You nailed it! Although I wouldn't use that word since it really has no meaning to me regarding my relationship with Christ. You see, my relationship is with Christ himself - nobody in between. That’s wonderful since we are called to be imitators of Christ. What is your understanding of the Communion of the Saints?
I will not agree with any particular church organization 100%. I look for key doctrine such as the deity of Christ and baptism by immersion and some other basic Christian tenets
If you don’t agree with any Church organization 100% It would seem you consider the promise of Christ to his Church to be worthless and Timothy referring to the Church as the pillar/foundation of truth to be a lie.
What do you think it means when it says the gades of hell will not prevail against it?
The Church will not teach error. Since Christ is the way, the truth and the life, his Church will only teach truth.
Let's face it, neither one of us can be ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE that he/she is right. That's why it's called faith.
No, I am ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE I am right. It’s called faith in Christ and his word.
We both have come to the position that we no longer put our faith in what church organization we belong to, but rather, God Himself as he chooses to reveal himself to us through His Word and prayer as well as through the teaching of others.
You seem sincere and I hope and pray this will lead you to the truth.
>>his Church will only teach truth. <<
His church is made up of flawed human beings, negating your statement. A few centuries ago, wasn't some famous guy excomunicated from this "Church that only teaches truth" for espousing the ridiculous idea that the earth may not be the physical center of the universe?
His Word will endure. Many flawed interpretations will not.
I must go back to Psalm 118: 8 and 9.
>>If you don’t agree with any Church organization 100% It would seem you consider the promise of Christ to his Church to be worthless and Timothy referring to the Church as the pillar/foundation of truth to be a lie. <<
One could infer that from what I said, but it's not what I meant.
>>No, I am ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE I am right. It’s called faith in Christ and his word.<<
I won't reach that level about every little belief I have about God and His plan for man until after I die. And, no offense, I think it is presumptuous for any man to say such a thing. I don't know of any author I've read on theology that ever took that strong of a position on much of anything he espoused.
Pegleg, we are all flawed and now we "see as through a glass dimly." We simply CANNOT know FOR SURE. That is what the faith thing is all about.