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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2006 12:56:11 GMT -5
Based on 2 things? meeting in the home and the ministry without a home. Since they fellowship in a home instead of a building. Since their workers (preachers) spend a different night in someone else's home! That makes them in the right way. Anything else is secondary!
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Post by Right on Jun 5, 2006 18:42:05 GMT -5
Based on 2 things? meeting in the home and the ministry without a home. Since they fellowship in a home instead of a building. Since their workers (preachers) spend a different night in someone else's home! That makes them in the right way. Anything else is secondary! Everyone believes their group is the right group or why would they stay in it? If you don't agree they don't join or leave.
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Post by selah on Jun 5, 2006 18:55:42 GMT -5
No, this is not correct. I do not believe the group I fellowship with is the right group. In fact, I am quite familiar with several denominations in our community and with their pastors. None of these believe their denomination is the right group. They are not looking for the "right" group, because they know that all groups are made up of people who are imperfect.
They have found the place they believe God has asked them to be in. They agree with the essential issues upheld by their particular group, but they may not agree with everything.
They understand that ONLY JESUS is the right way, not a group. That is what Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me."
The groups are simply different places to gather. They have different personalities, just like individual people do. The groups often have specific purposes, even though all the groups have many purposes in common.
Blessings, Linda
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Post by Still a 2x2 on Jun 5, 2006 20:51:30 GMT -5
I am still in Truth and I do not think that Truth is THE right way.
I believe it has nothing to do with way and everything to do with our relationship with God.
I meet with many who see it this way too... however... I travel some and have been in many meetings where this attitude IS NOT present so...
your blanket statement is... too presumptuous.
I stay because I enjoy the fellowship.
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Post by Wrong grouip on Jun 5, 2006 21:31:50 GMT -5
No, this is not correct. I do not believe the group I fellowship with is the right group. Then it would be the wrong group. As with so many things in life tere are a limited number of choices. As Jesus said, those who are not with us are against us. I stand by my original statement that people stick with groups that they think are right as opposed to those they think are wrong. Why you would belong to a group you think is not right, that is, wrong, when it is concerning your eternal salvation, is beyond me.
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Post by selah on Jun 5, 2006 21:43:10 GMT -5
No, I do not believe the group I fellowship with is the wrong group. It is not THE right group or THE wrong group. It is A group that does right things and sometimes wrong things, as the people grow and mature.
I am not against the f&w "group". I am against false teaching whether it is in the f&w group or in any other group. That is what I'm against, and Jesus Christ is who I am for. He is THE right way.
Even in the early church there was false teaching sometimes. That's why Paul had to write so much correction and instruction into his letters.
Was that group THE right group or THE wrong group? It was A group of new-life disciples learning about the Lord and seeking to please Him. There was actually more than just one group of new-life disciples back then too. Which one was THE right group and which one was THE wrong group? There was the church at Jerusalem that believed one way, and the church at Antioch that believed another way. Which one was right? They had to have a council to find a way to cooperate with each other.
Maybe the churches of today would benefit from something similar?
Blessings, Linda
Did Jesus say that? Maybe I've just forgotten, but I thought He said, "Those who are not against us are for us." Luke 9:50
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Post by hi6 on Jun 6, 2006 10:19:09 GMT -5
I believe the truth is a right way along with other denominations. Groups don't save people. Being in a group won't save you. Too much emphasis on groups and not enough emphasis on INDIVIDUALS!! The state of the individual is more important that his or her belief system. There are a growing number of professing young people who see the truth as A WAY and not THE WAY. I respect these people. I don't respect anyone who thinks their church is the only acceptable church and all other churches are wrong.
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