1. The forum is a place where Christians (and even non-Christians) can come to talk within reason. There is the church as a whole, and then there is our church specifically; not everyone here is a part of our church. One of the reasons I opened this up was to allow other Christians a place where they can post their teachings if they want, but that does not mean they will not be met with scrutiny.
2. A false teacher is someone who pushes a doctrine that is proven to be false, not someone who makes an error and corrects it. As far as I understood Tim's post, he did not accuse you of being a false teacher, but we will not suffer error or sin to go unchecked on this forum. (e.g. The thread concerning the false accusations on sarcasm is being addressed so heavily because false accusations are lies; otherwise, it wouldn't be worth my time to write all those long posts--thus, we are not here talking about this matter because we like fighting; there is reason for it.)
3. You did lie because you contradicted yourself.
If this post seems to indicate that I am doing any teachings, please understand it is not.
Saying that "it's not teaching," doesn't make it so. Believing that it's not teaching, doesn't make it so.
The title of this thread is called "What is the church?" and in your original post, you are quoting Scripture and giving explanations with direct punctuated statements behind them. That is teaching. Get used to that. If you believe it is unfair to be judged on "venting" as teaching, welcome to my world. I would not be allowed to do that without being held accountable. Those who teach in Christ's church are set to a higher standard, but a lower position to serve; I don't always like it either, but I have learned that I have to be careful with every word I say, even when I'm frustrated, and that's because the Living God expects that higher standard from us:
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
-Mat 12:36(e.g. My statement that God expects a higher standard from us, and posting Mat 12:36, is teaching, which we are all called to do in certain capacities.)
I can already tell you've started to lose your calm demeanor by simply looking at the number of quick posts you started throwing out at the end, instead of reading everything, and responding step-by-step. That's out of character for you based on the previous conversations you've had with us, and it's definitely out of character for you to accuse "you people" of not reading, when I know for a fact that a number of the people who have responded to you in this thread are much better at reading and comprehension than I am. Now, you could come back and say, "
Guys, I'm sorry, I didn't realize I said that," then we can take that as error instead of lying because there's repentance behind it, but as it stands, you're rejecting what Tim said, and I agree with Tim.
4. I've known Tim a lot longer than you. He's been with our church for five years, and I've told our church a number of times that, if the church had to judge a matter, I would trust them to go to Tim rather than me to judge that matter because he studies the Bible thoroughly and has good discernment and humility. I say this, not for you to respect his person, but so that you know that he is not your enemy. He's firm because he has a love of the truth, as I'm sure you also desire, so let's continue to be reasonable. He may not talk much, but when he does, it is meaningful, and he has always had good reason for it. (i.e. I cannot recall any example of a time where he spoke too quickly; he is careful with his words.)
