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1 | denominations. | Eph 4:3 | Hank | 148757 | ||
Ed, just a short note on your question, and in it I don't presume to have a definitive answer, nor do I know anyone who does, sufficient to justify denominationalism. As divisive and oftentimes ugly as denominationalism can be, it is self-defeating to issue a call for unity at the expense of forfeiting or compromising clear and core Gospel truths. Still and all it appears that believers are much too prone to quibble and separate themselves from one another over what really amounts to issues that should be passed over as being non-essential or even trivial. We see ideas and theological dogmas argued and fussed over on this Forum that really are of minor consequence in the larger scheme of things. It is quite possible that God's canopy is larger than ours and thus is able to cover the minor differences that exist among us, and does so long as we get the fundamental and essential tenets of the faith right. Yet one appropriately may ask, "But how can we agree on what is fundamental and essential?" I'll step aside gracefully, Ed, and generously allow you come on stage and answer that! :-) --Hank | ||||||
2 | denominations. | Eph 4:3 | EdB | 148882 | ||
Hank I didn't realize you had a question in the last paragraph. My answer would be authority. God told us He established the authority over us and we were to submit to it. Today every man has become his own authority. We submit to none! We commiserate over the whore Babylon mentioned in Revelation. Doesn’t that description fit the church today embracing every wind of doctrine? We have loosed the reins of authority and run as we please standing on a verse here and one there to show our scriptural authority. The solution? I will let you draw your own conclusions. ;-) EdB |
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3 | denominations. | Eph 4:3 | Hank | 148897 | ||
Ed, so much of Christianity today is tainted with humanism. One hears a great deal about the purpose-driven church and the purpose-driven life. But whose purpose, man or God's. The longer I live the more I am convinced that the two most important truths confronting the church are the two that are most ignored: the absolute sovereignity of God and the absolute authority of Scripture. To the degree that the church loses sight of these fundamental truths it ceases to be the church of Jesus Christ. --Hank | ||||||