[rollo tomasi]

"...it is not my job to judge anyone as a believer or not,..."

Then why did Christ command the Church to kick out unrepentant "believers"? In order to do that, individuals must judge the "fruits" which are explicitly explained/promoted throughout the Gospel/Epistles. We are to stick with the contextual/explicit teachings and take heed that no one deceives or perverts these teachings; hence physical Churches that formed hierarchies and fundamental codes in order to protect the integrity/purpose of the teachings.

[JAKraig]

We are to stick with the contextual/explicit teachings and take heed that no one deceives or perverts these teachings; hence physical Churches that formed hierarchies and fundamental codes in order to protect the integrity/purpose of the teachings.
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I have no qualm with this, but, who decides what the teachings are. Do you not think the Catholic seminary graduates as wise as the Methodist? Perhaps the Methodists as wise as the (you fill in the blank) church?

We all judge, which teaching is true and which one applies to me. The problem is that we all have a difference in what we believe to be correct but mind you, no matter what our belief is, what is correct is not changed, there is but one law regardless of what we or our priest/minister think about it.