Moralism - Not Just Sub Christian But Anti-Christian

"Choose to be happy, treat people with respect, think and speak positive things, plan your life and execute your plan" and on and on it goes. The message sounds so good as it thunders out from pulpits, business seminars and in facebook comments everywhere. What is so deceptive about the message is that there is nothing inherantly wrong with what is said. It is what's MISSING that is so devilish. Its MORALISM - sub Christian and anti-Christian. What is missing is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. WITHOUT CHRIST AND HIS GOSPEL NO MESSAGE IS A CHRISTIAN MESSAGE. Lets get the gospel right, fully embrace it and then with the Holy Spirit's help, go to work on APPLYING THIS GOSPEL to every area of our lives. We are brought into right standing with God by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone, to the glory of God alone. That's the Gospel. To assume it is to deny it... and any message that is not the Gospel is a counterfeit. - JS