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1 | Apostles, Prophets? An Office for Today? | NT general Archive 1 | justme | 98414 | ||
Dachande: I've read your two notes, and your concerns are not unfounded. There is a wide range of theology anong those who call themselves "Christians". Having studied the starting of several denomonations, there were as many reasons as for their beliefs as there are denomonations. Ask someone what religion are you? Odds are they will say the denomonation they belong to, have you noticed that? I have gotten the answer Lutheran, Catholic, General Baptist, Assembly of God or some simular answer like non-denomonational, independant, or the like. There is strong loyality to the group Christians belong to, be it just a local church or denomonation. Rarely do I have someone say I am a Christian. Ask a Jew and they say Jewish religion. Those who are on either side of belonging to a denomonation or those who fault denomonationalisn, are equal in the position for or against, and as a rule defend their view to the point of disfellowshiping one another. The Body of Christ has very little unity today as I understand what Biblical unity is. In some cases the loyality to ones paticular "brand" of church is stronger than the loyality, by evidence displayed by lifestyle, to the Lord Jesus Christ. I find this so totally wrong it is sickening, and a stench in the nose of God, in a figure of speach. Often when we study a community in which several same kind of churches are present, you will find church splits were the reason for so many of the same kind of churches so close together. The root of the reason for the split often festers for several generations with unresolved resentment toward one another on going for many years. In Galations Chapter 5, Paul addresses some key points of basic "Getting along with one another" 101 course. In verse paul says "....The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love." NIV. I don't think we do this very well, and perhaps until we do the world will not take our message of our loving Jesus with all our heart, very sereiously. One observation I have is about liberalism, aand mainline denomonations. Rarely as time passes by, do we see demonations grower in a direction toward being more conserative. There are two exemptions to this that I have seen. The World Wide Church of God, and the Southern Baptist Convention. The World Wide Church of God founded by H. W. Armstrong, has made significant change in the last ten years, from that of being clasified a cult, to changing to become in line with orthodox Christianity. The Southern Baptist went from being more post modern into a more conservative, and adopting a non creedal, but quite simular to a creedal statement of belief that Ministers and Missionaries must agree to to be in leadership or paid ministry. There mmay be a few others that I am not aware of. Joe, we all have some blame in all this mess I have described. When ever there are two or more gathered, you have two or more opinions, or understandings of Scripture. For example some churches practice closed Communion, others churches have open Communion, open to any one that's been regenerated in Jesus Christ, and Baptized. The later is where I fall in line with. This alone has split churches into splinter churches. Then there are the King James Bible only churches, they are adomint that no other Bible is God ordained but the KJV. This too has caused a huge gap in the body of Christ. The list grows wider and deeper on areas of differences. Some even insist theeir way of "opinion" is the best, without having any Biblical backup. End of Part 1. juustme |
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2 | Apostles, Prophets? An Office for Today? | NT general Archive 1 | DAIRYLEADER5 | 98418 | ||
Justeme, what do you think about the ,General Assyemble and Church of the First Born, arent we all a member? DL5 | ||||||
3 | Apostles, Prophets? An Office for Today? | NT general Archive 1 | justme | 98509 | ||
DaryLeader5: I do not know anything whatsoever as to who or what this is. Can you inform me about the Assembly and the Church, or a place where I can read something about these. Blessings. Justme |
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4 | Apostles, Prophets? An Office for Today? | NT general Archive 1 | DAIRYLEADER5 | 98512 | ||
Hi Justme, this was not a trick question, Look at Hebrews 12:22-24. This is the Church we belong to. Showing the superiority of the New Dispensation. What do you think. DL5 | ||||||