viernes, 7 de septiembre de 2012

What today is not predicated


Mario E. Fumero
The evolution of Christianity in our time has taken a very peculiar hue. The sermons have been adapted to the liberal and pragmatic influences [1] of society, and has gone to the marketing technique [2] , to dissolve all that annoying ear, adding anything that attracts and seduces. That is why most modern theology sermons and messages is imbued illustrative, motivational, psychological and excellence. This trend has changed the grammatical expressions in modern Bible translations, to play down force to the original meaning of the text, mainly with regard to the concept of sin, using this technique called "inclusive language."
There is a strong current that tends to Biblical demystification, which is explained with a logical dialectic historical miracles of the Bible. This attempt to dilute the basic principles of the doctrines, because there are things that hurt the ears and conscience bother, especially when the person is confronted with sin. This current show the other side of the coin, this is the legal aspect of the consequences of sin, which is damnation.
In summary, we have produced a theology of cheap deals, and we hid the demands, because our technique is to fatten the church and bring the sinner to enter through the wide gate, where everything fits, even the futile ways inherited from their parents (1 Peter 1:18-19). By teaching the Word of God actually opt for preachers called "gospel easy" or "cheap grace" where Jesus Christ protects you given riches, opens doors, makes you great, gets you to heaven but twisted andes . Finally, raise your hand, confesses positively and "open sesame" the miracle is done. Just a good offering, an economic pact and the Bull or indulgences [3] of blessings, forgiveness and prosperity will be given.
's new lingo is prosperity, anointing, power, miracle, supernatural, conquest, grandeur, excellence, health, pact, etc. decree. There is no longer the preaching of sin, repentance, restitution of damage, hell, holiness, judgment, suffering, denial, humility, simplicity, detachment etc. Even many modern preachers deny hell as real, because they claim that the concept of a burning hell and damnation, does not fit within a loving God, and that this concept is only a metaphorical expression. So we preach, but do not scare people, but by a cult-atraigámosle show. Just be good about yourself, and forget the sin.
Someone asked: What happens when the church today surrenders to the comfort of a modern gospel of tolerance, carnality and engagement with the world, and stop preaching the whole counsel of God found in the scriptures?  The problem of the contemporary church is not in what he preaches, as the fact that God is love, but is a great biblical truth that we repeat over and over again, and put first Instead, should not obscure or ignore that too is a righteous judge. Love can never overshadow justice. Omitting the right aspect of God leads us to preach a message half, diluted, and this makes us abandon sound doctrine, allowing debauchery and yeast in the house of the Lord. Our God is not only a God of love, but of holiness and justice, and remains the same yesterday, today and forever.
The Bible clearly speaks of the judgment the sinner and hell as a place of torment. This related in the story of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:23). Jesus mentioned the place as a place of torment with fire (Mark 9:45), where their worm does not die (Mark 9.46,48) and talk about the consequences of not being in Him when he said in John 15:6: " He that in I will not stay, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered, and men gather them, and cast them into the fire and burned. " Paul mentions the punishment of disobedient when he says in 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8: " and you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ ; ". Hebrews exposed to sinners, and for that I mention two things that today are omitted, trial and punishment of fire (Hebrews 10:27). Also in the Revelation of John, in the final judgment will have clearly the eternal fire which is the second death (Revelation 20:15-15, 21:8).
Undoubtedly, the doctrine of repentance is necessary to be born again (Acts 2:38, 3:19), resulting in a change of life set to the new man (2 Corinthians 5:17). This action of repentance strips us of the old man and his sinful deeds (Colossians 3:9) which has to be crucified on the cross (Romans 6:6), which means that from this action we revert to worldly or wicked to be a child of God, which brings us a goal to live in holiness, not persist in repeating the standard of conduct sin (Romans 6).
If we turn away from sin, then we break with the customs and corrupt ruling system models . We can not make friends with the world, because such action makes us an enemy of God (James 4:4), and we can not serve two masters (Luke 16:13). This concept is contained in what we call "holiness", that is, away from all that God's law catalog sin, which is expressed in the commandments, and more clearly defined as the desires of the flesh. Holiness is the base to get to heaven (Hebrews 12:14) and fruit of repentance, manifested in the works, which are the actions related to our way of life, dress, talk and think (Luke 3:8, Matthew 7 : 16).
The Bible presents Christians as a people different from the rest, claiming it is a holy nation "church" (1 Peter 2:9) whose role model is Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 2:14), so in which Christians must form a perfect man (Ephesians 4:13), learning to walk as Jesus walked (1 John 2:6). But the churches rather than conquer the world, rather the world has conquered the church. What differentiates a Christian from a mundane? All schemes of worship, concerts, rhythms, styles, structure of the temples, lights, special effects and post follow the rhetoric of the dominant system, so that there is no difference between a mundane event of one Christian. The only difference is that the fashion world is added a biblical text or a biblical message to grace the event, spectacle, music or conduct.
preach the right message. Confront people with their sin, and let's get him to repentance so they can live in newness of life (Romans 6:4). Infundamos fear that as brake stop us not to sin.

[1] - The  Pragmatism  is a school  philosophy  created in the  United States  in the late  nineteenth century  by  Charles Sanders PeirceJohn Dewey  and  William James . Its basic concept is that only true what works, focusing well in the real world objective.
[2] - is "the social process and  administrative  whereby groups and individuals meet their needs to create and exchange goods and services. " 2  It has also been defined as the  art  or  science  to meet the needs of  customers  and get  profits  at the same time. It is actually a subciencia or area of study of science  administration . Taken from Wikipedia.
[3] - Bula indulgence proclaimed by the Pope, with which people could buy a pardon for sin in advance. Indeed, in the sixteenth century, abuse and trafficking that resulted were the main reason that led  Martin Luther  to face the  Catholic Church  thus constituting triggered the  Protestant Reformation .

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