NO SUGAR ADDED!
I like coffee. I'm drinking it right now. Hot. Steaming. Black. Strong. Perfect!
I have one very important rule for my coffee: DON'T put anything in it! A good cup of coffee needs no help.
Leave it alone.
But, what if, unknown to me, someone had polluted my coffee with "vile sugar!" Reaching over to take a drink, I wouldn't see the danger. It looks and smells just the same. Outwardly, everything is fine. But, the nature of the coffee, it's very essence, has been changed...corrupted.
Heresy.
The coffee is the essence of Christianity, it's core beliefs and ideas about Jesus and the Gospel. This is the very "center" of the Christian faith, without which, you just *do not have Christianity.
The sugar is some belief that maintains the outward form of Christianity-i.e. it continues to talk about Jesus and the Gospel, but at the same time it undermines the very essence of Christianity and God's great GRACE.
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