Someone insinuated, “... or even worse, a method to
prevent challenges.”
My answer: This is a church of Jesus Christ; every member has the same voice; every member can challenge anything that goes on in the church – just make sure that he has the Bible held firmly in his left hand as he raises his challenges with his right hand. Every member ought to know his rights and his responsibility.
Though I loathe needless contention, I'm not
one who shun or stifles challenges. All I request is, "just make sure that
he has the Bible held firmly in his left as he raises his challenges with his
right hand." Just don't bring Calvin, Luther, Gill or your ex-pastor -
with no disrespect to any of them - in your left hand... because that betrays
that your "sola scriptura" is just a religious shibboleth - all too
common in Christendom.
With the Bible wide open in the left hand,
any challenges by the right hand will drive everyone back to the Bible; this
exercise will benefit all who are Bible students.
2Tim 2:
24 And the servant of the Lord must not
strive*; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose
themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging
of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out
of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
*"to strive: to engage in a war of words, to
quarrel, wrangle, dispute... contention.
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Mark Thomas
Lock ‘em up, sheriff!
Sing
This little sheriff wants to line them up
with the Scriptures!
Bill Taylor
Amen! Let God be true and every man a liar.
Sound bites and deference to historic suppositions are worthless in the light
of God's word.
