Praise ye the Lord
Out of respect for the members and viewers of APO groups in the knowledge of the highly sensitive content of this subject I kept my views on this matter restricted to the HOT ZONE. I once believed that this controversial material could be respectfully and intelligently debated without fear of having memberships to APO termintated as long as it was restricted to this particular zone. As a result of my good faith and blind trust in the APO management in this regard, both my memberships to the group were terminated anyway. This has happened to me twice already so it should come as no surprise to me if it should happen again. I just want to make it clear that I did not bring this topic out of the HOT ZONE to be discussed on the General Board. PastorswifePurity did that, but I understand that she reserves the right to break her own rules.
I have this sense of impending doom that I once had just prior to the termination of my memberships the last time. A word to the wise: Just because you think you have been granted assurance from management that this will not happen to you - don't believe it. I was also granted the same assurance and my membership was promptly terminated the following day. Notice the reason for this is academic: All of the things that you ever post in APO will be jetisoned along with your membership to be forever lost in cyberspace. The first time it happened I lost over 600 posts. I was a very active member. There was alot of red ink all over the boards after that, providing a worthy testimony of my diligent work. It reminded me of the "red letters" in the Holy Bible.
My advice to anyone desiring to discuss any controversial material in APO is to save all of your work offline if you value your posts. Please keep in mind that it does not matter if the subject material is found in the pages of your Bible - or even if it is in the AKJV. It stands to reason that not everyone in APO respects, or even values, full Bible truth. The scripture teaches us that most people are more content to embrace partial truth, having itching ears for those things that please them the most while discarding the rest. These are the last days and all humanity has strayed a very long way from those Ancient Land Marks that the scriptures refer to. Many people during these times of trouble will regard godliness for wickedness and good for evil - whereas evil is called good. I respect the fact that management has a job to do and if they get too many complaints from offended members they are obligated to take action.
As many here know, I also manage a little forum of my own with a few others and I do appreciate what PastorswifePurity (aka PastorswifeLisa) has established here in APO because I understand what it means to run a forum - even one this size. This is one more reason why I return to APO after my memberships are terminated: I get to start all over again and everybody is happy. PastorswifePurity has stated, "I don't mind one bit if you guys wish to continue discussing it and I might join in from time to time." I'm very skeptical of this statement because of former reassurances of this nature. I don't think that I would have much trouble convincing anyone that I thoroughly enjoy discussing this topic and answering questions about it. I realize that I'm at a crossroads again here. I've been here before and this is not the first, or second time. I'm having trouble reconciling her statement that she is "not angry" unless she takes pleasure in saying hurtful things to people, like telling them that their marriage is ADULTERY, or suggesting that people who love Jesus Christ are athesists: "Please don't be offended if I am plain spoken. I am not the least bit angry.... but I find polygamy disgusting and I wouldn't be surprised if scannerman was the atheist calling himself Canada Writer."
You know, there was a time when PastorswifePurity (aka PastorswifeLisa) and I got along very well and I thought we were even on better terms now than ever. There was a time when she gave assurances to the group that I was not Canada Writer - much to my relief - or St. Radical, or any of the other individuals of the clerisy that members of APO would falsely suspect me to be. Well, I will be honest and the Lord is my witness that I lie not. I am not the one called Canada Writer. I am from western Canada and he is from the east. I am not the one called St. Radical either. I am deeply hurt by any suggestion that I am Canada Writer but I readily confess that I was complimented to be accused by some for assuming the work of St. Radical under a different screen name. Alas, I am not him either. I have no way of actually verifying this to the satisfaction of the readers but I wish that I did.
Lisa, if you're reading this I want you to know that my feelings are very hurt and I am deeply saddened by your words. I refuse to believe that you actually suspect me to be an athiest and what makes me so sad is that you would make such a statement after these years of reading my posts. You know very well that I am fully Oneness Apostolic in the truest sense of the word. I love the Lord with all my heart - even enough to preach those things that I know to be true in the knowledge that they will not be well received because they are indeed full Bible truth. Just because you may disagree with me doesn't make me wrong and just because I speak truly does not mean that I am infallible.
"When we pray in the Spirit we are deeply immersed in worship and glorifying God. We may even utter sounds that only the Lord would understand. We may cry, laugh, shout, sing, clap, heal, praise, dance, and communicate with Jesus. All of this can be done in the Spirit. Yes, this inspiration is from God and prayer is an integral part of communication with Him. God is a Spirit and must be worshipped in spirit and in truth. Speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance is frequently part of praying in the Spirit. God cannot be worshipped except He is worshipped in spirit and in truth. Those who do such things are those True Worshippers that Jesus spoke of in the above scripture."
Do these words read like the words of an athiest? If so, then I am to undersand that you applaude athiests and commend the posts of athiests with words like "amen". As if this isn't enough, you have the unmitigated gall to call me a whoremonger and to insult my beloved wife in the worst way simply because you cannot fathom the real difference between godly marriage and adultery. Shame on you. Let's get it right, shall we? You have no RIGHT to be jealous OVER your husband. Read the Bible and learn what happens to women who are jealous OVER their husbands! You are not a man that you should be jealous OVER him. God is a man - not a woman. You should trust your husband's judgment instead and submit to him in the Lord. Herein lies your confusion that you should communicate to equate your position in marriage to that of a husband and not as a submissive and obedient wife, as Sarah, the wife of a man that you would call an adulterer did, even calling him lord. I am persuaded to believe that you have been steeped in the evil attitude of neo-feminism that says that since you would submit to your husband at your own personal discretion that he should reciprocate to you as though he were your wife!
If I could trust your assurances I would debate this issue in light of your message #12 with you in the Hot Zone but I suppose it will not matter as you will likely terminate my membership again anyway. Shame on you. I hope and pray Jesus reveals your hypocrisy well enough for you to see it clearly, as it is more than evident to many of your readers here already - especially to godly Apostolic Oneness Elders thoroughly dedicated to the word of God.
- Scannerman777
"My choice is to preach the Word! To beware of philosophy and vain deceit, and become a commanding voice for righteousness! I feel a deeper understanding than ever before of Paul's desperate cry, "Preach the Word" and "Woe is me if I preach not". Bro_Bryan
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