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Originally Posted by A little brother
If you so believe in the principle of three-times, probably you should apply the same principle to the calling on the name of the Lord.
Trying to call "Oh, Lord Jesus!" more than three times in order to turn to the spirit would be calling His name in vain.  |
We do.
Calling on the Lord 3 times is how people can be saved.
The principle also applies for God speaking to us.
See
1 Samuel 3:8.
Heres a challenge.
Try to find any prayer or habit of prayer being more than 3 times in the bible.
The problem is people want it spelled out in black and white what they can or can't do. They are ignorant of the repeated patterns and principles. They would have us believe that the fact so many are recorded as praying 3 times is due to coincidence rather than a God-inspired principle.
Can they really claim to be following the bible while ignoring the revealed patterns and praying as they think they know best?
In other cases they probably follow a biblical principle for which no clear command exists.
For example there is no rule or verse that says that Christians must meet on Sunday. But almost everyone does because this is the ancient church tradition and the principle of meeting on the day Christ rose has special significance.