 Hey, guys, what's up? It's Isaac David, and this is The Daily Disciple, where I hope you follow Jesus daily. Welcome back in today's video. We're gonna be talking about when it's okay to deconstruct your faith. That might sound scary to some of you, and if you've been following me a while, you know that I've talked about kind of the detriments, the problems with deconstructionism and this growing movement. I have some clarification. It's an important conversation, so let's get into it. But first, I just want to give a huge shout out to everyone on Patreon. You guys know it's the people on Patreon that make this ministry keep going and growing. This is my life's mission. I can't put it any other way. I am passionate about sharing Jesus online, helping people follow Jesus daily for the glory of God, and it's because of your guys' support on Patreon that I can continue to do this. We are almost at a hundred patrons, which is crazy to me. 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Okay, so recently I put out a video Commentating on this tiktok, which I will play for you now Ultimately whether you're deconstructing your faith or renovating your faith You're doing the same thing You're looking at the Bible and you're erasing the parts that you don't like and you're writing in the parts that you Do like you're forming a God into your own image a God that you can put up with that you find to be Reasonable and respectable. Yes. Jesus was about love and acceptance But he was also about repentance and truth if you don't accept all of God's attributes You are worshiping an idol now. I got quite a bit of pushback on this Tiktok like when I posted it You know people are like Isaac that's not the main core of Deconstructionism or you're getting it wrong or you're off on this one And so I wanted to explore a little bit more and win on when it's okay to deconstruct your faith and some of the problems with The vast majority of the deconstructionist movement because I don't think I got this one wrong I'm just gonna put it out there, but I do think there is some nuance here So let's just talk about deconstructionism in general There is a growing group of people that are trying to take apart the fundamentals of the faith That's who I'm addressing when I talk about deconstructionism usually because that's the vast majority of the movement It's people that are taking apart the fundamentals of the faith. They are creating for themselves an idol a Jesus that looks good to them that is reasonable that can fit and conform into our culture Generally the hang-ups are LGBT issues abortion Maybe you know Jesus was a socialist the the authority of the Bible all these things are put into question Or inserted into the Bible in order to make Jesus and Christianity more Nicer, you know, like for the vast majority of people Christians seem I don't know bigoted and Hateful and mean and we don't want to be those kind of people we want to be nice So then people kind of deconstruct their faith what they thought to be true and conform it and and rebuild or renovate it to a place that they can be happy with that they can Really identify with this Jesus. Yes, this is somebody I like. This is a belief system that I want to be a part of I Don't need to go into depth and why that's a bad thing I feel like for a lot of people watching this you can already begin to say, okay, that doesn't sound right to me This doesn't sound like a good thing. You're taking apart or deconstructing what is known as orthodox Christianity I'm not talking about orthodox like Catholic or orthodox. That's not what I'm talking about I'm talking about the the brand of like Across history back from the apostle apostles and like what has been known to be the fundamentals of orthodox Christianity who Jesus is what the Bible says the authority of scripture all these things come into play and all these Things are stripped away when we start saying, you know what? I don't know if they fit with my life as I want them to and and then we start changing them Here's here's when it's okay to deconstruct your faith And I think a lot of these people that were kind of angry at me or or maybe like Isaac I don't think you're getting this right. I think they have a different definition of deconstructionist and that's okay, right? I just think you should be careful about identifying with certain movements that are on the vast majority Antithetical to the gospel like I don't think if you're in this camp that I'm gonna explain I don't think you really should be identifying with the deconstructionist movement because I think it has a lot of things in it That you just don't want to be a part of right So there are certain people that grew up in church that have learned things that are just false about who God is What Christianity is about? the scriptures what the scriptures teach and so I just want to example of this is The vast majority not the vast majority that that might be a little bit of overstatement, but I've talked to so many Christian young adults that are just enveloped in a shame just like a Weight and a shame because they've been taught this Jesus this God that is like an overbearing father that is Disappointed on us that will never be satisfied with anything that we we do that is always kind of looking over our shoulders to Criticize condemn and judge us and yes, maybe there was the oh yeah But Jesus is you know, he's about you know, there's grace there, too But you're a piece of trash and you should remember that so there's this kind of lurking shame over our shoulders And there's no kind of understanding of oh, we were created in the image of God Oh, we're created new and him God loves us and accepts us and that we are we are made in his image and and Empowered by his power in his presence to live a life for him and that that that through Christ We are enough in that right in Christ. We are enough in that not without him right but with him Yes, and so, you know, there needs to be some Deconstruction of that the lie right that you're just a piece of garbage that God could never love you that you're just you know You know like a worm to God like all these kind of things that are Propagated maybe within the