It's because you keep saying wrong things of me without any discernable foundation. Only that I disagree with your point of view.
Some of the things you say of me really rise no higher than slander. Such as this supposed "offense". Pardon me for saying so, but it's ignorant slander.
Let's apply a little critical reasoning, shall we? Your claim is that I'm not submitted to God,
I Never made that claim, you assumed i made that claim. I Merely spoke what i see as the problem in this doctrine, that "offense" you "feel" and read into my comment is the Holy Ghost and His conviction, You should seek his guidance on why what I am saying "offends" you, instead of assuming my intent is to condemn you, I never write from that perspective, my intent is only to share what the Holy Ghost has shown me. I Have no control over what your response is to the conviction of the Holy Ghost, some, most in fact are offended, some find repentance, and the continual need for Christ and the cross.
Do you believe that you can live sanctified NOW, by trusting Jesus for that NOW?
God's Holy Character requires that he refuse to admit sin into his fellowship. Thus the work of the cross is twofold, one is to save people from their sins, the other is to restore that fellowship with God, by purifying the vessel.
When God sees us here on earth he sees his Son's blood applied to us as an atonement for sin. This allows us to commune with God, but not to enter into his presence. A Holy God cannot have sin in his Presence.
Thus the sanctification of the cross is a lifelong process, not a one time thing. What most who do not understand this think is that we have need of nothing more, which creates a rut in their Spiritual maturation process, they get stuck in a state of immaturity spiritually. They are stuck in a fallacy of a work finished in them, which is not true, as the second work of making the vessel holy for the presence of God must come next. From faith to faith, or to "continue in the faith". (Acts 14:22, Colossians 1:23) Read particularly the acts 14 passage in context, as this is the mark of an elder, a presbyter in the church, One who through much tribulation continues in the faith.
As I have spoken with you before, this is the Laodicean mindset, which leads to and empowers the Nicolaitan priestly class, which keeps the babes suckling on the milk of doctrine rather than maturing into elders themselves. Read Ephesians 4:14-15. The fact that you are having a hard time grasping these things, and they offend you is telling of where you stand, But at the same time you are torn wanting to discuss this, so you are still searching for the truth and the fulness of Christ. In other words, you have not yet resisted the conviction of the Holy Ghost to the point of hardening your heart, and I commend you for this.
My question for you is, in all our debates and discussions together have you grown spiritually? You see, fellowship is not always encouragement and edification, but many times it is rebuke and correction, and being challenged by what the other Brother in Christ is saying through the Holy Ghost. When we understand that we all know in part, is when we earnestly seek this fellowship rather than using these disagreements to divide us, and when this happens the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace begins to take over..... Without the law, we cannot know what grace is as the Law is the schoolmaster that leads to grace. (Galatians 3:22-25), and it is that righteous requirement of the law that we are being purified for to be allowed into the presence of a Holy God.
So like a teenage who thinks they know it all, most Christians live in a state of infancy and suckling rather than eating the meat of the word. It is time to lay aside that divisive attitude and move on to maturity, which begins with acknowledging that we Know in part, and that in fellowship we will know more and in unity will His presence manifest amongst us.... where two or three are gathered in His name.... this is the foundation of revival, as revival can only come when enough people are not satisfied with where they are at and know they are in need of more. More of Christ, and on to fulness in Him!!
