Choice of doctrine is driven by religious preconception - Spirituality is an individualized journey

[amigo de christo]

Love is the Greatest of these = when that love comes from God thru us to a lost a world in the Hope of the Gospel

Through the hope of the GOSPEL .
Now my near and my dear friend , what if i told you that men have been preaching another gospel .
One that implies a big ol fat lie .
What IF i told you that many are under the spell of such another gospel .
Now before i explain further i want to ask you a question .
DO you think that satan can appear in wool and his men
and quoate truths , use the name of JESUS , and yet present a lie .
DO you BELIEVE this is possible . For more info on that lets read a lot of what occured in the bible
and those warnings . cause the answer is a resounding YES HE CAN as do HIS MEN .
Now back to the explanation .
Another broad path sin accepting gospel has been presented . David its been done so
and worse its creation and those who brought it unto the world , WERE WITHIN CHRISTENDOM ITSELF .
Now again i ask another question . can leaders claim to be of GOD
and yet BE NOT OF GOD and doing the work of darkness . YES they can and yes they do .
Now for a very important reminder . Do lambs heed the voice of strangers , or do they heed ONLY
the great shepard of the SHEEP CHRIST JESUS .
AND would the voice of the great SHEPARD Of the SHEEP , EVER ONCE CONTRADICT THE WORDS OF GOD .
SEEING HE IS THE WORD OF GOD and GOD IS HIS WORD , I GOTTA SAY A BIG FAT NO to that .
SO again i leave us all with a real simple question . What the heck is going on within christendom
that so many now believe and heed the voice and voices of those who preach contrary to CHRIST , to the apostels
to the lovely pure and holy words OF GOD in said bible . and WHY do so many love to have it so .
WELL the answer lies in this reminder . MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE and the voice of a stranger they will not heed
but will flee . NOW LETS THANK GOD for HIS MERCY and GRACE that surely opens the eyes and ears
of the sheep .

 

[amigo de christo]

reference: You asked: "Where do we draw the battle line?"


EXACTLY

I will tell you where i draw the battle line in the sand .
Now visualize this .
Visualize a man appearing on a beach and a large large crowd was all around .
He drew a line in the sand
and on one side of the sand was a bible and on the other side every teaching man has ever taught .
THEN said man says ,
THIS be the line . If any and i do mean any teaching of man contradicts a word of GOD
It will not be heeded . This is gonna greatly anger folks my friend and i will be accused
of being legalistic . BUT THAT IS MY LINE , that is my BOOK . GOD IS MY GOD , HIS CHRIST MY CHRIST
and i know MY GOD dont go around contradicting HIS OWN WORDS .

 

[amigo de christo]

The FATHER/SON/HOLY SPIRIT drew the battle line.

Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

4Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

Do you care to Cross that Line???

I am not a betting man . but this i do bank on my friend .
I BET that THE FATHER SON and HOLY SPIRIT
DONT CONTRADICT TRUTH . and i bet that every WORD OF GOD IS TRUTH
EVERYTHING that JESUS HIMSELF said CAME OF GOD AND IS TRUTH .
I BET that it is IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD TO LIE , but not for man to lie .
Just a real friendly reminder . cause i bet that means that EVERY WORD GOD SPOKE
IS NOT A LIE and IS TRUTH and IS GOOD FOR OUR OWN SOUL . But hey that is me my friend . I MADE MY CHOICE
and my choice is , IF GOD SAID IT , IF HE SPOKE IT through even prophets , THROUGH THE SON
and through the apostels , I BET ITS TRUTH . how about that .

 

[amigo de christo]

The FATHER/SON/HOLY SPIRIT drew the battle line.

Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

4Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

Do you care to Cross that Line???

many have done and have loved that which should never have been done or loved .
THEY HAVE CROSSED that line in favor of a love that has come of the world to present
another gospel so called that has made the path to GOD very broad and sin accepting .
But my question is do you think the sheep gonna heed their voices .
NO SIR . the cost will be the cost for not conforming . But in the end where one spends eternity
WILL HAVE MATTERED on THE DAY OF JUDGMENT . I BANK ALL ON JESUS CHRIST . i pray to GOD folks to do the same .

