(Vanity, sort of). Any good and pure church denomination/organizations out there?

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[Elsie]

I guess he(?) didn’t watch it...

[Elsie]

I have no problem with Catholics.

Neither do I; other than how can they accept some of the stuff they are told to believe, OR ELSE!?

[Elsie]

...if they were a fundamentalist cult. No offense intended.

But offense WILL be taken; by both the Fundamentalists and the Cultists!

[Elsie]

It’s easy enough to find out how off-base they are from checking out their doctrines.

Not reliable.

Trying checking out what they PRACTICE!

[Elsie]

I wonder about the same things, but I don’t have any answers.

GOD didn't GIVE any answers!

One can readily SEE how messed up the CHURCHES were in the last book of the bible. Would GOD direct any of us to them?

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Jeremiah 29:13-14

13 You will seek me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD,

[Elsie]

...so unperfected churches are ok to attend.

But surely there is SOME limit to just how much 'imperfection' is allowable.

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2 Timothy 3:16-17
 16.  All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
 17.  so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

 

 

Acts 18:11
    So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.

 

Romans 15:4
 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

 

 

Romans 16:17
   I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.

 

 

1 Corinthians 4:17
   For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.

 

 

2 Thessalonians 2:15
   So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

 

 

2 Thessalonians 3:6
  In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching  you received from us.

 

 

1 Timothy 1:3-4
 3.  As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer
 4.  nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God's work--which is by faith.

 

 

1 Timothy 4:6
   If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.

 

 

1 Timothy 4:11
  Command and teach these things.

 

 

2 Timothy 1:13
  What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.

 

 

 2 Timothy 2:15
  Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

 

Titus 1:11
   They must be silenced, because they are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach--and that for the sake of dishonest gain.

 

 

Titus 2:1
  You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.

 

 

Titus 2:15
  These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.

 

 

2 John 1:10
  If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Chrstianity is circling the drain. This is really the time to look into the Noahide Laws.

Maybe G-d is trying to tell chrstians something. Will you listen?

[Perseverando]

Re: Chrstianity is circling the drain. This is really the time to look into the Noahide Laws.

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Actually the entire world seems to be circling the drain. But, there is hope for those so inclined. Choose wisely!

Calvary Chapel Chino Hills - https://calvarycch.org/
Real Life with Jack Hibbs (yesterday’s sermon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xecLcFq-1oo

Proximity Bible Prophecy Conference 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcd8r2PND-k

[CaptainPhilFan]

But offense WILL be taken; by both the Fundamentalists and the Cultists!

Oh Lord I'm sorry for that right there and please bless them pygmies in New Guinea.

[Elsie]

Might take a bit of visiting churches to find an answer.

But remember that the 'answer' you get will depend as much on what you ALREADY believe as much as what they are preaching.

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Be VERY sure you are looking for a church that preaches what is actually in the bible, and NOT something that you want to match up with your CURRENT beliefs.

[Elsie]

“amen and amen. So much wisdom is poured out when we read God’s Word, consistently, ourselves. When we pray, we’re talking to God but when we read the Word, He’s talking to us.”

[Elsie]

The Book of Mormon is neither a continuation nor a correction of the Old and New Testaments, no matter what Joseph Smith and Brigham Young claimed.

But the "Inspired Version: The Joseph Smith Translation" is!!

[Elsie]

Then it becomes so bizarre it is unrecognizable as a Christian religion.

HEY!!!

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The Book of Mormon

Ether

CHAPTER 2:16-21

...The Jaredites build barges—The Lord asks the brother of Jared to propose how the barges will be lighted.

 

 

16 And the Lord said: Go to work and build, after the manner of ^abarges which ye have hitherto built. And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did go to work, and also his brethren, and built barges after the manner which they had built, according to the ^binstructions of the Lord. And they were small, and they were light upon the water, even like unto the lightness of a fowl upon the water.

17 And they were built after a manner that they were exceedingly ^atight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the bottom thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the sides thereof were tight like unto a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the length thereof was the length of a tree; and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish.

18 And it came to pass that the brother of Jared cried unto the Lord, saying: O Lord, I have performed the work which thou hast commanded me, and I have made the barges according as thou hast directed me.

19 And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light; whither shall we steer? And also we shall perish, for in them we cannot breathe, save it is the air which is in them; therefore we shall perish.

20 And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: Behold, thou shalt make a hole in the top, and also in the bottom; and when thou shalt suffer for air thou shalt unstop the hole and receive air. And if it be so that the water come in upon thee, behold, ye shall stop the hole, that ye may not perish in the flood.

21 And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did so, according as the Lord had commanded.

 

[Elsie]

Me too!

It’s extremely conservative.

In doctrine: yes!

In dress: Friday causal (or even Saturday!!)

[Elsie]

Finding any church that does NOT state “Our way or the highway” is the start of the filtering process for me.

[Elsie]

 

Jesus started the church and was a Jew. The first church was Jewish. The Apostles went to church on Saturday. They observed the Leviticus 23 Feasts days and observed the true Sabbath. All of the Scripture was given to the Jews, all covenants were made with the Jews.

It appears that you've somehow managed to LOSE a quite a bit of information here!

Then came the Roman Catholic church in 325 AD and paganism was introduced to the church. 

 

 

(Select the above few sentences...)

 

 

[right way right]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran_Congregations_in_Mission_for_Christ

[spacejunkie2001]

you’re not saying you don’t have to read the Bible, correct?

[Elsie]

Acts 20:7

And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

[Elsie]

Not saying they’re all obedient, but if they were raised in the Catholic Church, they have been taught how to obey

There is teaching and then there is TEACHING!!