***I don’t care where it grew out of, or where you THINK it grew out of. He’s our Father and a Father wants a relationship with His children. What’s your problem that you don’t care about that? He loves you, Mark.***
One of the problems with the English language is that we miss out on some translated words. One is love. The Greeks have a whole bunch of different meanings depending on the situation.
In Jesus’ Two Commandments, He tells us to love God; and love our neighbour. Same English word. Far different meaning. The love of God is not the same as love of neighbour. We are to worship God; we are to embrace our neighbour. The notion of personal fellowship and relationship did not exist in early Christianity; it did not exist until relatively recently; it is not Scriptural and it is not Traditional.
Therefore it is a relatively recent notion of men. I had thought that you professed sola Scriptura. Can you justify this Scripturally?
“The notion of personal fellowship and relationship did not exist in early Christianity; it did not exist until relatively recently; it is not Scriptural and it is not Traditional.”
Tell the Apostle Paul.
“For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God...”