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1 | Jesus Christ has been ‘buddy-ized’ | 2 Tim 2:15 | kalos | 155777 | ||
Feel-good faith that has no convictions [NOTE: In case you missed it, I am reposting the following. In order to give it more visibility, I have taken the liberty of re-posting it as a question, although no question is being asked. --Kalos] ____________________ "The God we worship today no longer resembles the God of the Bible." ____________________ 'Final conclusion: Even with the proliferation of Bibles today, Christians are reading their Bibles less and less. I believe the evangelical church has only 50 years of life left. 50 years left of evangelicalism because of marginalization of the Word of God. We need another Reformation! 'The enemy of the gospel now is not religious hierarchy but moral anarchy, not tradition but entertainment. The enemy of the gospel is Protestantism run amok; it is an anti-intellectual, anti-knowledge, feel-good faith that has no content and no convictions. Part of the communal repentance that is needed is a repentance about the text. 'And even more importantly, there must be a repentance with regard to Christ our Lord. Just as the Bible has been marginalized, Jesus Christ has been ‘buddy-ized.’ His transcendence and majesty are only winked at, as we turn him into the genie in the bottle, beseeching God for more conveniences, more luxury, less hassle, and a life without worries or lack of comfort. 'He no longer wears the face that the apostles recognized. Or, as Erasmus remarked, “When you read the Greek New Testament, you can see the face of Jesus more clearly than if you were one of his disciplesâ€! A bit of hyperbole, but the point is worth underscoring: The God we worship today no longer resembles the God of the Bible. Unless we return to him through a reading and digesting of the scriptures—through a commitment to the text, the evangelical church will become irrelevant, useless, dead.' ____________________ www.bible.org/page.asp?page_idequals1825 (Where the word equals appears in the above web address, delete equals and in its place type in the equals sign (two parallel horizontal lines - the last key on the right in the numbers row on your keyboard).) |
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2 | Jesus Christ has been ‘buddy-ized’ | 2 Tim 2:15 | lionheart | 155860 | ||
Brother kalos, I'm with you on this one.This is something I've posted on on more than one ocassion.I listen to numerous individuals who preach a cheap get rich quick grace,and what really hurts is that a lot of people buy into it. There is nothing cheap about it. Our salvation cost God his dearest blood and people are being lulled to sleep with a waterd down feel good theology.I remember my first posting to the forum, I mentioned how a big effort to weed God out this nations everyday life.We hear how the church is being persecuted in other parts of the world,our turn is comming and we better get committed to being 2 Timothy 2:15 disciples of Jesus Christ and standing firm on Gods Word or a lot of us will not make it. Thanx for your post I think it's something that can no longer be ignored. In Christ, lionheart |
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3 | Jesus Christ has been ‘buddy-ized’ | 2 Tim 2:15 | Hank | 155877 | ||
Lionheart: One wonders whether the waves of persecution, if they come to these shores, will have any real effect on America's churches. I mean, how will the persecutors know whom to persecute? The typical church in America is not a great deal unlike the world, so unless church members wear badges to identify themselves, who would be able to tell the sheep from the goats? I have seen so much erosion in the churches since I was a young Christian ... but I won't bore you about that ... or dampen your day with my tears ... --Hank | ||||||
4 | Jesus Christ has been ‘buddy-ized’ | 2 Tim 2:15 | lionheart | 155879 | ||
Brother Hank, You could not bore me even if you wanted to.Bro take heart,this should not shock us Jesus predicted it,Paul talks about in 2 Timothy 3. Trust me on this one Hank the world knows who we are.Sold out christians are not hard to notice or identify.And to those who are truly fighting to take a stand for God and his Word wont be hard to identify we will know and so will the rest of the world.You and I both know that belonging to a church doesnt make one part of the kingdom,it's belonging to the Church and that only comes to those who have accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior of there lives.God has a way of drawing his people together during times of persecution and apathy. I'm truly blessed of God to be part of a fellowship where GOD is blowing the lid off of things here in Portland Oregon,and being part of this forum for the better part of this year is evidence of how God is working with and watching over his people.Know matter what challenges come my way I know God has my back right along with my brothers and sisters in Christ here in Portland and on the forum.I get up every day knowing for a certainty that I'got brothers and sisters that are swinging for me and I'm swinging for them as well.Hank you and the other brothers Doc,kalos, Ray,Mark,Tim and momaps my dearest sister have made a bigger impact on my life than you will ever know.If I left anyone out know that you are always in my heart also. When all is said and done God will be victorious and because of that so will his people. You are Gods best bro, lionheart |
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