the purpose driven music paradigm - Escape Babylon's Demons

CHAPTER 1
Definition and characteristics of the true church of God
The book of Jude contains an exhortation for the church to earnestly contend for the
faith which was once delivered to the saints. In order to successfully contend or
struggle to defend and preserve the true biblical faith against the assault of Satan
through the Purpose Driven Music Paradigm, it’s essential that the true
characteristics of this faith be defined from it’s authoritative base, the 66 books of
the Old and New Testaments. That is the intended purpose of the first three chapters
of this book.
The book of Jude tells us that the faith was “once for all” delivered unto the saints. In
other words, like the true character of God, the true christian faith remains the same
throughout history. In light of the unchanging character of the Lord and the christian
faith, Jude warns the church that impious men lacking a deep reverential awe of God
have secretly crept into the church and perverted the gospel by misrepresenting the
true character of the Lord. These false teachers have fallen away and rejected the
true grace of God which teaches us “that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we
should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that
blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus
Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify
unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” (Titus 2:12-14) In place of
this true gospel of grace, sensually oriented, greedy false teachers are marketing a
perverted gospel appealing to the natural desires of human nature. Their gospel of
lasciviousness is a soft, luxurious, loose gospel characterized by Satanic selfishness,
pride and self-indulgence as opposed to Christ-like selflessness, humility and selfdenial.
These false prophets ignore promises of joy amidst the distress, persecution
and tribulation promised in Matthew 7:13-14 to those who follow Jesus’ narrow
course of life. Instead they deceitfully promise joy amidst a wonderful, purpose-filled
“American Dream” life to potential converts.
Jesus is recorded in Luke 18:8 as saying concerning the mindset of the world he will
return to at his second coming, “when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on
the earth?“ As we get nearer to the return of Jesus Christ, his church is increasingly
moving away from the “once for all” simple biblical faith towards a gospel of
lasciviousness which appeals to the natural desires of human nature. As we begin
the 21 st century, a postmodern hybrid faith is emerging which integrates the secular
arts and sciences with messages on biblical topics serving the 5 purposes of purpose
driven ministry. In this hybrid faith, secular tools are being increasingly used to help