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What is a christain . One who truly BELIEVES IN JESUS CHRIST .
Allow me to explain the difference between belief and truly believing .
I once had head knowledge of Christ . But i did not know him . Believing in HIM .
I had heard the gospel at the age of four . If we truly BELIEVED in CHRIST we would see HIM as CHRIST .
Not just an idea or a prayer . MORE than that . IF we truly BELIEVED in HIM we would BELIEVE as a child HIS EVERY WORD .
Abraham BELIEVED GOD . HE BELIEVED . GOD said , and abraham who believed HIM to BE GOD , DID .
A true christain SIMPLY would BELIEVE in HIM . THEY would BELIEVE HIS WORDS , they would believe the apostles words
THEY would love the truth in scripture , not twist it . I had a head knowledge once , but i still loved my flesh
i still loved my sins . I still loved my perversions of lusting after women , and many other evils i still loved .
My belief was not TRUE . GOD changed that . HE DREW ME TO THE TRUE CHRIST
where all i desired now was TRUTH . This occured many years later . YES JIM HE PUT ME IN ONE BOOK . THE BIBLE .
HE began his transformation .
My HEART was changed . Though evil was and will always be present in my flesh , MY HEART NOW HATED that evil .
UNDERSTAND this jim . UNDERSTAND THIS JIM . I was not justifying my sin any longer . I was a new man .
SURE i did not know it all , i wont either in this life . BUT even though i did not understand EVERYTHING i was reading
I LOVED IT . I COULD SUP ON IT FOR HOURS in that bible . AND NOW , though i did not KNOW YET
that some were false , I turned on TBN . I was always now left EMPTY with their speeches .
I went to churches with such a love for fellowship and wanting to find others who had this love , GOD GAVE ME , for GOD .
JIM , i was dancing when the praises to GOD were sang in churches . I was lifting hands and praising GOD .
BUT WHEN the preacher would stand and teach i was always empty inside . NOW
i didnt know why that was at First . But the more i read the more i learned . I was so fullfilled when reading the bible
yet so empty when the preachers spoke . I DID not know WHY , TILL a bit later .
SEE GOD HIMSELF had changed me . I DIDNT . AND YOU BETTER NEVER expect me to say my own flesh changed me .
I give myself ZERO credit for this . GOD put a love in my heart for one thing , HIM CHRIST THE TRUTH .
And anything that even slightly contradicted it would leave me empty . BUT NOT THE BIBLE JIM .
OH NOT THE BIBLE jim . ANY GUESSES on what THAT MIGHT BE jim . CAUSE BIBLE IS TRUTH . IT IS HIS INSPIRED WORD .
OF COURSE it IS .
LAMBS HEAR HIS VOICE JIM . HIS VOICE IS TRUTH . not what I , man or men say it is , ITS TRUTH . AND GOD IS TRUTH
HIS WORD IS TRUTH and the WORDS in the BIBLE are TRUTH .
THE RCC is of satan . now with that being said , i aint accusing anyone who might be in that church
as being of the devil . I mean , HEY JIM i sat in lots o churches , That didnt mean i was of the devil .
BUT and this is a big BUTT JIM . I didnt defend their lies , their lies left me EMPTY JIM .
I learned and grew by the grace of GOD , i tested what men said and spoke .
yet not i , but it was the grace of GOD IN ME having me do this JIM .
ITS NOT A SIN to warn brethren to come out of such places . ITS not a sin to warn people that certain leaders
and institutions are false . ITS NOT A SIN to expose false leaders and places .
YOU simply DONT KNOW ME jim . YOU DONT . You attack a man, who simply points to CHRIST .
You do not know what i know . WHEN i say that , dont think its cause i am better than you or think i am .
NO JIM . WRONG THOUGHTS . KILL THEM . i was worse than most of you all . I say that cause of what you write .
YOU actually believe A LIE JIM . YOU believe muslims and etc worship the same GOD we do .
THEY DONT . its another jesus they follow .
As far as LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR . LOVE CORRECTS JIM . GOD IS LOVE and HE CORRECTS
JESUS IS LOVE and HE corrected . Your mind has been twisted . But WHY is that JIM .
What do you really LOVE . exactly jim . YOUR THE OLD ME . SO dont think i JUDGE YOU or hate you
or wish hell for you . YOUR ME , BEFORE I WAS TRULY SAVED . yeah , PONDER ON that for a while .
AND GET back in the bible FOR YOU .
You said: "THEY would love the truth in scripture , not twist it"

