{"id":1152,"date":"2010-08-10T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T17:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/august-qhiding-the-gospel-from-faith-aloneq\/"},"modified":"2014-01-21T18:23:53","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T18:23:53","slug":"august-qhiding-the-gospel-from-faith-aloneq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/august-qhiding-the-gospel-from-faith-aloneq\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiding The Gospel From Faith Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

No thinking person likes it when a salesman beats around the bush before explaining the reason he\u2019s talking with him.\u00a0 Who likes to get those dinner-time calls asking for someone by name, as if it were an old friend, that turn out to be telemarketers?\u00a0 Beating around the bush, bait and switch, hawking one\u2019s wares, have always been seen as distasteful measures.\u00a0 But sometimes I wonder if that isn\u2019t what happens in many of our evangelistic churches.\u00a0 I grew up in one of those \u201cfastest-growing Sunday schools\u201d in the 50s and 60s.\u00a0 The pragmatic methodologies were well known for building a large church.\u00a0 Then, in 1995, when I read and reviewed Rick Warren\u2019s larger book, <\/span>The Purpose-Driven Church<\/i>,<\/span>1<\/sup> I responded, \u201cwhat\u2019s new here?\u00a0 This is the same old philosophy with newer (and I think much more harmful) methods.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pragmatism always breeds slowly creeping humanism into churches which eventually acts as the anodyne to compromise.\u00a0 I remember how, as a teenager in that large church, it angered me to hear the evangelicals criticizing the fundamentalists for their \u201cnickels and noses\u201d methods of building big churches.\u00a0 But it\u2019s been an interesting phenomenon fifty years later to see the evangelicals, who now have the bigger churches, defending the very things they once criticized.\u00a0 In fact, they have gone so far beyond what the fundamentalists used to do in methodology that it pales in comparison.<\/p>\n

Paul was plain in saying, \u201cFor we are not as many, which corrupt [lit. \u201chawk\u201d] the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ\u201d (2 Cor. 2:17).\u00a0 \u201cBut we have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully [lit. \u201cadulterating\u201d]; but by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man\u2019s conscience in the sight of God\u201d (2 Cor. 4:2).\u00a0 To the Thessalonian church he wrote, \u201cFor neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak [lit. \u201cpretext\u201d] of covetousness; God is witness\u201d (1 Thes. 2:5).\u00a0 Millard Erickson, writing about the dangers of our own postmodern culture concluded, \u201cWe should therefore expect to find that we cannot simply make Christianity completely compatible with postmodernism, or completely postmodernize Christianity, without thereby distorting the Christian message to some extent.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n

I\u2019m trying not to write just another article on methodology.\u00a0 I am trying to make a specific point that I have noticed by watching these changing methodologies: \u00a0that perhaps we use these because we really don\u2019t trust the effectiveness of our own faith<\/i>.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know anyone who has criticized new methodologies who would say that all human help or persuasion is wrong.\u00a0 But it seems to me that for various reasons we simply do not trust that the gospel by itself, or the local church by itself, or the Word of God by itself, would be sufficient to win anyone to Christ in our culture.\u00a0 So we\u00a0 try to draw them in and keep them by methods that actually do more to hide our faith than to propagate our faith.<\/p>\n

It may be that we don\u2019t really like Christianity much in its unvarnished form.\u00a0 Churches have always gone about dressing up the faith with sights and sounds more pleasing to the natural man.\u00a0 Perhaps we don\u2019t trust that the gospel itself has enough power to draw people to Christ.\u00a0 And worse, perhaps we secretly need affirmation from lost people that our faith is OK.\u00a0 There is a reason John had to warn, \u201cMarvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you\u201d (1 Jn. 3:13).\u00a0 I have never seen such a day in which the church doesn\u2019t like church and the brethren do not like brethren.\u00a0 Today\u2019s average believer goes out of his way NOT to appear as a believer, and the average church goes out of its way NOT to appear to be a church!\u00a0 And (supposedly) all of this is done for the unbeliever\u2019s benefit.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good thing we have learned so much about effective evangelism since the apostles\u2019 day!\u00a0 Today\u2019s preachers make national talk shows famous, the apostles only made prisons famous.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

