Calvinism/Doctrines of Grace/Reformed Theology are from the pit of Hell...they are heresies that make God Almighty a sinner and not just a sinner but the Author of ALL sin.
Every child raped....every women beaten...every person murdered...every deceitful business deal...every cruelty man has done, was authored by God. It is a blasphemous false religion and many otherwise fine Bible teachers are promoting it today. MacArthur, Sproul, Piper, are some of them. Flee and Repent of Calvinism!!
i believe fellowship with the body of Christ is important for teachings and things like that but it's also important that we use our gifts in the community outside of the church in order to let our lights shine for God, for example, there are ppl with street ministries. I'm not sure if this is technically a church or not. it also depends where u r, some individuals have a home church but visit other churches frequently. idt u should let ur commitment to ur church lead u to divisiveness
But when membership is REQUIRED before you are ALLOWED to serve, is this not legalism? Are we not members of the body of Christ from the moment of our conversion? Membership seems to be a modern invention, not based on scripture, but the desire to keep regular tithers feeling obligated...if we are in a fellowship where God wants us, our COMING & participating, however He leads us, is our 'membership', our commitment! To be a member is another form of division...not TRUE unity!
Membership as it stands today (at least in Western society) did not exist in the first generation of Christianity. It is more of a reflection of our culture. However, the early church also fellowshipped than we do in our high paced, individualistic lives. Maybe that made "membership" irrelevant. I think it is important that people be allowed to serve even if they are not members. And I think being a member helps us in our culture to plant our roots in a church community better. Hope this helps.
Membership *of a sort* was practiced even in the first years of the Church - it was simply less formal in structure.
True there isn't a passage that directly teaches membership, but there are several significant ones which imply some form of restriction on who is considered to be (and thus treated as) a Christian, and who is to be treated as an unbeliever. Over the centuries a number of basic forms of membership (varying in formality) have arisen in an effort to obey those passages.
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Calvinism/Doctrines of Grace/Reformed Theology are from the pit of Hell...they are heresies that make God Almighty a sinner and not just a sinner but the Author of ALL sin.
Every child raped....every women beaten...every person murdered...every deceitful business deal...every cruelty man has done, was authored by God. It is a blasphemous false religion and many otherwise fine Bible teachers are promoting it today. MacArthur, Sproul, Piper, are some of them. Flee and Repent of Calvinism!!
willpower242 1 month ago
None of my friends are invisible, and none have magical powers.
ndrthrdr1 7 months ago
yu have a good point but unfortunately the local churches here are preaching weird doctrines...
sthcrox 1 year ago
well said. he makes sense to me.
Lfmzys 1 year ago
see SGM Survivors website...
julnbde 1 year ago
to fund our cult.. and well, yes, we also get a kick out of controlling you
julnbde 1 year ago
Cut through all this bull Joshua.....We don't NEED a church!....The church needs us.....FOR OUR MONEY!....Thats ALL they really want!
danloani 2 years ago
What about Atheists?
cpmc1 2 years ago
@cpmc1 a church for the belief in nothing? I'm not sure that makes sense.
skuzzlenut 1 year ago
1) I meant what was his opinion of atheist in this situation.
2) Atheism is not a beliefe in nothing, it is the beliefe that God does not exist.
cpmc1 1 year ago
i believe fellowship with the body of Christ is important for teachings and things like that but it's also important that we use our gifts in the community outside of the church in order to let our lights shine for God, for example, there are ppl with street ministries. I'm not sure if this is technically a church or not. it also depends where u r, some individuals have a home church but visit other churches frequently. idt u should let ur commitment to ur church lead u to divisiveness
VioShmio 2 years ago
But when membership is REQUIRED before you are ALLOWED to serve, is this not legalism? Are we not members of the body of Christ from the moment of our conversion? Membership seems to be a modern invention, not based on scripture, but the desire to keep regular tithers feeling obligated...if we are in a fellowship where God wants us, our COMING & participating, however He leads us, is our 'membership', our commitment! To be a member is another form of division...not TRUE unity!
Anastazia333 2 years ago
Membership as it stands today (at least in Western society) did not exist in the first generation of Christianity. It is more of a reflection of our culture. However, the early church also fellowshipped than we do in our high paced, individualistic lives. Maybe that made "membership" irrelevant. I think it is important that people be allowed to serve even if they are not members. And I think being a member helps us in our culture to plant our roots in a church community better. Hope this helps.
dsjansen 2 years ago
Membership *of a sort* was practiced even in the first years of the Church - it was simply less formal in structure.
True there isn't a passage that directly teaches membership, but there are several significant ones which imply some form of restriction on who is considered to be (and thus treated as) a Christian, and who is to be treated as an unbeliever. Over the centuries a number of basic forms of membership (varying in formality) have arisen in an effort to obey those passages.
Fivernz 2 years ago