<div>To Christ Church and other like-minded Christians, "Let this mind be in you, which</div> <div>was also in Christ Jesus:..." (Philippians 2:5)</div> <div> </div> <div>Harken back to the Scriptures in their plain sense. Beware of false doctrines and </div> <div>traditions that bind the souls of men. "Beware lest any man spoil you through </div> <div>philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world,</div> <div>and not after Christ." (Colossians 2:8) "...Why do ye also transgress the </div> <div>commandment of God by your tradition?" (Matthew 15:3) "...'These people honor me</div> <div> with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me. Their worship of me is useless,</div> <div>because they teach man-made rules as if they were doctrines.' For laying aside the </div> <div>commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men,..." "...Full well ye reject the </div> <div>commandment of God, that
ye may keep your own tradition. Making the Word of God</div> <div>of none effect through your tradition,..." (Mark 7:6-9, 13)</div> <div> </div> <div>Pray earnestly for the salvation of your enemies. "Ye have heard that it had been </div> <div>said, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.' But I say unto you,</div> <div>Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and</div> <div>pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the</div> <div>children of your Father which is in heaven: for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil </div> <div>and on the good, and sendeth rain of the just and on the unjust." (Matthew 5:43-45)</div> <div>For "What credit is it to you if you love only those who love you? For sinners also love</div> <div>those that love them. What credit is it to you if you do good only to those who do</div> <div>good to you? Even sinners do
that." (Luke 6:32, 33) "Be ye therefore merciful, as </div> <div>your Father also is merciful." (Luke 6:36)</div> <div> </div> <div>Forget not your first love. Teach Christ crucified and emphasize not fallible men--as</div> <div> all, but Him, are. "Was Paul crucified for you?" (I Corinthians 1:12) Certainly not</div> <div> Calvin nor Augustine nor any other.</div> <div> </div> <div>Take care what you consider doctrinal maturation. It may be doctrinal devolution.</div> <div>Wants and egos can distort the truth.</div> <div> </div> <div>"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; test yourselves." (II Corinthians </div> <div>13:5) "Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of </div> <div>Heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to </div> <div>me on that Day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy
name? Didn't we expel </div> <div>demons in your name? And in thy name did many wonderful works? And then will I </div> <div>profess unto them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity." (Matthew </div> <div>7:21-23)</div> <div> </div> <div>You would do well to "...pass the time of your temporary stay on earth in fear" (I Peter</div> <div> 1:17)--that is the venerable fear of God and not of man. (I Peter 2:17, Hebrews 13:6)</div> <div> "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the </div> <div>time, because the days are evil" (Ephesians 5:15,16). "Walk in wisdom toward them </div> <div>that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, </div> <div>seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every </div> <div>man" (Colossians 4:5,6). Redeem the time.</div> <div> </div> <div><Scimitar></div><p>
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