Christ follower / Christianity in and of itself is pure and unadulterated.
It becomes perverted by non-biblical practices for whatever their intended purposes draw righteous attention from Christ in an attempt to empower man.
No different than when in the garden of eden satan tempted adam and eve by suggesting that they could be equal and as powerful as God.
True but the Lord came to do the will of the Father and establish the living, breathing church. He didn't come to form Christianity. The Lord is not into organized religion, rites or sectarianism.
Men confuse and confound, bastardizing anything pure or sacred. There is One Lord, One Faith and One baptism but we have hundreds of Biblical translations and thousands of denominations that disagree with one another. How do people not see that something is wrong with that? Paul spoke expressly about divisions, which we see today.
If God was really with these people and places, they wouldn't remain ignorant of such things nor would they gather in the high places.
The only Jesus I've ever known in the church is a facsimile of the genuine God, forged by men into an image of what they perceive God to be. You can be sincere and still have nothing from Him.
Pushed away from the forums for a week or so, but wanted to share that I think we agree regardless of labeling. I have for a long time said denominations are satan's mechanism to counteract unity in Christ. There are righteous disagreements in the church but all are secondary to love for our Lord.
Christ follower / Christianity in and of itself is pure and unadulterated. It becomes perverted by non-biblical practices for whatever their intended purposes draw righteous attention from Christ in an attempt to empower man.
No different than when in the garden of eden satan tempted adam and eve by suggesting that they could be equal and as powerful as God.
Sin is Sin. Nothing new under the sun.
True but the Lord came to do the will of the Father and establish the living, breathing church. He didn't come to form Christianity. The Lord is not into organized religion, rites or sectarianism.
Men confuse and confound, bastardizing anything pure or sacred. There is One Lord, One Faith and One baptism but we have hundreds of Biblical translations and thousands of denominations that disagree with one another. How do people not see that something is wrong with that? Paul spoke expressly about divisions, which we see today.
If God was really with these people and places, they wouldn't remain ignorant of such things nor would they gather in the high places.
The only Jesus I've ever known in the church is a facsimile of the genuine God, forged by men into an image of what they perceive God to be. You can be sincere and still have nothing from Him.
Pushed away from the forums for a week or so, but wanted to share that I think we agree regardless of labeling. I have for a long time said denominations are satan's mechanism to counteract unity in Christ. There are righteous disagreements in the church but all are secondary to love for our Lord.