Having tension headache?
Work pressure and too much time spent glued to the screen? Well, there’s nothing
to fear.
Just pop two tablets of PANADOL or TYLENOL. But do we know that, in
excess, such a popular drug can be toxic to the liver and may even kill?
Paracetamol
(acetaminophen) is a popular OTC medicine for fever, headaches, period pain, minor
aches and pain. Also known as Panadol, Tylenol which are its proprietary (brand)
names.
Recently
its maximum daily adult dosage has been reduced
from 8 tabs (4000mg) to 6 tabs (3000mg) because of the danger
of toxicity. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/231915.php
Accidental overdose can happen as many flu drugs also contain Paracetamol as an ingredient. So if one
takes Paracetamol for pain and fever and also a flu drug (with Paracetamol),
overdose may occur.
The
dose matters so much when we take
medicine. Even something good, like Paracetamol, may be dangerous when taken in
excess.
An
analogy exists in the spiritual realm. Grace is something good but when it is being overemphasised,
it may be dangerous for our spiritual well-being.
Being sinners, we all
need grace. In fact, lots of grace. No right thinking believer questions the
need for grace—before or
after conversion.
And what's positive
about a teaching which emphasises grace is that it has
welcomed with open arms many sinners into church. These people would often be
alienated and judged as “spiritual misfits” by a legalistic church.
But harbouring an
image of God that is agreeable and attractive—that
He is always gracious, loving, merciful—has its dangers. http://bit.ly/1fN2LyX
A wrong picture of God
may have deadly consequences. Thinking erroneously that He is always meek and
mild may prove disastrous when we’re confronted by God the judge at
the end of our life journey or when Christ returns (Hebrews 9:27, 1 Peter 4:7,
17).
Overemphasis on grace leads to the following assumptions.
Do check out for yourselves whether the following premises in red are valid:
- Once we are saved, we will remain saved (OSAS, once saved always saved, eternal security). http://bit.ly/GM5Srz
- All our future sins are forgiven at conversion. http://bit.ly/18wc9Rb
- There is no need to confess sin as we merely need to rest in the imputed righteousness of Christ. http://bit.ly/19yBzuD
- We can afford to banish sin consciousness from our lives as the sin issue is a thing of the past, being settled once and for all when we believed in Jesus. http://bit.ly/GDv4QL
- Repentance is merely changing our way of thinking. http://bit.ly/15qK4KI
"Faith
is good only when it engages truth; when it is made to rest upon falsehood it
can and often does lead to eternal tragedy." – A. W. Tozer
“There
are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to
refuse to believe what is true.” – Soren Kierkegaard, philosopher
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