Heresy Hunters vs the Holy Spirit

HERESY HUNTERS vs THE HOLY SPIRIT     (# 12)

Many (most?) denominational leadership conferences, whereby  relative few are invited and the majority are excluded, clearly and emphatically establishes the reality of an awful schism within Christ’s church. Check your memory…. when was the last time you were invited to such a conference? For most of my FB friends, the answer is never.

Of all the pastors (senior pastors, assistant pastors, youth pastors, etc.) attending your denomination’s leadership conference, how many do you think are Christ-appointed? If your answer is all, you are mistaken. Most is equally wrong, as is many, as is few. The correct answer is none. That’s none as in zero, zippo, zilch. “Can’t be!”, you protest?

When was your Pastor Fred (John, Frank or Whoever) appointed by Lord Jesus to be pastor of an evangelical assembly? There was a specific moment when Fred was “born of the Spirit”. There was a moment when Fred became a paper boy, a student, a graduate, an employee…. and a husband and father and grandfather. But at what moment did he become a Christ-appointed shepherd of Christ’s saints? Was it when handed a certificate at his seminary’s graduation ceremony? Or perhaps when first hired as a youth pastor?…. or assistant pastor?…. or senior pastor? Again, when was that exact moment?

There was no moment! Unlike every pastor at every conference of every denomination, Jesus never compromises His words or His ways. Peter declared Jesus to be “a lamb without spot and without blemish.” Jesus: “I tell the truth.” Jesus: “I am…. the truth.” Denominations are man’s creations, not Christ’s creations. Becoming a pastor called for serious betrayal to Christ’s Sent-one, the very “Spirit of Christ”.

Heresy hunters have much in common with the charismatics and Word-faith people they gingerly (and often accurately) criticize, and only have to look in their own backyard to find enough fodder to satisfy their enormous appetite.