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RM churches refer to the New Testament, the Didache is not inspired by the Spirit.I used to attend an RM church, I am now Anglican.
Until I left I never knew about the history of the early church. So how do you guys reconcile things like the Didache and other 1st century Christian writings? For example the Didache says
- baptize in flowing water, yet many RM baptize in tubs and standing water
- pray the Lords Prayer three times daily
- appoint bishops and deacons
I don't see how early Christians could have gotten these things so wrong, but 18th century Scots and Americans found the real answers.
The Church in this period gradually began to realize that the patterns of OT worship were to be followed in the NT but with greater understanding of how Christ fulfilled the types and images. Thus the three-fold structure of sin offering, ascension offering, and fellowship offering became the essence of NT worship. Confession of sin and profession of our forgiveness in Christ, the lamb of God, had to be done BEFORE we could be cut up and arranged on the altar as an ascension offering. The ascension offering, the early church understood, symbolized the orderly ascension of the sacrificed believer into Christ and thus to God Himself. Only then could we eat the fellowship meal with God, after we recognized our standing in Christ as forgiven sinners and had the cutting edge of the Word applied to our lives. Having ascended into heaven as the ascension offering, we could have a fellowship meal with Him.
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The problem is Satan and his demons are not recognized as to how they obscure the truth. There is an influence in the individual mind that is never properly taken care of and this leads to sin. Think about your own thoughts and behavior when comfortable, untested and then when tested in a situation that perhaps includes the emotions. There could be temptation or prompting to say something that shouldn't be or even act out physically.
Even saying something that indulges the ego defiles the temple because it comes from the heart. The personality has a certain harshness that shows in the voice and is read by observers in the body language. The person is enslaved in responses and demeanor that have been established by life experience and genetics.
Satan and his demons are never dealt with. The hereditary line has to change entirely and not superficially. The way to do this is lead by the Holy Spirit. In a process of purifying, the mind is cleared and then the nature of Jesus covers. The rebellious nature is completely taken care of. God will indwell powerfully in a nature that could never be found because it is incomprehensible to the usual mind. The energy proceeding out of the person is different. There is no hard heart.
Some will attack this when it is sensed and some will respond.
New members are babes but maturity is something else entirely.
In engineering when there are huge faults developed it is best to start again. Scrap everything and start again. But even here there are expensive patch ups. Modern Christianity is a bit like this. It is so messed up there is no repair, too many deceptive doctrines are being preached by those who have experienced nothing.
The question could be asked do they have the Holy Spirit, obviously not then what is leading them. If it is their own minds then it must be Satan and his demons.
I'm new to this forum, but I've spent my entire life as a member of the Church of Christ, even graduating from Abilene Christian University.
i believe that what weare restoring is a wholehearted, everyday transformation from creatures of flesh to creatures of the Spirit. making disciples of Jesus, ones who imitate the teacher,Jesus. who must live in the world but are not part of the world. that our every bit of life is meant to serve the Lord and nring glory tothe Father. the followers or disciples of Jesus were called christians, readily recognized as diferent from the world. this is what we must restore. not certain days to gather, not wether or not we use the instruments that David did in our praise, but a change in our hearts, a real love for one another, a wholehearted love, awe, and respect for God. i don't see all of it in many churches, but they had it in the first church.
"Promotes unity in the church". Unfortunately, unity like tying the tails of two cats together.i do recommend that people visit other churches, evem a weekly bible study at another church. ussually a church has been afraid of doing that. fearing theyay lose people, or that their people will become "corupted" but if they are teaching sound bible, and sticking to the bible they have nothing to fear. it can and does promote unity in Jesus church. i have seen churches where it was actually forbidden to attend other churches,say they weren't part of Christs church. they sometimes become cults or just die out
This is my first visit to this group. I've always been interested in church restoration. My question is, what is this religious movement trying to restore? It would seem that we would have to have a goal in mind.
Is the goal to restore the primitive church? I'm all for that, but the primitive church was very liturgical. Are we restoring liturgical programs? Are we restoring apostolic succession? What is the goal?
Ken
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