Apostolicman, Have you thought of House Church?
I don't believe that God is pleased with Denominations. That is not how it was set up in the beginning. Jesus left the Apostles to set up the Church and they set up House Churches. They could have built churches if they thought it was needed. There were some rich people in their midst, and they could have charged Tithes. But they didn’t.
If people will study our Church History, they will see that The Church, met in house churches as long as the Apostles were alive. Paul knew what he was talking about, when he wrote,...
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Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
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And grievous wolves did enter in the second century. Pagan Philosophers, with their roots in Babel, such as Tertullian, Origen, Novatian and others developed the Trinitarian doctrine.
And then in 325AD, Constantine, for political reasons, to try to pull the Religions together, (as the One World Religion–is trying to do today) took the Temples of the Pagan Priests and as a bribe, gave them to the Christians. But what a price they paid in the compromise.
Those that would not compromise were martyred, banned and persecuted. And that is how the Church merged with Paganism, that Paganism is still in all denominations today.
Not only was the Trinity baptism enforced, but the Hierarchy of the Clergy and Layman, making the Priest–(later after Luther, Pastors) Little Kings over Little Kingdoms.
It was not so at the beginning of the Church. Jesus warned,...
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Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many
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I have had some humble Pastors, and some that were pure Dictators. I even obeyed the Dictator, as long as I was there, but one day God showed me that I should leave, and I did.
I can no longer go to a Pentecostal Denomination, because of their man-made Laws. Here is some of the reasons,
Christmas and Easter—are pagan holidays
Women’s pants are not man’s apparel. (What man, would put on a pair of slacks, made for a woman?)
There is the 5 fold ministry, (or should be) but ALL are saints. There is no such thing as Clergy over the Laymen.
Holiness should not be judged by outward dress.
I doubt if God sees what we put on, but He sees the reason that we wear what we wear,
Do we wear expensive clothes, for pride?
Sloppy clothes, for rebellion?
Figure revealing clothes, that still meet the guidelines, but to be alluring?
A woman trying to live a righteous life, should dress modest. But only she knows in her spirit, whether she is being modest or not.
I have for the last 10 yrs wanted to start or go to a house church, but there is this dilemma. I will not try to pull anyone out of another church. Sinners are not interested. You have to have someone to help to start a house church. I am 81 yrs old and alone, hardly a good prospect to be able to start one.
So are Denominations wrong? Yes, I believe they are.
However, there has to be some Organization I guess. And that sounds like an oxymoron, as I’m not completely settled in my mind about this. Because when I think back, what if there had not been a UPC church in our town when my Parents first went when I was 5 or 6 yrs old. There probably was 30 of our family saved in that church.
However, in an Organization, in God’s Church, there can be no Paganism or man-made rules, which are usually mans opinions. Only the Bible has the Truth.
Notice, God is talking to
HIS PEOPLE. Also this is the end time.
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Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues
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Who is "HER"? It is Babylon,in the church, with all of her Pagan practises.
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