by Josh Parker
There is a great deal of compromise in the visible church. Today's megachurch model of success is not following a Biblical standard of righteousness, but an 'altered' man-centered formula based on numbers. It is a worldly model which does not convict them of their sins, nor doe it demand that the unrepentant sinner come to the Lord on His terms only.
Some call these models, "The Seeker-Sensitive Church Models," where the message is one that is relevant to the unsaved. My brothers and sisters in Christ, this kind of church model is idolatry! These new man-made formulas are of the flesh (carnal nature).
They speak nothing about living the crucified life through repentance. Nothing about abhoring sin. And nothing about God's vexation with righteousness. These heretical formulas do more damage to the unrepentant sinner simply because they make him/her comfortable with his/her own sin.
"God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors" (Psalm 7:11-13).
Why are so many megachurches compromising the parts of the Bible that our flesh does not want to hear? Jesus said that those preaching or teaching God's Holy Word will suffer rejection, scorn, persecution, and derision from the world.
The unrepentant sinner is a slave to his/her flesh, so the idea that, "we all miss the mark" makes him/her uncomfortable with his/her rebellion. Because God is holy and his truth is absolute, the world will not always receive it with open arms. Since friendship with the world is considered enmity with God, it shouldn't surprise the evangelist if or when the world persecutes them.
"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent" (1 Corinthians 1:18, 19).
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