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Originally Posted by Gubei
Basically, I am trying to say that WN or WL's teachings should be considered one of diverse teachings in fundamentalists' camp. I know there are some questionable teachings or practices in them, but I do not think they have really gone far as to be called "heresy."
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I do not think they are as far as heresy, either, but I do think they are unbalanced and a cause of injury to the larger body of believers when they are mandated.
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Originally Posted by Gubei
How many crucial truths in the Bible are supported by "prescriptive" verses? The Bible is not a well-written systematic theology textbook or US Constitution-type mandate. They are histories, epistles, and so on an so forth, but not least so prescriptive as Wesminster Confession.
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Okay, Gubei, here goes:
1. Believe in God. Believe in His Son Jesus Christ.
2. Receive the believer next to you. Love your neighbor.
3. As much as you can, keep from sin. When you fail, repent. When others fail, forgive.
Those are crucial, prescriptive truths in the Bible. The other stuff, how many elders in each city, how many apostles in each region, etc. are optional.
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Originally Posted by Gubei
One error of some Christians is that they do not distingush between having different interpretations which are still in the boundary of fundamentalists' camp and calling other fundamentalists' interpretations "unbiblical, heretic etc." Of course, WL himself repeated this error. As I alrerady several times made it clear, "the ground of locality" is not an essential element in our Christians life. Any Christian who even belongs to Catholic can be a overcomer for God who will expedite the second coming of our Lord Jesus.
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I agree.
