The catholic church is changing. They are turning to Jesus.

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Local Baptist preachers family sitting at my table at an event at the local Bible camp, Holy spirit manifested, he came over and spoke of how it doesn't happen anymore, I was able to share, "your whole family just experienced what you say God isn't doing anymore".
The next pastor and his bride are Spirit filled.:):coffee:(y):unsure:;):giggle:
 
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I consider most denominations to be fossilised revivals. Some may get a revelation from God, for example, baptism by immersion, then believe that they have arrived. Woe betide someone who says that there is more to know than the Baptists teach. One very senior figure in the American Baptist organisation said that they are not perfect, but they are as close as it gets. It reeks of spiritual pride.

I experienced something like this in the early days of the charismatic movement. There was contempt for anyone who did not embrace it. Yet the charismatic church I attended was wracked with division and the pastor preached a false doctrine.

The perfect church is only that which is of Christ. Everything else, no matter how good it looks, is dead works and destined for the fire of God's judgement.
Teaching as doctrines the traditions of men is how they become fossilized. Forsaking the word of God is how they become empty and devoid of the Holy Spirit.
 
I consider most denominations to be fossilised revivals. Some may get a revelation from God, for example, baptism by immersion, then believe that they have arrived. Woe betide someone who says that there is more to know than the Baptists teach. One very senior figure in the American Baptist organisation said that they are not perfect, but they are as close as it gets. It reeks of spiritual pride.

I experienced something like this in the early days of the charismatic movement. There was contempt for anyone who did not embrace it. Yet the charismatic church I attended was wracked with division and the pastor preached a false doctrine.

The perfect church is only that which is of Christ. Everything else, no matter how good it looks, is dead works and destined for the fire of God's judgement.

They have a denomination for that. It's called non-denominational. There's a few of those in EVERY area.

And as far as the SBC.....the difference is in the "C".....its a convention.....meaning each church is unique to themselves and COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT. No one tells them what to believe or preach or how to conduct their church duties. You join the Convention because you agree with crucial key doctrines and want to support missions and missionaries who need support.
An SBC church doesn't have to preach OSAS or TULIP or even have never divorced deacons. The deacons can have various duties that may have nothing to do with church administration....some churches have a board of directors or executive council....again all are unique and different.

Individual churches....even denominational churches with specific, unique doctrines are more about community than specific doctrines they may or may not give lip service to....and they may hold to doctrines that are NEVER breathed out loud.

I've lived coast to coast....WATCH and listen to what they really do....not so much to what some founder said and did 200 years ago
 
You never discuss, you only make obtuse comments from the abundance of your mind.
 

Wow, this guy is also obtuse and also accuses others of indulging in fantasy.
do you really think one Pope is going to just instantly change 2,000 years of established Catholic doctrine?
 
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do you really think one Pope is going to just instantly change 2,000 years of established Catholic doctrine?
What I think about the Catholic church?

1. I think Jesus refers to them in Revelation 2 as the church in Thyatira. I think they suffer the woman Jezebel who calls herself a prophetess but teaches the children of God to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication.

2. However, I think there are also people in the Catholic church who have not known the deep things of Satan and they can overcome.

As for Jezebel, the deep things of Satan and the Vatican, I don't care, Jesus will take care of them.
 
Seems we went about a generation after an initial revelation before straying from the original inspiration and walk.
blessings my friend:):coffee:(y)
 
RCC of course is a totally different situation, the blending of pagan beliefs with His Church was way overboard.
blessings
 
What is he doing? This reminds of Obama's first term when he went around the world on an apology tour.

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