Trying to Rescue Another from HMH Doctrine

[deacon blues]

Recently I received a private message on Facebook from a woman from my childhood who said looking at my FB she could tell we had no standards. She asked why people have changed from the way we were raised. I responded respectfully that I was not in the org that we were raised in and that we didn't embrace the traditional standards that we were taught primarily because either they weren't scriptural or that they were misinterpretations of scripture. I told her that in many cases the standards we were taught were also communicated to us as requirements for salvation. I told her the Bible teaches that Jesus is our salvation and trusting in Him is all we need.

She wrote back and said she had "trouble with cutting her hair" and that someone told her "the angels won't be around you anymore". I set the record straight, and told her that the Bible teaches no such thing. I told her that Jesus would never let strands of protein to come between Him and her. We wouldn't do that with our own children, how much more God?

Pray for this woman. I want to see her discover the beauty of God's grace and enjoy His acceptance rather than guilt and condemnation from pretenders.