i pray you find it here. i saw this months ago, and was tempted to post then, but i am no longer Apo/Pent, per se, and since that was what you were interested in pursuing, i felt that it wouldn't be right. due to the meagerness of your replies, i don't mind too much saying that i now feel differently about all three of those than most; but i come here because i spent my formative years Pentecostal, and still have much in common with them. my short reply to those is that it is easy to strain at a gnat, and pass a camel (i think the quote goes), and a bit longer reply would be
1) see the short reply
2) when tithes were written about, the church was entirely different than now. your understanding here may undergo several changes. let the spirit be your guide. i no longer feel correct paying tithes to a guy driving the nicest car in the parking lot, to a mortgaged church ($ loaned at interest)
3) Paul plainly told us that prophecy would cease; a fairly strong argument can be made that in order to prophesy, there must be a canon open to record the prophecy. i think what we call modern-day prophecy is better termed visions or dreams, perhaps. what can one 'prophesy' that is not already in Scripture, without adding to it?
loved the PI,stationed there at Cubi Point about...6 lifetimes ago; great people. i'll reply whenever you post, mostly, but see that i am a heretic now
peace to you
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Originally Posted by MarkBelosa
I miss the church... I would really like to have fellowship with my brothers and sisters again... But then again... sigh... Please pray for me... A lot of transition lately in the workplace. It's killing me inside... Then I have some family issues to face as well... Would have felt different if I knew that I am right with God and I have active participation in His kingdom with other believers...
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