{"id":1813,"date":"2023-05-09T16:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T21:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prophecyforum.com\/bible-prophecy\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2023-05-09T16:27:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T21:27:32","slug":"wokeism-begins-with-devaluing-the-words-of-scripture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prophecyforum.com\/bible-prophecy\/wokeism-begins-with-devaluing-the-words-of-scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"Wokeism Begins with Devaluing the Words of Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 2, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Several years ago, I spent a lengthy lunchtime with a pastor explaining the biblical necessity for the Lord to restore a glorious kingdom to the nation of Israel. The words on the pages of Scripture didn\u2019t matter to him because of his predetermined way of retrofitting them into His covenant theology. He criticized my beliefs as being out of step with the \u201cpopular\u201d trends in the church. He pointed to Andy Stanley, a well-known pastor from Atlanta, as an example of someone\u2019s beliefs I should copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think about that conversation with my former pastor whenever I hear reports regarding Stanley\u2019s lack of respect for the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responding to criticism regarding a sermons series, \u201cThe Bible Told Me So,\u201d Stanley made this comment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wanted educated, dechurched millennials to know that I knew that those who supposedly know everything are convinced there was no worldwide flood or Hebrew migration from Egypt. While addressing them directly, I gave them the benefit of the doubt to make the following point: Even if those events never occurred, it does nothing to undermine the evidence supporting the resurrection of Jesus and thus the claims he made about himself.<\/em>[i]<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It’s admirable that he wants to reach millennials with the Gospel, but at what price? Is he forgetting that Jesus verified such events? How does one reconcile Jesus\u2019 claim to be God with His supposed mistaken views regarding the flood and Moses? To give the unsaved the \u201cbenefit of the doubt\u201d regarding events that Jesus confirmed during His ministry undermines His credibility as a Savior. How can it not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent video, Tom Hughes quoted Andy Stanley as saying, \u201cI\u2019m really on a crusade to help the church specifically step back away from a text-based faith.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Hughes then asked, \u201cWhat text? Is he saying we must step away from a Bible-based faith? He\u2019s already said that \u2018we must unhitch ourselves from the Old Testament.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanley\u2019s statements regarding the Bible puts the purity of the Gospel on dangerous ground and initiates a downward slide that can only lead to Wokeism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Problem of Separating Jesus from His Words<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stanley\u2019s statements separate Jesus from His Word, which is exactly<\/em> the stance of churches steeped in Wokeism. Many professing Christians proclaim their allegiance to Jesus, but maintain social beliefs radically opposed to what Jesus taught about marriage, gender, and God\u2019s creation of men and women, just to name a few issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In John 12:47-49, Jesus said this about the close connection between Himself and His words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment\u2014what to say and what to speak.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In Matthew 24:35 He asserted, \u201cHeaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woke culture that\u2019s invaded many churches thrives on promoting a Jesus that\u2019s far different from the One we read about in the New Testament, which always happens when a church moves \u201caway from a text-based faith.\u201d It\u2019s always a problem when churches distance Jesus from what He said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The words of Scripture matter.<\/em> Once one accepts a different meaning for what Jesus said or what the authors of the Bible wrote, it opens the door to error and eventually Wokeism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wokeism Feeds Off a False View of Jesus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By separating Jesus from His words, Stanley allows people to respond to a false message concerning Him.  How can that be good?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wokeism feeds off a false view of Jesus. How can we accept the possibility of error on His part without undermining our faith and values?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Romans 10:17, Paul wrote, \u201cSo faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.