Does God Make Junk in His Church?

GOD DOESN’T MAKE JUNK

Mosaic Law Gen 1:26-27; 2:7
Ge 1:26-27 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth,f and the creatures that crawlg on the earth." 27 So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female. (HCSB)

Ge 2:7 Then the LORD God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.(HCSB)

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart. Jeremiah 1: 5

I know I'm somebody 'Cause God don't make no junk. Ethel Waters

C. S. Lewis If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end: If you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth - only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin with and, in the end, despair.

Today many postmodern churches who are defining their own truth are coming to churches saying: “there are some problem folks in church I was hired to clean out” God is leading me to hire and fire folks based on how the outwardly appear. We want to cultivate a younger church so the church has permission to “update” our leaders to keep up with the times.

That’s a dangerous criteria that rewards flesh and is a hangover from the sixties era. Churches who follow these usually want the increase in youthful members to boost their salaries. Why is this a dangerous trend in Christ’s church?

This is dangerous because Christ created an eternal church not a temporary flashy fleshly body made up of youth. This is dangerous because it says to the expendable: God made throw away junk when He made some of us. This is bad theology. God didn’t make any junk.

Tare Issues: we see at various times in church history when the church is asleep that the enemy sews tares into Christ’s church. But when the disciples wanted to get rid of them Jesus commanded His church to leave the work of weeding tares to God, the Parousia and God’s angels. If Jesus wanted to define this work as a genuine work for the church it would have been easy for Him to say that clearly but He never did anywhere.

Q: why didn’t Jesus give that work to the church?
A: only God is smart enough to weigh human hearts.
A: this is a delegated work from the Father to the Son only.
A: we see several chapters in Revelation where there is an amazing search put on with the goal of finding someone worthy of doing that work.
A: after searching heaven, earth and under the earth only One surfaces as being gifted to be God’s Lamb.

Psalm 71:1-6 (HCSB)
LORD, I seek refuge in You;
never let me be disgraced.
2 In Your justice, rescue and deliver me;
listen closely to me and save me.
3 Be a rock of refuge for me,
where I can always go.
Give the command to save me,
for You are my rock and fortress.
4 Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.
5 For You are my hope, Lord GOD,
my confidence from my youth.
6 I have leaned on You from birth;
You took me from my mother's womb.
My praise is always about You.

God's Calling Irrevocable

Calling: 1 Sam 3:8 So the LORD called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli discerned that the LORD was calling the boy. God’s call to Samuel was defined by the verb called ar'q' qara arq verb qal infinitive construct ar'q' (q¹r¹') I, call, call out, recite (read). The LXX uses kale,sai verb infinitive aorist active [UBS] kale,w (pf. ke,klhka ; aor. pass. evklh,qhn ; fut. pass. klhqh,somai) call, name, address; invite; summon, call in. Paul brought this idea into the NT Rom 11:29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. The noun calling klh/sij klesis is in the nominative case grammar klh/sij. [UBS] klh/sij, ewj f call, calling; station of life (1 Cor 7.20). Friberg calling klh/sij klesis as an action calling, call, invitation; (1) predom. in a relig. sense in the NT; of the divine invitations (PH 3.14); (2) as one's temporal status and position in life a social role, vocation, situation, station (1C 7.20). The adjective irrevocable avmetame,lhtoj ametameletos is in the nominative case grammar avmetame,lhta. In word order this word is first which gives it a special emphasis. Friberg irrevocable avmetame,lhtoj ametameletos (1) of God's gifts and calling not capable of being changed, not to be taken back, inflexible (RO 11.29); (2) of the beneficial results of repentance with nothing to feel sorry about, leaving no feeling of regret (2C 7.10). [UBS] avmetame,lhtoj, on free from regret; irrevocable (Ro 11.29). Louw-Nida irrevocable avmetame,lhtoj ametameletos avmetame,lhtoj, on: (derivative of metame,lomai 'to regret,' 25.270, with a negative prefix) pertaining to not feeling regret as the result of what one has done - 'not regretful, not feeling sorry about.' h` ga.r kata. qeo.n lu,ph meta,noian eivj swthri,an avmetame,lhton evrga,zetai 'for the sadness that is used by God brings repentance leading to salvation; and there is no regret in that' 2 Cor 7.10. Notes: (a) Rom 8:28; 1Co 1:26; Eph 1:18; 4:1, 4; Phi 3:14; 2Th 1:11; 2Ti 1:9; Heb 3:1; 2Pe 1:10 (b) Heb 7:21 Paul also brought this out in Eph 1:18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints. klh/sij klesis
Meaning: a calling Notes: (1) Lit being (2) Or holy ones (a) Act 26:18; 2Co 4:6; Heb 6:4 (b) Eph 4:4 (c) Rom 11:29 (d) Eph 1:7 (e) Eph 1:11 (f) Col 1:12