Why I Warn, and Why I Won’t Stop

[RenewedStrength316]

To anyone wondering why I speak boldly, publicly, and without compromise—I want you to know my heart.

I don’t correct doctrine because I think I’m smarter or better. I do it because I’ve lived through spiritual deception, and I’ve seen firsthand how twisted teachings can enslave, divide, and destroy.

I don’t hate Doug. I’m not judging his salvation. But when a man begins to teach that not all of Jesus’ words apply today, that the commands of Christ are optional or outdated, and that Paul preached a separate gospel—someone has to sound the alarm.

> “Have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?” — Galatians 4:16
“Reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” — 2 Timothy 4:2



We live in a time of itching ears, soft sermons, and spiritual compromise. Too many “safe Christians” would rather avoid conflict than defend Christ. That’s not love. That’s cowardice.

> Jesus never told us to be nice. He told us to be holy, bold, and faithful.



I’ve wrestled with doubt. I’ve fallen. I’ve suffered. But Jesus saved me—not with soft words, but with the sharp sword of truth. That’s the truth I now carry. That’s why I won’t stay silent.

If I’ve spoken wrongly, show me in Scripture.
But if I’ve spoken rightly, don’t be offended—be warned.

> “I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole counsel of God.” — Acts 20:26–27



This isn’t personal. It’s eternal.
I speak because I fear God more than man.
And I love His Church too much to let wolves roam freely.

—Shane

 

[Lambano]

As long as you address the doctrine and don’t attack the person who holds it, you’re fine.

 

[marks]

To anyone wondering why I speak boldly, publicly, and without compromise—I want you to know my heart.

What I'm learning is that you are in need of learning, and I don't think you will receive it, so I pray that you do.

Much love!

 

[marks]

To anyone wondering why I speak boldly, publicly, and without compromise—I want you to know my heart.

Matthew 28:19-20 KJV
19) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20) Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Are you a full time missionary to the nations?

Much love!

 

[RenewedStrength316]

What I'm learning is that you are in need of learning, and I don't think you will receive it, so I pray that you do.

Much love!

I appreciate your prayers, Mark. But boldness is not arrogance when it’s grounded in the Word of God. Jesus spoke with authority, not uncertainty. The apostles preached Christ crucified without compromise.

If correction is needed, I welcome it—from Scripture, not sentiment.

But I will not apologize for warning the flock. I will not stop naming deception.

I speak as one who has been forgiven much, and so I cannot stay silent.

If I am wrong, show me where by the Word. If I am right, then your issue is not with me—but with the truth itself.

 

[RenewedStrength316]

Matthew 28:19-20 KJV
19) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20) Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Are you a full time missionary to the nations?

Much love!

Am I a full-time missionary? Not yet. But I am a full-time follower of Christ.

And Jesus didn’t say, “Only missionaries must teach all I commanded.” He said to make disciples of all nations—teaching them to obey everything He commanded.

That command was for every believer, not just the ones who get paid, praised, or platformed.

If you know the truth, you proclaim it. If the flock is being poisoned, you warn them. If Jesus is being sidelined, you put Him back at the center—publicly.

I don’t need a pulpit to obey Christ. I need a spine.

So while others stay silent, I will speak. While others soften truth, I will sharpen it. While others coddle wolves, I will expose them.

And I say this with love: the church is drowning in comfort, and someone has to sound the alarm.

 

[RenewedStrength316]

As long as you address the doctrine and don’t attack the person who holds it, you’re fine.

You're right—and that’s exactly what I’ve done.

I’m not attacking Doug’s person. I’m exposing Doug’s doctrine—because it attacks the Person of Jesus Christ.

When someone declares that not all of Jesus’ commands apply today...
When someone pits Paul against Peter, and both against Christ...
When someone strips baptism, obedience, and repentance from the gospel...

That’s not “just another view.” That’s war against the Word made flesh.

False doctrine isn’t neutral. It damns.
And love that stays silent isn’t love. It’s complicity.

So I’ll keep doing what Scripture commands:

> “Reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” —2 Timothy 4:2
“Contend earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints.” —Jude 1:3
“Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.” —Proverbs 24:11

 

[marks]

Am I a full-time missionary? Not yet. But I am a full-time follower of Christ.

He said to go to all the nations. Why have you not gone?

Much love!

 

[Dave Mac]

> Jesus never told us to be nice. He told us to be holy, bold, and faithful.

yet the word does say, I think the way we speak the truth is just as important as the truth. this is a general statement and not directed to you, but one I have been thinking about lately, and saw this thread,

Ephesians 4:32​

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

1 Corinthians 13:4-5​

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

 

[marks]

He said to go to all the nations. Why have you not gone?

Much love!

