THE ECUMENICAL HIGH ROAD
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
Since I’ve been preaching and defending the Gospel on the internet I’ve been awakened to the temporal value many put on the gospel. A value that appears 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 that abandons the power of the cross.
How will they defend the cross when everyone is against them? Will they defend the gospel when all that is left to comfort them 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 for the blood that sanctified them. This ecumenical high road is nothing more than a scapegoat into a false righteousness, a false forgiveness, a false love, hope, peace and assurance that only 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 pat on the back, praise from men, and an ecumenical spirit that abandons the POWER of a PERFECT FORGIVENESS! Shipwrecked on the shores of ecumenism they gloat and wallow in their compromise of the gospel, and the demons laugh as another victory has just fallen from Grace!!
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.
Grace and Peace...
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
Since I’ve been preaching and defending the Gospel on the internet I’ve been awakened to the temporal value many put on the gospel. A value that appears 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 that abandons the power of the cross.
How will they defend the cross when everyone is against them? Will they defend the gospel when all that is left to comfort them 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 for the blood that sanctified them. This ecumenical high road is nothing more than a scapegoat into a false righteousness, a false forgiveness, a false love, hope, peace and assurance that only 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 pat on the back, praise from men, and an ecumenical spirit that abandons the POWER of a PERFECT FORGIVENESS! Shipwrecked on the shores of ecumenism they gloat and wallow in their compromise of the gospel, and the demons laugh as another victory has just fallen from Grace!!
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.
Grace and Peace...