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I am saying one thing only.
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Pastors should not be sugar coating the truth of the Gospel.
Not just the Pastor, but nobody should sugar-coat the truth of the Gospel. And in any event, it should be coated with salt, not sugar. Sugar causes diabetes; salt causes salvation.
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I am saying one thing only. Pastors should not be sugar coating the truth of the Gospel. Any other thing you read into is your call.
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Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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I am not saying the Pastor who died was sinning, but I will say that I have seen dozens and dozens of baptizing and Preachers using mikes, and no one died.
Like car accidents, one in every 100,000?? pastors dies using a mike near water. As far as not "saying" that this Pastor died because he "was sinning", you might as well "say" it because you are sure "implying" it.
But let me ask you, of the 40,000 or so people who die every year in car accidents, let's say that 2.5% or 100 persons were bornagain Christians. I know you are not "saying" that they all sinned, but...
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I am not saying the Pastor who died was sinning, but I will say that I have seen dozens and dozens of baptizing and Preachers using mikes, and no one died.
God chose to take this person's live. Was it because he distorted the truth of the Gospel? Only God knows, but Preachers should take care when Preaching. God will hold them accoutable, either in this life or after, or both.
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Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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Paul didn't drop dead when he shook the poisonous viper off his arm after being shipwrecked on the Island of Melita among barbarous villagers that needed to hear the Gospel.
So why did Rev. Kyle Lake drop dead before hundreds of Emergent Church worshippers? That's the question that needs to be asked and answered.
Who is like unto Paul? You and I would probably have been electrocuted too if we had brought "electricity into H2O." Natural laws need to be obeyed:
Matthew 4
5 Then the devil takes him up into the holy city, and sets him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And said to him, If you be the Son of God, cast yourself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said to him, It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
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I can not believe that you would ever be intentionally cruel or uncaring to some one less fortunate then yourselves. ...
I truly did not post that article to be intentionally cruel or uncaring. It is because I care So Much that I post the articles that I do in order to point out the Falsehoods that are becoming all too prevelant in today's church. I Care Very Much that people are being decieved by false gospels, watered down gospels, twisted scriptures, and new age doctrines and I am Compelled by the Holy Spirit to Expose them (Eph. 5:11) I care Deeply for the eternal souls of those who are being decieved... If I didn't, then I'd stay silent on these matters. I hope you can understand this? (I'm not being saurcaustic, honest! I'm being straight from the heart here)
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I apologize to anyone here that I have offended.
Thank you for your apology, I do appreciate that you gave it! I am not offended, but I was concerned for Texasgrandma's sake ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I would like to start over and I pray that we can both appreciate the different areas the Lord has called each of us into service in
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"I couldn't help but notice that he didn't gently take her hand and try to comfort or console her over the untimely death of her husband before breaking part two of the bad news. Was Peter being un-Christ-like in his terse remarks to her or was he busy teaching onlookers something more important, like the necessity of fearing and obeying God?"
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Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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I can not believe that you would ever be intentionally cruel or uncaring to some one less fortunate then yourselves. If the story that you print is true then there has to be a lot of sadness for some one who may just be innocent. That some one innocent could accidentally come here to this site.
What about their rights? What about being kind to them?
We can discuss any subject of your choosing. Take any position and fight for it as hard as you like. No one will mind it as long as you are honest and not hurting someone that cannot help it.
I would like to be your friend, all of you. But sometimes you do make it difficult. I know that it is difficult to be my friend. Maybe we could start over.
I apologize to anyone here that I have offended.
Go with God,
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That you have the right to be hurtful to friends and family of someone who can now only answer to their maker-
I didn't write the article, I just posted it because it speaks to a very serious problem that is happening all over the place in the U.S. Namely, The Emerging Church and it's Apostacy.
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Let me read you your rights-
Every thing that you say and write will be used against you in a court of law.
(You also have the right to remain silent. If you cannot say anything nice say nothing at all, the archangel Michael did.)
