Here are some of my questions about the article:
Where are these three levels of holiness talked about in the Bible? Is this holiness or holier-than-thou-ness?
Holiness is bred into us by preaching? Not by the work of God in our lives, not by study and prayer and setting aside time with God who is Holy? I guess I've missed the passage about holiness being bred into us in my studies as well. It sounds well thought out, but I find no scriptural foundation.
God's word clearly states the difference between the holy and the profane. The passages cited don't give priests the right or responsibility to enforce more than God has taught, but rather to teach the people the word of God. And this was the responsibility of OT priests, not NT pastors.
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A church member cannot be right with the Master and wrong with the pastor.
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Really? What if the pastor is wrong with the Master?
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Christians cannot expect to go to heaven without being submissive to the Word of God. Neither can they expect to please God if they will not go to the next level and be involved in the work of God in their local church. Anyone who climbs to level two will also climb to level three and thereby fulfill Jeremiah 31:33: "I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they will be my people."
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Wow, I didn't think anyone not submissive to the word of God was a Christian. God is not limited by location. We are called to work for Him, not the local church.
Jer 31:33 isn't about outward rules and standards at all. Not that those are all necessarily bad, but this verse is about inward holiness, not outward.
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