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Re: Salvation for the deaf and mute?: Say it ain't
My purpose in my statements was not provoke division or strife. Nor do I think that my statements represent anyone else beside me. I was simply commenting on how the actions of the 3 steppers that I know personally for many years speak different from what they say.
Without calling anyone persopnally on the floor (I will put this out there because I am many years removed from the UPC and not many people know me know), I was an active minister in one of the largest and most influencial UPC churches that there was and it still is. My pastor at the time strongly preached 3 step doctrine ( and still does) yet he and his family lived lifestyles that few in our blessed country could afford to live. Neverhtheless, he was always one of the first to preach missions and missions giving at the big conferences. THE MAIN POINT IS THAT THE ACTIONS OF PEOPLE SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. IF ONLY 3 STEPPERS ARE SAVED HOW CAN SOMEONE JUSTIFY THIS?
If you will also notice, I pointed out that my argument taken to its end is a reflection on all of our lack of effort.
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If ye believe not that I AM, ye shall die in your sins. John 8:24
Mone me, amabo te, si erro
No real problem exists over the use of "The Name" in everthing else done in the Church. Why then should there exist great controversy over the use of the "The Name of the Godhead" in water baptism?
Kevin J. Conner The Name of God p. 92
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