| Author | Message | ||
| Bobbylog Registered user Username: Bobbylog Post Number: 15 Registered: 6-2006 |
Some people put some mystical aspects in the fact of changing church to another..There are some people who might say that one church is more powerful than another ...I think this is the idea that makes it difficult for people to change church or religion at will, it is because they associate magical power to that dynamism in beliefs... and I think that adventism is the one that let no freedom or no choice for people to enter in that dynamism ..But normally, shouldn't people be able to switch church when they want without feeling guilty or worried, whatever the religion it might be ...? | ||
| U2bsda Registered user Username: U2bsda Post Number: 28 Registered: 11-2004 |
There shouldn't be guilt or worry if you are in a Bible believing church that doesn't tie its own peculiar beliefs into salvation. | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 4312 Registered: 12-2003  |
U2óso well said. Colleen | ||
| Agapetos Registered user Username: Agapetos Post Number: 167 Registered: 10-2002  |
There are many churches that will use "God's will" or some other type of responsibility to make you feel guilty about changing or leaving. Some will make you feel guilty because you shouldn't be flaky, and maybe the fact that you want to leave shows you have a resistance to authority or responsibility, etc. | ||
| Agapetos Registered user Username: Agapetos Post Number: 168 Registered: 10-2002 |
(It gets pretty annoying hearing that kind of stuff!) | ||
| Ric_b Registered user Username: Ric_b Post Number: 574 Registered: 7-2004  |
A healthy, Bible-believing church can believe that its doctrines are more accurate than other churches WITHOUT concluding that this makes them more saved, more holy, more Godly than other churches. Therefore they can still view others as part of God's family. A health church can be confident about their beliefs and proclaim them clearly without being arrogant about their place with God. But I think understanding grace as a gift is what allows this to happen. When a church knows in every fabric of its being, that salvation has nothing to do with how we are or what we do, it helps to put other churches, with different beliefs in perspective. That doesn't mean winking at false gospels and false prophets! | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 4314 Registered: 12-2003 |
So true, Rick. Arrogance in a church seems often to accompany false doctrines and gospels and apostles/prophets. Not shrinking from proclaiming Christ and submitting to the God revealed in the Bible is the necessary foundation for a healthy church. Colleen |
