Petition - A Call for Separation

[ack903]

hang on to me Lord and get me out of here please in the name of Jesus

[grapplewithGod]

I thought we weren't supposed to take oaths?

[iSong6:3]

I thought we weren't supposed to take oaths?

We're not violating a command. Do a study on the Biblical meaning of "oath".

[LindaLee]

I, Linda Lee, commit myself to remain separate from the world, to be in the world but not of it, to be different due to my faith in the living testimony of Jesus Christ!!

[Grace1945]

no longer relevant

[HeIsEnough]

Confess my heart did sink when I first read this petition thread and yes, deja vu was experienced. If any dissent was ever expressed, Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? was always quoted...never did want to gain the world, just some kids to play with.

By all means be separate if that is where you are led, as an adult you are responsible for your own decisions

I cannot see the connection for the admonition you are attempting to make. This is not about a 'communal' or Amish type of separation being communicated here. It is a separation to be true to the Lord.

[Grace1945]

I cannot see the connection for the admonition you are attempting to make. This is not about a 'communal' or Amish type of separation being communicated here. It is a separation to be true to the Lord.

was intended as a cautionary word rather than admonition. I have amended my words.
Thank you for drawing my attention to this.

[Nightelf]

To clarify and put this in context:

This was started after much discussion about last summer's Glenn Beck rally, in which several Christians were holding ecumenical hands with other faiths, and saying it was quite okay to do so.

This "petition" is merely a line drawn in the sand.... saying I stand only for the true Jesus of the BIBLE, and will not entertain another Jesus, or another gospel, nor will I hold hands with other faiths in a spirit of ecumenism.

Galatians 1: 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.