 

[David in NJ]

Since God saved me 66 years ago at the age of 16, I know he put in my heart to read the whole Bible over and over again. God has given me that idea to help me interpret the Bible on its own assumptions, not on human assumptions. I recommend it to everyone to avoid the dangers that you point out. Get rid of preconceptions by going to the Bible itself. But as Jesus said, love God above all and also other people. Discuss, don't argue, God's Word.

YES my Brother,
God's words SPEAK for Themselves = For They are ONE TRUTH from Genesis to Revelation

 

[amigo de christo]

YES my Brother,
God's words SPEAK for Themselves = For They are ONE TRUTH from Genesis to Revelation

wait for it ,
just wait for it
accusations that you worship a book rather than GOD will be heard .
Rather odd though , How can one LOVE GOD if they love NOT HIS WORDS .
IF YE LOVE ME KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS .
How come the apostel paul , who made mention of the scriptures
was sure to remind them that the scriptures
can make one wise unto salvation through faith in CHRIST
and that ALL , not what we pick and choose , But that ALL SCRIPTURE IS GOOD FOR CORRECTOIN ,
REPROOF , INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS
so that the man of GOD can be THROUGHLY FURNISHED UNTO ALL GOOD WORKS .
Exactly . they would accuse paul of worshipping a scroll , a book persay .
But i say what a man loves is proof of WHOSE LOVE is upon HIM , EITHER ITS OF GOD or its of the world and feeds the flesh .

 

[David in NJ]

wait for it ,
just wait for it
accusations that you worship a book rather than GOD will be heard .
Rather odd though , How can one LOVE GOD if they love NOT HIS WORDS .
IF YE LOVE ME KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS .
How come the apostel paul , who made mention of the scriptures
was sure to remind them that the scriptures
can make one wise unto salvation through faith in CHRIST
and that ALL , not what we pick and choose , But that ALL SCRIPTURE IS GOOD FOR CORRECTOIN ,
REPROOF , INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS
so that the man of GOD can be THROUGHLY FURNISHED UNTO ALL GOOD WORKS .
Exactly . they would accuse paul of worshipping a scroll , a book persay .
But i say what a man loves is proof of WHOSE LOVE is upon HIM , EITHER ITS OF GOD or its of the world and feeds the flesh .

the Apostle John knew the Love of God the best when he wrote: "no lie is of the truth"

Dwell on that = "no lie is of the Truth"

JESUS says to us: "Thy word is Truth....sanctify them in the Truth"

 

[amigo de christo]

the Apostle John knew the Love of God the best when he wrote: "no lie is of the truth"

Dwell on that = "no lie is of the Truth"

JESUS says to us: "Thy word is Truth....sanctify them in the Truth"

Right my friend .
SO how is telling and allowing other religions to believe they have truth .
example . Telling false religoins and even christains that our truth is not better than their truth . What a crock of dung that lie is .
THEY dont have the truth . They have only bits and pieces of perhaps some of His teachings
BUT SURE as heck DONT HAVE HIM , FOLLOW HIM , BELIEVE HE IS CHRIST . so they do not have THE TRUTH at all .
and no LIE is of the truth .
WHO is a liar . who is a liar david . WHO did JOHN call a liar .
Who is a liar but he that DENIES that JESUS IS THE CHRIST , HE is ANTI CHRIST . well howdy doody
that means athiests and every other religoin CALLS GOD A LIAR and HAS NOT THE TRUTH .
EVEN the unbeleiving jews , who believed not that JESUS was HE
even they cried we have ONE FATHER GOD .
And what DID JESUS HIMSELF tell them jews . Was it , OH okay , you say you do so you do just hug one another .
OR DID he not say things like
HAD YOU BELIEVED MOSES you would have believed ME for HE wrote of me .
HAD YOU LOVED GOD you would have loved ME for i came forth of GOD .
AND wait for it david , wait for the big bang .
WHAT , WHO did JESUS tell these unbeliving jews their father was . a hint , take note that father was not captilized .
WHY was it not captilzed
cause though they had cried GOD IS OUR FATHER
JESUS said your father be the devil . NOW JESUS SAID THAT . IF JESUS SAID IT , WHO DO YOU THINK
and FROM WHENCE and WHO DID IT COME . THE VERY GOD these unbelieving IN JESUS jews
claimed to BE OF . scary huh . JESUS wont be denied and i myself wont allow a message to be taught that DO DENY HIM
on my watch .

