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“Just as the Apostle Paul at Antioch ‘opposed him [Peter] to his face because he stood condemned’ (Gal. 2:11, CSB) for compromising the gospel of Jesus Christ by subjecting it to racial barriers, so this brief statement opposes the ideas of some contemporary leaders and influencers seeking to introduce anti-gospel racial categories into the church. This Antioch Declaration was not conceived or developed in haste but after much prayer, thought, counsel, and soul-searching. Our task is an unpleasant one, but like the Apostle Paul’s, it is necessary, even when other Christians are involved. When the gospel once for all delivered to the saints is itself at stake, we dare not remain silent.
Thus, as confessional Reformed believers from a broad range of churches, we have come together to identify and resist a rising tide of reactionary thinking emerging on the fringes of our own circles. Those especially at risk of being led astray by wolves clothed as shepherds are among the younger generations of Christian men whom we love and care about deeply. As believers, we must always build and act upon the foundation of Scripture. This must include all our engagement in socio-cultural and political life. To react to cultural developments in a manner that denies the functional and final authority of the Word of God over us is to move against the rule of Christ and His Kingdom. Since God does not show favoritism (Rom. 2:11), the Word of God must be faithfully applied everywhere and to all.
This clearly implies that while we must never criticize the political right simply because the progressive left demand it, to declare that we will never have ‘enemies on the right,’ simply indicates to Satan and his hordes what form his next attack on the people of God should take, and from which it should come.”
(To be continued.)
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“Just as the Apostle Paul at Antioch ‘opposed him [Peter] to his face because he stood condemned’ (Gal. 2:11, CSB) for compromising the gospel of Jesus Christ by subjecting it to racial barriers, so this brief statement opposes the ideas of some contemporary leaders and influencers seeking to introduce anti-gospel racial categories into the church. This Antioch Declaration was not conceived or developed in haste but after much prayer, thought, counsel, and soul-searching. Our task is an unpleasant one, but like the Apostle Paul’s, it is necessary, even when other Christians are involved. When the gospel once for all delivered to the saints is itself at stake, we dare not remain silent.
Thus, as confessional Reformed believers from a broad range of churches, we have come together to identify and resist a rising tide of reactionary thinking emerging on the fringes of our own circles. Those especially at risk of being led astray by wolves clothed as shepherds are among the younger generations of Christian men whom we love and care about deeply. As believers, we must always build and act upon the foundation of Scripture. This must include all our engagement in socio-cultural and political life. To react to cultural developments in a manner that denies the functional and final authority of the Word of God over us is to move against the rule of Christ and His Kingdom. Since God does not show favoritism (Rom. 2:11), the Word of God must be faithfully applied everywhere and to all.
This clearly implies that while we must never criticize the political right simply because the progressive left demand it, to declare that we will never have ‘enemies on the right,’ simply indicates to Satan and his hordes what form his next attack on the people of God should take, and from which it should come.”
(To be continued.)
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