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Originally Posted by OneAccord
Ok, lets see...
1) Repent
2) be baptized according to Acts 2:38
3) be filled with the Holy Ghost and speak in tongues
4) Observe standards (even the long sleeved ones)
5) Wash feet
6) Observe communion
7) Believe in One God
3) Men, DO NOT grow facial hair
4) Attend church EVERY SERVICE
5) Women, DO NOT preach
6) ...and don't cut your hair
7) Obey EVERYTHING your pastor tells you
8) Attend a CONSERVATIVE Apostolic Church
9) Do not own, watch or even glimpse at a TV
...and thou shalt be saved.
Have I missed anything? |
Please don't think I'm ridiculing anyones convictions over any of the above. What I find disturbing is that its seems NO ONE is ever "quite" saved. The list seems to be growing day by day. Salvation is dangled in front of peoples eyes, just out of reach, like a carrot. At the beginning of Hs earthly ministry, Jesus simply said Repent. Peter comes along and says Repent and be baptized and get the Holy Ghost. The requirements for salvation has grown now (depending on who you listen to) to incude everything from the name on your church building to whats in your medicine cabinet. No wonder people are confused and are turning away from the Apostolic church.
Salvation has become an unreachable goal. Its out there... just in front of us...but we can never quite reach it. The brand of Apostolic Doctrine being preached in many quarters today offers no salvation. Only a promise of salvation that can never quite be attained. What is being preached today offers no joy. It offers no liberty in Christ. It does not set the captive free. It offers only bondage, restriction and regulation. Those enslaved in these "Prisons with Stained Glass Windows" as one evangelist described them, are burdened with guilt and bound with a yoke of fear. Thank God there is true salvation, available and free to all who obey the call of Christ to come unto Him, for His yoke is easy and His burden is light.
And thats my opinion.
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