I’m assuming this also applies to you as well? I questioned you about “Joking” because of your words to Texasgrandma (which could be seen as Less then Kind):
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By the way, where is your backup today? Out thumping heads for not agreeing?
You know, sometimes, according to the way the light hits your logo, it looks like you are holding the Star of David. At other times it looks like a broom stick.
I’m also wondering what you think of the many times that Jesus or His Apostles spoke harshly to (or about) those who perverted the Truth?
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I was joking but AMH last post was mean spirited.
oh well.
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And that this is an occasion for jokes tells me a lot about you and the “person” of the West.
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That you have the right to be hurtful to friends and family of someone who can now only answer to their maker-
Let me read you your rights-
Every thing that you say and write will be used against you in a court of law.
(You also have the right to remain silent. If you cannot say anything nice say nothing at all, the archangel Michael did.)
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Are you a glutton for punishment or what? ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
LOL sometimes I wonder myself ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) But the Truth is the Truth no matter how it is received. The "Emerging Church" is DANGEROUS and the Shofar needs to be blown. I'm sure I'll get my share of rocks thrown at me
AMH, I don't know what to think of your replies? I don't really know you. Are you and Betty "Joking around?" or are you just being mean?
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A dog back to its own vomit.
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move this back here. Because all joking aside. this is important!!!!!
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This was posted on the Rapturenews Message board. It's very strong, but I believe it needs to be. The message is 'needed to be heeded' [youpi]
GOD SENDS SHOCKING MESSAGE TO EMERGING CHURCH!
By Paul Proctor
November 14, 2005
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The ABPnews.com headline read: "Waco pastor Kyle Lake killed in freak baptism accident." I thought to myself: "Yeah, I guess this one just slipped by the Sovereign God of the Universe. Maybe the Lord was stuck in line at the food court waiting for an espresso when the lights flickered.
"His eye is on the sparrow" but evidently not on a prominent Emerging Church leader standing in a baptistery full of water holding an electronically charged microphone before a crowd of 800 on Sunday morning following a prayer where he petitioned the Almighty to "surprise me." Apparently the Ancient of Days only numbers the hairs of your head when you're properly grounded.
If the ABP article and its curious headline had appeared in The Associated Press rather than the Associated Baptist Press, it probably wouldn't have drawn my attention; but seeing as it was featured in a "faith-based" publication, the article's title stands out like a sore oxymoron.
Now before some of you go indignant on me for my lack of sympathy over this pastor's sudden demise, I would ask you to consider the late Ananias and the Apostle Peter's caustic comment to his wife Sapphira before she dropped dead in front of that congregation:
"…behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out." - Acts 5:9
I couldn't help but notice that he didn't gently take her hand and try to comfort or console her over the untimely death of her husband before breaking part two of the bad news. Was Peter being un-Christ-like in his terse remarks to her or was he busy teaching onlookers something more important, like the necessity of fearing and obeying God?
And what about that little diatribe the Apostle Paul wrote to his young protégé' in 1st Timothy 1:20 about having "delivered unto Satan" Hymenaeus and Alexander "that they may learn not to blaspheme?" Where's the love here, for crying out loud? Kind of makes you want to ask Rick Warren what Paul's "S.H.A.P.E." was, doesn't it? He also cited another false teacher named "Philetus" in, shall we say, less than endearing terms over in 2nd Timothy 2.
I think it's safe to say that comments like those from Peter and Paul would pretty much render them unsuitable for staff jobs at Saddleback or Willow Creek because you see, unlike the cowardly and enabling church leader today, they used to name the names of heretics and blasphemers; and today's glass house gospel doesn't really allow that sort of thing any longer. So, if you are planning a career in ministry, just remember; when it comes to criticizing your corrupt contemporaries, mum's the word.
My how things have changed…
"Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear." - 1st Timothy 5:20
So, were they being cruel, unloving and disobedient to God by saying such things to the brethren? Where's all the kind, gentle, caring and coddling compassion we are constantly commanded to show today's false prophets and their underlings who incessantly lead others astray from the pulpits of perdition in a choreographed confusion directed by the "father of lies?"
