It really doesnt matter which one you go to.
As long as you are SERIOUS,Love God and
your neighbor, and read the bible for yourself
, and do what is says, you
can be a good christain,baptist, pentecostal,
catholic, or whatever. In the end... god will judge
YOU, not the church you belong to.
Im sure that same principle could apply to
faiths around the world. it would be a much more
peaceful place to live.
2007-10-16 05:07:12 · 39 answers · asked by sioux † 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't
2007-10-16 05:53:03 · answer #1 · answered by DrMichael 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I will agree with the fact that that "church" does not save you however we are to meet together see the following text:
Hbr 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
The reason that it matters on which church you attend is that not all churches teach the truth. Many have false doctrine and are deceived. For instance what about the Heaven's gate church? I am sure you will agree that they were not teaching truth as they ended up in mass suicide. Now I understand that is an extreme example, but it shows that there is false doctrine being taught and people are being deceived.
The mark of the beast has everything to do with worship. Those that have the seal of God in the end times will be the ones that are saved and those that don't will have the mark of the beast. We must worship God the way that he instructs us to, not the way that we want to. If we do it our own way we will be lost. Hence why it is important not to go to just any church. The church you attend must worship according to God's word. You must also keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
2007-10-16 05:45:21 · answer #2 · answered by Bride of Christ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you do not trust the Church as authoritative or legitimate, how can you accept anything in the Bible as legitimate? The Church, after all, decided which books were to to become part of the Bible at the Council of Nicea. It was a long and arduous process. And various books, explicitly mentioning Christ, were discarded.
The Church actually precedes the Bible, going all the way back to days Peter.
The whole reason for the thousands of protestant offshoot churches was people who wanted to "worship in their own way." A rejection of the Church...
But while everything in the Bible is true, the entirety of truth is not contained in the Bible. We know this from various passages of the Bible itself.
Anyway, this is the same Church that Christ founded as mentioned in the Bible. By rejecting the Church, you are thus picking and choosing which passages you agree with from the Bible, and which ones you disagree with. This is what it means to worship in your own way.
See any problem with that?
2007-10-16 05:27:50 · answer #3 · answered by LuckyLavs 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The true Church is the Body of Christ, not a building. You can join every church there is and be lost if you are not born again. The bible says that if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ indwelling him, he does not belong to Christ. There are many unsaved people in the church buildings but only those who are indwelt by the Spirit of Christ belong to the true Church. Jesus said He would build His Church.
2007-10-16 05:22:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Even if I'm a religious person, I can say, there is no perfect religion. all has its weaknesses.Let's take this as an example. suppose religions were planes. one is islam, one is roman catholic, one is buddhism,etc. even though, they have different origins, still they have the same goal, and that is to reach their destiny, to salvation.gets?
going to church everyday or every hour is not a guarrantee that you'll be saved. but it doesn't mean to say that you won't go to churhc anymore. have you ever noticed the churhc before and now? several people are rushing towards the church before.but what happened now? 3?4 people?how shameful to us to be called christians!
2007-10-16 05:19:52 · answer #5 · answered by jaysonleighs 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope!
Going to church doesnt do anything like that, it only gives you a place to go spend time with other people that believe a similar thing to yourself and that is it. I believe in God and know that we are tight, and i don't go to church anymore cuz it needs to be updated and brought into the 21st century.
Most churches havnt changed much since the 1960's i'd have to believe..
I wish we could all just get along and take the religion aspect out of it. Who cares what or who you believe in if you are a good person? No one should pay any notice of it either way, but i think it will take some more time before we get to that place. Something to shoot for perhaps?
2007-10-16 05:12:56 · answer #6 · answered by gowdymail 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Do you really wanna know?
If so, then read on.
A good analogy is your school life. If you don't believe in educating yourself, then you can be a bum on the street begging for food and money. But since you want something to accomplish you put yourself in school.
Now when you enroll, you accept that you will believe everything they teach you, even though there are subjects that are open for debate and are questionable. Yet you submit to their teaching and believe their words. Your teacher will use books as reference about history and development. They will also use current events to justify the subject at hand. Whether you agree with them or not, it's not really an open discussion.
If you insist that they are teaching you crap you get expelled from school.
This is no different from many churches. When you join, you agree that they will teach you about spirituality, morality, and God. When you disobey the rules, just like in school, you get expelled.
So those who believe that churches and religion are about brainwashing must ask themselves what kind of a brainwashing did they went thru to not see the similarity of how they are being taught at schools.
In school, if you want to graduate you have to pass a lot of tests...no difference in the Church whatsoever, if you want to be saved, you also need to pass a lot of tests.
Now for those who don't believe in Judgment Day and the Saving Grace of God, I hold no ill feelings against you. But you must keep in mind that not everyone believe what they learn from school either, that this kind of behavior and attitude is not exclusive towards churches and religions.
Just look at the US presidential election, any of them. Why the need for many political parties?
Do you think that those who favor Democrats are brainedwashed Republicans and those who favor Republicans are brainedwashed Democrats?
Think widely and not narrowly, this is the first step in acquiring understanding.
So if you choose to be Democrat, you educate yourself about being Democrat. In the same way if you choose to be Republican. In the same way if you choose to be a Christian. In the same way if you choose to be a Lawyer. In the same way if you choose to be a Doctor. Etc. Etc.
Now if you choose to be a Christian, then you agree of their many teachings and if you already agree to it, brainwashing is not really necessary now is it?
And when you continue on studying being a Christian, you'd learn that there is only One Church, and many who pretends to be this One Church, and only from this one Church you'll find the promised salvation. In others words, finding a Med School if you want to graduate with Medical Degree, even though there are many schools.
In conclusion, if you choose to be a Doctor, study in Med School. If you want to be a Lawyer, study in Law School. And if you want to be a Christian who'd receive the promised Salvation, study in the Church.
And keep in mind, just because you don't believe in Medicine and Law doesn't make them irrelevant, non-existence, or false.
2007-10-17 06:45:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Belonging to a church "group" has nothing to do with salvation.
Salvation is an acceptance of Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.
If that commitment is real (only God knows the heart) you will be saved.
Salvation is evidenced by certain behaviors. All of which will give you hours of pleasure reading about in your Bible!
2007-10-16 05:13:35 · answer #8 · answered by ANGEL Baby 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The church can't save you...the pastors can't save you...
There is only one who can save us, that is Jesus Christ.
Accept God's grace and receive the gift of His Salvation.
What the church does is help us learn more about God's word and Jesus Christ. The church can also help us find our purpose in life, which ministry should we join in. Belonging in a church makes as part of the united body of Christ.
2007-10-16 05:21:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think you have to go to church ,origionally it was out doors,or read the bible just be good to yourself and others make it a better planet,different faiths have some simularities but,whos to judge god?Goddess,budda,you'll know when you die,I want to go to a hippy heaven and experience bliss
2007-10-16 05:15:37 · answer #10 · answered by smitrixz 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Honestly, look at it this way. When you or if you go to school do you get bored with one teacher more than the other? Of course church should only be about being serious but you also want to see how the Pastor or Reverend or whatever Preacher preaches and how much knowledge and faith he knows about the religion so that way you can learn and have knowledge. That's the way I look at it
2007-10-16 05:12:24 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