Paisleyism Puts Protestantism on a New Cart 1

Paisleyism Puts Protestantism on a New Cart 1

The Construction of the New Cart

As David considered the construction of the new cart in his day, so we have the parallels to Paisleyism of our day. Evidently the new cart in David’s time would have been constructed out of wood; he followed the pattern of the idolatrous Philistines.

Wood, in Scripture is associated with man and therefore has an association with sin and judgment. When wood was used in the construction of Noah’s ark, it was covered with pitch; this is of course a picture of the atonement which depicts the covering. When wood was used in the tabernacle and temple furnishings, it was covered with precious gold and such like, so too, in the construction of the Ark of God, it was overlaid with pure gold. So wood, uncovered is associated with sin and man’s hatred for his maker; it was to a cross of wood that sinful, degenerate and wicked man nailed the Son of God. We must always remember that it is not the wood of the cross that saves, but it is the blood of the cross of Christ that saves; ‘the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin’.

The construction of the new cart was based upon sinful association; so too the new cart of Paisleyism has abandoned the Biblical principles of Protestantism where the Word of God is foundational and absolutely essential in every aspect of the Reformed Faith; they have turned away from the golden principles of separation and went to the wood of Secular uncleanness. ‘He that putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back is not fit’.

This new cart that David’s team had constructed from wood, revealed the craft of fallen man. Here was a vehicle constructed by human effort; the new cart overshadowed the power of Almighty God and brought into prominence the paltry power of man. Human effort, human ability and human resource brought the new cart to the fore; it was an invention, it was an innovation of man the fallen and sinful creature. Undoubtedly it would have necessitated a team effort to construct the new cart; and so it is with Paisleyism today. They have taken their hands away from the work of God; which work requires ‘clean hands and a pure heart’; and have set their hands to the construction of their new cart of ungodly Secularism. ‘ye cannot serve God and mammon’.

In order for David’s team to construct their new cart, there had to be a plan, there had to be a certain layout of specification details. A team of experts would have been commissioned to work on this new Davidic project; without doubt they would have depended upon human reasoning. So too with Paisleyism, as they view this so called new era; they are relying upon human reasoning to come up with the right design of vehicle to move their policies forward. Just as David used a secular vehicle to carry his ambitions forward, so, Paisleyism is rolling the new cart of Secularism out into Ulster society with the intention of carrying Protestantism to ruin and judgment. Any ‘new cart’ constructed from sinful association, crafted by human ability and designed by human reasoning is an unworthy vehicle indeed. ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before me’

Rev Mervyn Cotton (Heb13:6)