Matthew 9:16-17, “No man putteth a piece of new
cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh
from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Neither do men put new wine
into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the
bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are
preserved.”
When I was about 12 years old, I went to make a bowl of cereal one day.
There's nothing like a fresh bowl of Corn Flakes, whole milk, and the
perfect amount of sugar to sweeten it! Yummy in my tummy! Praise the good
Lord!!! I made my big bowl of cereal, greatly anticipating that first
wonderful spoonful, but something went wrong! Yuk! What had I just shoved
into my mouth? It tasted awful. I can still remember the horrible taste. I
had mistakenly grabbed the salt off the shelf instead of the sugar! Oh boy,
what a dingleberry!
So in my infinite wisdom, I just figured I'd keep adding more sugar until
the saltiness went away. In my mind that seemed sensible. I added some
sugar, and then more sugar, and even more sugar, determined to get rid of
the saltiness in my Corn Flakes. Unfortunately, I learned the hard way that
you cannot simply add more sugar to undo a pile of salt in your cereal. No
amount of sugar can fix a ruined meal. What really upset me was that I had
used so much sugar in an attempt to fix my ruined cereal, that there was no
sugar left! Aarrgghh! So I couldn't have a nice bowl of cereal. No kid wants
to eat Corn Flakes without sugar!!!
I think this is an excellent illustration of what is going on at Bob Jones
University today. God knows that I love the people at Bob Jones! I very much
love my neighbours who are Bob Jones graduates, who work at the Harvest
Baptist Church on Guam. I love everyone with God's unconditional love. Yet,
I love God and truth first and foremost. The new president of BJU since 2014
is Evangelist Steve Pettit. I had the opportunity of hearing Dr. Pettit when
he visited Guam to preach at Harvest in 2014. On
January 26, 2020 Dr. Pettit sinfully told 2,700 BJU students that they
couldn't be saved in an instant. I was shocked! I didn't realize how far
gone the Bob Jones camp spiritually are today. Dr. Pettit heretically said:
“You can't just speak about getting saved, and you accepted Christ, and then that's it! There is a justification; There is a sanctification; There's ultimately a glorification, and though there are three parts, they are all part of the whole, and you cannot separate them. In order for you to qualify for the award, you have to get into the race, you have to stay in the race, and you have to finish the race. If you want to win, you have to run to the end; and winning in the Christian life is everything, because if you lose—if you don't finish—you lose everything—you lose your SOUL. And so, the Christian race is the life of faith that begins, is run, and is finished when we cross over into Heaven!” —Dr. Steve Pettit (“What Does It Mean To Run 'The Race'?” - 11:34)
