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To: Cyprian who wrote (39061)	12/3/2005 1:33:21 PM
From: Jamey	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 39621

15 "For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." Romans 9:21 "21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?" Romans 9:21 Only God has the right to stand in judgement of another. As an example, I have known Christians raised in a Catholic religious culture who are free from the constraints of false teaching and were happy and joyous, letting the Holy Spirit be their teacher even though there religion still taught confession to Priests. I used to pass judgement on whole movements only to find that many of those within that religious culture did not follow many of the teachings as God had raised them to follow the guidance of the Spirit. I find that most all protestant churches teach end times doctrine that is totally false yet I have no churches in my area I could attend if I refused to go because of doctrinal differences. Does God want me to forsake attending church and not be in the company of other believers because of doctrinal differences? I have still been unable to answer that question with any certainty. Santi

To: Cyprian who wrote (39061)	12/3/2005 1:51:18 PM
From: Jamey	Respond to of 39621

My Enemy, Myself Complex Corinthians "Similar concerns drove the apostle and church planter to the nations. One marvels to watch Paul struggle in his first letter to the wretched Corinthians to strike a balance between rhetoric of exclusion and rhetoric of inclusion. Chapter 1 assails them for their partisanship; chapter 5 commands them to excommunicate an unrepentant brother. Chapters 2 and 3 distinguish between the spiritually mature and the immature, then group them together as God's temple, then sort them into workers of gold, silver, hay, and straw, then hand them all things and forbid any to boast. Chapter 4 contrasts its readers with the apostles, only to beg them to erase the contrast through imitation. Chapter 6 draws a bright line separating the holy body of Christ from the unholy world; chapter 7 blurs it with mixed marriages that sanctify unbelievers, unmixed marriages that secularize believers' lives, and singleness that ordains the status quo. But Paul isn't moderating difference with indifference, as we might. For him exclusion and inclusion are two sides of the same coin. Pauline life is not an Anglican via media, but a bold Lutheran dialectic." See Christianity Today christianitytoday.com Santi