tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1081631727760066049.post5006646125004497136..comments2023-07-13T00:09:18.439-05:00Comments on Preaching the Gospel: Peter Nathan and Other Ministers Leaving Church of God, an International Community?author@ptgbook.orghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13775228362728122027noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1081631727760066049.post-57387312606771268142013-12-30T11:56:15.707-06:002013-12-30T11:56:15.707-06:00I wonder if you have a Worldwide Church of God bac...I wonder if you have a Worldwide Church of God background and if you believe in keeping the weekly seventh day Sabbath and the annual holy days and the main doctrines of the Church of God, such as God's plan and purpose to reproduce Himself in mankind, that only a few are called in this age and the majority of mankind will get its chance for salvation in the white throne judgment after the general resurrection to come, that the soul is not immortal, that the punishment of humans who do not repent is to be destroyed forever, not burn forever, that Christ will soon return and rule the nations with the resurrected saints, etc.<br /><br />Because, if you want to use the collapse of WWCG as evidence that God is displeased with the doctrine about the identity of Israel, you might as well say that God is displeased with ALL the doctrines of the Church. So I suspect that you either never were part of the original WWCG or you have abandoned more than just the doctrine about Israel.<br /><br />And if you were never a part of Worldwide, then you may not know this, but I can clarify it for you.<br /><br />We did not teach and do not now teach that the physical children of Israel have any greater claim to salvation or are superior and more worthy in God's sight, or are more righteous, or are more worthy of salvation. Nor is there any effort even to determine if one is a descendent of Israel when a person comes into the Church. Rather we teach what Paul said, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Galatians 3:28-29). <br /><br />God put the prophecies about Israel in the Bible for a purpose, and we are to live by every word of God, as Jesus did Himself and taught us to do by His example. God wants us to understand what those prophecies mean. He also wants us to know that He has inspired the Bible, because all true doctrine can only come from the Bible, and the fulfillment of the prophecies about the sons of Joseph in the modern rise of the English speaking nations is the most important proof that God has inspired the Bible.author@ptgbook.orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775228362728122027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1081631727760066049.post-83675398086857094192013-12-29T23:08:26.681-06:002013-12-29T23:08:26.681-06:00
Seeing as how God Created all mankind in his imag...<br />Seeing as how God Created all mankind in his image and not just the children of israel, and seeing as how the original WWCG collapsed despite their preaching the children of israel this and the children of israel that,<br /><br />I think it is safe to say that certain people place more value on this line of preaching than The Almighty does and the work has subsequently suffered setbacks and stunted growth.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com