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[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

For me, this is about consistency-- in my beliefs and in my life.

There has never been consistency in apostolic doctrine, because it varies from church to church.

[Esaias]

Go visit ten different Baptist churches. After a wee bit, you will find they too are inconsistent. The only churches that are consistent across the board are the JW Kingdom Halls, the Mormon churches, the Roman Catholic churches (to an extent), and the Eastern Orthodox churches (to an extent), and maybe a few other groups here and there.

[shazeep]

i'll tell you what is consistent, in all of them--every one, without exception. they are all peopled by hearts in various states. In any group, you will find cold hearts, broken hearts, full hearts, overflowing hearts. People are consistently inconsistent, regardless of their shared dogma. There is a lesson in that.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

JD, I understand your frustration with the inconsistency of the so-called Apostolic doctrine. There is a different "flavor", addition or subtraction to the doctrine in every congregation you attend, whatever "brand" of Apostolic they are. And many times there are several oneness churches in town who disdain each other and won't fellowship each other over some professed difference in their apostolic doctrines. It is sad, and it is a real problem that you are addressing.

What you are addressing is a real problem, but that really isn't where I am in this thread.

For me, this is about consistency-- in my beliefs and in my life.

I don't believe all Trinitarians are lost.

As an Apostolic, I experienced that in order to be consistent, it was necessary that I see all non-Apostolics as not saved and actual enemies of the Gospel of Christ.

In spite all that I know and all that I have experienced as a former Apostolic, I can't see all non-Apostolics as lost and enemies of the Gospel of Christ.

In fact, I see them as my brothers and sister in Christ-- a view that is completely inconsistent with Apostolic doctrine.