The Word
of God or…
Yesterday was a most enjoyable
and beneficial day spent at the Scottish Reformed Conference. We were blessed
with solid expositions of the Word of God from Steven Curry and Kevin DeYoung.
They gave fairly broad brush
expositions of Matthew 5, 6 and 7.
Steven spoke on the dangers of hypocrisy from Matthew 6, challenging the
congregation with their heart attitude in regard to giving, praying and fasting. Kevin dealt with the commitment of Christ to
Scripture and his authority in teaching.
The primacy, authority and clarity of Scripture were underlined and
emphasised.
This is what the church in Scotland
needs: solid, spiritual exposition of the Word of God.
Meanwhile, in St George’s Tron
Church of Scotland an alternative was on offer.
This is the building where Eric Alexander and Sinclair Ferguson
ministered. When the congregation left
over the Church of Scotland’s abandonment of Scripture and embracing of active
homosexual conduct the denomination seized the property and refused to
negotiate its sale to the congregation. Instead, the Kirk established a new
congregation and moved in a new minister heavily subsidized by the denomination.
So what is the pattern of
ministry in this new congregation? The
banner outside the building says it all:
So there you are. No mention of Scripture but instead a
mishmash of new age charismatic heresy.
Meanwhile the true Tron church
continues to minister the Word of God at their new location, probably the
largest evangelical congregation in Glasgow.
When you reject the authority,
clarity and sufficiency of Scripture it is but an easy road to charismatic
confusion. Liberalism and charismatic new revelation can co-exist in an
apostate denomination; what they share is a rejection of the finality and sufficiency of
Scripture.
Our hope is that the few truly
Reformed men in the national denomination will realise that their true
fellowship is not with those who supplant or supplement Scripture, but with
those who uphold the primacy and sufficiency of Scripture. Our prayers are with them as they face a
forthcoming GA where the rejection of Scripture will be formalised and
finalised. They will try to resist these
moves, and for this we commend them. But
what will they do if the national church ignores their appeals and continues on
the road of the rejection of Scripture.
I noted with interest that Kevin DeYoung made clear his own congregation’s
course of action in a similar situation – they are leaving in order to maintain
a truly biblical testimony.
Audio of the SRC addresses will
soon be available at:
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