[Salvation]

It's not a laughing matter.

More people are searching out the
One
Holy
Catholic
Apostolic

Church -- the true Church! (And the only Church with the four marks of validity.)

BTW, we do pray for you.

[GAB-1955]

I disagree strongly with the Roman position that the only true Church is the Catholic one; it is Christ's church, and it is united in faith in Christ as Saviour. Of course, the Catholic position is that we Protestants who truly believe are united with the Church spiritually; it's really a minor point.

The Protestant Reformation was necessary and vital. The doctrine of justification by faith alone needed to be preached. This is where the Catholic Church as a whole erred*; faith is the key to being imputed righteousness, as Genesis said of Abraham, and Paul points out in Romans and Galatians.

However, we Protestants must remember that Catholics also believe in the saving work of Christ, and Catholics are in the Body of Christ through faith, and the works of faith they perform are mistakenly seen as cooperation by the sinner for salvation. Only a person who has been touched by the Holy Spirit worries about salvation; and the Holy Spirit chooses whom He will, knowing who will respond to His call.

I pray that there be unity in the Church in the essentials, friendly debate on the non-essentials, and joint action against the God-deniers.