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01-31-2011, 06:02 PM
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Prodigal Son Distorted by FB Pastor
The story of the Lost Son, which many have long regarded as a story about the father's prodigal love, was told as a subtle rebuke to Pharisees who listened. But recently one pastor on FB decided it was more about "rules" than anything else.
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The prodigal didn't leave the father's house because of the provision. He left because of the rules. It took a famine for him to realize that it's "the rules" of the Father's house that create provision...and those rules aren't so bad. (PASTOR'S NAME OMITTED)
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I'm not sure where said pastor got this from, and it completely disregards the entire context of the Story. The rule-abiding Pharisees were being rebuked (they were the rule-abiding elder brothers in the story), but somehow the parable is about how valuable rules are? Really?
The Story of the lost son is about a God who loves recklessly and even shamefully. I wrote about this recently ( http://apostolicfriendsforum.com/sho...56&postcount=6).
It's amazing to me that such a beautiful story can be twisted in such a way as to make people believe it was about 'rules.' The fact is, we are all that prodigal who rebelled against God. What our exact motivations were are no mystery: selfishness, trusting our way better than God's way. The prodigal didn't come back to make right with God. He came back because it was economically feasible for him. However, before he could get out his scheming, the father was running for Him, throwing himself on him, and ordering up a party. This is Grace.
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01-31-2011, 06:08 PM
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Re: Prodigal Son Distorted by FB Pastor
A Pastor actually preached that mess?! Oh sad!
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01-31-2011, 06:09 PM
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Re: Prodigal Son Distorted by FB Pastor
(thanks, admin!)
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01-31-2011, 06:11 PM
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Re: Prodigal Son Distorted by FB Pastor
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A Pastor actually preached that mess?! Oh sad!
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Preached it on FB. That was a direct citation.
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01-31-2011, 06:28 PM
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Re: Prodigal Son Distorted by FB Pastor
As our days draw to a close, we can expect to see more and more of this kind of stuff - even within the Oneness movement. Our own history, while short compared to other movements, shows that we are not immune from committing such violence to the scriptures.
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01-31-2011, 06:57 PM
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Re: Prodigal Son Distorted by FB Pastor
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Originally Posted by Socialite
The story of the Lost Son, which many have long regarded as a story about the father's prodigal love, was told as a subtle rebuke to Pharisees who listened. But recently one pastor on FB decided it was more about "rules" than anything else.
I'm not sure where said pastor got this from, and it completely disregards the entire context of the Story. The rule-abiding Pharisees were being rebuked (they were the rule-abiding elder brothers in the story), but somehow the parable is about how valuable rules are? Really?
The Story of the lost son is about a God who loves recklessly and even shamefully. I wrote about this recently ( http://apostolicfriendsforum.com/sho...56&postcount=6).
It's amazing to me that such a beautiful story can be twisted in such a way as to make people believe it was about 'rules.' The fact is, we are all that prodigal who rebelled against God. What our exact motivations were are no mystery: selfishness, trusting our way better than God's way. The prodigal didn't come back to make right with God. He came back because it was economically feasible for him. However, before he could get out his scheming, the father was running for Him, throwing himself on him, and ordering up a party. This is Grace. |
Context, context, context Socialite. You've gotta ignore the context of the passage to understand the Pharisees on Facebook.
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01-31-2011, 07:15 PM
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Re: Prodigal Son Distorted by FB Pastor
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Context, context, context Socialite. You've gotta ignore the context of the passage to understand the Pharisees on Facebook.
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No kidding! Sheesh...
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01-31-2011, 08:44 PM
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Re: Prodigal Son Distorted by FB Pastor
I think the story has several wonderful allegorical applications, but I never thought of this one.
Still won't think of this one after reading about it.
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01-31-2011, 09:03 PM
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Re: Prodigal Son Distorted by FB Pastor
Was it a blog or on his wall?
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He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
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01-31-2011, 09:09 PM
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Re: Prodigal Son Distorted by FB Pastor
The amazing thing to me is when preachers take biblical texts out of context or twist them into "saying" things they clearly do not see but still get tons of amens and high fives from the congregations listening to the travesty.
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
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"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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