Posted on 03/16/2023 6:51:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
There are many Christians today whose faith is not firmly rooted in the Word of God. Some of them practice Christianity that is based on their culture and societal trends in which they find themselves. The Word of God is seldom applied to their lives and whenever it does, it’s always twisted to suit their needs or wants. Even some preachers have become selective in what they choose to include in their public teachings from Scripture. They tell people only what they want to hear and ignore the parts of the Bible that upset the hearers.
Biblical Christianity relies on the Bible to understand everything about the Christian faith. The Bible is supposed to be the official constitution of all believers. The Bible is the code of conduct and way of life of every Christian. Everything we do should be judged by the Bible as our ultimate standard, and where there is a conflict, the Bible should have the final say on any issue.
The early church functioned as a biblically-centered institution from the get-go. The Berean Christians did not fully accept the message of Paul and Barnabas until they confirmed that it was biblically compliant (Acts 17:11). All the moral failures in the Body of Christ today are the result of the adoption of unbiblical Christianity by people who worship their own lusts and desires above God.
Christianity is losing its power and respect because of the emergence of this trend all over the world. There is now little or no difference between the world and some churches. We have forgotten that even though we live in this world, we are not of the world (John 17:16).
I recently read an op-ed on The Christian Post titled, “Teachers needed. Biblical Christians need not apply.” This shows that some organizations are avoiding hiring Christians because true Christians do not bow down to the evil system of this world. It is clear that even corporations know the difference between biblical Christians and unbiblical Christians.
I have recently mediated a settlement between two Christians who were having problems concerning a business transaction. When I told them to use Scripture as their standard of ascertaining how profits should be made in a business transaction, one of them outrightly challenged me and said that the Bible has no nothing to say about such matters. I couldn’t believe my ears. If a professing Christian can assert that the Word of God is irrelevant to his everyday life, then something has gone very wrong. This flavor of Christianity is indistinguishable from atheism!
Gospel-less Christianity, comfortable Christianity, liberal Christianity, and cultural Christianity are all products of unbiblical Christianity. Social vices among believers gained their roots from the practice of Christianity that does not recognize the Word of God as the only acceptable principle and guideline that governs the lives of Christians. Our faith should be based firmly on the word of God. A form of Christianity that is not biblical is not true Christianity and should be avoided by anyone who desires to follow Christ.
Oscar Amaechina is the president of Afri-Mission and Evangelism Network, Abuja, Nigeria. His calling is to take the gospel to where no one has neither preached nor heard about Jesus. He is the author of the book Mystery Of The Cross Revealed.
A church has to be biblically-centered, or it’s just a social club.
Eddie Izzard,a British comedian,did a great piece some years ago about the Church of England's laxity and lack of any firm beliefs. He compared it to the Spanish Inquisition and came up with the cry "Cake or Death". really funny!
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Tim. 3:1-7
Flip Wilson: “The Church of what’s happening now”
True back in the 60’s, true today.
Flip Wilson...classic! I’ve gotta check that out!
If anyone does not follow Jesus, and His teachings, as demonstrated in the eyewitness accounts in the gospels, passed down to us through the Apostles, believe that he is the perfect sacrifice for our sins, raised from the dead on the Third day, and has ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of the power and majesty on high, who is God, the Father. And that he sent the Holy Spirit as a light and a guide for all believers. That the Bible is given to us by God to show us that He is , that he promised a redeemer to fix the relationship we broke, how and through who’s family tree our redeemer would be born to and what he would suffer on our behalf.
If anyone does not believe that Jesus is Lord, that the Bible is the written record of Gods plan for redeeming us, they cannot call themselves Christian.
This goes way back. Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) wrote books dedicated to corrupting The Bible, and how its words should be twisted to advocate the proto-socialist world he wanted.
RE: This goes way back. Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) wrote books dedicated to corrupting The Bible
Hey, long before Emerson, Thomas Jefferson was a proponent of cutting and pasting portions of the Bible to “fit” his personal theological preferences.
Eddie’s ‘Dressed to Kill’ DVD,,,
Disturbingly funny.
Yup,classic. He’s more than a little bit weird...but he’s funny! Have you ever heard his “Star Wars Canteen” skit? Classic!
It’s been going on a long time. In 1937 Richard Niebuhr nailed the liberal gospel as: “A God without wrath brought men without sin into a Kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross.” So who needs a Bible after all that?
“There is now little or no difference between the world and some churches.”
There is now little or no difference between the world and ALMOST ALL churches.
The Lord changes NOT! I have heard the Left for years complaining that the Christian church is not 'democratic.' ...correct!
“Our faith should be based firmly on the word of God. A form of Christianity that is not biblical is not true Christianity and should be avoided by anyone who desires to follow Christ.”
Absolutely correct!
Let me know where and when you find this “perfect” church.
The trouble with “organized Religion” is that it is organized.
“... Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be nation gone under.””
Ronald Reagan.
How are we doing?
““The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America - our country is in need of and ready for a spiritual renewal.”
Ronald Reagan
I didn’t think there would be such a run on cake...
What a ridiculous argument. The only Bible in existence at that time was the Hebrew Bible. There was no "new testament" to be read or studied. All chrstianity was entirely extra-Biblical at that time (as it is, in truth, today).
Not one thing Paul was teaching at that time was to be found in the Hebrew Bible. The only thing they could have studied was the prophecies J*sus allegedly fulfilled.
RE: What a ridiculous argument. The only Bible in existence at that time was the Hebrew Bible
I don’t see how the author’s statement is ridiculous. The Bereans compared Paul’s teachings to the Old Testament teachings about the coming Messiah.
In other words, the Bereans USED the scriptures available to them then to evaluate what Paul taught and for that, they were commended.
Amen!
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