HOW ARMINIANISM AND DISPENSATIONALISM HAVE CORRUPTED THE GOSPEL

BOTH TEACHINGS LINKED TO HERESIES

Both Arminianism and Dispensationalism are linked to Heresies. The Arminianian teaching was Ruled a Heresy at the Synod of Dort because it is founded upon Pelagianism, a very early Heresy.[1] Dispensationalism is also linked to early Heresies as well.[2]

BUT THEY BOTH CLAIM TO "PREACH THE GOSPEL" SO HOW IS THAT CORRUPTING IT?

It is the kind of gospel that they preach. Arminians believe "it all depends on them" if someone "chooses to be Saved" by "excersizing their free will" or not. Dispensationalists almost always preach an Arminian or Semi-Arminian gospel as well, and fail to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom.[3]
These are both serious departures from the New Testament Commands and so, become a corrupting influence toward the very Gospel itself.

BYPASSING THE BEATITUDES?

Classic Dispensationalism teaches that the Beatitudes were not in "the Church Age" but were part of an appeal Jesus and John the Baptist made to the Jewish nation to accept the "Millennium". That's right. In fact, most of the Book of Matthew is "not in the Church Age" they say (we are speaking of classic Dispensationalism here). It preceeded the "Church Age" and was "the Age of the Law" or "Age of the Jews" they say.
Proceeding, if the Jews would have accepted the "Millennium" (their "Gospel of the Kingdom") early on, then Jesus would have miraculously have brought the "Millennium" in right there and then. They didn't, they say, and so we are stuck with "the Church Age" as a sort of "punishment" instead of "perfect environment" and "peace on earth".
But that is not all. They say that things will only get worse and worse "to prepare the world to accept anything, even the Antichrist". There is no real mention of G-ds' Kingdom now, all their people have to look forward to is increasingly more wicked events and practices until they are "swept by the (Darby) Rapture". Some preach that trying to improve earthly conditions is "the devils' attempt to bring in perfect environment now" and should somehow be resisted!?! That "the quicker things get worse, then the faster the end of the world and the (Darby) rapture shall come"![4]
This places G-ds' Kingdom future for all intents and purposes; out of reach; consigned to their "Millennium" and "really not for now".

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FOOTNOTES

[1]The Roman Catholic Church fully approved Arminianism as a true teaching at their Council of Trent.
"A leader was sure to rise from the Calvinistic ranks who should point out the baneful corollaries of the Genevan creed, and be listened to. Such a leader was Jacobus Arminius (Jakob Hermanzoon), professor at the University of Leyden." (The Catholic Encyclopedia). This is the Counter-Reformation still being advanced.
Pelagianism is both a Roman Catholic and Protestant Heresy. Arminianism is a Protestant Heresy. Dispensationalism is "not a Christian teaching", having been declared so by the Presbyterian Church in 1945.
[2]Dispensationalism is a hodge-podge of Heresies. There are several inter-twined. That is one main reason why it makes it so difficult to identify; because there are so many Heresies disguised and acting in unison. The other is that they take historical positions and adopt them as their own while twisting the original historical position to agree with their new doctrines.
1. One of these is historic Pre-Millennialism, which was never associated with Dispensationalism earlier on.
2. All the "founders" of classic Dispensationalism rejected the Westminister Confession of Faith.
3. They make "two covenants" one "with Israel" (the Jews) and one with the Church, while the plain fact is that there has always been only One Covenant and that is by Faith in Messiah Yeshua. No other way of "works".
4. They have two gospels: one "for Israel" and the other "for the Church". The one "for Israel" is for their "millennium" while the other is called "the gospel of the Grace of God" and will totally cease to exist at the "Darby Rapture".
5. They teach that the Old Testament Prophets knew nothing of the Church "age" neither did they prophesy anything concerning it.
6. They (Darby and then the rest) accepted the "prophecies" of Margaret MacDonald; a 15 year old Scottish "prophetess" to construct their "rapture theory". Her "prophecies" were later proven manifestly false.
And many other Heresies too numerous to list here.
[3]The emphasis is all upon "numbers". Thinking that anyone that "comes down front" has to be among the "saved" is the first error. Many times they may apply the "once saved always saved" teaching to these people as well. They are accepted into their fellowships and immediately fed the Dispensational teachings. The True Teaching of the Reformation is often totally rejected as "Calvinism", like a buzzword for their own invented dictates of "who is a heretic and who isn't". Meanwhile, their statements are not founded on any True Church Councils at all. But their students are kept in the dark on this out of necessity of course, to "keep their numbers growing".
As stated, no True Protestant Council has ever Approved Arminianism or Dispensationalism at all! As a matter of fact, just the exact opposite! Arminianism was totally rejected in King James' own day, and so this deserves mentioning: the King James Bible, which they are fond of using, never had any Delegate sent from James I to the Synod of Dort that ever once approved Arminianism! The exact opposite happened! They completely and totally rejected it. This clear fact is routinely withheld from the new converts and is one way they deceive many new believers into following them. They routinely and hypocritically "act all authoritative" while are in total disobedience to the Council whose Bible they usually quote from! (the 1611 King James Version)
How much clearer can we make it? What they are peddling is a type of "surreal evangelical churchianity" that has no true roots in the Protestant Reformation proper.
[4]This fuels ones who desire "Armageddon" in the Middle East to "end it all as soon as possible". This can be one of their motivations for military action there on the part of various desperate individuals. They see themselves in the role of saviors to "bring on the relief of the (Darby) Rapture" to "save the Church" perhaps. How misguided can Dispensationalists get? Our friends, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
What will bring Peace? Christs' Kingdom within, and the implementation of His Kingdom more and more. This has always brought peace historically; but what we see today is a far cry from the Gospel that was preached in earlier days.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CREDITS

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2. Bunker, Michael. Hijacking the Christian Faith. Still Waters Revival Books Web Page.
3. The First London Confession of Faith (Baptist). 1646. Here are the Original and True Baptists.
Not necessarily any relation whatsoever to so-called "baptist churches" today many of which are so in name only.
4. Gonzalez, Justo L. The Story of Christianity. Peabody, Massachusetts. Prince Press. 1999.
5. Hunt, Dave.
6. LaHaye, Tim. The Left Behind Series.
7. Luther, Martin. Bondage of the Will. 1525.
8. A Brief History of The Reformation. Web Page.
9. The Westminister Confession of Faith. 1646.