Me, the heretic?

Just the other day someone logged on and read through the blogs I have written about the present condition of the church. Instead of leaving me a comment (as I wish you would do) they simply emailed me and told me their opinion In response to the blog "Christianity Gone Wild" they said; "Brother John, I read through your blog on Christianity Gone Wild and while I do agree with a large part of what you say, I have some very strong reservations. Yes, we all need to grow closer to the Lord but what ever happened to love? What ever happened to the preacher who will be there for people when they fall? What happened to God's forgiveness and mercy? While you are right on a few things, I believe you are going about it in the wrong way. You need to be more loving, caring, and compassionate. Sincerely, concerned reader."

Now, you would think by reading this persons response that I was the heretic and that the other preachers who spew out the greed gospel and blessing with no responsibility doctrine were the true blue preachers! HA! Let me point out a few things to this concerned reader and to those of you who will read this blog. As I stated in my post "Christianity Gone Wild" we are a church spotted with the things of the world. We are, a long way from what we were years ago in the church of Jesus Christ. We are more sinful, more sensuous, and more arrogant than ever before. Our hearts are filled with all sorts of evil and the day is coming when we will face a severe judgment!

Now what I have just stated is the cold hard truth. But it is the truth of the moral climate of the so called church in general. I never mentioned the poor man who struggles with all his might to overcome that porn addiction. I never said anything about not loving those who face adversity. I never said God didnt love us, or have mercy upon us. Of course he loves us, of course he has mercy (without it we would all be consumed by our wickedness!) Of course I am a preacher who has compassion on the lost and hurting! But I am not a preacher who will shun the truth! I am not that preacher on TV who will sugar coat the gospel to appeal to the average crowd. I am not the sleeping watchman on the wall who allows the enemy to sneak right past the gates! Yet I am the one who is the heretic? HA! The word of God begs to differ with this opinion. The Bible clearly tells us that we are to stand up for what is right! The Bible says, we are to stand as watchman on the wall. We are to blow the trumpet! Sound the alarm! And warn those in need of warning!

Hear this my friends, if preaching the truth is negative, I am guilty. If preaching the facts is unloving, I am guilty. If preaching against the modern day feel good JUNK that is coming across pulpits all over America, I AM GUILTY! But I do not believe for one moment, that I am negative or unloving! As a matter of fact, a message of truth is far more positive than a message packed with sugar coated lies. As we look out, we hear such a watered down form of preaching today from people like Joel Osteen, Paula White, TD Jakes, Kenneth Copeland, and so many more who never mention Sin, Hell, The Rapture, Holiness, or Purity! And whats happened is, WE'VE HEAPED TO OURSELVES TEACHERS, HAVING ITCHING EARS! And guess what? I have become the heretic! I have become the negative, unloving preacher! HA! May God have mercy upon a church who cannot bear to hear of their own wickedness. And if not able to hear it, they will never change it!