“ Great Sermon! ” I agree with your message. At one time I was a member of the Churches of Christ, and also an Independent Christian Church. That was many years ago.
Today there is another group that broke away from the Church of Christ, and that is the International Churches of Christ. They seem to have a "salvation by discipleship" belief and practice. That is, they still strongly hold that baptism is essential to salvation, at the moment of baptism you're saved. But FIRST you have to be a disciple of Jesus Christ when you are baptized...though lost until baptism. They base this on the reading of the Great Commission in Matthew.
Maybe some have heard of this. Anyway, in the late 1980's the Boston COC was rebaptizing their members because of this new false doctrine. And that's when the mainline COC broke fellowship with them because "they changed the nature of baptism" to quote the mainline COC. And the Boston COC and related churches were retrained and eventually became the International COC. I know, sounds confusing. POINT IS they went beyond salvation by works which was bad enough. Instead, it's more like salvation by discipleship (yeah, still works but on steroids).
“ Great Teaching! ” McCausland stated "... bringing the gospel to the front in darkened Europe from different quarters and men living miles apart."
And unlike today where confusion comes from heretical teaching, they all preached the same message for the most part and the outcome was the same.
May God give us that same passion for truth.
“ Essential Teaching ” Thanks for fine tuning the hearing. I learned a lot from this teaching and listened for heaven's sake.
Only yesterday, a friend, whose son is gay, said that she recognized homosexual tendencies in him when he was only three years old. Therefore she believed he was born gay. Why was the problem not recognized at his birth?
“ Informative and useful ” This presentation provides ample evidence of the mercies of God at work at the time of the Reformation, in bringing the gospel to the front in darkened Europe from different quarters and men living miles apart. SDG
“ Just like times of today ” Such a clear warning against living for pleasure and unconcerned for your fellow man. Anything that comes to us easy is not valued, hence the growth of the church when going through persecution.
“ Outstanding Sermon! ” This is an excellent message outlining all the falseness of the RC Church and the Pope. If you listen to all the facts that the RC Church believes and all that the Pope expects from people, you will find it all heresy and damnation. I feel very sorry for people who believe in this anti-Christ entity.
“ Great Sermon! ” Hi pastor! I've heard some of your sermons, very detailed, bold and annointed. I am just a new Christian, and I struggled so much with the doctrine of Trinity. The Holy Spirit touched me while trying to imagine, trying to explore in my mind how could this Jesus be God while the Father is God. There is one phrase (three words) that when I thought of it, the Holy Spirit touched me, from the top of my head. But those three words, I have never heard to anyone, nor read in the Bible or any commentaries or any articles... only from you I heard those words. Then I felt the touch of the Holy Spirit again.
I heard you wrote a book regarding the Doctrine of Trinity, how can I have it? Wish I can have your email address because I really do have a lot questions.
Praise God in your life...
“ Great Sermon! ” I, myself, believed in exception clauses because this was what I was taught. Even non-believers sadly quote these clauses! For the past 2 years, I've studied marriages, exception clauses, the earliest writings in the early churches, and the undeniable spiritual warfare that exists in regards to all divorces. The enemy has succeeded in leading Christians in believing that their 2nd, 3rd, or for some---even 4th marriages are blessed by God instead of seeking God's will and repenting of such ongoing sin-remarriage while the first covenant spouse is still living is adultery; the churches need more pastors like you to administer biblical discipline, aid in promoting repentance to restore each spouse in walking in truth and in God's will, and promoting reconciliation. Thank you for speaking the truth in love. Christians are satan's target and he plants fallacies such as the one of justified remarriage and false pretense that God wants them to remain in ongoing sin have caused division even amongst pastors. The only way to combat is to apply biblical truth and remain aware of the repentance that is needed. Thank you again! God bless you!
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