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JimfromOhio

I am happlily married with 5 kids. I am an accoutant and worked in an accounting field for over 25 years. I like to make a habit of writing down whenever I have deep thoughts about God (so I won't forget). I really into Reformed Theology that is connected to Presbyterian Church in America.

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Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States

I enjoy having deep thoughts about God and put down what I actually think about (so I won't forget).

Monday, June 19, 2006

Thoughts about Movements and Teachings

I have been reading, thinking and wondering about my spiritual relationship with God and my Church. I have been embracing my own spiritual reality. Every Christians who are spiritually well educated know where they stand on such matters as the inspiration of the Scriptures, the deity of Jesus Christ, salvation through the blood of atonement, death and judgment, heaven and hell. The true battle line is elsewhere outside Jesus Christ, the Church and the Bible. There are spiritual leaders and followers who are depending on doctrines rather than God to guide them in their Christian living practices without obvious agendas such as certain movements. When prosperity, healing and feeling good doctrines are the primary agendas, then it is NOT my good conscience to agree with them nor even follow them. I will speak up what I disagree and at the same time, I have started to learn this: In Romans 14:5 "One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind." 1 Corinthians 10:28-29 "both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience' sake, the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?" As long as my own conscience is clear and my heart is pure before God, don't be concerned with issues what others believe as long as I speak up and state why I disagree. After 400 threads, Christian history revealed that many movements will continue to survive no matter what. Movements have grown as this world is getting older. We are living in the times of confusion and it is sometimes hard to distinguish the false from the true. God have provided us the Word of God to save us from the consequences of our own blindness by repeated warnings and many careful instructions.