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Joe said:
Your analogies behind (you don't the two of us very well), I have no problem with Second Helvetic Confession as long as it is followed in a spirit of charity.

I honestly did not intend to offend anyone. If I did please forgive me.

I've been posting on the Highway for nearly three years now and in fact I do believe I know something about the immense brotherly love and respect you and Pilgrim have for one another. My outrageous analogies were to prove a point.

According to the Second Helvetic Confession the apparently opposing positions of you and Pilgrim, on a second look, are actually compatible and complimentary, - both being charitable and not mutually exclusive. You are rightfully being charitable and protective of the tender consciece of the new believer, and Pilgrim is being charitable and protective of the church community. The dangers to our congegations of not being careful as to who we admit to church membership, especially this day and hedonistic age, are undeniable.

Actually, it is my opinion, that the the more important threat to our Reformed churches is the failure to discipline wayward and heretical people who are already members. Sadly, I was a frontline witness to the falling of a very large denomination for this very reason, as they were much more interested in increasing numbers and "church building" than the objective truth of the Scripture and Gospel.

Denny

Romans 3:22-24

Denny

Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." [John 6:68]