A brother posted a list of things Catholic's do that are wrong and had scriptures beside the examples to back them up, which spurred me to write this...
This
will be long, so if you have the attention span of a dog in a room
full of squirrels, just look away now. A list equally as long could
be made for every protestant denomination and non-denomination
currently in existence. Starting with John 17 the entire chapter is a
cry from the heart of Jesus that His followers would be one, united
in love, humbly working together. 99.999% of all the teeny tiny
divisions in the Body of Christ have come about as a result of pride
and a despicable (in God's eyes) unwillingness to humbly work within
a broken system living and shining His light, the light of Christ in
you, in such a way as to correct error, without the need to go down
the block, build another building and proudly become the latest and
greatest "righter of all wrongs". The KJV bible (I know I
am prepared to duck) is used and defended to the death by the
majority of protestant Christianity. The translation of "mansions"
in John 14:2 is so horrible it is beyond belief. A simple word that
means abode, or dwelling place where the emphasis is on WHO we are
with in HIS place, now becomes my place, and not just my place, but a
really big fancy my place. ( http://biblehub.com/greek/3438.htm ) The
word "church" again brought to you by the exalted KJV
scholars should have been basically a "gathering of people with
something in common" the emphasis would have then been on what
we have in common, which is, the LIfe of Christ. Ekklesia is just a
Greek word with no greater meaning than a carpenter's union, or any
other gathering around a common interest. Can you see how the
importance of the word would then be, 'What is the common interest?
What makes these people different? What is it that has changed and
gotten hold of them?" A proper translation of the word would
have put the emphasis on Christ but this horrible translation has put
the emphasis on us, what we do or do not do, has become our mark and
this leads again to pride. The fact is no one part of the body has
all the truth and no one part of the body is all bad. I learn from
Catholic teachers like Henri Nouwen and Brennan Manning and I learn
from many protestant teachers. Pride is the main evil in the world.
Pride and sloth prevent protestant 'churches' from following the
pattern set forth by Paul that "each one bring a psalm a hymn a
spiritual song" 1 Cor. 14:26. We are content to "let the
Pastor do it." and we set up the inside of the building in such
a way that indicates nothing is expected from the "audience".
The message is simple we all start out "in Adam" and by the
grace of God our eyes are opened and we are drawn to a place of being
born again "in Christ" and then this life flows through us
changing us and bringing glory to Him.
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