Hard to believe

The popular belief about Jesus Christ is that of a gentle, good-natured man who walked this earth, offering his followers small lessons of wisdom. But sometimes we fail to recognize that while Jesus Christ offered a message of forgiveness, he also spoke in a demanding and challenging way about what it means to be a follower of Christ.

Pastors and teachers who dilute the gospel of Christ to make it more popular and appealing are responsible for leading their audience down the path that leads to eternal punishment.

In this book, John MacArthur expresses the modern tendency to alter the true message of Christianity in order to satisfy the whims and desires of a culture that expects to receive non-confrontational messages, easy answers, and superficial commitments.

Too many people want a Jesus who is an advertising and marketing specialist who will make them healthy, happy, and prosperous. But Jesus Christ is not anyone's genie in a bottle. He is the Savior who died in agony to satisfy the wrath of a holy God and forgive the sins of humanity. Faith in Him demands a willingness to make any sacrifice He asks. The hard truth of Christianity is that the cost is very high, but the rewards are inestimable: eternal and abundant life that only comes as a result of faithfully following Christ.