Why do you attribute my doctrine to arising from feelings of fear? Why do you presume that I'm afraid of such? You don't think I like truth?
There's the question I suppose.
I guess that no matter what I were to respond, the reply from you is that I'm being intellectually dishonest in some way, in this case, "Afraid to admit . . ."
Something to seriously consider in my opinion is your insistence to label me in some negative way as your means of reply.
Why is it that You always gravitate to posts I write, and draw ire on them in the first place? Every one of my Posts gets bogged down by you attacking the validity of them. It is endless. Here you are again telling me why the my meaning of Nicolaitan is wrong and not worthy to be said, Why? You see, I can see right through you, and though you deny the things I have said to you, they effect you whether for good or bad. So When I say i see fear in you, it is plain to see, There is a fear of the Move of the Holy Spirit in your life, a fear of letting Go, and a fear submitting to His work in you. It is obvious from your comments here to me and others.
That does not mean I question your faith, nor do i question your wisdom regarding scripture, as clearly you are knowledgeable and skilled in the Word of God, as I have commended you before, but something is holding you back and this is what I am trying to show you. For Myself it took over 20 years to discover this, as a fundamentalist and a Baptist (which I still am), But to open up to the revelation and teaching of God the Holy Spirit, to not place God in a box of human understanding and see His Majesty unlike ever before.... I do not even have words to explain this adequately as this is so much bigger than I can even give a picture of to your comprehension.
I Know One thing, the attitude that says we have need of nothing is at the very heart of the Problem. I see this attitude in you and your comments here and if you go back and read them and are honest you will see this yourself. I am merely encouraging you to try and break free from this mindset and see God with the same Awe and admiration that inspires my writing, perhaps then you will appreciate what I am saying here.
My Goal in all my writing is to point to Christ and the cross. I Do not seek followers of myself or glory for myself, but Glory for Him, He is the way, the Truth and the Life. Most Christians know this verse (John 14:6) from memory, but have no clue of the depth of the meaning of these things in relation to Christ. They Know he is the way to heaven, but they do not comprehend he is the way to holiness, they understand He is the truth, but not that He is Truth personified, and they may understand that he is life but not that he brings us to life in Him. They Believe these things as a doctrine, but not as transformative events in our walk with Him. It is one thing to acknowledge a creed, and another thing altogether to Know Him By this creed relationally. So Many for example believe Jesus is God Incarnate by creed, But they have not experienced the full manifestation of his divinity in their life. They Know the Word of God doctrinally, and as book, But do not Know the Living Word of God. When this occurs, the Word of God comes alive and the words written therein come to life as He begins to open the real meanings of those words to you, and the depth of the revelation contained in them.
Scripture interprets scripture is a good starting point, a Good hermeneutic, But when the Word of God comes to life scripture will begin to resonate with who you are and what you need and will read you, and convict you, and move you and transform you, this is the Power of the sword of the Spirit. It cuts to the marrow of who you are, and the intents of the heart (Hebrews 4:12).
So I may not know you personally, but I can see through you, not because I have some special insight, but because of my past experience and overcoming similar attitudes in my own life, and similar fears as you are faced with, a distrust of divine revelation, a fear of being misled, and a fear instilled in you by Nicolaitan Doctrines in your own life in the form of an instilled fear of anything that is contrary to the teachings you brought up under. Nicolaitan Doctrines are imbedded in all the churches of men, not just the Catholic church, but all of them. For example, Calvinists will say all Arminians are going to hell and vice versa, Or fundamentalist Baptist will say all charismatics are going to hell.... In doing so they are exerting control on that laity that is under them to remain in their place and not grow in Christ, and instead remain suckling on those leaders so that they do not wander from these doctrines, as if they have exclusive knowledge of the Truth and the way and the life. But obviously we all know in part, and with unity of the Spirit we will more fully know the parts of Truth others have that are kept separate by those Nicolaitan leaders and their doctrines that bind us..... Do You understand?
In other words to say you are not a victim of this dialectic is to deceive yourself, Society influences each of us, whether for good or ill, to say it does not affect us is a lie, and growth cannot begin until you admit this, and see this for what it is in your life. The Good news is that we can have this same relationship with God Through Christ our mediator, and be in a dialectic with Him, and his authority is not burdensome and submitting to Him is the most Liberating thing we can do in our lives. In Moments of reform, such as the reformation, we experience this liberation from Nicolaitanism only to be entrapped in it again, as the Nicolaitans exert their control again, each church age is marked by this Liberation form tyranny, and you see the revival of the next church age, From the rigid fundamentalism of the last church age we saw the Holy spirit Move in the outcasts of fundamentalism in the holiness movements that brought forth the Charismatic revival, From this final church age of Laodicea one more revival will come and it will be unlike any before as it will last for a millennium and for all eternity, But not all will be revived many more will fall away.