more conservative church. We need to deconstruct those things Absolutely, and that's why I don't want you to think that when I talk about deconstruction that you should just oh Accept every single thing that you're taught because we wouldn't want to question anything and therefore Put into question the validity of the Bible or anything like that. No, we're called to discern what people are saying to us We're not just called. Okay. I'm just gonna accept everything yummy. I'm yummy I'm like everything is is gospel to me But no now when we have the authority of the scripture we understand that this above Anything else that anybody else is gonna tell us and we can see those things those messages that we're getting those sermons That we're getting through the lens of what the scripture Says and we can begin to interpret that that doesn't mean we're not gonna listen to pastors or teachers in our life That just means we're gonna listen to it with an open Bible And so I don't want you to think that we should never question what we're taught within the church, right? because there's so many different churches and different terms of you know pastors and teachings on specific things that's okay, right? And I think I wouldn't necessarily encourage you to identify with the Deconstructionist movement. I need to pull apart everything that I've been taught within Because you get into really dangerous territory when you start identifying with the people that are like oh Man, you know the Bible is the Bible really the word of God I'm not sure about that or you know, can we really believe like the Bible's kind of corrupt or You know the Bible's teachings are kind of bigoted in some ways if you start identifying with those people I just think that's a dangerous road to go on but we can approach Deconstructing maybe some of the things that we were taught as kids through the lens of the scripture through the lens of God's revealed Revelation to us general revelation is is what we see around in creation, right? It shows us that God is a creative God that he makes beautiful Things that he has I just see his emphasis on both simplicity and complexity in the interworkings of those things But through the do the revealed scripture to us That is his words to us and explaining the gospel and who he is and we can explore What he has to say to us through that but when you begin to Take shots at the Bible and put into question. It's authority in general. You are left on sinking sand you are left with no foundation and a lot of these people within the Deconstructionist movement will try to take some pieces from the Bible and then disregard others and this kind of pick-and-choose mentality this there's cherry picking mentality ultimately won't last and that's why I say that a lot of people that get on this Deconstructionist train or either gonna end up in straight-out atheism or just hypocrisy Because when you put into question the authority of the scripture all of a sudden yeah, you're like, okay Well, maybe homosexuality is not a sin. Maybe abortions. Okay, you know Maybe these things that are sins in the Bible. That's not really true, right? Then what what is to say that Jesus's words? About what he says or valid, right? There's some people they call themselves just the red letter Christians Oh, just Jesus his words is what I listened to But how do you know if the Bible was written by man? How do you know if those are actually Jesus's words to you and they don't and they're like Oh, yeah, that's a good point and they begin on this path of like, okay Questioning questioning questioning questioning and what I've said before is that there's almost an over emphasis on being uncertain in these communities It's like it's good to be uncertain. It's good to be questioning. It's good to be kind of wallowing in your Unknowing but yet there's so much beauty in having confidence in what God has said to us having confidence in Who God has revealed himself to be I Know there's been a lot of church hurt like there you can't You can rarely go through Growing up as a Christian and not experience some level of like either hurt towards the church or Maybe a teaching that that was just not correct And it kind of worked its way into your system And you're still kind of reeling from that and you're trying to unlearn that because maybe it was your parents Pastors or teachers it just kind of it got in your system and it kind of distorted your perspective of God And if that's the case if that's something that's happened for you Um, I want you and I encourage you to begin on the process of like working through that and I'm sure you already are But I just want to you know say that that's not a bad thing That's not making you a bad Christian because all of a sudden you're putting into question these things that you were taught That doesn't put you in the same camp as these people that are throwing away the scriptures throwing away their faith and saying You know what? I don't know if I believe like you don't have to be Associating the same campus those people you can be like legitimately. Hey, I believe in God I believe in Jesus the Jesus died for my sins. I believe that the word of God is true I'm just trying to figure out exactly where that puts me in these things that I've been taught whether that's about shame or myself worth or or How I need to operate in this world like there are so many questions that we still have but how we explore those and how we Engage with those needs to be from the foundation of the scripture Because otherwise you're just going off your own opinion like ultimately we're left with this question of who do I value most? What what whose opinion do I value most? Do I feel it value my opinion most or do I value God's opinion most? And I realize look Okay, well like how do we find out God's opinion while we look in the scriptures? We're discerning we're using hermeneutics hermeneutics is a way how we understand and interpret the scripture Yes, you're gonna need to consult with Bible commentaries and things like that But the end of the day I think it's much less about the information that we're missing and it's more about the inward Transformation that that still needs