So, it turns out that I got a letter in the mail from Larry, which was dated Nov 7th. I did not get the letter until today (Nov 22). In his letter, it seems he took a lot more time to explain himself, but it's almost exactly the same thing he wrote here on the forum, and it's mostly a combination of all the posts he has made since he got here.
Based on the numbers I have here, he is 59 years old, claims he came to repentance and faith in Christ at age seven, but he never defines what he means by the word 'repent'. He comments that he hasn't been through a lot of my teachings yet, but that the only one he had concerns about was the teaching I had on the Godhead, and my use of the word 'person', and I don't think he knew that I have been working on renovating that teaching for almost a month now, which was before he even joined the forum, which I believe was (Oct 30th). I hope he'll take a look at it when I'm done because I'm already a lot more satisfied with the new teaching I'm working on.
So far, we have all given him every opportunity to explain himself, as this has been going for almost a month now. I think we've been very patient with him, but then it's starting to appear that he hates the fact that we're questioning him, as he made a post, which said:
"I have noted that Chris teaches well, but rails on people (condemning them to hell) but he does not know their hearts. He also condemns doctrines like universalism yet there is not a study that backs up that claim. I can post biblical evidence of that doctrine, but it will most likely get me banned."http://www.creationliberty.com/forum/index.php?topic=917.msg7534#msg7534First of all, I don't believe that Larry understands what "railing" means because, for example, if someone claims they have salvation without repentance (i.e. grief and godly sorrow of wrongdoing), it means they claim to have been saved without first being humbled by God. God has already made it clear that He will NOT save the proud of heart:
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
-James 4:6
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
-Luke 13:3So to conclude that such a man is not of Christ is not railing; that is simply stating a fact, or as the Bible says, speaking the truth and preaching the doctrine of Christ. Railing is to speak against someone with a scoffing and contentious attitude, and if Larry claims I have done that, then he needs to provide evidence of it. If he refuses to provide evidence of it, but still insists it is true, then that's called a false and railing accusation, which would make Larry guilty of lying, and guilty of the very thing he's accusing me of, and it would also provide evidence against what he told me in his letter he sent to me in the mail:
"as the Bible teaches and the Spirit of God leads me, I correct behavior that I know as sin"So, because of Larry's approach to make quick accusations without evidence, I already have reason to
NOT believe him. The reason I believe many of the things people tell me on this forum is because their words, beliefs, and actions align, but in Larry's case, I do not see his words and beliefs aligning, which means there is lying going on somewhere, and I don't have enough information to draw a definite conclusion, hints why I am very cautious of him.
The only very concerning issue is that Larry claims a strong belief in what is called "Universalism," and since (thus far) he has been unwilling to explain himself and define what he means, as I clearly said I wanted to give him a fair chance to do, as you can see here...
http://www.creationliberty.com/forum/index.php?topic=917.msg7545#msg7545... I am
MUCH more cautious of him, and I believe he's lying to himself and everyone else here.
Forgive me, I almost
NEVER reference to Wikipedia, but for worldly concepts and false doctrines, they usually do a good job giving a general overview, and you can see that here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UniversalismIt is by the philosophy of Universalism that modern-day church buildings are beginning to accept beliefs from other false religions, like Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, just to name a few. Universalism is one of the key pillars to developing the ecumenical one-world religion, which claims that everyone will eventually be saved (which is 100% heresy), and the Catholic Church is helping to spear-head that movement.
He said he would provide information on that, but even though he
HAS logged back in since his last posts here, Larry has said nothing. Well, as many of you already know, we do not welcome those who slap-and-run, and think they've done Christ a service with their railing accusations. Like I said, I might give him a few more days, and if we don't hear back from him, I will probably ban his account because I'm already tired of trying to get him to answer a simple question (i.e. would you define what you mean by repentance?), and furthermore, I'm not going to allow him to come here and deceive new Christians with his leaven.
I don't know if Larry is saved or not; all I can say is that there is a disconnect between what he says and what he claims to believe, and the problem is getting worse with each post he makes. I hope he comes back soon to resolve the matter.
