DOES THE BIBLE, AND GOD, HAVE AN ALL OR NOTHING APPROACH TO TRUTH?, OR CAN WE PICK AND CHOOSE TRUTHS, AND APPLY THEM AS WE SEE THE NEED?, AND DOES THE TRUTH NEED TO ADAPT TO THE MODERN WORLD?....[SEE FORUM: CAN THE CHURCH ADAPT; BUBBA GUY].. I SEE THIS MODERNISM AS A MAJOR ENEMY, AND TEMPTATION TO THE BODY OF CHRIST, TO BE ACCEPTED IN THE WORLD, AND AN ENEMY TO THE PURITY OF THE FAITH. ON ONE HAND WE MUST FEARLESSLY OFFER THE TRUTH, WITH NO COMPROMISE, AND THE OTHER HOPE, THAT TOTAL SURRENDER,TO JESUS AS LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH IS THE ONLY LOGICAL AND WISE PATH TO LIVE, AND THE ONLY ONE HE WILL ACCEPT.................YET PICTURE YOURSELF AS A SEEKER, AS I ONCE WAS, AND YOU...UNTIL THE SPIRIT FELL ON YOU , AND YOU CRIED; BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD!....JESUS CRIED, "UNLESS YOU EAT MY FLESH, AND DRINK MY BLOOD, YOU HAVE NO LIFE IN YOU!", AND AT THAT, MANY WALKED WITH HIM NO MORE...TOTAL SURRENDER, CASTING DOWN EVERY THOUGHT AND INTENTION THAT WOULD EXALT IT'S SELF OVER HIS ABSOLUTE DOMINION...LIVING ON MERCY AS WATER AND FOOD, DEPICTED IN HIS AWFUL CRUCIFICTION, OVERCOMING BY HIS WILLFUL SACRIFICE............EATING HIS FLESH, AND DRINKING HIS BLOOD.............AND OFTEN THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH WOULD BY FAITH, RENEW THIS ABSOLUTE ADORING COMMITMENT, IN A COMMON UNION WITH SYMBOLLIC ELEMENTS....UNION WITH GOD, THROUGH MERCY, UNION WITH HIS BODY,,,,BECAUSE OF IT. MAYBE WE CAN ONLY SHOW IT,,,,LIVE IT, UNTIL HOLY POWER FLOWS THROUGH IT TO THE WORLD, AND THEN THERE WILL BE NO DENIAL.....TOM |