(kriss;26460)
Well I agree and disagree I think the devil hates all truth and the church did start as truth but it has swayed away. But the battle in the End will not be with any church All will have to personally decide who to follow the real Christ or the fake Christ and no church is going to save you from that decision it is personal its the state of your soul God cares about, not any religion or church Antichrist will destroy all churchs and make a one world religion you either follow it and him or you dont.
And this is my million dollar question Kriss... I was actually born-again several years ago when I gave my life to Christ. It honestly was if a switch were flipped and I could say, I once was blind but now I see. I'm being totally sincere when I say that since that day I have tried to live every single day for Him, by His grace. I love Jesus with all of my heart and I am ready to meet him today, if He calls me home. I KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that on that day, I became His child.So fast forward all these years and much to my GREAT suprise, for if you would've told me five years ago I would laughed in your face, I find myself worshiping Jesus in a Catholic Church. Do you (or anyone else, fell free to chime in) believe that when I stand before Him in judgement, He will say, "sorry.. you picked the wrong Church... get away, I know you not?" Because I don't believe that - not for a second. If the Catholic Church is wrong - as most of you believe, what harm has been done? Because since I've become Catholic, my love for Christ has INCREASED. If this was part of Satan's plan to get me away from God - my goodness, it backfired big time. And yet, if the Catholic Church is right.. it IS Christ's Church on Earth, how sad will you be that you hated it so? I have to tell you - I've been where you are - non-denom all the way and I've known LOTS of good, strong Christians and I don't say this to judge any of you at all... I don't know you personally - but based on those I knew in my life - Non-Denom Bible only Christians vs. Catholics .... Catholics win hands down. They have more zeal for Jesus - more compassion for the poor - pray 1000X more, are MUCH more concerned with living a holy life pleasing to God etc. etc. The non-denom Christians I knew mostly fought over which Bible translation was best - end times pretrib or post - speaking in tongues yea or neigh - etc. etc. Again, I am NOT speaking of people on this forum, but rather, those I knew in the 3 or 4 good Bible churches that I attended for years. It was my experience that as a Non-denom Christian, I was focused on myself - MY relationship with Christ - MY growing in knowlege - me me me.. and not at all on the needs of others. As a Catholic, I feel I am CALLED to serve the poor, the homeless, the hungry. I honestly feel I am doing the work that Jesus would have me do. Does this work save me? Of course not. I am saved by His grace. But as goldy said, when we stand before Him, he isn't going to ask us to recite Bible verses - but He might ask us did we clothe the naked? Did we feed the hungry? What did we do for the least of these? At any rate, I've gotten off track - my main question is I am born again. So what if I'm also Catholic? Since you don't believe that God judges based on our church membership (true) - what harm is there in worshiping Him on my knees in a Catholic Church?