Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
That makes it sin? To say that others who believe without first seeing are blessed? Again, the others also believed because they saw! They just happened to have seen Jesus before Thomas did.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Yes, it bothers me that you can't see the danger of open-mindedness.
It saddens me to see someone with such a closed mind
BTW since I clearly define open mindedness NOT the same as you would, how would you know I can't see the danger of what you were speaking of? You are unwilling to objectively read what others say...thus you are a closed minded individual
__________________ Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
Every sinner must repent of their sins.
That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
What about ecclesiastical openness? Because of our stance on salvation we are considered closeminded to other 'christians' since we don't have open arms welcoming all who name the name of Christ as brothers and sisters.
Ecclesiastical Openness is a different word from Open MINDedness. Look there is Open house. Open Wounds. Openly Gay. Open to ANYTHING....just because they use the word OPEN does not mean they all mean the same thing.
There is closed door meetings where the people in the meeting can still have an OPEN MIND.
We are not considered closed MINDED to other individuals. We are considered CLOSED to other individuals. the MIND is about IDEAS and THEORIES and such. We USE our MINDS to examine things and test them. To tell the truth from untruthes.
The terms are being trashed in this discussion.
__________________ Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
Every sinner must repent of their sins.
That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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His banner over me is LOVE.... My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear
would there be a beneficial need to open ones mind to false doctrine??
To show the person who is holding onto false doctrine their error.
2 Tim 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
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His banner over me is LOVE.... My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear
My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. 
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