Biblical Separation Defended - Far Eastern Bible College

Lord’s condemnation of the unbelievers of His day—for the Phariseeswere guilty synonymously of both hypocrisy and unbelief.A final item to be noted with regard to Dr. Ferm’s thrust concerningemphasis is that the real issue at the heart of the matter is not “What didthe Lord spend the most time on?” as Dr. Ferm centers the issue on. Thequestion is did the Lord and the New Testament condemn the sin ofunbelief in those who call themselves Christ’s prophets, and do Christand the New Testament actually charge Christians to beware of falseprophets, to put heretics out of the Church, and to save the little lambsfrom the fangs of unbelieving teachers? If the Lord and the NewTestament did so, and they did (Matt. 7:15; Titus 3:10; John 21:15; Acts20:26-31; Rom. 16:17; 2 Cor. 6:14-7:1; 2 John 10,11; Jude 3,4; etc.),then the liberal heretics must be condemned and warned against as oftenas necessary in addition to the proclaiming of the Gospel and otherteachings of the Bible.If a tribal pastor’s congregation in Africa is in danger of reverting tocannibalism, the question is not, “How much time did the Lordspecifically devote in His preaching to warning of the evils ofcannibalism?” but “Is cannibalism condemned in the New Testamenteither by direct precept or by clear inference?” If the answer to the latterquestion is affirmative, which it obviously is the preacher may preach onthe topic as much as is necessary. The Holy Spirit who condemned thatsin in the Scriptures will lead the preacher in his words if the preacherbut yields himself, and no man dare rise and ask, “How much time didJesus spend on this specific topic?” for anything and everything that iscondemned as sin in the Bible, is condemned as such by the Holy Spirit,and the Lord Jesus being of the same Godhead as the Holy Spirit alsodoes agree with the condemnation.Thus it is seen that whatever sin the Bible condemns, in this caseunbelief in the clergy, Christ and the Spirit also condemn whether or notthe Lord specifically stressed it in His contemporary circumstances.However, let no one say that the Lord who said, “Beware of falseprophets” (Matt. 7:15), would be pleased to see an argument based uponHis ministry used to rebuke those Christians who cry, “Beware of falseprophets!”70