 

[David in NJ]

Right my friend .
SO how is telling and allowing other religions to believe they have truth .
example . Telling false religoins and even christains that our truth is not better than their truth . What a crock of dung that lie is .
THEY dont have the truth . They have only bits and pieces of perhaps some of His teachings
BUT SURE as heck DONT HAVE HIM , FOLLOW HIM , BELIEVE HE IS CHRIST . so they do not have THE TRUTH at all .
and no LIE is of the truth .
WHO is a liar . who is a liar david . WHO did JOHN call a liar .
Who is a liar but he that DENIES that JESUS IS THE CHRIST , HE is ANTI CHRIST . well howdy doody
that means athiests and every other religoin CALLS GOD A LIAR and HAS NOT THE TRUTH .
EVEN the unbeleiving jews , who believed not that JESUS was HE
even they cried we have ONE FATHER GOD .
And what DID JESUS HIMSELF tell them jews . Was it , OH okay , you say you do so you do just hug one another .
OR DID he not say things like
HAD YOU BELIEVED MOSES you would have believed ME for HE wrote of me .
HAD YOU LOVED GOD you would have loved ME for i came forth of GOD .
AND wait for it david , wait for the big bang .
WHAT , WHO did JESUS tell these unbeliving jews their father was . a hint , take note that father was not captilized .
WHY was it not captilzed
cause though they had cried GOD IS OUR FATHER
JESUS said your father be the devil . NOW JESUS SAID THAT . IF JESUS SAID IT , WHO DO YOU THINK
and FROM WHENCE and WHO DID IT COME . THE VERY GOD these unbelieving IN JESUS jews
claimed to BE OF . scary huh . JESUS wont be denied and i myself wont allow a message to be taught that DO DENY HIM
on my watch .

the unholy trinity is forming:
the unrepentant Jews
the unrepentant RCC and Her children(denoMANations)
the unrepentant Islam/Muslims

These Three will come Together as they declare that they serve the same God

Anyone who says 'No' i will not bow my heart to a false god will be put to death

 

[Bruce-Leiter]

My dear friend what a wonderful reminder to all .
This is exactly what GOD himself led me to do . And by grace over and over again have i stayed in just that holy book
every day since .
Man has complicated many things . But if we would simply read and enjoy that lovely book for ourselves
what a glorious thing occurs .
You have well written that which you did write dear sir . Thank you for such a wonderful reminder my friend .

You're very welcome, fellow believer!!

 

[Bruce-Leiter]

the unholy trinity is forming:
the unrepentant Jews
the unrepentant RCC and Her children(denoMANations)
the unrepentant Islam/Muslims

These Three will come Together as they declare that they serve the same God

Anyone who says 'No' i will not bow my heart to a false god will be put to death

I have a lot of issues with the RCC's developing a separate tradition from the Bible, including the saints and Mary, but they do profess to believe in the Trinity, which Protestants do too, rightly. However, the Jews and Muslims do not.

 

[amigo de christo]

I have a lot of issues with the RCC's developing a separate tradition from the Bible, including the saints and Mary, but they do profess to believe in the Trinity, which Protestants do too, rightly. However, the Jews and Muslims do not.

