Posted: 04/16/08

Is the Dalai Lama Really "His Holiness"?

The Pope is also not my "Holy Father". I have one Holy Father and He is Almighty God. When man-conferred titles contradict Scripture, we cannot use them. It is also a deep affront to the Lord Jesus Christ. How did the Apostle Paul refer to those who teach another gospel and not the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

–Galatians 1:8-10

In Greek, in which the New Testament was written, the repetition of something is intended to show great emphasis. This is how strongly the Apostle Paul, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, felt about false teachers. Rob Bell chose to please men, not God in Seattle today. The blood of Christ, the cross of Jesus, the atonement for sin, all of it was missing from Bell's answers. This was no Apostle Paul on Mars Hill. Paul fearlessly preached the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Bell did nothing of the kind. In fact, his message dovetailed absolutely perfectly with the New Spirituality promoted by the event. The emerging church leadership is fully on board the New Age thought train, and those with ears to hear will get off while God is still allowing warnings to go out.

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