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What Brings Satan Pleasure?
1. When men of God abandon the preaching of the gospel to become "would be politicians" consumed with the political affairs of men
2. When the preaching of God's Word is substituted with relational anecdotal experience, personal happiness programs, and human potentiality makeovers
3. When pastors no longer shepherd God's people and the pulpits have become playgrounds
4. When psychology has replaced biblical discipleship
5. When men of God are flattered to become "late night talk show guests" on cultural and spiritual issues, but never once call the nation, other guests, or the talk show host to repentance by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation; they've simply become culturally acceptable biblical motivational speakers thinking that access to mainstream media means they are making an impact
6. When the vicar of Rome is acknowledged as the vicar of Christ
7. When sin is called sickness; when disobedience is called disease; and when adultery is called addiction
8. When money becomes a prerequisite for ministry by charging people for the gospel, worship, discipleship, counseling, evangelism, Christian music, etc.
9. When we are liked by all people; when the world is not offended by the message we represent and relates to us for being "nice"
10. When church becomes just another predictable program we do one hour a week, one day a week
11. When prayer becomes passé and the seldom thing we do
12. When brothers and sisters hold ought against each other in bitterness and unforgiveness
13. When church discipline of sin ceases
14. When irreconcilable differences becomes an acceptable reason to break the covenant of marriage
15. When the goal of faith is no longer holiness, but happiness
16. When the object of faith is no longer Christ, but self
17. When the foundation of faith is no longer the Scriptures, but my personal experience
18. When error is tolerated and finally accepted as truth
19. When Christians partner with nonbelievers in the work of the ministry
20. When ministries are enticed to give up their autonomy and become owned by the world for just a little more money and a little more personal promotion
21. When the worship and glory of God is treated as entertainment
22. When the church bowes the knee to the seminaries and surrenders her duty to train men for pastoral ministry; thinking that the academic schools of religious learning actually can make a pastor when all they can do is make students
23. When men can personally profit from the sale of God's Word
24. When repentance is no longer part of the gospel
25. When salvation is no longer by grace alone, through faith alone, because of Christ alone, on the Word alone, to the glory of God alone
26. When Romanism, Mormonism, Jehovah Witnesses, Church of Christ (Bostonian), Seventh Day Adventists (and dare I say but to be consistent I must) Islamic moralists, Atheists, Gay/Lesbian couples who are against abortion; Pro-abortionists who are against homosexuality/lesbianism; pro gay/pro abortionists who are against euthanaisa and death by Schiavo starvation; etc. (you can see where this is going when the principle of cobelligerence is taken to its logical and absurd conclusion) are indirectly legitimized as being "morally sound and culturally chaste" by some naïve evangelical leaders who have forgotten their heritage, sold their spiritual birthright, and have laid down sound doctrine for the sole purpose of partnering with those same "religious" and individually politically-correct alliances to turn back the tide of social ills through cultural cobelligerence; they have divorced the centrality of the gospel from their burden for social change--this is foolish and the delight of hell
27. When the offense of the cross is removed
What Brings Satan Pleasure?
1. When men of God abandon the preaching of the gospel to become "would be politicians" consumed with the political affairs of men
2. When the preaching of God's Word is substituted with relational anecdotal experience, personal happiness programs, and human potentiality makeovers
3. When pastors no longer shepherd God's people and the pulpits have become playgrounds
4. When psychology has replaced biblical discipleship
5. When men of God are flattered to become "late night talk show guests" on cultural and spiritual issues, but never once call the nation, other guests, or the talk show host to repentance by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation; they've simply become culturally acceptable biblical motivational speakers thinking that access to mainstream media means they are making an impact
6. When the vicar of Rome is acknowledged as the vicar of Christ
7. When sin is called sickness; when disobedience is called disease; and when adultery is called addiction
8. When money becomes a prerequisite for ministry by charging people for the gospel, worship, discipleship, counseling, evangelism, Christian music, etc.
9. When we are liked by all people; when the world is not offended by the message we represent and relates to us for being "nice"
10. When church becomes just another predictable program we do one hour a week, one day a week
11. When prayer becomes passé and the seldom thing we do
12. When brothers and sisters hold ought against each other in bitterness and unforgiveness
13. When church discipline of sin ceases
14. When irreconcilable differences becomes an acceptable reason to break the covenant of marriage
15. When the goal of faith is no longer holiness, but happiness
16. When the object of faith is no longer Christ, but self
17. When the foundation of faith is no longer the Scriptures, but my personal experience
18. When error is tolerated and finally accepted as truth
19. When Christians partner with nonbelievers in the work of the ministry
20. When ministries are enticed to give up their autonomy and become owned by the world for just a little more money and a little more personal promotion
21. When the worship and glory of God is treated as entertainment
22. When the church bowes the knee to the seminaries and surrenders her duty to train men for pastoral ministry; thinking that the academic schools of religious learning actually can make a pastor when all they can do is make students
23. When men can personally profit from the sale of God's Word
24. When repentance is no longer part of the gospel
25. When salvation is no longer by grace alone, through faith alone, because of Christ alone, on the Word alone, to the glory of God alone
26. When Romanism, Mormonism, Jehovah Witnesses, Church of Christ (Bostonian), Seventh Day Adventists (and dare I say but to be consistent I must) Islamic moralists, Atheists, Gay/Lesbian couples who are against abortion; Pro-abortionists who are against homosexuality/lesbianism; pro gay/pro abortionists who are against euthanaisa and death by Schiavo starvation; etc. (you can see where this is going when the principle of cobelligerence is taken to its logical and absurd conclusion) are indirectly legitimized as being "morally sound and culturally chaste" by some naïve evangelical leaders who have forgotten their heritage, sold their spiritual birthright, and have laid down sound doctrine for the sole purpose of partnering with those same "religious" and individually politically-correct alliances to turn back the tide of social ills through cultural cobelligerence; they have divorced the centrality of the gospel from their burden for social change--this is foolish and the delight of hell
27. When the offense of the cross is removed
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