Thank you, but this doesn't address the subject of this thread.
Actually, it's the church that has a dangerous infatuation with Gnosticism. We see it in the church's careless disregard for holiness and them thinking that doesn't matter in any way shape or form to their eternal fate, not knowing that how they act shows whether or not they are really saved.
I'll just refer you to the last remaining vestiges of the traditional once saved always saved argument: 'The person who is not living for God is not saved'. Have you switched and now that is a works gospel?
Ralph,
You have to get over this infatuation that if people have doctrinally different views to you it does not mean they have no regard for holiness.
The church does not have a dangerous infatuation with Gnosticism.
Those who keep accusing others of Gnosticism are the ones infatuated by it. They spend so much time accusing others of walking in it just because they have a difference of opinion.
There is not one person that I have seen on this forum promote "We can do all we want as it does not matter any more"
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[FONT="]Gnosticism was perhaps the most dangerous heresy that threatened the early church during the first three centuries. Influenced by such philosophers as Plato, Gnosticism is based on two false premises. First, it espouses a dualism regarding spirit and matter. Gnostics assert that matter is inherently evil and spirit is good. As a result of this presupposition, Gnostics believe anything done in the body, even the grossest sin, has no meaning because real life exists in the spirit realm only.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Second, Gnostics claim to possess an elevated knowledge, a “higher truth” known only to a certain few. Gnosticism comes from the Greek word gnosis which means “to know.” Gnostics claim to possess a higher knowledge, not from the Bible, but acquired on some mystical higher plane of existence. Gnostics see themselves as a privileged class elevated above everybody else by their higher, deeper knowledge of God.
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You are being disingenuous to people by accusing them off having no regard for sanctification.
You are being disingenuous to the church as a whole.
You lump all denomination into one basket.