Posted on 10/14/2015 8:11:46 AM PDT by xzins
Personally, I think the Revelation parallel is right on the money.
>> Personally, I think the Revelation parallel is right on the money.
Agree. I am thankful for that insight and plan to make use of it going forward.
How big can the Dutch Reformed Church be?
A few dozen leftists infiltrating a small body can sure sway its makeup.
Amen.
Praying for a Great Awakening, but it may come to us BECAUSE of persecution, not in spite of it.
Does this include the Reformed Church in America, or simply the church in the Netherlands?
Leviticus 18:22
“Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.”
Pretty simple isn’t it?
The “Great falling away” (2 Thessalonians 2:3) is also a cleansing and a promise.
Per Wikipedia:
The Dutch Reformed Church (Afrikaans: Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, abbreviated NGK) is a Reformed Christian denomination in South Africa. It also has a presence in neighboring countries, such as Namibia, Swaziland, and parts of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia.[1] It claims 1.1 million members and 1,602 ordained ministers in 1,158 congregations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Reformed_Church_in_South_Africa_%28NGK%29
No, and no.
"The Dutch Reformed Church is a South African denomination"
I don’t know. I googled and cannot find an answer.
They currently believe 99% of what I believe. But if the parent organization ever goes south, I will not be a part of that.
According to the prewrath rapture position, the compromising church will have to go through the tribulation during the end times, but will be spared the wrath of the Day of the Lord.
Those that are spiritually dead will suffer both.
Could someone point to the scriptures where the general members of the church decide what the doctrine of the church is?
This is funny. Charisma Magazine reporting on apostasy in the Dutch Reformed Church is like the NCAA accusing a Pee Wee football team of cheating. Charisma is the biggest purveyor of apostasy and false teaching in the western world.
I know they also have a presence in the more rural communities of Iowa and elsewhere in the Midwest.
Perhaps the American brand is the only one being sullied?
Hezekiah 47:1454 “Thou shalt write thine own scripture and ignore those thou findest inconvenient.”
Mohammed knew this could be a future problem, and came up with a means of combating it: Death.
On the other hand, there have been eras when some Christian sects were violently intolerant of heresies--for example the Cathars.
Speaking strictly as an observer of social groups, group survival seems to require some negative reinforcement of exit, hopefully psychological.
I usually hesitate before quoting from the book of Hezekiah, as it is generally considered to be a disputed source from the deuterocanonical apocryphal pseudoepigraphia recently unearthed at the Gnostic ruins of Nag Hamadi. However, the quote fits!
/s (just in case)
:-)
source: http://www.christianpost.com/news/dutch-reformed-church-vote-lifts-ban-on-gay-marriage-openly-gay-ministers-in-controversial-decision-147554/
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