We thank God for his hand upon this work. This is the IB bigness that Spencer learned well at Crown College. 3. Rice compromised A LOT of doctrine and he openly fellowshipped (and encouraged the same for others) with blatant heretics such as Charismatics, Pentecostals, the heretical Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), etc. 4:17) or the apostles (Mk. having his children). what was bolivar's ultimate goal? He gives examples after examples of people that suffered horrible things and deaths because of allegedly questioning the man of God. In one example he says 19 out of 21 men died in one year, who were part of the Sunday school class where the teacher critiqued the pastors sermons. One of the worse things about this sermon is the ongoing examples he gives and rebuke to those not giving unquestioning loyalty to the pastor, never to speak against him, never to critique him, and not even listen to critique of him! Spencer and his wife graduated from Sextons Crown College and were members of Temple Baptist Church for 5 yrs (which is pastored by Sexton). 1 58 dom to express your beliefs to another willing listener, such as in missionary work; and freedoms related to the internal affairs of churches, including the establish-ment of Church doctrine, the selection and regulation of priesthood leadership, and the determination of membership criteria. 3:5-9). Without it, he cant go to Kenya. 3:15-16; Mk. (book recommended in his amazon store account). Hutson denied that repentance means to turn from sin (p. 4), rejected that it is sorrow for sin (p. 8), and denied that it means a change of mind that leads to a change of action (p. 16), so he concluded that repentance is merely to change ones mind. That is a perverted gospel (Gal 1:6-7) which means he was accursed (Gal 1:8-9). and another one in their June 2020 prayer letter) who embraced a perverted and false gospel (Gal 1:6-9) and was a very close friend of the wolf in sheeps clothing Jack Hyles. He is only doing damage to cause of Christ. 11:28-32). His go-to sermon is excessively heretical, Blowing the Whistle on Wolves which ironically contains exaltation of wolves such as Curtis Hutson and Clarence Sexton, etc, and lots and lots about the bigness of big churches and big men, including himself (even though he is a little man in stature), how many hundreds were saved here and there and how he was running thousands in his church and so was so and so, etc. If there is any doubt as to Spencers continuing support of Sexton and Crown College, he has a video on Evangelist Scott Pauley who hails out of there and a member of the college faculty for many years. 1:1-4; Lk. And Jesus made it difficult for the rich young ruler to be saved (Mk. 5:17; 6:1-2. These are all markers of second blessing and Keswick/ revivalism/ higher life/ victorious life, etc, theology used to describe people that are allegedly saved but indistinguishable from the world. I still think its a good Bible in spite of all that. 45. According to 2 Tim. Roberts plainly stated that he had endured demon possession, and claimed that being possessed was key to the content of his writings on demonology. (Wilfred C. Smith) 200540-41 22:14; 1 Cor. It was the foundation of salvation preaching. Is God helping us so we can have what we want or are we servants of Him? But one can be saved without repentance. This is all heresy and all a repentance issue (worth noting: this false sanctification and salvation is found everywhere in churches today, thanks in part to this reference Bible). 5:11; Ti. She is a dangerous author and false teacher, and no one that understands and loves Gods Word should give her any attention. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. All new items; Books; Journal articles; Manuscripts; Topics. They are false professions but he doesnt seem to have enough discernment to know the difference. In the video The Falling Away - Missionary Spencer Smith (https://youtu.be/tYct1MwQL84) he is embracing fundamentalism which is an error filed movement, and then there are his categories and lines, that arent really that clear cut in reality. Spencer says, the reason why the fundamentalist wont use Casting Crowns is because Casting Crowns is holding hands with Hillsong and Elevation worship and they are modernists, so we wont even touch you. That is certainly not a scriptural reason why not to use Casting Crown. (g) Rice pretended to be a Biblical separatist but it was all sinful pretence. That she would learn from these people speaks to her true spiritual nature (1 Cor 2:14-16). Hutson is a false teacher along the same lines as Hyles (Am. Its very concerning, because to get this wrong is to possibly have a wrong view of salvation and what salvation does and who the Bible describes as lost. I would venture to say that the vast majority of those thousands