{"id":10434,"date":"2020-12-09T20:58:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T20:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=10434"},"modified":"2022-01-12T15:28:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:28:37","slug":"reject-but-dont-deny-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=10434","title":{"rendered":"Reject, But Don\u2019t Deny #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 1<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">[<strong>Note: \u00a0<\/strong>This MS is available in<strong> \u00a0<\/strong>larger font on our <strong>Brief Articles 2<\/strong>\u00a0 page.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">It is a sad fact that the majority of humankind in every generation rejects God by rejecting His Word. Such was all but universal in the wicked age of Noah; all but eight persons of the ante-diluvian populace rejected God. Only two of those Hebrews who crossed the Red Sea later crossed Jordan into Canaan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Jesus\u2019 words apply to every generation: \u201cMany\u201d travel the \u201cbroad way\u201d that ends in destruction, while only a \u201cfew\u201d obey serve God and walk the \u201cstrait\u201d road to life eternal (Mat. 7:13\u201314).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">It is bad enough to reject some doctrine of God\u2019s Word. It is worse to reject it and then seek to contort the Bible to justify what one has rejected. Peter described those who would dishonestly \u201cwrest\u201d the Scriptures \u201cto their own destruction\u201d (2 Pet. 3:15\u201316). Such \u201creceived not the love of the truth\u201d and \u201cbelieved not the truth\u201d (2 The. 2:10\u201312). What are some Bible doctrines that men reject, but which they cannot honestly deny the Bible teaches?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Since the passing of \u201cno-fault\u201d divorce laws a few decades ago, the divorce rate has greatly (and predictably) accelerated. However, Jesus still teaches that one may divorce one\u2019s spouse and marry another only if one\u2019s spouse is guilty of fornication (e.g., sexual infidelity) (Mat. 5:31\u201332; 19:3\u20139). Millions want to \u201chave it both ways,\u201d professing respect for Divine law while living in marital adultery. Efforts to justify the rejection of Jesus\u2019 mandate always end in twisting His words to create a \u201cloophole.\u201d Men may reject His words, but they cannot remain honest and deny the force of them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">A large percentage of the world\u2019s population is pagan and does not accept Jesus Christ as the only Savior of men. He is only one of several \u201cprophets\u201d of God to Muslims and Bahais. Atheists\/Humanists laugh at the concept of \u201csalvation,\u201d let alone the \u201cSaviorhood\u201d of Jesus (if such a person ever lived!). A growing number of professed \u201cChristians\u201d (including religious leaders) are so tainted by pluralism, political correctness, and postmodernism that they now allow for other \u201cSaviors.\u201d The Bible teaches plainly and repeatedly, however, that Jesus of Nazareth is God\u2019s only begotten Son and that He is the only Savior (John 8:24; 14:6; 20:30\u201331; Acts 4:12; 1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 2:3; 1 John 5:11\u201312; et al.). Pseudo disciples may reject what the Bible teaches about Jesus as the only Savior just as the most ardent Hindu does, but let them be honest enough not to deny that the Bible so teaches. Rejection of Jesus\u2019 Word equals rejection of Him\u2014and final rejection by Him (John 12:48).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt;\">[<strong>Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it appeared in the <em>Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, July 31, 2015].<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Attribution:<\/strong> From <em>thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 1[Note: \u00a0This MS is available in \u00a0larger font on our Brief Articles 2\u00a0 page.] It is a sad fact that the majority of humankind in every generation rejects God by rejecting His Word. Such was all but universal in the wicked age of Noah;&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"easywp-readmore\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=10434\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span class=\"easywp-sr-only\">  Reject, But Don\u2019t Deny #2<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,193,706,29,355,72,311],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-false-teachersdoctrine","category-god-2","category-gods-authority","category-mdr","category-political-correctness","category-salvation","category-word-of-god","wpcat-18-id","wpcat-193-id","wpcat-706-id","wpcat-29-id","wpcat-355-id","wpcat-72-id","wpcat-311-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10434"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17379,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10434\/revisions\/17379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}