GOSPEL NUGGET #641

 Man Who Did Not Believe In Faith Alone In The Doctor Operated On Himself

He had a heart problem that required immediate surgery. When he went to the surgeon's clinic, he did not like what the doctor told him.

"Trust me. I can save your life. I have been doing this for 30 years. All you have to do is lie down on my table. I will put you to sleep and I will do all the work," the doctor said.

"No! Doc! That would mean salvation by faith alone! I reject that! I believe in salvation by works, by my own efforts! Thanks, but no thanks! Bye! You are just like those false preachers!" the man stormed out of the clinic.

So the man set up his own operating table at home and did an open heart surgery on himself.

After his wake, they buried him a week later.

--- REAL FAKE NEWS WITH A PUNCH

GOSPEL NUGGET #640

 Man Desperately Tries To Find A Place On Earth Where It Is Not Under Heaven

A man who would not want to be saved by the Lord Jesus Christ wanted to find a place on earth where Jesus Christ would not be Savior.

He read in Acts 4:12 the following words:

Ac 4:12 "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name UNDER HEAVEN given among men by which we must be saved."

"I want to be saved by works. I don't want to be saved through Jesus Christ. 'Under heaven' would mean anywhere on earth because everywhere on earth is under the canopy of heaven. I want to look for a place on earth where there is no heaven above so I can be saved by another method, namely by works and not through Jesus Christ."

He thought he found the place when he went to Antarctica, but, when he looked up, he saw, to his dismay, heaven above.

Right now, he is soliciting funding for his project from people, especially those who are not Christians, who will help him find a place on earth where it is not under heaven.

--- Real Fake News With A Punch

GOSPEL NUGGET #639

A Man During The Flood Of Noah Insisted On Being Saved By Water Baptism --- Drowned

Archaeologists have uncovered an antediluvian journal detailing the confessions of a man who insisted that water baptism will save him if the Flood of Noah comes.

"I defy Noah's preaching that only the ark can save us! That we should all be in the ark and trust in the ark alone. That there is no condemnation in the ark. No! I believe that water baptism will save me from the Flood!" he wrote in his journal.

That was the last entry he wrote. Experts believe that he perished in the Flood.

--- From Real Fake News With A Punch

GOSPEL NUGGET #638

 Man Assisted An Elevator On The Way Up

A man who rode an elevator in a mall shocked everyone when he tried to squeeze his hand out. He said that he wanted to assist the elevator on the way up. The others who were inside with him tried to convince him to just relax and stay put. Trust in the elevator and to let the elevator elevate him.

He saw the whole thing in a spiritual sense. He viewed the 3rd floor as heaven, the basement as hell, the lower ground as the world where he lived, and the elevator as the Savior.

He said that he is just being consistent with his beliefs. He believed in faith plus works. He insisted that he can't just stand there and do nothing. He must contribute to his elevation.

The latest update on the man said that he was rushed to the hospital because he broke his arm when he squeezed it out.

--- From Real Fake News With A Punch

GOSPEL NUGGET #637

 Man Experimented With Faith Plus Works To See If It Works

Mr. Peligroso Matagak did the experiment on the top floor of a tall 100-story building; with one leg standing on the very edge on solid cement while the other on nothing but air. Part of him is relying on solid matter while another is attempting to keep himself up by sheer will power and effort.

To everyone's horror, Mr. Matagak, straddling between solid matter and empty space, fell straight into his death down on the pavement below.

"I told him that it won't work!" said a Christian preacher shaking his head visibly upset about what happened.

He continued: "Over and over again I told him that it was by faith alone, by standing on the reliable solid ground, with both feet firmly planted on it. But he just won't listen! He would always insist on faith plus works."

It is feared that Mr. Matagak's case is not isolated, that thousands, even millions, are doing this deadly experiment with their souls, egged on and encouraged by people who call themselves preachers.

--- From Real Fake News With A Punch

GOSPEL NUGGET #636

 Millions of Filipinos Decided To Swim To The US

In an astounding display of physical prowess, millions of Filipinos have decided to swim from the Philippines all the way to the US.

"I know I can make it. Just believe in yourself!" said one Filipino gasping for air as we caught up with him in the Bohol Channel.

When asked as to why he decided to do it, one Filipino replied: "We Filipinos believe that we can make it to heaven by our own works and efforts, without relying on the Savior and what He did on the cross. So might as well swim the Pacific Ocean to the US without needing to be on a boat." Amid the thousands of floating bodies, many are still undaunted, confident that they could make the impossible 13,208-kilometer distance that spans both countries.

--- From Real Fake News With A Punch

GOSPEL NUGGET #636

Mt 9:2 Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you."

His condition was that he had a physical defect --- he was paralyzed. He was helpless in doing anything about it. He needed a miracle. 

His course of action was that he came to the right person. He had faith in Him as the promised Messiah of Israel who will come for them and heal them. 

The Lord Jesus did not ask him if he did good works, if he did community service, if he went to church regularly or if he read his Bible consistently. All these have their proper place but they are not the basis and the cause of his eventual healing. What did the Lord see in him that He healed and forgive him? He saw faith in Him in his heart.

His cure was by mercy through faith alone in Christ alone and not of works.

The physical miracles of the Lord were a demonstration and an illustration of what He could do for us in the spiritual realm. Just as it required a miracle for the paralyzed man to be healed so it requires a miracle for a sinner to be saved. 

And when a sinner is saved, he is "saved by grace through faith...not of works." (Eph. 2:8,9).