I wonder which Christ we are talking about here? There is the Christ of the Bible, and there is the Christ of the cults, but they are not the same.
In the Church of Mark17, you are free to tell people what to do.
Let me see if I can expound on that. In the Church of Mark17, with a few minor variations, we believe we can interpret scripture, as the Holy Spirit leads us. Some might call that YOPIOS. We are our own popes. We don’t ask sinful priests to forgive our sins. We ask God to do that, directly.
Where we are not allowed any variation at all, is how we go to Heaven, and avoid Hell. In the Church of Mark17, we believe we get to Heaven, by being born anew, from above, through FAITH ALONE, and we have total, complete assurance, and confidence, that we will go to Heaven. I don’t know if you have that same confidence, and if you don’t, well, all I can say is, you could if you wanted to. Right now, I am not going to define what true FAITH is, but this is what puzzles me. You claim to be a Christian. I claim to be a Christian, yet our views are about as different as night and day. I fear that one of us will be standing tall at the great white throne. I am thinking, if won’t be me. 😁👍
I know, I know, this is off topic, but I am into off topic subjects. 😇
Meanwhile, although both Catholic and Bible Christians engage in personal interpretations (Catholics ascertain the validation of church teaching based upon their judgment of whether it conforms with ancient Catholic teaching, while we are to do so based upon whether it conforms with the most ancient church teaching - the Scriptures), yet this does not replace the teaching office of church leadership.
The question is, in which church will a Ted Kennedy-type soul feel most at home and be treated as member: the church of Rome or a conservative evangelical church?
Which pastors are more likely to affirm traditional morals and our commonly held Truths?
If I ever become interested in Protestant theology, I’ll be sure to ask.