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Originally Posted by OP_Carl
The devil is in the details.
Whatever happened to the notion of keeping your heart right with God and working for the Kingdom and not wasting so much time arguing and debating the finer points of such things?
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Bro. OPCarl,
I certainly agree that we should always endeavor by His grace
and mercy to keep our heart right with God at all times. While working
for the Kingdom it is important to not disregard part of the scriptures
just because we don't understand it. Could it be that is why we don't
have a better understanding of some of these scriptures. Do we close
our minds to what we don't understand instead of at least being willing
to listen to other thoughts on the subject. How many people could
possibly be in prison today because "part of the evidence was not
allowed. If all the pieces of evidence is not allowed in a trial, you are
not going to have a true picture in which the jury can decide fairly.
Try putting a puzzle together and half the pieces be lost. Don't expect
it to resemble that pretty picture on the box it came in.
It has always concerned me about that brother in South Texas that
put out a booklet on prophesy, and presented some of these same
questions. If I understood correctly it was made available to all of
the apostolic brethren in the UPC plus other apostolic ministers, as
the number mailed out was more that all the ministry in the UPC. It
was told that it cost almost one hundred thousand dollars to put out
and was done at the expense of this brother and the church he
pastored or pastors. If I understood correctly, he is no longer in the
UPC. When we kick out something that is presented as truth without
knowing of a surety that it is error, how many souls can be expect to
be accountable for. Why would anyone want to (and I don't think this
was a huge church) spend that much money to promote something
they didn't feel was truth.
I know my late father and mother and the church they founded
(beginning with their own family of eleven children, the youngest
being less than one year at the time) sacrificed like you wouldn't
believe, to MAKE SURE the truths they had found and obeyed was
not hindered. If you want to make sure your family is safe, CONNECT
with GOD (Spirit) and take care of your own. Let God lead you and
direct you into ALL TRUTH. His Word says He will. If you will, I will,
Why did Noah spend 120 years building an Ark when he had never
seen it rain. Were there any naysayers discouraging him. WHO did HE
CHOOSE to believe! Man or GOD!!! Why did Noah build the Ark. To
the saving of his OWN house. IF you're own believe and follow you,
someone must have done a pretty good job raising them.
This is not to condemn anyone but to say that we had better be
willing to listen to ALL the evidence IF WE are going to be making
the decisions of whether an issue is heresy or not. Could that man
of sin, spoken of in II Thess., be men, standing in the temple,
making decisions as if they were speaking for God, when it is possi-
ble it is not God at all. Making decisions about things they do not
even understand but because of position, are able to do so. It is a
fearful thing to fall into the HANDS of a LIVING GOD!
I am a simple saint and the generation I grew up in was called
"The Silent Generation". Be quiet, listen and learn. Don't ask so
many questions! You weren't allowed to ask many questions.
Then came the generation to question most everything. So
in time I came to realize it is better to listen and learn, so that
when the questions do start, we'll have an answer or at least
be open enough to investigate it and search it out. This should
always be done in the fear and admonition of the Lord.
Again, not to be offensive, but to provoke to honest thought!
Blessings,
Falla39
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