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Originally Posted by Holy Roller
Old paths can point toward standards and stuff like that. Naturally.
Does the current generation have the love and compassion our elders had?
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The old paths should be the unchangeable Apostolic doctrines from the Scripture that should never be neglected...the Oneness of God, Repentance, Jesus' Name Baptism, the Baptism of the Holy Ghost evidenced by speaking in tongues, Biblically defined holiness of heart and practice.
All the above is negated by a lack of love and compassion. You can have your doctrine spot on and still go to hell without love and compassion. I seen enough of this lack to last me the rest of my life.
I'm now eligible for senior citizen discounts. I suspect that everyone who has reached my stage in life laments over the loss of the good old days. But it does seem that in my lifetime, I have seen a lessening of fervor, and of love, honor, and respect among the brotherhood. Accompanied by that, I have seen a creeping worldliness on one side and a hardening harshness on the other side by men who think the methods and holiness standards of the 1960s were the be-all, end-all Christian way for all eternity. There used to be a lot more tolerance among us for differing points of view. Now days, I hear of men celebrating their supposedly-God given "convictions," justifying why they separate themselves from others who don't share these convictions. In my opinion, some of these "convictions" are pretty dodgy from a Bible point of view. We need to find the right balance between Spirit and Truth.