Hope I can remember to post the next 11.
What a bunch of convoluted people.
It's too bad they don't know their Bible otherwise they wouldn't be so confused. The Bible, God's Word is sufficient as He claims it is:
2Tim.3:16
[16] All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Perhaps I am misreading your comment but the Scripture states: (paraphrasing) The letter killeth but the spirit giveth life). You can know the Bible word for word but if you do not have the Spirit of Christ, you only have an intellectual knowledge or concept of God's Word.
The Scripture also says: You cannot call Jesus the Christ the except by the Holy Spirit. (again paraphrasing)
I am not trying to be disagreeable, just making a point. I hope and pray you either have or will receive the Spirit of the Lord. God bless.
Christianity (I was taught) was a relationship, not a religion.
A bit of evangelicalese that I don't really know how to parse. I'm not sure what they mean when someone says that. Everybody has a "relationship" with God, in a sense. Either wrath or grace.
The problem came as we tried to live out the Gospel in the real world.
Another "wha??" moment, if you think the Christian gospel is news, with specific content.
and you can no longer rely on a sort of network of unspoken knowledge
Any bets on the chances of a christological heresy in at least some members of the group?
And so we found ourselves, a group of perhaps 30 young adults, huddled in a room with a blackboard, trying to summarize what we, as Bible-believing charismatic Christians, believed, in a “Statement of Faith.”
"Of the making of statements of faith there is no end, and much reading of them is a weariness of the flesh.", as the Preacher in Jerusalem said, sort of.
This article might help understand why poeple call the Articales of Faith a creed.
WOW!
What a bunch of convoluted people.
I am further amazed at those that call God the liar and believe fallible man!
Truly amazing!
It’s too bad they don’t know their Bible otherwise they wouldn’t be so confused. The Bible, God’s Word is sufficient as He claims it is:
2Tim.3:16
[16] All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
God doesn’t lie.
Man does.
I see people buy into man’s lies.
It is even sadder is people don’t even understand who the church is. It’s the body of believers!
Acts chapter 2, for those of you who bother to read God’s Word ... the formation of one of the first groups of followers of Jesus Christ...a church. :)
Acts 2:42
They were continually devoting themselves to:
apostles’ teaching
fellowship,
breaking of bread
prayer.
I sure wouldn’t want to be one of those that looks to man for “truth”. You will not find as is evidenced here in this thread.
I understand the “times” we live in. All this Bible bashing and God bashing gives more urgent meaning to this verse in that dreaded Bible that many shun on this thread to validate false teachings:
2Tim.4:3
[3] For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
Indeed! The evidence is on this thread.
Tit.1:9
[9] Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Yes, Matthew your words couldn’t be more clear:
Matt.7:14
[14] Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Few read their Bible and fewer and fewer elevate God and His Words above fallible man.
I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes ... as they stand before Him explaining or trying to explain why His Word, in the Bible didn’t superceded man’s contradictory words. What a sad day it will be for those poor souls.