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Old 07-20-2008, 12:45 PM   #11
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Dear djohnson, I am not making theories so far. What I am doing is pointing out portions in God's Word that raise up questions that orthodox theology basically did not address. I do not know if the distinctions are moot or not. What I am concerned about is that these distinctions are taken to the extreme of separation between the Father, the Son and the Spirit. And it goes against orthodox teaching of pericherosis.

Here is one story. I remember that not long after my salvation I read a book that claimed that we should pray to the Father in the name of the Son. The author boldly said that if I pray to the Son my prayers will not be answered. I took it seriously and began to pray to the Father in the name of the Son. But then I read another book which claimed that if we want to have an increase in the church we have to pray to the Holy Spirit. I was totally confused at that time. Eventually I decided when pray just to say "the Lord", and then They will decide for themselves to whom this prayer should go. Of course, it was ridiculous. It was tritheism, and many Christians unconsciously subscribe to this form of tritheism. When I came to LC, I was freed from this distortion, and in this way LC was a positive influence. There is only one God. And if out of ignorance or out of our inability to grasp the mystery of God, we sometimes blur the distinctions, I do not think that God will be offended that you ascribed to the one what usually is ascribed to the other. LC has many problems, but the accusation of modalism is plain ridiculous.

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