John 5:24Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life.
Yes, if you hear the word and believe.
And many do not believe and they walked away and followed man’s beliefs.
"Man's beliefs" like declaring Jesus meant nobody can be saved unless they physically and literally eat His flesh and drink His blood? For a Jewish crowd that knew all about metaphor and symbolism, the ones who walked away were those who TOOK Him literally and probably expected Jesus to start slicing off body parts and bleeding Himself right there. Those who stayed understood He meant a spiritual and symbolic eating and drinking and knew He was talking about having FAITH in Him.
What bothers me the most about these Catholic "we are better Christians than you" threads is that they assume everyone else is doing it wrong. Because even if a non-Catholic Christian church taught Transubstantiation in their celebration of the Lord's Supper, they would still be condemned because Catholicism teaches only their priests have the authority to "confect" the elements into the body and blood, soul and divinity of Jesus and make this sacrifice effective for salvation. It's why Catholicism claims only they can be called true Christians and outside of her there is "no salvation".
Do you understand the underlying reason these threads garner so many responses? From your very first post here you accuse those who disagree with you of not believing what Jesus said when, in reality, we don't believe the Catholic interpretation of what Jesus said. You insist only Roman Catholicism is the true faith yet you cannot say you have the assurance of your salvation and those who do you accuse of committing the sin of presumption!
I pray you see the light. I was raised as a Catholic but when I read John 10:27-30, the Holy Spirit switched on the light to my heart and soul and I became born again when I believed and trusted in Jesus' words. I thank Him every day for His mercy, love and grace.