Real Error in the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster 3

Evidence of Real Error in the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster 3

Some sixty years ago on the 17th of March, Rev Ian Paisley founded the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster at Crossgar; sadly, much has changed since then. Rev Paisley was swift to condemn the main line Protestant churches in Ulster and abroad, as apostate and ecumenical; at every opportunity he attacked what he considered to be their compromise with the Church of Rome. Sixty years on and there is real error in the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster; compromise and rebellion are well established in the ranks, so much so that people are leaving and going back into the main line Protestant denominations from whence they came.

Yet another real error was manifest when Free Presbyterian ministers and office bearers accepted the terms of the St Andrews Agreement, the error of ‘falling away’ or apostasy. It was Rev Ian Paisley, prior to signing the Agreement, which asked a question of Mr Blair; I want to quote Mr Blair’s words, ‘he (Ian Paisley) asked me whether I thought God wanted him to make the deal that would seal the peace process. I wanted to say yes, but I hesitated; though I was sure God would want peace, God is not a negotiator. I felt it would be wrong, manipulative, to say yes, and so I said I couldn't answer that question, that only he could and I hoped he would let God guide him.’ (Tony Blair ... A Journey p195-196) this reveals the Free Presbyterian moderator seeking guidance from an unsaved Prime Minister; he didn’t ask his presbytery for council or help, nor did he call for a day of prayer and fasting as at other times.

In signing up to the St Andrews Agreement, Rev Ian Paisley together with his Free Presbyterian ministerial and oversight colleagues signed up to the introduction of Secular Humanism in Ulster. In signing up to Secularist principles these Free Presbyterians are now implementing Equality Legislation which is being used successfully against believing Christians; they are driving God’s Word out of society by stealth, while at the same time encouraging apostasy. Rather than standing against and condemning the dreadful apostasy that is spreading like a global plague, the Free Presbyterian Church is complicit.

For generations the Free Presbyterian Church described denominational backsliding as apostasy, (a falling away); however an apostate is a person that has come close to and perhaps has even accepted the principles of Biblical Christianity, but then has turned fully and finally away into atheism. (Heb6:4-6) ‘For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God, afresh, and put him to an open shame.’ Secular Humanism is the engine that propels the vehicle of apostasy, and atheism is the fuel that keeps it running. Free Presbyterians such as Mervyn Storey are fully persuaded that the Secularist policies which ultimately are designed to spread apostasy are advantageous to a forward looking, inclusive and integrated society.

The real error of apostasy is being promoted by Free Presbyterianism as it implements the Secularist principles of cohesion, sharing and integration; this is such a far step away from separation and a leap towards Secularism. Now, when the DUP leader wants to go to Mass, the Free Presbyterian Church condemns the Mass but not its own ministers and office bearers that support their political leader. There appears to be a persecuting zeal within Free Presbyterianism against disaffected DUP members and a purging out of any that have fallen foul of the church system; it is not uncommon for believers to be denied the right hand of fellowship as they attend public worship.

The three errors that are apparent in the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster are, Compromise, Rebellion and Apostasy; where such real error is manifest, then the clear message from God’s Word is to Separate, to come out of.
‘Come out of her my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.’ (Rev18:4)

Rev Mervyn Cotton (Heb13:6)