Seeker Friendly a Deception

Have you heard of the "Seeker Friendly Church."

Let me give you some things to think about that God showed me when I was praying about the validity of this modern system of evangelism. The more I prayed about it the more the Lord opened my eyes to the concept of "Seeker Friendly" idea of reaching the lost.

Matthew 12:38-39 "38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” 39 Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah."

There have always been people who are continually seeking God, ever learning but never finding Him. They come seeking a protector, and provider, or too appear righteous to others, not to a holy God they wish to change them, nor do they desire to obey Him. They are seeking but not finding.

2 Timothy 3:7-8 " 7 always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.…"

These seekers are looking for evidence to validate their life, rather than to transform it.

Romans 12:1-3 "1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you."

Someone who wants to find God, will find Him, they don't need to be validated, they need to be shown their sinfulness that they might confess their sinfulness and be changed by Christ. The more we attempt to validate a sinner in their life to please them, the less likely they are to understand their need for repentance and salvation.

When we see so many people who claim to be "Christian" but have little or no interest in the things of God, perhaps often even fighting against the truth, these clues lead us to believe they have never met the Savior.

These people never take a stand for truth, in fact they shy away from discussion of it out of fear of man. Their desire is to be seen as a good person, actual holiness is not even an issue for them.

God will not be fooled or manipulated, our outer expressions or words do not intimidate Him, He sees our heart and moves on that basis.

Matthew 7:13-14 "13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it."

The Seeker Friendly churches attempt to bring converts in through the wide gate, the gate that allows for validation of lifestyle rather than conviction of sin. Preaching a distorted form of love, worldly and not godly, they lull their targets into a false sense of safety.

Once someone has come to Christ through the back door of false conversion they are very difficult to convince of the truth.

John 4:23-24 "…23 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"

We must remember that just being friendly hoping a sinner will like us and then like Jesus, is operating from the standpoint of psychology. Christ and the Apostles reached people with the hard truth, showing the sinner of their sinful heart while sharing the good news that trusting Christ and His payment for our debt is the only path that leads the narrow way. It is only faith in Christ that saves, then His grace will cover our sins. We cannot come in the back door through our own good works, we must come through the gate by His grace through faith in Him.

Isaiah 26:10-11 "10 Though the wicked is shown favor, He does not learn righteousness; He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness, And does not perceive the majesty of the LORD. 11 O LORD, Your hand is lifted up yet they do not see it. They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies.…"

Matthew 7:13-15 "13 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it. 15 Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.…"

Ephesians 2:7-9 "…7 in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.…"

When a Narcissist Accuses, He is Speaking About Himself

We must remember that narcissists, and that is what the demonstrators are, those on the left who have tantrums when they don't get what they want, have a common and continuing tactic. That is that they accuse others of doing what the narcissist is doing and the others are not.

If a narcissist is calling you a liar, they either just lied to you or are planning on lying. If a narcissist accuses you of being mean spirited, they are describing themselves.

In this election cycle, the liberals claimed that Trump supporters would riot if they didn't win and the liberals expected him to lose.

Guess what, they were telling us what their plans were if their candidate didn't win. The clues were all there, all we had to do was listen to their verbiage and put that together with their infantile ways and their narcissistic bent, to know what they were planning.

Often the clues about someone are right in front of us, but we don't think like they do so it doesn't cross our minds that a full grown adult would have a tantrum and do revenge simply because they were denied something they wanted.

Narcissists always think everyone else thinks as they do, so they accuse others of their very own tactics, when the others are not doing it and haven't any plans to do it.

I have been judged many times by narcissists of many things that I was not doing but they were. It is a method to disarm and confuse their target.

A decent and honest person is shocked by the accusations, even checking and rechecking themselves to see if it is true. It is important that we pray about accusations to see if they are true, but when the Holy Spirit shows us these are just ploys, then we need to move on to ignore the ignorant accuser and even avoid them if they persist.

Purpose for the Believer

God has a purpose in everything we go through. The greatest purpose of all in anyone's life was that Christ went to a cruel cross for the sins of others, not even His own. It pleased the Father to do this, sending His Son. Christ even said, "if it be Your will Father, take this cup from me." But He, Jesus Christ, went on to obey the Father for the greater good and to please the Father.

When I have pondered this truth many times, the pain of circumstances subsides for another day. We are so weak, we need to be continually reminded in order to stay strong.

Want to stay strong for the Lord? Stay in His Word daily, so much so that in every situation a Bible verse or precept or principle comes to mind immediately.

Hallelujah, nothing we go through is meaningless.

Romans 8:27-29 "27 And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. 28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.…"