The Most Misused Word In America Is “FREE”

Romans 5:14-19, “Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”

I love this passage of Scripture. Six times we find the important beautiful words: “the gift.” And three times we read the phrase: “free gift.” FREE is good!!! God's plan of salvation is truly “FREE”!!! Unfortunately, most preachers today (evangelists, missionaries, Bible professors, pastors, chaplains, et cetera) are preaching a false type of salvation, in which which you are required to pay something in return (e.g., turn from your sins, surrender your life to Christ, follow Jesus as supreme “Lord”
 of your life, give up control of your life to Christ, count the cost and pay the price, faithfully run the Christian race until the end, live a lifestyle of repentance, forsake the world, cease from your old ways, et cetera). Those corrupt plans of salvation are NOT FREE, because you are paying for them with your behavior, life and time!!!

Sadly, in our wicked culture in the United States today, many people have become liars, cheats and deceivers (and that includes bad preachers and today's apostate Bible colleges). We see the word “FREE” tossed in our face everywhere we go. 

A perfect example are those falsely advertised “FREE” software downloads, which after installing on your mobile device or desktop computer demand that you pay money or they won't work, or else you get bombard with advertisements while they hound you to upgrade to remove the annoying ads. That is not FREE dear reader, it is a trade, an exchange, in which you allow them to take up your time! They require you as the user to watch their stupid commercials and advertisements, in exchange for the product they let you use. Those videos are NOT FREE, you are paying for them with your valuable time!!!

Another good example are all those Roku channels, nearly all of which are anything but FREE.” I bought a Roku box 
at Walmart. It is a small device for about $35 which connects to any television, providing access to several hundred channels. Honestly, 90% of what Roku offers is garbage, in my humble opinion. But there are some great movies and educational channels on Roku. Unfortunately, ALL of Roku's movie channels falsely advertise that they are “FREE,” but every 3 to 10 minutes (depending on which channel you choose) they bombard you with annoying advertisements, one after another. On average you are required to watch 2 to 3 minutes of annoying commercials every few minutes, which ruins the whole experience. Some channels that I like are Filmrise, Roku (they have their own channel), Crackle and local news from different U.S. cities.

Unfortunately, they ALL falsely claim to be “FREE,” while requiring you to watch their stupid advertisements, which I loathe. In fact, at least 75% of the time I exit Roku and just go watch a DVD movie instead, to avoid seeing commercials. I HATE COMMERCIALS!!! Those films are NOT FREE, they are a trade off. To get to watch their movies, they demand that you watch their stupid ads. Every once in a while, usually late at night when I cannot sleep, or on a Sunday afternoon, I'll get lucky and Crackle won't show any commercials for a few hours. But those times of truly FREE” movie-watching are rare, rarer it seems lately. Those Roku channel owners are getting greedier and greedier. Those videos are NOT FREE, you are paying for them with your valuable time!!!

Also, YouTube forces you to watch videos, but at least they let you “Skip” most ads after 4 seconds. But I'd say 30% of the time you are forced to watch a 15 to 30 second commercial, which you are not allowed to “Skip.” Those videos are NOT FREE, you are paying for them with your valuable time!!! I could go on and on for hours, mentioning umpteen examples of false advertising in American society today, where the word FREE” doesn't mean free at all.

I have seen bank ads, luring people to open up a new bank account to get a FREE” toaster, coffee mug, or whatever. That item which they offer you is NOT FREE, because you are required to give them something in exchange to get it. You MUST open a new bank account at their bank. They are LIARS!!! If the bank doesn't understand the proper meaning of the word FREE,” then how can you trust them with your money?

What bothers me is that people have become so accustomed to lying, deceiving and misusing the English grammar, that it becomes the norm for society. It is sad, and even worse, it is undermining our culture with sinful greed and deception. Unfortunately, this shady type of false advertising has crept into our churches, rescue missions, Bible colleges and religious institutions. We've been flooded with a river of deadly heresy in America, but most people aren't learned enough in the Scripture to detect what Satan has done, perverting the Gospel into a lie. Romans 1:25, Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”

Dear reader, right doctrine matters. I said: RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!! It really does! The Apostle Paul made very clear in Galatians 1:6-7 that there are NOT two different Gospels. There is ONLY ONE Gospel, which Paul defines in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4 as Jesus' death on the cross, burial and bodily resurrection from the dead three days later. Those THREE THINGS comprise the Gospel according to the inspired Word of God.

You won't find anything mentioned in the Bible about turning away from a lifestyle of sinning to be saved, or surrendering all to Christ to get to Heaven, or yielding control of your life over to Jesus to be saved, et cetera. These added embellishments (by sincere but woefully ignorant religious false prophets) are sending hundreds of millions of victims to eternal damnation in the fires of Hell (Matthew 7:13-15, 7:21-23).

When I attended the shameful Harvest Baptist Church on Guam in 2013-2014, their senior pastor Marty Herron was a very confused man theologically. I asked him for permission to pass out Gospel tracts by Pastor Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) and he approved. But Pastor Herron was also passing out poisonous Calvinist junk by Pastor John MacArthur, piling MacArthur's damnable teachings on the book table at the entrance of the church for everyone to grab. Talk about a rattlesnake! I was saddened at the woeful ignorance of Marty Herron. He clearly didn't see a difference or problem between the two drastically different plans of salvation being preached by these two pastors. I'll let you decide for yourself, showing you what Curtis Hutson teaches versus MacArthur's damnable heresy:
Those are two very different gospels. The Apostle Paul warned that there is only ONE Gospel, not two or three. God's free gift of salvation requires absolutely NOTHING from the recipient.

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