And then there was that perverse fellow Paul so harshly addressed in his first letter to the Corinthians, who had an incestuous affair with his father's wife; commanding the church there to: "… deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus." (1st Corinthians 5:5)
Wow! Talk about "mean-spirited!" Imagine hearing that in your Sunday morning announcements! This can't be the same fellow that penned chapter 13, could it?
And let's not forget those memorable words from the Author of love and compassion Himself, Jesus Christ, when He addressed those who would dare fracture the faith of a child:
"And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea." - Mark 9:42
Do you get the uneasy feeling that a completely different gospel is being preached today? Yeah, me too…
Terry Esau, a visiting speaker to UBC and witness to the horrible electrocution of Rev. Lake that morning in Waco, was quoted in a World Net Daily article as saying:
"I think he [Kyle] would have said, 'There are laws of nature, electrical laws, and they were violated that day and I was in a really bad place where the violation happened.'"
I would only add that the Emergent Church is also in a really bad place right now; that many spiritual laws are also being violated; and they would do well to heed the Word of God and repent before their artsy-craftsy plans for the future are unexpectedly altered, like Rev. Lake's.
Clearly, any man or woman who disobeys the physical laws God has established in this earthly domain risks dying a physical death, as evidenced by the tragic event at Baylor. It should also be noted that those who violate the spiritual laws of God risk death, as well; and anyone who has researched with any discernment, conviction and knowledge of scripture, the unbiblical teachings and practices of the Emerging Church movement knows all too well that the laws of the Lord and His Word are not only being violated for the sake of the sensual; but also that the leaders of this new spirituality are teaching others to emulate them and practice many ungodly things in the name of Christ such as new age mysticism, the empty-minded mantras of contemplative prayer, labyrinths, the trivializing and minimizing of God's absolute truths and the casual dismissing of doctrine as divisive, destructive and unnecessary so as not to infringe upon one's own personal experience and opportunities for entertainment, excitement, enlightenment, illumination, stimulation and gratification.
University Baptist Church posted the closing remarks of the last sermon their pastor gave that fateful day on their web site. It contains the words they evidently would most like you and I to remember him by. To say the least, they are quite revealing:
" Live. And Live Well. BREATHE. Breathe in and Breathe deeply. Be PRESENT. Do not be past. Do not be future. Be now. On a crystal clear, breezy 70 degree day, roll down the windows and FEEL the wind against your skin. Feel the warmth of the sun. If you run, then allow those first few breaths on a cool Autumn day to FREEZE your lungs and do not just be alarmed, be ALIVE. Get knee-deep in a novel and LOSE track of time. If you bike, pedal HARD… and if you crash then crash well. Feel the SATISFACTION of a job well done-a paper well-written, a project thoroughly completed, a play well-performed. If you must wipe the snot from your 3-year old's nose, don't be disgusted if the Kleenex didn't catch it all… because soon he'll be wiping his own. If you've recently experienced loss, then GRIEVE. And Grieve well. At the table with friends and family, LAUGH. If you're eating and laughing at the same time, then might as well laugh until you puke. And if you eat, then SMELL. The aromas are not impediments to your day. Steak on the grill, coffee beans freshly ground, cookies in the oven. And TASTE. Taste every ounce of flavor. Taste every ounce of friendship. Taste every ounce of Life. Because-it-is-most-definitely-a-Gift."
Where's the call to repentance - the willing self-sacrifice of the redeemed - the grateful suffering and faithful testimony of a blood-purchased saint? Where is the dire warning to the rebellious about an eternity in hell that awaits those who refuse to heed the call? And, what about God's eternal, unchanging and indisputable Word, and the Cross of Christ that is repeatedly referred to throughout? a Cross that was selflessly and sacrificially endured by His only Begotten Son to deliver us from this fallen world and pay for your hideous sins and mine.
