We have no right to expect anything but the pure Gospel of Christ, unmixed and unadulterated - the same Gospel that was taught by the Apostles - to do good to the souls of men. I believe that to maintain this pure truth in the Church, men should be ready to make any sacrifice, to hazard peace, to risk dissension, and run the chance of division. They should no more tolerated false doctrine than they would tolerate sin. They should withstand any adding to or taking away from the simple message of the Gospel of Christ.
For the truth’s sake our Lord Jesus Christ denounced the Pharisees, though they sat in Moses’ seat and were the appointed and authorized teachers of men...
For the truth’s sake Paul withstood and blamed Peter, though a brother. Where was the use of unity when pure doctrine was gone? And who shall dare to say he was wrong?
For the truth’s sake Paul withstood and blamed Peter, though a brother. Where was the use of unity when pure doctrine was gone? And who shall dare to say he was wrong?
For the truth’s sake Athanasius stood out against the world to maintain the pure doctrine about the divinity of Christ and waged a controversy with the great majority of the professing Church...
Yes! Peace without truth is a false peace; it is the very peace of the devil. Unity without the Gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of Hell. Let us never be ensnared by those who speak kindly of it. Let us remember the words of our Lord Jesus Christ: “Think not that I came to send peace upon Earth. I came not to send peace, but a sword” (Matthew 10:34). Let us remember the praise he gives to one of the Churches in the Revelation: “You cannot bear them who are evil. You have tried them which say they are Apostles, and are not, and have found them liars” (Revelation 2:2). Let us remember the blame he casts upon another: “You allow that woman Jezebel to teach” (Revelation 2:20). Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth upon the altar of peace. Let us rather be like the Jews, who, if they found any manuscript copy of the Old Testament Scriptures incorrect in a single letter, burned the whole copy, rather than run the risk of losing one jot or tittle of the Word of God. Let us be content with nothing short of the whole Gospel of Christ.
From Warnings to the Churches, J.C. Ryle, Banner of Truth Trust, 2007. pp. 105-106.
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Persis Lorenti,
ReplyDelete"They should no more tolerated false doctrine than they would tolerate sin."
In the spirit of your post, please, In The Name of Jesus, consider the following links that show Lundy Bancroft to be a cult founder of his own cult and a charlatan with regard to D/V and "abuse".
Then let us be content with nothing short of the Whole Gospel of Christ, and expose as darkness the manipulative opinions of Lundy Bancroft.
Thanks and Salt, Jason
Below is the link to Bancroft's self announced cult, "nature's temple".
http://transitiontoanewworld.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-spiritual-community.html
Link to Bancroft's co-authorship of fake domestic violencs statistics.
http://www.fatherhoodcoalition.org/cpf/newreadings/2004/MC_Basile_v_Harvard_junk_science.htm
Link to Bancroft's admission to being fired as a Court advocate/educator
http://www.fatherhoodcoalition.org/cpf/2003/LundyNtonForum030619.htm
Jude 1
16 These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.