Prominent Memphis Area Pastor Resigns

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by Farfel

I just went back and re-read what I apparently read over, and you did provide scripture to back yourself up. To you, sir, I owe an apology.

This is what I love about Bro Epley....he has scripture to back up his beliefs.

Imagine that!

[seekerman]

That's not what you said, you changed it.

Originally Posted by tv1a

I read Ephesians 4:11-13. The role of the ministry is train people to do God's work. Training people builds up the body of Christ and produces mature christians.

Originally Posted by tv1a

The ministry is supposed to train people to be christians through the week. Sunday meeting is to perfect the saints.

[seekerman]

You're arguing from your position of embracing the Romanist system instead of following the bible. If you think Jesus is speaking of building a building when He speaks of building His church, you're far from understanding anything about His church.

Originally Posted by tv1a

The disciples ministered in the religious shrines of their day. The temples were people went for religious training an ceremonies. The word church has multiple meetings. One definition is a building. In order believe your opinion one has to suspend other possibilities. The Bible shows your interpretation is weak.

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

"Paul..........in the synagogue of the Jews, AS HIS MANNER WAS" Acts 18:1-2
Just saying Paul did not have the same negative feelings about preaching in synagogues as some do.

Of course Paul.......in the synagogue of the JEWS. He preached wherever he could but this doesn't support your Romanist system of men building buildings, calling them 'houses of God' and organizing a modified Romanist priesthood system.

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Of course Paul.......in the synagogue of the JEWS. He preached wherever he could but this doesn't support your Romanist system of men building buildings, calling them 'houses of God' and organizing a modified Romanist priesthood system.

My friend Paul had a CUSTOM of preaching in what we would call a church building. The church was birthed in what we would call a church building. The first recorded miracle in Acts took place on the the porch of what we would call a church building. It took place because Peter & John were going to pray at THE HOUR O PRAYER(evidently a regular event) at what we would call a church building and the lame man went leaping after he got his healing into what we would call a church building. This is 300 years before the church of Rome was officially formed.
Thus this PATTERN proves there is NO sin in having services in what would be considered a church building.

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Sarah

This is what I love about Bro Epley....he has scripture to back up his beliefs.

Imagine that!

I do try. Thanks.

[Truthseeker]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

My friend Paul had a CUSTOM of preaching in what we would call a church building. The church was birthed in what we would call a church building. The first recorded miracle in Acts took place on the the porch of what we would call a church building. It took place because Peter & John were going to pray at THE HOUR O PRAYER(evidently a regular event) at what we would call a church building and the lame man went leaping after he got his healing into what we would call a church building. This is 300 years before the church of Rome was officially formed.
Thus this PATTERN proves there is NO sin in having services in what would be considered a church building.

Of course, the gospel was primarily to the Jews at first.

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

My friend Paul had a CUSTOM of preaching in what we would call a church building. The church was birthed in what we would call a church building. The first recorded miracle in Acts took place on the the porch of what we would call a church building. It took place because Peter & John were going to pray at THE HOUR O PRAYER(evidently a regular event) at what we would call a church building and the lame man went leaping after he got his healing into what we would call a church building. This is 300 years before the church of Rome was officially formed.
Thus this PATTERN proves there is NO sin in having services in what would be considered a church building.

Tell it.

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

My friend Paul had a CUSTOM of preaching in what we would call a church building. The church was birthed in what we would call a church building. The first recorded miracle in Acts took place on the the porch of what we would call a church building. It took place because Peter & John were going to pray at THE HOUR O PRAYER(evidently a regular event) at what we would call a church building and the lame man went leaping after he got his healing into what we would call a church building. This is 300 years before the church of Rome was officially formed.
Thus this PATTERN proves there is NO sin in having services in what would be considered a church building.

As I pointed out earlier, Paul preached wherever he was sent to preach, wherever he was allowed to preach, and this included the discarded synagogue/temple with it's discarded priesthood system. Paul was not establishing a building-based modified OT system when he preached in the discarded temple nor was he attempting to introduce a discarded priesthood system. Paul did not build or teach to build, a building and then have the people serve the building as if they were serving God. Paul, nor anyone else in the NT church, referred to any building as the temple of God and Paul, nor anyone else, established the modified OT religious system we see in Christianity today. The Romanists were the source of that and you willingly follow and promote this system which wasn't part of the NT church.

The lame, the blind, the deaf, the dumb, demoniacs and those suffering from all kinds of sickness were not healed and delivered in some empty, dead, dark building which you would like to promote as the dwelling place of God, but were healed as Jesus and the Apostles walked among them. The lame, blind, deaf, dumb, demoniacs, the sick, did not go to this discarded temple/priesthood system, they were met where they lived.

The Romanist system doesn't resemble the NT church at all.

[tv1a]

My examples were directly from the Bible. The word church has multiple meanings.

Originally Posted by seekerman

You're arguing from your position of embracing the Romanist system instead of following the bible. If you think Jesus is speaking of building a building when He speaks of building His church, you're far from understanding anything about His church.