John ch17

But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.
I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
 
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Before you posted this i thought(mind of Christ) the same exact thought.
THE MIND OF CHRIST . Exactly my friend . The lambs HEAR HIS VOICE .
and what i say to one i say to all , THEY WONT FOLLOW the VOICES of strangers , the VOICE of a stranger .
ITS JESUS FOR ME no matter the cost . David i was worse than most of you all combinded .
And i just dont have the time to list all the evils i done . For i dont honestly know if all the books of earth could contain it .
I was a wicked man my friend . SO do allow me some parting words , PRAISE GOD FOR THE GRACE HE GAVE ME IN CHRIST .
I SHUN the RCC harlots doctrines to hell . No matter if folks think me a hater . I am gonna warn all to the last breath
of what is false and every false place too . THE RCC is the very bosom of hell itself and it aint alone either .
This all inclusive social gospel is spawned by satan . I say that not to accuse , for i was the worst , but cause i DO LOVE
the peoples . We better get BUSY and fast too , cause i am telling us all a very strong delusion has grown massive now and many
are falling under its false love . BY GRACE i will expose it no matter how the peoples hate me . THE MORE i love
its very obvious the less i be loved and YET STILL my desire is good for those who even hate me .
BIBLE TIME . folks NEED to read it FOR THEMSELVES . MEN have led many captive to lies for centuries
and now all who love a lie are being led to the strong delusion . I am gonna warn , to the end , no matter the cost to me .
No matter the cost to me . No matter the cost to me . JESUS alone will be pointed too , HIS EVERY WORD
and all words the apostels left us in the bible and all the holy scriptures . IF i die so be it .
IF i be hated so be it . ONLY LET GOD BE GLORIFIED in all i do and say and may souls be saved .
 

