By following this test.
1. Catholics are saved
2. Pharisees were saved (even though they denied Christ, They through people out of their synogogs, or churhces, who sinned.
3. All religious churches who will cast people out because they commit certain sins, whether they have the right gospel or not. is the correct church.
Shoot. that must means muslims and other religions are ok to. because they do the same thing..
what is it that makes the true christian church a true church? Accordin gto your standard, we can never know who that church is.
Now it is no defence to say some different faiths or groups pass this.
The defence is we do not have to pass this test because .....
In the world of negative is evil, you do not have to answer the question only point out a negative view of it.
The positive view is a church upholding righteousness is pointing to Jesus and His sacrifice, while those holding up sin are pointing to failure and defeat.
There are churches in Canada that are actually atheist while all like the ceremonies want to continue meeting and saying the words though they no longer believe them. So you will find all variations in the church, but to follow Jesus you need to pass some specific criteria.