Is he preaching a tantalizing message of sensory gratification, psychotherapy and escape to pleasure seekers on holiday or obediently pointing sinners toward an undeserved opportunity for eternity with Jesus Christ in a Kingdom not of this world? Just whose life, death, kingdom and words are being exalted and memorialized here; those of a dying man or a living God?
Compare his priorities to those of Jesus:
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." - Luke 14:26
And his testimony to Paul's testimony:
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." - Galatians 2:20
Frankly, Rev. Lake sounds like someone who was absolutely in love with his life, the world around him and everyone in it, which is the expressed reverse of what the Bible teaches:
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." - 1st John 2:15-17
Just how is the Lord glorified in the worship of the world, the adulation of men, the gratification of the flesh, the satisfying of the senses and the personal pursuits, ambitions and "unequally yoked" relationships of the here and now in a Sunday morning sermon?
"Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God" - James 4:4
Lake's words read more like those of a new age poet or 60's flower child enticing those around him into participating in whatever the world has to offer through a craving appetite for euphoric feelings, fun and friendships rather than a child of God faithfully forsaking all to proclaim His Word even unto death, as men of God are called to do.
Notice the stark contrast between Lake's seductive words and those of the Psalmist and his son, Solomon:
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever." - Psalm 111:10
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction." - Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding." - Proverbs 9:10
In fact, nothing in scripture even remotely resembles the heralded expressions and whimsical aspirations found in Rev. Lake's final message. One might just as easily find such things in a secular bookstore among the esoteric writings of an atheist, agnostic, pagan or occultist; or in a romance paperback from some corner market; in the songs of a struggling Starbuck's singer on a Saturday night; or in the syrupy script of an afternoon soap.
I downloaded the entire sermon he prepared and saw the name of "Jesus" mentioned only once in passing; and even then He was not identified as the Christ, much less the Son of God or someone who died on a cross for the sins of the world. The Gospel was simply not preached! This is the new spirituality; and it troubles me deeply that many are not going to hear it because today's preachers won't preach it!
Can you think of anything more tragic than lost souls being baptized before an applauding audience of their peers and spending the rest of their doomed lives thinking they're saved because of it? How do you back up and undo that kind of deceitful damage and convince them that what they underwent so innocently in front of everyone was a farce initiated by their pastor? Don't grieve for Kyle Lake, my friends; grieve for all of those who never heard the words "sinner," "shed blood," "repent," "resurrection" or the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached!
And please don't write me to say what a kind, wonderful, generous, loving and funny person Rev. Lake was because that's not a sufficient replacement for proclaiming the whole counsel of God; and I'm quite sure Ananias, Sapphira, Hymenaeus, Alexander and Philetus were all dearly loved and treasured by their friends, family and followers as well. There is only one true God, one true Gospel and One Name in all of Creation that saves; and that name is Jesus Christ!
"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." - Acts 4:12
The folks at University Baptist Church and The Associated Baptist Press might consider Rev. Lake's death an accident; but I assure you, as Romans 8:28 clearly teaches, there is no such thing between the Alpha and the Omega.
It happened; and it happened for a reason.
He didn't die a martyr's death, like Stephen, courageously proclaiming God's Word to angry men bearing stones. He wasn't beaten, crucified or burned at the stake for his unwillingness to renounce his faith in God. Lake was killed trying to baptize someone in front of an adoring audience; and the Lord stopped him dead in his tracks.
Why would He do that?
Paul didn't drop dead when he shook the poisonous viper off his arm after being shipwrecked on the Island of Melita among barbarous villagers that needed to hear the Gospel. The Lord even spared Paul's shipmates when they heeded His Word to abide in the vessel rather than flee the raging waters in another boat. If they had listened to Him in the beginning they wouldn't have even lost the ship!
So why did Rev. Kyle Lake drop dead before hundreds of Emergent Church worshippers? That's the question that needs to be asked and answered
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I was just sure that I could talk to you in that manner. It fits.
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Why thank you kindly. Hubby says that I can be an angel or a little imp. But, got to keep the man on his feet.
