The Bible talks about people being deceived and going after things that tickle their ears. It should not come as a surprise. But the Methodist Church, as well as some other “mainline churches”, have stopped being a Christian church when they teach things that go against God’s Word.
The Bible talks about people being deceived and going after things that tickle their ears.
Exo 32:5 Aaron saw how excited the people were, so he built an altar in front of the calf. Then he announced, “Tomorrow will be a festival to the LORD!”
I encourage all to read the above in context.
Poor old Aaron, all the people did was complain. No life in the “church” it was dead. Finally some excitement in the people (social justice), he thinks he can turn that in the right direction by building an alter to the LORD (capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D - so we know the intention) in front of it.
Exo 32:24 So I told them, ‘Whoever has gold jewelry, take it off.’ When they brought it to me, I simply threw it into the fire—and out came this calf!”
sound like the excuses of RC and P leadership? Aarons human nature kicks in . None of us are exempt.
Now the rest of the story as Paul Harvey would say:
Exo 32:20 He took the calf they had made and burned it. Then he ground it into powder, threw it into the water, and forced the people to drink it.
You are going to eat this god and shit him out (pardon my french). Putting the alter in front of the abomination didn’t work.
Now God spoke to Aaron directly many times and Aaron led his people astray. So much for infallibility of church leadership. Where does that leave us?
On a humorous note, I think Moses knew that if he threw it in the stream some would go pan it out to recover it, but the Israelites wouldn’t go get it out of the outhouse, at least not right away...…………………………...
Amen