A Christian is one that has come to the understanding, that Jesus is the Only Way to the Father, the ONLY hope one has for salvation.
Acts 4:12 (New American Standard Bible)
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John 14:6 (New American Standard Bible)
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I usually don’t spend time making posts exposing trash rappers. I mean any real Christian in time can see the rotten fruit coming from their mouths. And eventually realize these entertainers are doing just like politicians and claiming “Jesus” for the sake of pleasing men. Not out of any true belief that Jesus is the ONLY means of salvation. (I typically try and point out cases that are a little less obvious.)
But as my brother Speaking Truth has noted, there’s a reason I must mention trash rapper Kanye West here.
“I believe in Jesus as an icon…â€
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As the rest of Speaking Truth’s post details, Kanye does not know the Lord Jesus Christ in truth. And the fact many of us in the church may have tried to embrace his work for a time while we KNEW the very SAME CD with the theologically askew yet ear tickling track “Jesus Walks” also contained much other more blatant filth. It makes me think of how easily we Christians sometimes mistakenly allow the wrong people into the love feast. As God had Jude to note:
Jude 1:4, 12-13
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So, although it is a bit trashy, read the interview Kanye West did with an entertainment web site recently. Specifically the parts where he is asked “We recently saw your quote “I don’t believe in religion, and I don’t believe in giving it all up to Jesus.†Does this mean that you’re no longer a Christian? “ And “So do you believe in Jesus at all? “ Keeping in mind Jesus is the ONLY means for salvation and those who deny it are devoid of the truth.
This should be a lesson of hindsight for the church. And to know that it is time to STOP making the same mistake. Those who don’t really stand on the truth should not be leveraged by the church in efforts to play marketing gimmicks like the world. The church should NOT be about ear tickling marketing gimmicks AT ALL. Stop chasing the ear tickling tunes, stop trying to take on the methods and ways of the world. Stand on The Rock of offense alone (Romans 9:33) and leave those who dislike it for God to judge.
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February 11th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Amen Amen!
February 11th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Hey IC, long time no write…lol but why do we fall for things like this? I never understood that whole craze over him in the first place. Yes it was a catchy beat and all but if the words don’t express Christ is Lord then why would a church want to promote that? I like how you said “The church should NOT be about ear tickling marketing gimmicks AT ALL.” That is the truth if I have never heard it before. We waste more time, I think, trying to entertain and please those who really aren’t fully for Christ when we should be concerned only with souls and preaching sound doctrine that they might be saved.
February 11th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Sadly, IC, we are seeing more and more false Christians being exposed for what they are – tares that have grown along side the wheat (almost emulating them) until harvest time comes.
From our new
PresidentKing to the person sitting next to us in the pews, the goats are beginning to distinguish themselves from the sheep.February 17th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Seems Mr. West is rather soft on men who beat women.
Chris Brown ‘sorry and saddened’ over alleged Rihanna assault
Accused of beating a woman to unconsciousness and West is talking about giving Chris Brown “a break” 🙄 … (Considering the accusations mention Brown was threating to kill his girlfriend, if the accusations are true, he might have left her for dead, thinking he had finished her off.)
And who is the pastor that is speaking with Chris Brown?
February 17th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Truthfully, Mr. West is rather soft. Period. And many so-called Christians are keeping their mouths shut about the Chrianna (Chris & Rhianna…sorry) affair because they still have to make money in that industry.
I was thinking the very same thing when I read that as well. Hopefully it’s a sound teacher who is trying to talk sense into this dumb kid’s thick skull instead of a pimp looking for some publicity and a new “spiritual son”.
We know he’d be given the T.I. treatment if he lived here in the ATL – Eddie just loves the celebrities…
February 17th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I don’t know who Chris Brown is speaking to, but I doubt T.I. would be running with Eddie Long if Fast Eddie was anything but the false teacher that he is.