2 Timothy 4:3-4

"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths" (2 Timothy 4:3-4).

We usually apply these verses to Federal Visionists. Alas, we regret to inform our readers that today they remind us of the sad apostasy that has recently come to light.

Our dear leader, R. Scott Clark, recently argued that all NAPARC churches are wrong, and that he alone is right.

Let that sink in.

He wrote in response to a would-be critic: "[H]ow could it be that virtually ALL the NAPARC churches ... are wrong and you alone are right?"

Dr. Clark was not writing about the Federal Vision, but he might as well have been. When someone opposes NAPARC, they are opposing the Holy See that God uses to infallibly guide his invisible church.

Apparently, NAPARC is simply a pawn in Dr. Clark's agenda. When he agrees with NAPARC, then NAPARC is the arbiter of all things Reformed. When he disagrees with NAPARC, then NAPARC can conveniently be tossed aside.

Thus, for Dr. Clark, NAPARC is only a tool to be used or abused or ignored. Just like the Federal Visionists, Dr. Clark disregards the authority of NAPARC.

Obviously, Dr. Clark has taken the first step in the slippery slope from orthodoxy to heterodoxy. First, NAPARC is wrong. Second, Federal Vision is not so bad. Third, home to Rome.

Dr. Clark is now one small step removed from the CREC and two steps removed from praying to Mary. May God have mercy on his soul!

Ezekiel 25:17

“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you” (Ezekiel 25:17).

Federal Visionists love this passage and consider it to be one of the jules of the canon. We are rather busy re-reading St. Muller at this time, so we are not going to comment on this text.

We are, however, going to take this opportunity to announce that Modern Reformation will be changing its name to Modern Antinomianism. This move is to explicitly align ourselves with what we truly believe.

We are not historical antinomians. That is, we are not against the Ten Commandments. Neither are we antinomians in the generic sense that we are against the use of the law in the life of believers. The law shows us our sin.

We are Modern Antinomians in the "Zane Hodges sense." Sola fide demands fide to be sola. In order to preserve the purity of justification by faith alone, we must urge people to simply believe.

Focus your mind on the minimum number of propositions necessary to activate justification. Purge your mind of any notion of fidelity or trust or faithfulness or loyalty or commitment or repentance. These poisons destroy the purity of the gospel. In fact, this becomes another gospel, which is no gospel at all.

Thank God that the gospel is Absolutely Free!