RADICAL GENESIS EVANGELICALS * * 1. An R.G.E. POWERFULLY REJECTS the "GOD IS A MELLOW CALIFORNIAN" concept: . a. God IS NOT LAID BACK . b. IS NOT content as long as you're sincere in what you . believe . c. IS NOT SLOPPY or LAZY in communicating His will . d. Is not a God of Errors, Myths, or Mistakes . (a laid-back, sloppy & lazy god might be content . with an error filled bible but the great I AM would not) . e. Would NEVER BE a T.V. EVANGELIST. . f. Has laid out an EXACTING & SINGULAR way for man to be . saved. There is only ONE-WAY by which man can be saved: . Faith in Jesus Christ. * 2. RGE's hold firmly to SOLA SCRIPTURA (Scripture Only). The . Bible is WORD-FOR-WORD EXACTLY CORRECT IN ALL IT SAYS. . God's Word IS COMPLETE in the 66 books of the N.T. & O.T. Canon. . There is NO OTHER or new revelation beyond the BIBLE ITSELF. . a. An R.G.E. actually believes Jonah was swallowed by a . big fish, . b. believes Adam & Eve were the first humans; they did . not evolve, they were created by God and ALL HUMANS . are descended from Adam & Eve . c. believe that God, in His infinite wisdom, had the . Israelites totally destroy other nations. . d. A RADICAL GENESIS EVANGELICAL may not always under- . stand, but he DOGGEDLY BELIEVES. * 3. RGE'S believe in a literal Heaven & a literal Hell. . A minority of people who have lived on Earth will be in . Heaven, the majority will be in HELL. . * 4. RGE'S believe God is Self-Existent - no beginning no end. . God is also Triune; Father, Son (Jesus Christ), & Holy Spirit. . a. God exists whether or not man does . b. God IS NOT a Chameleon forever changing to please man . c. Man's subjective thoughts/feelings about God are only . correct if they agree with the objective Scriptures. . D. the CREATED cannot totally understand the CREATOR; . it is ARROGANT & FOOLISH to think he can. . * 5. God IS NOT Sentimental or Sloppily Emotional in His love . for His children. HE IS a God of love but also a God of . Implacable and AWESOME WRATH. Those people who think HE . is a Mellow Californian will find they are DEAD-WRONG, . in Hell. . a. God never smiles at small sins . b. Chastises his children with alarming regularity . c. And does not listen to the prayers of unbelievers except . when they call out in REPENTANCE for Salvation. * 6. RGE'S think ALL mankind is incredibly evil and self-deceived. . An RGE think the "biggies" are still Sins of the Heart more . than behavioral misdeeds. Our society today suffers from: . a. Pride (we think we're okay and we can take care of . ourselves) . b. Arrogance (especially some theologians who think they . are smarter and more knowledgeble than the Apostle Paul) . c. Incredible Materialism (the Christian community has . bought into rampant materialism Hook, Line & Sinker. . (Owning a BMW and a 5000 sq. ft. house is obscene.) . d. Unrestrained Selfishness (I want, I think, I feel, . I gotta be me, take care of # 1, etc. ad nauseum) . e. Lack of Courage (how many of us will stand up to the . taunts and ridicule of family & friends; of the media?) * 7. An R.G.E. doesn't hate Gays, Adulterers, Liars, . Politicians, Murderers, the Sexually Warped, liberals, . Abortioners, T.V. Evangelists, and those who think RADICAL . BELIEVERS are to be ridiculed and laughed at. Those . individuals suffer the devastating consequences of their own . sins here on Earth (and in Hell if they reject Jesus . Christ). One doesn't have to be an R.G.E. to get to Heaven . but there is NO BETTER WAY TO LIVE. . (OBVIOUSLY, R.G.E.'s are not sinless. We also struggle with . lust and all those other debilitating & destructive sins.) * 8. R.G.E.'s believe that God, in His infinite wisdom, chose . women to be subject to men. This IN NO WAY IMPLIES MALE . SUPERIORITY in God's economy. But female dominated societies . are NOT God's Plan. Women who seek equality or superiority . are doomed to be frustrated and miserable (the men also). * 9. R.G.E.'s believe that in the Culture: . Divorce and remarriage are wrong except for: . 1. Chronic sexual infidelity/perversion of a spouse . 2. Desertion by an unbelieving spouse . 3. If one was married & divorced before salvation. . (Certainly, there can be family situations so destructive . that marital separation might be the best alternative.) * 10. R.G.E.'s STRONGLY BELIEVE "If anyone DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR . HIS RELATIVES, and especially for his immediate family, HE . has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." . Bar-hopping, beer guzzling, TV-addict husbands who selfishly . spend money on their own WANTS are a CANCER in our society. * 11. R.G.E.'s STRONGLY BELIEVE younger women (wives) should . love their husbands and children, be self-controlled and . pure, BUSY AT HOME, be kind, subject to their husbands so . that no one will malign the Word of God. Titus 2:4,5. . a. Mother's are ultimately happier and more fulfilled at . home and . b. KIDS WEREN'T CREATED FOR DAY CARE CENTERS. . c. God placed the ultimate, responsibility of educating . our children in THE PARENT'S HANDS not the State's hands. * 12. Finally, RADICAL GENESIS EVANGELICALS: . a. Will Never be in the majority: always be UNPOPULAR . b. Under constant attack; mostly by people CLAIMING to . be Christians, . c. But striving to PERSEVERE; FIGHTING FOR THE FAITH! LIVE 100%, FLAT-OUT for JESUS CHRIST. There "ain't nuthin'" else worth living for on this planet. LIVE RADICALLY!