Who are they talking about?

Who are they talking about?

I will be getting back the series, yet I think that there is some items in the “air” that need addressing.

John MacArthur has written another book… no problem, except it is about the “emerging church” and like most of the criticism that have come our way we ask, “Who are they talking about?” Dan Kimball wrote an open letter in response to John’s letter about the book which in that letter mentions Dan Kimball. (I am not giving the address or title of the John’s book. Why should I?)

Now John has a bit of a history setting up straw men to knock down, and even my own Vineyard Denomination had done a position paper on one of his books full of unfounded accusations.

Grace to You is John’s radio show and honestly I listened for a time… religiously, yet in that time found him often saying things about the Charismatic movement that though there were many “like” that, most I knew were not. It became apparent that it was “Grace to You” only if you agreed with John…

Really this is another example of why we need to not engage. In fact, if we listen to these types of critics and don’t recognize ourselves, then it must not be us… even if they mention our own name!

Don’t get pulled into vain arguments with those who only care to be “right” as they are only pushing a religion of the intellect and reasoning, based on the false belief that Jesus “proposed” truth: (which is the root word where we get propositional from). Jesus did not propose another way, truth or life, HE PROCALIMED IT OF HIMSELF!

Jesus taught with authority and proclaimed truth. He did not lay out any propositions like someone who is out to solicit sex from a hussy! He proclaimed truth to all from the authority of Who He is. Even when Jesus may have used propositional truth Jesus used it against those who approached Him in that unholy manner! To say that Jesus was teaching propositionally implies Jesus was trying to convince everyone that He was Who He claimed to be… in fact I read quite the opposite. Parables were what Jesus used the most... to comfound the conventional "wisdom" that was thought so highly of.

So again, these men do not care about us. They know not love for they do not know He Who loves and is Love. Personally the last time I engaged one of my personal slanderers it left a bad taste in my mouth… I felt like a dog returning to his vomit… and I left saddened as this person believes in another gospel that denies a relationship with Jesus… which only proved what I suspected from the beginning… one cannot know the Father except by knowing Jesus… and if you hate your brother the Truth/Jesus is not in you… they hate their brothers and even go as far as saying we are not brothers… so again, why listen to someone who the bible is clear as to what they are about? No one wins an argument!

I propose that if one comes to your blog and tries to provoke you, simply pray a prayer of blessing on them and thank them for their concern for the lost that we share with them... You can usually tell these people in how they approach you on your blog, it is like you can smell them... and it is not the aroma of Christ! In fact these are the divisive ones that scritpure tells us to avoid! (2 Tim 2:23-26 Titus 3: 9) So unlike these people lets do what the scripture teaches and avoid them... and if they are our self proclaimed enemies, then bless them as Jesus taught. (Matt 5:44)

They condemned us, yet in that , show that they need Jesus even more than ever.
These men are not worthy of our time, energy or thoughts as they only keep us from Kingdom building. Again, I cry out to all in the emerging church to kick the dust off your sandals and face the work at hand… the harvest is now… let’s go forth and build on the foundation of Christ and let those who are building on hay and stubble have their season, and God will judge all in good time.

Be faithful builders!

Blessings,
iggy

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