Would you like to hear a story my friend .
Once there lived a man who had heard the gospel at the age of four , and again at the age of eight .
Now through his years he could cliam to believe . yet he walked a walk in darkness . it was lip only and his heart was far
from GOD . Later he joined the marines
and during that time spent he was a weekend drunk warrior , chased wild women
and yet , and yet one day he and another wild warrior was talking to an athiest
and telling that athiest if he did not believe on JESUS the CHRIST HE would perish at his end .
Lets just say its a good thing that all three of those did not die that night
cause the two claiming to believe would have been in for a serious and very deadly surprise
as would the athiest who continued not to beleive .
Now many years passed and that man lived the life of an adulterer .
But on the few times the converation of GOD was brought up , HE could still lip the he beleived .
years later by the true grace of GOD that man was actaully drawn to CHRIST , a new heart given
which no longer loved its sin but had a new desire and a great love of GOD shed upon his heart for TRUTH .
RIGHT Into the bible GOD put that dear man , having saved one of the very worst of men
having CHANGED the very worst of men .
Lip only is not good . and if the jesus we follow accepts and honors our own sins , IT AINT JESUS
any more than the jesus i once followed was JESUS . its known as a deceptoin of our own heart .
Into the bible GOD placed that man and that man has been reading that lovely bible everyday for over eighteen years .
That too is by the grace of GOD who shed such a love for HIM above all upon the heart of that man .
A LOVE that PUTS GOD , CHRIST FIRST , WHO LOVETH GOD above all and THEN our nieighbor as ourself .
But many follow a god that puts humanity FIRST and thus its love your neighbor aint really loving its neighbor
as it allows UNBELIEF upon folks and even honors sins .
The love of the world has come to teach many that LOVE means NOT correcting cause that is being mean , and judgy
But the love of GOD says this .
HATE NOT your neighbor in your heart , you shall in ANY way rebuke him and not allow sin upon him ,

 

[Bruce-Leiter]

Would you like to hear a story my friend .
Once there lived a man who had heard the gospel at the age of four , and again at the age of eight .
Now through his years he could cliam to believe . yet he walked a walk in darkness . it was lip only and his heart was far
from GOD . Later he joined the marines
and during that time spent he was a weekend drunk warrior , chased wild women
and yet , and yet one day he and another wild warrior was talking to an athiest
and telling that athiest if he did not believe on JESUS the CHRIST HE would perish at his end .
Lets just say its a good thing that all three of those did not die that night
cause the two claiming to believe would have been in for a serious and very deadly surprise
as would the athiest who continued not to beleive .
Now many years passed and that man lived the life of an adulterer .
But on the few times the converation of GOD was brought up , HE could still lip the he beleived .
years later by the true grace of GOD that man was actaully drawn to CHRIST , a new heart given
which no longer loved its sin but had a new desire and a great love of GOD shed upon his heart for TRUTH .
RIGHT Into the bible GOD put that dear man , having saved one of the very worst of men
having CHANGED the very worst of men .
Lip only is not good . and if the jesus we follow accepts and honors our own sins , IT AINT JESUS
any more than the jesus i once followed was JESUS . its known as a deceptoin of our own heart .
Into the bible GOD placed that man and that man has been reading that lovely bible everyday for over eighteen years .
That too is by the grace of GOD who shed such a love for HIM above all upon the heart of that man .
A LOVE that PUTS GOD , CHRIST FIRST , WHO LOVETH GOD above all and THEN our nieighbor as ourself .
But many follow a god that puts humanity FIRST and thus its love your neighbor aint really loving its neighbor
as it allows UNBELIEF upon folks and even honors sins .
The love of the world has come to teach many that LOVE means NOT correcting cause that is being mean , and judgy
But the love of GOD says this .
HATE NOT your neighbor in your heart , you shall in ANY way rebuke him and not allow sin upon him ,

Thank you for your testimony. It seems to me that the seeds that God sowed in your life at an early age he made to grow later into true faith. All the honor goes to him!

 

[Marvelloustime]

