Reformed Journey

Welcome. A little about me and this blog Welcome to my blog. I appreciate you taking the time to look around. Hopefully, you will find something useful as the Holy Spirit leads you into the truth of His word. "Why Reformed Journey?" you may ask. This blog is my way of expressing my frustration with the abundance of false teachings floating around today. It is also my journey from growing up in a very charismatic church to becoming a member of a biblical, orthodox Presbyterian church. (To be clear, the Presbyterian church we attend is not one of those very liberal, unbiblical Presbyterian churches you may have heard of. I hope this will become clear to you as you read through my blogs.) Also, I want to make clear that I don't believe that the Presbyterian Church as a whole is the only true Christian denomination, of course. We attend our church because 1. In our small town, there are few options, and 2. I have found that the Presbyterian church's underpinning belie...

  Andrew Wommack turns the gospel in to greed. This blog is taken from a short video on Andrew Wommack's YouTube channel entitled "You have to believe to receive." The Link is below.  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2jfqjVY9sU8 “He wants to supply our needs. 2 Corinthians 8:9 says ‘you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich yet for your sake he became poor so that you, through his poverty, might be made rich.’” This is a common verse used by so-called ‘prosperity preachers’ such as Andrew Wommack. Wommack's short video focuses on money and how to obtain earthly financial gain. Is that what this verse teaches? Did Jesus become poor in the economic sense so that we could be healthy and get all that our flesh desires after?  2 Corinthians 8:9, ESV: “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake, he became poor so that you, by his poverty, might become rich.” In 2 Corinthians 8, Paul reminds his readers...

Jesse Duplantis twists Romans 4:17 This blog is taken from a video on Jesse Duplanits's YouTube page. The link is below. The quoted section below in italics is from timestamp 00:25-1:19. Please watch the video in its entirety to see that I have not taken him out of context.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiVNWGOXHbA&t=81s “Romans 4:17, For God said, I call those things that be not as though they were. Which means simply this: If I want a miracle, I don’t call it sickness. If I need money I don’t call it debt…..My point is simply this: calling those things that are not as though they were means you're not just throwing words in the air, you’re saying what you want instead of what you have. So many people have no problem telling God what they have. Oh Lord, I'm run down; oh Lord, I'm tired; he knows all that, he knows all that. Why are you telling him something he already knows? Tell him something he doesn’t know; tell him what you want.” Let's break this down i...