teknomom

Wow! Very profound! Thank you for contributing this. And I for one will be staying away from wolf dens and I desire that this forum will be a welcoming place for any complementarian who desires to fellowship with us in the Lord Jesus. When we offer love and respect, I believe that eventually the honest hearted ones will respond as they see Jesus in us.

Thanks, Cheryl, but you know any profundity did not originate with me. 😉

My primary commission seems to be to tell others how to leave The Institution and go back to The Body, and for us to no longer do church but be the church. And that means being all the church, not half of it!

And I agree with how Matt and his Carmites are being described. 1 John 4:20
“If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?” I really have to question anyone who claims salvation but is filled with hate, which is murder. Passionate defense of one’s convictions, yes; name-calling and defamation of character, no.

Luke 12:48b says “When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.” Matt has set himself up as a teacher and authority, so his judgment will be severe. God will pay everyone back from what crop they have sown. The one who has been sowing hate will reap death, and the one who has been sowing love will reap life.

Of course, there will always be those who claim disagreement is hate, but I’ll let God be the judge.