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smoke screen. It is a straw man. I doubt that Rick Warrenknows anyone who actually fits that definition. How wouldhe know whom other people are trying to please? Can he seethe motives of men’s hearts?Biblical fundamentalism does not “keep rules” in order toplease people; it keeps the precepts of the Bible in order toplease God and to help people be prepared to meet God.How strict are we supposed to be in keeping God’s Word?Consider Christ’s Great Commission:“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them inthe name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the HolyGhost: TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALLTHINGS WHATSOEVER I HAVE COMMANDEDYOU: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end ofthe world. Amen” (Mat. 28:19-20).The church’s job is to teach each disciple to observe ALLthings that Christ has commanded. That is a far-reachingcommand. It involves training the saints not only to know butalso to obey everything that Christ has left us in the NewTestament faith.Consider Paul’s final instruction to the elders at Ephesus:“For I have not shunned to declare unto you ALL thecounsel of God” (Acts 17:27).Paul left us the example of declaring all of the counsel ofGod. He didn’t focus merely on three, four, or five“fundamentals.”THIS IS THE TRUE AND ORIGINAL “PURPOSEDRIVEN” CHURCH. Its purpose is to glorify Jesus Christby teaching and obeying all things whatsoever He hascommanded us in the New Testament Scriptures.40
Biblical fundamentalism does try to keep the right rules inthe right way, because it seeks to honor Jesus Christ byexalting the Bible as the sole authority for faith and practiceand keeping it as strictly as Jesus Christ and the apostlestaught we should keep it.Biblical fundamentalism does not exalt man-made rules; itseeks, rather, to be faithful to the principles and details ofGod’s Word. When the Bible says, “Love not the world,neither the things that are in the world” and “be notconformed to this world,” the biblical fundamentalist takesthis seriously and seeks to follow the Spirit’s leading inapplying this great truth to every area of his life, includingthe clothes that he wears and the music he listens to. Whenthe Bible says it is a shame for a man to wear long hair andthe woman’s long hair is her glory, the biblicalfundamentalist doesn’t make excuses for it, he simply tries toobey it. When the Bible says God forbids a woman to teachor usurp authority over a man, the biblical fundamentalistdoesn’t try to find a way to ignore it.Saddleback Church calls this “legalism,” but it is no suchthing and one day Rick Warren will give a solemn accountfor the way he has perverted and redefined terms and set upstraw men to poison people’s minds toward those who areguilty of nothing more than loving God’s Word.What kind of “legalism” is it for a blood-washed, savedby-gracesaint to aim to preach all of the truths of God’sWord and to be faithful to God’s Word in all matters? Thoughwe are saved by grace without works, we are saved untogood works (Eph. 2:8-10). If that is legalism, Paul was agreat legalist, for he testified, “For I have not shunned todeclare unto you all the counsel of God” (Acts 20:27). By mycount, there are 88 specific duties that Christians are41
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