Rejecting Christ, or rejecting "Christianity"? (the church) ???

[A Freeman]

Didn't Christ teach us that only heathens and hypocrites go to church (or synagogue, mosque, temple, etc.)?

Matthew 6:5-8
6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt NOT be as the hypocrites [ARE]: for they love to pray standing in the churches and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward (they have been seen by men, but God will not answer them).
6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and WHEN THOU HAST SHUT THY DOOR, pray to thy Father in private (Enoch 56:5; Sura 7:55); and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly (by answering you).
6:7 But when ye pray, use NOT vain repetitions, as the heathen [DO]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
6:8 Be NOT ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, BEFORE ye ask Him.

A church (synagogue, mosque, temple, etc.) is a building, made with human hands, to be a place of BUSINESS (to sell their wares). God does NOT dwell in such places, and neither should anyone who actually believes Christ's Teachings.

Acts 7:48 Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet (Isa. 66:1-2),

Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and Earth, dwelleth NOT in temples made with hands;

This is why Ghandi said what he did about loving Christ (Truth) instead of "Christianity" (the organized religion with thousands of different denominations all claiming to be "The Way" when, in fact, NONE of them are). One cannot claim to believe, know and love Christ and continue disobeying His Teachings (which center on keeping God's Law and DOING God's Will), which were given to us for our individual and collective benefit, to protect us from evil and to set and keep us free. Free from oppression, injustice and from ignorance and confusion.

 

[Skovand]

Didn't Christ teach us that only heathens and hypocrites go to church (or synagogue, mosque, temple, etc.)?

Matthew 6:5-8
6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt NOT be as the hypocrites [ARE]: for they love to pray standing in the churches and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward (they have been seen by men, but God will not answer them).
6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and WHEN THOU HAST SHUT THY DOOR, pray to thy Father in private (Enoch 56:5; Sura 7:55); and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly (by answering you).
6:7 But when ye pray, use NOT vain repetitions, as the heathen [DO]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
6:8 Be NOT ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, BEFORE ye ask Him.

A church (synagogue, mosque, temple, etc.) is a building, made with human hands, to be a place of BUSINESS (to sell their wares). God does NOT dwell in such places, and neither should anyone who actually believes Christ's Teachings.

Acts 7:48 Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet (Isa. 66:1-2),

Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and Earth, dwelleth NOT in temples made with hands;

This is why Ghandi said what he did about loving Christ (Truth) instead of "Christianity" (the organized religion with thousands of different denominations all claiming to be "The Way" when, in fact, NONE of them are). One cannot claim to believe, know and love Christ and continue disobeying His Teachings (which center on keeping God's Law and DOING God's Will), which were given to us for our individual and collective benefit, to protect us from evil and to set and keep us free. Free from oppression, injustice and from ignorance and confusion.

For me instead of thinking none of them are the way, I think all of them are the way.

 

[St. SteVen]

For me instead of thinking none of them are the way, I think all of them are the way.

Jesus is the way, but how many ways are there to Jesus?

We've all heard the biblical claim that Jesus is the way. (the truth and the life...) But how many ways are there to Jesus? - Does your church provide the only way to Jesus? - Do other churches provide a way to Jesus? - Do other religions provide a way to Jesus? - Can Jesus find someone...

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[A Freeman]

For me instead of thinking none of them are the way, I think all of them are the way.

But how could that be true, when they ALL teach the opposite of what Christ teaches?

Christ repeatedly told us to stay away from priests, pastors, rabbis, imams, etc. (religious leaders and teachers, e.g. Matt. 23) and their places of business (churches, synagogues, mosques temples, etc.) because they are NOT "The Way". Christ and His True Teachings are The Way.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am The Way, the Truth, and the Life: NOT one man cometh unto the Father, EXCEPT by me.

We have ONE Teacher/Master:

Matthew 23:8-10
23:8 But be not ye called priest (etc.): for One is your Teacher, [even] Christ; and all ye are brethren.
23:9 And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ.

ONE Mediator between God and men:

1 Timothy 2:5 For [there is] ONE God, and ONE mediator between God and men, the Man Jesus Christ;

ONE High-Priest:

5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made The High Priest; but He that said unto him, Thou art My Son, to day have I created for thee (Psalm 2:7).
5:6 As He saith also in another [place], Thou [art] a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
5:10 Called by God an High Priest after the order of Melchizedek.
5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

And ONE Good Shepherd:

John 10:7-12
10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
10:8 ALL that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have Life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.
10:11 I am the Good Shepherd: the Good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
10:12 But he that is an hireling, and NOT the Shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

One doesn't mean hundreds, or thousands, much less hundreds of thousands of priests/pastors(shepherds)/rabbis/imams/mediators/teachers, etc.

ONE MEANS ONE.

Isn't that why Father sent His Christ into this world? It certainly was NOT to create additional organized religions; it was the evil organized religion of Jesus' time (church) and the ruling government (state) that conspired to murder Jesus.

Haven't we been warned for thousands of years NOT to follow the spiritually blind leaders of church and state?

Isaiah 3:12 [As for] My people, children [are] their oppressors, and women rule over them. O My people, they which lead thee cause [thee] to err, and lead thee astray, TO THY DESTRUCTION.

Matthew 15:12-14
15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the politicians were offended, after they heard this saying?
15:13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath NOT planted, shall be rooted up.
15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch (or Pit).

 

[Behold]

Behold, prove to me that a demon helped Calvin create Calvinism.

First understand this..

Paul said......"WHO....has bewitched you".... so, that is Paul explaining Hebrews 13:9 that says that MEN like John Calvin are the BeWITCHERS.. the Spell Binders.. the devils.. who write "doctrines of devils"...... who use clever lies to deceive people, like you.

What Calvin did was predestine God's Foreknowledge............and that twisted it.. And from there Calvin pre-destines what isn't predestined in the New Testament...., and that is the core rot of His Satanic Theology.

So, all those like Calvin, who "bewitch".. are doing it on behalf of demonic power.... always.. as that is how it DECEIVES you.

Now...You need to post something that shows you are cognizant of how deception works... as you seem to be oblivious to the realtiy of Theological deception@Bruce-Leiter .

Let me show you what i mean..

Lets say you are talking to a JW or a MORMON.. and they say.....>>"Prove what i believe is not true'.

So, that is not going to happen, as they BELIEVE IT.......they are DECEIVED...so, you can't prove to this mindset....
All that can happen, is that you plant seeds in them, and then God has to take it from there.

Understand....Im not here because of you........im not talking to you or Ronald, or the other Calvin Dealers, for their sake......or yours.
You are entrenched,... you have a stronghold in you MIND, that is CALVINISM... So, that is a deep deep deception.. that you've had for many years.. so, its not going to let go, unless you decide to get it out.

So, what i do, is talk to the deceived calvinists so that the members on a forum can watch how you and the rest.... work so hard to try to try to prove Cross denying Lies., that are the Doctrine of J.Calvin.....
That is what im doing here, and that is what you are doing here.