My pastor was a good example of sanctification

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It is important, that if someone claims sanctification, that you have the ability to peer within the heart and find good things. My old pastor was a good example of sanctification....

1. Very disciplined guy - Up at 6AM every morning
2. Rejoiced in what he called being a Pentecostal Holiness country preacher
3. Revivals - At least one every two months - All with unique and good evangelists
4. Would let the Holy Spirit have his way in service
5. Take time to pray for the sick at church and in the hospitals. Carried a bottle of anointing oil with him
6. Was a friendly guy and would come visit you
7. Loved God and very Christlike.
8. A great, loving, and supportive family man as well
9. No allegations against the guy the 30 years he was with us

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Our church board thought replacing him would be easy. They have been through many pastors since and the church has done poorly.
 

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What do you classify as sanctification?
Well for starters...not Our church board thought replacing him would be easy. They have been through many pastors since and the church has done poorly

I would say this is a deal breaker.
 
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Well for starters...not Our church board thought replacing him would be easy. They have been through many pastors since and the church has done poorly

I would say this is a deal breaker.
This is a different generation. Each generation has produced different people all under the same doctrines, in which I find annoying.
 
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What doctrine does the truth fall under?
I am a child of the protestant Christian conference

1. Lutheran - I believe the Protestant Reformation was a good thing
2. Baptist - I enjoyed quality youth conferences growing up
3. Freewill Baptist - The footwashing service, I hated the thoughts of going, but was glad I did!
4. Methodist - Good people
5. Methodist-Holiness - Good revival
6. Pentecostal Holiness - Our old pastor had many good revivals and the people were good
7. Charismatic - The Word of Faith people I met were all encouraging

The problem...

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. - Revelation 3:11-12

The problem is that the churches I would attend are in and out of revival. And once the revival ceases they become incredibly arrogant and some of the churches are on the verge of ceasing to exist. Which for me is very annoying. I have read that rat poison is over 99% good food, with just a small percentage poison,

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. - 1 Corinthians 5:6-7

The rat poison would be human ego, which can infect any doctrine. Which just a little can poison any Christian movement.
 
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Not in the WWW of the internet, especially not having met these people personally.
You can know them by how they treat others...
especially them they do not like.

You can learn a lot about someone
by watching how the treat them they do not like.
 
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You can know them by how they treat others...
especially them they do not like.
You can learn a lot about someone
by watching how the treat them they do not like.
I try not to lean too heavily on people, as some did with Egypt...

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. -2 Kings 18:21
 
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I try not to lean too heavily on people, as some did with Egypt...

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. -2 Kings 18:21
You are neither hot or cold? Is that it?
 
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