hello ernie
salvation is personal, and the standart of the truth is bible, a church leader may work for money or power, that is Why i believe the bible more
1john 4:1
salvation is personal, and the standart of the truth is bible, a church leader may work for money or power, that is Why i believe the bible more
1john 4:1
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”
to me this verse mean to test every teaching, believe not every spirit, the teaching may come from church leader, but If not inline with the bible, I am not buy It.
no evident in the binle that peter establish church in rome.
I rather believe binle than human story.
to me this verse mean to test every teaching, believe not every spirit, the teaching may come from church leader, but If not inline with the bible, I am not buy It.
no evident in the binle that peter establish church in rome.
I rather believe binle than human story.
I totally appreciate where you're coming from, I truly do. What does being "in line with the Bible" really mean and who determines whether you are "in line"? Many on this site believe that the Holy Spirit personally leads them to the truth and yet there are multiple versions people claim to be the truth. Jesus prayed for unity so how in the world does individual interpretations leading to differing individual beliefs led supposedly by the same Holy Spirit promote unity?
Jesus created a Church, that Church started out as both single and universal. This was Jesus' Church. There was no other group even claiming to be Jesus' Church. This Christian Church had unity in their beliefs just as Jesus prayed. This Church taught the truth just as Jesus promised. And now there are people that want you to believe that this Christian Church got it wrong and somehow the Holy Spirit now speaks to them the real truth. And they don't realize by saying this they are calling Jesus a liar...one that says He would do something (build and protect His Church) and then doesn't do it.
Google "church councils" and read what they believed. It's there for anyone to see and study. The first 7 of these were with the Christian Church that basically went unopposed except for some heretical groups. The rest are with what we today call the Catholic Church because they aligned with the beliefs of the early Christian Church. Don't get confused by thinking that the first 7 was with that nasty Catholic organization...it was The Christian Church. Later those councils included only the Catholic Church because of a split and then because of heretical Christian groups forming that stopped believing in what the Church always believed.
-Ernie-