. Being born and raised in the Bible Belt by Pentecostal, Bible believing family, I understand this way of ministering. After traveling around the US and the world, God opened my eyes to the different cultures of ministering as well as the way of life. Saying all that, the culture of ministering is going to be way different in Seattle than it's going to be  in Oklahoma City, Boston is going to be different than in Dallas, New York City is going to be different that Little Rock, and L.A. is going to be different than Nashville. The ways of ministering will not reflect each other if all states or countries. In saying that, we should not judge what another pastor is doing or what "movement" or method he/she used to reach the area God placed them in. Just like those criticizing about the grace gospel, we shouldn't criticize that "hell, fire and brimstone gospel" either. If someone is ministering, speaking truth through God's Word and leading people to Jesus...then who cares if it's through the grace gospel, feel good gospel or even the hell, fire and brimstone gospel...rejoice with them instead of criticize them.

So the question remains, is the grace gospel over preached in todays churches? Think about it and decide for yourself. One way it was put by another person with the same stance as I have on it..."the grace gospel is over preached until you need it". Don't be quick to judge and lose your grace for others. We are all human and will always fail...we will always need God's grace so it will need to be preached ALOT from the churches today if we want to see the world changed for God.