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10-31-2011, 12:31 PM
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Re: Where has Grace and Love gone...
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Originally Posted by Amanah
I had been in church about a month or two, the church was very small at the time. I asked one of the ladies if she would like to go to lunch. She told me that we were all busy winning souls and didn't have time for things like that, I needed to grow up in the Lord and do my part. And again, this is my limited personal experience.
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And that means what to my experience? You want to go to lunch with someone that is not too busy winning souls? I don't get it. What does that have to do with love and grace or my experience?
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Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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10-31-2011, 12:35 PM
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Re: Where has Grace and Love gone...
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Originally Posted by Praxeas
And that means what to my experience? You want to go to lunch with someone that is not too busy winning souls? I don't get it. What does that have to do with love and grace or my experience?
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it wasn't about you, forgive me the post
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10-31-2011, 12:55 PM
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Re: Where has Grace and Love gone...
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it wasn't about you, forgive me the post
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I didn't say it was about me. Im asking what does it have to do with my experience or the topic of grace and love?
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Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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10-31-2011, 12:58 PM
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This is still that!
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Re: Where has Grace and Love gone...
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Originally Posted by Praxeas
I didn't say it was about me. Im asking what does it have to do with my experience or the topic of grace and love?
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I felt the church culture made it difficult for people to make close friendships, if a church loves you, you should feel close to people in the church. I was contrasting it with your experience but I'm not doing a good job of expressing myself right now I don't think. Plus I'm at work and stressed out so that isn't helping.
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Are you worried about what 2026 will bring?
I think it will bring flowers. why?
because i'm planting flowers 🌹
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10-31-2011, 01:04 PM
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Strange in a Strange Land...
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Re: Where has Grace and Love gone...
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Originally Posted by Amanah
I felt the church culture made it difficult for people to make close friendships, if a church loves you, you should feel close to people in the church. I was contrasting it with your experience but I'm not doing a good job of expressing myself right now I don't think. Plus I'm at work and stressed out so that isn't helping.
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I think that the church culture should be where you may not know everyone, but you should know someone if your church is larger, but if it is smaller then it should very much be a community in a community that loves the community. But often times nepotism and a "me" mentality are more often found in the UPC, but it is not limited to the UPC of course.
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11-01-2011, 05:41 PM
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Re: Where has Grace and Love gone...
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Originally Posted by Amanah
I felt the church culture made it difficult for people to make close friendships, if a church loves you, you should feel close to people in the church. I was contrasting it with your experience but I'm not doing a good job of expressing myself right now I don't think. Plus I'm at work and stressed out so that isn't helping.
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I can't answer for your church, was it just that individual or the entire church that refused to fellowship with each other because they were busy loving sinners 24/7 but not loving the saints?
__________________
Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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