“In 2004 I went to a bookstore in Tampa, Florida and read several accounts of his supposed conversion to Christ”
Believe you are on shaky ground here, God know Pres. Bush’s heart, you don’t.
“Believe you are on shaky ground here, God know Pres. Bush’s heart, you don’t.”
A genuine conversion has fruits in a man’s testimony, including what he professes about the word of God.
My assessment which you negatively assess is based on James 2:19. Merely stating that God sent His Son, for example, is insufficient in an understanding of redemption, for redemption was not completed by God merely sending His Son into the world.
His own stated testimony is not clear at all on what he holds as the purpose of the Cross of Jesus Christ, Jesus’ Blood Atonement, or its necessity to pay for sins and satisfy the holy retribution of God.
It is possible that a man is saved without always expressing it correctly in words. Let me say that again, ‘cause no one will remember reading it the first time. I said, it is possible that a man can be a genuine child of God while being a failure at expressing the substance of his salvation correctly. (I use those words here, because presidents SPEAK often in public settings, and make it an art to be clear — we’re not talking about an illiterate man here by any means).
But I will say two things about testifying for Christ:
1. We have had several presidents, as well as several defeated presidential candidates in our history who could hit the nail on the head with regard to explaining the substance of redemptive faith. President Bush falls very much short of a Biblical explanation.
2. If President Bush were to desire to join our local assembly, and he gave the word of God, and the God of the word, only the amount of respect as he did in that interview, he would be welcome to attend (because obviously he needs some good Bible teaching for a change), but he would not be permitted to be a member.
As arrogant as that might sound to some, it is necessary for a Biblical Christian church to maintain and hold and set forth the authority of the Scriptures, and Its truths of Jesus Christ and the Blood Atonement.