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I have realized for quite some time that I am solidly Anabaptist/General Baptist in my beliefs and partly EOC, as far as what they have in common with Anabaptist soteriology.
I could not be Orthodox, though, and there are no Anabaptist or General Baptist churches near me. So, to have a local church fellowship, that leaves me with Southern Baptist, some sort of Welsyan-Methodist church, or continuing Anglican. Holiness/Nazarene is out because I can't hold with their doctrine of entire sanctification. United Methodist is our because I disagree with their polity and new views on baptism.
That leaves me with SBC and Anglican. Nearest conservative Anglican church is an hour's drive. So, I guess that leaves only SBC. But I don't know if I can abide the teachings on depravity, OSAS, penal substitution, and women's subjugation. These things drove me away from Baptists and almost from Christianity. Thus my dilemma. This is sort of off topic; I am just thinking out loud. I'll try not to do this again; It's just so frustrating being in this situation, though. And the only fellowship I have within the CAC is by phone or email, and the occasional get-together. I am thankful for that, but I need more.
Okay, off my soapbox.
There are now a whole lot of denominations that practice falseness, some more than others. Walking into any church does not guarantee you will hear God’s Truth. The churches in the New Testament times were during the time the Prophets, Apostles, and Jesus were laying the foundation, and they had laid the foundation. The Bible is finished. Many people still need to be able to go to others for learning of God’s word, due to the unavailability of Bibles, and the ability to read what the Bible says. People running churches will have a lot to answer for. However, people who have Bibles and who can read the truth, yet go to, and support a church that speaks untruths, then that person will also have to answer why they supported a church of falseness.
Nowhere in the New Testament does Jesus command us to make earthy altars anymore! As for your statement about archeological evidence, do you follow things that are not in the Bible, and in fact go against the Word of God?
If you are going to a Catholic Church, I suggest you come out of her. The Catholic Church has many blasphemies. She has a human leader called Holy Father, and many other atrocities she does, as bowing to the works of her hands.
Jesus didn't give the Apostles a book! He gave them a church. If your faith is soley your interpretation of the scriptures then your faith is faulted by you. You aren't sufficient enough to give yourself proper understanding as can be seen by your many posts. The community as it opperated in Judaism upholds the perfect understanding of Torah and its context. So it is with Christianity. Thus the whole community keeps the Orthodox faith rather than each person with their own perspective doing what seems right in their own eyes as we see is the problem in the book of Judges. The Holy Spirit abides in the Church Body not in a book. Jesus Told his disciples that the Holy Spirit would bring to memory all that they needed. He didn't hand them a volume. That kind of volume alone faith leads to Mormonism and Islam where they believe God handed them a book from heaven. Each man thus created a false religion because neither had community to correct them or if there was such a community to correct they rejected correction.
Not true hebrews 13:10 does.
I believe that the Catholic Church is the Church and the Pope isn't the human leader but the person who unifies the Catholic Church as he cannot himself teach against the Magisterium. Or the consistant teaching of the Church from the begining. The rest of your statement is purposely insulting and no more then Rhetoric because you have no evidence.
Of course that is right TS. Notice that HP avoids answering the same question he continues to ask of others. His premise is that God never commands us to do that which we cannot do. The next follow up question (that he probably knows I will ask of him), is: HP, are you "doing justly, living rightly, and walking humbly with God 100% of the time." Are you keeping this command that you said God expects us to keep, and never commands us to that which we are unable to do?
That is the way that I was raised as a Catholic. It was a big sin not to go to church every week. That is just false.
I do not believe that most people are getting all that they should be getting when they gather. In fact, so many Christians are living in sin, and many would probably be told to leave.
The LETTERS were read to the churches. The letters are Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians; Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, and Revelations. The books are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Romans 16:25-27 Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey him–to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
Isn't that like saying: Because the Catholic Church believes in the trinity then it is wrong for me to believe in it too. If the RCC is doing something right why can't you do the same thing?
Do two wrongs make a right. Are you going to disobey the Bible, and Biblical examples in the Bible just because those in your community are disobeying God. Now who is the hypocrite?
Why should you go to a church that teaches error, and who ever suggested such a thing? Why do you suggest and demean others do such a thing?
Your position does not hold water.
HP: No, it would not. No one comes to God except the Father draws him. Everything, whether it is natural abilities, drawing, or grace, comes from God. No man, unless the Holy Spirit has completely withdrawn Himself, is devoid of the influences of God. You cannot separate God's influences from man. One thing that man does NOT need, is special abilities to come to Christ. God has endowed man with all the abilities necessary to repent, exercise faith, and walk in obedience with Him if they but hear the message and willingly respond to it. That is NOT coming to God by themselves, nor does one need some 'special grace' or 'special ability' to come to Christ other than what God has already bestowed upon all men. They again, only have to hear and respond to the gospel when it is presented.
That is an illogical assumption.
Nowhere in the Bible does it say I have to go to a denomination and gather with the people there.
Who is the hypocrite? Do you not tell Catholics that they are in a false church? Have you not told Heavenly Pilgrim and me that we were in falseness?
The denominations we have do not correct themselves when they find that they are in error, they will hold onto their falseness forever. Why should you not go to your denomination’s place of gathering if you are happy with it? However, it is not a sin not to join a denomination. According to your beliefs about it being normal for Christians to sin every day would probably require all the churchgoers to stay away from each other anyway.