This is a true contemporary story of how the Bible can be twisted by man to comply with his own sinful agenda. Repeated down through the ages, outliers of good Biblical Christian theology can and have reinterpreted Scripture to support destructive human behavior. Examples include the Crusades, slavery, and a host of other atrocities, all in the name of God and the heretical application of His Word. Like Wack-A-Mole, as Christians reject past abuse of our doctrine, there surface new sub-groups of marginalized “Christians” whose views are abhorrent, inflammatory, and destructive to a Biblical Christian worldview. One example calls themselves the New Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement or New IFB.
Continue forward, through the tape – As humans, we see our lives in a linear timeline, from birth to death, then resurrection for eternity. God, I believe, sees us very differently. He sees our whole life spread out before Him. He sees perfectly both the good and the bad. As Scripture says, we are in a race, as a runner, trying to do His will. From our perspective, there is a beginning and an end and each of us is somewhere on that line of life. Every day we can choose to move toward God or to move away from Him and toward mankind. Standing still is really not an option. As the world becomes more difficult, actively direct your path toward God and how He would have you respond. Stay on that narrow path (Mat. 7:13-14) until you have reached the end, confident in receiving the prize of eternal life (1 Cor. 9:24-27).