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By the way, where is your backup today? Out thumping heads for not agreeing?
You know, sometimes, according to the way the light hits your logo, it looks like you are holding the Star of David. At other times it looks like a broom stick.
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i better get a stronger watt light bulb today. not too bright......hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I wonder how big of wattage I can find? ![[youpi]](graemlins/youpi.gif)
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Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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Not to bright either.
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thank you. that is the nicest thing you ever said to me. ![[wiggle7]](graemlins/wiggle7.gif) ![[updown]](graemlins/updown.gif)
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Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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I am almost ashamed to be associated with this sorry lot.
We are not dirt that you can trample indefinitely.
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Our friend points out that God does judge false prophets and she is heartless. Where were you when these others who are so wrapped up in WOF (false prophets) accused those who are handicapped and ill to be at fault for being so? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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You heartless and cruel people.
Have you never heard that those who show no mercy will receive the same?
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SoftTouch,
Are you a glutton for punishment or what?
Good article. The author brings up several good points. Many Christians only want to focus on love, peace and 'can't we all just get along?'.
They absolutely refuse to acknowledge that our God is also a just God and a God of judgement.
So get your kumbaya song sheet out, because .....
There will be those who turn a blind eye yet again.
Those who still refuse to see the Truth.
Those who still .... Just. Don't. Get it.
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This was posted on the Rapturenews Message board. It's very strong, but I believe it needs to be. The message is 'needed to be heeded'
GOD SENDS SHOCKING MESSAGE TO EMERGING CHURCH!
By Paul Proctor
November 14, 2005
NewsWithViews.com
The ABPnews.com headline read: "Waco pastor Kyle Lake killed in freak baptism accident." I thought to myself: "Yeah, I guess this one just slipped by the Sovereign God of the Universe. Maybe the Lord was stuck in line at the food court waiting for an espresso when the lights flickered.
"His eye is on the sparrow" but evidently not on a prominent Emerging Church leader standing in a baptistery full of water holding an electronically charged microphone before a crowd of 800 on Sunday morning following a prayer where he petitioned the Almighty to "surprise me." Apparently the Ancient of Days only numbers the hairs of your head when you're properly grounded.
If the ABP article and its curious headline had appeared in The Associated Press rather than the Associated Baptist Press, it probably wouldn't have drawn my attention; but seeing as it was featured in a "faith-based" publication, the article's title stands out like a sore oxymoron.
Now before some of you go indignant on me for my lack of sympathy over this pastor's sudden demise, I would ask you to consider the late Ananias and the Apostle Peter's caustic comment to his wife Sapphira before she dropped dead in front of that congregation:
"…behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out." - Acts 5:9
I couldn't help but notice that he didn't gently take her hand and try to comfort or console her over the untimely death of her husband before breaking part two of the bad news. Was Peter being un-Christ-like in his terse remarks to her or was he busy teaching onlookers something more important, like the necessity of fearing and obeying God?
And what about that little diatribe the Apostle Paul wrote to his young protégé' in 1st Timothy 1:20 about having "delivered unto Satan" Hymenaeus and Alexander "that they may learn not to blaspheme?" Where's the love here, for crying out loud? Kind of makes you want to ask Rick Warren what Paul's "S.H.A.P.E." was, doesn't it? He also cited another false teacher named "Philetus" in, shall we say, less than endearing terms over in 2nd Timothy 2.
I think it's safe to say that comments like those from Peter and Paul would pretty much render them unsuitable for staff jobs at Saddleback or Willow Creek because you see, unlike the cowardly and enabling church leader today, they used to name the names of heretics and blasphemers; and today's glass house gospel doesn't really allow that sort of thing any longer. So, if you are planning a career in ministry, just remember; when it comes to criticizing your corrupt contemporaries, mum's the word.
