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Did you know about the Restored Reformed Church
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Alofa Atu
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'restored', 'reformed', but not 'revived' ...
A man (or group of mankind) being restored and reformed simply means put back together into an orderly fashion so that it can work again as it did at the first. However, without life, being 'revived', the man (or group of mankind) is still dead, a lifeless corpse.
God formed man of the dust of the ground, and made him into an orderly being, yet before the breath of life of God was breathed into him, the man was still quite lifeless/dead, inactive.
A man can be reformed into shape.
A man can be restored to a working (orderly) condition.
A man without being revived can be both restored and reformed, but is still as dead as a door nail. Kinda like this:
Rev_3:1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
At least Reformed is a Christian Church , unlike Cults such as Sda, Mormons, and JW!
I know the Dutch Reformed Churches (aka Christian Reformed Churches). There is an enclave of these churches in Northern New Jersey. Most of these churches have rejected the gospel. The Restored Reformed Church is an attempt to recapture the Calvinist roots of the Dutch Reformed.
As a funny aside, I used to work at a Christian food bank in Paterson, NJ. The Midland Park Christian Reformed Church was a supporter of our food bank and they asked me if I would play on their church softball team. They needed a catcher. I loved to play ball, so I accepted. We had the most physical team in the Dutch Christian Reformed League. On more than one occasion I blocked the plate and had collisions with runners trying to score. Two times it resulted in a brawl, and this Baptist was in the middle of it. Those patsy Dutch Reformed did not know how to fight! LOL
As a funny aside, I used to work at a Christian food bank in Paterson, NJ. The Midland Park Christian Reformed Church was a supporter of our food bank and they asked me if I would play on their church softball team. They needed a catcher. I loved to play ball, so I accepted. We had the most physical team in the Dutch Christian Reformed League. On more than one occasion I blocked the plate and had collisions with runners trying to score. Two times it resulted in a brawl, and this Baptist was in the middle of it. Those patsy Dutch Reformed did not know how to fight! LOL