John, the article was meant to inspire questions about our personal relationship with God and rites and traditions of man that keep us from having the true fruits of the Spirit. I see very little of the fruits expressed here. It seems a battle to get one over the other to accept one thing or the other. The churches are so divided that sinners seek cults rather than join something that has so much division . Just go to a few different denominations and here them talk about their brothers in another denomination like they are red headed step-brothers.
I do not ignore anything that God is doing in the individual Christian in the man made sects in spite of of their unscriptural unequal yokes. (2 Cor. 6:14)
Thank you for asking in such kind sincerity, my brother.
The gracious miracle of one born a new creation in Christ makes one a living member of the one true, Spiritual Church. "For by one Spirit we are all baptised into one body." 1 Cor 12:13
The name of this true Church is "Christ." 1 Cor 12:12
The nine fold fruit of the Spirit"invisible" "Love, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.
Gal. 5:22,23
Hold that standard up to the "visible" churches.
I am sorry my friend, for my righteous indignation but I tire of Christians argueing and asking questions like "do you believe in the Bible?" I thought after posting on this thread for years that it was very evident that I did.
Thank you again John.
Santiago
By the way, I personally believe in request by Jesus to remember Him by sharing the wine and the bread as His blood and His body in rembrance of Him.
Water baptism is not a commandment because we do not (should not) practice the Hewbrew rites. This was only a shadow of the one baptism given to Paul in our dispensational period and he stated that he was glad that he baptised so few. Why? Because we were only to receive "The baptism of the Holy Spirit as members of Christ's body in the dispen. of Grace" |
