Posted on 07/08/2024 9:18:54 PM PDT by Morgana
The “He Gets Us” campaign, a $100 million public relations initiative aimed at rebranding Jesus, has once again proven its penchant for theological folly. This latest installment features an ad proclaiming, “The one who identifies as they/them is your neighbor.” As chronicled at The Dissenter, this campaign persistently distorts Christian principles to fit a modern, leftist agenda—much to the chagrin of conservative Christians who uphold the authority of Scripture.
The ad attempts to exploit the biblical mandate to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:31). This campaign, like much of the contemporary evangelical movement, grossly misrepresents what it means to love one’s neighbor. Biblically, to love your neighbor involves pointing them to the truth and leading them to repentance and faith rather than affirming them, or making them out to be victims of sin.
True Christ-like love does not simply accept and endorse sin but seeks the ultimate good of the neighbor, which is found in living according to God’s commandments and design.
By portraying those who rebel against God as victims, either victims of their own sin or victims of “Christian bigotry,” the “He Gets Us” campaign frames those in active rebellion against God’s created order as oppressed innocents. This narrative is disingenuous and theologically bankrupt. Instead of acknowledging the spiritual peril of living in contradiction to God’s design, the campaign paints a picture of Christians as the oppressors, thus flipping the script in a way that obscures the gospel’s call to repentance.
The ad’s underlying message is one of “tolerance”. By endorsing such a narrative, the campaign encourages a lifestyle contrary to the transformation Christ offers through His atoning work on the cross. Of course, we believe the gospel is to be offered to everyone—but sometimes, there are truly innocent “neighbors” involved who may be actual victims of these rebels. These people infiltrate children’s classrooms, churches, and public life, seeking to devour them (1 Peter 5:8)—the Scriptures warn us to be aware and steer clear.
In all this, true hope for all—including those “they/thems”—is found only in the gospel of Jesus Christ. The cross is both grace and truth, and it is here that we must stand firm. Christ, the “rock of offense” (1 Peter 2:8), calls us to preach the unadulterated Word of God, regardless of how offensive it may seem to the world and is the ultimate expression of love, as it points to the only path of salvation.
In a culture increasingly inclined to redefine truth, the “He Gets Us” campaign exemplifies the dangerous trend of bending Scripture to fit societal whims. We must resist such distortions and proclaim the gospel in its fullness, offering true hope through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.
By embracing the grace of absolute truth, we fulfill our calling to love our neighbors—not by affirming them in their rebellion, but by leading them to the only one who can save them from the ultimate, looming destruction.
But clearly, Mohammad doesn’t.
who is funding this stuff?
Just like most churches these days preach only 1/2 the gospel, the part that tickles their ears; this “He gets us” group does the same thing. If they really, truly cared about these people they would absolutely point them to Christ.
You are far too generous. I’m not sure they are preaching 1/2.
The ultimate act of loving your neighbor as yourself is to endeavor to save their soul, to save them from an eternity in the lake of fire.
Although we cannot save anyone - only God can do that - we should do what we can to warn those that are walking/sprinting towards hell, and try to point them to the one who can save: Christ.
Living a life that is an abomination to God is not good. If we were doing such a thing we'd want our neighbor to warn us. So we should warn our neighbors - and raising the fear of God in their hearts is for their good.
This campaign states Jesus didn’t teach hate - no, He did not...but He and His word do indeed teach many things the world claims are “hate”
Jesus gave the adultress woman a fresh re-start at living her life. Then he said to her....
...”Go and sin no more”.
Jesus was against sin. And he made it clear by that statement, that what she was doing was sin!
adultress=adulterous
Oh of course Mohammad embraces the LGMBQ2S+ community!
Renounce your bigotry!
They’ll even throw a rooftop party for the transgender community!
/s
exactly
Lucifer via human surrogates.
[The “He Gets Us” campaign]
I have always disliked these commercials; I believe they’re just plain wrong and in error. I believe Olog-hai posted about them a long time ago.
Especially that ANNOYING “Don’t put the blame on me” song. That song is awful, awful, awful (IMHO). Can you tell that I don’t like it? LOL
Frankly, I’m not surprised that they’re going down this path. This is one rare thing that I’m in disagreement with a good friend about. He knows about the people who put the money in.
As i recall (someone correct me) it was the Hobby Lobby guy (or someone of that level of fortune).
IMHO these misrepresent the Gospel to basically a “social justice”-level of “theology”
I was remembering correctly.
“One of the campaign’s backers is David Green, the founder of Hobby Lobby”
(Wiki)
sigh......😞😔😞😞😞🙄🙄🙄
Yeah, I finally found my post at #50
I knew I had posted on whatever thread you had
[Oh yeah. He does get us, but that bunch certainly does not get Him.]
Exactly.
To me, this is yet another warm-up for Satan’s anti-messiah.
A feel-good, near-christian (little “c”) rooted in feelings and society as opposed to the Bible.
All I can say is: when I first saw it, it gave me the same sense of uneasiness that had I in my soul with:
1) the “theology” of Barack Hussein Obama
2) the COVID-19(84) “crisis” (and ESPECIALLY the va666ine)
3) various broadcasts from “the news”
just, something was ________off_________ as if it was a surreal experience
Paul was a bigot, Jesus was a bigot.
God is a bigot.
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