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Originally Posted by Jason Badejo
1. God sets the "standard" by His Word then leads His children by His Spirit
2. No. If a pastor has preferences or things he believes are helpful to one's walk he can share those and explain his reasoning. But he has ZERO authority to REQUIRE something that Christ does not. We forget it is Christ who is the HEAD of the church, not the pastor.
3. The simple answer is no, but really this is a nonsensical question. A better question would be "Is compliance to mandatory standards legalism"? Or "is compliance to mandatory standards a perversion of the gospel"? In which case I'd answer yes and yes.
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