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  • “The Hour Has Come To Wake Up" - Alvin Jennings
      • ConcernedMembers
      Posted Mar 11, 2006 12:41 PM

      “The Hour Has Come To Wake Up”
      Alvin Jennings
      [Romans 13:11]
      There is widespread unrest due to doctrinal change in the
      churches of Christ. This is seen in news reports in the papers as well
      as by general observation in our own area. Some members of the church
      are asking for a clear statement, therefore, from their elders and
      preachers as to whether the congregation where they attend will continue
      preaching and practicing “the strait and narrow way” according to the
      patterns given in the New Testament ... or whether they will follow the
      crowds in “the broad way that leads to destruction,” division and
      denominationalism (Matthew 7:1-14).

      It has been observed in the current issue (February, 2006) of
      the Christian Chronicle, the newspaper that reports news and activities
      among members of the Churches of Christ (a cappella), that there are many
      among us who no longer hold to these principles, and who would lead
      members in joining hands in fellowship with the Christian Churches who
      have introduced innovations that have caused division among us “contrary
      to the doctrine which we learned” (Romans 16:17) in the Lord’s church.
      The most notable division in the history of what we know as the
      Restoration Movement was recognized and reported in the government census
      of 1906, exactly 100 years ago. Being oblivious to the warnings of
      history, some among us are ignoring or minimizing the causes of these
      divisions, rather than observing the admonition in the Bible to “mark
      those who cause divisions contrary to the doctrine, and turn away from
      them” (Romans 16:17). Some who have abandoned their congregation’s early
      commitment to Bible truth have changed their founders’ definition of
      beliefs, their legal or official charter, thus enabling practices
      contrary to what it would have allowed.

      In congregations in our own community, we have seen brethren
      divided by the introduction of mechanical instruments of music into the
      public worship and into the praise services of our youth. Some have
      changed the name of the church so as to no longer be identified with the
      Lord’s great brotherhood. Some are funding the formation of new
      congregations to be known by an unbiblical “community” type generic term,
      where the musical praise is being planned to include mechanical
      instruments. Elders report that some of their members are leaving their
      congregation to join with this new community church just down the street
      from where they meet. Even though some congregations do not now use
      these mechanical devices in their worship assemblies, it is obvious they
      would now be doing so were it not for merely pragmatic reasons. They
      speak of their ‘likes’ or their ‘personal preference’ for a cappella
      singing because they were raised “in that tradition.” Since scripture
      and nature teach that “each produces after its own kind,” any church that
      participates in the planting of an instrumental church is itself the same
      kind in heart and doctrine.

      Women in some of our congregations are no longer exhorted to
      remain “silent in the churches,” but rather are given positions of
      leadership over men, and in some cases publicly pray in the assemblies
      and speak and exhort from the scriptures in public gatherings in the
      presence of men. Scriptures say this is to their “shame.”

      Our youth attend rallies where speakers encourage change in the
      worship of the church. Some of our finest preachers of the past are now
      helping to establish “community” churches where biblical patterns are not
      observed and honored. Even where these innovations are not practiced,
      changes are advocated and those who would express caution are sometimes
      ridiculed and given no voice to express their concerns. Those who have
      left these 'to the left' congregations need assurances that they have not
      “left the frying pan only to find themselves in the fire” of drifting
      doctrines and directions.

      Adding to these alarms, it is being observed that the directors
      of Abilene Christian University and of the Tulsa Soul Winning Workshop
      have abandoned their former distinctive roles in leadership and are now
      celebrating on their programs leaders from the digressive Christian
      Church fellowship, further distancing themselves and alienating faithful
      brethren in thousands of churches of Christ. The time has come for
      strong and clear statements of clarification on where our church leaders
      stand and on the direction in which they will be leading us. We cannot
      survive on cute sermonettes and clever stories in our pulpits. We are
      asking for assurances of sound doctrine in our pulpits and classrooms (I
      Timothy 4:1-6; Galatians 1:6-8; 2 Timothy 3:14-17).

      All that is necessary for evil to grow is for good men to do
      nothing. Today’s failure to stand against sin and unbiblical changes
      opens the floodgates to compromise and apostasy. A warning from the Old
      Testament: Remember Eli and his sons. And remember that Jotham did what
      was right himself, but he failed to say “no” to his family and their ways
      of sin. Consequently his son Ahaz embraced them fully to his downfall
      and the crumbling of his people (2 Chron. 28; 2 Kings 16; Isaiah 7:4-9).
      2/4/2006 aj
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