By John Schoppert, originally posted on AL.com
A letter in response to the clergy of PCUSA and those that voted 2 to 1 to ordain same sex marriage.
In 1 Corinthians 6:18-20, Paul makes Gods’ word clear. He follows this up in Titus 2:11-15 to preachers and teachers and anyone else who adheres to sound doctrine. When you speak in the presence of God, He hears every word. When you tell people about Christ, be careful not to distort the message to please your audience. Proclaim the truth of Gods’ word. Those who reject Christ and prefer their own pursuits, have unknowingly made Satan their god and have no place in the pulpit.
When the Lord called you to the body of Christ, He called you to be His witness to believers and unbelievers and to carry the true Word of God to all the world. Any other objective and you have given Satan a stepping stone into God’s church and are an abomination to His name. Remember Psalm111:10, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts have good understanding. To Him belongs eternal praise.” Sound doctrine is found in 5 major themes of the minor prophets- the sovereignty of God (Amos 7:1), God’s inflexible and righteous judgment of sin (Nahum 1:3), God’s amazing love (Joel 2:13) the need to get right with God (Hosea 6:1) and the coming of the Messiah (Micah 5:2)
The apostle Paul was fully aware of Satans’ presence and false teachers when he warned Timothy in 2Timothy 4:2-4….”that the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.”
What do men of God find hard to understand in Romans 1? Sound doctrine comes from the spirit of the Living God. In Christ, you should speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God. God tells us to let light shine out of darkness. Paul tells us -” Do not be yoked with unbelievers, for what do righteousness and wickedness have in common. Purify yourself from everything that contaminates the body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.”
Keep in mind the truth of God’s word. If you have a scripture verse you have an answer, everything else is an opinion. Today I urge you to be a Paul. You do not face chains, imprisonment or death for speaking God’s word, but you will be called before God on Judgment Day.
Don’t be like the church of Laodicea, neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm. For the Lord will spit you out. Remember John 8:32….”If you hold to my teaching you are my disciple, then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.”
The 19th Century Scottish preacher Horatius Bonar put it well when he wrote, “nothing in us, nothing in the world, nothing in heaven or earth, nothing in man or angel produced the love of God. It was uncreated, unbought, undeserved and unfathomable, God loved the sinner because He was God and because the sinner was a sinner. That is the end of the matter.”
May the words of mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, My Strength and My Redeemer.
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Writing a letter like this is satisfying, perhaps cathartic — whether it’s an open letter to denominational leaders, or perhaps one person’s letter to his Session or pastors. But it does nothing to change reality. In a few short weeks, the PCUSA will officially be a church that professes the belief that the union of two men or two women is part of God’s plan for marriage. Write all the letters you want, if it makes you feel better, but that is the new reality of the church of which you are a member.
Letter writing does i think have therapeutic and or transactional value to the author of such. But the recipients in this case are deaf, dumb and blind as to its thrust and content. Better to address it to a stone or rock.
Louisville knows one thing and one thing only, money, and when they say its not, it is. Take away or deprive them of the mother’s milk, you have their attention and they whine like kids denied their cake after supper.
Those who support the distortion if a Gods word will ultimately answer for this on judgment day. You already know your fate.
The Bible is the bone of our existence, and we are the living flesh.
Flesh without bone is unable to stand.
Of which I once was a member.