saved are actually not saved at all. Roberts was a very influential false teacher and exponent of heretical Keswick, continuationistic, and demonological errors. What things? Ryrie claimed that one can be converted yet may be entirely unchanged for some unknown period of time, and then at some point he will make a surrender decision to become a disciple and then Christian growth will start. In a recent prayer letter: There have been thousands saved, hundreds graduated from our college, and dozens of churches started. It certainly wasnt based upon the Bible. They deny he was truly a calvinist. From what I remember he did not seem as anti reformed as fundies tend to be. (Galatians 2:11-14)(Who was Jesus chosen that he'd build the church on.). Long examines Ramsey's early liberal idealism as well as later influences on his work, including the just war All his works should be avoided and his influence in the preaching, writing, and theologizing of others should be detected, warned about, and rejected. Although he gives some good points about the importance of furthering the gospel, and about hypocrites (although he doesnt use that word), and brief warnings about false gospels (e.g. Is God helping us so we can have what we want or are we servants of Him? All these things make it clear that Sexton is a hypocrite and heretic, one warned of by Jesus (Matt 7:15) and by Paul who declared, grievous wolves [shall] enter in among you, not sparing the flock. (Ac. See also. 1:9-11), lest in the end, we are disqualified for service (2 Tim. He says his gospel is Rom. what happens if you get a violation on interlock. Scripture doesn't support unity on just fundamentals. First of all, every born again Christian is called to preach." I guess God mustve forgotten to put that in His Word. He's very much against anything that is not Independent Fundamental Baptist. The Bible teaches that we are to test all teachings (1 Jn 4:1, 6; Ac 17:11; 1 Th 5:21), expose those teachings that are false (Eph 5:11), to confront and rebuke the false teachers (Ti 1:9,13), and then separate from those who persist in false teaching (Rom. He is also a huge Hyles guy, and teaches the same perverted gospel as Hyles and his father (Curtis). 5:5; 8:31-39)? But I very much respect and appreciate his perspective on social issues. Really. As noted with the example of Ravi Zacharias, a heretic and wolf in sheeps clothing, whom he refused to denounce in the video The Falling Away. Snce that time even more evifence has comdHe doesnt speak against the carnal circus he calls church that he preached in during deputation, where the house was overflowing with people and whoever brought the most visitors won an actual car (6 Great Lessons From The Welsh Revival, time 03:00). that would be a good thing for a Christian to claim and pray for and ends the article with, Will you pray for a fresh anointing for yourself and for me? He says they are blind, naked, wretched, poor, miserable, but strangely cannot discern that they are unsaved. Is Panic at the Disco a sellout? The word unbelief is applicable in scripture only to lost Jews, since it is only ever mentioned in the context of Jews, because of their privilege and opportunity, with their divine covenants and being Gods people (Rom. The great commission is for EVERYONE. Etc. Spencer seriously undermines sound doctrine: You know there is some doctrinal issues in this Bible but I dont think its a deal breaker. Here is a good video of the stupidity and Unbiblical sayings of the famous fundamentalists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY4tUrBg_vU, . You just have to simply look at men like Jack Hyles, the face of fundamentalism with his millions of followers, and you can see this truth, never mind hundreds of other examples. Whether its being preached in truth or not is the difference between life and death, Heaven and Hell. All one has to do is rightly divide the word of truth and compare Scripture with Scripture. Fundamentalists are champions of pragmatism, and do not reject pragmatism or unorthodox forms of methodology and they certainly do use carnal means to accomplish spiritual goals. They will do that. 11:12-15) and the false teacher (2 Pet. Brown and his cronies are way above admonishment and correction, their pedestal is somewhere in the third heaven. I have written up a report on this sermon which is much longer than this brief summary, revealing how terribly unscriptural and heretical it really is. So that is very far from the truth. All these things are heresy. 5:12-6:1; 1 Cor. 10:13: Let me give you what the gospel is: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Unbelievable. 