Daily Java: And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. (2 Peter 2:15-16).
In my meanderings though the web, I come across a lot of different articles and ideas.
I have been following the debacle that has become the Episcopalian Church for several years. In many ways, they have lost their course and have quit being the emissaries of God. They have replaced that mission with being emissaries of the liberal idea of American thought.
The Episcopalian Church has just ordained another lesbian bishop. In so doing, they have thumbed their noses at, not only their ancestors in the faith, but God and his holy scripture.
Although the Episcopalian Church has done good in the past, it has died as a force for God. It is a shame. As the writer said, they have confused their own desires with what God wants, and are wrong and suffering as a denomination because of it.
This article is a good one. One of the comments that he makes is that there needs to be a ctl-alt-del made to reboot the Episcopalian Church because it is messed up.
I don’t agree with much of his premise, but it is a good comment that they are messed up. One thing he says is that “Americans frequently mistake cultural conditioning for Biblical teaching.” Of course, his thought is that Americans believe in homosexual rights, but still. It is a good comment.
In the comments made by readers below, there is one from a Jewish commenter that is quite good. He says: “I would like to pose a question: to what extent is the Gospel considered Holy Writ? What I mean is that given Paul’s strictures, coupled with several millennia of exegesis, how could the Episcopalian Church, after “reflection and discussion” come to a different conclusion without diminishing the Writ’s holiness? Reform and Conservative Judaism have grappled with the same question and with the same result: degrade the Writ and achieve the desired result.”
The problem with a lot of denominations, not just the Episcopalian Church, is that they want something and are willing to bend the scriptures to get it.
The apostle Peter said that people want what they want so badly that they “wrest” what the scriptures say so that they can do what they want. They will use an homiletical method necessary to make it say what they want, and when they cannot, they will finally just say, well, that was just Paul, and will deny the passage.
If the scripture is real, it is real. If it is isn’t, all else we do as Christians is worthless.
The Episcopalians are just figuring that out. Unfortunately, they are dying as a church because of it.
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