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What is a christain . One who truly BELIEVES IN JESUS CHRIST .
Allow me to explain the difference between belief and truly believing .
I once had head knowledge of Christ . But i did not know him . Believing in HIM .
I had heard the gospel at the age of four . If we truly BELIEVED in CHRIST we would see HIM as CHRIST .
Not just an idea or a prayer . MORE than that . IF we truly BELIEVED in HIM we would BELIEVE as a child HIS EVERY WORD .
Abraham BELIEVED GOD . HE BELIEVED . GOD said , and abraham who believed HIM to BE GOD , DID .
A true christain SIMPLY would BELIEVE in HIM . THEY would BELIEVE HIS WORDS , they would believe the apostles words
THEY would love the truth in scripture , not twist it . I had a head knowledge once , but i still loved my flesh
i still loved my sins . I still loved my perversions of lusting after women , and many other evils i still loved .
My belief was not TRUE . GOD changed that . HE DREW ME TO THE TRUE CHRIST
where all i desired now was TRUTH . This occured many years later . YES JIM HE PUT ME IN ONE BOOK . THE BIBLE .
HE began his transformation .
My HEART was changed . Though evil was and will always be present in my flesh , MY HEART NOW HATED that evil .
UNDERSTAND this jim . UNDERSTAND THIS JIM . I was not justifying my sin any longer . I was a new man .
SURE i did not know it all , i wont either in this life . BUT even though i did not understand EVERYTHING i was reading
I LOVED IT . I COULD SUP ON IT FOR HOURS in that bible . AND NOW , though i did not KNOW YET
that some were false , I turned on TBN . I was always now left EMPTY with their speeches .
I went to churches with such a love for fellowship and wanting to find others who had this love , GOD GAVE ME , for GOD .
JIM , i was dancing when the praises to GOD were sang in churches . I was lifting hands and praising GOD .
BUT WHEN the preacher would stand and teach i was always empty inside . NOW
i didnt know why that was at First . But the more i read the more i learned . I was so fullfilled when reading the bible
yet so empty when the preachers spoke . I DID not know WHY , TILL a bit later .
SEE GOD HIMSELF had changed me . I DIDNT . AND YOU BETTER NEVER expect me to say my own flesh changed me .
I give myself ZERO credit for this . GOD put a love in my heart for one thing , HIM CHRIST THE TRUTH .
And anything that even slightly contradicted it would leave me empty . BUT NOT THE BIBLE JIM .
OH NOT THE BIBLE jim . ANY GUESSES on what THAT MIGHT BE jim . CAUSE BIBLE IS TRUTH . IT IS HIS INSPIRED WORD .
OF COURSE it IS .
LAMBS HEAR HIS VOICE JIM . HIS VOICE IS TRUTH . not what I , man or men say it is , ITS TRUTH . AND GOD IS TRUTH
HIS WORD IS TRUTH and the WORDS in the BIBLE are TRUTH .
THE RCC is of satan . now with that being said , i aint accusing anyone who might be in that church
as being of the devil . I mean , HEY JIM i sat in lots o churches , That didnt mean i was of the devil .
BUT and this is a big BUTT JIM . I didnt defend their lies , their lies left me EMPTY JIM .
I learned and grew by the grace of GOD , i tested what men said and spoke .
yet not i , but it was the grace of GOD IN ME having me do this JIM .
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ITS NOT A SIN to warn brethren to come out of such places . ITS not a sin to warn people that certain leaders
and institutions are false . ITS NOT A SIN to expose false leaders and places .
YOU simply DONT KNOW ME jim . YOU DONT . You attack a man, who simply points to CHRIST .
You do not know what i know . WHEN i say that , dont think its cause i am better than you or think i am .
NO JIM . WRONG THOUGHTS . KILL THEM . i was worse than most of you all . I say that cause of what you write .
YOU actually believe A LIE JIM . YOU believe muslims and etc worship the same GOD we do .
THEY DONT . its another jesus they follow .
As far as LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR . LOVE CORRECTS JIM . GOD IS LOVE and HE CORRECTS
JESUS IS LOVE and HE corrected . Your mind has been twisted . But WHY is that JIM .
What do you really LOVE . exactly jim . YOUR THE OLD ME . SO dont think i JUDGE YOU or hate you
or wish hell for you . YOUR ME , BEFORE I WAS TRULY SAVED . yeah , PONDER ON that for a while .
AND GET back in the bible FOR YOU .
I was with you until where I inserted the line of dashes. The first part was very interesting and inspiring and true.

But then you waxed into the same condemning rhetoric. Who made you the judge of the church, the body of Christ? Who appointed you to be an under-shepherd? Do you think that Jesus, the righteous judge and shepherd of His sheep, can't manage things without your judgmental "help"? You don't know, in many cases, who is a false teacher and who isn't, unless you are so deluded as to think that you alone know all truth.

YOU DO NOT "SIMPLY POINT TO CHRIST"!!! You continually point out the supposed sins of others!!!

=> I ACTUALLY BELIEVE A LIE???" What kind of accusatory garbage is that??? That is a perfect example of your self-righteous garbage!!!

You clearly have no knowledge of Islam or Judaism or any other religion that you continually condemn. JESUS WAS A PRACTICING JEW!!! By condemning Jews, you are condemning Christ's own people!!!

I hope that you're not married or even in a relationship, because love is much, much more than correction.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7, "Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." THAT IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT LOVE!!! It is the exact opposite of your chronic judgement of others, including those whom Christ has accepted.

