The Progressive Church Deception

As the times change, the church has changed to try and attract more people.

Jeremiah 7: 5-7 "For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt, then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever" (NKJV). God following people want to practice justice and not oppress anyone. Shed innocent blood? Never. In fact, a progressive church begins to change with the culture and accepts everyone; isn't that what progressive love is about?

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 9: 10, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding" (NKJV). This is where the problem comes from the progressive church. God is the Alpha and the Omega, the creator of the universe and the one that can completely end someone. With the fear of the creator, one should be reading the Bible looking for what God says.

The more one reads about God; the more one will understand what and how we should live. Jeremiah goes on, "'Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know, and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations?' Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,' says the Lord" (Jeremiah 7: 8-15, NKJV). There is a list of sins, and it isn't complete, but it refers to what God has stated as right and wrong. The progressive church redefines right and wrong; the argument is that some of God's commands are outdated.

The progressive church redefines right and wrong, the argument is that some of God's commands are outdated.

Hebrews 13: 8-9, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them" (NKJV). What happens is that becoming culturally relevant and popular skews how the Bible is read. Instead of looking to see what God says, it is progressive to look for support for what culture says is right or wrong. Progressive is good because new is always better! Society is finally evolving to fit what God intended! What?!? God's commands are holy, righteous, and good; why would that need to change?

Jeremiah spoke about following other gods. Lying words are words that change what the Bible says to fit a cultural shift. This is following a manufactured god. Culture accepts more and more of the things that God has called evil, and the progressive church is delivering itself to these abominations. Society will always be against God's church. Society is of the world, and it wants to be free of responsibility for its actions.

This is as good as burning incense to Baal because it is making up another man-made god.

Progressive churches have found themselves selecting parts of the Bible they like, saying other parts are outdated and then using verses out of context to rationalize sin. This is as good as burning incense to Baal because it is making up an artificial god.

When Saul followed what he thought was a good idea instead of doing what God commanded, he was rejected. In 1 Samuel 15: 22-23, God spoke through Samuel to tell Saul that his actions were rebellion,

“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king” (NKJV).

The progressive idea is about making society happy, and this is getting along with the world, which is an abomination in God's eyes. The Christian's focus should be on glorifying God. Pray for discernment and read your Bible, find the will of God. Obey the voice of the Lord.