Al Fogelman <> wrote in message . >

> An excellent response. One needs to find our God, themselves. Not thru

> other people, ministers, pastors, priests and such. For they are ony

> witness to their own beliefs, Not necessarly true for you, me. with

> love, al.

>

> On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 01:15:22 GMT, “fervent” <>

> wrote:

>

> >We believers are all real mimnisters. Those ordained are not always so firm

> >in the foundation as you may think. There are some who are enemies of the

> >cross. Consider now Rev 1: 6. And hath made us kings and priests unto God

> >and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Couple of comments:

1. I’d prefer to say ‘all Christians are ministers, that is all are ordained for ministry. Some are ordained to a ministry of leadership in the Church / pastoral care, word, sacraments etc.’

2. Incredibly few ‘find God for themselves.’ Leaving aside the important question about whether God finds us or vice versa, each of us needs the rest of us to grow in our faith/understanding…

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