Dominionist hogwash.
:: Our divine calling is literally to strive to make the world and all of humanity better with God’s help. ::
To quote Maxwell Smart, “Missed it by THAT much.”
Sola Gratia
Sola Fides
Sola Scriptura
People are fleeing the institutional church because it has become a Marxist institution more concerned with earthly goals than spiritual ones.
Many churches are nothing more than fake religions designed to make perverts feel good about themselves.
Beating up on a straw man.
So if I have this right:
Eternity is irrelevant, whatever is going on now is what really matters.
Corrupt fallen men can make the world good after all.
Billy Graham should have showed people how to make the world good instead of showing them how to be saved from the fires of eternal Hell.
And if you disagree with this position you are to be called “Escapist” (oh horrors!)
Organized Religion worldwide, as mentioned above, has been hijacked by Evil/Satan/Marxism/LiberalProgressives.
The true Christian today is repulsed by the doorway to Heaven being a wide freeway full of perversion and the acceptance of behavior that is clearly not tolerated in the Kingdom of God.
Forgive the sinner that repents, but the new church just decided it more profitable and powerful to forgive the sin. Actually, the only sin is to adhere to the Bible...
WOW. There’s so much WRONG with this spiel that it’s hard to know where to start!
I have a friend who, when talking about the state of the world, ALWAYS ends up at “well, maybe Christ will return soon and put an end to it.” My gut feeling is that is the easy way out. I believe the Lord would expect us to do our best to overcome evil. He wants us to be victorious. It would be easy for our Creator to just scrap it and start over (or not), but that would be letting Satan win. It must be shown that God’s creation is ultimately mightier than Satan.
Sounds like he is espousing dominion theology even though he doest come right out and say it.
Matthew 10:13-15 New Living Translation
Jesus Christ’s Direction to his Apostle-Evangelists
If it turns out to be a worthy home, let your blessing stand; if it is not, take back the blessing. If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake its dust from your feet as you leave. I tell you the truth, the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off than such a town on the judgment day.
Why does he think these two are mutually exclusive? We are all going to die and in terms of eternity our time on earth is an eyeblink. To not consider where you will spend that eternity, and to prepare for it, is folly. That doesn't mean you can't engage the world, while you are in it, and spread the Gospel to all nations. But..."The Spirit gives life, the flesh profiteth nothing."
You may be referring to this from the Apostle Paul:
Romans 12:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
The “therefore” is referring to salvation by grace alone, is it not?
Grace and works must be kept separate in the New Covenant.
I have moved on from places that openly advocated for the Democrat party line.
Found some nice, comforting places that had very sharp and engaging leaders to CHALLENGE the minds and spirits of attendees.
Not interested in Politics from the pulpit.
Heaven ain’t the first stop; we will all go to Judgement.
Just live your life in such a way, that if & when you do arrive at those pearly gates, the words that you hear are:
“Well done my friend. Welcome.”
People are leaving the Church because it is chock full of paedophiles at the top who cover for those paedophiles who interact with the laity.
From my own point of view, there is no need or purpose for a church. It doesn’t stand for anything, it’s full of evil people who hide behind God as a disguise, and it’s corrupt and greedy. I was born a Catholic, and the pope is truly horrific. Something ain’t right there.
There’s no fixing it, I’ll just take a pass, I don’t need this. I relate with Jesus on my own. Just Him and me, and that’s the way it will be.
Actually, I think people are fleeing the Church because they want to have sex without feeling guilt. As somebody once said, we are in an era of moral heresy.
"The Bible says that as long as we are here on Earth, we are strangers in a foreign land. There are enemies to be conquered before we return home. This world is not our home... - Rev. Billy Graham. Rev. Graham
Graham was right - and the guy who wrote this piece is attempting to get a larger reading than he deserves by playing off the Graham quotes. Shame on Christopher Benek .
“That is because, if we submit to live the teachings of Jesus, the end result will be an Earth that is heavenly and a humanity that is godly.”
No, it won’t, not on this earth at least. God has made it very clear that this earth is not going to end well, and a lot of humanity is going to be judged harshly.
Well, Christians ARE called to change their hearts and minds and conform to God’s laws through Christ...and we’re commanded to preach the gospel and make disciples....but the bible is pretty clear that our goal isn’t to “change” the world. Our goal is to prepare ourselves and others for the coming kingdom of God that will be formally instituted when Christ returns.