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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
From the Apostolic pov: why pray for a man who's spreading a false doctrine?
If we pray for him, do we pray for the Church of God missionary when he/she is persecuted too?
Are they our brothers and sisters too?
Where does it stop?
Pretty sure all Christians will be our brothers and sisters-- where will that leave us and our very exclusive doctrines?
We need to return to the old days of calliing heathens heathens-- all of this Christian concern for other non-Apostolics is not conducive for our standards of salvation, holiness, and separation from the world.
I say from the world because if this guy is not Apostolic, he might as well be in the "world"-- he's not Apostolic, he's not saved, he's not my brother and he is definitely part of this world system of false doctrine and sin!
Maybe if I pray for him, I'll have the chance to show him the truth, then he'll accept it-- repenting of his years of spreading a false gospel, getting rebaptized into the Name of Jesus Christ, and being filled with the REAL Holy Ghost, this time speaking in tongues! God will even let it be confirmed by others and before you know it, he'll be holy just like the rest of us!
Then he can be executed with the confidence that he will go to Heaven!
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Yes J.
I think you grasp the point here.
Any religious person should pray for the man, but the claiming him as "our own" seems to be done with good publicity opportunities in mind.
And that seems rather inconsistent, considering fellowship lines are drawn at the drop of the hat by Hazelwood in the good ole US of A.
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