Post Christian, Post Modern Era?
Posted 01-31-2008 at 02:33 PM by PuritanCovenanter
I am still confused about what it means to be Post Modern and Post Christian. Post Modern sounds contradictory to me as does neo-orthodoxy. And if the gates of Hell can't over come, then there will never be a Post Christian Era. Well at least that is wishful thinking. i.e. The Church at Ephesus is no longer present. (I don't think the gates of Hell will prevail. But the Church's light is quite dim in places it use to shine brightly)
Some people claim there are no absolutes… even though everyone has absolutes. I think you know what I mean. They just are not the same from person to person. And that is why we all need the decalogue. The first command is the one broken most of all in my opinion. Especially since we all start off dead in sin and separated from God.
(Exo 20:1) And God spake all these words, saying,
(Exo 20:2) I am the LORD thy God……
(Exo 20:3) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Just for added emphasis I will add this portion of scripture also……… It shows God was concerned about His people worshipping a false God.
(Exo 34:12) Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
(Exo 34:13) But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
(Exo 34:14) For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
(Exo 34:15) Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
(Exo 34:16) And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
I must admit that I did get a glimpse of a Post Christian era Chapel in the Hospital I visited yesterday. There was an Islamic symbol, Star of David, and Cross all inviting worshippers into it's supposed inner sanctum. It instantly made me think of the foreign gods Israel picked up to worship through out her historical journey. They seemed to just add gods along side of Jehovah as they went along. This didn't go well for them either. Jehovah is a Jealous GOD. And I don't believe it is going well for us in the USA either. We are just allowing our citizens to add god's to our landscape, or eliminate God altogether, for the supposed sake of freedom.
I am concerned that the Church of Christ and myself are lagging in this area. I struggle with it. It is hard to tell your neighbor that there is one God and if they worship a different god they are going to Hell. That kind of conversation usually ends friendships. But I guess that is the problem. We want to be friends with the world. I know I struggle with this as well. It just may be the problem isn't that we are moving into a Post Christian era as much as we are turning away from doing and being what we ought to be, which are strangers and so-journer's in the world.
One way to overcome this problem would be to honour God's decalogue and proclaim Truth and Grace as it is found in Christ our Saviour. Despite what era people think we are in there is something that hasn't changed. It is the declaration that we need to proclaim to the world, "Sinners, Covenant Breakers, and all who fall short of the Glory of God, Flee from the Wrath to Come. Fall upon Christ for Mercy or He will fall upon you with His Wrath. Jehovah is a jeolous God."
(Isa 9:6) For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
(Exo 3:13) And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
(Exo 3:14) And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
(Exo 3:15) And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
(Joh 8:56) Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
(Joh 8:57) Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
(Joh 8:58) Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
WHO IS YOUR GOD?
Some people claim there are no absolutes… even though everyone has absolutes. I think you know what I mean. They just are not the same from person to person. And that is why we all need the decalogue. The first command is the one broken most of all in my opinion. Especially since we all start off dead in sin and separated from God.
(Exo 20:1) And God spake all these words, saying,
(Exo 20:2) I am the LORD thy God……
(Exo 20:3) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Just for added emphasis I will add this portion of scripture also……… It shows God was concerned about His people worshipping a false God.
(Exo 34:12) Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
(Exo 34:13) But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
(Exo 34:14) For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
(Exo 34:15) Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
(Exo 34:16) And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
I must admit that I did get a glimpse of a Post Christian era Chapel in the Hospital I visited yesterday. There was an Islamic symbol, Star of David, and Cross all inviting worshippers into it's supposed inner sanctum. It instantly made me think of the foreign gods Israel picked up to worship through out her historical journey. They seemed to just add gods along side of Jehovah as they went along. This didn't go well for them either. Jehovah is a Jealous GOD. And I don't believe it is going well for us in the USA either. We are just allowing our citizens to add god's to our landscape, or eliminate God altogether, for the supposed sake of freedom.
I am concerned that the Church of Christ and myself are lagging in this area. I struggle with it. It is hard to tell your neighbor that there is one God and if they worship a different god they are going to Hell. That kind of conversation usually ends friendships. But I guess that is the problem. We want to be friends with the world. I know I struggle with this as well. It just may be the problem isn't that we are moving into a Post Christian era as much as we are turning away from doing and being what we ought to be, which are strangers and so-journer's in the world.
One way to overcome this problem would be to honour God's decalogue and proclaim Truth and Grace as it is found in Christ our Saviour. Despite what era people think we are in there is something that hasn't changed. It is the declaration that we need to proclaim to the world, "Sinners, Covenant Breakers, and all who fall short of the Glory of God, Flee from the Wrath to Come. Fall upon Christ for Mercy or He will fall upon you with His Wrath. Jehovah is a jeolous God."
(Isa 9:6) For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
(Exo 3:13) And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
(Exo 3:14) And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
(Exo 3:15) And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
(Joh 8:56) Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
(Joh 8:57) Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
(Joh 8:58) Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
WHO IS YOUR GOD?
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