[Star Traveler]

You said -- "P.S. At the age of 50 I began to attend the Baptist Church and one day it hit me - I WAS good enough because Jesus died on the cross and forgave all of my sins. He didn't expect perfection. What a releif it was to invite Jesus into my heart!"

And although it was a "Baptist" church, I'm sure you know it has nothing to do with "Baptist" or "Catholic" or any other denomination -- but *solely* the Word of God and what Christ did on the Cross.

It was simply that it was the Baptist church that "spoke the truth of the Bible" to you -- and you recognized it for what it was -- the "Word of God" and Jesus Christ taking on the penalty of our sins and providing for our individual salvation.

And -- Amen -- we're all good enough to avail ourselves of what Christ did for us and to become "one of His"!

Regards,
Star Traveler

[REPANDPROUDOFIT]

I don't credit my salvation to any one denomination. I credit that to a minister (who happened to be Baptist)who helped me realise that I was living my life afraid to pursue a relationship with the Lord. I though that I wasn't good enough. I felt like I wasn't even worthy to pray to God. Maybe I am the only Catholic who felt that way, but I don't think so. Everything in my years of Catholic education was designed to acheive submission.

On the particular Sunday that I was saved, our minister preached his sermon on the renting of the curtain in the temple. I heard him say that, by dieing for our sins, Jesus opened a path for us to come to Him directly. People no longer needed to communicate or worship through the actions of the High Priest behind the curtain. That was quite an eye opener for me. For the first time, I saw a minister as a deliverer of God's message, not an intermidiary between God and His people.