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Originally Posted by Ohio
Raptor, regarding these two scriptural truths, i.e. that (1) believers should call on the name of the Lord and (2) that God is uniquely one, some have become so Anti-Lee that they are also Anti-Bible and Anti-truth.
Let me say clearly that I definitely reject many of WL's teachings. I am not promoting him, but rather promoting the Word of God. Also, let me definitively say that there is no mandate for salvation in the scripture concerning this second truth.
I do find it troublesome that some are unwilling to concede the truths displayed in certain verses because they don't fit their mindset about God. They resolutely refuse to acknowledge that we are only pointing out verses that they don't agree with. It's not me they disagree with, it is the writers of the Bible. I am simply willing to admit that I can't explain God, and that some verses appear contradictory. In the New Covenant we are called to know God, not be able to explain Him in full. John Wesley wrote, "Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and I will show you a man who can comprehend the Triune God."
If some folks refuse to call on the Lord, that's really fine with me. I'm glad that you love the Lord and have the liberty to pray and fellowship with God as you desire. If some folks view God as 3 separate "Persons," I am fine with that too. That's far better than so many genuine believers in the RCC who still pray to Mary and the so-called saints.
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Ohio, your post is certainly worth commenting on, as I think I could have written these same words too! It also seems to me that
effective discussions like this are extremely difficult on here at times, because often when something simple from scripture is presented, many times the replies seem to be given while viewing through "anti-all-things-WN/WL/LC" sunglasses. To demonstrate the apparent absurdity of this, let me give an absurd example: it's like if you said, "Praise the Lord, He loves us!" and then I would reply, "Well I can't agree, because WL taught this & that . . ."
I don't know if anyone else sees it this way however, and I'm starting to get the feeling that it's perhaps not even Kosher to bring this observation up on here now . . .