The Difference?

edpobre,

1st chip brogden did not submit the post, i did and i submitted an article that i obtained that mr. brodgen penned that i thought was VERY RELEVENT to the discussion that was transpiring. in most cases i would not have included the whole article, but these days some writers specifically request that the whole of their publication be quoted so that others may not "piecemeal" it and make it say something that was not intended.

as for the information contained within mr. brogden's article, it is CLEAR and EVIDENT that it has NOTHING to do with you. That's not a slam...it's just the way it is.

Jesus also said something to a number of men who did not understand nor have the capcity to even glimpse what He was referring to:

first he said: "you search the scriptures for life but life is not within them" then He qualified what He the rebuke to the pharisees and said "i am in front of you". (literal)

Paul said: things of the spirit are SPIRITUALLY unmderstood and the man of mental processes cannot understand these things (literal)

now, just besause i did not "quote" the KJV or any other version, but rather stated EXACTLY what those portions of scripture translate, there will most likely be a crowd of vultures to eat my flesh. big deal. i will fuel the fire so that my corspe can be injested as a BBQ....Jesus and Paul were saying:

there are somethings that many will never be able to grasp, even if they search the transcripts that contian spiritual truth, because those things cannot be revealed to such people who are constantly minpiulating the scripture to justify thier own dead ends...this kind of truth can only gleand and is only prestented to those who are in and of and led by the Spirit which unlocks that truth within their spirit.

have a field day....

gcs

blessings to those who follow Christ Jesus and pursue truth with a clear conscience.

Ryan,

i am glad that you read the article and that it caused you to think. just so that there is NO MISTAKE, it is clear that mr. brodgen is saying that the "organizational, institutional, membership based and driven -(church)" is in fact Babylon. in my estimate of what that particular edifice has displyed and it's fruit (or lack thereof), i would have to agree with mr. Brogden.

Also take note that he is not perpetuating that ALL THOSE MEMBERS in "churches" leave those buildings, his intent is only to provide a visual of the real difference between "man-made church" and the "called out ones" of the eccelisa of Christ.

History itself reveals a vast difference as does the word of God. I would encourage you to print the article and read it prayerfully again. i say this only b/c if you are truly writing a book and it will contain either direct or indirect attention to this subject, it is better to know the caliber of the issue from all sides in order to write SUBJECTIVLY. Now if you are writing a book to defend your docrine (or your church's doctrine), and points in this article are opposed to such, it would be to your interest to understand EXACTLY what mr. brogden is actually saying here so that you can refute it.

And there is another reason, perhaps you may discover that what the author has intended, which by the way is much more than "the system of Babylon". Which by the way, he does not provide an indepth look at, perferring to just "define" it and elaborate on the "application" of it within a systematic-man led system,commanly known as "church denominalzation".

May your seeking be fruitful and you friut be lasting


gcs