Posted on 03/20/2015 6:33:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Devastatingly spot on!
It’s hard to imagine how Romans 1:24-32 and 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 are being “taken out of context.”
My new tag line.
Modern Israel is not equal to the Israel of scripture. Modern Israel is an unsaved nation, having rejected Jesus Christ.
Having said that, PCUSA embraced progressive higher criticism a century ago. In doing so the church has declined dramatically. They have all but rejected their founding statement of faith: The Westminster Confession. They’ve been ordaining women, embracing abortion, sex out of marriage, divorce, sodomy, homosexual marriage and rejecting substantial portions of scripture (6 day creation, Mary’s virgin birth, Christ’s literal resurrection) for decades.
What’s an unsaved nation? If there is such a thing, the United States seems to qualify too. God has plans that include Israelis. Even now, many are turning to Yeshua, more than are currently willing to go public, I might add. The Spirit is at work.
Yup.
This explains why I can’t stand the doctrines/politics of the one Presby I know.
PCUSA is not the only denomination with the P word in its name. There are some others (PCA comes to mind) that still adhere to classic Reformed dogma.
America is circling the drain, they make it look in the movies like we’re all good when we’re not. The real story about employment would be more depressing than a Film Noir, and the fact about the National Debt is that given what passes as policy, the government is never going to leave the deficit behind and is never going to pay off the debt. By the constant deficit spending, our government is running a ponzi scheme and throwing everything but the right solution on the fire, sometimes, they are throwing alcohol on the fire maybe realizing it isn’t water, but maybe they do, because they have to absolutely react and go opposite whatever is found in religion.
I wonder how many of their members are even aware of their churches position on these things...in all likelihood many just do not care..church is simply part of their weekly check off list
Yes, many in the rank and file regard church as a place to have a social framework and receive encouragement (on whatever basis) in the midst of life’s pressures. I think a lot of liberal church members like not being challenged to buck the culture, which can produce friction and unpleasantness, but they wish for everyone to just be “nice” and uncritical. Also, the emphasis on good works gives them a feeling of satisfaction.
Camille Paglia gave the PCUSA a sound thrashing in her essay THE JOY OF PRESBYTERIAN SEX (1991), saying they should ditch Christianity and become formal Pagans (since they were no longer functionally Christian). I couldn’t find the essay online, but it had some witty lines in it.
There is a lot of that going on in the Catholic Church as well. Michael Voris of Church Militant calls it the "church of nice". Check out The Vortex on churchmilitant.tv.
I never said the US was a saved nation. We are a nation that turned its back on Christ from its founding. Israel isn’t saved either, they too have rejected Christ. Both the Jews and the Muslims who live there have rejected Christ. There are, of course, a few Christians. But that doesn’t make Israel a saved, Christian nation.
God has plans for all nations, be it the US, Israel, China etc. Modern Israel has no specific importance though. Not in scripture anyway.
Many, even among the Reformed, have seen in Scripture an indication that there will be a specific and notable turning to Christ among Jews in the latter days. I think modern Israel has providential importance. We shall see.
They joined the Evangelical Presbyterian Church organization.
I wonder how many other congregations have left?
“Modern Israel has no specific importance though. Not in scripture anyway.”
Totally untrue. The second coming of Jesus Christ involves his return to fight the enemies of Israel. People who cannot or will not see and acknowledge prophecy regarding Israel being fulfilled before their very eyes in our days are blind.
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An excellent and damning article. Thanks for posting!
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