YOUR MIND HAS BEEN TWISTED!!! And thankfully, I AM NOT YOU
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Unlike you, I follow the teaching of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who said to love my neighbor as myself and not to judge others. “
DO NOT JUDGE, so that you may not be judged. For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor’s eye." Matthew 7:1-5

ISN'T THAT IN YOUR BIBLE???

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"You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye!!!"
 

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Then GOD would have been angry at the very PROPHETS he sent to HIS OWN jim .
GOD would have been angry at HIS OWN CHRIST according to your words jim .
GOD would have been angry at the apostels who also warned according to your mind JIM .
The god you follow sounds NOTHING like the GOD of the jews , the GOD who sent CHRIST
or the CHRIST who sent the apostels . And ps , just cause one can lip they are a christain
DONT mean they are jim . I mean i KNOW i am a christain and yet i bet you have no problem
calling me a devil who does the work of satan . OH WAIT you DID already . You are the guilty one jim .
What do you truly LOVE JIM . your the old me , and the old me was LOST jim .
i walked your road once , for years upon years , and could cliam i was christain , cliam I did believe
YET i walked a path that was NOT of CHRIST but of the world . THE PATH that embraced the flesh .
This is nothing but rationalization!!! Read my previous post!

The god you follow sounds NOTHING like the GOD of the Jews, the GOD who sent CHRIST
or the CHRIST who sent the apostles.

I am not the one who is lost, YOU ARE! You claim to be a Christian, but your own words condemn you. You hate your neighbor!
 

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I was with you until where I inserted the line of dashes. The first part was very interesting and inspiring and true.

But then you waxed into the same condemning rhetoric. Who made you the judge of the church, the body of Christ? Who appointed you to be an under-shepherd? Do you think that Jesus, the righteous judge and shepherd of His sheep, can't manage things without your judgmental "help"? You don't know, in many cases, who is a false teacher and who isn't, unless you are so deluded as to think that you alone know all truth.

YOU DO NOT "SIMPLY POINT TO CHRIST"!!! You continually point out the supposed sins of others!!!

=> I ACTUALLY BELIEVE A LIE???" What kind of accusatory garbage is that??? That is a perfect example of your self-righteous garbage!!!

You clearly have no knowledge of Islam or Judaism or any other religion that you continually condemn. JESUS WAS A PRACTICING JEW!!! By condemning Jews, you are condemning Christ's own people!!!

I hope that you're not married or even in a relationship, because love is much, much more than correction.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7, "Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." THAT IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT LOVE!!! It is the exact opposite of your chronic judgement of others, including those whom Christ has accepted.

YOUR MIND HAS BEEN TWISTED!!! And thankfully, I AM NOT YOU
.

Unlike you, I follow the teaching of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who said to love my neighbor as myself and not to judge others. “
DO NOT JUDGE, so that you may not be judged. For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor’s eye." Matthew 7:1-5

ISN'T THAT IN YOUR BIBLE???

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"You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye!!!"
I aint condeming jews or anyone jim . Anyone who believes not in CHRIST , his gospel , CONDMENS themselves jim .
I just warn folks jim . JESUS himself told the UNBELIEVING JEWS , You are of your father the devil . YOU GONNA ACCUSE HIM NOW .
OR how about paul who was a jew and said about them , THE jews who are not of Christ are NOT OF ISRAEL JIM .
THEY ARE NOT the children of GOD . ITS ONLY THOSE WHO BELIEVE JESUS IS THE CHRIST that are the true children of GOD jim .
OR are you saying JESUS and paul and others are LIARS . Are you calling GOD a liar jim . I just repeat THEIR WORDS JIM .
Your hate is not really for me , ITS AGAINST the TRUTH . MUSLIMS DO NOT KNOW THE TRUE JESUS
they follow another jesus , one who they consider at most to be a prophet , NOT THE CHRIST , NOT THE SON OF GOD
THEY HOLD their own prophet muhammed ABOVE JESUS jimmy . ITS ALL A LIE and i am gonna EXPOSE IT .
PEROID . yeah , i know PEROID is not english .
 
