“Think of all the Christians you worked with at YWAM?
Are they ‘apostates’?
Of course not; YWAM has some of the Truth - the basic Truth that Jesus Christ is the Savior. Talk about working for their salvation!! If you think Latter-Day Saints have a work-ethic focus, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
Actually, when I was with YWAM - remember, I was in the jungles of Belize - we worked our butts off “for the Lord.” If you think the heat here in Fresno is hot, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet!! Belize is like a sauna and worse.
I do not regret my time with YWAM for it was during that time that I felt something amiss. What was missing was the total authority and power of God. YWAMers are working their butts off out of duty or image or something. They are sincere believers in Christ, don’t get me wrong.
You brought up YWAM this time and I have given you my heart-felt response. Now rag on . . . .
What's the REST of it?
For a person who claims to have worked for YWAM, I am at a loss to figure out how you do not know that.
Salvation is a gift.
Ah but Sandy, were they “workin’ their butts off” to try to be good enough for God, to earn salvation (which of course can’t be done), or were these people already saved and they were “workin’ their butts off” out of unspeakable gratitude to God?
Pity, pity, pity the former and look in awe upon the latter. They’re pretty much unstoppable. You ain’t seen nothin’ yet :-)
BTW, the latter belong to an open club, and there are no secret (oops, I mean scared) ceremonies to join. You just have to give up what you cannot keep in order to gain what you cannot lose.