“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.” 2 Corinthians 6:17
When a church becomes more concerned about pleasing man rather than pleasing God, it undergoes a psychological revolution. People’s thinking flip-flops on every issue of doctrinal truth. Looming over a pastor’s mind is the cloud that if I start calling sin, sin, then a large number of the congregation will have little problem finding a church down the road that will accept them just as they are. People reason that since few will “endure” sound doctrine, that it becomes more trouble than it is worth. Many agree that rather than a stand on what is right with God, that it is best to figure out what will fly with the approval of man. Thus, the mindset becomes “the church with the most doctrinal restrictions will lose their spiritual shirt.”
Where carnality has the upper hand, people worry more about people’s feelings than they respect Godly standards. As a result, standing on sound doctrine is resented and modification of positions is deemed most apporpriate.
Bowing to the pressure of carnal mindedness, religious leaders have abandoned the scriptural rule that requires “all scripture” to be applied to determine sound doctrine (2 Timothy 3:16-17). In its place, they are incorrectly applying the term “we’re not under the law” to allow for people to do what is right in their own eyes in following carnal fads and fashions.
“…I had not known sin, but by the law…Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” (Romans 7:7,12) All over our society, situation ethics is now the adopted philosophy. We hear politicians cry, “the will of the people should prevail.” So, rather than respect and follow the rule of law, the trend is now “do what you want”, and then overturn the law, following the mandate that the will of the people should prevail. This practice is now the new political science. But it has been the adopted spiritual science of many churches for some time, who have forsaken the rule of “all scripture”, unto adopting the “no scripture” position, under the guise “we’re not under the law”.
Under the “no scripture” policy, churches have abandoned true doctrine on the Lord’s Supper, scriptural baptism, scriptural qualifications for leaders, scriptural authority in worship, scriptural morals, scriptural identity, repentance, separation, etc., etc.
True, God looks upon the heart. But just as true is the fact that what one does is the manifestation of what is in their heart. Rather than Christianize carnality, let’s glorify God!
SHARING
