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Originally Posted by Rico
The exact same thing could be said about the dress code crowd. They see what they see because that's what they want to see.
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I don't think you're understanding what I was trying to say. Let me put it like this, there are scriptures speaking of attire and therefore those who are against standards have to disprove what is written. They then are always harping on clothes and missing why the holiness standards were there in the first place.
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My Puerto Rican foot. I've been there, heard the preaching, believed the lies, and found out different.
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You see Brother Rico, I heard the same things but instead of coping an attitude I went and studied everything out, and did not go to try to protect a doctrine I wanted to see if it was truth. I found that what those old Brothers taught was legitimate.
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You have come entirely too late to try to convince me people aren't told what to do over pulpits.
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Sorry but people are people and they won't do anything they don't want to do. Do you think that you have some kind of corner on the market and that everyone else is just duped? Let me see, so you're saying that everyone who believes in Holiness Standards are bunch of stupid dopes who are pounded into submission to do things they know are wrong? Is that what you're saying?
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If that is what you believe then you need to get your head out of the sand, Brother.
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Brother Rico, you are trying to say that everyone who is in a holiness Pentecostal church are doing something against their will and are under bondage of misery? Talk about having your head in the sand.
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What if? What if you're wrong? Also, I seriously doubt entire revivals are caused by dress code preaching.
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I never said the preacher was preaching dress codes he preached One God and Jesus name baptism and the Holy Ghost with tongues. Brother Rico what if you're wrong what if you missed it. What if you have such an attitude against this subject that you couldn't believe even if Jesus preached it and David played it on his harp to you.
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At least you are willing to admit that your beliefs have changed.
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Concerning Eschatology yes, but as far as concerning holiness standards I have come to learn more as time goes on. I see it more clearly as the years go on. I have found that the old Brothers and Sisters who held to their convictions did so because they not only had a spiritual conviction but a Bible conviction.
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If they've been changed before then that would mean they could be changed again.
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Yes, indeed but not because I had been offended or had a hard time with a religious movement. I want to see the facts and take time to look it over and research it out. When it comes to troubleshooting a machine you go through a process of elimination and then when you find the problem you deal with it. The same goes with doctrines you look into all the points and eliminate the false and hold to the truth.
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This is a journey, and we learn as we go.
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Absolutely correct, just don't go backwards in that journey and end up worse than when you started.
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What we think is God's way today could change on down the road a bit.
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Entirely true, but we don't go all the way down this road (while we were studying and praying) and end up in Sciencetology.
Lord bless you Brother Rico
In Jesus name
Brother Benincasa
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