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The Enemies Of The Cross of Christ:

Zaatar71

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Paul is addressing the Philippians , and In chapter 3 he explains that the Judaizers were an enemy trying to enforce OT. Circumcision;
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

He identified himself as having been a previous enemy of the Church;

6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

Later in this same chapter he warns of others;
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

These are self centered, self righteous people who seek to drag others down with them! Misery loves company!

NOG
In the end they will be destroyed. Their own emotions are their god, and they take pride in the shameful things they do. Their minds are set on worldly things.

MSG
Stick with me, friends. Keep track of those you see running this same course, headed for this same goal. There are many out there taking other paths, choosing other goals, and trying to get you to go along with them. I’ve warned you of them many times; sadly, I’m having to do it again. All they want is easy street. They hate Christ’s Cross. But easy street is a dead-end street. Those who live there make their bellies their gods; belches are their praise; all they can think of is their appetites.

It is clear that some who seek to oppose the truths of the doctrines of grace are seeking to do this day ,by day. They make as if they are trying to help, but it has become obvious they have a selfish agenda! They try to cover this saying, they alone have discovered the secret to how to understand scripture. They offer up names of early church fathers or other obscure theologians that no one has read, as if this gives them credibility,lol...it does not.
Even if they mention more familiar names of theologians, they never demonstrate that they know what they are talking about. They know that people will just gloss over it.
The result is they show themselves to be in the same mold of the enemies of the cross that Paul warned about in his writing to the Church at Philippi. These men eagerly pick up "the mantle" of previous enemies, and bring it into our day. Post after post against believers who understand and hold to Calvinistic truth derived from the scripture. They are mockers ,and scoffers, with no real substance.

It is not legitimate questions that new believers might have, asking for clarification or requesting to be instructed.
It is not even a person who studies themselves into a position that they hold that might differ slightly, where they come to partial truth, and are still seeking to grow.
No, they intend to completely undermine truth. It is purposefully evil in design. Paul would have us be aware of such persons, mark them and avoid them,
 

Zaatar71

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The Apostle Peter , commenting on Paul's writings wrote this;
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood,

which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

In this context, I am going to suggest that he was speaking of Election, predestination, and Biblical Foreknowledge! He warns also of those who wrest the scriptures to their own destruction!

We see daily examples of this very thing.
 

JesusFan

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The Apostle Peter , commenting on Paul's writings wrote this;
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood,

which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

In this context, I am going to suggest that he was speaking of Election, predestination, and Biblical Foreknowledge! He warns also of those who wrest the scriptures to their own destruction!

We see daily examples of this very thing.
very dangerous theology being upheld in present age that distorts and death doctrines such as original Sin, Fall, Spiritual death, wrath of God, atonement, as seems that some want to undermine and redo past 2ooo years of Christian theology in those areas now

I am thinking of some like a NT Wright who wishes to redefine Pauline Justication to us, claiming that all of the Reformed got Paul all wrong in this area, or those who want to uphold theology such as a Finney had in church for "salvation"
 

Zaatar71

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very dangerous theology being upheld in present age that distorts and death doctrines such as original Sin, Fall, Spiritual death, wrath of God, atonement, as seems that some want to undermine and redo past 2ooo years of Christian theology in those areas now

I am thinking of some like a NT Wright who wishes to redefine Pauline Justication to us, claiming that all of the Reformed got Paul all wrong in this area, or those who want to uphold theology such as a Finney had in church for "salvation"
Yes, he is a good example. he is an educated person, but what happens when an educated person goes off track drifting into theological apostasy??? the education they have gets weaponized against truth, and hence they become enemies of the cross! Good example!
 

JesusFan

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Yes, he is a good example. he is an educated person, but what happens when an educated person goes off track drifting into theological apostasy??? the education they have gets weaponized against truth, and hence they become enemies of the cross! Good example!
Amazing so many want to ride on his theology express, yet he also holds to infant water baptism as way into the Kingdom, and also that God will judge us after death to see if we merit keeping eternal life
 

Zaatar71

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Amazing so many want to ride on his theology express, yet he also holds to infant water baptism as way into the Kingdom, and also that God will judge us after death to see if we merit keeping eternal life
False teachers spin a good yarn. They are deceptive yet like a perverted theological spider, they weave a web of their own designed, a self serving rpetitive handful if ideas, they repeat it over and over, so often that they themselves even think it is true:confused::oops::Sleep;)
 

Zaatar71

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Amazing so many want to ride on his theology express, yet he also holds to infant water baptism as way into the Kingdom, and also that God will judge us after death to see if we merit keeping eternal life
I believe I have been seeing some right here on this board, who have drifted from truth. They claim they have looked at it, some suggest that they used to hold to it, but their posts give no evidence of that any of what they post is true. In fact, the complete opposite is revealed by error after error that they offer, trying to obscure truth, 24/7
 
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