| Author | Message | ||
| Gcfrankie Registered user Username: Gcfrankie Post Number: 34 Registered: 1-2007 |
Why is it that if you leave the SDA church you loose the friends you have made? I have a friend who is Christian Science and we don't talk about what our church teaches but what the bible teaches about Jesus Christ. Why can't SDAs do the same? Where is it in the bible that Jesus taught this attitude? I know God issued this to the Jews in the OT but that was nailed to the cross. gcfrankie | ||
| Reb Registered user Username: Reb Post Number: 493 Registered: 5-2007 |
I don't think it's always the case that you loose all of your SDA friends. The SDA friends that I have "come out of the closet" to about being Seventh Day Baptist in belief now have stood by me and are even supportive. And my wife, bless her heart, is completely standing by me even though she completely disagrees with the Seventh Day Baptist beliefs and is staunchly SDA. There are some I have not chosen to "come out of the closet" to yet as I think they will probably freak out. But I will have to at some point, I know. | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 6462 Registered: 12-2003  |
Gcfrankie, Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons also have problems with their friends forsaking them--perhaps in even worse ways than Adventists have. The problem, I believe, is complex. They feel betrayed...sort-of as if you'd disowned your family, and now they look at you as slightly "dangerous", as if you might reveal the family secrets or even make up family "secrets". I believe there's also an element of fear. When someone leaves for the sake of Jesus—not merely sliding into "the world" and ungodliness—it triggers their deep, mostly submerged fear that something is not right with Adventism. Avoiding the one who leaves feels far more self-vindicating than does trying to live above the theological differences—which ultimately are not "merely" theological differences but a difference between being secure in Jesus and being insecure in a false gospel. Colleen | ||
| Mwh Registered user Username: Mwh Post Number: 664 Registered: 4-2006  |
Dear gcfrankie, peace and grace from our mighty Lord and God, Jesus Christ. I couldn't help notice you mentioned that your friend is Christian Science, check out the site for former Christian Scientist for Jesus Christ http://www.christianway.org/ Christian Way was founded by Carolyn Poole in 1983 and is currently headed by Mike Benjamin. Mike is an Assistant Pastor at Calvary Community Church in Phoenix, Arizona. In His grace, Martin |
