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When You're So “Biblical” that You're Un-Christian

What do I mean by this?

I mean that if the whole point of the Bible is the person and work of Jesus and you fail to make this your whole point in your life, preaching, writing, conferences, etc…then you have missed the point!

And in this case, your blind spot is glaring. You are undermining yourself!! These folks are so ‘biblical’ that they are unChristian!

I am not talking about semantics here. This is far bigger than this.

Remember, it was the hard-core Biblicists that had a jacked up Christology and ended up killing Jesus. If you are reading the Old Testament like a 1st century Jew, then you have a veil upon your eyes (2 Cor. 3). And if you are using Jesus to be your vehicle towards morality, then you are just like the Galatians.

Our whole lives are to be calibrated by and anchored in the gospel. It is this that is of first importance (1 Cor. 15:1-3). To assume it, marginalize it, eclipse it, or ignore it IS just as bad as editing it.

How much do you emphasize the person and work of Christ? If you are a pastor, could your sermons be preached by a Muslim? A Roman Catholic? A Jew? Or any other ‘moral’ monotheist? Or worse, could a Mormon preach your sermons?

If we are preaching the doing and dying of Jesus and not just a bunch of principles anchored in a moral code, then we would offend them. But if we are not, then be sure, we are offending God.