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Originally Posted by Drake
Awareness,
The premise of your statement is false and an argument from silence. Here’s why.
Did Jesus demand His disciples the proper use of eating utensils such as fork, knives, spoons, or chopsticks? Or did He specify how they should drive a car, motorcycle, or a turbo charged ox cart? Did He demand that they avoid visiting certain sites on the Internet? Did He demand the disciples comb their hair or clip their toe nails or use deodorant?
We are not living in the age when Jesus walked the earth during His earthly ministry. We do not know everything He said for John says that all the books could not contain everything and yet even if we knew everything He said and did for 33 years it is guaranteed he did not cover every circumstance of every follower in every age in every place.
That is why He sent Himself as the Spirit to guide us into reality. Therefore, the question should be whether the Spirit is directing. However, those among us who lean toward the outward then can consider that those who return with Jesus at His coming all wear white garments, a uniform symbol of purity and righteousness.
I agree with the first paragraph of Bradley’s statement in #39. It’s a training and those are the terms. One can choose to go or not. It does not matter what Jesus did not tell His disciples to determine such matters.
Drake
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Good answers bro Drake. So true. We can't live today like they lived 2000 years ago. Thank God. They were pretty ignorant back then. We've come a long way since then. Literacy rate today is like the illiteracy rate was back then.
As a result, in general, we're not near as superstitious as they were.
All tho, if the title of this thread indicates a legit claim, we're still not free from it ; as the title indicates that those in leadership of the LSM churches are claiming that you can't serve the Lord unless you graduate from their full time training. I guess it takes high pressure tactics for such unscriptural nonsense.
Any sucker falling for that superstition, deserves to join a cult like military training ; training to be uniform robots -- surely not what Jesus had in mind for his followers. I hope they learn better.
Speaking of sales, what does the corporation make, that motivates them to resort to such nonsense sales tactics ; like the nonsense, you're useless to the Lord without our training? Or is there another benefit to the corporation ; like for reasons the LDS/Mormon's train their young people ; to propagate their movement, say?
Anyone know? Such a highfalutin claim requires such highfalutin proof.