Tuesday, March 20, 2007

May no one take you captive

I was told today that I need to write a blog.
As I sit here I think what could I possibly write about that people would actually be interested in reading and then it came to me (well actually I was encouraged by my boss Pastor Bobby Blakey) Write about truth! What is truth. It seems a common theme in the world is that truth is what you think it is whatever works for you is your truth. Now if this is the "worlds" view then I can't say much about that, but when the "church" begins to adapt this view I become concerned....I recently read a quote by Rob and Kristin Bell a couple who is very influential in the emerging church. It said "Church became so small.....it stopped working...they began discovering the bible as human product, rather than Divine Authority". Now I don't know about you but
Col 2:8 pops into my mind it says "See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy which depends on human tradition and the basic principals of this world rather than on Christ."
Do you see a common word ....I do its human product or human tradition...Now scripture is telling us that we are to not let any one take us captive through philosophy based on human tradition. And yet the bells are saying that we need to see the bible through human tradition and then they add rather than Divine Authority...Im sorry, did I hear that correctly? You are telling me to embrace humanistic philosophy when it comes to scripture? And to not see the bible as the authoritative truth the foundation which we build our lives upon. The Compass to which God gives us to live This is scary my friends because these people are leading a revolution right now. This man was named as one of the most influential christian leaders. If we are more conerned with our human philosophy than whats the Bible says as being the authority on truth where do we go from there. I tell where we go complete apostasy. This seems more like a mind set bascially to allow ourselves to embrace the things of this world with out having any accoutability to it.
We need to be on gaurd and careful. We need to pray that we will not be taken captive by lies. Become aware of what is being taught know what you belive and why you belive it. Be able to give an answer to all with the authority of Gods word as your source.
2 Timothy 3:14-17
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of,
because you know those from whom you learned it,
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and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures,
which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting
and training in righteousness, 17so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped
for every good work.

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