Reading the commentary on the Elephant Room 2
events, and in particular, the alleged rehabilitation (repentance?) of
TD Jakes has truly been brought me sadness. Sure, I know that very few
Evangelicals, even scholars, have much experience with modalists and
Oneness advocates, but still, the general ease with which many have been
taken in by such a shallow and brief discussion does not speak well of
the depth of understanding of many today. It also speaks loudly to the
fact that many in Evangelicalism disconnect the honor and glory of God
from the truth He has revealed about Himself. That is, they do not see
that to worship and honor God demands from us our utmost effort to
accurately hear and to follow what He has revealed about Himself,
primarily in Jesus Christ, and the holy Scriptures. To take lightly
God's self-revelation is an affront to the divine majesty, and would not
be the action of a heart that is consumed with passion for its Lord.
The true source of a passion for sound doctrine comes first and foremost
from a heart that has singular attention to the glory and honor of the
object of its passion. Those who "argue doctrine" simply for the sake
of ego or self-gratification do so to their own destruction. Sound
doctrine isn't about personalities or men, it is about truth that
transcends our brief time on earth.
Let's remember some of Jakes' words from ER2. Keeping in mind his statement of faith, which continues to use the modalistic language of "manifestations," and keeping in mind that Jakes does not baptize in the Trinitarian formula (he baptizes in Jesus name only---something oddly ignored by the tribunal who seemed to grant to themselves the ability to proclaim Trinitarian orthodoxy at ER2), let's consider his words. When asked if God manifests Himself in three ways, or exists in three divine Persons, he said that "neither one of them totally get it for me." Now there is a ringing profession of Trinitarianism if I ever heard it. Please, why are so many quick to pass over this direct statement that the historic profession of faith just doesn't quite "totally get it" for Bishop Jakes? Does that really sound like someone who has seen the error of their ways and is ready to abjure error for a sound profession of faith in the truth? Or does it sound like someone who really thinks he is in a position to pick and choose what is comfortable for him given his goals and aims? Continue at James White
Let's remember some of Jakes' words from ER2. Keeping in mind his statement of faith, which continues to use the modalistic language of "manifestations," and keeping in mind that Jakes does not baptize in the Trinitarian formula (he baptizes in Jesus name only---something oddly ignored by the tribunal who seemed to grant to themselves the ability to proclaim Trinitarian orthodoxy at ER2), let's consider his words. When asked if God manifests Himself in three ways, or exists in three divine Persons, he said that "neither one of them totally get it for me." Now there is a ringing profession of Trinitarianism if I ever heard it. Please, why are so many quick to pass over this direct statement that the historic profession of faith just doesn't quite "totally get it" for Bishop Jakes? Does that really sound like someone who has seen the error of their ways and is ready to abjure error for a sound profession of faith in the truth? Or does it sound like someone who really thinks he is in a position to pick and choose what is comfortable for him given his goals and aims? Continue at James White
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