Sadly I think that as long as he is given attention by people who agree with him that he may never come back to mainstream Christianity.
It's something, once confirmed in sin, that takes a LONG time to come out of if convinced the Lord accepts it.Because...
If one practices a sin, such as homosexuality, and after hearing the truth continues to practice it, they have given themselves over to the devil. They are of the devil according to scripture.
1 Jn 3:8 (NET)
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.
I've read this in the Logos and it told me what God has to say on the matter. I prayed about it and the Holy Spirit gave me Rhema about it, understanding that the homosexual having heard the Word and continuing in their sin is of the devil.
Thankfully, there are others addressing his behaviors and the evils he has been doing throughout the Body of Christ:Sadly I think that as long as he is given attention by people who agree with him that he may never come back to mainstream Christianity.
I don't see WOF as being rejected but rather the extremes of WOF being rejected. I agree to a point with some of it but I think often those who attack it consider everyone who is WOF as being as extreme as cherry picked examples of televangelists when in fact there are probably many pastors and preachers and mostly unknown WOF folks who aren't extreme but do take God at his word to a different level that most mainstream Christians who often have almost no faith in him and a lot more in their group or denomination or whatever.exactly correct. That's why wof forum exist, to give shelter and attention to those that is rejected by mainstream Christianity.
A lot of times, when it comes to the Gospel of Inclusion, things get too deep to get out of where one has gone against Jesus ...Sadly I think that as long as he is given attention by people who agree with him that he may never come back to mainstream Christianity.
Unforunately for Carlton Pearson, he is indeed what we call in WOF "Toxic WOF" when it comes to others doing things in the name of the movement that were NEVER acceptable - and then trying to gain a following. Others see the behavior and then try to speak for all in the camp.Last I heard of Carlton is that he teaches some at a Church on south Peoria here in Tulsa. I really haven't kept up with him much but the rumor I hear that sent him "over the edge" was that his father died and was "unsaved" and this upset him so much to think that his father was in hell that he essentially changed his thinking to reject the idea. I don't really know if it was the case or not. I've heard that he was known to be a good biblical scholar but I often wonder at times that being good at studying the Bible but not having the Holy Spirit operating in your life leaves you succeptable to seeing what you desire in the Bible (or not) instead of what is truly there. I'm not WOF specifically but I do agree somewhat on some things that they do and my former late pastor of my church was a graduate of ORU I think he later got his doctorate in theology from there also.
I think the problem with universalism and inclusionism and essentially overly liberal Christianity is sooner or later some people end up changing things to suit themselves so much that it is hard to see if they are Christians any more. I don't consider Carlton a Christian at this time, is/was he saved? Only God truly knows.
Yes, sometimes when you include too much you end up having to exclude Jesus because he, himself equated that the path is narrow and few choose it which flies in contrast to inclusionism. I do however at times think there are less universalists that come from the WOF camp than from more liberal thinking Christian denominations as WOF tends to fly in the face of universalism and WOFers tend to often be more "on fire" for Jesus than other denominations while universalists are almost on ice when it comes to Jesus.A lot of times, when it comes to the Gospel of Inclusion, things get too deep to get out of where one has gone against Jesus ...
Very excellent points, as these are things that have been said within WOF for ages when it comes to the fact that universalism is NOT what's accepted due to its focus in honoring Jesus who said the way was Narrow (Matthew 7).Yes, sometimes when you include too much you end up having to exclude Jesus because he, himself equated that the path is narrow and few choose it which flies in contrast to inclusionism. I do however at times think there are less universalists that come from the WOF camp than from more liberal thinking Christian denominations as WOF tends to fly in the face of universalism and WOFers tend to often be more "on fire" for Jesus than other denominations while universalists are almost on ice when it comes to Jesus.
I don't see WOF as being rejected but rather the extremes of WOF being rejected. I agree to a point with some of it but I think often those who attack it consider everyone who is WOF as being as extreme as cherry picked examples of televangelists when in fact there are probably many pastors and preachers and mostly unknown WOF folks who aren't extreme but do take God at his word to a different level that most mainstream Christians who often have almost no faith in him and a lot more in their group or denomination or whatever.
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