THE ETERNAL MESSAGE OF THE CROSS DOES NOT CHANGE. Josimar Salum

THE ETERNAL MESSAGE OF THE CROSS DOES NOT CHANGE

Josimar Salum

The Gospel of the Kingdom proclaimed by Jesus is the same for all peoples.  The Message is not contextualized, possibly the way of communicating it.  And it is far beyond the salvation of the soul alone.

 The Eternal Church is not based on experiences, but on the Eternal and Immutable Word of God.

 Being based on the Word, the Church is also immutable, even because it is the Body of Christ and Christ does not change.

 The Christian church was sliced ​​into little churches - “Eklesticons” - and, throughout history, it remained fragmented into tribes.  Each has its tribe, and each tribe has its leaders of 1000, 100 or 50 or 30 thousand, 40 thousand.  The Church is indivisible.

 Each one starts his little church, the result of the separation of another little church, like someone who founds a bar on every corner.

 The "monarchs" of each "Eklesticon" say that they receive methods, strategies and visions and attribute them to God.  They say that God is the one who raised their ministries, and they can no longer live in the ministry of others.  They cannot share the other's view because, in fact, each has its own view and, therefore, under such condition, none is of God.

 No vision of God divides His people.  But these leaders break down and take many sheep and disciples of Jesus to a corner, slicing the flock of God.

 According to them, everything is part of the evolution of the church, in whose name solitary leaders of great denominations assume - for each kingdom a king - in whose name each one uses the model he wants to lead the people of God.  

Old skins, denominations, networks, churches in homes, virtual churches and churches on TV, cell phones, etc. are being perpetuated.

 Thus, each Christian segment has chosen as it understands and how it wants any system of government that best adapts to each age, culture, creed and particularly to its criteria, according to the personal ambitions of the leader, fruits of his interpretations or his conveniences and especially  promiscuity with political powers: political support and votes in exchange for benefits for themselves and their organizations.

 However, each model and each system is just a stronghold to imprison God's people.

 The Christian church has been - in every age, the historic prison for a large portion of the Flock of God.

 Josimar Salum

 #ASONE

When believers have to look like the world...

*“When believers have to look like the world and get involved in what the world does in wickedness and sinfulness to appeal to the world, they are not believers anymore. They are worldly as anybody else. You don’t drown with the world to try to save the world. Everywhere many churches are caught by the crazy idea that contextualization is doing what the world does. Let us play Carnival, let us drink in a bar to be close to the sinners, let us do this, let us do that. If there is not a clear line draw of what God loves and what God hates people will loose sight of what the Gospel is.  You don’t reach this sinful generation being just polite and kind. Politeness and kindness without the truth is a false love. Watering the Gospel is impossible. By the time you mix the Gospel the Gospel flees and you are left with the fake gospel. Grace is not cheap. It costed Jesus who shed His blood on the Cross for our sins. If you offer a shortcut and facilities to the lost you have lost the Cross. And there is no Gospel without repentance and the Cross.” - Josimar Salum #ASONE *

The greatest offense to the gospel

"The greatest offense to the gospel of the Kingdom of God is not sin! Sin has been conquered by Christ at the Cross! The greatest offense to the gospel of the Kingdom of God is religion! It crucified Jesus Christ 2000 years ago and it is still deceiving people today!:  - Paul Taylor #ASONE

When Jesus comes...

*Notice that it is an allegory. "When Jesus comes we are going to have to take him to the Jordan River to wash him, clean him. And we are going to take from him all the filth and impurity that the Christian Church has laid upon Him during these two thousand years. And we're going to trade his diaper, because they have put in him a diaper. Because the "Jesus" of the cross has a diaper. And we're going to wear him in priestly garments so that He will be the High Priest of all believers in the whole world. "-

Joseph Shulam #JSalum*

The Creed, the Cross and Jesus. Josimar Salum

The Creed, the Cross and Jesus.

Josimar Salum

I was added to a theology type group on Facebook! I don't even know who did. I decided to stay and I am enjoying, specially posts like the one of the greek word (adjective) for "double minded".

Everything it was going well until I decided to post a "little comment."

"Let's go back to the postulation of the Protestant Reformation. Sola Scriptura. Rend therefore your confessions of faith!" (JSalum)

Wow! Hell and even heaven broke loose! Usually 2 or 3 people liked the others posts. None practically were commenting, but these words got a lot of attention! Some comments were very professional and polite, especially from a theologian, PhD brother, I don't know him, I do think he is my brother in Christ. But one or two were very disdainful among dozens of discussions that took place!

I thought! What a hell is going on? Oops! I should not say things like that even If they came to my mind!

"Let's go back to the postulation of the Protestant Reformation. Sola Scriptura. Rend therefore your confessions of faith!" is just a provocative opinion. It is just a start point for a dialogue. We are all accustomed to creeds that a statement like that may become a dividing issue. 

"Sola Scriptura is a doctrine directly speaking to the Roman Catholic belief that church tradition is infallible and authoritative." And for many Protestants, evangelicals, too! Not really infallible but authoritative! Creeds are part of Church tradition! As MacArthur puts it, Sola Scrptura "has to do with the sufficiency of Scripture as our supreme authority in all spiritual matters." But I do not believe that Scripture is our supreme authority in all spiritual matters." At least it was not for so many believers in history, even for Abraham, David, the prophets, the apostles, etc. Jesus is the supreme authority in all matters, not His Scriptures!

Yes, we must have the same creeds to be true Christians. Is that right? Sola Scriptura concept can't be argued! Are the Reformation pillars so sacred? It is written in stone! Which stone?

My statement was just a mere opinion of a participant, yes, definitely, it is just an opinion. I just posted an opinion. It is not even a creed neither a confession of faith. 

Yes, we have opinions, creeds and confessions of faith. And yes, I was just trolling around my controversial opinion! 

It is amazing how an opinion like that can get a lot of attention! But believe me, I will not die for an opinion as much as I would die to be in communion with my brothers! 

I love the Scriptures, and I read the "creeds". They are only creeds! And I find interesting how many Christians does have just a creed and a cross!

We all may agree that the Bible is the Scriptures of God written by mere men and the creeds are just mere statements and scriptures of mere men even if they are biblical. However I don't need to be believe the same creed you believe to be your brother in Christ! Do I?

"John, Peter, James! Do you want to eat fish at the beach with Me!", may have said the Lord that morning!

We have Jesus! What a wonderful friend. Is it not enough?

Josimar Salum