to take place from the Holy Spirit like even if you're a Christian You're like you're still on this process of this ongoing Transformation and healing so there is a lot of healing that is yet to take place just like like some people think that okay once you become a Christian, right? You're maybe if you have like an outward injury like you're in a wheelchair or something Yeah, that's not gonna be healed, but all your internals are gonna be healed, right, but that's not true. Yes We are saved. We are You know transform we're given a new heart with new desires, but then there's this process of sanctification, right in transformation and healing And this is a progressive thing and we shouldn't be afraid of that We shouldn't be scared of that or think that makes us a bad Christian because we don't have we're still having, you know Questions or whatever no like I'm gonna embrace the season of healing and actually begin to Take some time to have conversations with people in my life About the things that I'm going through the questions that I'm having the struggles that I'm having I found that the most healing that has taken place in my life and is only fueled by when I let it out when I let My thoughts my questions and maybe that's just my personality I'm a verbal processor and that's just how I need to get things out But when I can work through these things with someone and just say hey, this is what I'm experiencing I feel worthless right now. I just feel like I can't do anything for God, right? And I feel like everything that I do it just falls short and I just I just don't even know how to operate now I'm just enveloped in the shame and And it just doesn't even feel like God's empowered me to do anything like these are the kind of things that I'm working through personally and being able to verbalize and vocalize those things as somebody in like that I trust in my life It's so important Just to kind of a jumping off point when we talk about you know Verbalizing these vulnerable things that are going on within us whether that's your own kind of Deconstruction, but I don't like to use that word, but you know what I mean based on what I've already explained You know, you're you're trying to deconstruct the things that that are that that we're just mangled things in your life That you were taught early on about the scriptures. It just weren't true. You recognize that now So how do you actually be in a process of somebody in your life? Well, you need to find somebody that is both compassionate and curious and so we often encounter people that are you know Curious about our lives, but they're not compassionate. So they'll ask you lots of questions They're like, how are you doing? You know, what's what's life like? What's going on? But then you're kind of met with this judgment almost and you're like, well, that was nice that I talked a lot but then I go away feeling judged and like I'm I'm not enough or I'm doing the wrong thing or whatever and Then you talk to people that maybe you're Compassionate, but they're not curious like they're nice people, but they never ask you enough questions to really get deep You don't feel comfortable going deep with that person when you find that kind of person that can go Deep with you that is curious, but is also compassionate about what you're going through and it can reaffirm and also guide you towards truth like that's such an important element It's like I'm gonna affirm you, but I'm also gonna spur you on towards truth That is an amazing kind of friendship relationship that that needs to be fostered And I know a lot of people you don't have that right now and that's okay I'm things like that and people like that. They're tough to find But when you do find them and when you do begin to put yourself out there enough like, you know You're not you're not spilling your guts to every person you meet But you're testing the waters to see okay, what how is this person responding to my vulnerable vulnerability? It's like okay now. I'm gonna open up a little bit more and through that relationship because I really do believe it's that connection that really Works its way towards healing that that is gonna be the vessel by which you can process some of the that's just the negative that the Distortions that you experience growing up or even now or even recently that have come kind of waking making their way into your Your your life your faith walk that just need to be out that just need to get out and that you just needed healing and and refreshment in Transformation and so you know if you're walking through this and you're having questions or whatever like I just want to say Hey, look, that's okay. That's okay, but let's Process them in a way that's healthy. That's not just throwing everything out. I'm just done I'm gonna just you know become an atheist I'm just gonna become an agnostic or I'm just gonna become a progressive Christian because all these people are talking about the Negative aspects of the church or some of them, you know things that they were taught in the church that weren't good or purity culture Whatever, it's like, okay, like we can recognize. Hey look, you got some points there But at the same time I'm gonna hold true to the foundation of God's word and I'm gonna process I'm gonna heal and I'm gonna seek his truth in this and that's where we need to be I hope you found this video encouraging and insightful in some way I put out videos pretty much every single day at this point and the only reason I'm able to do that is Because of people on patreon like I said, it's my goal to be able to do this full-time That's my mission is to help people follow Jesus daily to help you follow Jesus daily And if that's something you want to get behind that's a mission that you are Committed to head on over to patreon for as little as five dollars a month you can help support what I'm doing here So thank you so much for that You can give this video like if you enjoyed it subscribe to the channel because I'm like I said I'm putting out videos every single day You can follow me on Instagram and tick tock at it's Isaac David And put no videos all the time on there. 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