Why I joined the Reformed Church
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The teachers, prophet, evangelist, pastors and apostles, that are servants of God are not associated with local Churches.
They live by faith. They go where God sends them. The pastors of the local churches can be voted in or out by the congregation unless he owns the church. You can't vote the servants of god in or out. That should tell you something.
They live by faith. They go where God sends them. The pastors of the local churches can be voted in or out by the congregation unless he owns the church. You can't vote the servants of god in or out. That should tell you something.
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So that... can you dig a little deeper and shed more light on what the Bible teaches that the church is made up of? Or that what is church to you? Accordingly Acts 2:41 says "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. " Are not those saved and baptized are really the one belonging to the church and not those only exercising faith and repentance?
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You are talking about a miraculous event that happened 2000 years ago, of' course those 3000 who were converted would have gone away and exercised faith and repentance from the day until they died. We must repent many times every single day and we must live by faith all the time, these are not one of events and then we live happily ever after.
When a person is converted they enter into mortal combat against their flesh, and the battle rages for the rest of their life. We are not saved until the end, so we must remain faithful until the end. Those who fall away were never chosen by God, they never were predestined to be one of His elect.
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You are talking about a miraculous event that happened 2000 years ago, of' course those 3000 who were converted would have gone away and exercised faith and repentance from the day until they died. We must repent many times every single day and we must live by faith all the time, these are not one of events and then we live happily ever after.
When a person is converted they enter into mortal combat against their flesh, and the battle rages for the rest of their life. We are not saved until the end, so we must remain faithful until the end. Those who fall away were never chosen by God, they never were predestined to be one of His elect.
As you can see I put the inverted commas around the word "Christian" and "sheep", meaning those who claim to be "Christian"
The Bible tells us that many will come to Jesus on that day saying "Lord, Lord, didn't we cast out demons and do great things in your name", then He will say "depart from me you workers of iniquity, for I never knew you".
The point is, these who come to Him believed they were Christians. They performed many wonders in His name, these are not the outright unbelievers who never believed in Him. These are people who attended Church all their lives and lived as Christians, they gave lots of money to the Church and helped the poor and sacrificed much for the Lord.
This describes the 90% of so called Christians who are in for a rude shock, our pastor warns us about these "Christians" all the time. They are deceived and they deceive others, they are the same types of hypocrites as those who crucified Christ. They are religious on the outside but wicked on the inside.
The Bible tells us that many will come to Jesus on that day saying "Lord, Lord, didn't we cast out demons and do great things in your name", then He will say "depart from me you workers of iniquity, for I never knew you".
The point is, these who come to Him believed they were Christians. They performed many wonders in His name, these are not the outright unbelievers who never believed in Him. These are people who attended Church all their lives and lived as Christians, they gave lots of money to the Church and helped the poor and sacrificed much for the Lord.
This describes the 90% of so called Christians who are in for a rude shock, our pastor warns us about these "Christians" all the time. They are deceived and they deceive others, they are the same types of hypocrites as those who crucified Christ. They are religious on the outside but wicked on the inside.
Really? I'm curious to which Bible you use. If you truly believe this, then there's only one Bible that's the perfect word of God and all others are false. Which one?[/QUOTE]
We use the King James Version, I don't believe that only one Bible is perfect. I'm sure there are many faithful translations, since we don't have the original texts.
We use the King James Version, I don't believe that only one Bible is perfect. I'm sure there are many faithful translations, since we don't have the original texts.
I can tell you don't know the first thing about the Christian life or why God created His Church and appointed shepherds to teach lost sheep like you. You will most certainly face God alone but if you weren't a lost sheep, you would know that Gods people don't face Him alone. We have Christ to defend us during the trial, if you attended Church you would have learned this from your shepherd.
The only difference with my Church is, it was established by God. He ordained it and He keeps building it and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. So our Church is not man made and we don't follow a man centered Gospel, we don't entertain or affirm sinners in their sin and we don't offer salvation as a consumer product.
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I was in church for years. There is a big difference now that I'm not. I can see the truth now. I have an apostle that I listen to who has helped me in my understanding of the things of God. The servants of God are not governed by the people. The pastors of the local church do not live by faith. They do not live on what God gives them, their salary is guaranteed, because they have a congregation who takes care of them.
Would you care to give me your name so I can pray for you, I truly believe you are lost and I really believe God will bring you back into the fold if you are willing to put your pride aside. I'm sorry for being harsh with you in other posts but that's what I do to shake people out of their comfort zone.
We use the King James Version, I don't believe that only one Bible is perfect. I'm sure there are many faithful translations, since we don't have the original texts.[/QUOTE]
If the KJV is perfect, then all others are not perfect since all others contain different words and even different truths. There can be only one that stands alone as the word of God.
"A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies."
If the KJV is perfect, then all others are not perfect since all others contain different words and even different truths. There can be only one that stands alone as the word of God.
"A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies."
