A former pastor of mine who's now with the Lord would often tell his flock that when they're confronted with a person who claims to have a "new revelation from God" that he/she needs to write down this "new revelation from God," and then glue it to his/her Bible and then loudly proclaim that Revelation 22:18-19 is completely false because God just gave him/her "a new revelation," thus NOW his/her Bible is complete!
That pastor had no takers on that.
He never figured out why because if a person really had "a new revelation from God," then God would gladly approve of that person adding to his/her Bible what He revealed to him/her. :smilewinkgrin:
(This is WPE3BQL's 666th BB post! I wonder if I should hurry to 1600 PA Ave. and see if our current POTUS will approve of this 666th BB post....assuming he does have the authority to approve of this post.)
Scary moment as craxy man storms the pulpit at John MacArthur's church
Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by JohnDeereFan, Aug 17, 2015.
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The man never called MacArthur's doctrine heresy. I don't know if Mac just misspoke, or if he fell victim to the classic trap we all fall into from time to time, in which we think some disagreeing with us means they think we are heretics. -
OnlyaSinner Well-Known MemberSite SupporterPreachTony said: ↑I think one of the bigger issues being glossed over seemingly here, and pointed out in the youtube comments, is that MacArthur changed the wording that the man used, making the man seem more radical than he was. Mac was accused of being "in error" concerning cessation. Once the accuser was removed, Mac spoke to the congregation and told them that the man had called cessationism "heresy."
The man never called MacArthur's doctrine heresy. I don't know if Mac just misspoke, or if he fell victim to the classic trap we all fall into from time to time, in which we think some disagreeing with us means they think we are heretics.Click to expand...
And thanks to ITL for the more complete video. Perhaps the humor was intended more as a stress outlet for an adrenaline-filled congregation rather than a mockery of the intruder. -
InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite SupporterOnlyaSinner said: ↑Perhaps the humor was intended more as a stress outlet for an adrenaline-filled congregation rather than a mockery of the intruder.Click to expand...
If you look at the first video posted, as the "prophet" is being escorted out, you can see a closeup shot of a woman crying. -
OnlyaSinner said: ↑After the first few seconds, in which I heard "error" but not "heresy", I could no longer make out what the man was shouting. Perhaps the "h" word was part of the shouting later on - cannot tell, but I'd be cautious about stating that JM changed a word when we could not hear clearly all that was said. Your larger point is right on target, however.
And thanks to ITL for the more complete video. Perhaps the humor was intended more as a stress outlet for an adrenaline-filled congregation rather than a mockery of the intruder.Click to expand... -
OnlyaSinner said: ↑After the first few seconds, in which I heard "error" but not "heresy", I could no longer make out what the man was shouting. Perhaps the "h" word was part of the shouting later on - cannot tell, but I'd be cautious about stating that JM changed a word when we could not hear clearly all that was said. Your larger point is right on target, however.Click to expand...
Perhaps God really did send this man to give MacArthur a serious warning ....
God does at time speak to people in strange and mysterious ways.
For the record, I too believe that MacArthur is in error, however, this man was out of order to confront him this way during a church service.
The sad thing to me is that MacArthur was so dismissive of the entire event and was quick to make fun of it. -
InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite SupporterPaco said: ↑I never heard the man claim to be a prophet.Click to expand...
"You don't believe in prophets; you're looking at one." -
InTheLight said: ↑At the 15-17 second mark of the video:
"You don't believe in prophets; you're looking at one."Click to expand...
I do believe, as the Bible states, that God "set" prophets in His church, and there is no record of Him ever withdrawing them. However, ... there are many self-appointed prophets around, as well as pretenders who claim to be pastors and evangelists too.
I do feel that he was out of line, out of order to have this confrontation during a worship service.
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