My how things have changed…
"Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear." - 1st Timothy 5:20
So, were they being cruel, unloving and disobedient to God by saying such things to the brethren? Where's all the kind, gentle, caring and coddling compassion we are constantly commanded to show today's false prophets and their underlings who incessantly lead others astray from the pulpits of perdition in a choreographed confusion directed by the "father of lies?"
And then there was that perverse fellow Paul so harshly addressed in his first letter to the Corinthians, who had an incestuous affair with his father's wife; commanding the church there to: "… deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus." (1st Corinthians 5:5)
Wow! Talk about "mean-spirited!" Imagine hearing that in your Sunday morning announcements! This can't be the same fellow that penned chapter 13, could it?
And let's not forget those memorable words from the Author of love and compassion Himself, Jesus Christ, when He addressed those who would dare fracture the faith of a child:
"And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea." - Mark 9:42
Do you get the uneasy feeling that a completely different gospel is being preached today? Yeah, me too…
Terry Esau, a visiting speaker to UBC and witness to the horrible electrocution of Rev. Lake that morning in Waco, was quoted in a World Net Daily article as saying:
"I think he [Kyle] would have said, 'There are laws of nature, electrical laws, and they were violated that day and I was in a really bad place where the violation happened.'"
I would only add that the Emergent Church is also in a really bad place right now; that many spiritual laws are also being violated; and they would do well to heed the Word of God and repent before their artsy-craftsy plans for the future are unexpectedly altered, like Rev. Lake's.
Clearly, any man or woman who disobeys the physical laws God has established in this earthly domain risks dying a physical death, as evidenced by the tragic event at Baylor. It should also be noted that those who violate the spiritual laws of God risk death, as well; and anyone who has researched with any discernment, conviction and knowledge of scripture, the unbiblical teachings and practices of the Emerging Church movement knows all too well that the laws of the Lord and His Word are not only being violated for the sake of the sensual; but also that the leaders of this new spirituality are teaching others to emulate them and practice many ungodly things in the name of Christ such as new age mysticism, the empty-minded mantras of contemplative prayer, labyrinths, the trivializing and minimizing of God's absolute truths and the casual dismissing of doctrine as divisive, destructive and unnecessary so as not to infringe upon one's own personal experience and opportunities for entertainment, excitement, enlightenment, illumination, stimulation and gratification.
University Baptist Church posted the closing remarks of the last sermon their pastor gave that fateful day on their web site. It contains the words they evidently would most like you and I to remember him by. To say the least, they are quite revealing:
" Live. And Live Well. BREATHE. Breathe in and Breathe deeply. Be PRESENT. Do not be past. Do not be future. Be now. On a crystal clear, breezy 70 degree day, roll down the windows and FEEL the wind against your skin. Feel the warmth of the sun. If you run, then allow those first few breaths on a cool Autumn day to FREEZE your lungs and do not just be alarmed, be ALIVE. Get knee-deep in a novel and LOSE track of time. If you bike, pedal HARD… and if you crash then crash well. Feel the SATISFACTION of a job well done-a paper well-written, a project thoroughly completed, a play well-performed. If you must wipe the snot from your 3-year old's nose, don't be disgusted if the Kleenex didn't catch it all… because soon he'll be wiping his own. If you've recently experienced loss, then GRIEVE. And Grieve well. At the table with friends and family, LAUGH. If you're eating and laughing at the same time, then might as well laugh until you puke. And if you eat, then SMELL. The aromas are not impediments to your day. Steak on the grill, coffee beans freshly ground, cookies in the oven. And TASTE. Taste every ounce of flavor. Taste every ounce of friendship. Taste every ounce of Life. Because-it-is-most-definitely-a-Gift."
Where's the call to repentance - the willing self-sacrifice of the redeemed - the grateful suffering and faithful testimony of a blood-purchased saint? Where is the dire warning to the rebellious about an eternity in hell that awaits those who refuse to heed the call? And, what about God's eternal, unchanging and indisputable Word, and the Cross of Christ that is repeatedly referred to throughout? a Cross that was selflessly and sacrificially endured by His only Begotten Son to deliver us from this fallen world and pay for your hideous sins and mine.
