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By Roger Oakland<\/strong>
\n Understand the Times<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every Christian wants to see the church grow. Jesus made it clear before He ascended to the Father that His followers are to be His witnesses. Believers are called to share the good news of the gospel until He returns. We want to see our churches filled to overflowing. This is right. But what happens when the Christian church, in its zeal to reach the unconverted, begins to embrace methods to attract the lost that are extra-biblical?<\/p>\n

\"bible\"We must always remember that a zealous Christian leader, who has the ability to communicate, can be a subtle deceiver if he or she mixes truth with error. That is why everyone needs to be open to correction from God\u2019s Word. Further, it is a fact that when those who are deceived (yet convinced they are standing on the truth) are confronted with biblical truth, they simply cannot see their error.<\/p>\n

In the book of Proverbs, we are told why. Solomon wrote, \u201cAll the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.\u201d 1<\/a> Then to make the point even more evident, a few verses later we are admonished, \u201cThere is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.\u201d 2<\/a><\/p>\n

The Bible clearly warns us that we are to be cautious about following the ideas of men, when the men who are promoting the ideas may be ignoring what God has said in His Word. In other words, there is a danger when we pay attention to what men are saying if what they are saying does not line up with what God has already said in His Word. Click here <\/a>to continue reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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