I have grown about as wide as I need to, thank you very much! Peace, Steve Derick Dickens wrote: > Doc, > > You are right, we are all imperfect and we all need to grow. This is > a part of the walk of a Christian. > > DrD > > On 5/19/07, * Dpowellaz2@... <mailto:Dpowellaz2@...>* > <Dpowellaz2@... <mailto:Dpowellaz2@...>> wrote: > > Very well put Jerry! > Doc > > In a message dated 5/19/2007 3:45:13 P.M. US Mountain Standard > Time, jlew@... <mailto:jlew@...> writes: > > Hey Doc, > > Not only are none of us perfect, but also, none of us have a > corner on "perfect doctrine." > > We all still see through a glass darkly and are still growing > in our faith and learning of the ways of Christ. > > If the great apostle Paul had not "arrived" (he said that he > had not), .... who do we think we are to judge everyone by our > standards of "perfect doctrine' and condemn as heretics those > who do not dot every I and cross every T just like we do????? > > There are some "first tier" doctrines that there can be no > variance on, but then there are second and third tier items > that are on a different level. > > I cannot accept the teachings of universalism but I could not > care less about whether someone is pre, mid, or post trib in > their understanding of the rapture. > > I learned a long time ago that God uses surrendered and > yielded people, not those who are perfect in doctrine. > > I believe that there is only one Biblical mode of water > baptism found in the Bible, that of immersion, but I do not > call "heretic" those who sprinkle. I am not ready to burn any > born again brothers at the stake because they see some Bible > doctrine in a different light than I do. I know that some of > the ones who sprinkle are really saved and are devoted to > Christ. The immersion or the sprinkling of water does not > save anyone. > > I am not going to fight my Methodist brother just because he > does not understand that baptism is figurative and going down > under the water represents being buried with Christ and rising > again to walk with Him in the newness of life, something that > sprinkling can never represent. > > Jerry > > > > > */Shalom Alechem...Barukh Hashem Y'shua!/* > (*Peace and Blessings in Jesus' name!*) > Pastor David Powell > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See what's free at AOL.com > <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503>. > > To subscribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-join@... <mailto:pastorsforum-join@...> > > To unsubs > cribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... <mailto:pastorsforum-unsubscribe@...> > > > > > > > > > -- > Derick R. Dickens > www.thedickensfamily.org <http://www.thedickensfamily.org> -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Pastor Steven G. Rockhill Lisbon Reformed Presbyterian Church PO Box 88 Lisbon, NY 13658 315-393-9041 revrock@... http://lisbonrpc.port5.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++