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To: topcat54

Wrong question because it doesn’t matter.

If a church body says the Bible says A and I say it says B, and if the difference is strong enough, that church could dismiss me from its membership. But in the end, it doesn’t matter what the church’s interpretation or my interpretation are. I will be judged by the Word of God, both written and living.

Just because there is a group of folks in a building calling themselves a church does not mean they are in line with Scripture. Scripture says that some will rise up among the elect who will deceive others. Likewise, it talks about grievous wolves entering in not sparing the flock. In Revelation, it talks about that wicked Jezebel coming into a church and gaining a hellish followership.

God has given the body of Christ certain authority on earth. But that authority is limited. A church can not declare ‘true’ what Scripture says is ‘false.’ And, the church is not the ultimate judge of the human soul. Christ is, and His Word is His Revelation to us of what His will is.


98 posted on 03/23/2009 7:47:51 PM PDT by Blogger (Pray and Prepare)
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To: Blogger
"But in the end, it doesn’t matter what the church’s interpretation or my interpretation are. I will be judged by the Word of God, both written and living."

True, but we have quite a number of Nicolaitanos here at FR. They believe that the hierarchy of the particular corporation to which they write their tithe check has some kind of authority over their salvation. Christ said that he hated the Nicolaitanos, but some never read that part of their Bible.

173 posted on 03/24/2009 1:00:28 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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