We do not draw people to our churches with our faith<\/span><\/h3>\n

By camouflaging the Christian faith from the world (and from ourselves), we actually draw people by some means other than our faith.\u00a0 By so doing we may actually be presenting a path of non-belief to people of the world.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>1) <\/b><\/b>We design our services for people who don\u2019t believe our faith<\/span>.\u00a0 Why do we do this?\u00a0 I don\u2019t expect the grocery store to try to appear as a car dealership because I like cars.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want the fast-food place to remove its sign and let me guess which kind of fast-food I would be getting if I went inside.\u00a0 How do we know that people are coming to us with any gospel interest when we have hidden the gospel from them in order to get them in?<\/p>\n

Myron Houghton, in updating Ernest Pickering\u2019s book on Biblical Separation wrote, \u201cTraditional Bible-believing fundamentalists believe that what a church ought to be and how it should function must not be determined by unchurched people or by the prevailing culture.\u00a0 The separatists who struggle for a pure church will not mix the ideas of unbelievers with the teachings of the New Testament.\u201d3<\/sup><\/p>\n

<\/b>2) <\/b><\/b>We hide our purpose from people who are looking for our faith<\/span>. \u00a0We should ask ourselves how we would feel if we found ourselves drawn in to some venture under false pretense.\u00a0 How many of us have accepted a free night in a condo, or a free gift of some sort, only to find out we had to sit through a high-pressure sales pitch?\u00a0 Do you remember that feeling?\u00a0 Saying \u201cno\u201d was difficult because you had already accepted something for nothing.\u00a0 Property may be sold that way but can faith be attained that way?\u00a0 Testimonies of powerful conversions (Bunyan, Newton, and Spurgeon would suffice) more often show an extended period of wrestling with sin and grace until the time of acceptance.<\/p>\n

<\/b>3) <\/b><\/b>We motivate people with things contrary to our f<\/span>aith.\u00a0 Most contemporary methodology is geared toward entertaining the lost soul with things it already likes.\u00a0 How will the Holy Spirit then bring conviction?\u00a0 This is where the worldling merely signs on for the ride.\u00a0 \u201cThis isn\u2019t so bad,\u201d he figures, \u201cthis is the way I\u2019ve always thought Christianity should be.\u201d\u00a0 Any conviction of sin has to come in spite of that, not because of it.\u00a0 Somewhere the preacher or teacher is going to have to spring the surprise on the victim that these things aren\u2019t the way Christianity really is.\u00a0 \u201cWe knew you wouldn\u2019t understand the real nature of our faith, so we dressed it up a bit.\u201d\u00a0 But the real problem comes when no differentiation is made between the world and the faith and it is left to suppose that this is the real faith.<\/p>\n

<\/b>4) <\/b><\/b>We remove the labels (\u201cbrands\u201d) that identify our faith<\/span>.\u00a0 I have always thought we would regret the day we began dropping our denominational names as well as when we began remodeling our sanctuaries into performance halls.\u00a0 I doubt that the average church visitor these days has any idea what kind of church he is in.\u00a0 What is a \u201cWorship Center\u201d or a \u201cFamily Life Center\u201d or a \u201cGathering\u201d?\u00a0 Is there any difference in their services due to what they believe?\u00a0 Does the preaching reflect any doctrinal distinctions among them?<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t it most likely, that in almost any kind of \u201cChristian\u201d church, a visitor would find a thirty minute emotional concert, followed by a felt-needs message that could come from almost any motivational speaker?\u00a0 After years of visiting visitors that come to our church, this has been the most common testimony of what they have seen in churches they have attended.\u00a0 The invitation plea (if indeed one is given at all) probably has little to do with what the church actually believes.\u00a0 A lost person wouldn\u2019t know the difference between a cult and a true gospel church.\u00a0 All truly helpful signs have been covered or removed.<\/p>\n

