Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Judge not . . .
I get so tired of hearing "Judge not that ye be not judged . . ." pulled out of context. The big thing now for churches to draw people is to proclaim themselves as "non-judgmental." The Narrow Trail Cowboy Church of Plano labels itself as "simple and nonjudgmental." It urges people to "come as you are." Yes, there is much to be said for "come as you are" -- we all have to come to Jesus as the sinners we are, but we come in repentance. And the rest of the story is "leave a different way." If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.
God had a few things to say about the church being non-judgmental. You might want to read the whole chapter of I Corinthians 5, but here is the gist of it: Paul says that there were terrible sins going on in the church, and the church was remiss in not judging them and ousting the guilty members.
Narrow Trail is a church "that embrace(s) and promote(s) rural and Western heritage and traditional cowboy culture." Hmmmm -- I thought the church was to embrace and promote Jesus Christ and Him crucified, buried, risen again, and the only way to salvation. But that might be a little too judgmental for some folks.
"A cowboy church for suburban souls." The Dallas Morning News; January 20, 2014; p. 7B.
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2 comments:
Well said Essie!
To Steve Finnell -- Since I can't figure out for sure what your point is, I'm not printing your rambling post. However, I suspect you are Church of Christ and you are propagating the heresy that baptism is required for salvation. I'm not going to argue the point here except to say that the Scripture is very clear: He that believeth on Him is not condemned...Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation...Jesus did not say, "I am the way, the truth and the life and no man cometh unto the Father but by baptism."
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