Editorial Comment
These past few weeks, I found my self a little lethargic and not having the energy or inclination to sit down and research anything. Even my Bible reading has been neglected. Some life issues have intruded and Ive been dealing, accepting, working out, moving on from the various decisions made.
The reality of my mortality and humanness came to roost.
Over the months and years, I have come to appreciated the reality of life on earth as a worshipper of the true God and found it to be harder than I thought. The words of Jesus ring daily in my ears that sometimes we can only do tasks in Gods strength not our own, because it THAT hard.
I was talking with co admin Sidgi, and the subject of “truth” came up. I was contemplating the idea of starting an on line Bible study course, when we both realized that the www.cfmin.wordpress.com in its self and in entirety covered the major doctrinal issues of the Bible.
Do we claim to have the absolute truth? No we most certainly don’t. But we do believe that the presentation here of scriptural understanding is in line with Gods word the Bible. Yes it differs with mainstream American Christianity regarding doctrinal teachings such as the trinity, hell, once saved always saved etc, but by virtue of that fact alone, we have had to dig deep and justify the stance we take using the Bible as our sole source of revelation. We have not mad any attempt to justify a proposed hypothesis postulated by one of us, instead we have taken each scripture or subject and examined it in conjunction with the rest of the Bible to ascertain our understanding.
You will notice, that CFM has steered clear of future dates and proposed time scales for the beginning of the great tribulation and the battle of Armageddon from the book of Revelation. Why? Simply because we do not know the time or the date and because too many religions have posted specific dates and those days came and went with no change.
The Bible makes it very clear that the Creator, made the unreserved offer that ALL who accept Jesus as the mediator between God and man, can draw close to God and learn about him and have promise of eternal life if they worship him in Spirit and truth. The Bible also makes clear that God is sifting mens hearts and drawing those he sees as righteously inclined toward him. The choice of course is always ours as to which path we choose.
While we at CFM take the time to promote Gods word, we accept no accolade of being chosen by God to do this work. We do it because of a desire to promote the Bible as the book of life, and to encourage all to come into a close relationship with the Creator.
Our Christian Ministry is to live our lives learning about him, raising our families to have faith in Gods blessings and promises and to be counted worthy in his eyes. If God wants a specific task done for the honor of his name, we believe he will motivate those available in the location at the time who have a willing spirit to do his will.
Some of you who read articles on this site will find a different understanding of the Bible as to what is promoted from your pastor. We ask only that you pick up the Bible and compare scripture for scripture and then meditate of the subject under scrutiny.
That’s what we did.
Cfm admin
sidgi
