(04-22-2019, 11:37 AM)Ed Hurst Wrote: I would tell someone outside that our (my) way is right for us (me), not necessarily right for everyone. Summarizing the rest: The beliefs passed down were not from the Apostles, nor consistent with the Bible as a whole. Until we study and think like the Hebrew people who brought us the gospel, we can't really understand it.
Heart-led was not a phrase they used because, in Bible times, everyone did it without having to think about it. (Refer to studies in Ancient Near Eastern civilizations.) We lost touch with that after the First Century as the leadership of churches fell increasingly into the hands of Westerners who knew no such thing. Also make note of the influence of the Judaizers and what that meant in terms of perverting revelation by preference for reason.
True. I've found that sort of resistance and I came to understand that God will put the appropriate people in my path. When I first began to tell people what I was learning, I still had that "ya gotta tell everybody" attitude. That was the lingering effect of being in an Evangelical environment for so long. Even though I wasn't fully "with the program", I did get the passion for sharing the gospel albeit without the decision part, I had too much Presbyterian in me for that. My position today is let the other person ask the questions. They will take what they need, what they can handle. Every interaction imparts something to the other person no matter how small. For example; last summer there was a college kid who worked checkout at Walmart and every time I went in I would, if she was working, go through her line and have a few words, this went on throughout the summer. I may have given her a starting point, I don't know and I don't need to. It's about as far from the Evie template as I know. Evies MUST know because they keep score.
The question I posted was an condensation of a series of conversations I had with someone a few years back. It accurately summarizes their position with regard to mine, ........reread yes. That's about right.
To be honest I don't see myself getting into similar situation again. I learned my lesson; those who appear to be the most committed to following Christ in a church are just that, committed to American Christianity.