Subject: Harsh Treatment? |
Bible Note: BradK, I'm acknowledging that you, Beja and Searcher have all made good points about the weaknesses of mankind over the centuries. When I looked up Campbellite in Wikapedia, it mentioned that this custom was started much in the same way the folks who followed Martin Luther's teachings were called Lutherans. They didn't like it and Mr. Luther certainly didn't like it. He fought hard to stop it. What he wanted was and is what all God's people want. We all want the church on a universal, world-wide scale is to go back to the Bible for simple guidance, nothing more and nothing less. That's what I want and what I earnestly seek after. In a more calm mood now, I can only conclude maybe it would be better to refer to people who follow Mr. Campbell as believers in Campbellism like Calvinism, etc. As mentioned Christian groups all think they're following God's Word and interpreting God's Word to the very best they possibly can. And in spite of this and the Lord's prayer for unity and like mindedness, we still disagree on so many, many differences, thus the different names and denominations. It is truly sad to me as a humble child of God that we can't agree on these Bible basic truths but that's been the plight of mankind since the beginning. We can only try to adhere to Jesus' adminotions and resolve to minimize our spirits in this regard and instead put our focus on the Lord like Peter did on the water. I certainly didn't want to raise a big fuss on this topic. I was just hoping to raise our standards of behavior and thinking to those of our Lord's. I sincerely thank you for your responses. It's been enlightening. God's blessings on you all and the whole Forum, Inquisitor |