Definition of Ecumenical:
1a : of, relating to, or representing the whole of a body of churches
b : promoting or tending toward worldwide Christian unity or cooperation
2 : worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application
There's an ecumenical spirit in to today's Christianity that ignores the consequences of sin. Rather than "offend" by exposing its deceitful destruction they glory in their "passive benevolence" as they prance and strut their way down the ecumenical high road.
Since I’ve been preaching the Gospel on the internet I’ve been awakened to the temporal value many have placed on this precious love story. A value that may appear righteous until that gospel is threatened under a fleeting popularity. This is when the persecution of the gospel changes into the “ecumenical high road”. A false high road submerged in a phony righteousness longing to redefine the sufferings of Christ. With trendy names and "positive thinking" they long to tickle the ears with promises filled with "a peace without suffering". But how will these trendy preachers defend the sufferings of Christ when everyone is against them? Will they defend the gospel when all that remains is the love demonstrated on an old tree? Will they stand strong or will they crumble under the solitude of a lonely hill? When the tide turns and the offense of the cross is barreling down on them, which path will they choose? I wish I could present some positive numbers, but my eyes have grown accustomed the popularity of the “ecumenical high road”.
This is the ROAD OF RETREAT! When the offense of the cross has been demonized as “intolerant”, “bigoted”, “narrow minded”, “dogmatic”, and “full of hate”. When the pressure of the majority overwhelms a person’s tolerance to stand firm on the blood that sanctified them. This ecumenical high road is nothing more than a scapegoat into a FALSE righteousness that leads away from the wisdom of Christ Crucified. This is the chosen path when persecution changes to compromise. When the Grace that set them free is rationalized for a feather in their cap, a wider gate, a pat on the back, praise from men, and a spirit that abandons the POWER of a PERFECT FORGIVENESS! Shipwrecked on the shores of this "high road" they wallow and gloat in their compromise of the gospel, and the demons laugh as another victory has just crashed and burned on a high road leading away from the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Galatians 5:11
Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
Galatians 6:14
But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
