Patience - in time the grass becomes milk.
Source: “An Apple a Day: Treasured Selections from Apples of Gold” by Jo Petty
Grace and peace be with you.
Being somewhat of a technology nerd enthusiast, I peruse several technology sites from time to time. I’m not always on the prowl for the next cutting edge story, hardware or software title as much as I simply like to stay somewhat abreast of what’s going on. This little fascination has waned over the years however as the business of our Lord has taken more of a precedence in my life, plus the enjoyment in reading other’s perspectives in the forums is undermined by the negative comments, profanity and lack of civility that seems to abound (not all inclusive).
Sadly, similar behavior can be experienced when visiting some of the Christian oriented blogs as well. One of the scenarios that plays out is when an author posts a story that he or she critiques, or otherwise points out doctrinally errant teaching(s).
Comments are left open, people submit their thoughts and opinions, and then the "fun" begins. Sooner or later the discussion turns into a debate that escalates with lines being drawn in the sand lines. What’s disheartening, is to watch a thread grow and notice one group side with God and His Word, while others will seemingly make any and every argument as an excuse for the person, or idea criticized in the post.
Denominational differences ie; man’s traditions aside, doctrine as it is defined throughout the Bible should be the litmus test by which any and all claiming to be followers of Christ should measure all teachings. It would seem however that in the current state of affairs that are "modern" day Christianity, there are those "believers", that when faced with the reality that their assumed favored author, pastor or life coach/self help guru is called out by discerning members of the body of Christ, they would rather make excuses for the apple of their eye.
Galatians 1:6-10
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Some of the sad and reaching rebuttals "heard" in response to accusations of one teaching/preaching errantly go something like…
"Well (insert name of favored mini god) has done so much for the Kingdom, they’ve bought many lost souls to God."
"Be careful, don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater."
Are these arguments even Biblical? What’s the Biblical basis for determining that the "teacher" has in fact been instrumental in "leading" anyone to Christ? Is it not God’s Holy Spirit whom is responsible for one’s conversion?
I must say that it’s simply amazing of the attitude that some folks will take with regard to their salvation.
Being apparently spiritually and doctrinally immature, these folks ignorantly play Russian Roulette with their souls out of adoration for men. The sheeple "eat" so called "spiritual" food, tainted by doctrinal feces; thinking that they can nibble around the tainted pieces and not ingest even a small amount of "poop". Jesus warned of such things in Matthew 16.
Matthew 16:6-12
6 "Be careful," Jesus said to them. "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." … 12 Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Grace and peace be with you.