Liars and damned liars

Luke 6:27 - "But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you."
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Pierre Whalon ‏@bppwhalon Jan 22
'"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you." all I can say.'

This was the only response I received to pleas for help ... at least it is a response. I suppose that is something!

Having already been marginalized and squeezed out of the Anglican Church I should not have been shocked to be contextualized as the loved enemy or the hated one receiving good. But I was. What would precipitate this hurtful characterization? Do I deserve this? Perhaps, but how?

I believe that bearing witness of Christ, God's Word is the most loving act the Christian can perform. I am then led to conclude that bearing false witness is the antithesis of loving - thus hateful. And this is the basis of my concern. This notion of false witness causes me considerable turmoil, pain and suffering. I have suffered many sleepless nights because of the persistent drift of the Church - why? If @BishopCurry @BishopGRobinson and @bppwhalon are NOT the false teachers Christ warns us of in Romans 16:17, IF @episcopalcafe and @integrityusa are not the liars Christ warned of in 2 Peter 2:1-10 then I am.

This IS serious! This is an issue of salvation.

Through Paul (in his letter to Titus) Christ demands Christian teachers cling to and teach sound doctrine. Christ warns us that "rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers" will attempt to undermine the Church by "teaching things they should not teach" (Titus 1:9-11). The error must be confronted and "They [or I] must be silenced."

I am reaching out in this blog for correction. My eyes and my ears are open to revelation of my error. I concede this need for pastoral care.

“We are part of the Jesus Movement, and the cause of God’s love in this world can never stop and will never be defeated.” Sadly the implication here is that if I do not turn from a very close, particular and precise reading of Holy Scripture then I am not part of the Jesus Movement and thus in opposition to God's love in the world.

#BishopCurry #BishopGRobinson #BpPWhalon: I do not want to be hated or to be perceived as the enemy. I do not want to be lost in lies and false teaching. I do not want to be a rebellious man, empty talker or deceiver.

Again I ask. How did we get to this point? Where have I gone wrong?

I surrender ... in Christ Alone.

Be blessed.

1962

theological drift

1962

It was the year of my birth.

It was the year of my rebirth into the Church - in October of that year I was baptized. My parents and grandparents and godparents entered into a covenant before God. They would raise me and teach me in the Way of Jesus Christ.

What happens to this Christian, to me when "the Way" changes? What happens when I scour the Word and find only error in the new Way? I understand the reason and rhetoric but The Truth is not in our changes; and here is the great sadness - we know it deep in our soul.

I am not an idiot. Read Scripture. Even the most cursory glance reveals that over the past two mellenia much has been done in the name of the Father, the Holy Ghost and Jesus Christ that is not of God. Much has been preached which is clearly contrary to Christ. Scripture has been used conveniently as a means toward a secular and human ends. We continue to suffer this sad and evil symptom of our waywardness. We are so saturated in sin that we are blind to our blindness. Perhaps that is the starting point for this contemplation.

How do we "see" when we are blinded by sin?

This week the Episcopal Church in the United States of American (through the voice of Presiding Bishop Curry) and The Anglican Church of Canada (in the words of Archbishop Hiltz) threw me under the bus. My pain, confusion and exclusion ignored in a headlong rush to embrace others. I hear and take seriously their words. I stand, Bible in hand asking, pleading for help in understanding the pain and suffering I am accused of causing others - have my words sacrificed others on the altar of Church unity? God forgive me! The pain inflicted in my heart by these accusations is shattering.

My life is surrendered to bearing witness of the words and deeds of Jesus Christ. It is witness we are called to in the commissioning of the Church. What in Scripture gives warrant, impetus and authority to modernist innovations?

Please help me. Is sin blinding me?

How have I failed?

Trusting in Jesus; my Christ alone

1962 ...