Originally published in "The Lord's Coming Herald & Wesleyan Bible Prophecy Advocate," Spring Edition 2003
Goals Of The Reformation
The long-term goal of the twentieth-first
century Wesleyan Bible Prophecy reformation movement is simply to carry forward
the vision and passion of God revealed in the coming and mission of Jesus
Christ. By that we mean total world redemption in this present age through the
power of the cross--nothing more or less than a world redeemed by grace both
full and free.
Our motto is what it used to be in the old-line Wesleyan
Holiness movement: "full salvation free for all." The sole purpose of
this paper, and our ministry is to promote scriptural holiness through
ideological reform.
The short-term goal of the reformation is to expose
antinomianism. What is desperately needed now is a "reborn" Wesleyan Holiness
movement completely free from the miscuing influence of dispensational
premillennialism--the hyper-Calvinist theory Daniel Steele once called "a
substitute for holiness, or antinomianism revived."
How can these goals be accomplished?
We believe in can be done in the following four ways:
1. Through RECOGNITION of the heretical nature
of dispensational teachings—breaking it all down and walking folks through the
hoops of understanding the exegetical and theological fallacies of Darbyism.
2. Through courageous public REPUDIATION of the
system of popular dispensational falsehoods.
3. Through REPENTANCE of our past ignorant
involvement in this cult of false doctrine. Repentance is always God's way of
dealing with men's past wrongs (Acts 17:30), and prepares them to start over in
true freedom.
4. Through RESOLVE to embrace and promote, in
the church and in our own personal lives, sound Christian doctrine and
experience.
We are abut revival, renewal, reform. Please join us in
working with the Lord to make such happen!
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