Three Current Examples - 1
Three Current Examples
Now that we know the two problems with teaching rules of etiquette, let's look at FDC's rules of etiquette to see if these rules nullify God's words and whether or not this position leaves the undiscerning vulnerable to every wind of doctrine.
Keep Your Shoes On
You may ask, "How does the rule to 'keep your shoes on' cause someone to disobey or nullify the words of God?" It is written that members of the body must do what the leaders who sit in Moses' seat say, Matthew 23:3. If God with His still small quiet voice commanded the apostle Peter to remove his shoes every time he came before God in prayer at FDC, Peter would be required to obey both Matthew 23:3 and God’s stilll small quiet voice to remove his shoes. But, in order to obey both the apostle Peter would have to forever remain outside of FDC to pray. Thus, the leaders of FDC have succeeded in preventing true worshipers from entering into God's house just like the Pharisees in Luke 11:52.
This is no trivial matter. James 4:17 makes it perfectly clear if Peter steps one foot inside FDC to seek God with his shoes on he has sinned against God because of Matthew 23:3. To Peter, the removal of his shoes is right in God's eyes and to keep them on is disobedience to God. The only way Peter could possibly obey both Matthew 23:3 and James 4:14 simultaneously is to be cut off from the body of Christ at FDC. This cutting off actually causes FDC to be guilty of preventing the doers of God's words from entering the house of God, and thus they themselves do not enter the kingdom of God, Matthew 23:13; Luke 11:52; John 2:12-19. This is because Jesus said that anything we do down to the least in His kingdom, we’ve done it unto Jesus as well. If Peter cannot enter, neither can Jesus.
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