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Originally Posted by Dagwood
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Here's the definition of "intreat," 1. to ask (a person) earnestly; beg or plead with; implore 2. to make an earnest request or petition for (something)
Where do you get it that it's a tradition based on scripture? No where does it state to address your fellow bretheren as "brother so-and-so, sister so-and-so" using the scripture you've referenced...
And to use the "pride comes before a fall" as an "oh, by the way" makes it sound as if you already know someone else's pride when they disagree with you...
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First never said that scripture tells us to address each other in any way. In christ we are all brothers and sisters, and scripture makes us clear that we should respect each other as such. Because of this many of us in evangelical protestantism traditionally call each other by the name "brother" or "sister". We do the same thing and respect the mothers and the elders as such.
MY PROBLEM comes in when that is trashed as some evil extrabiblical tradition forced upon people that we have to break away from to be free from bondage by the "I-know-more-then-you" crowd.
It's really not THAT serious. The church has traditions. This one isn't MANDADTED in scripture, but scripture makes it clear that we are to respect one another as brothers and sisters, so many feel a way to do this is to use such titles as a formality. Of course, this will be treated as a form of bondage by whoever wants to fool themselves into believing that every OP church holds their members in some sort of prison of tradition (moreso then any other church). I honestly don't know if Paul and the Apostles called each other "brother" or "sister" do I think they'd have a problem with us doing so? Of course not, and priding yourself on not doing it is just as dangerous as condemning someone to Hell for not doing it. My point.
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