Posted on 01/18/2020 6:13:05 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
The United Methodist Church is splitting over an internal compromise on a biblical definition of sexuality. But one Christian leader explains the UMC isn't the only denomination that's drifting in that direction.
Talks are under way between leaders of the United Methodist Church for conservative congregations to split off into their own denomination that will be faithful to scripture, leaving liberal denominational leaders and some like-minded congregations in a vastly weakened UMC. But Christian author and apologist Dr. Alex McFarland says they aren't the first denomination to split over the Bible's definition of sexuality.
"I think the Presbyterian Church … already did; the hyper-hyper-liberal PCUSA," he shared this week on American Family Radio. "Three conservative Presbyterian denominations – the PCA, the EPC, and the ECO* – those are three conservative, Bible-believing groups [that] emerged once it was clear that the PCUSA was not merely liberal, but actually apostate."
Even more alarmingly, he says the Southern Baptist Convention – the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. – is trending left as well, although not over sexuality. "The current leader of the SBC, JD Greear, a few months ago … said, 'Unless we include social justice, we are not preaching the gospel,'" notes the Christian educator.
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“Methodists not the only ones deviating from Scripture”
No sh!t, Sherlock.
Leftists corrupt everything they touch. This is deliberate.
End Times Ping
The outright apostasy is rampant these days. Hold on to the Truth in your Bible beloved! Read how far the SBC has fallen with their focus on ‘Social & Racial Justice’ instead of the Saving Power of Christ.
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The hour is late.
1 Timothy 4:1-8
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
5 But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8From now on the crown of righteousness is laid up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.
Jeremiah 23
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.
2 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.
3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.
5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness.
7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
8 But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.
10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.
12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires;
Oops...should have read the posts before posting...
All good Bro - great minds & all :)
+100!
Folks,
Jesus came to divide. The division itself is not the focus. The issue is the Point of division.
Luk 12:51 Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!
Luk 12:52 From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of Me, and two against—or two in favor and three against.
Luk 12:53 ‘Father will be divided against son and son against father; mother against daughter and daughter against mother; and mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’”
Read it slowly and let your lips move................
And of course, get your Bible out and read it in context. Sometimes you have to read the whole Bible to get the right context.
+100!! This is confirmation for me!
Awesome diagram!
Absolutely!
My point is that there are also wolves serving the enemy among us & their followers that try to point us in other directions and distort scripture.
Long video - but Pastor Jack Hibbs makes the point. The division is only going to get worse as we close in on the End of the Age.
Eyes On. Ears On.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNKMF69ppFI
The Episcopalians went that way decades ago. Now it appears that the Roman Catholics have succumbed as well.
Some Methodists
Generalize to some Christians
What conservative congregations? The UMC is just varying degrees of liberals.
“Read how far the SBC has fallen with their focus on ‘Social & Racial Justice’ instead of the Saving Power of Christ.”
Get a grip! The SBC “leadership” - a term I use very lightly when speaking of the SBC - includes some social weenies. But even so, NONE of them believe social justice in ANY way replaces the Gospel! You slander them.
And the SBC is a group of 45,000 independent churches. That is why “SBC Leadership” is almost a contradiction in terms. The vast majority of SBC members could not tell you the name of the SBC President.
There are things I dislike about the SBC leadership. I think they are grossly out of touch with the member churches and I would like to see our church withdraw. But even so: The SBC is still focused on the GOSPEL. Not social justice.
“The surest way to make Christianity irrelevant is to try to make it relevant,” McFarland concludes.
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