Pupose-Driven Sensitive Seeker False Teaching

“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!Y Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!”
(Isaiah 5:20-21, 23 - KJV)


In 1995, Rick Warren published his first bestseller, The Purpose-Driven Church. In 2002, he released The Purpose Driven Life. Warren’s teachings are based on the principle of being seeker sensitive. The founder of seeker sensitive religion is Robert Schuller, who has had a profound impact on Rick Warren.

Shuller says, “I believe that the responsibility in this Age is to 'positivize' religion. Now this probably doesn't have much bearing to you people, being Unity people, you're positive. But I talk a great deal to groups that are not positive... even to what we would call Fundamentalists who deal constantly with words like sin, salvation, repentance, guilt, that sort of thing.”

This is direct contradiction to what Jesus said in Matthew 9:13; “for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” And in Mark 2:17, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
The focus of the seeker sensitive message is to see an explosion in church growth. But this goes beyond the church as corporations like Coke and Walmart, and sports teams like NASCAR, the Green Bay Packers and the Oakland Raiders use this material to motivate their perspective groups.

The problem is that the seeker sensitive movement points people away from the gospel message Jesus Christ who died to save us from our sins, to a message that makes them comfortable with themselves.

Warren himself said, “You've heard me say many times that the greatest thing you can do with your life is tell somebody about Jesus and invite them to come to know Him ... And I've always said that was the greatest thing you could do with your life. I was wrong. There is one thing you can do greater than share Jesus Christ with somebody, and it is help start a church.”

Like it or not, the true Gospel of Jesus Christ will ALWAYS be offensive. Psalm 118:22 says, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner stone.” In Luke 20: 17-18, "Jesus looked at them and said, 'Then what do the Scriptures mean? `The stone rejected by the builders has now become the cornerstone.' All who stumble over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.'"

Jesus asserts later that He is the cornerstone of the Temple. Their rejection of Him was irrelevant and it would be to their own downfall in the end.

Furthermore, in Matthew 10:34-39, Jesus said, "Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household. He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it."

In this day and age when the gospel message is being watered down by those trying to be sensitive to seekers – those who want their ears itched; it is important that we look into what the Word of God says. For His Word is TRUTH. He does not lie. There is no shadow of turning in Him. And His Word is established in Heaven forever. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. All men and women NEED a Savior. And the only one able to save us from our SINS is Jesus Christ who shed His PURE, SPOTLESS, UNBLEMISHED BLOOD that we might live!

Brothers and sisters, “Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteous¬ness and truth;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.” (Ephesians 5:6-11 - KJV)