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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
What would you say would be his opinion of the religious direction you have taken?
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He'd disagree with my new found agreement with Preterism, but he'd not think it was salvific. He was a Mid-Tribber. He didn't like short sleeves, television, the internet, and the list could go on.
I've largely left a good deal of the UPCI standards he held. But I still believe the core doctrines he taught such as Oneness,
Acts 2:38, praying three times a day, fasting, digging in and praying in tongues at least once a day, in visions and gifts of the Spirit, etc. Not sure what he'd say about house chuching, but he emphasized home based "care groups" as essential. He'd sometimes say just attending church isn't enough, true discipleship is in care groups. He was critical of courts, government authority over marriage, and war. He was a WWII vet, so his opinion of war was that it was no place for an Apostolic. He even tried to talk me out of enlisting. As stated in this thread, I believe it's possible, and beneficial, to pray so deeply you experience a trance and receive visions. I see no issue with repeating the name of Jesus or hallelujah in prayer. Nor do I condemn prayer that moves you and is emotional. He's the one who once told me that if your prayer doesn't move you, it won't move God. He'd even say that if your sermons don't move you, they won't move God. I believe it's possible to walk in the prophetic and the gift of the seer, as he did. He was big on prayer cloths, and the principle of residual anointing, and I believe in it too.
I could go on, but the primary things I've walked away from are the UPCI-like standards, not the spiritual principles, doctrines, and disciplines he taught.
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