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1 | Free in Christ | John 8:31 | azurelaw | 240337 | ||
Dear sonofmom, As I read your posts, I pray that God will guide you to a church where you may grow and serve there for His glory. I believe Doc will give you his feedback concerning the affirmation of faith in your church. However, I would like to share a bit of my thought here with you. My church uses the Apostle Creed to confess our faith and we recite it on every Sunday service. The Creed talks mainly about the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The central focus is on Christians' core belief instead of believers duty as the affirmation you have laid out. There is no SPECIFIC EMPHASIS on freedom in Christ either. All in all, the Apostle Creed's confession of faith is God-centred. While I agree your church's affirmation of faith is important for new members to guard their behaviour, however, I am afraid too much emphasis on them could side-track our central belief. I always wonder why churches like to develop their own affirmations of faith instead of using the jewels or refined gold that have been passed onto us by the saints of the old. Shalom Azure |
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2 | Free in Christ | John 8:31 | DocTrinsograce | 240343 | ||
Dear Sister Azure, You wrote, "I always wonder why churches like to develop their own affirmations of faith instead of using the jewels or refined gold that have been passed onto us by the saints of the old." I am going to remember that statement! I hope you don't mind if I quote you one day! Americans are driven by the power of personality far more than they are driven by proposition. Look at some of the currently popular teachers in American pulpits. Check out their actual education. You will see how little emphasis there is on learning. Pietism, primitivism, pluralism, pragmatism, populism, philistinism... these are some of the most powerful beliefs that have created what we are today. There is a very common attitude of what one sociologist called "reverse chronological chauvinism" in America. People would rather follow their feelings than be taught by the learned. Thus says the LORD, "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'" (Jeremiah 6:16 NASB) In Him, Doc |
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3 | Free in Christ | John 8:31 | azurelaw | 240344 | ||
Dear Brother Doc, Thank you very much for sharing your thought as well. Please do feel free to quote my statement as long as you find it be used for God's glory. May God bless you and the forum readers with your posts. Shalom Azure |
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