Posted on 04/24/2015 7:07:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Ah yes. More of this “Ban all Christians because we are inclusive,” nonsense.
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Saying "this tactic is not a good idea," or "deal with this situation this way" is one thing, saying "you have to 'marry' two dudes" is completely different. The latter is open heresy, which means full-scale schism, which means the real church splitting off and electing a new Pope.
If we handle this well, it will be good for the Church; we have to stand for something or Christianity will become increasingly irrelevant to life. If we handle it poorly, the Church will die in America, and our country will fade away.
If they want to maintain 501(c)(3) status, they will. And let's face it, that's the biggest tool churches have to keep the $$$ flowing.
Ditch the smart phones, ipads, laptops, PC's etc. and you'd have a great advantage. They will use technology to track us, unless we ditch the technology.
The poster said he was a deacon. I presume that is a local church position and not a corporate RCC one. I asked what HE would do if Rome overruled his local congregation’s wishes.
“Full-scale schism” is beginning to sound more than a little Baptist, which is criticized by the RCC Christian elite for that denomination’s tendency to have splits.
I understand that. It matters exactly what is being overruled and how.
“Full-scale schism” is beginning to sound more than a little Baptist
If you gotta split, you gotta split.
The biggest reason the churches will eventually capitulate is their 501(c)(3) status - most churches have rendered unto Caesar what is God’s (I’ve been having this discussion with our Pastor), and so the churches will be ruled by Caesar. A church should never, NEVER, capitulate to the State by seeking tax exempt status - like individual welfare, this puts them under the thumb of, and susceptible to action by, FedGov. The problem is, however, that if the church were to rescind the tax exempt status, church members would no longer be able to deduct their tithes from their taxes. Arguably, this would cause major financial issues for the churches. Again, if you dance with the devil, you’ll likely get burned. The churches have chosen to dance with the devil from the day they achieve tax exempt status.
Not only that, I am convinced that every bible preaching church is either already infiltrated by people loyal to the world system or soon will be. This happened in every other socialist revolution and there is no reason to think it will be any different this time.
They will be providing first hand intelligence to their masters.
Christians, it's time to live like it's your last day because it very well could be. Spend as much time sharing your faith as possible!
...I asked what HE would do if Rome overruled his local congregation’s wishes...
Your question is academic and irrelevant in relation to an entity that God created. God created marriage and the family. It is revealed Truth.
“The doctrines of the Catholic Church are the deposit of faith revealed by Jesus Christ, taught by the apostles, and handed down in their entirety by the apostles to their successors. Since revealed truth cannot change, and since the deposit of faith is comprised of revealed truth, expressed in Scripture and Sacred Tradition, the deposit of faith cannot change.”
They won’t be “churches” of Jesus if they fall in line with Satan and those who persecute Christians. I would not want to be ‘em.
lmao...sorry, I thought you were looking for an answer.
Look for a lot of Christians to simply “lock and load.”
Which YOU did not and could not provide me.
I still anticipate a response from the FReeper I addressed.
Be also prepared as a believer as well to “lock and load.”
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