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We do not retain people in our churches with our faith.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Not only do we hide our faith from visitors coming in the doors, we also camouflage our faith from our own members so they won\u2019t get bored and leave.<\/p>\n

<\/b>1) <\/b><\/b>We continue to motivate people with things other than faith<\/span>.\u00a0 It has been said many times, you win them to<\/span> what you win them with<\/span>.\u00a0 Even when we have offered them the bait, we still find it hard to make the switch.\u00a0 If they were really converted, would they leave if we dropped the carnal motivations and went back to relying solely on the faith for motivation?\u00a0 Was divine regeneration not enough to also sanctify?\u00a0 Will the Word and Spirit not be enough to draw the new born child of God to further growth?\u00a0 Evidently we don\u2019t think so!\u00a0 Whole industries have been built on using everything except the faith to retain new converts.\u00a0 Dick Keyes, in a book called Chameleon Christianity<\/i>, said, \u201cWhat works in marketing may actually destroy the church and turn it into a lifestyle enclave.\u201d4<\/sup> How true that has been in our churches.\u00a0 The lifestyle enclave of the average youth department is proof enough!<\/p>\n

<\/b>2) <\/b><\/b>We continue to reward people for activity rather than faith<\/span>.\u00a0 We develop a Sesame Street mentality from childhood.\u00a0 \u201cEntertain me and I\u2019ll learn.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cReward me and I\u2019ll do the work.\u201d\u00a0 In 1985, Neil Postman wrote, Amusing Ourselves to Death<\/i> in which he coined the phrase \u201cSesame Street\u201d generation as applied to education.\u00a0 \u201cIf we are to blame Sesame Street for anything,\u201d he writes, \u201cit is for the pretense that it is an ally of the classroom.\u201d5<\/sup> Fun ceased to be a by-product and became an end in itself and this has affected nearly every aspect of our growing years.\u00a0 The corollary is, of course, \u201cTake away the fun and I\u2019m out of here.\u201d\u00a0 In our lifetime, this wave of \u201cEntertain me and I\u2019ll learn\u201d has rolled through the church from the nursery to the Junior Church to the Awana circle to the youth department to the church auditorium.\u00a0 Does anyone find the exercise of his own faith to be fun?\u00a0 Would church attenders remain if we took away the secular motivations next week?<\/p>\n

<\/b>3) <\/b><\/b>We continue to seek growth in numbers rather than in faith<\/span>.\u00a0 The major standard of church growth continues to be the size of the audience.\u00a0 Again, my own memory goes back to my na\u00efve teenage years when our large church had wild-West shootouts in the parking lot, famous athletes giving sports demonstrations on the platform, and Santa Clauses handing out candy on the buses.\u00a0 Have we grown out of such an entertainment mode?\u00a0 Just click on the website of any mega church and watch the videos.\u00a0 Or watch the so-called Christian concerts held around the country by various Christian \u201cartists\u201d\u00a0 and you will see the same pragmatic mentality.\u00a0 Can a mega church stop this and still maintain its numeric stature?\u00a0 Would we even have a mega church movement at all if all we had to offer was the gospel?\u00a0 If most of the people would actually leave when these things ceased in our churches, how do we know if faith is real or contrived?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And So . . . .<\/h3>\n

We might ask ourselves, what is required of the average church member (or attender) in order to remain in his\/her church?\u00a0 I would venture to say almost nothing!\u00a0 It would take the most egregious sin for anyone to be removed from a church today.\u00a0 Rather, the tables have been so completely turned about that today the average attender requires certain things of the church which it had better offer or they will remove themselves from the church!\u00a0 We have so motivated people with worldly things that faith alone has little or nothing to do with why they attend a church or why they remain in a church.<\/p>\n

Methodologies that motivate are not bad in themselves.\u00a0 But they become harmful when they replace the motivation that can only come from the Word of God and the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 Christianity is a conviction of our own sinfulness and a reception of the righteousness of Christ.\u00a0 If those things were allowed to happen in a human heart, no other motivation would be needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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