Don't stumble on ELECTION

 

One of the biggest problems I see people have with the doctrine of election in the Bible is not only that in the large scale of things, WE are not responsible for our salvation despite what we EXPERIENCE through it (in this life) but also that GOD DOESN'T CHOOSE FOR SALVATION THOSE WHO WON'T BE SAVED.

That's a really big stumbling block for some people.

But consider this:

#1- We know for a fact that there will be those who will end up in Hell.

#2- We know that The Word of God says, "All those who have ears, let them hear"; "All those who will come...", "If you hear God calling, do not harden your hearts"... etc., etc.   

The Bible is complete with verses calling everyone to come.

"Many are called but few are chosen".

All of those are INVITATIONS to come and believe, and repent, etc.,    and re more than enough reason for people to DESIRE to come - but not all do.

As it turns out, it's un-realistic to suggest that those people who will end up in Hell are BANGING ON HEAVEN'S GATES during their life on earth to try and come in.

It's actually inconsistent with scripture and it's dishonest to speak in defense of those who weren't elect and yet ended up in Hell.  

The Bible says that "No one seeks for God..."; 

The Gospel is "foolishness" to those who are perishing", etc.

And so if you can't indict the one who ends up in Hell and who isn't truly seeking for God then how can we indict God for not choosing them?

We tend to want to come to the defense of fallen man and that's perhaps because we're intimately attached to that fallen-ness as we ourselves are biased as fallen humans ourselves.

This is especially true of the world of unbelievers who want to indict God (as unfair), and often times, Christians themselves take on worldly perspectives.  

When we read heavy-hitting doctrine in scripture, we may be susceptible to the temptation of rejecting God's sovereignty since one of the biggest issues in fallen humanity is that of PRIDE and self autonomy.  

But this is why scripture must come first.

And we must remember:  

Isaiah Chapt. 55:6-9

"Seek the LORD while He may be found;

Call upon Him while He is near.

Let the wicked abandon his way,

And the unrighteous person his thoughts;

And let him return to the LORD,

And He will have compassion on him,

And to our God,

For He will abundantly pardon.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

So are My ways higher than your ways

And My thoughts than your thoughts."

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Christian Socialism DOESN'T EXIST!

 

Not only is Socialism not taught in the Bible, it's inherently a rebellious, envious, and a God-less economic system.  But unfortunately, as part of the "Woke'ism" which has crept into our churches in these last days, those who fall for this deception are those who are most ignorant of our history and ignorant of Biblical Christianity.   

Listen to my podcast (below).  I list how this falsehood takes root among people in the Church and how God-less Socialism truly is.

 

World view in absurdity

 

Morality?  Where does it come from?

Atheists:

Jean-Paul Sartre - "If God does not exist, everything is permissible".

Bertrand Russel - "Life is meaningless".

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If individuals set the rules, then it's "every man for himself" as every man determines what is right or wrong - and you know there won't be a whole lot of consensus because one person's morality won't be another person's morality.

That tends to lead to tyrannical rulership, kingdoms and popery - which most people disagree with ... or it leads to narcissism, nepotism and nihilism.

But if "society rules", then it's the group with the most power that rules which is MOB RULE and how will we know if they'll get morality right?... In fact, we have more than enough to go on in recorded history which shows that MOB RULE never gets it right.   Mob rule always leads to ANARCHY.

No society in human history has every "gotten it right".  So, if morality is a product of evolution, WHEN will we get it right.. WHEN will we finally "get there"?   If humanity has been around for 100k years or more, then what's taking so long?  We're able to build pyramids and roads and even during times of so much advancement where we're almost dancing on Mars, and yet we're STILL NOT THERE???

Unlike the philosophy that says man determines the correct standard, The Bible presents a Godly standard which says that God has spoken, and has determined what is right and wrong; what is perfect and imperfect.  

If we reject that standard, we'll have to present another standard which humanity has never been able to do.

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On the NEXT Podcast

Should we tell people "God loves you" when giving people the Gospel?

The question from a reformed Christian perspective is:

If only the elect will be saved, and if Christ came only for the ones who would believe... What shall we say then?  

I'll try to answer this on my next podcast.   Stay tuned.

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Societal Chaos

 

It's not the first time the ugly head of cultural chaos has raised its serpentine head in human society.  The question is, what if anything got in its way from conquering the society?    

In our American society, will we have enough grace of the knowledge of God to prevent these evils to over-take us like it did in other civilizations before us?

My momma used to say,  "The Devil isn't so devilish because he's so powerful but because he's so old".   Evil is patient and calculating.  And that's at the heart of evil in general when it wants to get it's way, when it wants to conquer, and when it wants to divide.

This is what is at the heart of all of these evil social agendas in the culture today.

The Trans-insanity that'll allow parents to elect to prescribe puberty blockers to their children in order to halt and retard their puberty.

The Critical Race Theory philosophy of perpetual racism found under every rock in order to go to the lengths of defunding law enforcement in poor and crime-ridden communities.

The engineered hatred of capitalism in order to foster revolt against small businesses and private property, landlords, etc..

Following the money will often times get you to the source of the funding behind this engineered chaos but it's not being accomplished for monetary gain but for global power.   All of this is being done (or undone) for the purposes of ideology. 

The same ideology that purposed those back in the book of Genesis to create the Tower of Babel.

While humans continue being of the same nature as back in the days of The book of Genesis, demons also are just as demonic -- only, they last a lot longer than us from generation to generation.

If you study communism you'll find certain religious nuances and you'll find an objective antithesis to Christianity.   Communism and true Christianity cannot exist inclusively.   

Communism is like a black hole or like an evil portal that pulls on human freedoms by the use of these cultural Marxist agendas.  The chaos of these societal agendas is the gravity that pulls towards the end goal: Communism which is ANTICHRIST.

Our nations' increased secularism is in essence a rejection of God that continues to grow in our and nothing unless God's granting of collective repentance (as in the days of Jonah) will be the ONLY hope for us.

Waving our flags nor a set of laws on a piece of old paper (our US Constitution) will save us.

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"Atheist" Objections to Christ

Here's a list of common objections to Christianity. I tried to answer as best I could. One thing to take note of is the bias and the presuppositions behind the thinking that forms many of these questions. When we recognize what lenses are being used to formulate these questions, we can answer them more Biblically honest. Thanks for listening!

 

Woke Broke Christianity

 

Here's a fiery conversation I had with someone who demonstrates another example of the effects of "woke-ness" within Christianity.

The hatred of the church which stems from teaching people to see through the lens of Critical Race Theory gets people intimidated to support the truth of scripture where they'll see racism and White supremacy under every rock.  Warning: Hostile language and yelling.  But here I want to focus more on the bad doctrine and the twisting of scripture over the hostility within the conversation.

The bottom line here is:  Truth can never affirm sin; love without truth is no love at all; A Gospel without a call to repentance is like a vehicle without tires., etc.

Listen in - It's a long and wild one.