Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature
Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature
made you for his purposes. Believe you’re not an accident.Believe you were made to last forever. Believe God has chosenyou to have a relationship with Jesus, who died on the cross foryou. Believe that no matter what you’ve done, God wants toforgive you. Second, receive. Receive his forgiveness for yoursins. Receive his Spirit, who will give you the power to fulfillyour life purpose. ... Wherever you are reading this, I invite youto bow your head and quietly whisper the prayer that willchange your eternity. ‘Jesus, I believe in you and I receive you.’Go ahead. If you sincerely meant that prayer, congratulations!Welcome to the family of God!” (e Purpose Driven Life, pp.58, 59).is is an amazingly superficial “gospel.” ere is nothingthat would offend or convict the Pope or a Mormon. It’s notthe gospel that was preached in the book of Acts or Romans.For one thing, there is no clear dealing with the sin issue.Warren’s book is intended for wide distribution in society atlarge, and it is not enough in such a context merely tomention the word sin. e average person in North Americawill admit that he is not perfect and that he is a “sinner” insome sense, but he also considers himself as a pretty goodperson. When he thinks of himself as a sinner, he does notmean what the Bible means, that his heart is deceitful aboveall things and desperately wicked (Jer. 17:9) and full of evil(Ecc. 9:3), that he is unrighteous and unprofitable (Rom.3:10-11), that in his flesh dwells no good thing (Rom. 7:18),and that his very righteousness is as filthy rags before a holyGod (Isa. 64:6). Rick Warren’s incredibly shallow approachallows any person who will admit that he is a sinner in anysense to pray a prayer and then think of himself as a genuineChristian, even though he might continue to deny what theBible says about sin and continue in his self-righteousness.ere are many other things we could expose in Warren’sgospel. ere is nothing about God’s holiness and justice.ere is no clear teaching on what Jesus did on the cross.ere is nothing about the blood. Warren invites the readerto “believe on Jesus.” What Jesus? People today believe in all282
sorts of false christs, but Warren does not warn them of thisnor does he take the time to identify the true Jesus of theBible in any clear fashion and to distinguish Him from falseones. Just a vague “believe on Jesus” and presto you are readyfor Heaven. (See “False Christs and False Gods” in thisDirectory of Contemporary Worship Musicians.)And Warren completely ignores repentance. ere is not ahint here that the sinner must repent of his sin and idolatryand false gospels. is is not the gospel that Paul preached.Paul summarized his message as follows: “Testifying both tothe Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, andfaith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 20:21).Warren says that he believes in the Great Commission andhe mentions it in passing in e Purpose Driven Life, but heignores repentance, which is an essential part of the GreatCommission. Christ gave the Great Commission in Luke24:44-48 and He commanded that “repentance and remissionof sins should be preached in his name among all nations.”Paul boldly preached repentance to the philosophers andidolaters in Athens, and if he were alive today, he wouldcertainly preach repentance to the idolaters in America! Paulsaid that God “now commandeth all men every where torepent” (Acts 17:30), and we can be sure that God hasn’tchanged His mind.Self-Esteem eologyough Warren professes that his teaching does not exaltman but rather exalts God, and he claims that he does notteach a self-help program, in reality he teaches nothing lessthan a Robert Schuller-style Self-Esteem theology.Notice the following statements:“e moment you were born into the world, God was there asan unseen witness, smiling at your birth. ... It proves yourworth. If you are that important to God, and he considers youvaluable enough to keep you for eternity, what greatsignificance could you have? ... Anything you do that bringspleasure to God is an act of worship ... You may be gied at283
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made you for his purposes. Believe you’re not an accident.Believe you were made to last forever. Believe God has chosenyou to have a relationship with Jesus, who died on the cross foryou. Believe that no matter what you’ve done, God wants t<strong>of</strong>orgive you. Second, receive. Receive his forgiveness for yoursins. Receive his Spirit, who will give you the power to fulfillyour life purpose. ... Wherever you are reading this, I invite youto bow your head and quietly whisper the prayer that willchange your eternity. ‘Jesus, I believe in you and I receive you.’Go ahead. If you sincerely meant that prayer, congratulations!Welcome to the family <strong>of</strong> God!” (e Purpose Driven <strong>Life</strong>, pp.58, 59).is is an amazingly superficial “gospel.” ere is nothingthat would <strong>of</strong>fend or convict the Pope or a Mormon. It’s notthe gospel that was preached in the book <strong>of</strong> Acts or Romans.For one thing, there is no clear dealing with the sin issue.Warren’s book is intended for wide distribution in society atlarge, and it is not enough in such a context merely tomention the word sin. e average person in North Americawill admit that he is not perfect and that he is a “sinner” insome sense, but he also considers himself as a pretty goodperson. When he thinks <strong>of</strong> himself as a sinner, he does notmean what the Bible means, that his heart is deceitful aboveall things and desperately wicked (Jer. 17:9) and full <strong>of</strong> evil(Ecc. 9:3), that he is unrighteous and unpr<strong>of</strong>itable (Rom.3:10-11), that in his flesh dwells no good thing (Rom. 7:18),and that his very righteousness is as filthy rags before a holyGod (Isa. 64:6). Rick Warren’s incredibly shallow approachallows any person who will admit that he is a sinner in anysense to pray a prayer and then think <strong>of</strong> himself as a genuineChristian, even though he might continue to deny what theBible says about sin and continue in his self-righteousness.ere are many other things we could expose in Warren’sgospel. ere is nothing about God’s holiness and justice.ere is no clear teaching on what Jesus did on the cross.ere is nothing about the blood. Warren invites the readerto “believe on Jesus.” What Jesus? People today believe in all282
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