Month: May 2020

Let’s Put Away the Childish Nonsense We Have Been Taught About Who is a Christian!

A Cry For Justice

One of the biggest and most widespread false teachings and beliefs in the church is the idea that if someone says with their mouth they believe in Jesus, they are a Christian, they are saved, and no one must EVER question that!  How did we ever get to this point of buying into such nonsense?  All that mere words qualify a person to be is a demon:

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe–and shudder! James 2:19

This is the reason why the wicked, including abusers, are able to carry on their masquerade in our churches. And it is the reason why so many abuse victims are put through so much doubt, fog, misery, and grief. “But he is a Christian, isn’t he?” No. Somehow like the black plague this lie has been spread by the false teachings of rats for a long, long time…

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Thursday Thought — A True Christian

A Cry For Justice

What makes real Christianity different [from every other religion]  is the transformation that has taken place in the life of the one who has personally come to Christ.

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Salvation in Christ changes our eternal destiny, but it also changes much more. True salvation changes the very essence of our personhood.  Understanding what a true Christian is will revolutionize how we deal with abusers.  A true Christian is:

  • Once an enemy of God, one who is now His child who loves Him (I John 4:19; Galatians 4:4ff)
  •  A new creature, a new man, a son of God (II Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:1ff)
  • One who has God’s law written on his heart (Hebrews 8:10-11)
  • One who has been taught by the Spirit of Christ (Ephesians 4:20ff)

In an abuser — with his utter self-centeredness and justification of his wrong actions, his lack of love for others and mindset…

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Why Kind, Gentle, Nice Christians, Aren’t

A Cry For Justice

1 Corinthians 5:1   It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife.  2 And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.

One of the greatest sources of enablement the abuser enjoys in our churches comes from what on the surface looks like the kindest, gentlest, most merciful, loving Christian in the church.  In the name of “mercy and love and grace” this kind of individual reminds us frequently that

  • All sinners are the same.
  • All of us are just as sinful as anyone else
  • God requires us to show mercy and forgiveness to all
  • Everyone is welcome in our churches

The single statement by the Apostle Paul above disproves every single one of these notions.  Notice his…

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