Heresy Hunters vs the Holy Spirit
HERESY HUNTERS vs THE HOLY SPIRIT (# 11)
A (very!) serious question to my FB friends (and many etceteras): Do you think Lord Jesus wants you to be a New Testament christian, one who patterns his/her christianity after His teachings, NT precedents and NT teachers (Paul, John, James, etc.)? This question warrants serious, prayerful consideration because….
Because the judgment seat of Christ is a reality. Because the welfare of those you influence is at stake. Because the population of both heaven and hell will be affected by your answer. Because you want to serve and please the One who “was wounded for our transgressions” and “bruised for our iniquities”. Consider….
If you cannot sign the last page of the New Testament in the presence of the Father, His Son and the most Holy Spirit to signify and proclaim your determination to obey NT writings (as you understands them), you are not a NT christian.
A cessationist believes that God stopped doing many of the works/happenings that the NT records and therefore cannot be defined as a NT christian. Yet he assumes he is! His preposterous perspective seems to be, “I obey the NT by not doing what the NT says!” And, equally important,…
Every evangelical (one who has given oneself over to evangelical “commandments of men”) likewise cannot define him/herself as a New Testament christian. His perspective is equally preposterous: “I obey Christ, not by obeying NT teachings but, by obeying evangelical traditions!” So one more time….
Do you think Lord Jesus wants you to be a NT christian?