the purpose driven music paradigm - Escape Babylon's Demons

causing disunity. Was Jesus Christ being divisive and sinning when he angrily
knocked the tables and benches of the irreligious, greedy bankers over in his house
of prayer? Was his emphatic display of anger unloving and unkind? Was he
imbalanced? If we remove his attitude and actions from the context surrounding
them, we could say that Jesus was sinning because his attitude wasn’t in accordance
with Colossians 3:12-15. We could ignore the context of his anger and scriptures like
Ephesians 5:26; Mark 3:1-5; Acts 5:1-11, Acts 8:9-25; Acts 13:6-13; Acts 17: 16-
18; 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 which justify anger in the correct ministry context. No, Jesus
wasn’t imbalanced or sinning and causing disunity in the house of God even though
he was a minority angrily attacking a lucrative religious paradigm. In reality, Jesus
was emphatically protecting the moral purity of his house in love.
You say, but he was Jesus and we are merely men. True, however, anger can be
godly. It isn’t a forbidden emotion. God’s word commands us to follow Christ and be
ye angry and sin not. (Ephesians 4:26) If today’s pastor’s are truly going to love the
body of Christ, they need to remember that the word of God, not their philosophy of
ministry paradigm, is the standard of truth for the church. Biblical love protects the
moral purity and holiness of the house of God.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come
in my name, saying (teaching, affirming, maintaining), I am Christ (the present fact that Jesus is the
anointed Messiah, the Son of God); and shall deceive many. (Matthew 24:4 -5)
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions (disunion, dissension) and offences
(a trap, snare any impediment placed in the way and causing one to stumble or fall, a stumbling
block, occasion of stumbling) contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For
they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly (figuratively their own hearts
which are lusting after earthly things rather than heavenly things); and by good words (smooth and
plausible address which simulates goodness) and fair speeches (polished language artfully crafted
to captivate the hearer) deceive (seduce wholly) the hearts of the simple (innocent). For your
obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you
wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. (Romans 16:17 -19)
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the
enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory
is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we
look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned
like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things
unto himself. Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast
in the Lord, my dearly beloved. I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same
mind in the Lord. (Philippians 3:17-4:2)
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers
(propagator of erroneous Christian doctrine) among you, who privily (bring in secretly or craftily) shall
bring in damnable heresies (a body of men following their own tenets and the accompanying
dissensions arising from a diversity of opinions and aims), even denying (disregarding the true
character of the Lord Jesus Christ in their teachings and actions) the Lord that bought them, and
bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of