The Church = the people.
The building = a place to gather.
The Bible = word of God.
False prophets = those who go against the word of God.
To establish who God's people really are, you have to look at what the people follow. Right? Do they follow God or Man? - The spirit or the flesh?
God challenges us to compare teachings of man with the bible, to understand who the false prophets are. Any false prophet will go against the bible. Any true church of God follows the word of God, as written in the bible.
Satan hides in churches. Which ones is he hiding in today? Satan hides in any church that goes against God, since Satan hates God. That's the answer!
The true church of God is not proven by the popularity of those who follow it. So just because a church has a large following, this is not relevant.
God gave us clues about who the false prophets are. He described in great detail everywhere in the bible.
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Interesting story........
In the bible, a rich man approached Jesus and asked him what he needed to do to have eternal life. One of the things Jesus said was: “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Have sole faith in Christ and leave everything else behind. Do not cling to man made things, as he gives you everything you need. The true followers have faith in him and put him first. True followers do not cling to things of the flesh. Walk in the spirit, not the flesh!
If a man tells you something, do you trust in the man? (For example, if the Pope tells you that all the traditions of the Catholic church are of God, do you believe him? - For he is just a man, right?)
OR - If God tells you something different to man, do you trust in him instead?
One of the true signs of faith is putting Christ first! - Have faith in him and do not cling to a safety net - being able to give everything up to follow Christ and trust he will catch you if you fall. Catholics cannot put Christ first and trust in him when they have their [COLOR="red"(invented) safety net (all the things the Catholic church teaches that you need to do to get to heaven)[/COLOR] - monstrance with Eucharistic Jesus, statues, penance, purgatory, Catholic laws, etc, etc. If Catholics put all their faith in Christ, then they would believe that what he did for us was sufficient and the simplicity of following him, that we are not required to follow Catholic laws, and we do not need to cling to things. These things do not secure our eternal life; Christ does. Do you believe a pope telling you to abide by the Catholic laws, or do you believe in Christ's word? The Catholic laws do not agree with the words of the Bible. Which do you believe?