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Originally Posted by Ferd
When I think if legalism in Oneness Pentecostalism, I think of the stories we have all heard about pastors who make their members bring their pay checks to the church to get cashed and deduct 10%.
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Wouldn't that be more like Dictatorship? Lording over God's heritage.
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Pastors who detail exactly what kind of socs/shoes/panty hose, type of underware and other over stuff like that.
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What about the accountability of both parties? You have a man who has misused his position and people who are following obediently?
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Pastors who order divorces,
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Jim Jones ordered the deaths of people's infants. If you listen to the death tape those people are very enthusiastic in their wanting to kill themselves.
The individuals who would listen to anyone pastor, doctor, lawyer, in-law, parent, to divorce never cared much about their marriage in the first place.
People who roll over that easy have a long record of being in controlled situations their whole life.
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tell young people who they can marry, tell parents they cannot talk to children who have left that particular assymbly.
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I would like to say, that in some situations it would not be advisable to offer advise that would lead into a bad marriage. If someone is going to be counseled for pre-marriage, and the preacher orders them NOT to get married, then that preacher is over stepping his boundaries. We are not God men, but men of God. Dictatorships and Pulpits don't work towards the will of God.
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Pastors who tell people they are going to hell if they dont faithfully attend THAT one particular church.
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Could you explain this thought a little further?
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I do not think a preacher who teaches standards is a legalist.
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