With that kind of mistrust, then the “Truth” can never be your ally. For it was Christ that said, “I am the Way, the Truth, the Life...” You reveal yourself in operating under a spirit of fear, wheras God never gives us the spirit of Fear...but of love, conviction and having the courage there-of.
I am Michael David Mathis, living in Midlothian, Va. For 25 years I have worked as a registered nurse. I found Christ as a child at Adamsville Baptist Church in Goldsboro , North Carolina in 1972. Whe my family fell apart, Christ was with me and kept me from falling apart...I made growing up sorts of mistakes but I couldn’t never get far enough away from him that he could draw me back, confront me and make be accountable to him..then ultimately restore me to faith. The type of church a man attends doesn’t matter to me so much as the Christ he worships. In the end, Christ is the ultimate head of the Church, and as the Old Testament says
“And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Jeremiah 31:34.
At least now I understand your attitude...I should not want your to be afraid of me so I shall trouble you no more!
You wrote:
“With that kind of mistrust, then the “Truth” can never be your ally.”
Actually not trusting Protestant anti-Catholics is a great way to hold the Truth as your own. I trust Christ and His Church. I do not trust who believe in heresies and schisms (as all Protestants do) or who threaten me and my family with violence.
“I am Michael David Mathis, living in Midlothian, Va. For 25 years I have worked as a registered nurse. I found Christ as a child at Adamsville Baptist Church in Goldsboro , North Carolina in 1972. Whe my family fell apart, Christ was with me and kept me from falling apart...I made growing up sorts of mistakes but I couldn’t never get far enough away from him that he could draw me back, confront me and make be accountable to him..then ultimately restore me to faith. The type of church a man attends doesn’t matter to me so much as the Christ he worships. In the end, Christ is the ultimate head of the Church, and as the Old Testament says
“And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Jeremiah 31:34.”
I respect the fact that you believe you have encountered Christ and I know the Holy Spirit works even with those outside the Church.
“At least now I understand your attitude...I should not want your to be afraid of me so I shall trouble you no more!”
You’re not trouble and I am not afraid of you. I am not actually afraid of anyone on this earth. What I do not do is invite potential violence when it can be easily avoided by using a pseudonym. You would probably never harm me or my family, but some of your fellow Protestants would definitely so if their threats are anything to go by. The Protestant Revolution was founded on bloodshed and violence so that doesn’t surprise me. You can post your name and address here. No Catholic will do anything to you or your family. I know that is not true in the reverse.