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Originally Posted by Evangelical
You just contradicted yourself (or someone elses view) in saying that a pledge is a sin.
I say to that nonsense. Otherwise signing a marriage contract, mortgage contract, or an employment contract would be a sin according to your view.
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I contradicted what someone else said, not me, and the only reason for that is that your questions are vague and without context. For example, I say that the loyalty pledge Witness Lee required of 419 elders is sin, and you then assume this means that all contracts are sin. This is a major flaw in your analysis, you are unable to understand context and nuance.
Yes, if you sign a marriage contract with a person when you are currently married to another person, that would be a sin. That is what took place when elders in the church had to sign a loyalty pledge to Witness Lee when they had already been baptized, recognizing the Triune God as their sole authority.
Yes, if you sign a mortgage contract for a property that is already purchased by someone else that would be a sin. That is what took place when those redeemed by the blood of Jesus were required to pledge their loyalty to Witness Lee and his ministry.
Yes, if you sign an employment contract when you are currently the bondservant of someone else, and in that contract it specifically forbids partaking of the Lord's table and the table of idols, yes that is a sin.
Once again, I say anyone who thinks that this loyalty pledge to Witness Lee was not sin is clueless.