Millions of Millennial and younger generation professing Christians, along with a gaggle of vacuous, vapid, or heretical, pastors, joined by liberal, pandering, professional theologians, Social Media stars, authors, musicians, other leaders and influencers, leaned far left as if their ship suddenly tilted dramatically. Celebrity Rapper, Kanye West, whom we are all pretty much overloaded and done with hearing about, instantly became their New Christianity shinning trophy. He is the great validation of the new experience, of their Seeker\/Emergent\/Launch church philosophy.<\/p>\n
\u201cSee! God is saving the BIG ones because of our \u201clove wins\u201d (Rod Bell) paradigm of no-guilt, no-conviction, everyone feels happy and safe, mental assent, music-based Churchianity!\u201d<\/p>\n
They truly do not understand why anyone would challenge the salvation claim of a Celebrity that has been converted to Christianity via their paradigm. Evidence is in the fact that they do no engage the genuine concerns, but fabricate a position or positions that were never establish. That is call a strawman arguing, which is a popular dishonest debate tactic.<\/p>\n
They defiantly say, \u201cGod can save anyone.\u201d\u00a0 But everyone questioning the genuineness of West\u2019s salvation completely agrees with that statement.<\/p>\n
They also accuse us of not wanting West to be saved. That is a completely without evidence thus false accusation. In fact, there is not one hint that we wish anyone to enter eternal hell, but rather than everyone have the opportunity to be saved.<\/p>\n
Having exhausted themselves on those obvious vain points, they accuse us of being jealous and prideful concerning West\u2019s claim. That is likely the lamest and least thought-out accusation.<\/p>\n
Instead of being evasive, why don\u2019t they just address our points? Because they must not do anything to shake their large monstrosity, New Christianity, that is tottering on the skinny pole of music-based, non-experiential, heretical, mental assent salvation.<\/p>\n
To be perfectly honest, there is no real benefit in trying to persuade them to believe otherwise. One may as well try to convince a staunch Calvinist that 5 presumptions does not a valid doctrinal system make. Or try convincing an Imam that his religion is diabolical. How many times have we threw out the life tube to Mormon or Jehovah Witness proselyters only to draw it back empty.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the only hope is to prevent individuals from believing the deception. What would it take to convince professing Christians that a great scam is in effect? Perhaps laying out a series of considerations will give them something to ponder.<\/p>\n
What if<\/strong> Kanye West\u2019s claim of being God, a god, Christ, Yeezus, has created in him a need for more than Rapper fans can give him? He is, after all, in his forties\u2014how much long can he stay relevant in that industry?<\/p>\n What if<\/strong> during the time Kanye West was engaged in what he calls his \u201choly war\u201d against God, Christ, the Bible, and Christianity, he planned on establishing a church?<\/p>\n In West\u2019s song, \u201cNew God Flow\u201d (2012), he refers to himself as god. But more interesting is his reference to Sunday Service and how he plans to use it to cause people to serve him.<\/p>\n \u201cWelcome to Sunday service if you hope to someday serve us<\/p>\n We got green in our eyes, just follow my Erick Sermon<\/p>\n Did Moses not part the water with the cane?<\/p>\n Did strippers not make an arc when I made it rain?<\/p>\n Did Yeezy not get signed by Hov and Dame?<\/p>\n And ran to Jacob and made the new Jesus chains?<\/p>\n In Jesus’ name, let the choir say<\/p>\n “I’m on fire, ay, ” that’s what Richard Pryor say<\/p>\n And we’ll annihilate anybody that violate<\/p>\n Ask any dope boy you know, they admire \u2018Ye\u201d<\/p>\n (Erick Sermon is another blasphemous rapper that plays to the dark artistry.)<\/p>\n West\u2019s wife, Kim, describes Sunday Service that he has now established.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBut beyond the music, it’s not really a church, although it has Christian undertones. It is more of just a healing experience than a religious one. There\u2019s no praying, there\u2019s no sermon, no word, just music, and just a feeling \u2014 and it\u2019s Christian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPeople of all faiths can participate in Sunday Service, although it is a very spiritual Christian experience. Everyone that comes understands it\u2019s just a really healing experience with an amazing choir, and amazing messages about love to start off your week,\u201d<\/p>\n What if<\/strong> it was West\u2019s plan all along to develop a religious following that he would be the \u201cYeezus\u201d of. In 2014, West declared that he was thinking of building a cathedral for his wife and family. In 2016 his close friend, Nicki Minaj, declared that West had become a Christian. However, on October 12, 2019, West calmed he had become a Christian a short time ago this year.<\/p>\n If that is so, then why in 2012 does West have the following lyrics in his song, \u201cNo Church in the Wild?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe formed a new religion<\/p>\n No sins as long as there\u2019s permission\u2019<\/p>\n And deception is the only felony<\/p>\n So never f\u2013 nobody wit\u2019out tellin\u2019 me\u201d<\/p>\n What if<\/strong> West now considers himself a religious leader like Moses that \u201cparted the river with a cane\u201d (New God Flow, Kanye West, 2012)?<\/p>\n “Last week, Kanye West brought his California-based Sunday Service event series to his hometown of Chicago. In a clip that\u2019s been making the rounds on social media, West is seen in the middle of the massive crowd, attempting to move toward the stage to watch his assembled choir perform both standard hymns and gospel interpolations of 2000s pop\/R&B songs. When a security guard intervenes to lead the way, Kanye grabs him by the shoulders.<\/p>\n