If what you are saying is what he is saying.......No Problemo! I believe it to be rather a common understanding.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: July 07, 2005 12:33 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] All believers are ONE IN CHRIST > Lance wrote: > > Further, many will experience > > unimaginable frustration over their > > inability to attain to the unattainable. > > Is this event evidence of a false teaching? I don't > mind sharing with you that I was once frusterated with > myself about trying to live in holiness. I would go a > week without reading my Bible, and get depressed with > how I had not served God as I knew I should. Or I > would participate in gossip, and later feel guilty > about it. > > But this is not the kind of holiness my father is > exhorting you to practice. That is a form of > self-absorbed righteousness. The Lord showed me I was > trying to serve Him while keeping my eyes on myself. > > If a person chooses to love God, and desires to love > and worship Him in everything they do, they will not > become frusterated in their walk, because their > conscience will be clear. They walked in love, they > are full of God's love. Their focus is on their God, > rather than on themselves. The result is that I will > not usually forget to study my Bible. If I do forget, > I try to do better, but I do not experience > frusteration over it, because I love God. My > conscience is clear. What you are talking about is a > genuine concern, Lance, but my father is not endorsing > that kind of obeidience. > > > Blessings! > > --- Lance Muir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I do understand. > > > > Now, we are back to this matter of > > teaching/interpretation are we not, > > David. > > > > Example:This teaching in question (not to you but, > > to others). You believe > > it and, I'd assume that you also teach it. I believe > > that, at the very > > least, every member of your family believes it > > (whoops! not your wife as you > > described her as a worrier). I'd also suppose that > > you teach it in your home > > meeting. IFF (unthinkable for you, I know) you have > > not interpreted > > Scripture correctly on this point, then you, David, > > have generated a > > TRADITION. Further, many will experience > > unimaginable frustration over their > > inability to attain to the unattainable. Further > > yet, you (should this > > scenario be correct) you will have been deceived. > > Even further, one could > > not but wonder at the source of this deception, > > could one? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: July 07, 2005 10:59 > > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] All believers are ONE IN > > CHRIST > > > > > > > Lance wrote: > > > > YES YOU DO LIVE WITH THAT! > > > > > > Let me rephrase and see if we are talking about > > the same thing. I live > > with > > > tradition, but I do not live with the tradition > > that tradition overrules > > > Scripture. Do you understand what I am saying? > > > > > > If there is a conflict between tradition and > > Scripture, the tradition goes > > > and a new, more Biblical tradition, is adopted. > > Do you understand this > > and > > > how it works in churches like ours? > > > > > > Peace be with you. > > > David Miller. > > > > > > ---------- > > > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned > > with salt, that you may > > know how you ought to answer every man." > > (Colossians 4:6) > > http://www.InnGlory.org > > > > > > If you do not want to receive posts from this > > list, send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be > > unsubscribed. If you have a > > friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail > > to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be > > subscribed. > > > > > > ---------- > > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with > > salt, that you may know how you ought to answer > > every man." 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