I am quite facinated by the posts on here. I don't often look on here, mainly cuz I"m so busy at uni and stuff that I don't have time to go on the comp. But, I can vouch that there are alot of people within SDA churches who do not love one another and have such bitterness towards others within the church that it saddens me.
I agree with you Palehorse, that the main focus of the SDA church should be to present to the world the 3 Angel's Messages with Christ as the centre. It should be him that people are drawn to within the churches. However, in my experience I have found that unless the problems within the church are delt with appropriately and effectively and not just brushed over, that while they may appear to disappear in the short term, eventually they're going to reappear. Only this time a whole lot worse than it was originally and you end up with a split in the church. And when this happens, the members cannot do their job effectively. One person begins competing against one another and the atmosphere within that it becomes unbearable.
God's work can be more effectively be done when everyone is working with God and one another. What type of place can this be, if people cannot tell others whats bothering them about their church? If all they ever can do is pretend everything is fine and great? I am not saying they can say it however they like, self control should be used on both parties and done in a Christ-like way and in love. But to just completely ignore it, would be even worse, at least in my opinion.
I agree with you Palehorse, that the main focus of the SDA church should be to present to the world the 3 Angel's Messages with Christ as the centre. It should be him that people are drawn to within the churches. However, in my experience I have found that unless the problems within the church are delt with appropriately and effectively and not just brushed over, that while they may appear to disappear in the short term, eventually they're going to reappear. Only this time a whole lot worse than it was originally and you end up with a split in the church. And when this happens, the members cannot do their job effectively. One person begins competing against one another and the atmosphere within that it becomes unbearable.
God's work can be more effectively be done when everyone is working with God and one another. What type of place can this be, if people cannot tell others whats bothering them about their church? If all they ever can do is pretend everything is fine and great? I am not saying they can say it however they like, self control should be used on both parties and done in a Christ-like way and in love. But to just completely ignore it, would be even worse, at least in my opinion.
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