Flee from Babylon... AKA Modern American Christianity
It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife
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For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her. For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife. ~Mark 6:17-18 NKJV
Looks like Herod took care of that judgmental legalist named John the Baptist. Under what authority did he tell Herod that it was not lawful for him to have his brother’s wife? Why, after all, Herodias had filed papers with the state, and then had the good preacher at First baptist church of Galilee perform a ceremony for a small fee and give his blessing to them. Didn’t John know that God cared most about Herod and Herodias’ happiness? I don’t know all of the ins and outs of what to do in case of remarriage before you were saved, and all the other “what ifs” surrounding this topic. I do know however that blatant divorce and remarriage among professing believers is no more lawful then Herod’s “marriage” in the sight of God.
Predestination
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“That God predestines, and yet that man is responsible, are two facts that few can see clearly. They are believed to be inconsistent and contradictory to each other. If, then, I find taught in one part of the Bible that everything is foreordained, that is true; and if I find, in another Scripture, that man is responsible for all his actions, that is true; and it is only my folly that leads me to imagine that these two truths can ever contradict each other. I do not believe they can ever be welded into one upon any earthly anvil, but they certainly shall be one in eternity. They are two lines that are so nearly parallel, that the human mind which pursues them farthest will never discover that they converge, but they do converge, and they will meet somewhere in eternity, close to the throne of God, whence all truth doth spring.”
-Charles Spurgeon
Zacchaeus the tax collecter
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But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.” Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”- Luke 19 NKJV
The religous crowd of that day had nothing good to say about the saving work of Jesus Christ. I was thinking that if this were to take place in America today, here are some of the comments you might hear shouted from the crowd after our Lord finished speaking…
“Lord – did you hear how Zacchaeus was trying to justify himself by his works, teach him the five points of Calvinism so he can REALLY be saved” ~ Hyper Calvinist
“Very good Lord, because that man has made a good moral decision he is now righteous in the site of God and so it is as you said, he has saved himself!” ~ Hyper Armenian / Pelagian
“Quick Lord, get Zacchaeus to repeat a sinners prayer and ask you into his heart before he changes his mind” ~ Modern Evangelist
“Not so Lord, this man must be baptized in your name only and come up speaking in tongues before he can be declared a child of Abraham” ~ The Oneness Pentecostal
“Hey Zacchaeus! Be sure to keep the Law of the weekly Sabbath from Friday evening till Saturday evening if you want to remain a child of Abraham by faith, I mean law, I mean faith” ~ The Seventh Day Adventist
“Teacher, would you please tell Zacchaeus to sign my one.org petition whereby we agree to work with all faiths (since they’re all equally valid) to bring about social change via government… after all, that is what you came here to do isn’t it?” ~ The Emergent
“Hey Zacchaeus – Why dont you sow some of that loose change you’re throwing around into my ministry if you want to reap a real harvest” ~ Prosperity Preacher
“Zacchaeus… Be sure to read the nineteenth chapter of Luke in the authorized 1611 King James Bible for the only true translation of this conversation” ~ The 1611 Only Guy
There is nothing like an old fashion Zacchaeus conversion where by a selfish hell deserving sinners heart is filled with love for God and neighbor through the true person and work of Jesus Christ. No religous philosophy can counteract such a work of God.
Tags: 1611, adventist, Calvinism, emergent, one.org, oneness, pelagian, prosperity, sabbath, sinners prayer, Zacchaeus
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