The Vineyard of Ulster Protestantism Corrupted

The Vineyard of Ulster Protestantism Corrupted 7

1Kings 21:17-19

‘And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite; saying, Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.’

The victory of Ahab’s power sharing executive in taking over Naboth’s vineyard was rather hollow; the conspiracy against righteous Naboth had apparently went well, as had the crushing of all opposition: the problem was that Ahab and his partners had forgotten about the LORD. How be it, Almighty God had not forgotten about the plight of His redeemed people; yes the Lord had allowed the home call of Naboth’s household; yes He had allowed Ahab to go so far. Suddenly, the Lord sent Elijah the prophet to challenge the corrupting influence of Ahab.

Similarly, the victory over the Vineyard of Ulster Protestantism by Paisleyism is proving to be hollow; did Paisleyism imagine that they were given a free hand to corrupt the Vineyard of Ulster Protestantism? Did they imagine that no one would protest against the uprooting of the vines and the planting of secular herbs? Did they think that God would turn a blind eye on their corrupting activity? Just as surely as the Word of God cut across the path of Ahab’s presumption and sin, the same Word of God is now cutting across the presumptuous path of Paisleyism.

Paisleyism has corrupted the path of spiritual separation by their duplicitous actions; first of all they said come out from among them and be ye separate; now they lead the way of compromise and advocate Protestants to follow them to a shared future. Once the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster declared all other Protestant denominations to be apostate, now their own members are going back to these very same churches; furthermore their ministers are fellowshipping with these same churches. (For political purposes only) At a time Paisleyism protested against Ulster Unionists for sharing power with unrepentant terrorists; now they have crushed the Unionists so that they might take their place in a terrorist inclusive government.

Once Paisleyism condemned Sabbath desecration, gay pride marches, immorality in public offices, heresy, blasphemy, ecumenism, attacks against God’s Word, attacks against God’s people, worldliness, secularism, humanism and a plethora of other errors; now, being clad in their secular robes, they acquiesce.

When Ahab was reproved for his sin by the Word of God, he instantly attacked the messenger; ‘And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?’ he was intent on justifying his position, even though he was in the wrong. This has ever been the position adopted by Paisleyism; shout down your opponent without listening to the message. The corruption of secularism that Paisleyism is pouring into the Vineyard of Ulster Protestantism has the potential of destroying the Protestant people; this systematic removal of the authority and power of God’s Word permits the creepers of secular humanism to develop and clears the ground for atheism.

Rev Mervyn Cotton (Heb13:6)