This was taken from thecalvinlivesclub@yahoogroups.com

I wanted to post it here to show what the 'Steelite' Covenanters believe. God
bless.

tom





A Steelite said this:

No one is claiming that any small pocket of Covenanters is the ONE TRUE
CHURCH…Others have made clear the distinctions we make in previous posts --
distinction between the essence of a church and the well-being of a church.

We do not doubt that even the Roman Catholic Church is a "true church." They
have the Bible, they have the Sacraments, they have a form of Church
Government/Discipline -- and as defective as their doctrines and as idolatrous
as their worship is, yet we do not totally exclude them from being among "all
those throughout the world that profess the true religion, and of their
children"(WCF XXV:2), though they have buried that true religion deep under the
rubble of their hay, wood, and stubble.




Sounds good, doesn’t it? No claim to be the one True church, for after all, EVEN
the Roman Catholic Church is a "true church." Until you check the
"qualifications" of what that means.

Steelites believe that along with the Roman Catholic Church, ALL OTHER churches
are corrupt churches that practice idolatrous worship and therefore should be
separated from for the "purest church presently on earth." And which church
(although not perfect) is the "purest church presently on earth?" One guess now.
Bingo! You got it right—it’s none other than the Steelite Covenanter Church.

So the next time a Steelite tells you, "No one is claiming that any small pocket
of Covenanters is the ONE TRUE CHURCH." Remember that "the devil is in the
details" and that such claims by Steelites have a "thousand qualifications." For
in their view, all other churches are guilty of idolatry in one form or another.
So the issue is not whether non-Steelite churches are idolatrous or not, it’s
just a question of how idolatrous. But in any event, the Steelite church is the
"purest of all churches" and thus the only truly Reformed church presently on
earth. Thus the truly Reformed and the truly faithful must forsake their
idolatry and their idolatrous churches and join the "purest church on earth."
But when they do that, they must always remember, "No one is claiming that any
small pocket of Covenanters is the ONE TRUE CHURCH."

CL






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