Beware of the pope, popish doctrine (sacramental salvation), and any supposed Evangelical who supports the pope and his heresies. Phil. 3:2 warns us to “Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation!” This is an appropriate description and warning of the pope and popish doctrines. There is a corruption and corrosion of Biblical conviction and theology in the Evangelical church as evidenced by a ready acceptance and celebration of pope, priest, and the false Gospel of Roman Catholicism. What the Evangelical world needs is the clarity and passion of Phil. 3:2. Love of Christ and His Gospel produces strong passion against all those who would attempt to usurp Christ and undermine His Gospel. Love of lost sinners produces a strong passion against all those who would attempt to usurp Christ and undermine His Gospel. Gospel clarity creates strong convictions against the doctrines of demons. Strength of love and strength of conviction produce STRONG WORDS. Where are the strong passions, born out of strong convictions, evidenced and proven out by strong words?
Weak love and weak convictions produce weak words or no words at all. Rick Warren, Luis Palau, and so many like them have made peace with the pope and His false Gospel that cuts the heart out of the true Gospel and blasphemes the finished work of Christ on the cross.
On March 13th Rick Warren tweeted out to the world, “Welcome Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Habemus Papam, You have our prayers.” In a Christianity Today article Warren described the heretical Roman Catholic sacramental system of salvation as mere “doctrinal distinctives” and went on to assert “the fact is, we do serve the same Lord.” Luis Palau has repeatedly stated that the pope is his personal friend and that “He's really centered on Jesus and the Gospel, the pure Gospel” (Christianity Today, 3/14/13). Rick Warren and Luis Palau give no evidence of loving the Lord Jesus or His Gospel. In their influential role as Evangelical Christian leaders they are playing the part of the Trojan horse that has come through the unprotected gates of the church to unload the pope, his priests, and their many soul damning heresies. Where are the “watchmen” on the walls? Isaiah 56:10-11 warns us:
“His watchmen are blind, they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which never have enough. And they are shepherds who cannot understand; they all look to their own way, every one for his own gain, from his own territory.”
Charles Spurgeon was a faithful watchman, a lover of Christ, and a declarer/defender of the Gospel. His words serve as a rebuke from the grave for Warren, Palau, and all others who compromise with Rome; "False gods, attempts to represent the true God, and indeed, all material things which are worshipped, are so much filth upon the face of the earth, whether they be crosses, crucifixes, virgins, wafers, relics, or even the Pope himself. We are by far too mealy mouthed about these infamous abominations: God abhors them, and so should we. To renounce the glory of spiritual worship for outward pomp and show is the height of folly, and deserves to be treated as such." (The Treasury of David, Psalm 106:20)
May God raise up a new generation of Spurgeons! May Rick Warren, Luis Palau, and all like them repent, or be rejected and removed from ministry for their bold antichrist supporting apostasy.
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