The Eight Points of Progressive Christianity.
1. Believe that following the path and teachings of Jesus can lead to an awareness and experience of the Sacred and the Oneness and Unity of all life;
2. Affirm that the teachings of Jesus provide but one of many ways to experience the Sacredness and Oneness of life and that we can draw from diverse sources of wisdom in our spiritual journey;
3. Seek community that is inclusive of ALL people, including but not limited to Conventional Christians and questioning skeptics, Believers and Agnostics, Women and men, those of all sexual orientations and gender identities, those of all classes and abilities;
4. Know that the way we behave towards one another is the fullest expression of what we believe;
5. Find grace in the search for understanding and believe there is more value in questioning than in absolutes;
6. Strive for peace and justice among all people;
7. Strive to protect and restore the integrity of our Earth;
8. Commit to a path of life-long learning, compassion, and selfless love.
Sounds pretty good. Does it not? Sounds like you will FEEL good if you follow these Eight Points? Does it not? "The Oneness and Unity of all life?" "Seek community that is inclusive of ALL people?"
"There is more value in questioning than in absolutes?" "Peace and justice among all people?" What about this one? "Commit to a path of life-long learning, compassion, and selfless love." What is possibly wrong with that? What is possibly wrong with Saving the Planet from the evils of all Humans?
You see, these sound great. As long as you do not really think about what they are actually saying and how they actually are going about their agenda. They are diminishing the REAL Word of God. They are reinterpreting and twisting Scripture to include, or claim, it agrees with their agendas. They have and continue to redefine historical terms and meanings. They teach FEELINGS over Facts. In some cases leaving FACTS out altogether.
They use things like Jesus loved all. {Yes. He came and died for all while we were yet Sinners}
"But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners." {Romans 5:8}He ate with Sinners.{Yup. His answer why was?}
"Those who are well, have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." {Mark 2:17}He accepted all for who they were. {Not true at all.} He accepted all for who they are meaning they did not have to do anything except believe in Him and accept His plan of Salvation. You cannot earn your way into Heaven by doing good Works. It is through Him, and ONLY through Him, that you are Saved.
However, you cannot STAY the way you are and go to Heaven. Sorry.
"But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among Saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God." {Ephesians 5:3-5}Then you have this.
"Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God." {Galatians 5:19-21}Ask yourself this. IF you are a Sinner, and Jesus came to Save you, what exactly did He come here to Save you from? If you are living in Sin and Jesus comes and says" Hey, Sin on." What would be the point? Why would He bother? There would be no need.
Does God love us? Of course. This is why He has delayed His return.
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.." {2 Peter 3:9}Repentance? What does it mean to repent? "To turn from Sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one's Life." Turn from Sin. Stop Sinning. To CHANGE how you are living and to seek God's perfect WIll for your Life. Not, Sin on. Not live as you will regardless of how God feels, or what God says about it. You ALLOW the Spirit of Adoption into your life to change you, and mold you, and make you, into a new Creature the way God wants you to be.
Man can, and does say, "It is 2018. Come on. We have evolved as a Race of People. We need to change with the times. We need to accept Homosexuality, Abortion, other Gods. We must not judge if someone wants to Merry themselves, have at it. Who cares. If your 'Religion' does not change with the times, then we will change your Religion." Hense the whole problem.
"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen." {Roamans 1:22-25}They have also included another "Religion." That is the Religion of Global Warming,, uh, sorry, Climate Change.
They started with a three-step method.
Convince you that you matter.
That you are helping to save the planet. They tell you, you are NOT just jumping on the bandwagon because everyone else is, but that you should, because, well, everyone else is.
They tell you that you are a good person for doing it, and they tell you that if you do not, you are a bad person.
They then turn to scare tactics. They use the Kids. They tell you, in essence, you are killing your Grandkids and their Children, if you do not buy into this BS {Bad Science,} now. They have actually turned it into a Religion.
Religion {Just pick one} has a God. Christianity has Heaven and Hell. To get to Heaven, you have to accept the Savior. Follow what he says. Do His will. Give of yourself. If you sin and do not become repentant, you go to Hell.
GW, or Climate Change, has Mother Earth. CC has a savior. Al Gore. You must do what he says, follow his commandments. If you do, you will go to heaven. A clean, and healthy Earth. One that will grant you long life and life for your Children. You have to give of yourself, your money. You have to buy Carbon Offsets from the companies that are being set up. Like the one Al Gore owns. The one he buys {Cough} from. Then you can be absolved of your Sins. But if you Sin, say fail to change your light bulbs, then you are evil. You will go to hell. A dead earth that will destroy you and generations to come.
Both are absolutes. There is no questioning. No debating. Both are facts that the followers will fight to their dying breath to convert you. Neither will be swayed from their convictions. To true believers, it is insane that you do not see the "reality" of the situation.
Al Gore, the CC Messiah said this. "It's in part a spiritual crisis. It's a crisis of our own self-definition, who we are. Are we creatures destined to destroy our own species? Clearly not."
It stopped Warming. So they changed the name to Climate Change. Why is this a big deal? Because it is simply a disguise to control peoples everyday life. "What do you mean I can not own this big house, or drive this car, or BBQ in my backyard? What do you mean I have to give my money over to this or that company or even the Government?" What do you mean I can only own this much land?" ETC. But not enough people were buying into the Bad Science. So some included it into "Christianity" itself. "Strive to protect and restore the integrity of our Earth;"
Then you have this. We will wrap up with this. Number eight? "Commit to a path of life-long learning, compassion, and selfless love." In other words, "Be a good little Citizen of the World, know your role, and sit down and shut up and allow 'us' to run everything. We know more than you and we will do what is best for you. Just do your part and FEEL good about it."
Please be careful. Many Religions, including some denominations of "Christianity," teach more about "feelings" than they do teach about FACTS. They care more about how you feel, then they care about the Truth. Simply put.
"But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed." {Galatians 1:8}Simply put, if the Word says something is Sin, it IS Sin. If the Word says something is Good and True, it is Good and True. It does not matter what man says. It does not matter what evolved humans think should change. It does not matter what entire Religions says. The only thing that matters is the Gospel of Jesus the Christ and God's Word.
Do not be fooled. Do not be tricked into feeling it is ok to do things contrary to what the Bible says. Do not be tricked into feeling Holy, rather than BEING Holy. Feeling Righteous, rather than BEING Righteous. Be the Child of God GOD says you are. Not the way Man says you should act as a Child of God.
Do you know Jesus as your Savior? Have you been adopted into the Family of God? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be. Say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray.
"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Jesus's sacrifice for me. I repent my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Jesus, Amen!"
That's it. It really is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." {Romans 10:9} You need to find a Church that God leads you to, and be Baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A new Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him." {Colossians 3:10}
If you want to tell me, or comment, question, give testimonials, or just say "Hi," the Email is opntalk@gmail.com
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. {2 Corinthians 13}
Until next time, be Blessed, be a Blessing, and Jesus IS Lord.
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