I have been attending a Church of God group that i..

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I have been attending a Church of God group that is an offshoot of the late Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God. They recently told me that I am not eligible to participate in their Passover because I was not baptized with a group that kept the Feast Days. I disagree with this view. I was baptized in the Baptist Church by immersion many years ago before I learned the Torah truths. As far as I'm concerned, my baptism was my pledge to follow Yeshua and not denomination specific. I'll be keeping Passover Sedar with friends of mine outside the group.

What do the rest of you think?

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I agree with you. There is no precept that says you need to be baptised by a specific group of believers. If you are old enough to understand what the baptism means then that is you going into covenant with Father.

It sounds like a very clicky group. I personally would be looking for another community...

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I agree with you. The only prerequisiite is that you are circumcised.

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The group I will be keeping the Passover Sedar with is much more Messianic / Hebrew Roots orientated. I prefer that over a Church of God group anyway.

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I also think that baptism is non-denominational

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I was fellowshipping with them for around 9 months without much of a problem. I was surprised that they made an issue of where I was baptized before I could participate in their Passover.

Being a full-pledged member would have not have worked out anyway because I have other issues with their doctrines. For example, they teach (as well as the other Church of God groups from Herbert Armstrong) that the destiny of man is to become God. They say that because the word "Elohim" is plural, they believe that the Godhead is currently composed of the Father and Son, and that the righteous that are resurrected will also become part of the Godhead. I've always had a problem with this teaching because I don't think the Scriptures teach it.

There are not a lot of Torah believers in my area, so I sometimes have to put up with strange teachings. But I will definitely not join them.

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I had a great time at the Passover Sedar.

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