Would you like to hear a story my friend .
Once there lived a man who had heard the gospel at the age of four , and again at the age of eight .
Now through his years he could cliam to believe . yet he walked a walk in darkness . it was lip only and his heart was far
from GOD . Later he joined the marines
and during that time spent he was a weekend drunk warrior , chased wild women
and yet , and yet one day he and another wild warrior was talking to an athiest
and telling that athiest if he did not believe on JESUS the CHRIST HE would perish at his end .
Lets just say its a good thing that all three of those did not die that night
cause the two claiming to believe would have been in for a serious and very deadly surprise
as would the athiest who continued not to beleive .
Now many years passed and that man lived the life of an adulterer .
But on the few times the converation of GOD was brought up , HE could still lip the he beleived .
years later by the true grace of GOD that man was actaully drawn to CHRIST , a new heart given
which no longer loved its sin but had a new desire and a great love of GOD shed upon his heart for TRUTH .
RIGHT Into the bible GOD put that dear man , having saved one of the very worst of men
having CHANGED the very worst of men .
Lip only is not good . and if the jesus we follow accepts and honors our own sins , IT AINT JESUS
any more than the jesus i once followed was JESUS . its known as a deceptoin of our own heart .
Into the bible GOD placed that man and that man has been reading that lovely bible everyday for over eighteen years .
That too is by the grace of GOD who shed such a love for HIM above all upon the heart of that man .
A LOVE that PUTS GOD , CHRIST FIRST , WHO LOVETH GOD above all and THEN our nieighbor as ourself .
But many follow a god that puts humanity FIRST and thus its love your neighbor aint really loving its neighbor
as it allows UNBELIEF upon folks and even honors sins .
The love of the world has come to teach many that LOVE means NOT correcting cause that is being mean , and judgy
But the love of GOD says this .
HATE NOT your neighbor in your heart , you shall in ANY way rebuke him and not allow sin upon him ,

 

[Marvelloustime]

Right my friend .
SO how is telling and allowing other religions to believe they have truth .
example . Telling false religoins and even christains that our truth is not better than their truth . What a crock of dung that lie is .
THEY dont have the truth . They have only bits and pieces of perhaps some of His teachings
BUT SURE as heck DONT HAVE HIM , FOLLOW HIM , BELIEVE HE IS CHRIST . so they do not have THE TRUTH at all .
and no LIE is of the truth .
WHO is a liar . who is a liar david . WHO did JOHN call a liar .
Who is a liar but he that DENIES that JESUS IS THE CHRIST , HE is ANTI CHRIST . well howdy doody
that means athiests and every other religoin CALLS GOD A LIAR and HAS NOT THE TRUTH .
EVEN the unbeleiving jews , who believed not that JESUS was HE
even they cried we have ONE FATHER GOD .
And what DID JESUS HIMSELF tell them jews . Was it , OH okay , you say you do so you do just hug one another .
OR DID he not say things like
HAD YOU BELIEVED MOSES you would have believed ME for HE wrote of me .
HAD YOU LOVED GOD you would have loved ME for i came forth of GOD .
AND wait for it david , wait for the big bang .
WHAT , WHO did JESUS tell these unbeliving jews their father was . a hint , take note that father was not captilized .
WHY was it not captilzed
cause though they had cried GOD IS OUR FATHER
JESUS said your father be the devil . NOW JESUS SAID THAT . IF JESUS SAID IT , WHO DO YOU THINK
and FROM WHENCE and WHO DID IT COME . THE VERY GOD these unbelieving IN JESUS jews
claimed to BE OF . scary huh . JESUS wont be denied and i myself wont allow a message to be taught that DO DENY HIM
on my watch .

Right my friend .
SO how is telling and allowing other religions to believe they have truth .
example . Telling false religoins and even christains that our truth is not better than their truth . What a crock of dung that lie is .
THEY dont have the truth . They have only bits and pieces of perhaps some of His teachings
BUT SURE as heck DONT HAVE HIM , FOLLOW HIM , BELIEVE HE IS CHRIST . so they do not have THE TRUTH at all .
and no LIE is of the truth .
WHO is a liar . who is a liar david . WHO did JOHN call a liar .
Who is a liar but he that DENIES that JESUS IS THE CHRIST , HE is ANTI CHRIST . well howdy doody
that means athiests and every other religoin CALLS GOD A LIAR and HAS NOT THE TRUTH .
EVEN the unbeleiving jews , who believed not that JESUS was HE
even they cried we have ONE FATHER GOD .
And what DID JESUS HIMSELF tell them jews . Was it , OH okay , you say you do so you do just hug one another .
OR DID he not say things like
HAD YOU BELIEVED MOSES you would have believed ME for HE wrote of me .
HAD YOU LOVED GOD you would have loved ME for i came forth of GOD .
AND wait for it david , wait for the big bang .
WHAT , WHO did JESUS tell these unbeliving jews their father was . a hint , take note that father was not captilized .
WHY was it not captilzed
cause though they had cried GOD IS OUR FATHER
JESUS said your father be the devil . NOW JESUS SAID THAT . IF JESUS SAID IT , WHO DO YOU THINK
and FROM WHENCE and WHO DID IT COME . THE VERY GOD these unbelieving IN JESUS jews
claimed to BE OF . scary huh . JESUS wont be denied and i myself wont allow a message to be taught that DO DENY HIM
on my watch .

