02/15/22 IT IS NOT SEMANTICS, IT IS DEMON-ANTICS

02/15/22 IT IS NOT SEMANTICS, IT IS DEMON-ANTICS

Many years ago I heard some "Christians" say that various parts of the New Testament did not apply to the Christian experience and therefore were not essential for believers to follow. I realized that is true in a limited way in specific cases. However, I kept hearing people exempt Christians from more and more of Biblical revelation (repenting, believing, obeying, confessing, following, Lordship of Christ) until they were actually narrowing down the parts that apply to Christians as a few portions in only a few books of the New Testament.

As I continued to learn, I found out that Reformed Theology not only discards large portions of the New Testament as being irrelevant to Christian salvation, and they redefined and reinterpreted fundamental truths contrary to God's revelation; such as,
God did not and does not love all sinners,
Jesus did not die sacrificially for everyone,
God unilaterally chose the elect unconditionally,
the order of salvation was changed from believe and be saved to being saved and then believing,
God sovereignly decreed sin and sovereignly chose not to offer salvation to those who had no choice but to sin.

This is the theological position I refer to as, Deformed and Misinformed. They can convince people because of fancy theological footwork and a false claim to spiritual and intellectual superiority.

The problem with their false doctrine is not only that they misrepresent what God's word actually says concerning these fundamental truths, they deliberately misrepresent what others believe about heart purity, deliverance from sinful actions, and sinful nature, the Biblical view of perfection.

I don't believe all of those involved with Deformed Theology are intentionally hostile toward truth. However, they have allowed false teachers, like Sproul, MacArthur, Begg, Baucham, Piper, among a plethora of others to explain away major portions of Scripture, based on a few passages, which they twist and handle in a very crafty way.

2 Corinthians 4:1-2
1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.