Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)
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"God has preserved a remnant, elected by grace."
Paul
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"Do not allow this world to mold you in its own image.
Instead, be transformed from the inside out by
renewing your mind. As a result, you will be
able to discern what God wills and whatever
God finds good, pleasing, and complete."
Paul
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These are
perilous times.
Only someone
overdosing on St. John's Wort or buying those Marie Osmond
ads wouldn't admit that.
It's also one of
the best times in history to point people to Jesus for the assurance of eternal
life that enables overcoming the existential meanness, madness, and misery.
This is a time
for remnant; looking up, standing up, speaking up, and acting up for Jesus by
the book.
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Of course, there
are those fainthearted centrists - neither cold nor hot but nauseatingly tepid
- who have not prepared their families of faith aka churches for these
times; being hit by the traffic speeding in opposite directions.
You know the
kind.
All things to all
people; and their smorgasbord theology/spirituality works until decision for Jesus
by the book is required as in, "You are either for Me or against Me."
A story comes to
mind.
Pastor and his
son are shopping.
Pro-choice parishioner
corners pastor near the gluten-free aisle; and after making her case, he says,
"You're right!"
Pastor and his
son continue shopping.
Pro-life
parishioner corners pastor near the seafood freezer; and after making her case,
he says, "You're right!"
Pastor and his
son finish shopping; and just before the pastor starts the car, his son who
heard both conversations says, "Dad, they can't both be right."
Pastor replies to
his son, "You're right!"
Sooner or later
and usually sooner than later and definitely in the end, fainthearts are
exposed as agreeing with the last person talked to.
Fainthearts are
like sentences ending in prepositions.
Not quite right.
It's impossible
to agree with everyone and Jesus at the same time because there are people who
don't love Jesus and conspire against Him and His; and when agreeing with
everyone at the expense of honoring Jesus by the book, fainthearts
encourage/enable/lead people to become "twice as fit for hell as they are
themselves."
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Make no mistake
about it.
Either we're
fainthearted and following people wherever they wanna go like "errand boys
for their wandering desires" (Dylan) or bravehearted and undershepherding people to
the only way, the only truth, and the only life: Jesus by the book.
A former
executive presbyter aka bishop aka district superintendent aka whatever said this to me
when I was famously pastor of a fabulously well-to-do church in the
South: "Most people will follow their pastor no matter which way they are
headed - left, right, up, down...So be very clear about who you are and where
you're coming from and who you're serving."
It was a nice way
of saying shepherds don't follow sheep.
Sheep follow
shepherds for better or
worse and...
I mention this
because most churches will follow their undershepherds aka pastors whether they
remain faithfully or exit faithfully.
And the
choices/options in most mainline franchises aka denominations seem to be
limited to three: (1) go with the flow; (2) get out of the river; or (3) move
against the current.
Let me put it
another way.
For women and men
who love Jesus by the book who are in
franchises irretrievably apostate under current management, there
are only two choices; because faithful women and men cannot stay and
encourage/enable apostasy. Either they exit faithfully or remain
faithfully.
I'm convinced the
remnant will network with everyone who exits faithfully or remains faithfully.
I'm also
convinced the remnant will no longer respect denominational distinctives; as
the times are too perilous for anything but honoring Jesus by the book with
anyone who honors Jesus by the book regardless of franchise.
The remnant does
not include the apostates who have disqualified themselves by their, uh,
apostasies; insulting the holiness of Jesus and injuring people by distracting
people from Jesus by the book.
The remnant
includes those who remain faithfully, exit faithfully, and recognize the Church consists of
anyone from anywhere regardless of franchise who loves Jesus by the book.
The remnant
network will, uh, network with all of 'em; but, again, not encourage, enable,
or cooperate with anyone from anywhere regardless of franchise who does not
love Jesus by the book.
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Recently, my
particular judicatory of my particular franchise held a special meeting because
our franchise
just went shamelessly worldly in approving stuff alien to 2K years of Biblical,
confessional, constitutional, traditional, historical, and common sense
Christianity.
Specifically, we
wanted to hear from the commissioners/delegates who went to the biennial
national meeting and encouraged/enabled the abominations.
It was a defining
moment for our particular judicatory.
More than ever
before, anybody still loving Jesus by the book who had any doubts about
the increasing apostasies in the franchise were convinced the time has come to
look up, stand up, speak up, and act up for Jesus.
