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I do not live or walk with God under the authority of any human being. My church does not dictate the terms of membership. The Holy Spirit leads people into the truth, and those so lead form a community that the Lord has full authority over. It is the Lord that is the author and finisher of our faith. As a member to new members i am here to witness to the truth and affirm the truth as it is applied in every aspect of life i am engaged in and encourage this in others. When those come in who have an agenda to coerce it disrupts the Church and those members who may become are caught up are studied with to expose the wrong principles. This follows the principles they experienced when they joined. They are not punished and required to amend. The enemy of heaven was cast out of every heart in the universe by the revelation of God in Christ. Not by God exercising physical or police authority. If we get into dictating in church circles we step into the arena of cult. This is why there is to be separation of church and state. Where human authority claims to correctly interpret God's word, and represent the authority of God and exercise control over the group we have humanity making itself God. God's government is one of regard for the highest development of character and willing and cheerful giving of service to God and our fellow man in freedom, the freedom in Christ, which is free of self glory. God was accused of being Like Satan, being controlling and not loving and it was revealed to be a lie. We do not want to participate in those principles but truly represent the character of God. We tend to find rest relying on authority and praise those whose are in authority for our well being. In matters of traffic police, and Dr.'s licensing agencies this is well and good, but in matters of the conscience, and our relationship to God only God should stand in that position, and those in leadership we do hope they represent The Lord in spiritual leadership. We are told the majority of honest believers are outside the membership of the church because if they come in they would be mistreated and wounded and lose their way. I can see why this is a danger. A wrong spirit can find expression and God be misrepresented and precious ones needlessly wounded. So the Lord has them labor for him where they are. We are not to be lording, but in submission to one another as Christ's principles find expression in our relationships. This way we continually affirm God's love and the Authority of Love. The good angels had no idea that God's ways needed improving on, they could not imagine that God was arbitrary as the enemy portrayed. Indeed God was not, but the enemy projected onto God His own attributes and it will continue to be fully revealed till the day every knee will bow and with one voice the entire human race and angelic Host will proclaim Just and True are all thy ways.

LOTS of Scriptures. Too many to list them all: http://prophecyviewpoint.com/htdocs/Book Chapters/4-An Ancient Prophecy.pdf http://www.prophecyviewpoint.com/htdocs/20-Kingdom of Priests.pdf http://prophecyviewpoint.com/htdocs/Book Chapters/1-INTRODUCTION.pdf http://www.prophecyviewpoint.com/htdocs/Book Chapters/2-THE 8TH DAY- My Journey.pdf http://www.prophecyviewpoint.com/htdocs/21-The 8th Day.pdf http://prophecyviewpoint.com/htdocs/Book Chapters/13-Judgment Day.pdf http://prophecyviewpoint.com/htdocs/Book Chapters/14-Gog and Magog.pdf http://prophecyviewpoint.com/htdocs/Book Chapters/15-Final Judgment, Lake of Fire.pdf

Revelation 20:12-14King James Version (KJV) 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Thanks all, your prayers are very welcomed for sure! Its been pretty rainy all day. A few times the sun came out, but we here in Volusia County are expecting to be in the middle of this tomorrow morning from what I've heard on the news. Will definitely be praying for your Mom, Aubrey! The coast line is gonna get the worst of this storm. Hopefully she is in a shelter! We are about 40+or- miles from the coast! So hopefully the winds here will be under 80/90 miles an hour. Again thanks for your prayers, but more than likely others will be needing them more than us. Pray for all!

The unholy trinity - politics, economics, and religion.

Hey PK, Our prayers are with you, brother. May God protect you and yours!

PHKrause, it looks like you're about an hour from my mother's place (Merritt Island). It's going to be a rough couple of days for sure! Stay safe! We'll miss your posts here, but your safety is top priority! Lots of people in our prayers!

..or is it the same spirit being exposed by religious leaders and political ?

A bit of historical trivia as it pertains to the SDA denomination. By the way, while the actual facts may be true, please do not take me seriously as to their application. I am simply having some fun. In the early days of our developing denomination, one of the clergy who became part of us was an Episcopalian priest. Under the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, his ordination can be traced back to Saint Peter. Therefore, any SDA clergy whom he ordained, also, under RC doctrine, can trace their ordination back to Saint Peter. Who knows, many of our SDA clergy today may be able to trace their line of ordination back to Saint Peter.

stay safe, pk! I've got a number of family right in the path of Hurricane Matthew, as well...

Absent a clear Biblical mandate the will of the majority should not be imposed on others. The American way is to place boundaries on the will of the majority. The world Church has not rejected the ordination of women: 1) In SA it refused to grant Divisions the authority to decide. That is not a rejection of female ordination. 2) The world church has allowed women to be ordained as Elders. 3) The world church has not prohibited women from being ordained a Deacons and Deaconesses, both of which are being done. 4) Contrary to what many believe, there are valid points of disagreement as to the level of denominational administration that has the authority to decide questions as to ordination. 5) Some would argue for tyranny consisting of other examples of attempted control. 6) Contrary to Gerry's post above, his minority does not want to impose its will on his majority. Rather, his minority simply wants the freedom to conduct its affairs with self-determination and without having the will of others imposed on it.