@RenewedStrength316

The answer to this question is important to the discussion at hand. Do you think you are supposed to go to the nations?

Much love!

 

[RenewedStrength316]

He said to go to all the nations. Why have you not gone?

Much love!

Why haven’t I gone to all nations?

Because I’m preparing to.
Because I don’t run ahead of the Spirit—I walk in step with Him.
Because Jesus said, “Tarry in Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high” (Luke 24:49).
Because the Lord sends trained servants, not arrogant wanderers.

Mission isn't a passport—it’s a fire in the bones.
And if you think rebuking false doctrine isn't mission work, then you’ve misunderstood the battle.

I may not have a plane ticket. But I’ve got a sword.
And I’m using it—because the wolves are already inside the fold.

> “I sought for a man to stand in the gap... but found none.” —Ezekiel 22:30
“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet.” —Isaiah 58:1
“He that is faithful in little will be faithful in much.” —Luke 16:10



You ask why I haven’t gone. I ask: Why haven’t you stood?

 

[RenewedStrength316]

yet the word does say, I think the way we speak the truth is just as important as the truth. this is a general statement and not directed to you, but one I have been thinking about lately, and saw this thread,

Ephesians 4:32​

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

1 Corinthians 13:4-5​

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

Amen, Dave. You’re absolutely right—truth without love is a hammer without a handle. But love without truth is a pillow over the mouth of conviction.

The Word also says:

> “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt…” —Colossians 4:6
“Rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith.” —Titus 1:13
“Open rebuke is better than hidden love.” —Proverbs 27:5



Jesus flipped tables. Paul rebuked Peter to his face. John the Baptist called men vipers. Stephen called the Sanhedrin stiff-necked before they stoned him. Were they unloving? Or just unwilling to trade truth for the illusion of peace?

Kindness is not compromise. Love does not flatter. Holiness does not appease.

> “Faithful are the wounds of a friend…” —Proverbs 27:6



So yes—I will strive to speak truth with grace. But I will never dilute it to keep people comfortable. The cross is offensive. The gospel is a fire. And if I’m not hated by some, I’m probably not following Christ closely enough (John 15:18–19).

 

[RenewedStrength316]

@RenewedStrength316

The answer to this question is important to the discussion at hand. Do you think you are supposed to go to the nations?

Much love!

Yes, I do believe I’m called to go to the nations.

But calling is not the same as timing.
Obedience means going when and where the Lord sends—not running ahead of Him to prove something to man.

> “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.” —Psalm 37:23
“How shall they preach unless they are sent?” —Romans 10:15
“The Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’” —Acts 13:2



So why haven’t I gone yet?

Because I’m still being refined, prepared, and equipped.
Because I have children to care for, a wife to pray for, and chains of trauma that God is still breaking.
Because the Lord is more interested in the man I become than the place I go.

In the meantime, I’m not sitting idle. I’m obeying here—calling out deception, proclaiming truth, and walking faithfully with what I’ve been given.

> “Be faithful in little… and you will be entrusted with much.” —Luke 16:10



You ask if I’m called to the nations. I say yes.
But if we can’t stand for truth at home, what business do we have preaching it abroad?

 

[Jay Ross]

He said to go to all the nations. Why have you not gone?

Because today all of the nations have come to my country and when I am able to rub shoulders with them, I have an opportunity to share the Gospel. I am also very aware that for them I might be the only version of the Bible that they may see and observe.

One of the problems that we have within the body of Christ is that many so-called Saints are very protective of themselves and will often run away from a person who will challenge their belief system.

It is a strange world that we live in.

We strongly protect the religious constructs that we develop and as such we attack anyone who may have a different understanding of what it may mean to be one of God's Saints.

 

[marks]

Why haven’t I gone to all nations?

Because I’m preparing to.
Because I don’t run ahead of the Spirit—I walk in step with Him.
Because Jesus said, “Tarry in Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high” (Luke 24:49).
Because the Lord sends trained servants, not arrogant wanderers.

You haven't gone because you don't think this means you. The rest is your excuse, because you know God can fulfill every good work.

And you are not "tarrying in Jerusalem". Or are you? Is that where you live?

I am standing.

Much love!

 

[marks]

But calling is not the same as timing.
Obedience means going when and where the Lord sends—not running ahead of Him to prove something to man.

He said Go. He told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem. He didn't tell you to wait. But then, it wasn't you He told to go, was it? It was those to whom He spoke.

Much love!

 

[marks]

Because today all of the nations have come to my country and when I am able to rub shoulders with them, I have an opportunity to share the Gospel. I am also very aware that for them I might be the only version of the Bible that they may see and observe.

