The Rapture and Purity of Spirit

[rockytopva]

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; - Colossians 1:23

2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. - 1 John 3

The rapture belief encourages purity of spirit, in which RW Schambach hits on so well....

 

[Ronald David Bruno]

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; - Colossians 1:23

2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. - 1 John 3

The rapture belief encourages purity of spirit, in which RW Schambach hits on so well....

All true ... just don't care for this style ... shouting and too emotional, seems forced. Just stand up there and teach, preach. Everyone has their own style and followers that are attracted to it.

 

[Randy Kluth]

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; - Colossians 1:23

2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. - 1 John 3

The rapture belief encourages purity of spirit, in which RW Schambach hits on so well....

Postrib Rapture, yes! ;) I'm sure Schambach is Pretrib, which unfortunately is a modern error in Christian eschatology. It was created by John Darby, and copied by the Schofield Reference Bible, which sadly propagated this doctrine among many good and well-meaning Christians. We need to get back to historic Postribulationism, because the time is short, and there are many antichrists we are now having to face. We need to not be escapist, but positive in giving our testimony and realistic in our acceptance of these difficult times.