Who is the King of Glory?!
“Certainly God in His sovereignty utilized Martin Luther King as a catalyst that brought about social change. That , however, does not make MLK any more a man of God than it does Hitler. I know that statement just fell on some of you like a ton of bricks so let me explain. The social gospel taught by MLK is one centered around liberation theology.This ideology renders MLKs Christianity as nothing more than a tool in his belt, much similar to the fellow in Norway who went on a shooting spree last year. He utilized ministry as a method to incite social protest and civil disobedience. In many of MLKs own writings he self refutes his claim to biblical Christianity. He denies the fall of man, the historical accuracy of the biblical record, hell, the trinity, the virgin birth, deity, and bodily resurrection of Christ. He, like many atheists, attributes many Christian doctrines with borrowing from Mithraism and other pagan mythologies and mystery religions. He believes that scriptural literalism is not a necessity for Christian thought, and that the fundamental doctrines maintain philosophical profundity even without literally believing in the accounts themselves. This my friends is not Christian thinking. Now I want to go on record as saying that I surely enjoy the social liberties we have in this country, but I also want to shoot down the idea of MLK as a Messianic character. I also want to obliterate the thinking that his ideology and methodology is grounded in the gospel. It is ultimately another gospel. What does the scriptures say about those who come preaching another gospel?” -Jose Garcia
Jesus’ resurrection is the key to the Christian faith. Why? Just as Jesus said, he rose from the dead. We can be confident that he will accomplish all that he has promised. Jesus’ bodily resurrection shows that Christ is the ruler of God’s Kingdom, & we can be certain of our own resurrection. The Divine power that raised Jesus from the dead is more than able to bring our dead spirits back to life.
The Bible says, “..whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.” 1 John 3:20
Many believers are afraid they don’t love other’s as they should. They feel guilty because they think they are not doing enough to show proper love to Christ therefore, their conscience bother’s them. How do we escape the gnawing accusations of our conscience? Not by ignoring or rationalizing our behavior, but by setting out hearts to rest in Christ’s love. Furthermore, if we feel guilty we should remind ourselves that God knows our hearts as well as our actions. His voice of assurance is most definitely much stronger than our conscience. If we are in Christ he will not condemn us (Romans 8:1, Hebrews 9:14,15) So if you are living for the Lord but you feel you are not good enough,” remind yourself that God is infinitely greater than your conscience.
