The evangelical Church is being besieged by militant Islam, contemplative mysticism, personal revelations, ecumenism, false prophets, pseudo apostles, deluded teachers, outright charlatans, political correctness, and a decline of doctrine with an absence of the knowledge of sound hermeneutics. It seems that many in the Church neither know nor can explain what they believe. The Church universal has lost not only its will but its ability to discern.
G. Richard Fisher, “A Root Cause of Division and Confusion: Cautions and Corrections of the Hebrew Roots Movement,” in Personal Freedom Outreach’s “The Quarterly Journal,” January-March 2014.
8 comments:
Amen!
-Carolyn
(PS: Glenn, at least when I look at it on my browser, your post has a long blank empty space after all the typing.)
Hi Carolyn,
Yeah, it's been doing that recently, and I have to keep going in and clearing it. Something's up with google.
Hi Glenn,
My husband and I could use a hand... we've heard people misuse Matthew 18 as a justification for defending a false teacher. We have been told you can't just expose their false teachings, you have to follow Matthew 18, and contact the false teacher personally. We know that is wrong, and is a way to hide wolves. But do you have any resources explaining why misusing Matthew 18 to hide wolves is unbiblical? Thanks!
-Carolyn
Hi Carolyn,
Well, the first resource is the Bible. It is about personal sin against someone. False teaching is not a personal sin against anyone - it is a public sin and needs to be exposed publicly.
I have an article somewhere which goes into more depth. I'll see if I can find it after I get back from a funeral this morning - no one I know, I'm just playing for it.
Hi Glenn,
We agree, Matt 18 is for personal sin, but false teaching is not personal, it is public, which warrants public exposure and rebuke. We know the Bible speaks of this, we were just wondering if you knew of anyone who succinctly had all pertinent Scriptures in one article, regarding this matter.
Thanks
Carolyn
Carolyn,
I'm sorry - I didn't mean to imply that you didn't know what the Bible said - I was reinforcing that the context should be understandable to anyone in my book, which is why I don't normally bother with going further in my explanations.
The articles I have immediate reference to include two which have to do with "naming names" and the third specifically about Matthew 18:
http://undermuchgrace.blogspot.com/2012/04/should-or-can-we-tell-secrets-of-star.html
http://ittsy.com/focusonthefaulty/Pages/naming%20names.html
http://thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/editorial_on_abusing_matthew_18
I'll keep looking in my files because I KNOW I have something; I just need to find it.
The Berean Call, September 2009, has a response to a question about Matt 18 procedures. It's a fairly short response, but perhaps helpful:
http://www.thebereancall.org/sites/2011.thebereancall.org/files/09%20September%20WEB.pdf
Hi Glenn,
First, no worries, I didn't think you were implying we didn't know the Bible. :) No offense was taken on my end whatsoever.
Thanks for the links, I bookmarked them and read them, hopefully this weekend, or early next week.
Truly appreciate your help!
-Carolyn
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