Friday, September 03, 2010

Focus On the Family: Morality Not Christianity for Atheist Chinese

2Co 4:2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

Washington Post Reports:

"To work in China, however, Focus on the Family has had to make a pledge of its own: no politically sensitive material, and no religion. The evangelical group says it's strictly abiding by those terms. "

Problem: man without Christ has nothing to change the heart and therefore behavior. Morality isn't Christianity and is powerless. Then again FOC has been very psychologically driven (and therefore powerless) for years.

Jesus didn't tell the Samaritan woman she needed morality. He told her that her REAL issue was SIN. Being spiritually dead, all she could do is sin. But if she went to Christ alone for eternal life, THEN she could truly live and be forgiven of all her sins. FOC clearly ignores what Scripture says.

1Co 1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

Eph 4:17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

Pragmatism is king over FOC, not Biblical doctrine, and certainly not faith in the Gospel which is the power of God for salvation.

Psa 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

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