Why has the church become tolerant to things God is intolerant about? Many today rest their theological debate on the hinges of God commandment of love. But in their effort they have missed the key word, “one another” and who the one another are. If we’re to put the text in context, the one another Jesus was speaking about cannot be the world or the things of the world, but in fact is the church. Jesus wasn’t speaking to the unsaved but rather to the saved when He made this commandment. The disciples/apostles were the recipient of this great command. For those that argue that Jesus was speaking to the world insist that Jesus was hypocritical and was in direct conflict with the written Word of God. But that’s not the case, Jesus is the Word incarnate in flesh; therefore Jesus and the written Word are in complete agreement. In our effort to palatable we have become tolerate of sin and in fact conformity to sin. I was watching a web cast about homos*xuality in the church; I was amazed at the number of pastors/preachers who are accepting this abominable lifestyle. Many have argued that God made them that way… which is hypocritical to the written (Logos) Word of God.
The thing that blows my mind is the church tolerance of that which God objects. To take it a step further is the hypocritical tolerance.
Ex: Many claim we’re to love and accept people the way they are… especially when addressing the homos*xuality in the church… the hypocriticalness lies in the tolerance of homos*xuals but the intolerance of rapists… both parties could make the claim, “that’s the way they are”… but many Christians would tolerate the homos*xuals but won’t tolerate the rapists…
Ex: Many today are in agreement with women preachers/pastors….many tolerate them because the world is changing and society accepts them… but on the other hand, many are intolerant of preachers who have more than one wife (polygamy), preachers who are molesters, preachers who are pimps… if God calls who He wills and if God poured out His Spirit on all flesh… then the pimps, molesters, pedophiles, murderers, and polygamy are to be tolerated…
• Hypocritical tolerance is when the church is opposed to homos*xuals but tolerate them when they’re the choir directors or musicians…
• Hypocritical tolerance is when the church shuns a young girl that gets pregnant out of wedlock but tolerate preachers who are single and sleep around with many women in the church…
• Hypocritical tolerance is when the church allows a deacon who was caught in adultery stay in leadership but is intolerant of a deacon who plays the lottery or have an addiction
My question for debate: 1. Why is the church/body of Christ hypocritical in their tolerance? 2. Should the church tolerate that which God forbids? 3. Where should the line be drawn if there's any?
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Wednesday, August 11th 2010 at 1:59AM
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