Lately some have called us Heretics and here is our formal response.
To the modern religious establishment, the word “heretic” has become the ultimate weapon of convenience. It is thrown about so carelessly, and with such institutional panic, that it has been utterly hollowed out of its scriptural meaning. In the mouth of the lukewarm status quo, “heretic” no longer means a departure from God’s Word; it simply means “You are disrupting our comfort, threatening our traditions, and forcing us to look at a text we would rather ignore.”
There is a profound, liberating irony at play in these last days. The very people standing flat-footed on the absolute, unadulterated authority of the Bible—challenging men to search the scriptures for themselves—are the ones routinely branded with this ancient slander. But when we weigh this accusation in the balances of the sanctuary, the deception falls apart.
Scripture leaves no room for guesswork regarding the anatomy of a true false teacher. The Apostle Peter warned that they would operate through covetousness, using feigned words to “make merchandise of you” (2 Peter 2:3). The Apostle Paul warned that they would rise up “speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them” (Acts 20:30). The true heretic is driven by two ancient engines: filthy lucre and personal pride. They want your wallet, and they want your worship.
Consider, then, the absurdity of the modern accusation. How can a work be labeled heretical when it deliberately removes the flesh from the equation? When there is no donation button, no plea for financial support, and no merchandise for sale, the motive of covetousness is utterly broken. When there is no desire to build a personal kingdom, no clamoring for a platform, and an intentional effort to hide self behind the shadow of the Cross, the motive of pride is destroyed.
To challenge the status quo by holding up the mirror of Scripture is not heresy; it is the fundamental duty of the remnant. We do not ask for followers; we demand execution of the scriptural mandate to “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21).
If this uncompromising stance makes us heretics in the eyes of a sleeping church, we walk a well-worn path. We stand in the company of the Apostle Paul, who had to look the religious authorities of his day in the eye and declare, “But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets” (Acts 24:14). We stand with the faithful translators and martyrs who were hunted down and burned at the stake by wealthy, entrenched religious systems for the singular crime of giving the plain text to the common man.
When you shine the bright, piercing light of prophetic truth and the imminency of the Lord’s Return into a darkened room, the sleeping world will always react with anger. If they cannot defeat the absolute authority of the Word of God with a clear “Thus saith the Lord,” they will resort to name-calling every single time. Let them throw their words. A voice crying in the wilderness was never meant to be popular with the kings in the palaces. Stand fast, for the King is at the door.