Specifically, it
became clear that now is the time to network with others who still love Jesus
by the book and encourage/enable life and ministry that honors Jesus by the
book.
Fortunately, that
meeting was recorded and it provides an unmistakable capsule for anyone who
needs clarity about the division in one particular mainline franchise mirrored
in most others.
If you've been
living in the ozone layer of reality and still need clarity for motivation to
declare remnant, just call Bill, station manager of www.bnnsradio.com, at 815-544-6402 and he
will make it available to you.
Also, you may want
to start tuning in to www.bnnsradio.com
because many voices of the remnant can be heard daily; and you may want to
listen next Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. for a special re-broadcast related to
remnant. If you can't wait, just go to the archives of www.bnnsradio.com for the 7/29 broadcast of
Kopp
Disclosure.
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I'm heading off
on Return2 for a ride to the Beartooth Highway in a few days.
I've got some
things to pray about - like what's next for the remnant network.
For now, let me
provide a few urgings and updates:
1. Declare!
It honors our Lord, encourages family of faith members, and sends a clear
signal to the apostates that we're gonna salt and shine in our particular
settings, as the network develops, and won't encourage/enable, pay for, or
participate in "their" apostasies anymore.
2. We are keeping
an e-mail list of pastors and churches and anyone who has declared to be a part
of the remnant; however, we are not making it available to anyone for obvious
reasons related to reprisals. While the remnant's life and ministry will
operate in the spirit of John 3:19-21, a list isn't necessary anyway.
We're just gonna do it! We will stay in touch and begin coordinating
ministries.
3. Yes, there
will be many bumps in fleshing it out; yet remnant is less concerned with
the jots and tittles of anal administration and more concerned in saving
souls and Matthew 25 ministries. In other words, it's a WIP and not
neatly tied together yet...if ever.
4. Particular
networks within the network will emerge as called, guided, and gifted by our
Lord.
5. Stewardship -
managing the tithes and offerings and charismata of the faithful - will be
taken more seriously than ever before. The beast will no longer be
fed! Only personnel, programs, missions, and so on that pray and labor to
honor Jesus by the book will receive the support of the remnant.
6. Yes, there
will be persecution. Hello! If you're a part of the remnant,
you already know that; but if you need a refresher, just read the red letters
and the second book written by Luke.
7. Warning!
There are already plans developing in the PCUSA and other equally increasingly
apostate franchises to force member pastors/churches to cooperate more than
condone with such abominable practices as presiding at same sex nuptials.
We can provide some links on that from a bravehearted lawyer.
8. Don't let
anyone suggest the remnant is all about resisting same sex nuptials. That
is only a symptom of the disease. The disease is a shameless rejection of
Jesus by the book in favor of pseudo-spirituality and theology guided by loins,
ideology, and prooftexting. Again, for a glaring example of that, call
Bill.
9.
Confirmation! I've been contacted from someone who has said a gathering
of 30 saints from various franchises, non-denominationals, and independents is
already praying for the remnant because it will be targeted and
persecuted. Hello! See #6 and check out Voices of the Martyrs for
what's happening around the world to the remnant.
O.K. that's
sketchy!
Well, we've just
started; and for those who want everything spelled out, I'm sorry.
I really don't
think it will ever be spelled out completely.
I'm feeling
rather, uh, Pentecostal in
an Acts 2 rather than sociological kinda way; as in, "I feel like I'm just
hanging on to the coattails of the Holy Spirit for a..."
Annnnnnnd for those who
wanna nitpick and have all of the details worked out before declaring as if it
isn't enough to say you're for Jesus by the book as if the book is really
that complicated apart from our rationalizations, I recall Moody saying to one
of his critics, "I prefer the way I do it to the way you don't do
it!"
That brings me to
a final point before mounting Return2.
The days of
fainthearted pastors/churches/franchises are over.
Yeah, you can be
cold in a Revelation 3:14 kinda way or hot in a Revelation 3:14 kinda way; but
if you're tepid/fainthearted in a Revelation 3:14 kinda way, you're gonna get
spit out and gonna sit out the glory and graces of being called to and
declaring remnant.
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I may be wrong;
but I think those who are reticent about declaring because they want something
from Mapquest are just exposing their faintheartedness.
Sad.
From what I can
see in Holy Scripture and holy History,
God has blessed the ride as much as the ultimate destination.
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"I will not keep silent...I will not be quiet...until
righteousness goes forth as brightness...and
salvation as a burning torch."
Isaiah
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Blessings and Love!
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