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1 | Did other churches use intruments | Eph 5:19 | gospelmann | 167529 | ||
With the sincerest of bortherly love to you Doc and to you Marcus allow me to correct some misstatements with Doc's reply. I belong to the church of Christ and this body of believers was not founded by Alexander Campbell or any other man. I say this not out of arrogance but out of simple fact. The fouder was Jesus Christ and if you go to any church that says it was founded by any one else then you need to leave 1cor3:11. The reformation movement that began so many centuries ago with men like Martin Luther and Tyndal and others was a recognition that the church had gotten away from the pattern that scripture outlines. The problem is that to many groups have stopped reforming. They have stopped trying to get back to the origional church. I personally do not want to belong to a man made institution but rather to Christ's body. I believe that any and all fellowships of believer can be that if that will put aside themselves and put in Christ and His word only. After all what is better an origional or a copy. Also Doc, I have never called myself a "Campbellite" and never even knew who he was till I was in my mid 30's. I am a christian, first last and always 1cor1:10-13, acts 11:26. To wear any other name would be like my wife coming to me and saying she no longer wanted to be known by my last name but by another man's last name. I have spiritually married Christ and humbly wear His great and glorious for there is none to compare to it. Finally on instruments, a little background: in about 1045 A.D. a huge split occurred out of which we now have the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox. One of the reasons for the split was the use of instruments in worship. To the best of my knowledge the Orthodox Church still does not use them. Why not?To sum up what is a very long and detailed reason, we have no Biblical authority to use them, and all the internal and external evidence shows that the early church did not use them. Speaking personally, I play the guitar a little but the is no instrument made by man that can compare to the sound of the voice and heart of a loving christian worshipping God and His Son. In Christian Love |
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2 | Did other churches use intruments | Eph 5:19 | Hank | 167535 | ||
Dear gospelmann: Having read all your posts to date, I am pleased to welcome you to this Forum. We are for the most part a fellowship of Christian believers with a common bond, to study God's word together and to learn, as iron sharpens iron, from one another. We try to meld together here as mere Christians. Even though we hail from various and sundry communions within the Christian community, it is, I believe, widely understood among the regular denizens of this Forum that the canopy of the church, the body of Christ, is broad enough to shelter a multitude of relatively minor points of doctrine. So, for example, a Baptist such as I can fellowship with (and learn from!) a follower of Christ who happens to be of the Presbyterian, Assembly of God or other communions. ...... We who have been regulars of the Forum for years have learned the folly of debate, and so has the Lockman Foundation; hence, a proscription against it. ...... It is o.k. to state one's theological point of view, even one's denomination's views, as you have done. There's nothing wrong with that. But we do advocate that the views be stated once and be done with. It's the continued PUSHING of one's denominational bias that leads to dissention and ill will and usually and most probably to some sort of disciplinary action being taken. ...... But, you have committed no breaches of Forum guidelines at this point, so far as I'm able to determine. So, again, I welcome you as you join us in the same kindred spirit that guided the Bereans of old, as we search the Scriptures daily to determine what things are so. Soli Deo Gloria! --Hank | ||||||
3 | Did other churches use intruments | Eph 5:19 | gospelmann | 167541 | ||
Dear brother Hank, I wasn't attempting to push or debate the merits of the fellowship I belong to only to correct a a serious misunderstanding. I would ask only this right as I participate. Also, I would hope that the one great character trait of all the participants is not to just be like the Bereans but also that we have the attitude of Apollos. The reason I joined is not to confront but to explore and learn how others approach scripture and like wise to share. This doesn't change the fact that I like yourself have strongly held views. I will gladly listen to anyones views with the utmost respect. we are all entitled and encouraged by scripture to make up our own minds, philipians2:12,11tim 2:15. And if I disagree it will likewise be with respect.Having said all this I ask you to examine what I respond to doc and let me know what you think. |
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