2007-10-18 03:43:00 · 9 answers · asked by colebolegooglygooglyhammerhead 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Based on--The Holy Spirit's direction? THe same Holy Spirit that makes people dance around and scream in uniteligible gibberish, or the calm quiet "feeling" that tells you something is right. Does it accurs to you that that "feeling" may be different for different people?
2007-10-18 03:54:11 · update #1
First the doctrine must not be contrary to the teachings found in the Bible.
You must learn what it is like to receive teaching from the Holy Ghost, then you will be able to know what he is teaching you. He will testify to you of truth, generally as a warm or peaceful feeling in your bosom.
Don't forget, the basic level of test, dose it make since?
2007-10-19 08:03:26 · answer #1 · answered by B Jones 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is what God's Word is for. Any doctrine must agree with the Bible to be true. For example:
Belief in an immortal soul and the dead can feel.
Psalms 146:4; Eccles.9:5,10; Ezekiel 18:4, 20; Matt. 10:28, all these scriptures bring out the soul DOES die and the condition of the dead is not able to feel anything. This clearly is a false teaching according to the Bible which true Christians must obey. Jesus and his disciples either used the parts of the Bible that were written or wrote the rest of it.
2007-10-18 11:19:56 · answer #2 · answered by grnlow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The church is not a human insitution, even though it is composed of people, but a human should not run it as the ultimate authority. The church is Chris't body with Christ as the head as the ultimate authority. What Christ wants his church to follow is written in His word so therefore false doctrine is that which is contrary to what God's says in the Bible. Christ has always had his true church down through the ages and always will.
2007-10-18 10:50:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not the same holy spirit that makes people act like that....it is demons.
2007-10-18 10:57:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is 100% true. The Holy Spirit is given to true believers to understand the Bible.
2007-10-18 10:49:41 · answer #5 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You can't from the Bible alone. That is why Christ established an authoritative, teaching Church. Protestantism is divided into denominations because the "Bible Alone" theory DOES NOT WORK.
Jesus promised, "I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18). This means that his Church will never be destroyed and will never fall away from him. His Church will survive until his return.
Among the Christian churches, only the Catholic Church has existed since the time of Jesus. Every other Christian church is an offshoot of the Catholic Church. The Eastern Orthodox churches broke away from unity with the pope in 1054. The Protestant churches were established during the Reformation, which began in 1517. (Most of today’s Protestant churches are actually offshoots of the original Protestant offshoots.) Only the Catholic Church existed in the tenth century, in the fifth century, and in the first century, faithfully teaching the doctrines given by Christ to the apostles, omitting nothing. The line of popes can be traced back, in unbroken succession, to Peter himself. This is unequaled by any institution in history: Even the oldest government is new compared to the papacy.
The Catholic Church has existed for nearly 2,000 years, despite constant opposition from the world. This is testimony to the Church’s divine origin: Any merely human organization would have collapsed long ago. The Catholic Church is today the most vigorous church in the world (and the largest, with 1.3 billion members: one sixth of the human race), and that is testimony not to the cleverness of the Church’s leaders, but to the protection of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus’