Featured Do we worship the same God?

Never agree with RM, but have to give him credit for being objective and posting truthfully here. Thank you RM.

 

That is not the issue here.

 

" If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha." ( 1 Corinthians 16:22 ).

 

What’s the purpose of a Baptist Church then? Are they recruiting non believers?

 

Water seeks its own level. Each church has their audience.

 

I’m not referring to just any church, I’m referring to Baptist Churches specifically.

 

I know many good baptist churches from the past and today.

 

I don't think you have a firm grasp of sin and grace.

 

And so he draws conclusions that would separate and categorize.

 

When the Lord saved me I knew nothing about him. From there I fell into Arminian, Dispensational, Pentecostalism. And believed those views were true. I heard about Calvinism and formed the same ugly views you hold.

But in hearing the doctrine of limited atonement for the first time, as it was being taught against, I knew I came to a fork in the road. I believed Limited Atonement is true, and it eventually led me to abandon all of my beliefs as I replaced them over the course of years.

I went to the place in history where the debates were the most intense, the Reformation. I thought the truth would prevail therein. And so I invested in a Reformed theological library. Finally coming to rest in the English Baptist's camp of the 1689 London Confession. It's been a far more spiritual experience and love for God than I ever knew before.

 

Dave, try making sense of Catholics.... you must earn your way thrugood works and keeping up with church doctrine....Baptism, Conformation, Holy Eucharist, Penance yada yada. They make it easy but force church agenda. There was a point I was just resigned to it. But then there is “ You must be born again” in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. Haaaa what?!? What does that mean.... we Catholics need to be born again??? Sounded like holy roller drivel! How am I supposed to do that, be born again, born from above? Do you mean I can’t go into my local RC and go into the confessional box and then say 3 Our Fathers and 2 Hail Marys and I am clean????

And I’m not going to be some some crazy Protestant holy roller wing nut, no I’m resigned to be a Christmas and Easter church goer, do my sign of the cross and call myself a Christian cause I believe, right! Only I was walking around blind without a cane. Until I listened to the George Whitefield sermon, “ The Method of Grace” —- see attached (not in its entirety).

 

From a Calvinist view, you were saved before you believed and your works confirmed your faith. Had you not believed, you would not have given Christ a second thought.

 

The Jesuits created futurism to deceive the Reformed. And the Pentecostal Irvingites came up with the pre trib rapture based on Margaret McDonald's hallucinations while burning up with a fever.

 

2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Brother Glen