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I never meant to put these people down for what they believe, for they do
believe in truth and I would never tare down truth. I just find the things I
have mentioned in my earlier post questionable. What is the difference of
calling the pope "Holy Father" or calling this guy "Holy Apostolic
Blessedness". In God we are neither male nor Female, neither Jew nor
Gentile....and I am sure we are neither servant nor Lord. There is but One
Lord, One faith, One baptism (See this brother's sermon) and to this One
Lord alone be all the glory. These titles to me seem to exalt the person
over the other saints in the congregation....I'm not so sure that that is
right. Before God we are all alike and noone is better than the other. The
bible says "Give honor to whom honor is due" but that honor must be earned
and is not given by heritage or marriage into a family. Maybe I was so
shocked, because this whole deal reminded me of the Catholic Church with
their titles. About the "Foremost authority"....does that make our ministers
"the utmost authority" :) (sorry about that one). What I'm trying to say is
that he is not the Foremost authority....he is one of many authorities on
the bible. And I am sure there are many in his congregation that could call
themselves an authority. Again, what I am saying to call oneself the
"foremost authority" is to exalt oneself over the others saying "I am more
of an authority than you are". And I have to agree with Sis. Laurie on this
deal. To me it does sound dangerous to exalt oneself in such a way, cause
where does that leave meekness, humility? Doris

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