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Originally Posted by Ohio
The Holy See in Rome, the Seer of the Divine Revelation in China, Lee alone who could see in Anaheim, and Ray "X-Ray" Graver in Texas.
What do all of these have in common?
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To accept Jesus as Lord requires some leap of faith, to believe that God is capable of raising someone from the dead. Paul goes into this at some length in 1 Cor 15. See especially v. 12: "How is it that some of you say there is no resurrection from the dead?" Remember, he's writing to the Christian church!
So that I'm a card-carrying member (or Holy Spirit-filled member, as the case may be) of the "Jesus rose from the dead on the third day and was given glory" sect is no small thing. It's not insignificant that we believe, and confess.
So Satan's stratagem is to make it
seem insignificant. "Okay, you believe", is the response; "But you must keep the Sabbath Day holy", or "You must call the right name 'Jehovah'" or "You must meet on the 'proper ground'" or "You must accept the 'revelation' of Prophet Joseph Smith" or whatnot. Somehow there's a new requirement, requiring special proprietary sight. Not available to the average Christian. Suddenly there's an enticing 'special revelation' to lure the attention and heart of the unwary. Suddenly we hear, "You must see the Church" or the like. Somehow Jesus crucified and resurrected to glory is now 'low gospel' and there's a need to 'press on' to 'high peaks of the divine revelation'. Only from the Seer of the Age, folks, and only for eight measly bucks! Step right up! Get your training programme over here!
Nonsense. And all these attempts to get you to shut down your God-given brain are feeble efforts to prop up the nonsense. They're means to human control, to lord over the flock. Jesus called it out - He said, "This is how it is among the gentiles but it should not be this way among you"; I mean, how could this not be clear?