Carey, I have argued these EXACT same points in earlier forums. Please read the Catholic Church's position on all these. And PLEASE! INQUISITION? Do you not know about the Protestants killing Catholics in England for not following their way? Come on Carey, there's evil in EVERY Church. Including the Catholic. But Her teachings are sound if you allign them all together. Believe me! I really wouldn't be here otherwise. When I was saved last year, I almost converted to SDA, until I researched all the Catholic Churches positions on all the SDA's accusations about Her. Have there been evil people in the Catholic Church? OF COURSE! AND THERE STILL IS!! But the Church as a whole is NOT evil. It is so beautiful! You can really see Christ's work being done in the Catholic Church. Do you know how many missionaries She has? Do you have ANY IDEA how much good She does in this world? Or will you all just keep concentrating on Her human flaws? If so, then you must see the same in the other Churches too, because they are ALL GUILTY!!
1 Timothy 2:5For there is
one God and
one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
Hebrews 8:6But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is
mediator is superior to the old
one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
Galatians 3:20A
mediator, however, implies more than
one party; but God is
one.
Here brother is anyone else in the way any denomination pastor, sister, friend. In other words whenever you hear of this and or that like as you searched out the SDA and Chose Catholic oiver them and realise that all Churches have error Touche!
So then therefore no matter what you where yo go what place you worship at if anyone or anything gets between Christ and you look out because the devil would be at the door, acting and presenting himself as an angel of light to decieve anyone it can. first we do the next verse
Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must
deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
Matthew 10:37 “Anyone who loves their
father or
mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
The above would go to all things here on earth, so brother please refrain from loving anything here on earth more than God himself through Christ
John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the
truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Now is there anywhere in scripture that says though ones Church when Church is noit actually in the new testament the word Church is a mistranslation from the original greek word ECCLESIA. Ecclesis mans the called out ones noit a building and the word Chirch means building. So 7seven7 beone in the Spirit of God and if God is caling you here or there there is a reason for it for I know God has got a plan and I am eleated over the fact that I heard oyu say you believe in Christ as your personal Savior, so I know God has got the reins, and please do not give those reins to self,a church a fellowship,a friend a wife or noone thanks Christ is your only mediator between you and Father