Np Johann.
One of my very best friends, of 44 yrs, is a Southern Baptist Assistant Pastor, among other things.
He's retired now.
He has 4 kids.
I have studied "Baptist" doctrine, and most others, so that i can understand where they agree with Paul, and where they left the building having turned onto Heresy Street.
God directed me to learn how to understand all that when i was about 4 yrs into my ministry, because i asked Him one day..."Father, why do so many denominations exist ?????, and why do believers never believe the same , etc. ????
God answered me., (Holy Spirit) .."Christ in you"...... within seconds.
This was in the Summer time, about 6:30am, and i was sitting on a porch swing, studying the word, over 3 decades ago.
He told me, essentially .....>"you have to learn what isn't true, so that what is true is left standing and obvious.".
"This is because the Devil is very cunning, and He mixes Truth and Error together, as his Theology, and its very difficult to know its wrong, unless you are skilled to know...
You have to study to find out what is doctrinally wrong, so that you can understand what is the TRUTH.
By finding out what is theologically and spiritually wrong, you discover what is absolutely Right."""
Then, God began to send me into places, to learn how to teach them, and to learn how to Evangelize, how to deal with religious haters, and evil people, while i was learning how to hear in the Spirit realm, = what is wrong with a person's belief system.
The best way to understand what i can do for 30 yrs, regarding what im doing here, is for you to understand the term : "Spiritual Hygienist".
I use Paul's Doctrine and the Cross of Christ to highlight and then root out error in a believer's theology., or in an unbelievers religious cult teaching.
This is also known as "tearing down strongholds" in believers.
Strongholds, Johann, Marks, and other Saints.... are wrong theological belief systems.....that are built on the foundation of pride.
AND.... when one is being torn down, it hurts pride and it causes anger inside the person who then bites back....
So Its better that this person be hurt and angry then hell-bound or harmful to other believers, who they can "faith ruin".
Its better to put the Heat of the Cross on someone, then to allow them to keep going in the wrong spiritual direction, for 40 more years.
That's how it is.
And isn't that better then God causing someone to drop dead or go blind? as "God is not mocked' and ive seen people die who mocked God and insulted the Cross and the Grace of God.
God has caused both to happen to people, in the NT as well.
God is so very serious about all this "Christian stuff".....He takes it just as seriously, as that Cross was absolute torture on His Son, = which forever proves that God is not kidding, is not joking, is not to be ignored or insulted.
Read the account of Paul causing the Male Witch to go blind.
I love to tell that to people who accuse me of "not showing Love", because im not agreeing with their cult, or their Cross denying Theology.
And these same would be the first to lie about me, or say something cruel to me, on a forum.
That's interesting, isn't it Reader.
They want all that "Love" tho.
"give me love, give me love, give me peace on earth".....so sang George Harrison. (Beatles).
He was looking for the Cross, and never found it, because He didn't want God's love.. .He wanted His religious idea of "love"., as His Religion.
That is the "broad way" that "leads to Destruction".
He found it.
If only they knew anything about the Bible, Paul, Jesus, The Cross, or Christianity.....the REAL stuff. How it really works.
But, i do all i can to shove them forward into the Grace of God, as they scream and kick and at times, "hate".
Its what i do for them. Its Love, actually.. They just can't see it through their carnal eyeglasses.
Along my way to here= to 5-12-2023....., ive been seminary trained, trained in manuscript evidence, and had some fine teachers.
Ive worked in Christian Radio, In Health Care, and as a specialized type of Industrial Draftsman. Ive had 2 businesses, and worked in Retail, and i make Jewelry........@really. Mostly. make Earrings for women.
I can post photos, but is that "boasting"..???????? .as i'd hate to be "called out" again...... (smile).
I'm very creative, as i'm an Artist, and not just a Cross Preaching "Pauline Theologist",
I also go to the gym a lot....but that is not really "job related".
Before any of the "Christianity", i was a musician, and am still one of those..
Mostly finger-style Guitar and ive written about 5 CDs of (Guitar/Vocal) "Christian Music".
My first "office in the Church" was as : Ministry of Music. (Worship Leader).
"Ok, ladies only on the 3rd verse, "........ and can we have the Men come in on the Chorus......
"Oh Victory in Jesus, my Savior forever""................
Yeah, like that.
Been there.
But, and However.....Paul is my main devotion regarding my Ministry, and Jesus is my true Light for Life.
My Friend i mentioned. is a preacher's kid.
His Dad was a Southern Baptist Minister and His Son, my Friend, was what the Baptist's refer to as an "officer in the Church".
He was mostly an Assistant Pastor, or similar, for about 40 yrs.... but never was the "Pastor" at large.
This same person, when i met him, was dealing drugs and also working in the ministry.
Really.
He was a born again, yet...drug dealer, who worked in the Church Faithfully.
This part of His "testimony" always freaks out people who are self righteous, and dont know anything about the Cross of Christ or the Grace of God.
Its sort of the same response i get when i tell people i was born again, and called into the Ministry about 8 yrs later, and yet it was 11 years after i was born again, that i got water baptized.
And when that happened, the person said to me of the water...>"there go your sins"... as if the water washed my sin away.
So, a cultist church water baptized me 11 yrs after i was born again..
Reader, does that count? Should i get a water redo? Is a 2nd Dunk going to make me better, stronger, and more life-like?
I surely dont care, as i dont trust in water, nor do i trust in Faith...., i Trust in Christ.
How about YOU?
Reader,
I can assure you that my Assistant Pastor Friend, was faithful to the Church, and also to his drug addiction.
He just had a recreational drug issue that was solved, but it took some years., and He never missed a Sunday, up front.
Of course that was long ago, and he left all that over time, after some years... as i said....... and eventually worked in 3 or 4 Baptist Churches as they like to move their Pastors and Assistant Pastors and Ministers of Music around and around like Pin-Balls.
So, that "progressive sanctification", that you are into Johann, was something that for Him, came to pass.
So, im use to the Mainline Baptist Theology that you are currently enjoying.
As far as a "Baptist" church.........i think that to be joined to the "Baptist Convention"..... as one of their satellite churches, is best found when they are "autonomous"
And the Baptist Leadership (mainline Baptist) do allow for some leeway, in their satellite churches., which is good.
Ok then.
-Later all
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