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Subject: Superior Hope |
Bible Note: Ancient Once again you argue over what is a commandment, how is stated, what parameters does it contain. Let me ask you a simple question why did God give us the Bible. Was it not for instructions for life? Let me address one point you brought up point 9. what can we accomplish at church was can't at home. How about compassion for one another? How about accountability to one another? How about edifying and encouraging and exhorting one another? How about being committed enough to put into deeds what we often pay lip service too. You come back to love and again I say I understand the importance of love but I also understand that God loved us enough to have his faithful men and women set down His Word before us. When my human father gave me advice I followed it. The older I got and more mature I got the more I was willing to follow it. When I was a child my father commanded me to bathe. As I got older it was no longer a ‘command’ but rather an admonishment I would follow. However I imagine if I never bathed he would sooner or later demand I did. God wrote the Old Testament to people that didn't know and love him through adoption as children. He therefore wrote in a commanding way. However in the New Testament we are sons and daughters and hopefully have matured enough in our walk with God to take his advice as though it were a commandment. You keep going back to salvation on this issue and I have repeatedly said I don't believe our salvation directly hinges on whether or not we go to church. However I think our willingness to accept an admonishment from God as though it were a command does speak of our relationship with God. The thing that really amazes me is each time I talk to someone that does not attend church they give me your points 1 through 10. However once they get in church and find a loving Savior they never give those arguments again. Your point 10 “What thing makes you believe that going to church is a commandment when loving your neighbor, in truth not word, fulfills the law regardless of going to church?” I guess if I was looking only to fulfill the law I might say love is enough, however if I was looking to do what my Lord and Master has asked of me I would keep the rest of the Bible. However I don’t look at church attendance as requirement but rather a privilege and privilege that only a Christian can truly appreciate and enjoy. EdB |