In my opinion, the differences Christians have between their beliefs is irrelevent compared to the majesty that is Jesus Christ.
Jesus’s power to heal and forgive and bring a soul to God is like a vast ocean, stretching from horizon to horizon.
Arguing Christians are like buzzing gnats hoving over that ocean, stabbing at each other.
Jesus manifested infinity. Turning to him with your soul is an act so profound, it should silence your tongue with the sheer, staggering immensity of it.
Instead, two thousand years of... this.
And that is exactly what we are trying to impart to them, Talisker.
We want them to have “the majesty that is Jesus Christ.” But they will not find that in Catholicism.
I have never known anyone, born again and filled with the Spirit, attending a Catholic church. Once the spiritual eyes are open nothing is left for them there.
You may think I am attacking, but I am not. As you can see, no Catholic here is interested in anything other than defending Catholicism. The snarky pics and comments start immediately.
My hope is that the stark contrast will be noticed by those seekers of no faith and that the Lord will use us to reach them. We are commanded to go out and make disciples after all, and that means Catholics too.
Also, Talisker, I don’t consider Catholics to be Christian...perhaps what I have heard called nominal Christians but not true believers. So we differ on that point. And anyone not born again and filled with the Spirit is not a Christian no matter what they say.
And it is very telling because not one Catholic here has ever said to me that they are born again and Spirit filled. Most don’t even know what it means. Catholics are definitely a mission field.
Thanks for your comment.