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To: vladimir998
“I accepted Christ and Christianity long ago”

Oh, then you are a Protestant.

But I don't think they ‘accept’ Christ.

If that works for you and them, well OK.

Christians enter into a personal relationship with Jesus.

That's what defines a Christian. Period.

Jesus is a lot more than acceptable.

Christians don't have to be “accepted” by a sect, neither Rome, Catholicism or Protestantism.

God's true Church is the totality of all Christians.

No buildings, vestments etc necessary.

It's a glorious reality!

Once you become a Christian, then it is time to gather together with others to worship God and fellowship.

Buildings work fine for that.

Oh PS, I don't really read your posts completely as they are just the same lies and pompous prouncements over and over again.

But this is fun to engage in when I am bored.

117 posted on 07/09/2012 1:55:28 PM PDT by Syncro (Sarah Palin, the unofficial Tea Party candidate for president--Virtual Jerusalem)
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To: Syncro

You wrote:

“Oh, then you are a Protestant.”

Nope.

“But I don’t think they ‘accept’ Christ.”

As much as they know how which means not as much as can be done.

“If that works for you and them, well OK.”

It isn’t the same. A Protestant, being by nature an indifferentist, might equate them, however.

“Christians enter into a personal relationship with Jesus.”

That’s part of it, but that is also a largely modern and modernistic concept that not even Protestants espoused in such language more than 200 years ago.

“That’s what defines a Christian. Period.”

No, not really. The relationship itself has to be defined. What if someone enters in a relationship with Jesus as a prophet, but not as a Savior, or as a savior but not as the Son of God?

“Jesus is a lot more than acceptable.”

But claiming to not be a Protestant when you are one isn’t.

“Christians don’t have to be “accepted” by a sect, neither Rome, Catholicism or Protestantism.”

Rome is a city, not a sect. Catholicism can never be a sect. It is the Church and her teachings. Protestantism is a body of sects. The Church was founded and sent by God and is necessary.

“God’s true Church is the totality of all Christians.”

No. First, you have the problem of so-called Christians who do not really believe in Jesus as Christians must: Mormons are an obvious example. Oneness Pentecostals are another example. Then you have the problem of sects in general. Christ never said nor taught that all people claiming to be His followers were part of the Church. Look at Matthew 7:21 for instance.

“No buildings, vestments etc necessary.”

Is that an attempt at posting a complete thought?

“It’s a glorious reality!”

Christianity emptied of the Church is not a glorious reality. It is a Protestant fiction.

“Once you become a Christian, then it is time to gather together with others to worship God and fellowship.”

No. One cannot be a full Christian without the Church. The Church is not just about a way of worship or fellowship. The Church is the Bride of Christ.

“Buildings work fine for that.”

Buildings?

“Oh PS, I don’t really read your posts completely as they are just the same lies and pompous prouncements over and over again.”

I already knew you didn’t read the posts all the way through. You’re a Protestant. That’s typical. Remember, as I have said all along, you can’t make an argument.

“But this is fun to engage in when I am bored.”

Not as much fun as watching you fail repeatedly at making an argument.


118 posted on 07/09/2012 2:25:18 PM PDT by vladimir998
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