Galatians 2:20-21 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
My identity is Christ and being in Him, not the local assembly which I attend for services.
Since churches and religions cannot save, membership in them is meaningless. I've attended all kinds of churches from GARB (Baptist) to OPC to Pentecostal, and my identity is not with any of them because they don't save.
I suppose that if someone is of the school that churches save, this WOULD go right over their heads.
Romans 1:16-17 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
We all belong to Jesus. The only question is whether we accept Him as He presents himself, or whether we fool ourselves into believing that a faux representation of Him is sufficient.
Since churches and religions cannot save, membership in them is meaningless. I've attended all kinds of churches from GARB (Baptist) to OPC to Pentecostal, and my identity is not with any of them because they don't save.
Thank you for confirming my thesis.
I suppose that if someone is of the school that churches save, this WOULD go right over their heads.
If you decide to make it all up as you go along, what does that faith consist of?