Sunday, October 2, 2022

Dear Theologians...

This is the indictment against theologians:

You teach as doctrines the commandments of men (Matt. 15:9).

You neglect the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men (Mark 7:8).

You reject the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition (Matt: 15:3).

Because of theologians, God suddenly became more concerned about our theology than about our fruit. Are you aware that for the first 300 years, the Lord's Congregation did not have the complete New Testament? In fact, for the first 20 years after Pentecost, the Congregation did not have a single page of the New Testament. It was not until A.D. 50 that the first book of the New Testament was written. There were no "church" buildings, no Bibles, no Bible study, no Bible schools, no pews, no pulpits, no sermons, and no "pastors."

Tell me, how did the early congregations function without any of these things? Think about that carefully and ask yourself what the early Christians did.

The Bible was not written with chapters and verses. These are a distraction. They are 700 and 500 years old respectively. Ever since their invention, the theologians have been ripping random, isolated verses out of their immediate context and forcing them to say whatever they want them to say. They have turned God's Holy Scriptures into verses that they abuse for their own sordid gain, much the same as the Pharisees and Sadducees had done. This is not how we should treat God's Word.

Beware of the leaven of the theologians (Matt. 16:6).