[CS-FSLUG] OT: What Is The New Apostolic Reformation? (And Why Should We Be Concerned About It?)

[Fred A. Miller]

On 10/13/2011 06:19 AM, Ed Hurst wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:35:05 -0500, <davidm at hisfeet.net> wrote:
>
>> Brethren, we are not yet there!
>
> Agreed, Dave. Worrying about the use of the term "apostle" in modern
> times is part of the popular notion of cessationism. It is as if the
> Holy Spirit ceased to work after John died at the end of the first
> century, and now all we have is our poor fallen intellects.
>
> The greatest danger here is the NAR seeks to resurrect the error to
> which the Twelve clung until after the Ascension, that there must be a
> literal kingdom on the earth. It's nothing more than a political
> movement disguised as religion. Jesus struggled against that
> constantly during His ministry, with the disciples wondering when they
> were going to ride into Jerusalem and take over. It would seem Pilate
> was the only person to understand it when Jesus said "My kingdom is
> not of this world." That's because this world is fallen, broken and
> not going to be fixed. It's going to be ended, our hope in Christ is
> He can't come back soon enough and shut
> this mess down, because until He does, it's only going to get worse. 

Right!! We are to do all we can to lead others to Christ AND do what is
correct in all ways. But, that doesn't mean we can fix the world. Our
efforts can delay the world's eventual demise, but we can't fix it.

Fred

-- 
"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it 
tougher for sober people to own cars." - Unknown

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