![]() ![]() ![]() Over and over, they offered full-throated approval for heresy. Re-read other correspondence from the consistory of Hope PRC. ![]() Second, we know Hope was not sorry, and is not to this day, because they continue to nominate and elect to the office of elder the same men who defended false doctrine and who spiritually abused, that is murdered, the sheep of their flock who were courageous enough to contend for the faith. You would exercise the key of Christian discipline against those who perpetrated this great evil. You would nominate and elect to office the men who understood the doctrines correctly and had fought for them. You would take up the sword against yourself. You would shout it from the mountaintops. Trying to hide an apology for a public sin is the opposite of “clearing yourselves” and “in all things” approving yourself “clear in this matter.” If you were genuinely sorry for what you did, you would not try to hide it. We know that for two reasons: First, 2 Corinthians 7:11 explains what true repentance looks like. If you could not hear the apology, or if you missed it, an elder would read it to you.įor three years, the key of Christian discipline was publicly exercised against a godly man, and then when it was shown that the discipline was wicked, the elders tried their best to keep their apology under wraps. And they would not allow written copies to be distributed. That’s because Hope refused to publish the apology. When they finally were backed so far into the corner that they had to remove the discipline from Neil Meyer, they were compelled to make an apology. “The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.”Īnd the response this will elicit is, “Well, Hope is sorry. The words of Ezekiel 34:4 describe the type of “shepherd leadership” shown at Hope PRC. They killed them by deposing them, and they killed them by slandering them, and they killed them by destroying their name and reputation, and they killed them by driving them from their church. The consistory of Hope PRC fed their flock the poison of Satan.Īnd when some objected, they killed them. Jesus Christ commands elders to feed the flock the pure gospel of grace and the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ alone. Six days later, Hope’s consistory responded by countercharging him as an antinomian and later suspending and deposing him from office. ![]() In faithfulness to his Formula of Subscription vow, he exerted himself to keep Hope PRC free from corrupting justification by faith alone. What was Elder Meyer’s sin? What aroused in Hope’s consistory such anger?Įlder Meyer objected to a minister preaching that our obedience is a way to the Father. This letter is probably one of the ugliest things I have ever read. If you don’t know what spiritual abuse looks like, read this letter from Hope PRC to Neil Meyer dated November 4, 2015. That abuse thrived at Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Walker, MI. I speak of the spiritual abuse suffered by many of God’s children at the hands of the laypeople and the leaders in the PRC. The PRC may be ignoring it, but they can be sure Jehovah God is not. 13:10).īut there is one matter about which we hear nothing. They seduce the people by saying “Peace,” when there is no peace (Ezek. Gritters, and perhaps more, do have one thing in common. These revisionist historians now deny that Classis East got it wrong in early 2018, blandly state that five church visitors are normal, tell the people that the issue was never about the unconditional covenant, and even claim that they do not know what the controversy is about.Īlthough each of the lectures is unique, the ministers who have spoken at them, Rev. There is a lot of noise about other things.Ĭhurches are now holding special lectures where ministers are making their initial attempts to rewrite history. Amid all the turmoil that has gone on in the PRC to date, there is one thing that never gets a mention. ![]()
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