“And when they heard of the Resurrection of the dead, some mocked…So Paul departed from among them.”  (Acts 17)

 

Mystic, Catholic, Lordship Salvation, Calvinist, Republican, Democrat etc.

Labels can cause all types of trouble, but unfortunately they are a necessary evil. Labels like denomination names cause division when there shouldn’t be. Yet without denomination names, a person knows not what they are getting themselves into. An example: In our part of the country Non- denominational hints at Baptist based. In the south, non- denominational hints or leans more Charismatic. You see?

The label mystic CONJURES up a lot of bad connontations, does it not? What if i, your writer told you, he considered himself a mystic? Would you be like those in John 6 and depart? Your writer does consider himself a mystic and has so for years.

We also consider David a mystic, and all of the Apostles as mystics. You see most hearmystic and they think wizard or sorceror or old crazy catholic at best. The mystic is none of these, or atleast not the Christ-ian mystic. A.W. Tozer called himself a mystic all day long. Edwards, Moody, and others could be considered mystics.

Beloved Reader, Ihope YOU are a mystic. A mystic is no more than a person who actively walks with God in an unbroken fellowship, union, communion. The mystic engages the Holy Spirit as the disciples engaged Christ when they walked this earth. Once Christ ascended, the disciples became mystics. You would do well to become a mystic.

 

Another label that has caused division is Lordship salvation. How we define Lordship salvation is Biblical salvation. It that easy. If the Lord Jesus saved you and you seek to obey Him, then you are a proponent of Lordship salvation…the doctrine need not be as divisive as it has been. The labeling of the doctrine is the culprit.

As for the republicans and democrats. It is no secret that i hold the democrat. In contempt. But let me be very clear: When i say that, i speak about the leadership of the democratic party and their platform. IDO NOT speak about any individual democrat. Let that be understood. I think individual democrats probably and hopefully think the same. We are to judge with righteous judgment and without respect of persons if we are to be right with Scripture.

The label, Calvinist. On one (1) hand i like it and on the other i do not. I do not like taking another man’s name on myself, save Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour. But with the label of Christ-ianity being as wideas the broadway,  Calvinist summs meup nicely.

Catholic…the institution….not a church…the institution is wicked, evil, full of iniquity and has trespassed God eons ago. There are, however, i think…i hope some of God’s elect within. Luther was, Calvin was, as were many others. Let us not despise the elect within that that kingdom of devils, but let us seek them out. Let us be elect hunters.