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Peter denied Christ three times. He was called "Satan" by Jesus, who also referred to him as "a stumbling block", intentionally contrasting him to his being called "this rock" (a reference to his statement, not his person).

Peter was the apostle to the Jews, and was called out by Paul for his hypocrisy in Galatia. James, the Lord's brother, was the leader of the early church, not Peter.

And James spoke about Simeon (not Peter) in Acts 15. Want proof? Acts 10:18, "They called out to ask whether Simon, [not Simeon] who was called Peter, was staying there." and Acts 10:32, "Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon, [not Simeon] who is called Peter; he is staying in the home of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.". Acts 11:13, "He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon, [not Simeon] who is called Peter. Peter is never called Simeon!

Finally, Acts 15:22-23, "Then the apostles and the elders, with the consent of the whole church, [not just James] decided to choose men from among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the brothers, with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers and sisters of gentile origin in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.

YOU should read scripture before falsely commenting on it.
Nothing I said was false. You just disagree with it….that doesn’t make it false kiddo
 

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I aint condeming jews or anyone jim . Anyone who believes not in CHRIST , his gospel , CONDMENS themselves jim .
I just warn folks jim . JESUS himself told the UNBELIEVING JEWS , You are of your father the devil . YOU GONNA ACCUSE HIM NOW .
OR how about paul who was a jew and said about them , THE jews who are not of Christ are NOT OF ISRAEL JIM .
THEY ARE NOT the children of GOD . ITS ONLY THOSE WHO BELIEVE JESUS IS THE CHRIST that are the true children of GOD jim .
OR are you saying JESUS and paul and others are LIARS . Are you calling GOD a liar jim . I just repeat THEIR WORDS JIM .
Your hate is not really for me , ITS AGAINST the TRUTH . MUSLIMS DO NOT KNOW THE TRUE JESUS
they follow another jesus , one who they consider at most to be a prophet , NOT THE CHRIST , NOT THE SON OF GOD
THEY HOLD their own prophet muhammed ABOVE JESUS jimmy . ITS ALL A LIE and i am gonna EXPOSE IT .
PEROID . yeah , i know PEROID is not english .
You do not just "warn folks". You clearly condemn Jews, Muslims, and Christians. In fact, that is all that you do. You set yourself up as the judge of others, with no authority to do so.

Jesus accused those who, like yourself, set themselves up as the judge of others. They claimed to be righteous, but they clearly were not. Again (and again and again...) read the parable of the self-righteous Pharisee and the tax collector. You clearly ignore that parable that Christ spoke!!!

I will not respond to your criticism of the Jewish people, because Jesus was a Jew, as were all the apostles, the great majority of the early church, and all the authors of the Bible (except Luke). Your clear anti-Semitism is a disgusting violation of the command to love your neighbor as yourself!

You need to read the teaching about the olive trees and how God grafts in whomever He chooses. Romans 11:25-26, "I want you to understand this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not claim to be wiser than you are: a hardening has come upon part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles has come in. And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,

“Out of Zion will come the Deliverer;
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob.”

And you are the one who is calling Jesus and Paul liars, as you clearly contradict what they said and wrote!
 

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=> The word "catholic" and/or the Catholic church does not appear in the Bible! <=

Beyond that, the church in Rome was one of many churches throughout the Mediterranean region. Simply because the Catholic denomination became a poor copy of the Roman empire (which was responsible for murdering Jesus and destroying the temple) doesn't give it legitimacy.

Do you think that the various inquisitions, the various crusades (which committed wholesale murder), the butchery of indigenous peoples because they wouldn't succumb to your denomination's soldiers, the murder of "heretics" that disagreed with official Catholic doctrine, and recently, the wholesale sexual abuse of children, plus other abominations and cruelties throughout history, should be ignored? Your denomination is filled with actions that are contrary to the fundamental doctrines of Christ, foremost of which is love your neighbor as yourself.

When will your denomination dismount from its "high horse" of pride, arrogance, and superiority?

