Balance without Compromise: Contending for the Faith in Love

God’s Children are clearly commanded to contend for the Faith in the Bible. The Greek word used, epagonizomai, is the same word used to describe the actions of a wrestler in a competition.

{3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. Jude 1:3-7}

We should be offensive and defensive towards False Teachings.

However, we are to Be Loving; {for these are the two greatest commandments; Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. 30 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:29-30}

Although it is okay to judge a man’s actions, if done in love and by God’s truth not our own standards; it is not okay to judge a mans heart. So while we MUST rail against the False Teaching and errors on essential doctrine, we must remember that if the person is a professed believer, we must hope the best for that person in love.

We are NOT to compromise the essentials, but should love all of our brothers and sisters in Christ even if we differ on secondary, non-essential doctrinal issues. We should approach a brother or sister who may be reinforcing bad teaching, in hopes that they are not aware of their error.

I’m not by any means using the old cliché, “hate the sin, not the sinner”, but what I am saying is that we should be growing in all the fruits of the spirit, and should be very careful not to sin against others and God when we contend for the faith.

{13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 14 let all that you do be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14}

"BioLogos" a biblical critique

According to their web site, Biologos is a foundation promoting a perspective on the origins of life that is both theologically and scientifically sound. The problem is that for a while now, Pete Enns (pictured on the right) and Biologos have been attacking the Inerrancy of the Scriptures. Pete Enns doesn't believe that the entire biblical text is inerrant. Like a physical structure, the Theology of True Christianity is founded on several foundational truths, which if altered, can cause wrong belief! Jesus warned that the way is narrow. It greives me to see people being lead into potential heresy because of teachers like Mr. Enns. Please pray that God would change Peters heart and he would understand his errors.

We cannot comprimise the Truth, our lives depend on it!!

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