It's a beautiful, cool morning in the Ozarks, and the cats are getting ready to run outside and enjoy the day before the heat kicks in again. All is right with the world. I have my Bible and study book with me, and am thinking about a chapter I read last week that really opened my eyes to something I had not considered before. I found it in Acts 15, which I have read countless times in the past. Since it's such a long passage, I won't include it here, but the gist of it is that the Jewish Christians in Jerusalem wanted the Gentile Christians to conform to the Jewish lifestyle in order to be Christians. But the Holy Spirit had other ideas, and He made this known as He baptized those Gentiles, Himself, before the council could approve. In the end, the Gentiles were urged to observe a few rules in order to live Godly lives.Labels: united in faith
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I would caution you to not forget what Paul said in 2 Corinthians 11:4. While many groups claim to worship Jesus Christ, it is only through weighing their doctrine against the word of God that we are able to determine if their Jesus is the same Jesus we are to worship. To be honest, I find that there are many groups out there, including the Catholics, that I agree with on many things, but we must be careful about sacrificing the most important doctrines in order that we can work together on things of less importance.
I've found that believers in other denominations are much like me--they go to the Bible for their doctrines. I have found that by their fruits, I will know them.
Great post, Hannah! I agree w/ you! There are believers (and thus, "Christians") in every denomination, including Catholics...but there are also people in each of those denominations who are not saved, and it's not up to us to judge them. Our Lord and Savior will take care of that!
Amen!! I couldn't have said it better!
As a convert to Catholicism (I had been a Presbyterian for at least 30years of my life), I learned really quickly how deeply many of my fellow Catholics loved Jesus and served Him with all of their being. They were an inspiration to me to love God, to love my neighbors, and to leave everything else up to the Holy Spirit.
And like you, Cheryl, I often am moved by the music and the Scripture readings in the Mass. It's as though the Holy Spirit chose those songs and readings just for me!
Well said, Sally and Ruthie. There are those in every denomination who hurt the name of Christ, and those in every Christian denomination who are sold out to Christ and serve through that particular denomination.
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