Are You "Formerly-devoted..."? A Quote Worth Remembering

This weekend I came across a new phrase by Bondservant. He described Christians who, in the face of our deteriorating culture, end up with collapsing convictions as "formerly-devoted-to-holiness Christians." The issue he addressed with this phrase was gender-altered Bible mistranslations such as the TNIV, a version of which was puffed at a formerly-devoted-to-Scripture website, challies.com. You can find his full remarks in this comment thread.

I thought it was such a good and descriptive turn of words it was worth spreading to others Christians.

I like three things about Bondservant's phrase: First, it describes just what is happening. At one time we showed enough respect for the Scripture that to dream of purposely altering it was not even a faint possibility. That was then; this is now, huh?

Second, Bondservant's words are cutting, and rightly so. They focus on a rotting soul. Once, we honored God's word. Now, in our arrogance, we act as if He doesn't know how to communicate to this generation in a politically correct way, not even stopping to think that perhaps it is we who need to change, and not Him.

Third, in just five words, Bondservant calls us to repentance, to return to our first love, to remember the burning zeal that once burned in our hearts for God and His Word and the reverance that once made us bow low in His Presence and hang on His every utterance as if He was the potter and we were the clay. (Yes, we actually used to think that way.)

Well said, Bondservant. Don't change.

In Christ,
Phil Perkins.