I have been saved for 27 years, and have experienced a number of situations where the only way I was able to be delivered is through God's merciful graces. It is my obligation to share the agape of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to a loveless civilization. What is the Report of the Lord
By Elder Anthony Berry
Praise be to God and peace from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Today we bear up arms for him in this life; that he might honor us at his second coming. Doesn’t that sound good, and bring a tingle to your spirit. Though it is true this style of writing is antiquity. It has been superceded for a more modern style of writing. This is the same way that we have to look at the scripture. While some things are supposed to be for the betterment of the church, they sound good but just are not supported by scripture.
Scripture sometimes has been defiled by man and his though process. Things that we are taught are just not supported by scripture, and when they are we start a witch hunt against our fellow church members. The church is not a doctrine, but is supposed to use the doctrine detailed in the bible. There is contention about the Deity of Christ, baptism and other matters of “importance”. While I myself believe what the bible says about Jesus, I can respect the way that other church members believe about him. The thing that Satan is laughing at us about is the fact that no matter what our one and ever doctrine tells us; we all come back to the same conclusion. The same conclusion that we as the church should find ourselves in agreement over; that is that Jesus is Lord and Savior.
Jesus said “Upon this rock I build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (Matt. 16:18-20). The gates of hell shall not prevail over the church, and Satan knows this, but this doesn’t stop him from whispering in the church’s ears that every one that does not believe the way that we do doesn’t have the truth. We are doing Satan’s work for him by doing what Satan can’t do. By us separating ourselves we take away the integrity of the Church; we are not a doctrine, but we are individually and collectively the bride of Christ, and he wants us to be on one accord. When Jesus was accused of casting out demons by the chief of demons (Beelzebub) He said “Every Kingdom divided against itself shall be brought to desolation; and every house or city divided against itself shall not stand.” (Matt 12:24-29).
We did not have these problems when there were home based fellowships…
To be continued.