\u201d Saving faith comes as a result of hearing the Gospel. Can that happen when one allows a false view of Jesus to prevail in the ears of the hearers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanley says that for the sake of argument, he\u2019s willing to concede that events, ones Jesus clearly affirmed throughout His ministry, might not have happened because such a concession doesn\u2019t diminish the reality of the resurrection. Really? How does he intend preach that although Jesus claimed to be God and believed things that were not true, He still saves because He rose from the dead? That doesn\u2019t sound too convincing to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, pastors of woke churches often affirm a belief in the resurrection of Jesus and use the same words we do to describe it. However, if one listens carefully, it becomes clear that they don\u2019t believe in a bodily resurrection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also heard Stanley say that we don\u2019t believe in the resurrection because of Scripture, but because we have the witnesses of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. This is double-speak; apart from the Bible, we don\u2019t have these testimonies to Jesus\u2019 resurrection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Downward path<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once pastors allow compromises regarding the words of Scripture, they lead the church along a dangerous road that over time, leads to the gradual acceptance of the cancel culture of today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are some steps along this downward path:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. It most often begins with the use of allegory (spiritual\/symbolical interpretations) to retrofit God\u2019s promises to restore a glorious kingdom to Israel so that they apply to the church.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Rather than take the words of the biblical authors at face value, they apply God\u2019s covenants with Israel to the church making it God\u2019s physical kingdom on earth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Although the proponents of this viewpoint maintain the inerrancy and inspiration of Scripture, over time their allegorical approach to prophecy spreads and begins chipping away at the integrity of other biblical texts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. In the case of Pastor Stanley, he proclaimed that the church must \u201cspecifically step back away from a text-based faith.\u201d Is this not a giant step at eroding confidence in the Bible?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Stanley progressed further down this path when praised the faith of homosexuals who claim to be Christ-followers while at the same time discounting the importance of passages that refer to its practice as sin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    My point is this: the use of allegory to reinterpret the words of biblical prophecy devalues the words of biblical prophecy and given enough time, leads to compromises with the world and the acceptance of its values. In the near-term, it leads to a denial of what the Bible says about the Rapture and an avoidance of talking about our \u201cblessed hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In Ephesians 2:19-20, the Apostle Paul tells us that we \u201care fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.\u201d The entire New Testament is the foundation of the church and as such, we dare not mess with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cPreach the Word\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    In 2 Timothy 4:1-4, Paul instructs Timothy to \u201cpreach the word\u201d in contrast to those who \u201cwill not endure sound teaching.\u201d The proclamation of God\u2019s Word is the antidote to errant teaching and to a sound view of future things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Some might ask, \u201cWho cares if someone regards the church as heir to the kingdom promises of the Old Testament? Is that not an incidental belief that interferes with reaching the lost?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The problem is this: One can\u2019t arrive at such a conclusion based on the words<\/em> of Scripture. One must retrofit the meaning of its words through allegory to in order to believe that the church represents God\u2019s kingdom on earth rather than Jesus\u2019 reign during the Millennium as recorded in Revelation 20:1-10. Words matter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How can we not sound the alarm when perhaps the most skilled and influential \u201cevangelical\u201d preacher in America, Andy Stanley, seeks to move the church away from its foundation upon the Word of God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As Pastor Tom Hughes stated in his video referring to Stanley\u2019s desire to move the church away from its moorings, \u201cThis is bad; this is really bad!\u201d I agree!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As a small boy many years ago, I jumped to my feet while singing, \u201cI stand alone on the Word of God, the B-I-B-L-E.\u201d That\u2019s remains my passion and the reason for all that I write.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s all about Jesus! The One who rose from the dead predicted that a time of great Tribulation would come upon the world and His words are coming to life everywhere we look. The one who promised that His disciples would rule over Israel in His future kingdom will most certainly keep His promise (Matthew 19:28).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Maranatha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My newest book is Cancel This! What Today\u2019s Church Can Learn from the Bad Guys of the Bible<\/em><\/a>. In it, I show how the examples of many Bible characters teach us about spiritual growth and a mature walk with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I provide a detailed defense of the Pretribulation viewpoint in: The Triumph of the Redeemed-An eternal Perspective that Calms Our Fears in Perilous Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Note<\/em><\/strong>: Please consider signing up for my newsletter on the home page of my website at https:\/\/www.jonathanbrentner.com\/. Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [i]<\/a> Quote of Stanley from the Relevant website: https:\/\/relevantmagazine.com\/faith\/andy-stanley-responds-controversy-about-biblical-inerrancy\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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