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1 | Truth, Character, and Fruit of Teaching | Matt 7:19 | EmethAlethia | 233644 | ||
Tit 1:9 holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict. I understand that you may not be an elder. If you are, the object in Christianity is not to hold fast to what all the religious leaders and experts say. By that standard, Jesus, all the remaining 11 disciples, and Paul, who was chosen as an apostle afterwards, would fail your test. THe bible does not say, "Trust those who have gone before for centuries" It says continuously keep on proving all things, over and over again, as a habit and wayof life, and hold fast to that which is good/true. It talks about those who are noble minded who examine the scriptures diligently daily, not for the purpose of holding fast to their accepted religious views, but to see if what is said is so. Do you understand that if we teach as doctrines (of God) the doctrines of men, or if we nullify what God has said to hold to our "well established", but untrue traditional beliefs, that even the time we spend in worship is worthless? We get what we love most. If we close our eyes and our ears to any belief other than what we have already accepted, how can we say that it is just for Mormons, Jehovah's witnesses, or any other group that so firmly stand on the "Fact" that "Their beliefs" "Are" "Truth"? I have no problem with the "feeling" that my views contradict some of the religious teachings that have been in place ... in this culture, for centuries. Jesus did the same. Some false teachers do the same. What I am looking for is someone who is an Elder and does as God commands an elder should do. Tit 1:9 holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict. Or someone who is not an elder, for whatever reason, but has a strong reason for the faith that lies within them, and is wiling to shoare those things with me. So far there has been no real attempt to "both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict." Help me out here guys. Many are afraid of the topic, understandably so, but I would prefer not to leave this belief intact. I fought against it for over a year, and I am loosing this fight because I cannot find any evidence to the contrary on my own without twisting, distorting, adding meaning to passages and ignoring what GOd, and Godly men and women, have done over the centuries. |
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2 | Truth, Character, and Fruit of Teaching | Matt 7:19 | EdB | 233646 | ||
EmethAlethia First I think you appended this to a thread you didn't intend to. I think you are still talking about Adultery and married women. I have followed the thread and find it to be a very stimulating subject. However to discuss such a subject with you requires critical thinking, something many in Christianity are afraid of or simply won't do. Further there is the problem that on an open forum such as this most such discussions evolve into hostility and behavior unbecoming a Christian. You make raise a valid and interesting point but such discussion because of the above stated reasons are frowned upon. If you would like to discuss this offline my email address is found in my profile and I would be happy to respond to you. However I'm afraid you will not find me the opponent of your position that I think you are looking for. |
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3 | Truth, Character, and Fruit of Teaching | Matt 7:19 | EdB | 233647 | ||
EmethAlethia After rereading this thread I realized I was wrong that you did intend your post to be on this thread. However your focus I believe in on Women and Adultery. If however you really intend on discussing your statement "Do you understand that if we teach as doctrines (of God) the doctrines of men, or if we nullify what God has said to hold to our "well established", but untrue traditional beliefs, that even the time we spend in worship is worthless?" Then I can assure you that such discussion is frowned upon and actually violates Forum guidelines. However that is a topic in which I'm very interested in but again I'm more of proponent than an opponent. MY email address is in my profile. EdB |
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