(OPINION) ETH – Another poll has been released this week that proves that the “Falling Away” of the Church is moving at breakneck speed! According to the Christian Post, More than half of American adults, including 30% of evangelicals, are now saying that Jesus isn’t God but most agree that he was a great teacher.
This was gathered from the recent results of the 2020 State of Theology survey. This belief comes despite the Bible and traditional teachings of the Christian Church revealing that Jesus truly existed as both man and God. The report stated that among the key findings of the biennial State of Theology survey that a shocking 52% of American adults believe that Jesus was a great teacher and nothing more.
What is this revealing about what is being preached and taught from behind pulpits across American Churches? What is this being said of those who even read the Bible? The survey went on to reveal that nearly a third of evangelicals also support this same view, a preliminary release on the findings of the study said Thursday.
Yes, read that again! “A THIRD of evangelicals believe that Jesus was merely a “good teacher” and nothing more. The complete report on the survey, conducted from March 10th to 18th among 3,002 U.S. adults including 630 professing evangelicals, is expected to be released on Sept. 8th. “Statistics like these from the State of Theology survey can give us quite a shock, but they also shed light on the concerns that many American Christians and churches have expressed for decades.
As the culture around us increasingly abandons its moral compass, professing evangelicals are sadly drifting away from God’s absolute standard in Scripture,” Stephen Nichols, the chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries and president of Reformation Bible College, said in a statement. “It’s clear that the church does not have the luxury of idly standing by.
This is a time for Christians to study Scripture diligently, engage confidently with people in our culture, and witness fearlessly to the identity and saving work of Jesus Christ in the Gospel.” The study revealed that 65% of evangelicals surveyed were also found to agree with the statement, “Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God,” which theology experts say suggest a dire need for Christians to be taught Christology — the doctrine of the person and work of Jesus Christ.
U R asking the question wrong! I believe that Jesus is the son of God. God gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life! We hear a lot of the word God and Jesus are the same! I n what context did they say that? As non believers or as I believe?
I can’t believe this! Were they asked if Jesus was or is the son of God?
Yeshua’s Ten Commandments of The Way of Righteousness and Salvation,
1. Love YHWH, (Eh Yehashuah Eh Yeh), Yehashuah, Salvation, The LORD your God, Heavenly Father, with all your Heart and soul and mind and strength and Love One Another.
2. Worship and serve only Him.
3. For eternal life obey His Ten Commandments, (Torah/Ten), of The Way of Righteousness and Salvation.
4.Do only good unto others and YHWH and His Son will commune with you on Shabbat, (Saviour Abba at).
5. Honour your Heavenly Father with a pure oblation of Love, Thanks and Praise and produce good fruits for Him as His Stewards of The Earth.
Honour your Earthly Mother with sunshine and the fire of the power of the sun and enjoy fresh air, pure waters, fertile soils, good foods and clean seas, teeming with life and have long and healthy lives in Paradise, The Kingdom of Heaven Upon Earth.
6. Do no material harm to anyone. Don’t even be angry, swear or say “Thou Fool”. Offend no one. Sue no one. Judge no one. Forgive others their tresspasses and our Heavenly Father will forgive you yours.
7. Be faithful to God and to one another. Don’t even lust after another woman and don’t divorce except for fornication. And what YHWH has put together, flesh and Holy Spirit let no man put asunder, for this is a Straight Path, that withstands flood, wind and fire, the plagues and natural disasters of The Earth.
8. Pay your taxes and your tythes. Let none be rich and none be poor. let he that gathers much have little over and he that gathers little have no lack.
9. Have honesty, justice, truth, righteousness, peace and mercy and Torah Obedient Governance based upon YHWH’s Commandments in the very best intrests of all humanity, biodiversity and The Planet.
10. Love your neighbour as yourself, share, care, help and heal others. Feed the hungry. Give the water of life to the thirsty. Clothe the naked. Help widows and orphans and honour the elderly with pensions. Provide benefits for the poor, destitute and unemployed and allowances for the disabled, infirm and incapacitated and heal the sick. House the homeless and be hospitable to refugees and asylum seekers and visit prisoners of injustice.
Those that obey and teach Torah, (Ten), will be great, priests and leaders of men in The Kingdom of Heaven Upon Earth.
God Bless You . Bride of Yehashuah / Salvation.