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I didn't say follow me. I said follow Christ. If we can get that right first, then we can all look to Christ and see how that compares with what men say — even what I say, right? Have you read 1Cor 1 lately? The Corinthians were actually following whoever baptized them. It is no...

Yeah, the fellowship I'm with has existed under 3 pastors in 7 years, 3 or 4 associate pastors, and though the leadership changes, the message stays pretty much the same. It has been a little unsettling to them personally. Personal relationships always get hurt in separations. That's...

Yes, sadly this is the problem with predestination (which I do not subscribe to) as understood by unbelievers bound to that doctrine. That is sorta what a covenant does, isn't it? Now I've signed contracts where one of the parties either didn't sign (predestination) or had no intention of...

You asked a question that seemed to be another topic, R5. It's not Baptist theology, for one. It is advice from scripture that, whether I decide to join a Methodist or a Baptist church in the future will still be true. Perhaps if I explain it that there are many Methodists and many Baptists...

Ever since I learned to write as a child, I have fought with the tendency to assume that the reader will know something they probably don't know. I apologize. I know that it does, often, hinder my message. Please be patient and ask questions things that I may have not offered. :) I was...

Technically, the Word is the Spirit but He is called "Word" because He is given us through scriptures. I mean, that's my understanding and that Jesus fulfilled all that the scriptures said about Him. You would probably agree with that, right? Scriptures not "God breathed," 1Tim 3:16? Hmmm...

Sorry, CR. I must have missed that somehow. You are right .. within the church, we ought to accept the young Christian but not reply to doubtful disputations allowing the person to grow by hearing the truth. That, to me, IS sad. But I know what you are talking about. To some extent, we...

CR .. you are supposed to be "ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear." 1Pet 3:15 As an aspiring pastor, you'll get used to it. :) You certainly won't want to appear as some cults do — all "hunkered down" and...

You know .. that's probably what they said to Jesus. Probably, "Hey, we got our own thing going here. Please, let sleeping dogs lie." What questions? R5:8, I'm not your enemy. I'm your friend if you are saved — your brother, in fact. I would simply point you to 1Cor 14:32 — "And the...

Absolutely! That is what I believe! That's fine. I participate in Methodist communion, myself. I did. Right, I think I understand them now. Do you know Maxie Dunham? Yeah, I celebrated communion with him once. That's fine. I know how he understood it. He was pastor to one of my best...

Well, yes and no. Recall Jesus said, "If you believed in God, you would believe also in Me?" Where would God be speaking that they should believe? The Bible, right? Same with Christ, right? Do you hear God talking through men? Isn't the middle verse in the Bible still "Better to trust in...

I believe the very best teaching on salvation was done by Jesus on the cross. When He was burdened by our sin (as if He was a sinner) and forsaken of God (which the sinner is), His last words were "'Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit:' and having said that, He gave up the ghost." We...

JLR .. I've discovered something like this. You are, of course, talking about John MacArthur's view. What the view says to me is that you have to do something more than just believe. That, IMO, it true. But in his way of delineating it, it is sort of like "works" salvation. Here is what I...

Thank you all for your time. I guess my fellowshipping with the Methodist men where I live led me to believe that Methodists were more trusting of the Bible than I now find here. Merry Christmas to all! skypair

Right. We can't see their heart but we can see their actions. Therefore, regardless of their heart (which we can't know), they DO need to repent of the actions that we DO know, right? skypair

Well, I don't know that they are a person of faith if they have willful, publicly known sin in their lives, right? Do you accept folks for membership who have willful, publicly known sin in their lives? Is that the image of Christ that you want to project to the public? Even if they are, do I...

OK. It doesn't matter how we are saved. Is there more than one way? skypair

I would like to understand Wesleyan views of salvation and communion. I want to affirm it for myself. Just a comparison of Wesleyanism with scripture. Not really. I am looking for the Wesleyan response to scripture. When I study the Bible with my Methodist fellowship, many are the...

I don't think he was ever saved. It does not phase him that he is an adulterer and he acts as if Methodist fellowship will suffice for his salvation. I've asked other members and they kind of don't know about biblical church discipline, 1Cor 5:5. When we studied that chapter recently — and...

Half of my post above was purposely misunderstanding you .. the other half was dead serious. I don't like Calvinism either and flee wherever I find it. If it is Calvinist, I totally agree. But there is a point when we do need to be saved so that we can serve God with the Holy Spirit as our...