Follow Up: SBC President Ronnie Floyd, Featured Speaker at New Apostolic Reformation’s IHOP

Bible study author, speaker and blogger Michelle Lesley takes prominent Christian leader Ronnie Floyd to task for uniting with wolves in sheep’s clothing and then inviting the sheep that he’s supposed to keep watch over to join him in the wolf’s lair.  What kind of Church leader would do such a thing?

Michelle has the answer:

Wolves

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” Mat. 7:15

About two months ago, I was deeply grieved to learn that the president of my own denomination (the Southern Baptist Convention) would be be appearing as one of the featured speakers at the International House of Prayer’s (IHOP) Onething 2015 conference. (See my article here. If you’re not familiar with the demonic {and, no, that is not an exaggeration} doctrine and practices of IHOP, please examine the resources listed at the end of the article.)

I (and others I’m aware of) attempted several times to contact Dr. Floyd to plead with him not to do this, but was unable to reach him. Several of my readers suggested (and I prayed) that perhaps Dr. Floyd would use his speaking time at Onething to rebuke IHOP’s false doctrine as pastors are instructed by Scripture to do, or, at the very least, that he would preach the gospel in order that attendees might be saved.

Unfortunately, to his and the Southern Baptist Convention’s shame, Dr. Floyd did not do either of these things, but spoke in a conciliatory, brotherly way to the IHOP leadership and Onething audience about working and praying together in unity to bring about revival in the United States.

Why was this a grievous and shameful thing to do? Because, as I mentioned in my previous article, Scripture forbids Christians from joining ourselves to those who preach a false gospel regardless of how noble the cause might be. And as a seminary graduate, pastor, and president of the largest protestant denomination in the United States, if anyone should know these Scriptures and obey them, it should be Dr. Floyd.

Here is Dr. Floyd’s speech (starting at approximately the 7:32 mark) in its entirety. I’d like to take this opportunity to examine some of his most troubling remarks in comparison with Scripture. (The particular remark I’m addressing can be found at the minute mark preceding the comment.)

8:24- I’m not here tonight to highlight our theological differences but to bend my knee next to yours and to ask God to have mercy on America.  

Can you imagine Jesus saying this to the scribes and Pharisees? Or Peter saying this to Simon the magician? Or Paul saying this to Hymenaeus? Or John saying this to the gnostics? There is absolutely no New Testament precedent for a pastor to stand in a place where false doctrine is proclaimed and blithely sweep it aside in order to pray with those who promote it or believe it.

In fact, the New Testament paints the opposite picture, both implicitly and explicitly. Jesus and the apostles, when approaching unrepentant false teachers, always highlighted their theological differences, rebuked them sharply, and called them to believe the truth of the gospel. There is not a single instance in the New Testament in which Jesus or one of the apostles brushed aside false doctrine in order to work or pray together in unity with false teachers. Not one. 

8:41- I also know that my being here is not an endorsement of your theology…

This statement is clearly at odds with Scripture. Second John 10-11 says:

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, 11 for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.

Don’t even greet a false teacher, never mind accept an invitation (most likely a paid invitation) to speak cooperatively at his conference. If you do, you are taking part in his wicked works. That’s more than just an endorsement. That’s participation in the spreading of false doctrine. Continue reading

Related:

Scripture forbids Christians from joining ourselves to those who preach a false gospel By Michelle Lesley

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3 Responses to Follow Up: SBC President Ronnie Floyd, Featured Speaker at New Apostolic Reformation’s IHOP

  1. Sola Scriptura January 22, 2016 at 4:16 pm #

    Excellent article. We must point out false teachers. Jesus and Paul both make it clear…judging “rightly” is biblical. See the scriptures below:

    http://followingjesuschrist3.com/2016/01/22/right-judgement/

  2. Sheryl January 23, 2016 at 1:45 am #

    Shame on him. And he extended his shame upon the entire SBC. Incidents such as this, along with the associated swelling number of false teachers is why I have personally chosen not to have a denominational affiliation any more. I am simply a member of the body of Christ, and that’s good enough for me.

  3. Darrel January 27, 2016 at 10:59 am #

    It has been said by all too many modern day “theologians” that there is no such thing as “guilt by association”, but the Bible teaches the exact opposite. They use this lie to cover their own continuing sins, it is their own personal ‘fig leaf’. The company a person keeps, the men and women they admire, those that they often refer/defer to and quote is like splitting their heart open for all to see what is inside. If they are constantly bringing up those of “questionable” doctrine, are found in their company all too often, are agreeing with their ideas on the Gospel (no matter how far away from the real Gospel they fall), are seeking endorsements, adulation, and new sources of income, have ‘agreed to disagree’ on matters that are specifically spelled out in the Scriptures [NO MR. FLOYD, THERE ARE NO SECONDARY ISSUES IN THE BIBLE], then you have in front of you a false prophet. Ronnie Floyd definitely qualifies himself as a false prophet, a capitulator, a manipulator, and one who speaks falsely about God and His Word. Floyd’s “ministry” is built on compromise and that with the devil. He would have people believe that no matter what a person says, if they claim to be “Christian” then we must accept ALL of what they say as “God’s truth”—-another lie all to itself. It would be interesting to know whether or not Floyd is a “mason” like so many of his colleagues in the SBC are, because this nonsense sounds somewhat masonic—-accept all, question none.

    1 John 4:1-3 & 2 Cor. 6:11-18. How dare RF make a pact with the devil and do it in the Name of Jesus Christ.

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