The First General of the Salvation Army, William Booth (1829-1912), is often quoted as shown above on foretelling changes in the approaching Twentieth century that could take place within churches.
His words are very accurate in prophesying global, liberal changes for the 21st Century Church, as reported in my recent posts. For more about this read Dr Joe Vankoevering’s brief article entitled 100 Year-Old Vision Coveys Sobering Warning to the Church.:
“I try to stay focused on what’s happening in the world as it relates to Bible prophecy—part of my assignment from God. And what’s occurring in the world today all points to the approaching return of Jesus Christ. However, another important part of my assignment is to deal with what God is saying as a warning to His church….”
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Yes, I think this pretty much sums things up. However, I do believe that sooner or later God will have His way. He has ways of shaking people up, whether believers or non-believers – look at Nebuchadnezzar! Though, hopefully He doesn’t have to resort to things quite as drastic as that!
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I’m never quite sure about “forgiveness without repentance” – isn’t that what Jesus prays for at his crucifixion, “forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they do”?
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Oops, don’t know how “decision” crept in there… predictive text probably!
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Yep – the electronic ‘spy’ can’t cope with typing that word. On using my new phone I found it deliberately mistypes Christian terms! I had to repeat a few times for it to memorise and thus ‘predict’ them. Have amended your comment
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Actually I’ve just realised what he’s talking about… preaching God’s forgiveness without preaching the need to repent… need to engage brain further before commenting!
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Just as a side note Jonathan: Jesus said we can actually prevent Father forgiving us by failing to forgive others – OUCH!! (Matt 6:14-15)
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