tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889604901812687092.post5275367188720856335..comments2023-06-15T08:22:41.584-04:00Comments on are we there yet: heretic...Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818128273925904351noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889604901812687092.post-86896683612183704882011-04-16T23:23:27.492-04:002011-04-16T23:23:27.492-04:00Mary - my heart-ache in not measured by how far ou...Mary - my heart-ache in not measured by how far outside the camp one is - but what is the content therein.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14818128273925904351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889604901812687092.post-46017954176183683922011-04-16T23:17:58.474-04:002011-04-16T23:17:58.474-04:00Nathan - thank you for your visit and your thought...Nathan - thank you for your visit and your thoughts.<br /><br />yes, i think He came for all who bump around in the dark - even those of us who bump into the very walls we build.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14818128273925904351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889604901812687092.post-58692347284631021092011-04-13T08:18:30.484-04:002011-04-13T08:18:30.484-04:00Having my tent pitched a bit further outside the c...Having my tent pitched a bit further outside the camp, I am not aware of the present Cyber community happenings. I hear your heart, tho, Kelly.<br /><br />We have talked before about how anyone can make a case from the Scriptures. The soul man - the intellect - is very powerful.<br /><br />My thoughts... <br />The 'call' of God is into the fellowship of the Father and the Son. There can be no true fellowship except with those that are in that fellowship. The message that we have heard from Him is that God is light and there is no darkness in Him. If we say we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness... sin... hate our brethren... we lie. He who is in fellowship with Them has UNBROKEN fellowship with one another.<br /><br />Our Lord warns us not to let anyone mislead us. There will be a falling away from the faith by those that give heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons. Those that have been birthed from above have the Spirit of Christ within them and the Anointing abides on Him still to teach us all things.<br />Who can know the thoughts of man but the spirit of the man that is within him. Who can know the thoughts of God but the Spirit of God that is within Him. And we have been given the Spirit to 'know'... <br /><br />Jesus is coming with His angels to gather His Elect... when He comes to be glorified in His saints... and to be marveled at among all who have believed what a Glorious Day that will be!<br />Come, Lord Jesus.marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889604901812687092.post-43885862392060395762011-04-01T16:12:59.106-04:002011-04-01T16:12:59.106-04:00Heretics are guilty (presumably) of teaching heter...Heretics are guilty (presumably) of teaching heterodox or "other" faith. The Roman Catholic Church (the RC) seems to still be the all star condemner of "others" since they haven't fully rehabilitated the Protestants yet. Vatican II made the RC more tolerant toward Buddhists than toward Protestants, in practice at least. The term heretic as you so rightly point out still hints at the stigma of being punishable by death. <br /><br />It is not widely known, but John Calvin recommended that a "heretic" be executed, and he was, in old Geneva town, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servetus<br />For his non-Trinitarian outlook on the nature of God, something we would not find so very odd these days, and certainly no reason to burn the man at the stake. <br /><br />I see the labeling of various folks as heretics as a turf war. Anyone who may be able to draw my adherents away must be a "heretic". because I am right and, well, you know what a loony that guy is.<br /><br />Jesus did not come to us to allow us to build little fiefdoms with guard towers along the frontiers. He came to make God's forgiving and healing love available for all who will seek Him. Even for those who may wait until they meet Him before they decide. So my advice is to stay away from the ones that teach that heretical faith of raising walls to keep others out, which results in keeping out the people Jesus came to save, for that is certainly not what Jesus taught.Nathanhttp://ifgodis4you.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com