He Is Still Lord over Atheist and Evangelicals and The Mainline
Church
These past few weeks I have read three disturbing reports concerning
how humans relate to God.
Report #1 – The national
media told of a female clergy person, who lost her belief in God and the Bible. There is a good case made from her story she
never had either. She did not see it as
a problem getting funds from churches supporting the Christian College she was
educated from. Her character never
challenged her to pay the money back for scholarships she disingenuously
used. She did not see the ethical dilemma
of being paid from the Lord’s tithes by the Christians of the congregation she
was supposed to be leading in the worship of God, discipleship and lead in
evangelism while she believed in none of it.
When she was found out after elsewhere declaring her allegiance to atheistic
beliefs she was forced to give up her position of pastor of the church she was
supposedly serving. This is according
to the Clergy Project, an organization for former “Christian“ministers that are
atheist. Some of these atheists in
secret are currently serving as ministers and are still now “serving”
congregations. This is according to The
Clergy Project which claims about 250
plus atheist clergy on their website http://clergyproject.org/.
These atheist intellectuals have a big simple problem. They have broken the first commandment.
They have other gods - themselves. Self service is their theology.
Human self-interest ahead of the Lord’s prevailed.
Report#2- Southern Baptist
did not hear the Master’s command that “but whoever wishes to become great
among you shall be your servant.” This
largest group of protestant evangelical Christians in America decided it would
be best to argue about specific parts of accepted orthodox Christian beliefs of
salvation that have some variance in interpretation than to focus on supporting
missionaries, evangelism or planting churches, you know their purpose. Instead of a couple of weeks being about the Great
Commission they were about great documents, great statements and great
political positioning. Folks think that
though these opinions have been around since 1865 harmony seems wrong now.
A Bible professing group is not looking to the wisdom of
Scripture.
Human self-interest ahead of the Lord’s prevailed.
Report#3- The General Conference of The United Methodist church
meets every four years.
In May homosexuality and allowing gay pastors to serve was
an issue.
From The Washington Post
“Leading up to General Conference, which convenes every four
years, gay advocates had argued that momentum favored their cause. About 1,200
United Methodists clergy have agreed to break church rules and marry same-sex
couples, surveys show young Christians favor expanding gay rights and other
mainline Protestant denominations have adopted gay-friendly policies in recent
years.” Language affirming homosexuality
lost in a vote 61% to 39%.” Human
popularity and not revelation from Scripture is way too dominant.
Again – Human self-interest ahead of the Lord’ prevailed.
Why could not the former clergy, evangelical Baptist and the
mainline church not understand we serve
man not humanity. Live like you trust
Him.
Numbers 23:19 (NASB)
"19 “God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent;
Has He said, and will He not do it?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?"
The Bible clearly let’s us know the character and
trustworthiness of God.
Exodus 34:6-7 (NASB)
“6 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed,
“The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and
abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 7 who keeps lovingkindness for
thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no
means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the
children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
The Lord can save the worst situation of the atheist,
evangelical or mainliner.
Isaiah 59:1 (NASB)
“9 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save;
Nor is His ear so dull
That it cannot hear.”
We know the Lord fully through fellowship with his Son.
1 Corinthians 1:9 (NASB)
“9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into
fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”
We are called by the Holy Spirit, when we repent we are
redeemed.
We in the church are then apart of The Kingom.
Hebrew 12:28-29 (NASB)
“28 Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be
shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable
service with reverence and awe; 29 for our God is a consuming fire.”
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