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The flip side of no man-made membership isn't anarchy, Yitz. There is a lot of structure in the church. The difference is what is scriptural and what is man. I don't want to get too strident about it, because I don't think having a membership is going to cause God to stop working in the...

That’s a pretty clear explanation, especially the example of common law marriage. Biblically, we see marriage negotiated at the city gates in ancient times, so it is something that always has had a civic or legal aspect to it. Cohabiting without that contract would get you on the wrong end of...

We're all to submit one to another, leadership or laity. And leaders lead by example. We're required to know them who have the rule over us, and we follow them as they follow Christ. Anyone who submits to Christ isn't going to have a problem submitting to leadership, but when leadership...

Re the OP: Are you talking about church membership or simply being faithful to a particular assembly? Biblical church membership is being a part of the body of Christ by having the Spirit. That’s the real church, and those who don’t have the Spirit aren’t part of Him. The sense of membership...

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Reading this passage, it looks like Paul’s main purpose is to rebuke the Corinthians for allowing this kind of sin to go on in the assembly and not address it by putting the sinning brother out. He goes on to say for them to have nothing to do with anyone who calls himself a brother who is...

Those that worship the image of the beast receive the mark. Anyone who doesn't worship the image gets killed (13:15). Notice also the worship of the beast is always linked to receiving the mark. And in Rev 20 we see those who were put to death by beheading for their witness to Jesus who...

There's no indication of any such thing happening in scripture. It's those who worship the beast who will receive the mark. If you refuse, you get killed. There will be three angels making announcements in the air and one of them will specifically warn all mankind about the consequences of...

Yes, all born again believers have an anointing from the Holy One. If you are saying there's no additional spiritual equipping for specific ministries, then we'll find no common ground on this subject. If you're just having a problem with the use of the word "anointing", then I can understand...

I think you're misunderstanding his post. He didn't say a minister wasn't called to "live it". He said the ministry anointing isn't there to help someone who's called to ministry "live it", and I agree completely. That anointing is for the benefit of those the minister ministers to. It's not...

Caiphas said it was more expedient for Israel that one man should die rather than for the whole nation to be lost. Caiphas was very far from God, but the Bible tells us plainly he didn't speak this on his own- it came from God. It had to do with his position as high priest, and had nothing to do...

To say that we can't cope with the equipping that comes with a particular ministry calling would be to say that God is somehow unjust in putting that ministry on us. Of course He's not..He fashions each one of us in a particular way and calls us according to His wisdom. But each one of us has...

Not sure where tongues snuck in here from. We're not talking about unknown tongues in v3, but speaking in a known tongue by a spirit. I can tell you by experience that you don’t have to be in any kind of “ecstatic” state to speak something inspired by a demon. They are more subtle than you’d...

Is there any English translation that supports this? I think it's beside the point to the passage at hand, which is really trying to teach the Corinthians to pay attention spiritually. The "no one speaking by the Spirit of God says Jesus is accursed" is contrasted by "no one says Jesus is...

Let me clarify. You said, "But, of course, you offered no criticism of what I wrote, and made no effort to correct any "Error" that it might contain Scripturally. Not important enough, I suppose". I responded that indeed, the subject is important by stating that Paul wrote 3 chapters on it (I...

Important enough for Paul to write three chapters on it. And yes, of course I don't offer any criticism or correction to someone who has been in and around Pentecostal and Charismatic circles for decades, heard it all, and made up his mind on the subject. What could I say?

Well, you certainly have adopted your own interpretation. I can't find much that I can agree with in it, as I would say I find my position to pretty closely agree with Harold Horton in The Gifts of the Spirit and Howard Carter, Spiritual Gifts. No reason to thrash it, considering you must have...

I agree with Fee. There's way too many of these sort of expressions that have no real scriptural basis, and it slays me (but not in the spirit) that we aren't more careful generally to abide by the scriptures in charismatic circles.

I think it's important not to miss the forest for the trees. First, Paul doesn't say "even with interpretation". The point in this passage is that if someone who doesn't understand the gospel comes in and everyone is speaking with tongues, they will think we are out of our minds because none of...