Aunty Jane
Well-Known Member
Can you tell me Matthew, when God ever approved of any worshippers of his, who were not individually judged within the criteria of a collective?That’s to me Aunty, is on an individual basis, of a person faith to God. It’s not a big collective people so believe it is. All people realize they are gonna die. It’s natural. They either chose to live for God or not, and God weights all of a persons life out and is given their habitat (spiritual body) they will reside in, be it condemned, or of life or better than the normal.
FOR Jews, born into the nation of Israel, God’s law was incumbent at birth as God had chosen them out of all peoples to be his exclusive property and to abide by his rules and standards.....no Jew was given the option of a personal opinion on matters of worship. All was carefully prescribed in his written word, through his prophets.
Was it different for Christians? Or was there criteria for them too, within the one framework of Christ’s teachings, which he said also came from his Father. There was again...ONE FAITH.....and ONE SET OF BELIEFS”.....for Christians. (1 Cor 1:10) This is what created unity in the faith, but as in the case of Judaism, men took it upon themselves to add what God and his prophets never did, creating a religion that was at odds with what Moses received on Mt Sinai. The early church did exactly the same thing, adding traditions and beliefs and practices that did not belong and were never taught by Jesus or his apostles. This then became “Christendom”....not to be confused with “Christianity”.
Christendom (splintered Christianity) was born in the early centuries and the Catholic Church kept its members in biblical ignorance for centuries whilst introducing all manner of beliefs and practices and then passing them off as “Christian”. Hateful divisions occurred amid bloodshed as “Christians” slaughtered one another......(1 John 4:20-21) Can Christians do that? (Matt 5:43-44)
Just as those in the first century had one Christian arrangement, to whom all who wanted to become followers of Christ were sent, for instruction, baptism and worship, so today God must have one Christian body who teach the truth, otherwise how is anyone going to find the diamond in a huge pile of broken glass?
Christendom is a divided mess....except for the foundational teachings of the RCC which have no scriptural basis anyway. The whole horrible mess is built on an unstable foundation....and it’s the foundation that supports all that is built on it.
There is about to be an accounting.
As it has always been.....individuals within that central body might not be as sincere as they should be....but that is why it has to be individuals within the body who are judged worthy or not. There are only “wheat and weeds” in the world when Christ comes as judge.....all of us will have placed ourselves into one or the other of those categories. Jesus’ words at Matt 7:21-23 indicate that “many” who think they are practicing the true faith are only fooling themselves......Jesus says that he “never knew” them....they can’t believe it, and offer their excuses...but to no avail. What we believe determines whether we are saved or not.....like it or not.
What is the main foundational issue? The very nature of God, as Jesus said....
“This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.” .....so if we don’t have that right, we won’t have everlasting life.
Christendom created a god that Jesus never taught.....and that Jews had never heard of.
We need to know the God that Jesus worships, as his “holy servant”. (Acts 4:27, 30)