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Originally Posted by Evangelical
The bible indicates we have a responsibility for the state of the church, that will not be accomplished through baptism.
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Do you understand what I mean by baptism? I am not referring to dunking people into water, I am referring to immersing them into the triune God, having them walk by faith to follow the Lord into death and resurrection. If you understand that, then of course it will be accomplished by baptism. That is the way of salvation given to us by Jesus.
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Originally Posted by Evangelical
That is our duty also, not merely to preach the gospel and forget about the state of God's house. When I speak against denominations and particularly the degradation, what I am doing is caring about the state of God's house.
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Perhaps, I'll let the Lord judge.
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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Furthermore, by separating myself from that environment, I am also making a statement that Jezebel will not be tolerated in the church, as much as is up to me.
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Oh. Can you please show me the basis in the NT for separating yourself from other Christians because they don't measure up to your standard? As an inner city teacher I would love to be able to separate myself from those that don't measure up, make my job a whole lot easier. Great statement -- we'll provide you with the education once you measure up.
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Originally Posted by Evangelical
So far, as far as I can tell you have presented two ways that people are caring about the state of God's house, that is
By baptism -great
By not getting married to someone of the same sex - great also.
Others I'm not so convinced about:
Preaching the gospel - great but this is more for the unsaved than God's house
By tolerating Jezebel- uh oh, not really helping anything here.
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I have no issue with three of those points, but one I am stunned that "tolerating Jezebel" is what you got from my posts. Can you point to the post where "I presented tolerating Jezebel as a way that people can care about the state of God's house". If you can, I'll clear up the confusion. If not I will agree with Ohio that you intentionally misquote and misconstrue what others say, which is deceitful.