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Originally Posted by OP_Carl
Nice switcheroo.  oloroid
. . . . or were you admitting that liberal Apostolics are in need of being evangelized by the conservatives? 
The discussion was on fellowship, which is where two groups get together and by and large declare each other to be equivalent, i.e., not lost, not teaching false doctrine, etc.
The discussion was not about reaching the dirty sinners in their squalid environs.
There is an endless siren song for compromise. Some want big things, and others are willing to peck away at it little by little.
Those liberals that ask conservatives to fellowship them are asking the conservatives to de-value some of the beliefs and teachings they value, by tacitly declaring the lack of said beliefs to be equivalent. |
I guess it comes down to how we define fellowship. I don't see fellowship as accepting false doctrine or compromise, that would be backsliding not fellowship, wouldn't it? I do think there is room for differences in standards, but not The Doctrine. I befriend a lot of people who do not hold to any biblical doctrine, so that I can give them a taste. The word does tell us "If a brother be overtaken in a fault, you who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering your self lest you also be tempted' [Weaver Paraphrase]
Maybe what's gotten a lot of us confused is the sad fact that doctors in our day and age by and large don't make house calls....Those that are sick need the Physician..........
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