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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
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1 | Knocked out by holy spirit | Matt 16:6 | Hank | 90820 | ||
Pastor Floyd: Possibly the worst advice you've given thus far is in the last words of your post # 90811: "Believe what you want to, Hank." If that's the best advice my pastor could give me, I'd flee from his pastorate at once. Paul did not say to Timothy, "Preach what you want to, and tell your hearers to believe what they want to, did he now, "Pastor" Floyd? In case you don't remember what charge Paul gave Timothy, here it is: "I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers, and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables." (2 Timothy 4:1-4) So preach your Word-Faith fables if you must. No doubt you will always find someone who has itching ears. But my ears don't itch! --Hank | ||||||
2 | Knocked out by holy spirit | Matt 16:6 | Elijah_Jones | 90909 | ||
I believe PastorFloyd was inferring that he has no right to force his beliefs unto you and that you are free to believe as you choose, as much as it is up to him. I think you probably understand that too, right? Now if you were attending Pastor Floyd's church, he would probably adopt a bit of a different approach.. but this is an open forum where we may all share our understandings of God through our individual interpretations of His Word. From what I have been reading, I would say that Pastor Floyd has been trying to point to the scripture that he bases his understanding of the matters herein discussed. Whether you or I agree with those understandings is a matter between us and God. We need not bow to his understanding, nor he to yours. However, I find it a bit disconcerting the tone of hostility I've seen on these forums. Attacking someone's belief using terms such as Word-Faith fables, is quite serious. I am not singling you out, either. The same concern could be raised at the tone of some of Pastor Floyd's responses. I am not judging either of you, only pointing out that it is easy to get defiant, arrogant, and outright hostile when we enter the realm of debate amongst topics that MANY sincere and genuined Christians struggle to agree with each other upon. The danger of becoming divided and our love for one another being diminished is of GREAT concern.. perhaps even overriding some of the more debatable "doctrines" that history shows are challenged from both (or more than both) sides of the debate. May my words be not an offense or burden to you, but rather an expression of truth spoken in love, to the best of my limited understanding. |
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