Honestly, AFF is known as the anti-holiness-Charismatic forum.
So, the question is.....
Do you people have ANY standards at all?
Well, first, most standards only deal with boundary issues and not sin. In dealing with issues that are not moral issues I try to follow after the things that stir my affections for Jesus Christ.
I love the commandments of the Bible and want to let the word and Holy Spirit lead my life. On the other hand, there is a freedom in Christ and I am at liberty to do things now that might have caused me guilt before but I can now enjoy these things knowing that Christ is with me and gets glory through my life.
I don't allow myself to steal, kill, commit adultery, have false gods, be unkind to my neighbor (at least I'm working on that), dress immodestly. I try to respect my husband, obey the laws of the land, raise my children in the fear of God. Basically, I try to obey everything the Bible commands.
Why yes, the standard ones of course! Me and mine would fit just fine in any conservative church. I also do the whole Biblical love, kindness, respect for others, be ye therefore perfect thing.
I am of the mind that we should do the one and not leave the other undone.
I agree that AFF seems "as the anti-holiness-Charismatic forum" but I am not going to get besides myself over it.
I am also a solid immovable three stepper (though I think the three steps are really one step with three essential components but that is for another thread, and I won't go there here in detail anyhow). Standards sometimes seem to go with that....
Honestly, AFF is known as the anti-holiness-Charismatic forum.
So, the question is.....
Do you people have ANY standards at all?
I don't.
And I have actually fought long and hard to be able to say that.
For me, standards are a form of measurement, used by individuals or groups to determine whether or not one is qualified to be called by a certain label. (Whether it be Apostolic, Pentecostal, any denomination name, or even simply Christian).
It's not as much as I disapprove of particular standards or various labels, as I find myself at a place in my walk where I refuse to have my relationship with God judged by certain behaviors that I either participate in or abstain from.
I don't call this liberation or freedom, and I don't look down on those who approach their faith walk differently than I do. We each have our own weaknesses and strengths, and we all have individual methods for dealing with them.
For me, it was never a concern if others measured my faith based on my standards or convictions, it was the fact that it was how I myself measured it.
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