This whole dialog is based on the teachings that the church should "love God above all and love your neighbors." The problem here is that this is a fine example of D-Con rat poison in doctrinal form.
Now, the statement that we should love God above all and love our neighbors as ourselves is Biblical. See here...
"And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself."
Luke 10:27
Luke 10:27
This was the answer the lawyer gave Jesus, when Jesus asked what he (the lawyer) thought the law showed as being the way to inherit eternal life. And Jesus told the lawyer that he got it right:
"And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live."
Luke 10:28
Luke 10:28
But, as we all know (or at least, as we all should know), man is unable to accomplish even this most simple requirement in order to be found pleasing to God. After all...
"Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be."
Rom. 8:7
Rom. 8:7
The person that is unsaved, and therefore still of "the carnal mind", cannot love God Almighty, because they are at total opposition to Him. There is only one way that we can approach YHWY, God the Father, the I AM...
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
John 14:6
John 14:6
Muslems do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Therefore, they cannot approach God Almighty. They likewise cannot love God the Father. There love is, by elimination, for their father, satan.
So, one must ask, why is Rick Warren willing to ignore the Bible when it says:
So, one must ask, why is Rick Warren willing to ignore the Bible when it says:
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"
2 Cor. 6:14
2 Cor. 6:14
There is a simple answer: Rick Warren and his followers (willful and misled) are NOT followers of Jesus Christ. They do not teach the Gospel as it was given to us through the early church. The garbage they teach is not Christ-centric.
That doesn't mean that there are not some Christians growing in the Emergent Church ranks. It does mean that they who are saved didn't get there because of the teaching of Rick Warren.
So, when I said that this is an example of D-Con rat poison of a doctrinal sense, here is what I meant.
D-Con, if you look at the ingredients listing, is 99.995% non-toxic substances. This includes things like sugars, dyes, filler and the like. Almost 100% safe for rats, even for humans, to eat.
Boy, that last .005% can sure spoil the dinner! That little, tiny bit of poison would put both man and beast either in the hospital, or in the grave. And so it is with the teachings of Rick Warren.
People are being led to believe that the God of all Christians, the Father of Jesus Christ, is the same god that is worshipped by islam. Nothing could be further from the truth. Islam rejects the deity of Jesus Christ. And this WILL be fatal to many, many people. And if we, as Mr. Warren suggests, align ourselves with islam, many, many more people will be deceived into following a path straight into hell.
That doesn't mean that there are not some Christians growing in the Emergent Church ranks. It does mean that they who are saved didn't get there because of the teaching of Rick Warren.
So, when I said that this is an example of D-Con rat poison of a doctrinal sense, here is what I meant.
D-Con, if you look at the ingredients listing, is 99.995% non-toxic substances. This includes things like sugars, dyes, filler and the like. Almost 100% safe for rats, even for humans, to eat.
Boy, that last .005% can sure spoil the dinner! That little, tiny bit of poison would put both man and beast either in the hospital, or in the grave. And so it is with the teachings of Rick Warren.
People are being led to believe that the God of all Christians, the Father of Jesus Christ, is the same god that is worshipped by islam. Nothing could be further from the truth. Islam rejects the deity of Jesus Christ. And this WILL be fatal to many, many people. And if we, as Mr. Warren suggests, align ourselves with islam, many, many more people will be deceived into following a path straight into hell.
"But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed."
Gal. 1:8
"If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha."
1 Cor. 16:22
Gal. 1:8
"If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha."
1 Cor. 16:22
Grace and Peace....
