The falsely converted walk in a much deeper darkness because they have been duped into thinking it is light! Have you ever tried to have a Biblical conversation with someone who is clearly sitting under deception? How deep that darkness is! Because the sad reality is that today's apostate church is just as zealously misguided as the Pharisees of old.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. - Matthew 28: 19-20 (NKJV)
This of course is the Great Commission, given to the church by Christ Himself. The apostate church has no problem going into the four corners of the world to make that one convert. They have no problem in discipling the people they convert to their way of thinking. They have no problem holding grand baptism ceremonies; even baptizing those far too young to understand what they are doing. The reason why these things are not compromised is that they are shared points of agreement with Warren theology and the purpose driven, seeker friendly church. Where Jesus commanded this to grow the body of Christ, the purpose driven church implements it to build the individual church. Those trained on the purpose driven church model are trained differently than the Bible however. In the Bible it is God that provides the increase and He is responsible for the growth of the church:
All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord's Supper), and to prayer. A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord's Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity-- all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved. - Acts 2: 42-47 (NLT)
Who added to the fellowship each day? Was it the CEO pastor? Was it the board of no accountability? No - it was God. Seeker friendly theology however says that the pastor must be the CEO, cast a vision and is directly responsible for the growth of the church - all of which are dangerous heresies. When you become a CEO, you stop shepherding. If you want a vision - read your bible. As for growth, the pastor is responsible for the vertical growth of his sheep, not the horizontal growth of his building. In the parable of the talents, those that were given more first had to prove they could handle what little had been given to them.
The more dangerous part of apostate seeker friendly churches is the destruction of sound doctrine. They have no problem with the first portions of the Great Commission but when it comes to teaching them all that Jesus had commanded the concern for the horizontal growth of the congregation outweighs the vertical growth of the individual. Let us never lose sight of what the Gospel is:
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures - 1Corinthians 15: 1-4 (NKJV)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. - Romans 1: 16 (NKJV)
