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It is not possible that faith in those doctrines rightly defines who is and is not a Christian. These complex traditional doctrines do not represent God’s line for his accepting human beings. I cannot ever remember a call for people to come to Christ in any evangelical church in which they were invited to receive the Trinity or trust in that doctrine. And, as we have seen, in light of Scriptural examples in the Book of Acts, evangelical churches are not wrong with regard to that approach. It is the traditional churches that are out of step with the Scriptures on this matter.
Many sincere Christians today have simply never given serious thought to these issues. Often they are propelled along in their attitudes by what is in reality church tradition. Many Christians historically insisted that faith in these particular doctrines is required for salvation. It is a long and painful chapter in Christian history that saw multitudes of people suffering, who - while clinging to Christ - did not perceive or agree with these complex post-biblical doctrines. Who caused them to suffer? Sorrowfully it was other Christians! It is time for this long history of arrogance and lack of love to come to a close.
At the end of the day, will evangelicals say that those who come to receive Christ will in fact be rejected by him because they have not attained faith in these particular doctrines? I recall the children who came forward at the crusade in Nashville. There were so many beautiful young lives with so much love and tenderness. I remember wondering how many of them believed in these historic - difficult - church doctrines at the time they came forward. Will Christians be so blindly devoted to church traditions that they will, in the name of those traditions, condemn and bring sorrow to other human beings who they judge to be “non-Christian” because they do not embrace these particular church dogmas?
An earlier point bears repeating: The Lord indeed knows those who are his. If it is judged that He accepts people who trust in Him without having faith in the doctrine of the Trinity - who are we to oppose Him? Who are we to reject those people? I myself once thought that a person must believe in the dual nature of Christ to be a Christian. But if it is judged that Christ receives children who have no concept of a dual nature - then who are we to reject anyone for not believing in that doctrine? Never Again! Other men may be wise enough - mighty enough that they can condemn and reject people because they do not believe in the deity of Christ. As for me...Never Again!!
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