Anti-Anti's Modern Prosperendum

ChatGPT Summary of an earlier conversation: ~~Condensed synthesis (organized by the claim being made)~~ Claim. The world copies Christian virtues while severing them from Christ, producing an attractive but fragile morality. Proof. Scripture predicts copy-without-power (Rom 1; 2 Tim 3:5); experience shows collapse under sustained cost. Difference. Grace-rooted identity in Christ, Spirit-empowered endurance, an eternal horizon, and enemy-love mark what mimicry cannot sustain. Method. Publicly tie deeds to Christ’s gospel, practice costly mercy, and teach discernment so the root is as visible as the fruit - thereby restoring the “burning coals” effect that convicts and invites repentance. ~~Thorough summary~~ Problem the doc tackles. You argue that modern culture selectively imitates Christian virtues (kindness, charity, civility) while rejecting Christ as their source. After Christ, it became easier for society to detach “morality” from obedience to God and reuse it for secular ends—pro...

Hebrews 10:26-31 (NLT) Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins. There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies. For anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us. For we know the one who said, "I will take revenge. I will pay them back."  He also said, "The LORD will judge his own people." It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God. ~~~ This is a fearful passage which some have used to great effect to discourage believers into continui...