Skip to main content

Beware of so-called discernment ministries and the truth movement

Truth movements and discernment ministries are often very proud and self-righteous, assuming they are theological experts. Like Stand up for the Truth for example. They assume that hatred or attacks against them automatically means they are doing the right thing. They are proud of being attacked is if this itself meant they were doing the right thing.

 Read this article and please share it:
The Irony of ‘Truth Movement’ of Christendom

There is one thing I have realised after listening to some episodes from Stand Up for the Truth is this: truth is not the ultimate virtue.

Stand Up for the Truth states on its website that:

“We invite nationally renowned experts and leaders as guests to talk about trends and topics most others won’t touch: The Emergent Movement, New Age Christianity, Social Justice, Universalism in our churches and schools, and the blending of different faiths with Christianity that has quietly seeped into our beliefs without many Christians even being aware of it. These are just a few of the major issues that we believe we (and you) should be talking about!
Two points about this show that are a big deal: First, we don’t claim to have all the answers. We’re not biblical experts or theologians–we’re just two people passionate about God and His Church who happen to have microphones. Second–and most importantly–we point you to the Word of God as the only authority on absolute Truth.”

I am not condemning it, but it seems only concerned with exposing evils, without sharing the Gospel. Note how they speak about pointing to the Truth, without showing love. These are the sought of people who I believe will make unsaved people resent Christianity even more than they already do because it is a loveless truth-seeking-only movement, that relies on one’s human strength rather than seeking God’s strength because it has no love.

I have listened to several of their episodes and they seem, in my opinion, to be more concerned with truth than the ultimate virtue: love. After being exposed to the false humility of one of the hosts, Amy Spreeman, I developed a strong resistance against the show. Stand Up appears to be session for discussing these false doctrines without reaching out to the unsaved. It seems as though this radio session provides a safe and comfortable place to criticise the unsaved. Even when they speak about sharing the Gospel with the unsaved to pull them out of the fire, it seems that they are doing it with an aim to do good works by speaking the truth, rather than out of LOVE. I believe they are under the spirit of religion, manifested in the form of truth-seeking-only, without sharing the Gospel from the heart.

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 tells us that “If I have no love, I am nothing” and “if I have not love, I gain nothing”. When one has love, one will rejoice in truth for ‘love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians 13:6). However, when one seeks for truth without love, it becomes a godless pursuit of truth, one that manifests in self-righteousness, judgmentalism and hypocrisy.

Stand Up is only an example of believers involved in the so-called ‘Christian Truth Movement’. It is interesting how it does not track the ‘Truth Movement’ as it does with other movements because it prides itself on seeking truth more than others.

If one has no love, one is nothing. Seeking truth is a product of love. Love is not the product of seeking truth (1 Corinthian 13:6). It is only when one loves will one seek truth in a godly way, not one done through one’s own human flesh which is proud and boastful (1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:17) for the flesh opposes the Spirit, and love is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). Love is not proud or boastful (1 Corinthians 13:4).

Labels

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Two types of contentment

The world seeks contentment. It seeks to be contented in pursuit of all kinds of things, whether it be money, health, wealth, romance, sex, careers or family. It does not necessarily seek after riches to be content. However, that one does not seek after money as the first priority, but other things that are typically associated with good traditional values, such as family, does not in any way mean that one is content in the godly sense. By no means! A person can be a "conservative" and "religious" but just as earthly as the "liberal". There are two types of contentment: earthly contentment and godly contentment. Earthly contentment finds its fulfillment and satisfaction in things that are passing away, not necessarily money, but also things like family, education and children. Yes, that's right. Many professing American Christians think that they could never be under the spirit of mammon because they care for their families and love their families, a...
3 comments
Read more

Signs of a Person under the spirit of mammon

Both the unsaved and saved can be under the spirit of mammon. Do not be deceived! An unsaved person can only serve mammon because it is not part of his nature to submit to God in any way (Romans 8:7). However, the Christian can most definitely yield to the temptations of mammon just as he can yield to the temptations of satan. This is what is means for a Christian to be under the spirit of mammon. The signs of a person being under the spirit of mammon are: The person does not understand the spirit of mammon. This is because he or she is blinded by it and therefore cannot see it. The person reacts whenever being confronted with being told that they are under the spirit of mammon, or being told that they may be under it. This is not the person themselves reacting, but the spirit of mammon reacting. The person is self-satisfied with the abundance that they have. This is especially the case with many Christians today. They are happy with having a family, a well-paying job, security...
Post a Comment
Read more

The spirit behind Debt, the spirit of Mammon, seeks to Blind, Control, Enslave and Dominate by debt

Many people just cannot understand what usury is for what it is. Thus, in order for people to understand what exactly usury is, they must be made to understand debt first. Debt is not merely money to be repaid. It has power. Debt indeed is power, which comes from a source not from God: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places (Ephesians 6:12).  One can discern that debt has a power behind it if one uses one's godly discernment. Debt brings spiritual bondage to a person, not merely financial bondage, but spiritual bondage. The real issue with debt for all people whether unsaved or saved is that it keeps people from fully serving God. It is a spiritual stronghold of mammon that panders to the flesh, to make a God-hater even more hostile against God, by feeding on his flesh to increase its appetite even more. It is also a spiritual stronghold...
Post a Comment
Read more