Rick Warren and Dominionism
On another post here the question was asked "are dominionists christians?
So I wanted to give you some more information on what dominionism is all about and what forms it is taking today in the church.
Here is a great article from the folks at Let Us Reason which I found on my friend Steve Muse website .
http://www.letusreason.org/Popteac26.htm
This links Ricks agenda with the apostolic movements agenda
Another great article
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/arise.html
This is a link to Steve Muse's site"Eastern Regional Watch" Steve is a solid source of creadable, relable information on a number of topics that concern the Body of Christ.
http://www.erwm.com/
Much of this is just repackaged Dominionist agenda .
The Lord Jesus has not called for us to take over the government or the world. What we are to do as Christians is spelled out in Mark 16:15-16 "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere.Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.
So yes should clothe the naked and feed the poor God has called us to do that. And churches have planted hardworking missionaries all over this planet already who are doing this.
But the most important duty we have as Christian is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with a lost and dying world. (Not share The Purpose Driven Life principles with a lost and dying world).
The people we feed and clothe why that is good it is only temporal. We need to lead these poor folk to the gospel of Jesus Christ.Trust in that alone will determine where they will spend eternity-in heaven or in hell.
So I wanted to give you some more information on what dominionism is all about and what forms it is taking today in the church.
Here is a great article from the folks at Let Us Reason which I found on my friend Steve Muse website .
http://www.letusreason.org/Popteac26.htm
This links Ricks agenda with the apostolic movements agenda
Another great article
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/arise.html
This is a link to Steve Muse's site"Eastern Regional Watch" Steve is a solid source of creadable, relable information on a number of topics that concern the Body of Christ.
http://www.erwm.com/
Much of this is just repackaged Dominionist agenda .
The Lord Jesus has not called for us to take over the government or the world. What we are to do as Christians is spelled out in Mark 16:15-16 "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere.Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.
So yes should clothe the naked and feed the poor God has called us to do that. And churches have planted hardworking missionaries all over this planet already who are doing this.
But the most important duty we have as Christian is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with a lost and dying world. (Not share The Purpose Driven Life principles with a lost and dying world).
The people we feed and clothe why that is good it is only temporal. We need to lead these poor folk to the gospel of Jesus Christ.Trust in that alone will determine where they will spend eternity-in heaven or in hell.
posted by Tim Wirth | 12:26 PM
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What about the words of Christ recorded in Matthew 25:31-46?
"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."
This would seem to indicate that sharing the gospel alone is not enough, for whatever we do or do not do for the least among us, we have done to Christ. Nowhere here does he mention seperating the righteous and the unrighteous by their belief or disbelief in the Gospel.
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