Anon thank you for commenting again. This does confirm that you are not a troll as some would suppose. To that end I would ask that you please identify yourself in the future it does not have to be your name just some moniker that would allow you to be identified in the future. In reading your comment I am seeing quite a bit of misunderstanding about my calling and what I believe. Rather than make this a long post I will try and chop it up into many posts that cover specific topics. The funny thing is that a few years ago I would have been in lock step with you and Dr. Webb had I run into someone like my self in the past. Lets start with what I am not.
“Jesus, himself, in Matthew 13 said
that the angels, or you or I, were not to purge the church. Instead
He said that the tares and wheat were to grow up together and He
would separate them, purge the church, at harvest. If in any other
scenario, the tares were to be removed the wheat would most assuredly
be damaged. For anyone to say that they were call for this duty
automatically put themselves in conflict with Scripture.”
24Jesus presented another parable to
them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man
who sowed good seed in his field.25"But while his men were
sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went
away.26"But when the wheat sprouted
and bore grain, then the tares became evident also.27"The slaves of the landowner
came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field?
How then does it have tares?'28"And he said to them, 'An enemy
has done this!' The slaves said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go
and gather them up?'29"But he said, 'No; for while
you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them.30'Allow both to grow together until
the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the
reapers, "First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to
burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"Matthew 13:24-30
First off I am simply a messenger. To use the wheat and tares metaphor I am not one of the reapers. It is not my place to reap the harvest. I have never said I was Jehovah's instrument for the purge. What I am saying is the I and others are called to call the elect back to the Word and a deeper relationship with Him. To quit perverting our faith in order to please a world that Yeshua Himself said would despise us. The more I grow in Him the more I realize it is not even my duty to point out where the tares are but to point to the truth so that people can see for themselves where the enemy has planted the tares.
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While I understand the desire to remain anonymous, calling you that is a little difficult. With that in mind I will dub thee "Friend" after what appears to be an offer of friendship in your comments. I agree we should combine forces and work together in unity so that we may bring glory to our Father in Heaven.
That is a high honor to be offered friendship. I will try to be worthy. Jesus has called us, His followers, friends. And He has said that His Church will be known by their love for Him as well as their love for each other. He used friend to indicate an Agape love towards another person. Agape love is Godly love and I admit readily that this is one of those things of which I have no real understanding of depth, but can only strive for as the Power of the Holy Spirit transforms me into the image of My Lord.
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