Jane and I may disagree on some things. But we agree on what matters.
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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane
It seems that history teaches us we are headed for trouble when we start making church form and church meetings the main thing, as if that was the main thing in the Bible.
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Despite the volume of Paul's writings concerning issues of the church, the real core of the NT — the real heart of the divine revelation — was in the actions and words of Christ in the four gospels. While there are a couple of references to the church, and a few more to our unity as "brothers," the bulk of it was in our living. It was not about worship. It was not about meetings. It was about your interactions with your neighbor. Your love for others. Your obedience. That is why the letters directed to the Jews were so much more about how they lived, about their works, than about their theological standing or positions. If their theology wasn't affecting their lives, it didn't matter what they believed. In fact, it could prove or disprove your claim of belief.
We are too prone to argue our belief based on what we think in our minds rather than what affects our lives. If I don't follow it, I don't really believe it. I'm still in the process of getting the two aligned. They were way out of alignment in my LRC days. (Or maybe they were actually in alignment, with the problem being what I believed at the time.)