Date Posted:16:55:51 10/11/04 Mon Author: Joe Subject: Re: finally answered In reply to:
UBFree/Shane Cain
's message, "Answered, but what are the ramifications?" on 15:13:05 10/11/04 Mon
Shane, for those of us who don't know, what position was/is John Kwon in?
>>It is a Biblical *principle* to welcome a leader as if
>>they were an angel of God or even God himself. Some
>>people welcomed Apostle Paul as if he were Jesus
>>Christ himself. Galatians 4:14 says, "Even though my
>>illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with
>>contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I
>>were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus
>>himself."
What a disturbing stretch it is to take Galatians 4:14 and turn it into a *principle* to "welcome" (welcome = absolutely obey?) a leader as if he were God himself. In fact, the Galatians were just practicing a principle that Christ himself gave long before Paul (Mt. 25:34-40), a principle, incidentally, that UBF does not practice.
>>Now for Chris' new question, which was not asked by
>>UBFree: "you would agree that missionary John Kwon of
>>the LA held an unbiblcal view when he demanded of his
>>sheep "Obey me like you Obey God."?
>>
>>Answer: No, in my opinion, I do not think M.John Kwon
>>had an unBiblical view. In my opinion, though, I do
>>not consider it a good practice to speak this way.
So something can be "not a good practice" but still be biblical?
And, BTW, this is the first time you answered the simple yes/no question.
And, BTW, your simple "No" answer is again, disturbing.
