The Silver Tongue

In response to my last blog. I wish to write about the opposite of Fire and Brimstone. It is a gospel in which one tries to entertain their audience and make them fell good about themselves. It is watered down truth at best. At worst, it is outright heresy spoken by false prophets. God is made a lion without claws. He is reduced to the status of a mere house cat that people can let into their lives at times and let out.

Many people can be entertained by the wonderful stories told by the brilliant storeteller. But always ask to what end? Is christ's sacrifice even mentioned? Is its direct rewards even mentioned? Is its alternative even mentioned? Can one get clothed when they scarely know they are naked? Can one get better if they scarely know that they are deadly ill. No, not just ill but dead. The Bible even talks about the people who listen to these evangelists (if they can be called that).

2 Timothy 4:3-4 "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths." NASB

If one wanted to be entertained, they would have been better off going to a theatre than a church! At least then, they would not be under the delusion that they were attending to the matters of their soul. This type of preaching cannot bred anything but false assurance. At least the sinner under fire and brimstone preaching knows he is a sinner. At least, that fire and brimstone preacher was faithful to present part of the truth. Even if it is not the good news.

This 'end time' seems as though people will entertain more and more of the myths like gnosticism/Tomb of Jesus/Da Vinci Code myths, even in churches. False assurance will be rampant. Sound Doctrine will be shunned by mainstream churches. The churches will preach in accordance with the desires of the World. (Health, wealth, and being a moral person.) They will wish to be entertained. They will come together in a fake kind of community based on nothing more than a group hug. Church is a mere social club.The world is not there yet. Although, I see the strands of this heresy encircling the church.

Oh, how people in the 1800s saw it begining to encircle the church. How almost every prediction of theirs has come true! We need a revival that includes the preaching of sound doctrine rather than trendy religious fads. Oh, how people need the whole gospel. They do not need the moralistic teachings of pharisees. They do not need the materialistic ambitions of the tax collectors. They do not need just the healing of the lame. They need their sins forgiven first. They need Jesus. They need the gospel. They don't need some sappy story. They don't even need a testimony about "How I feel all better with Jesus around.", like he is some friendly house cat.

No one dares to ask what Jesus? Or what God? He is not the God of our choosing. He is not the God that is naturally on everyone's mind. He is far greater than these. His truth is much more solid. His enjoyment is much more sublime. No one dares to tell anyone anymore that He is a lion. That he does as he pleases. That when crossing paths with Him, it is either life or death. It is a fearful thing to be in the hands of an living God. Yet, it is because of who he. First and foremost. God is the gospel.