It sounds to me that you've looked at the heart of what Jesus was commanding His disciples in that day - when Christianity hadn't spread beyond Isreal - and applied it to your situation today, that all people need a Christian witness.

Not that we appropriate Jesus' commands to others, but that we have the same heart as Jesus. Instead of searching out the "rules" to create our own new "Law", we do for others because we love them, in the power of the Holy Spirit, and not a matter of "law keeping", doing what we believe we must do, ticking items off the list.

We strongly protect the religious constructs that we develop and as such we attack anyone who may have a different understanding of what it may mean to be one of God's Saints.

I've come to believe that each of us are unique, and as such our relationships with God are unique. The Law of Love transcends our differences, allowing us to walk in the Spirit as one with each other. Not judging each other, separating from each other.

Much love!

 

[Nameaboveallnames]

Am I a full-time missionary? Not yet. But I am a full-time follower of Christ.

And Jesus didn’t say, “Only missionaries must teach all I commanded.” He said to make disciples of all nations—teaching them to obey everything He commanded.

That command was for every believer, not just the ones who get paid, praised, or platformed.

Hey, Shane.

I hear you, and, knowing a little bit about you, I believe that your heart is in the right place. Although I do not believe that you are wrong for boldly defending the gospel, I would like to just clarify a thing or two.

For starters, The Great Commission, as it is commonly called, was originally given to Jesus' eleven apostles. Judas had already hung himself, and Matthias was not chosen as his replacement until after Jesus uttered those words.

Matthew chapter 28

[16] Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
[17] And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
[18] And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
[19] Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
[20] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Mark chapter 16

[14] Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
[15] And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
[16] He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
[17] And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
[18] They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
[19] So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
[20] And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

Acts chapter 1

[1] The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
[2] Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
[3] To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
[4] And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

As Christians, we are all likened to members of the body of Christ, but, as with a natural body, not all members perform the same function. With this truth in mind, the Apostle Paul rightly asked:

"Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?" (1 Cor. 12:29)

Of course, the correct answer to the opening question is, "No, all are not apostles." With such being the case, we are not all necessarily called to go into all the world to preach the gospel. However, and this is A BIG HOWEVER, we are all called to share the gospel. This same Apostle Paul, while describing the spiritual armor of every believer, spoke of the necessity of having our "feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace" (Eph. 6:15). Undoubtedly, Paul had the two following portions of Old Testament scripture in mind when he penned those words.

"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!" (Isa. 52:7)

"Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off." (Nahum 1:15)

In fact, Paul quoted/alluded to these verses in his epistle to the Romans when he said:

Romans chapter 10

[14] How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
[15] And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Technically, The Great Commission to go to all nations was given to Jesus' eleven apostles at that time. However, like you said, they were to teach all nations to obey everything that Jesus commanded, and part of his command is for us to be the light of the world and the salt of the earth. As Jesus said, nobody lights a candle and then hides it under a bushel. Keep on keeping on, brother.

Peace.

 

[Nameaboveallnames]

> “Faithful are the wounds of a friend…” —Proverbs 27:6

Amen, but I wish that you had posted a fuller version of this.

Proverbs 27

[5] Open rebuke is better than secret love.
[6] Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

If we truly love people, then we are more than likely going to need to openly rebuke them at times...especially if they are spouting their nonsense in an open forum type environment. That said, you/we should seek to go to that person privately first. If they will not hear said reproof, then we would need to do so again publicly so that others are not potentially misled by their folly.

Similarly, if we are truly someone's friend, then there are more than likely going to be times when we will need to faithfully wound them for their own potential good.

In my own pretty vast experience, the average professing Christian hates reproof. To me, that is a clear cut indicator that they are not truly Christians. This comment is not aimed specifically at anybody here, but, instead, it is just a general observation.

Personally, I LOVE being reproved...as long as the reproof is accurate. As the psalmist said:

"Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities." (Psa. 141:5)

Peace.

 

[Behold]

> Jesus never told us to be nice. He told us to be holy, bold, and faithful.

Paul teaches that Jesus teaches that if you are the greatest teacher, the most refined bible scholar, the greatest presenter of the scripture, the most widely read Christian, the most Famous..... and the very one who has spoken before more congregations all over the world then any other PREACHER.......AND YOU HAVE NO LOVE....(Charity).... THEN YOU ARE A NOTHING......You are a Spiritual RUNT.. You are a legend in your own mind....... You are a vain, useless, classless, selfish, NOTHING, ....tho you be born again and greatly esteemed by others.

So, we are to serve God, because we Love God and Love the Brethren.

Jesus loved us with all His heart, soul, mind, and body, because that is How He loved His Father and He poured this exact Love out on SINNERS........on ME.. and on YOU.
That's more than amazing......that is : "GOD is Love".