And this makes you responsible how? You are a secretary taking dictation. There is nothing on your part that is either original or unscripted.
I am responsible for two reasons:
1. Knowledge/thinking is involved.
2. I am responsible because I am accountable for what I say or do. That is, I must give an account to someone (God) for what I say.
And which of the many creed is correct One?
I personally hold to the Westminster Standards. There are godly men who hold to the London Baptist Confession of Faith and also men who hold to the Three Forms of Unity.
The Nicene Creed and The Athanasian Creed are good ones.
I agree. God gave us each other and raised some of us to teachers.
Except of course for those that came before us and wrote things down.
Remember what Paul said about following this teacher or that?
If speaking about 1 Corinthians, why not reference it. You claim to uphold Scripture, and right you should, but why not provide the Scripture to demonstrate the importance you claim to give it.
In dealing with 1 Corinthians, the culture was for different than our modern individualistic was. That is community and family and the honor or shame that comes with being identified with that particular family, teacher, or community. What Paul is dealing with is people that are seeking honor that would come with being identified with Paul or Apollos. Paul is correcting these people in saying that our teacher is Christ, and honor is to be found in him (the paradoxical thing about this, is that being identified with Christ brings great shame from the world, one reason is because you are identifying yourself with a foolish message). This is not to say that this does not go on today.
There is nothing wrong with teachers and preferring one teacher over another. The problem arises when we seek to find our worth and pride in that person (for him who boasts should boast in Christ alone).
For example those that call themselves "Calvinist," most of them do no seek to find their worth in Calvin. In fact, most of them would prefer the name "Christian," yet "Christian" is devoid of meaning nowadays because it means everything.
What do you think the Bible is? And which creed is the true creed?
Here is a list
I have answered both of these questions before.
I am not their judge. If I knew that they did not believe then I would advise them not to partake.
Honest question, do you hold to the idea that whatever people believe, as long as they hold it dearly and "it is what the Spirit tells them" is all that matters?
So you do hold to a doctrinal standard (which is what creeds are) yet you chide others for doing so?
Yes, our church has a statement of faith. When we search for a Pastor we look for somebody who has a heart for God, not somebody who agrees with every point in the churches statement of faith. We put Jesus first, not what we think Jesus would have us believe.
Would Jesus have you say this? Every time you open your mouth to speak about things pertaining to Christianity, you are saying what you think Jesus would have us believe (or not believe). You fool yourself into thinking you do not hold to doctrinal standards, we who hold to doctrinal standards are honest and open about the ones we hold to making it easier on ourselves and everyone else.
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