Scripture is clear on all the issues you quoted.Reject that garbage abortion, gay marriage. Baby baptism is a good thing, and Christ is truly present in the Eucharist. God Bless!Hi Job,
I believe that scripture teaches marriage is between a man and a woman. There are many "Christian" churches who support, condone, accept, actively participate in same sex marriages. Their teaching is opposite of most denominations. Same with abortion, real presence in the Eucharist, baptism, OSAS, Sola Scriptura etc. etc etc....pick your subject.
They say that scripture supports their position. I say it doesn't. Which is teaching/practicing heresy? How do we know?
IHS...Mary
I get your point. And it is well argued . The beliefs I believe in of any denomination is the Word of God. All denominations base that as their center of belief obviously. However, interpretation and application is an entirely different thing. For me it is all or nothing. I do not need a denomination to work it out for me, Christ has it. This is where I am at in my faith. Of course I have to say I embrace truths held in denominations because I can not reject the Word of God. But mans errors and twisting the Lords Words make them imperfect for me. So, I lean on the Word who is entirely PERFECT AND WORTHY. We can get away from a denomination any denomination. I am not dictated to by any Pastoral head, only Christ.Most every believer I know will say the same thing though they are identified with a certain denomination.
When you say you embrace the truths they represent, and reject the lies you say they teach, then you are forming your doctrine which you believe Scripture is teaching. Then, you must decide how important to you are the doctrines you believe are true, so as to exclude others from fellowshipping or worshiping with you. Or, by which you do not include yourself with the worship of others. By this very act you form a denomination. Do you see the impossibility of what you are wanting to achieve?
I would say your denomination is not the Body Of Christ. The Body of Christ is who we, every born-again Christian, are. And, even though there be many denominations in Christianity, there is the unified body of believers that are united by the Holy Spirit. That unity exists already by the Spirit. We will differ in some areas of doctrine, but the unity is still there, though we recognize it or not. It is from God, by the Spirit.
There is nothing wrong with a believer leaving a certain denomination due to its moving away from what they believe is Scripture. The believer just has to decide what doctrines are the ones the Christian must believe. Just like the early church did. Dogma. And then try and find a group of believers who believes as close to his beliefs as possible.
If you try and force a unity of believers around doctrine, you then will find yourself as the next pope of your denomination. For, all must agree with your doctrine to be a part.
We cannot get away from denominations. It remains for us to study the Scriptures and prove them, and prove that our beliefs are supported by the Word of God. But to create a Christianity without denominations is like the dog chasing his tail.
Stranger
"To create a Christianity without denomination is like a dog chasing its tail". I think you missed the point of this. Obviously there are different parts in the Body of Christ, if you want to call these parts denominations for the sake of argument we will. The Body of Christ should work in Harmony not warring against other Body parts. I said reject the lies of each denomination. You will have as you said a Body of born again believers. They are of one mind and uphold one doctrine CHRISTIANITY which is what we practice . We are of one denomination the Body of Christ.The early Christians only considered themselves Christian. You had diversity in cultural names, Corinth, Thessalonians, this only had to do with location, they simply called themselves CHRISTIAN.
If you ask people today- what is your faith? I am RC, I am Orthodox, I am Protestant, Born Again, Methodist, Baptist. Oh, what do you believe , the Catholics are going to hell, the Protestant are going to hell. Veneration of saints is evil, Mary is a sinner like everyone else. Lutheran's are wrong according to Calvinist and vice-versa. It is crazy. You are not Catholic if you do not believe the Papal head is INFALLIBLE. They can keep their denominations I know the truth. This is the hour that Christ is going to make this right. It will not be pleasant but is necessary. My doctrine Christianity.
God Bless!
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