Weekend Words & Sunday Stanzas – 08/04/2013
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About a month ago I wrote … an open letter to the Western Church.
When I wrote this poem, I was beginning to see how some of the teachers I was following were distorting the gospel of Christ. They made rules not found in the Bible or took supposing or contextual promises from the Bible, and they presented these as the truth.
Many of these were “Prosperity Gospel” teachers. Some of them were rogue teachers with no affiliation to any denomination or particular creed.
Sadly, I found many of these teachings floating throughout much of the Church in America as I travelled across it that year.
(Thankfully, I have found many solid teachers, those who are not ashamed to admit they might be wrong yet humble enough to trust those who have come before in Church history!)
It was also around this time I read Isaiah 28 …
woe to the church (Isaiah 28)
do and do
do and do
rule on rule
rule on rule
a little here
a little there
our priests and preachers
cause many to stumble
they become injured
captured in sin and snared
you preach of victory
you have talked with death
nothing can harm you
death would never dare
for you made a lie a haven
in your agreement with hell
you have taken falsehood
and made it your lair
it is time
it is time
enough is enough
no more of this
a call to fight
a call to prayer
life has left the church
but our Lord is earnest
He has not forgotten
He knows our despair
return to the King
return to our Savior
repent of all the lies
give up all earthly cares
return to our Lord
give to Him our lives
those who return to God
their souls will be spared
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