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Greetings Saints in Jesus Name!

As moderator duties have been put on my shoulders solely for the next 2.5 
weeks of time (until Bro. Richard is back and can give me a break) I'm 
posting this message as guidelines for posts to Higher-Fire.

I'll reject posts that...

  1) ... have an abusive tone or a lessor-than-desirable discernable 
     spirit of message (anotherwords a post that might make you 
     or Higher-Fire look bad if someone were to view the archives)

  2) ... are from non-Oneness living folks that *continually* don't get
     or understand the various arguments about Oneness Holiness theology.

     There's a lot to be said about Oneness Holiness theology to folks
     that have never had the revelation of the Jesus Name and the Oneness
     of God.  To folks that have not experienced it, I've got news for you.
     If you waiting for us to explain it in such a way that you'll understand
     the spirit of all the concepts and precepts to a point where you'll
     be able to *logically* grasp some of this in your mind, you may never
     ever be mentally satisfied.  Because much of where the Oneness Holiness
     folks come from is from the plane of the revelations mentioned above,
     often times people that aren't "in the know" are talking on a different
     plane.  

     When that happens, the discussion eventually evolves to a comparison 
     of "apples" and "oranges".  With the message being a "choice" of fruit 
     to enjoy possibly persuading none.  The Oneness Holiness saints are 
     speaking from personal revelation (apples).  All else speak from mental 
     gymnastics (oranges).  Hopefully, orange bearers will be able to become 
     apple bearers also.

     Since I can't personally hand out revelation (and neither can you) 
     because that is the Holy Ghosts job to quicken ones mind, I hope that
     the posts to Higher-Fire are prayerfully read so that maybe the light
     bulb of revelation illuminate above you.  For as Jesus said "Flesh and
     blood has not revealed this to you....."

  3) ... that argue from the non-Oneness Apostolic Holiness viewpoint
     just for the sport of arguing.  

  4) ... attack ones character, intelligence, or integrity (which is much
     akin to raising a sword against God's annointed)

  5) ... are "me too!" posts with no substance in them.  If you have to
     give a "me too!" post, do it with how the previous post blessed you
     and it has affected you and your relation with God, spouse, family,
     other saints, etc.

However, with all that said, I will approve posts that ...

  A) ... exhibit proper spirit and tone 

  B) ... edify the saints with testimony

  C) ... edify the saints with praise reports

  D) ... are part of praise cascades

  E) ... edify the saints with the word and explanations thereof (like the
     way Phillip evidently explained with sufficiency to the Ethiopian Eunuch
     in so much as the Eunuch knew his need to be baptized in water via 
     immersion in Jesus Name)

  F) ... edify the saints by explaining a more perfect way (like the way 
         Paul explained to Aquilla and Pricilla about "a more perfect way")

  G) ... are prayer notices

  H) ... are announcements of Oneness Apostolic email addresses or URL

  I) ... and such like (heh, heh, heh... against such there is no law) 

Hopefully you get the picture.

Initial violations of the NUMBERED posts will initially result in the post
being forwarded back to the violator with a warning as well as the post being
DISCARDED from the list.  If the violations continues, then your email address 
will be put on a list that will automatically reject posts from your address 
making it much easier for me not to view your posts for approval.  

I'd rather not take the steps to force a silence on your part because of
apparent lack of control or spiritual discernment.   If warnings don't work,
then I'll have to resort to the means of putting the violator on the list 
that will tell the list processor to reject all posts to Higher-Fire.

Bro. Tyler
Co-Owner and MOTD (Moderator-of-the-day)
tnally@csci.csc.com
tgnally@prairienet.org