Brother Don,
What a moving story of the "Loving Father" receiving back his wayward daughter in love. Glory to God!
One time a former Cleveland FT'er CD made a comment that our heavenly Father will always bring His children to a congregation where they will be cared for. That little statement rattled my little "belief system." How could any place be better than the LC? Don't we have the richest ministry? How dare God bless some "division" in the body of Christ?
Wasn't this the best place on earth?
Where were we? Where was I?
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Originally Posted by Hope
When your heart is occupied with lost souls, troubled souls and just plain ole ordinary folks and you love our Wonderful Savior, well, oneness just seems to take care of itself.
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I love this little "word of wisdom." If the "main thing" is to keep the "main thing" the "main thing," then we surely missed it. By focusing on minor things like the ministry, the truth, and oneness, we missed the "main thing" -- our Wonderful Savior saving people.
Another point that really caught my attention in your post was this verse from NASB:
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Rom 15:7, Wherefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God. NASB
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I love this word "accept." I don't think it was in our vocabulary. We had the word "receive." To me that kind of indicates we let people in our front door, but not really accepting what they are, or what gifts they may have in Christ. Verses like this fill the Bible, but we were indoctrinated that "diversity breeds division." This had the effect of closing our heart, putting standards on people, and "boxing in" God, which obviously He does not care for.