 

[Bruce-Leiter]

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Why do you quote this verse, Amigo?

 

[Marvelloustime]

Through the hope of the GOSPEL .
Now my near and my dear friend , what if i told you that men have been preaching another gospel .
One that implies a big ol fat lie .
What IF i told you that many are under the spell of such another gospel .
Now before i explain further i want to ask you a question .
DO you think that satan can appear in wool and his men
and quoate truths , use the name of JESUS , and yet present a lie .
DO you BELIEVE this is possible . For more info on that lets read a lot of what occured in the bible
and those warnings . cause the answer is a resounding YES HE CAN as do HIS MEN .
Now back to the explanation .
Another broad path sin accepting gospel has been presented . David its been done so
and worse its creation and those who brought it unto the world , WERE WITHIN CHRISTENDOM ITSELF .
Now again i ask another question . can leaders claim to be of GOD
and yet BE NOT OF GOD and doing the work of darkness . YES they can and yes they do .
Now for a very important reminder . Do lambs heed the voice of strangers , or do they heed ONLY
the great shepard of the SHEEP CHRIST JESUS .
AND would the voice of the great SHEPARD Of the SHEEP , EVER ONCE CONTRADICT THE WORDS OF GOD .
SEEING HE IS THE WORD OF GOD and GOD IS HIS WORD , I GOTTA SAY A BIG FAT NO to that .
SO again i leave us all with a real simple question . What the heck is going on within christendom
that so many now believe and heed the voice and voices of those who preach contrary to CHRIST , to the apostels
to the lovely pure and holy words OF GOD in said bible . and WHY do so many love to have it so .
WELL the answer lies in this reminder . MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE and the voice of a stranger they will not heed
but will flee . NOW LETS THANK GOD for HIS MERCY and GRACE that surely opens the eyes and ears
of the sheep .

 

[Ronald Nolette]

Seems that biblical understanding has more to do with religious upbringing and environment than the content of the Bible.

I imagine that a young Catholic learns that Mary is the Mother of God based on the statement of the angel,
“Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” - Luke 1:28 NIV

I was raised Protestant, so I am only guessing at how that actually happens in Catholicism.
But obviously an environment with statues of Mary and Rosary beads has a lot of impact on the meaning.
This creates a religious preconception.

As a Protestant, we read past that statement without dwelling on it much.
To us, it was a story about Jesus and his earthly mother. This also creates a religious preconception.

As the young person, whether Catholic or Protestant, matures in their religious upbringing,
these compounded preconceptions form a doctrinal understanding. A basis to work from; a point of view.

When this maturing person hears something outside the realm of their religious preconception it strikes them as wrong.

Apologetics are there to bolster one's own religious preconceptions. They have theirs, and you have yours.
This is where the battle lines are drawn. "We believe such and so, because..."

It's easy to identify a religious cult. They meet in the church across the street from your church.
And they feel the same way about you. --- Where does this leave us?

Choice of doctrine is driven by religious preconception - Spirituality is an individualized journey

It can be driven by religious preconception, but it should be driven by studying to show ourselves approved. We all enter a saved life with all sorts of preconceptions and usually a jaded worldview. As we study and hide Gods Word in our hearts, we change our preconceptions and take on gods mind on a matter.

 

[Bruce-Leiter]

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Well, I'm a member of a large church where they stay close to the very words of God in the Bible in their teaching and preaching. My previous church did too, but they ignored the parts in the Bible that tell us to reach out to unbelievers around us. That's why I changed churches.

 

[Bruce-Leiter]

It can be driven by religious preconception, but it should be driven by studying to show ourselves approved. We all enter a saved life with all sorts of preconceptions and usually a jaded worldview. As we study and hide Gods Word in our hearts, we change our preconceptions and take on gods mind on a matter.

Yes, I agree!