2Co 5:16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.
Sam Guzman over at Slice of Laodicea also shares my view that Driscoll's treatment of Jesus is absolutely horrific and unbiblical. He tried to delve into Driscoll's book "Vintage Jesus" but the way the man walks all over Jesus and trivializes Him made him angry. It should make every Christian angry. This is why its astonishing who defends Driscoll and his pathetic book.
Sam, you've got far more wisdom than many other men (starting with the men who endorses the "Vintage Jesus" book: Wayne Grudem, Bruce Ware, Chuck Coleson, and JI Packer) who think they can find something of spiritual value from Driscoll. But we recognize there is no life in the things of the flesh and we did not come to Jesus Christ through impurity and filth nor do we know Him according to the flesh.
Eph 4:19 They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
Eph 4:20 But that is not the way you learned Christ!--
Eph 4:21 assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,
Eph 4:22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
Eph 4:23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
Rom 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
Joh 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
I'd like to expound on the impurity issue. Here is what John MacArthur says about Eph. 4:19:
"[They] have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness."
The Greek word translated "lasciviousness" (aselgeia) speaks of shameless wantonness and unblushing obscenity. It primarily refers to sexual obscenity. Basil, the fourth-century church father, defined it as a disposition of the soul incapable of bearing the pain of discipline (cited by Richard C. Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983 reprint], p. 56). Some bad men will try to hide their badness, but a man given over to aselgeia doesn't care who he shocks or how indecent he is, just as long as he gratifies his own sick mind.
A person with a reprobate mind can't reason, be logical, or receive the truth. He continually gives himself to lasciviousness and does so without fear of shocking anyone. He may indulge in homosexuality, promiscuity, lying, cheating, and stealing.
"To work [Gk., ergasia, "business"] all uncleanness with greediness" implies those people make a business out of evil and lust. That's certainly true of our society. There was a day when dirty business was hidden; now it's wholesale. Pornography, prostitution, X-rated films, suggestive TV programs, and other types of uncleanness form a large industry in our country. It's been stated that the books published in America rival the drippings from a broken sewer.
Paul said such people pursue their evil with "greediness." The Greek word translated "greediness" means "a lawful desire for things that belong to others." Reprobates are after your purity, sanity, morality, and character. They want it all!
End quote.
And so does Driscoll. He's so consumed with the flesh and impurity that he has placed it onto Jesus Christ Himself!
My pastor is teaching through the book of Colossians. A few weeks ago we went over this verse: Col 3:5 "Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming."
Again "impurity" is a wide-based Greek word ("akatharsia") that encompasses all manner of impurity--not just sexual, but it includes even the thoughts; its a moral corruptness.
Speaking on Eph. 5:4-7, MacArthur notes also:
"Impurity is another devilish perversion of love. Here Paul employs the Greek term akatharsia, which refers to every kind of filth and impurity. Specifically, Paul has in mind “filthiness,” “foolish talk,” and “crude joking,” which are the peculiar characteristics of evil companionship. That kind of camaraderie has nothing to do with true love, and the apostle plainly says it has no place in the Christian’s walk."
More on purity here and here.
More Driscoll quotes here.
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