It is hard to watch. It is hard to hear about. But it is not something that I can pretend is not happening.
Matthew 11:12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence [is forcibly entered], and violent men take it by force [seize it for themselves].
The Southern Baptist Convention is being taken over by men, by force. That once paragon of Christian grace and promoter of "the priesthood of the believer" is being taken over by power hungry men who seek to build their own kingdoms. Under shepherds are infiltrating the sheep pen to fleece the flock and lay heavy burdens upon them.
Here is the latest move by Al Mohler. He closed the independent music department so that he could move his own guys in.
Who Calls the Tune in the Southern Baptist Convention
Men, who claim authority unto themselves, who cover over the sins of pedophiles in order to save face and to keep hold of their ill gotten places of power in the Kingdom, these men seek to rule and reign on this earth in God's name. They are no different than the Pharaohs of Egypt, the Pharisees in the days of Jesus, and the Borgia Popes during the times of the worse corruption in the Catholic Church.
First they twist scripture to make it say what they want it to say to support their position:
Jeremiah 8:8 How can you say, 'we are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us'?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribe has made it into a lie.
Then they congratulate each other on being such great men of God and being so theologically brilliant and being so holy etc...:
John 5:44 How can you believe; when you receive glory [honor or fame] from one another and you do not seek the glory [honor or fame] from the one and only God.
Men see the church as an opportunity to advance themselves and build their own kingdoms. They take up residence as kings and lords of the manor claiming they speak for God when really they speak from the darkness of their own hearts.
I see this over and over again. I saw it in the abusive church I went to back in the 80s. I see it in Driscoll now. And now I see it taking over SBC. It is a time for mourning.
For those who were not following my blog back in 2009, here is a link to a post on a dream that I have about violent men who forcibly enter the Kingdom and seize it for themselves.
Do you believe in dreams, pt 3
Having that dream helped me to get some perspective on these false shepherds.
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The Southern Baptist Convention is being controlled by men who have lost their direction as Christians.
They have lost their love for their fellow Christians, which they did have at one time. They were moving forward, now they are hunkering down and drawing the nets tighter around their beliefs and people outside those nets have become the enemy.
Years ago, a Bapist Director of Missions told me that usually the more conservative people would lose out in the larger Christian arena. It is time to make that happen.
It can be made to happen by talking about them and letting others know what they are teaching and doing.
Yep.
Fortunately you are speaking out.
And so are our friends at TWW.
The more voices drawing attention to this downward, backsliding trend, the better the chances that it can be reversed.
"At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold," Matthew 24:10-12.
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