You can twist truth any way that you want, but that doesn't make it true. And saying "You LOSE" is absurdly childish.
What is "absolutely chiuldish" is your revisionism and refusal to stand in front of a mirror.

ALL of the things you accuse the Church of were commiitted by PROTESTANTS against Catholics - and children.
HOWEVEER, unlike YOUR hypocrisy - I don't blame Protestant doctrine., I blame individual sinners for these atrocities.

For each Catholic that was murdered by a Ptotestant in the last 500 years - I blsame the murderers - NOT the splintered Protestant factions.
And for every child molested by a Protestant leader - in numbers that DWARF the Catholic scandal - - I blamme those individuals - NOT the denimination . . ..
 

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No, people think that Peter was the leader of the Apostles, not scholars.
One of the most respected Protestant historians of all time, J.N.D. Kelley lists Peter as the FIRST POPE in his book, The Oxford Dictionary of Popes.

You've LOST this argument from every single angle you've apprpached it . . .
 

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One of the most respected Protestant historians of all time, J.N.D. Kelley lists Peter as the FIRST POPE in his book, The Oxford Dictionary of Popes.

You've LOST this argument from every single angle you've apprpached it . . .
There are a few excuses for someone thinking that Peter was the leader of the Apostles.
1. Don't have a Bible.
2. Don't read the Bible.
3. Cannot read or have reading comprehension issues.

And by the way you lose as soon as you post because you present your ignorance, your character and manners. So it does not really matter what you say its coming from someone that would not know what the spirit of Christianity is about. It is very sad that you represent the Catholic Church on this forum.
 

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We interrupt this topic for another brief reminder . Let no man woman or child follow the RCC .
Okay back to the topic at hand .
Even though I don't agree with much of their doctrine, rituals, hierarchy of clergy, etc. they are still Christians. They deserve as much love, understanding, and forgiveness as anyone else.
 

