Man's relationship to God in creation was based on works. What Adam failed to achieve, Christ, the second Adam, succeeded in achieving. Ultimately the only way one can be justified is by works. (R.C.Sproul) Works! Works! A man gets to heaven by works? I would as soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand! (George Whitefield) “With the wolves you cannot be too severe. With the weak sheep you cannot be too gentle.” (Martin Luther on false teachers)

Friday, October 17, 2008

Keeping correct categories

To the extent that it is ever a part of the debate that 'swirls around' the Emergent 'conversation', I think that Reformed and Baptist provides a very significant caution: The Danger of One-Man Ministries. A couple of short(?) quotes:

"...warn the reader of marks that their church and/or pastor was becoming emergent. Good motive, and good warning, most of it....." And then "...put a dispensational premillenial position on eschatology on a par with such key doctrines as the sufficiency of scripture and the centrality of Christ

Thus among the many accurate indications of an emerging tendency, such as less emphasis on the authority of Scripture, and a greater dependence on man centred techniques for church growth instead of keeping Christ in the centre, we were told to watch out when

“The teaching that Jesus Christ will rule and reign in a literal millennial period is considered unbiblical and heretical.”

“More and more emphasis is being placed on building the kingdom of God now and less and less on the warnings of Scripture about the imminent [my emphasis] return of Jesus Christ and a coming judgment in the future.”

“The teaching that the Book of Revelation does not refer to the future, but instead has been already fulfilled in the past”

“The teaching that the church has taken the place of Israel and Israel has no prophetic significance is often embraced"”.

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