Fruitiness That Remains: Adrian Davis
This past Sabbath, Canadian Church of God International Pastor Adrian Davis delivered a broadside to CGI’s leadership in Texas. For the first time in five years, he was able to speak in person to Bill Watson’s Medina congregation and cheer on his mentor. The sermon was titled Fruit That Remains, and guess who immediately posted it to their sermon archive on their website? That’s right, the Church of God International – the very folks he was castigating for criticizing his and Bill’s messaging! Talk about insanity and appeasement!
Adrian began his message by describing what some have called a “polycrisis” – the many existential threats currently facing humanity. He quoted one of the favorite scriptures of Armstrongists, Matthew 24, “a very familiar scripture to any of us who have been walking with Christ.” His point? That, being deceived is our (CGI’s) existential threat. He went on to say that if we don’t endure to the end, we won’t be saved. In other words, unless you continue in the doctrines and teachings that Bill and I have been feeding you, you won’t make it into God’s Kingdom!
Adrian then went on to make very clear which messaging he was talking about. He said: “There are going to be men, like Pastor Bill Watson, who do not buckle under pressure – who do not resort to political correctness to please the Globalists – that will teach truth and will teach the Gospel without apology and without cowardice.” He went on to tell his audience that it was their responsibility to discern that what he and Watson are teaching is true. Davis told them that this was a collaborative effort between teacher and student, and that they would have to do their part if they wanted to avoid getting caught up in “this sweeping Age of Deception.”
He went on to say that Christians like him and Bill have courage – that “we’re ok to be humiliated.” Davis noted that America has changed – there is a hostility toward Christ in our government and society. To underscore his point, he proceeded to quote a passage from the third chapter of Paul’s second epistle to Timothy:
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. (II Timothy 3:12-14, NKJV)
According to Pastor Davis, however, the deception is not confined to the outside world. He said that it is also inside the Church of God International (as evidenced by some of the brethren practicing social distancing, wearing masks, and getting those nasty vaccines).
According to him, Satan has been studying them and waiting for an opportunity to strike. Davis made very clear that he believes that a “wave of deception” is sweeping through our lands and the Church. He said that Satan was trying to take their focus off of Christ and his kingdom by focusing our attention on social justice. The good pastor then declared: “I’m embarrassed to see how easily brethren were just swept up in these Marxist ideologies at the same time claiming to follow Christ,” and “if we don’t want Christ, he doesn’t want us!” He went on to assert that “everything you see in the media is a lie.” According to Pastor Davis those vaccine mandates were part of the spirit of Antichrist, and he said: “I thank pastors like Bill Watson who didn’t buckle.”
He said that folks like him and Bill “had to sit in humiliation…because we love the truth.” Davis went on to say that the powers that be “want us to think were crazy.” “No,” he continued, “we’re the sane ones.” According to Pastor Davis, “the conspiracy theories turned out to be facts.” You see, for Adrian and Bill, Globalism is EVIL! He went on to imply that Christ’s sheep would continue to hear their messaging, because they were proclaiming Christ’s message (Although I don’t remember Jesus saying anything about Globalism, Marxism, vaccine mandates, or social distancing). At any rate, Adrian made it very clear that he and Bill would NOT be intimidated by those evil Globalists. He went on to assert: “We may be persecuted. We may be humiliated, but we have the truth!” Hmmmm, I’m not so sure about that!
Lonnie Hendrix