1 And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. 3 I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, 4 and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. 1 Cor. 2:1-5, NASB
Martin Luther is considered the “Lighting rod of the Protestant Reformation.” It was through his battle with the Roman Catholic Church that the doctrine of salvation through Justification by Grace through Faith alone was recovered and from that, many Christian martyrs went to their deaths refusing to compromise their faith by denying the truth of knowing Jesus Christ and Him crucified based not upon the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. So much of the pressure being brought to bear upon Christians in our time is to not be so precise in our theology, but be more willing to “compromise” along doctrinal grounds for the sake of “unity.” The “mega-church” model is based precisely upon never offending anyone, but being non-threatening and willing to be all things to all people in order to attract everyone, but to what?
As this insipid cult of greed slithers deeper into the mainstream of the church visible because of its embrace by Seeker Driven celebrity pastors like Steven Furtick it becomes important for you to know what exactly it teaches beneath the surface.
So, Apprising Ministries brings you this excerpt of a John MacArthur sermon where he uncovers much of it for us. Paraphrasing the Apostle Paul, says MacArthur: You show me a person who preaches the money gospel, the money Message, the wealth message; I’ll show you a person who has been corrupted by the love of money.
Apprising Ministries brings you a sermon from Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1813-1843) on this critical topic. Regardless of our personal eschatological views, this much is clear: We are in the last days.
In fact, the Bible teaches that we have been for some 2,000 years now. Therefore, time is short for a number of areas of our lives, which ought to be of great concern to each of us.
Apprising Ministries alerts you that this idea of reclaiming America will very likely become more and more of a hot topic this year. Take for example, the popularity of The Harbinger.
Along this line, I bring you this exclusive audio clip from the 20 June 2012 Worldview Weekend program with Brannon Howse who asks MacArthur about hooking up with heretics towards this cause.
Apprising Ministries shows you in this well-researched piece just why it is that Paula White’s doctrine directly reflects back upon T.D. Jakes.
Using exclusive video clips you’ll also be able to watch each of them in action. You’ll see for yourself that she’s every bit a WF prosperity snake oil salesman just the same as she was taught by her “spiritual father” T.D. Jakes.
22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. James 1:22–24, NASB
How important is obeying the words of Christ? This is, of course, the essence of Lordship. Jesus Christ is Lord. That is not just a title nor is it something we say to revere him. No, He is Lord over all. He is one in essence with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit in the Hypostatic Union of the Holy Trinity. God is Sovereign and because of his role in the Hypostatic Union, his submission in humbling himself to become a man, the Messiah, his obedience to the Father’s will in all of this as well as keeping the Law perfectly, he also, at the perfect time ordained by the Father, laid down his life as the propititiation for those he came to save.
22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. 25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does. James 1:22–25, NASB
26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. James 2:26, NASB
Back in the early days of my walk as a Christian, after I became a Bible teacher and later a Deacon, I read my Bible through every year just as I do now, but there were large areas of it that I would consider as “something deeper that I would learn later.” Most of those passages were those we now deal with here that are specifically about doctrine. There was a concept that I had back then that those who took doctrine seriously were “legalistic” while the rest of us were actually walking closer to Jesus because we were “experiencing him” through our relationships with him. This included our religiosity. What is that? That is a form of piety that spurns doctrinal precision. Many of the leaders of those who believe and teach this sort of thing view “works” as something Christians do in order to be found worthy for salvation. I can remember walking through the parking lot one cold December morning with my snow shovel in hand to clear the sleet from the sidewalk from the entrance to our Church building so people could enter without slipping and falling. In my mind I wondered if God would consider this a “worthy work” and that perhaps my righteousness would indeed exceed that of the Scribes and Pharisees in the end if I continued to read my Bible enough, to pray enough, to give enough, to serve enough, et cetera I would not hear Jesus say to me what he said in Matthew 7:23.
Apprising Ministries gives you the chance via exclusive video clips to watch both Paula White and her mentor and spiritual father T.D. Jakes in action.
White’s said Jakes is her Paul as she is his Timothy. Here you’ll see the master and his student teaching the mythology of Word Faith positive confession.