I guess what I'm beginning to realize is that way more people are reading this forum then I ever imagined when I started posting here.
There is a lot of history on this forum, from previous forums. And some that may not read themselves, but others that do go tell what they read.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
Amanah, the numbers reading here dwarf the numbers that ever post.
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
Amanah, the numbers reading here dwarf the numbers that ever post.
I've had people who have never posted on AFF contact me privately thanking me for some of my posts here. I can only guess that they represent some sort of "tip of the iceberg" - not just about my posts, but people who simply lurk in general.
It's interesting that that this thread was started a few years ago by a someone who no longer posts on AFF because he feels that this forum is "being used" to dissuade people from following the "holiness standards" of the UPC and other orgs. He seems to have been made something of a career choice in this matter.
Of course, reading the Bible itself will dissuade people from following these man-made doctrines as well. It's just that the UPC and most OPs drill their people to "quote mine" from the Scripture and and to "proof text" with one or two verses at a time, never really reading the books of the Bible to understand their overall theme and context. Portions of Acts 2 and Acts 10 are quoted a lot, but the context is ignored (Acts 2:21, for example and the fact that the Gentiles in Acts 10 were "sealed" into the Body of Christ (SAVED!) BEFORE they were water baptized (2 Corinthians 1:21; Ephesians 1:13 together with Acts 10:43-45).
... not to mention the fact that Acts 15:11-20, is completely ignored.
I've had people who have never posted on AFF contact me privately thanking me for some of my posts here. I can only guess that they represent some sort of "tip of the iceberg" - not just about my posts, but people who simply lurk in general.
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This thread, for example, has had 1,680 posts and 35,634 views, since it started.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
This thread, for example, has had 1,680 posts and 35,634 views, since it started.
Actually its 1,681 post and 35,635 views.
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In fact I think that the insinuation of "hateful" Pentecostals is coming mostly from the fertile imaginations of bitter, backslidden ex Apostolics who are constantly trying to find a way to justify their actions. ~ strait shooter
Reading Acts 10 in its context quite emphatically tells us that the Gentiles of Cornelius' household had "the remission of sins" BEFORE they were water baptized. That's anathema to the "Three Steppers;" yet it's pretty plain from the Word of God.
I think a lot of folks stumble on this forum seeking a place to find some resonance for the things that they themselves are reading in their own Bibles. Steve Epley's and E.B.'s views will probably always be with us to varying degrees - not just on AFF, but among Christians long after AFF is gone and other forums and means of communication have sprung up to take its place. That may be regrettable, but such hindrances to the Gospel of Jesus Christ have always been there and will be there until they are consumed with fire and burned away like so much wood, hay and stubble.
In that day we will rejoice, for our brothers will be saved, even so as by fire, and their troublesome works will be revealed for just what they have always been (1 Corinthians 3:15-21).
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