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Posted on March 3rd, 2008 by Brian Sparks.
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I make the claim that most if not all churches who have a majority of apathetic members have a pastor who is infected with humanism.
My wife is having a hard time as a first grade teacher. Her students are wild and out of control. So the solution to fix the problem first starts with the worldview. Teachers have been spreading the humanistic message that “all people are good, they just will make bad choices at times.” Now for us preachers we can easily spot the humanistic message. The scriptures say that there is none good. No not even one.
If all people are good then they are good at a neutral state. Many people believe that they are good because they are not being bad. “I’m a good person. I don’t drink, cuss, or steal.” “I’m a good Christian. I get up every day and read my Bible and go to church.” Therefore people believe they are good until they do something bad. This is the idea that I am naturally good at a neutral state. This is the humanistic infection.
Good deeds are deemphasized and negative deeds are harped on. Sermons and Bible lessons that harp on sinful actions and not on good deeds are the message of a distracted teacher. Sinful actions must be preached against but just because a person is trying to live a sinless life does not make that person any better of a Christian than those who are living a life of sin.
Want to know why there is so much divorce in churches? Because the messages of marriage are humanistic. We teach men not to lust and women not to flirt. Then we sing an invitation. However the message of Christ is to do good. I am not a good husband until I have done something good. If I say that I am a good husband because I have never cheated on her does not make me a good husband. This is humanistic and will lead to divorce. But a good husband will be proactive in his goodness. He will do nice things to his wife that only benefit her because of his love for her. The divorce comes in because they both hate their marriage. This is not because either one has done anything really wrong, but because neither has done anything right. If you want to have a good marriage then both spouses need to do good things to each other; not to be confused that a good spouse means not to be a bad one.
Being loving and not-being-mean are too different things. Being loving means that you are actively doing loving things. Not-being-mean means that you are not rude to other people but there is no proactive action.
The Golden Rule:”Do unto others as you wish they would do to you.”
The humanistic rule: “Don’t do unto others as you wish they would not do to you.”
“Christ did not come to make immoral people moral, but to make dead people live. (Ravi Zacharias)”
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