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Also, while it is true that no one seeks after God without first being regenerated by God. That does not mean however, that we can't use a vehicle to get people through the doors of the Church. . . . ad nauseam.
This is a perfect example of someone (view) that totally ignores the biblical record and opts for pragmatic methodology which totally contradicts the teaching of the Bible. The "vehicle" has been ordained by God, for no man in his natural state seeks after God. Thus anything which man may dream up as an alleged "vehicle" is doomed to failure and even further harden the hearts of men. And what is this divine "vehicle"? It is the simple but whole Gospel of Jesus Christ.


Romans 1:16-17 (ASV) "For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith." (see also: Lk 16:29-31; Rom 10:14-17; 1Cor 1:18-24; 2Thess 2:13, 14; Jam 1:18; 1Pet 1:23-25)



Secondly, the seeker-friendly model is antithetical to the true Gospel, which calls me to repentance; i.e., to forsake the world and to come out of the world. (Ps 1:1-3; Matt 10:35-39; Mk 10:28-30; Acts 2:40; 2Cor 6:17; Titus 2:11-15; 1Jh 2:15-17; Rev 18:4) The Church is to be a "light unto the world", not a purveyor of it. The Lord Jesus saves men from their sins; not in their sins. The seeker-friendly model diminishes and in some cases totally obliterates the distinction between the kingdom of God and the world.

In His Grace,

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