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In todays shifting Christianity, people think it is simply a matter of
moving the fence in order to be more inclusive. They dont understand that
we cant broaden the truth of Who the Lord Jesus Christ is any more than we
can broaden the truth of Who God is.The Word of God tells us the truth of
Who the Lord Jesus Christ is, and, again, the truth and faith that are in
the Word of God give us the Christian faith, not the faith of another
religion. In other words, the truth of Who the Lord Jesus Christ is gives us
the Christian faith. This is the faith that is given to us by God in His
Word. The Lord Jesus Christ does not move the fence! That is, He does not
change the truth of Who He is to be more inclusive. The truth is what it is
whether people believe it or not.“For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not
preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received,
or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with
him.” (2 Corinthians 11:4)Only another Jesus will change the truth and move the fence to
broaden the narrow way to include the broad way. This broadened way is not
the narrow way but obviously the broad way.For instance, the false Jesus of
The Shack wants his followers
to grow in the freedom to be inside or outside all kinds of systems and to
move freely between and among them. This false Jesus conveniently
includes religious systems in this freedom, and he says of his followers
who were Buddhists or Mormons, Baptists or Muslims I have no desire to
make them Christian, but I do want to join them in their transformationSince true Christians believe the truth and faith of the Word of God, which
includes the truth of the true Lord Jesus Christ, of course a false Jesus doesnt want people to be Christian. Besides, this way his followers can
come to view God [as] being MUCH bigger than any particular religion, and
particularly bigger than the Word of God and its Christian faith. In other
words, in their transformation away from the Christian faith and Christian
God they can come to view different religions as having the same God. This
is what is being taught here by this false Jesus, who is clearly moving
the fence to include the broad way (and even himself).“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some
shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
doctrines of devils.” (1 Timothy 4:1)Moving the fence does not move or change the truth, it only moves and
changes ones faith. Faith in the truth is true faith, and faith in untruth
is faithlessness because faith in untruth moves and changes ones faith from
faith in the truth to faith in untruth.But, naturally, those who are
undergoing the transformation of the broad way dont see it that way. They
prefer to believe that the truth is untruth and untruth is truth, so if
their faith is in untruth their faith is in truth, and then faith in the
truth becomes faith in untruth, and faith becomes faithlessness and
faithlessness becomes faith.This way, this broader untruth (truth) of a broader Jesus can now fit
inside other religions so they, too, can have faith in untruth and believe
it is faith in the truth. And this is mans idea of love?! Yet they see it
as having faith in a reimagined Jesus and a reimagined way and a
reimagined truth that gives everyone a reimagined life, because then
there will be no problem for anyone, right? Only in the blinding absurdity
of make-believe, which is all they will have left since they are making it
taboo to believe.“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever.” (Hebrews
13:8)“For I am the LORD, I change not.” (Malachi 3:6)
“If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for
this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. He that
believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that
believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the
record that God gave of his Son.” (1 John 5:9-10)“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be
the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son
of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” (1 John 4:14-15)“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6)Contrary to the devious false teachings of
The Shacks
reimagined God of untruth, neither the true Father nor the true Holy
Spirit are the Son of God. It used to be common knowledge in Christianity
that the Father is not the Son of God; the Father is not the way to the
Father. Likewise, it used to be common knowledge that the Holy Spirit is not
the Son of God; the Holy Spirit is not the way to the Father.The Lord
Jesus Christ, Who is the true Son of God, is the only way to the Father. And
only those who believe on the true Son of God receive the Holy Spirit. We
cannot bypass believing on the true Son of God to come to the true God.Incidentally, in the New Age everyone is the Son of God. Very
convenient. This way everyone is their own way to God. This is also why
people choose to reimagine God. Although todays shifting Christianity now
reimagines otherwise, the true Lord Jesus Christ, the true Son of God, is
not the best way to God but the only way. There is no relationship with
(or relating to) the true God apart from the true Lord Jesus Christ. On
the other hand, The Shacks reimagined Jesus naturally claims
to be the best way to relate to its reimagined God. Of course a
false Jesus is the best way in every sense to a false God! In truth,
the true Lord Jesus Christ is the only way to the true God. Think about it.Although it all used to be obvious, sadly, nothing is obvious anymore for
those who are rejecting the faith of the certainty of Gods truth to believe
the faithlessness of the uncertainty of mans untruth, and then absurdly
flipping it all upside down and backward, spinning in the never-ending
circles of mans reimaginations.Their defense against the light is quite
an effective defense. They just are not willing to accept that in the true
truth of Gods truthas opposed to the untrue truth of mans untruthwe
are born again through the Holy Spirit by the Word of God that gives us the
truth of Who the Lord Jesus Christ is, which is indispensable to the true
Gospel of Christ.“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. That
which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born
again. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth
on him.” (John 3:3, 6-7, 36)“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” (John 17:17)
“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by
the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as
grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass
withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached
unto you.” (1 Peter 1:23-25)“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from
faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.” (Romans
1:16-17)“Therefore being
justified by faith, we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1)This all used to be common knowledge in Christianity, when light was
still the preferred light, truth was still the preferred truth, faith was
still the preferred faith, and the Gospel of Christ was still the preferred
Gospel. Now everything has changed. And the self-proclaimed change agents
have changed it all on purpose. Congratulations on their success. Now, the
true God is no longer the preferred God, and the true Lord Jesus Christ is
no longer the preferred Jesus. But, naturally, they dont see it that way.“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap.” (Galatians 6:7)
(This article is an extract from Tamara Hartzells newest book,
Reimagining God: Turning the Light off to Look for Truth in the Corner
of a Dark Round Room, from Part 2. This is a free online
PDF book. She is also the author of In the Name of Purpose; used
with permission.)Here is a list of previous articles by Tamara
Hartzell:
IndexEmail Tamara Hartzell:
inthenameofpurpose@sbcglobal.netDownload from her website:
Reimagining God