The UPC is a dying movement!

[shazeep]

Originally Posted by thephnxman

Beloved, they have no scripture for that.

They accuse the Church of condemning, and thereby would condemn
the Church! They don't realize that when we (the Church) speak, we
are in fact fulfilling scripture: "For God sent not his Son into the world
to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."
And so so we preach NOT to condemn, but that they may be saved.
But because they don't REALLY believe, they fail to discern between the
conviction of the Holy Spirit; and the condemnation, that
is of the devil.

Nevertheless, we must preach the gospel that saves.

i'm curious if you can envision any system in which any of your doctrines might be called into question? Is it possible that there is a scenario in which Christ's Word could be taken more spiritually, and might infringe upon some tenet that you hold dear? Say, is it possible that there will be those considered 'accepted' who...i dunno...never got baptized? pick one of these; i have no desire to put you on the defensive.

Because while i dont think this describes Azusa, i wonder if this UD thing is being embraced by the OP, and one could make a case that sin seems to be the focus now, rather than ______.