"Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
Well if that doesn't describe our current state of Christianity in Western culture I don't know what does. I was reading a review on Amazon for the book Passionate Housewives Desperate for God. I was disheartened to see that one review generated a chorus of "amens!" from the white-washed feminists. Most of the reviews were positive; however, one negative one attracted much attention (perhaps it was the featured negative review?) and there were over a hundred responses to that one review. Most of them were about how "Vision Forum is a cult".
One response that really struck a chord with me was one lady said something to the tune of, "this book is bad because it presents a one-size-fits-all approach. Hello! The Bible is one-size-fits-all! Hebrews chapter 13 verses 8 and 9a say the following:
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines."
The Bible doesn't mean something different today than it did in those days just because society has gone completely amoral around us. Just because society has sold its collective soul to the devil doesn't mean the Bible is no longer relevant to our lives. Instead we have a bunch of emergent church apostates running around claiming, "now, I'm a conservative Christian and all, but I think we have to remember that the Bible was written during a certain time and we have to be culturally relevant." No! That is heresy and it robs people of the fullness of living a holy life for the Christ of the Bible! Not the Christ man has fashioned in his image to fit today's society. The mamby pamby Anglo-Saxon hippie pacifist Jesus with the milky white skin and long, wavy brown hair like He just came back from spreading the good word at Woodstock. I hate it when people say, "Jesus was a liberal". No! Jesus was holy as we should strive to be holy.
Speaking the Bible and calling for repentance and holiness does not make someone legalistic. Legalism is creating doctrine that cannot be found in the Scriptures. Being "extra-Biblical". Too bad most people today think fundamentalism is tantamount to legalism. In today's "if it feels good do it" and "well, I got saved so I'm going to heaven anyway, so I'll just repent later" society this whole "fundamentalism=legalism" mantra goes a long way. Oh how we need revival in America!
One response that really struck a chord with me was one lady said something to the tune of, "this book is bad because it presents a one-size-fits-all approach. Hello! The Bible is one-size-fits-all! Hebrews chapter 13 verses 8 and 9a say the following:
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines."
The Bible doesn't mean something different today than it did in those days just because society has gone completely amoral around us. Just because society has sold its collective soul to the devil doesn't mean the Bible is no longer relevant to our lives. Instead we have a bunch of emergent church apostates running around claiming, "now, I'm a conservative Christian and all, but I think we have to remember that the Bible was written during a certain time and we have to be culturally relevant." No! That is heresy and it robs people of the fullness of living a holy life for the Christ of the Bible! Not the Christ man has fashioned in his image to fit today's society. The mamby pamby Anglo-Saxon hippie pacifist Jesus with the milky white skin and long, wavy brown hair like He just came back from spreading the good word at Woodstock. I hate it when people say, "Jesus was a liberal". No! Jesus was holy as we should strive to be holy.
Speaking the Bible and calling for repentance and holiness does not make someone legalistic. Legalism is creating doctrine that cannot be found in the Scriptures. Being "extra-Biblical". Too bad most people today think fundamentalism is tantamount to legalism. In today's "if it feels good do it" and "well, I got saved so I'm going to heaven anyway, so I'll just repent later" society this whole "fundamentalism=legalism" mantra goes a long way. Oh how we need revival in America!
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