How do you know if the guidance is from above, below, or sideways? Does God speak to you? You hear voices from above? Get a text message?I don't really look at pastors as "authority" figures but as teachers and guides. Now remember I speak hypothetically here because it is a misdemeanor in Georgia to carry into a place of worship. If my pastor said not to carry anymore I would have to look deep and ask for the true authorities guidance. If I felt the guidance being given by the church was not from above I would explain that to the pastor. If he pushed the issue and I sincerely felt after prayer that it was wrong I would probably seek another church.
How do you know if the guidance is from above, below, or sideways? Does God speak to you? You hear voices from above? Get a text message?
Who is the true authority? The person in charge of the church, IMO, he/she is the authority. The one who dials 911 to report someone has a firearm? Then the "true authority arrives. The ones with badges, weapons, radios, and lots of friends.
I never quite understood how that all worked. The prayer, and god thing that is.
IMO, church services are nothing but shooting galleries. IMO, at least one armed security person should be present to protect the flock of sheep.
That is not going to happen but if it did I most likely would find another church.
Remember guys, this had nothing to do W/ the news or church shootings. Let me restate it, You pastor has just told you that He honestly believes that God Himself has told him to ask you not to carry in church. Are you going to submit to his authority or not?
How has God told you to Carry?No. God told me to carry.
How has God told you to Carry?
Called you on the phone? Email? Text Message? Snail mail? You heard a voice telling you to carry?
I really want to know.
How has God told you to Carry?
Called you on the phone? Email? Text Message? Snail mail? You heard a voice telling you to carry?
I really want to know.
Let me make this perfectly clear,,,,Suffice it to say that if you accept the premise of an all powerful creator the idea that He could communicate W/ His followers in such a way as to make His identity clear is a very small leap indeed
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