10/03/23 DON'T BE CONFUSED BY THE CONFUSERS

10/03/23 DON'T BE CONFUSED BY THE CONFUSERS

Occasionally I watch or read something said by J. MacArthur, J. White, R.C. Sproul, J. Piper, Arthur Pink, W. Grudem, N. Geisler, and a slew of other popular Reformed and Calvinistic teachers. Listening to them explain Wesleyan doctrine is like watching Liberal media explain the Southern Border situation. They ain't got nary a clue.

Some of the things they say are so wrong, so confused, so misleading that I actually question their honesty, since they are too intelligent to be that much in error. I have heard some of them not only say things that are inaccurate concerning Wesleyan doctrines, I have also heard them on other occasions espouse those same Biblical truths, then contradict themselves by saying that the Bible does not mean what it actually says. Sometimes it seems like something is wrong with them.

For instance, I often hear people attack the Biblical doctrine of Perfect Love, by saying that those who believe in being made perfect (as Jesus said), actually believe that we are made Absolutely Perfect in every way, and they falsely accuse us of saying we can never sin again or we will never sin again. I have heard them say we excuse sin by calling sin, "mistakes." I have had some tell me personally that Jesus does not save us from our sins in this life, but only saves us from the penalty of sin.

I have heard and read people who actually admit that Jesus calls us to a Perfection and then they say that it is not possible to experience the Perfection offered and required by God.

They build a straw man, and call him "Wesleyan," then attack the false accusations they have ascribed to their make-believe "Wesleyan," and then as they attack the false narrative they invented, they mockingly rejoice in supposedly exposing and debunking Wesleyan heresies. Then the followers of the false teachers go out and falsely rail against Wesleyans.

If you are going to disbelieve a doctrine, it is a good idea to understand the doctrine.

Having heard them misinterpret so many Wesleyan doctrines explains to me how they also misunderstand and misrepresent other basic Biblical doctrines.