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Originally Posted by zeek
Jesus aligned himself with no party or faction. He said God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save it. John 3:17 If there are differences among men, men make them not God. There is neither Jew, nor gentile neither slave nor free, nor is there a male and female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 Yet for 2000 years mankind has been busy dividing itself into many more “neither” categories. Please forgive me if I don’t participate.
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I agree in part, but wouldn’t you agree that Jesus did align Himself with truth vs lies, honesty vs hypocrisy, righteousness vs unrighteousness, etc? And does not this forum somewhat force posters to take sides? If you may remember, at times I have taken a beating from both sides for trying to straddle a middle position, which I am convinced aligns with the truths of the Bible.
When you say there is “no Jew or Gentile,” that is INSIDE the church. But consider when both Jesus and the Apostles faced the deceit of Jewish leaders, did they not rebuke them, exposing their deceptions to the other disciples for their safety. Is not this also the mission of this forum to expose the lies of leaders at LSM?
When I left the LC, close friends of mine on both sides were exhorting me to “take a stand for the truth,” which was really their version of the truth, basically aligning with either the Anaheim or Cleveland factions. In that instance I did not take sides, or pick a party, like nearly all others did, but examined both platforms against the truth of scripture.
So this matter of “aligning in parties” needs context. Today we have parties and denominations based on leaders and doctrines, but the time is soon coming during the great tribulation, when as the scriptures indicate, we will only be divided as worshippers of Jesus Christ or worshippers of the Beast. My initial comments in this little discussion of ours only reflected certain policies (e.g. censorship) used today which will one day be also used by the Beast. The practice of censorship at LSM fits in with this.