2. His warnings are very soft. Fundamentalists separated from others, those deemed liberals, for not believing and teaching what they called the fundamentals. Its very bad and it floods majority of evangelical and Baptist churches today. They will sue you if you don't make a cake for their wedding, which can result in men with guns coming to your house to take everything you own by force. Its extremely man-centred, with the expectation of unquestioning loyalty to the man of God behind the pulpit. . Not Jesus (Matt. He never wanted to attack, he wanted to be positive and promote the love of Jesus. Example: He did a whole video on why the King James Version of the Bible is the only version we should be reading(his basis was that the NIV "omites" verses") when actually it doesn't omit them at all it simply put them in the footnotes because the King James actually added them when the original text it's not even clear if they were in there or added by those translating. Donning Hawaiian-print shirts, Smith famously preached verse by verse, led spirit-filled worship, and warned California hippies about the end times starting in the 1960s and '70s. If Smith really wants to beat his chest and act like Tarzan, then I suggest that he relocates . Nothing in the N.T. Rice would even preach at Pentecostal meetings. He taught a universal church. 7. 13:24). 24:44-48). Hes got a lot of influence in his life from this heresy, in his doctrine, teachings, Bible interpretation, favourite authors, and the Bible school he graduated from. He is referring to the unscriptural and heretical Keswick theology/revivalism, which actually gave birth to Pentecostalism. Missionary Spencer Smith. In the video The Falling Away - Missionary Spencer Smith he uses unbelief to categorize the lost and ungodly modernists. That unscriptural heresy is derived from Keswick/higher life/revivalism theology, false sanctification, which Ryries teachings were flooded with. Ive seen his videos in the past but I stopped watching after he went on record saying the c19 vaccine is a prelude to the mark of the beast. In fact, the entire sermon which is about The Gospel is completely void of repentance. This is actually a summarized version of these individuals, having left out most references to save volume (but have readily available). Those people are wresting the scriptures which is a work of the wicked (2 Pet. Is that chastening language? This is actually demonic and meant to monger fear and stop people from obeying Gods Word in testing, judging, correcting and reproving the man of God (i.e. concerning salvation is so clear as the Laodicean church not having it. Nowhere is right (and you cannot use the apostles call as apostles; they were the 12 apostles and then there was Paul the apostle to the Gentiles). These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: (Ze. Clarence Sexton, Temple Baptist Church and Crown College. He completely rejected Biblical repentance and Christs Lordship, which is a perverted gospel (Gal. Notice also that he says, We thank God for his hand upon this work. Is it not Gods work? Really. 3:2-5) which is rebellion and ungodliness. He would make statements that appeared Biblically right, but then contradict himself completely. Did you used to attend the same church as him, or was yours connected with the one hes at? 3:3). Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 3 speaks volumes as to what they believe and teach on sanctification and, to a lesser degree, salvation. My biggest issue here is putting true born again Bible believing Christians (Baptists and some others) into fundamentalism, which was a very compromised man-centred movement from its inception. Doesnt understand Kent Hovinds apostate state, or wont be clean about it, which is heresy either way. Lukewarm Christianity; The Laodicean Church was Allegedly True Christians, . 2:1), but Spencer Smith does, as does Reg Kelly (he preached in Kellys church back in May 2010 and Dec 2011; Brown actually preached this same sermon at one of those times). No one should associate with Clarence Sexton, a man-centred and hero-worshipping pragmatic ear-tickling preacher of a corrupted watered-down gospel and purveyor of much doctrinal error; one that wrests Gods Word and proof texts as required for his own personal agenda, revealing his irreverence to God and His Word; a pragmatic church growth compromised guru; one who rejects the Biblical command to practice church discipline; an embracer of the essentials and non-essentials heresy; ecumenicalist; huge promoter of and associate with ungodly and wicked men (such as Jack Hyles and Jack Schaap and others, preaching at heretical conferences); affiliated with other heretics such as Tony Hutson and Jack Trieber and all the rest of the fragmented and unrepentant remains of the Hyles coalition, and had a blatant heretic (Ed Reese also a Hyles wash-up) work for the school for years; hes a two-faced habitual liar who willingly and actively covers up and lies for other men and their sins, instead of reproving and separating (e.g. 18:20 says He is in true churches, and they dont know His voice, like true sheep do (Jn. 11:12-15) and the eternal damage he has done to people over the last century throughout the world is unfathomable. So I will because it is loving and most importantly because Gods Word commands it (Rom. Even the very context Rom. . 