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What is a christain . One who truly BELIEVES IN JESUS CHRIST .
Allow me to explain the difference between belief and truly believing .
I once had head knowledge of Christ . But i did not know him . Believing in HIM .
I had heard the gospel at the age of four . If we truly BELIEVED in CHRIST we would see HIM as CHRIST .
Not just an idea or a prayer . MORE than that . IF we truly BELIEVED in HIM we would BELIEVE as a child HIS EVERY WORD .
Abraham BELIEVED GOD . HE BELIEVED . GOD said , and abraham who believed HIM to BE GOD , DID .
A true christain SIMPLY would BELIEVE in HIM . THEY would BELIEVE HIS WORDS , they would believe the apostles words
THEY would love the truth in scripture , not twist it . I had a head knowledge once , but i still loved my flesh
i still loved my sins . I still loved my perversions of lusting after women , and many other evils i still loved .
My belief was not TRUE . GOD changed that . HE DREW ME TO THE TRUE CHRIST
where all i desired now was TRUTH . This occured many years later . YES JIM HE PUT ME IN ONE BOOK . THE BIBLE .
HE began his transformation .
My HEART was changed . Though evil was and will always be present in my flesh , MY HEART NOW HATED that evil .
UNDERSTAND this jim . UNDERSTAND THIS JIM . I was not justifying my sin any longer . I was a new man .
SURE i did not know it all , i wont either in this life . BUT even though i did not understand EVERYTHING i was reading
I LOVED IT . I COULD SUP ON IT FOR HOURS in that bible . AND NOW , though i did not KNOW YET
that some were false , I turned on TBN . I was always now left EMPTY with their speeches .
I went to churches with such a love for fellowship and wanting to find others who had this love , GOD GAVE ME , for GOD .
JIM , i was dancing when the praises to GOD were sang in churches . I was lifting hands and praising GOD .
BUT WHEN the preacher would stand and teach i was always empty inside . NOW
i didnt know why that was at First . But the more i read the more i learned . I was so fullfilled when reading the bible
yet so empty when the preachers spoke . I DID not know WHY , TILL a bit later .
SEE GOD HIMSELF had changed me . I DIDNT . AND YOU BETTER NEVER expect me to say my own flesh changed me .
I give myself ZERO credit for this . GOD put a love in my heart for one thing , HIM CHRIST THE TRUTH .
And anything that even slightly contradicted it would leave me empty . BUT NOT THE BIBLE JIM .
OH NOT THE BIBLE jim . ANY GUESSES on what THAT MIGHT BE jim . CAUSE BIBLE IS TRUTH . IT IS HIS INSPIRED WORD .
OF COURSE it IS .
LAMBS HEAR HIS VOICE JIM . HIS VOICE IS TRUTH . not what I , man or men say it is , ITS TRUTH . AND GOD IS TRUTH
HIS WORD IS TRUTH and the WORDS in the BIBLE are TRUTH .
THE RCC is of satan . now with that being said , i aint accusing anyone who might be in that church
as being of the devil . I mean , HEY JIM i sat in lots o churches , That didnt mean i was of the devil .
BUT and this is a big BUTT JIM . I didnt defend their lies , their lies left me EMPTY JIM .
I learned and grew by the grace of GOD , i tested what men said and spoke .
yet not i , but it was the grace of GOD IN ME having me do this JIM .
ITS NOT A SIN to warn brethren to come out of such places . ITS not a sin to warn people that certain leaders
and institutions are false . ITS NOT A SIN to expose false leaders and places .
YOU simply DONT KNOW ME jim . YOU DONT . You attack a man, who simply points to CHRIST .
You do not know what i know . WHEN i say that , dont think its cause i am better than you or think i am .
NO JIM . WRONG THOUGHTS . KILL THEM . i was worse than most of you all . I say that cause of what you write .
YOU actually believe A LIE JIM . YOU believe muslims and etc worship the same GOD we do .
THEY DONT . its another jesus they follow .
As far as LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR . LOVE CORRECTS JIM . GOD IS LOVE and HE CORRECTS
JESUS IS LOVE and HE corrected . Your mind has been twisted . But WHY is that JIM .
What do you really LOVE . exactly jim . YOUR THE OLD ME . SO dont think i JUDGE YOU or hate you
or wish hell for you . YOUR ME , BEFORE I WAS TRULY SAVED . yeah , PONDER ON that for a while .
AND GET back in the bible FOR YOU .
"One who believes in Christ" is a Christian, not a "Christain".

A true Christian would BELIEVE IN HIM and accept HIS WORDS. One of the most important phrases is "love your neighbor as yourself"; another is "do not judge". You would do well to follow those teachings! (And don't give me that nonsense that loving is castigating!)

"Love your neighbor as yourself" is not conditional. It applies to everyone: Catholics, Muslims, Jews, and everyone else. God loved the world, not just a part of it.

"ITS NOT A SIN to warn brethren to come out of such places . ITS not a sin to warn people that certain leaders and institutions are false . ITS NOT A SIN to expose false leaders and places", but it is worthless unless you give them something (or more properly, someone), to come to.

You write, " You attack a man who simply points to CHRIST", but you do not do that! You just judge and condemn everyone without telling them that Jesus loves them and accepts them, even in their unbelief and/or error.

I correctly believe Muslims and Jews worship the same GOD we do. You are seriously mistaken to claim otherwise.

Finally, your writing "YOUR ME , BEFORE I WAS TRULY SAVED . yeah , PONDER ON that for a while .
AND GET back in the bible FOR YOU" (whatever that is supposed to mean). I AM NOT YOU!!! Thankfully!

And your false accusations of someone you have never met (me) is further continuation of your self-righteous delusion.

I strongly suggest that you read the Bible and learn what it says, particularly regarding our relationship to others, both inside and outside the body of Christ. Sadly, in your delusion, you haven't even learned the basics of being a Christian. GOD LOVES THE WORLD AND WANTS ALL PEOPLE TO COME TO HIM
.

You, on the other hand, in your self-righteous delusion, DRIVE THEM AWAY!
 
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