LOL, Would it not be better if you prayed:
God, if the person talking all this Biblical stuff (remember I have quoted Scripture and cannot be broken), is sincerely mistaken, let your light and mercy shine on him / them to see the truth that is Jesus Christ.
But if I am the one way out of whack with respect to your revealed truth in Scripture, then let the veil fall off my eyes to see what your true and ultimate reality is, what it means that Jesus Christ is the head of the Church, and what it means that we are the Body and not the Head.
But the way you said you would pray communicates to me an imprecatory intent, which on the long run is not a fruit of the Spirit.
What is very strange to me is that you say to come from a People of the Book tradition, yet you have not quoted anything in the Bible to back up your arguments.
Democracy superior to the lead of the Holy Spirit? so when all the persons were yelling Crucify Jesus to the Roman authorities, were they right?
If you are going to charge someone of false teaching, you should at least show where in the Bible the proposed mistake is. You have not done it.
So persons should conclude that you are the result of an indoctrination by men, that imposed a man made construct not aligned with the Bible.
Have your nice Christmas, which by the way could not be in December, because in that month the pastors tending the sheep would not be out in the field as described in the Bible.[/QUOTE
SpoonJuly said------
You continue to promote a two tier membership in the local church.
You and others have a "higher gift" and therefore have the right to rule, act as MASTERS over those second class members who you consider to be ignorant, do not have the Holy Spirit, refusing to or to stupid to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit.
When the members, all the members, are not qualified to participate in the decisions of a local church, that is on the leadership. Those leadership have failed in their duty to lead and teach. YOU have failed.
This thinking, teaching, and practice is contrary to what Matthew 23:8-12 teaches. I quoted this Scripture before but you ignored it. It is contrary to your desire to be MASTER over other members.
You always conclude that any one who disagrees with you or points out the error of you belief is ignorant of Scripture and indoctrinated by man.
You are the only one who referenced the teaching of a man, not me.
I wish you no ill will. I pray you will learn the error of your ways. But I will continue to pray that God hinders your false teaching and all false teaching.
At least you have the Christmas thing correct.