4:23-24)? In one part of Ryries book So Great Salvation he declares that faith is not merely "assent to facts" (p. 118), but then spends three pages proving that faith is indeed merely assent to, or belief in, certain facts, using different wording and various evasions (see Mk. They give credence to lost people knee deep in heresy and the world, when that is worst thing he could do. Adres: Ondokuz Mays niversitesi. Its wicked and spawned in the pit of hell. There are a few good eggs out there. These things reveal that Roberts gave heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; (1 Tim. The Bible doesn't explain these people as saved, but they are labeled so by this new theology (the theology of Keswick/higher life). Just because he prayed a prayer, sang some hymns and attended a heretical Baptist church, doesnt mean he was saved. The call upon the name of Lord is predicated on true repentance and saving faith (Lk. missionary spencer smith critique 1. cleveland, tx funeral homes . Not very. This man takes on the bull of false gospel by its horns, armed with a Bible and some wits. Wow, nothing like defending and promoting a wolf in sheep's clothing. She had a list of favourite mystical authors which were essentially lost heretics, such as Brother Lawrence, Samuel Rutherford, Thomas a Kempis and English Mystics such as the medieval Raymond Lully, Lady Julian or Norwich, and Richard Rolle. Lukewarm is not referring to a saved person, but someone who is most likely never to be saved. Refusing to Denounce Error as Commanded in Scripture and Claiming Lost People to be Saved. Nothing could be further from the truth. 3-8), and surrendering to Jesus as Lord (v. 9), and believing in His resurrection (v. 9), and believing and confessing (vv. Scroggie also embraced the possibility of contemporary speaking in tongues and embraced the heresy of the universal church instead of practicing separation, which he despised. 6. I don't think you'll find a ton of agreement with him on a subreddit dedicated to r/Reformed theology. 5:21-22; Tit. 1. His warnings are very soft. See also what's at your library, or elsewhere. Missionary Spencer Smith, above, explains in this video: Today it's a mask, tomorrow it's a vaccine, and in the Tribulations it will be a mark. 3. . In much of fundamentalism, pragmatism is the norm, with the end justifying the means. He's an anti-Reformed Independent Fundamentalist Baptist. Tony Hutson is a cheap entertainment-orientated showman, can speak many stories but not a lot of actual Bible preaching. This becoming of one in unity between modernists and evangelicals has been taking place now for at least 70 years. Go figure. The problem is that they were in such bad spiritual condition that they didnt even know it. He is describing a church that is true in his eyes, but weak, not right or spiritual and not used by God and they didnt even know it. He is a typical fundamental IB preacher today. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Company Credits submission guide. So called fundamentalists today are practically the same as evangelicals which are practically the same as modernists. All those words describe only lost people in Scripture, and there is a lot of scripture that reflect that. One can't be a fundamentalist and obey the Bible, and obeying the Bible is more important than being a non-scriptural title or even idea. 23:59 December 07, 2019 Today it doesn't even separate over a different gospel. That is definitely not good and more along the lines of a wolf in sheeps clothing than a watchman. Smith obviously has no issue with easy believism false gospel (cf. Spencer said that The fundamentalist, he believes in the wall of separation from all kinds of heresy and error, he will not not fellowship with these people [evangelicals and modernists], he wants to be obedient to the truths of the Word of God. This is not true. IFB people are fans of Spurgeons quotes. Or Amos? William Graham Scroggie (books are recommended in his amazon store account). (e.g. 16:17), yet Spencer endorses and promotes him. Hes a big fan of Spurgeon so he is a little more nice toward reformed folk. I find Southern Americans very easy to like and get a long with and humorous. Very man-centred and unscriptural. No, its heresy. % Sori ' Wengen ie fue b5ts ' preset te r PRY nen Riv Pgh la sa J Parisien fer: | Nib gaat 2 a ' Pad) : Vag rot Towards the end of the video he speaks of v. 20, about Jesus knocking on the door of the church and desiring to come in, and the people Jesus is knocking at dont know His voice. 