Is he preaching a tantalizing message of sensory gratification, psychotherapy and escape to pleasure seekers on holiday or obediently pointing sinners toward an undeserved opportunity for eternity with Jesus Christ in a Kingdom not of this world? Just whose life, death, kingdom and words are being exalted and memorialized here; those of a dying man or a living God?
Compare his priorities to those of Jesus:
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." - Luke 14:26
And his testimony to Paul's testimony:
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." - Galatians 2:20
Frankly, Rev. Lake sounds like someone who was absolutely in love with his life, the world around him and everyone in it, which is the expressed reverse of what the Bible teaches:
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." - 1st John 2:15-17
Just how is the Lord glorified in the worship of the world, the adulation of men, the gratification of the flesh, the satisfying of the senses and the personal pursuits, ambitions and "unequally yoked" relationships of the here and now in a Sunday morning sermon?
"Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God" - James 4:4
Lake's words read more like those of a new age poet or 60's flower child enticing those around him into participating in whatever the world has to offer through a craving appetite for euphoric feelings, fun and friendships rather than a child of God faithfully forsaking all to proclaim His Word even unto death, as men of God are called to do.
Notice the stark contrast between Lake's seductive words and those of the Psalmist and his son, Solomon:
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever." - Psalm 111:10
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction." - Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding." - Proverbs 9:10
In fact, nothing in scripture even remotely resembles the heralded expressions and whimsical aspirations found in Rev. Lake's final message. One might just as easily find such things in a secular bookstore among the esoteric writings of an atheist, agnostic, pagan or occultist; or in a romance paperback from some corner market; in the songs of a struggling Starbuck's singer on a Saturday night; or in the syrupy script of an afternoon soap.
I downloaded the entire sermon he prepared and saw the name of "Jesus" mentioned only once in passing; and even then He was not identified as the Christ, much less the Son of God or someone who died on a cross for the sins of the world. The Gospel was simply not preached! This is the new spirituality; and it troubles me deeply that many are not going to hear it because today's preachers won't preach it!
Can you think of anything more tragic than lost souls being baptized before an applauding audience of their peers and spending the rest of their doomed lives thinking they're saved because of it? How do you back up and undo that kind of deceitful damage and convince them that what they underwent so innocently in front of everyone was a farce initiated by their pastor? Don't grieve for Kyle Lake, my friends; grieve for all of those who never heard the words "sinner," "shed blood," "repent," "resurrection" or the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached!
And please don't write me to say what a kind, wonderful, generous, loving and funny person Rev. Lake was because that's not a sufficient replacement for proclaiming the whole counsel of God; and I'm quite sure Ananias, Sapphira, Hymenaeus, Alexander and Philetus were all dearly loved and treasured by their friends, family and followers as well. There is only one true God, one true Gospel and One Name in all of Creation that saves; and that name is Jesus Christ!
"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." - Acts 4:12
The folks at University Baptist Church and The Associated Baptist Press might consider Rev. Lake's death an accident; but I assure you, as Romans 8:28 clearly teaches, there is no such thing between the Alpha and the Omega.
It happened; and it happened for a reason.
He didn't die a martyr's death, like Stephen, courageously proclaiming God's Word to angry men bearing stones. He wasn't beaten, crucified or burned at the stake for his unwillingness to renounce his faith in God. Lake was killed trying to baptize someone in front of an adoring audience; and the Lord stopped him dead in his tracks.
Why would He do that?
Paul didn't drop dead when he shook the poisonous viper off his arm after being shipwrecked on the Island of Melita among barbarous villagers that needed to hear the Gospel. The Lord even spared Paul's shipmates when they heeded His Word to abide in the vessel rather than flee the raging waters in another boat. If they had listened to Him in the beginning they wouldn't have even lost the ship!
So why did Rev. Kyle Lake drop dead before hundreds of Emergent Church worshippers? That's the question that needs to be asked and answered
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Psalm 119:104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. 105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
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