Current Events-Persecution

 https://www.yahoo.com/news/pastors-son-becomes-critic-religion-120845671.html

Abraham Piper became a sensation on TikTok nearly overnight.

That's the very first sentence of the article. And it puts it all on a nutshell. What does present day society preach? Fame. 

Make a name for yourself. Build a legacy. 

Fame tends to develop faster online than in the pulpit.

That line came later in the article.

And why should it come as a surprise? If the most ardent of believers were found during the first days of the faith, we can be sure that apostasy will flourish during the last days. Society is losing hope and faith in God. They find the Most High to be impotent in the midst of such evil. Many may not articulate it but they all think it. 

It is the ages-old question of theodicy. How could an omnipotent, omniscient, benevolent ,perfect God allow this madness to run rampant?

They focus on God's "delay" instead of Satan's boldness. 

They are willing to condemn God in order to justify themselves.

As it is written:

There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.

Abraham Piper was excommunicated from his father’s church at age 19 after rejecting the faith. “At first I pretended that my reasoning was high-minded and philosophical,” he later wrote in a Christian magazine. “But really I just wanted to drink gallons of cheap sangria and sleep around.”

In other words, he just wanted to "do as thou wilt" without relying on the grace of God to get him to the point of sanctification which comes in God's timing, not our own.  Did the church fail to convey that to him? Yes, at least unequivocally so. However, the veil was torn, so that no institution or tertiary party should have to come between God and man. Ultimately, the Church was never assigned to accomplish that which only Christ can do. That is what makes the sacrifice sufficient for all but only efficient to the elect. 

Between the Church(bride) and the Word(groom) there is no doubt about which takes precedence in terms of authority. Question what the Church does but dont trash what the Word says while you're at it just to somehow strengthen whatever selfish point it is you are trying to make.  

To the unbelieving world i say:

If you think the Church is imperfect, you are right. But you are focusing on the wrong example.