26:48 Can a spiritual gift be taught? Larry Brown. Yes, Panic! 1.7K views, 4 likes, 0 loves, 13 comments, 4 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Preacher Boys: Missionary Spencer Smith mocks the #MeToo movement from the pulpit. 3:14-18, it is almost redundant. Ryrie was a heretic. The ecumenicalism and false unity happening and leading to the one world church is right on the money. He says The Laodicean church was very very weak. Ill leave it at that. This has been addressed several times, and he refuses to answer any questions about it. He corrupts and distorts practically every single passage of Scripture he mentions (granted, its not many since guys like this do not expository preach out of the Bible but tell stories). Thankfully truly regenerated born again believers trust in God and not in man (Jer. 1:6-9, 13-14, which he will anyway if he is truly born again (they are evidences of salvation as well). 1:11; 2 Tim. For some very strange reason he doesnt see that they are liars and false teachers and he definitely wont call them out on it like Jesus did (Matt. SPENCERS GOSPEL AND RESULTS IS QUESTIONABLE. Its also of course intentional false interpretation of Scripture, which is wresting the Word of God, which is an error of the wicked (2 Pet. In one of his videos he claims Elvis Presley was a Christian. Weve attended some of the best ones, and the percentage there was anywhere between 50 and 75%. Are most IFB churches bad? This is what salvation is to him but its not in line with Scripture, and this mirrors majority of fundamentalists including Spencer); etc. 3 speaks volumes as to what they believe and teach on sanctification and, to a lesser degree, salvation. Fundamentalism is not a scriptural movement. That entire video promotes false revivalism and the false theology of Keswick/higher life. Or Jonah? . In the same Welsh Revival video Spencer exalts another Keswick theologian in that of Amy Carmichael, the first Keswick missionary in fact (to India), who had a lot of good things to say, a lot of good quotes. She mightve had some good quotes but her doctrine was far from good; she was steeped in that heretical Keswick/ revivalism theology. She was a heretic in a lot of ways, not just because of the terribly unscriptural and perversive keswick theology but also her embracing of mysticism, which happens to be rampant in Keswick theology as well. Missionary Spencer Smith discusses the recent controversy of Larry Johnson calling out Dwayne Wade over his homosexual 12 year old son, and his involvement in Freemasonry. A WordPress Blog-THE CHURCH MILITANT Ephesians 5:11-"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them". It doesnt separate from heretics such as Jack Hyles, Jack Schaap, Larry Brown, Paul Chappell, Clarence Sexton, Rick Flanders, John R Rice, Curtis Hutson, Mike Sullivant, Bob Gray Sr., Sword of the Lord men, etc. I mean all, which is something that Spencer and the rest of the Old Boys Club would never admit, because it doesnt fit the man-centred man-worship and man-exaltation of the extremely man-centred pragmatic Old Fundamental Boys Club, but Gods Word however is VERY clear on it! He speaks about Pauls warning of another gospel, but his elimination of the critical element of repentance and Christs Lordship, which is Who Jesus is, is also another gospel (2 Cor 11:4). Broader terms: Race relations -- Religious aspects; Christianity; Narrower term She had a list of favourite mystical authors which were essentially lost heretics, such as Brother Lawrence, Samuel Rutherford, Thomas a Kempis and English Mystics such as the medieval Raymond Lully, Lady Julian or Norwich, and Richard Rolle. You better watch what you say about Gods man!! Wow. Spencer posted a video promoting the heretic Curtis Hutson (. They are a major backbone of the Keswick theology, and the Pentecostalism that arose out of it, which provides all the more evidence that they are corruptions of Biblical Christianity. (c) Rice clearly did not hold to a Textus Receptus (TR) position and opposed KJV Onlyism. Roberts was a demon-possessed scoffer walking after his own lusts (2 Pet. Rice the great revivalist icon of IB fundamentalism, was a big leader in the Old Boys Club and heretic for a lot of reasons. He says the Bible promotes Westcott and Hort multiple times, which then confuses both Scofields and Spencers KJV/Textus Receptus position. 10:1-21 tells us that there is more to the gospel than just v. 13; there is knowledge required (v. 2), and rejection of ones own righteousness for Gods righteousness which has the idea of turning from self (vv. Furthermore, who Spencer reads and listens to and recommends reveals a pattern. Scofield also held position of pastor unbiblically, having been divorced and remarried at least 3 times.