Please Don't Become A One Issue Christian

Ephesians 3:17-19, “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”

Colossians 1:23-23, If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church.”

I have met many professed Christians in my lifetime who have become one issue people. That is not good. Some people are infatuated with politics, and that has become their main thing. Other have made fighting abortion their main thing. I have met quite a few people who are enamored with health gimmicks, powders and similar junk. They all have some “miracle cure” for my injured neck and chronic pain. All they have done is irritate and annoy me.

There's one user on Facebook who keeps bombarding me with information on the Noahide Laws. He wants me to refute them. I don't care about the Noahide Laws! The guy's absolutely infatuated with the subject. He has made a blog dedicated to do nothing but expose the Noahide laws. I finally told him that this article is what I believe, and to please stop sending me his junk! Some people won't take “no” for an answer!

Dear reader, as you know there are many nuts on social media. I meet people frequently who are absorbed with one issue. It is their main thing, their whole reason for being on the internet.

Another young fella last week, someone from Canada whom I have been distant ministry friends with for years, cussed me out this week, calling me horrible disparaging names that I won't repeat, but the first word started with the letter “F.” What was my offensive? I simply told him kindly that I do not agree with Pastor Steven Anderson's unbiblical “reprobate doctrine,” which heresy teaches we should bitterly hate homosexuals, and God hates them, and that LGBTQ+ sinners are beyond the hope of the gospel. I reject that tommyrot! I reject that balderdash, poppycock and utter nonsense! NO ONE is beyond the hope of the gospel (2nd Peter 3:9). God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, and neither should we (Ezekiel 33:11). The New IFB (independent fundamental Baptist) are messed up on so many levels it is pathetic! Their leader Pastor Steven Anderson is consumed with bitter hatred for people. In sharp contrast, Matthew 22:39 commands us to love our neighbour without exception.

Please don't become a one issue Christian! I have a ministry friend who has been corresponding with me for many years. He is saturated with exposing Roman Catholicism. He writes emails to priests to refute them, debating and arguing with Catholic leaders, to no avail. My ministry friend has often attempted to draw me into his love-affair with exposing Rome, but I have carefully maintained a healthy distance. I do expose the demonic Roman and Russian Orthodox Catholic religions, but that is not my main thing. My main thing has and always will be preaching the gospel of free grace. That is one issue that you CAN make your main issue.

I had an incompetent Baptist pastor (Sean Quinlan from Pensacola Christian College) wrongly accuse me in 2018 of being "obsessed" with the Bible issue. I took his disparaging remark as a compliment! God knows that I am not a one issue person, but it might seem like it sometimes. I admittedly do preach quite a bit against the heresies of Misunderstood Repentance and Lordship Salvation. But I only do so because a counterfeit gospel is being preached from nearly every pulpit today. The only ministry websites which I have dedicated to one issue is in the matter of faith in Jesus Christ (e.g., https://faithaloneinjesussaves.blogspot.com and https://giftofeternallife.blogspot.com).

That being said, I don't ever want to get so caught up into fighting against Freemasonry, Zionism, Charismatics, government corruption, booze, or other evils that it becomes the main issue.

I knew a young professed Christian woman a long time ago who was absolutely consumed with voting Republican. If she met a complete stranger, she told them to "vote Republican." Ladies and gentlemen, that is crazy! She wasn't a bad person, she was just unbalanced as a person. I chose our text Scripture passages because the inspired Holy Bible speaks about being "grounded and settled" in love, and faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Solomon speaks of a "false balance" in the book of Proverbs. Every believer should be balanced.

To clarify, it's okay if your livelihood is making bicycles, cakes, fixing cars, or whatever. You can turn any hobby or work into a ministry by simply sharing the gospel with people. You can literally type any hobby or interest into a search engine on the internet, and add the word "ministry," and you'll likely find something. I found scuba diving ministries, paragliding ministries, dog walking ministries, et cetera. I'm not talking about that.

I am discouraging you dear reader from becoming so caught up into one topic that it consumes you, to the point where people cannot even share a normal conversation with you, without you constantly bringing up the issue. The guy I mentioned earlier in Canada, who got angry at me for disagreeing with the New IFB's "reprobate doctrine," blew up in anger last year when I disagreed with the New IFB heresy that you don't have to pray a sinner's prayer to get to Heaven. John 6:47 teaches that all we need to do to be saved is "believe" on Jesus. John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”

I simply cannot communicate with the disturbed guy in Canada. If I dare to mention either of these hot topics with which he is consumed, he goes postal. That is a form of mental illness. When someone cannot even communicate with you because you are consumed with some minor doctrinal issues, you need professional help. As you can imagine, over the past 24 years of website ministry since 2002 I have met my share of insane, kooky and strange people.

When I started my website ministry back in 2002, I was gradually adding topics to my website. One cruel woman emailed and noticed that I hadn't yet written an article to preach against adultery, which she said proves that I am guilty of adultery. What a lunatic! These are the types of losers, hypocrites, haters and fools that I have to contend with as a Christian evangelist and missionary to cyberspace. Now, I just block them out and move on. There's too many sincere people who need my help, for me to allow a small group of evil naysayers and hateful critics to discourage me.

I've had ungodly people try to blackmail me. One hateful person years ago, who was wickedly slandering me on the internet with accusations that aren't true, offered to remove their evil comments, but only if I do what they said. I never responded because (like the U.S. government) I don't negotiate with terrorists! It will be a cold day in Hell before I ever allow anyone to bring me to my knees. I bow before no man! God is my Creator and Savior, and I bow to Him alone!!! Jesus warned that my enemies are His enemies (Matthew 25:40, 45).

It is okay to contend for the faith dear reader, but don't ever become so absorbed with an issue so that people cannot communicate with you without you bombarding them and being rude.

I know a Christian woman whose brother and sister in law are members of the Church of Christ cult. In their cult that require water baptism to be saved. Every time that the Christian woman I mentioned meets with her own family, they gang up on her with their cult's beliefs. They put her down. They pressure her to convert to the Church of Christ. That is what I am talking about! Some people are so horrible and immature, and downright mean. I don't care what you believe, no one has a right to browbeat and force their beliefs on others. Even God Himself won't do that! God has given us His inspired Word in the King James Bible. Everything you and I need to make it through life's difficult journey is contained in that beautiful Book!