Hello Pearl,I'm not going there mate.
If you are not comfortable with the questions and do not want to go there, that is okay.
The purpose of this thread is to provoke thought, biblical thought.
I believe on one of these threads I mentioned that I also reacted in a similar way when a pastor challenged my thinking on this.
I like many responded with a knee jerk reaction and demanded he see that it was Jesus, the blood, and the cross.
He was patient with me and walked me through some of the same questions I am introducing here.
As time permits, get out a legal pad or notebook and write down the questions asked on this thread. Take a confession of faith like this; and write down anything you know about any of those topics that you did not learn from scripture.
The 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith
- Of the Holy Scriptures
- Of God and the Holy Trinity
- Of God's Decree
- Of Creation
- Of Divine Providence
- Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the punishment thereof
- Of God's Covenant
- Of Christ the Mediator
- Of Free Will
- Of Effectual Calling
- Of Justification
- Of Adoption
- Of Sanctification
- Of Saving Faith
- Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation
- Of Good Works
- Of the Perseveraance of the Saints
- Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
- Of the Law of God
- Of the Gospel and the Extent of Grace thereof
- Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience
- Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day
- Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
- Of the Civil Magistrate
- Of Marriage
- Of the Church
- Of the Communion of Saints
- Of Baptism and the Lord's Supper
- Of Baptism
- Of the Lord's Supper
- Of the State of Man after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
- Of the Last Judgement