Krispy: I am in agreement with the tenor and the strike of your comment. We can better understand why there are thousands of splinters and denominations in the world today. There are people who have been labeled heretics for not buttoning their top button, uttering a wrong syllable at Baptisms, and whether or not they chew the wafer representing the body of Christ, or just swallow it.
There are aberrations, or fringe groups, that demand dietary standards and law keeping, to attain unto salvation, that I believe are harmful and unscriptural, but I cannot classify as heretics, because they hold to the blood, the resurrection of Jesus, and being born again.
I think of backslidden Sardis, who even the Lord Jesus Himself declared to be DEAD!.....
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1. And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
2. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
3. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
5. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
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There were even a few names in Backslidden Sardis, among the dead, that were honored by the Lord. I wonder how many folks had written them all off? The church is in HEAVEN, and seen sprinkled as salt all over, even in many so called heretical churches.
I have seen MacArthur nail it before, with godly discernment and clarity. I do not agree with some of his teaching, but I chew the meat, and spit out the bones that I see. The same about Comfort; but he is not a son of the devil, or deceived because I don't agree with his methodology or theology.
The blogger who opinionated this tempest; [ if it only be in a teacup...] is 23 years old. No offense to youth, but his thinking along with his logic is juvenile, and he is building a tower that he will certainly be unable to live in. All of youth must experience this, and fall out of the window a few times, before they decide to forsake their high home for more safe Earth dwellings. I'm simply saying, that sometimes we have to fall, before we realize we're not really "ALL OF THAT!"
He'll be OK, but maybe he will realize it would be wise to wait until you are at least 28 before you become a discernment ministry. [ tongue embedded in cheek ]
Furthermore, Krispy, Bear meat was never created for man to consume...it is just too awful. YUK!...A mass of blood in muscle tasting like deteriorating geese meat, with a touch of Limburger.....unless thoroughly barbecued....and then you have to think of the pig.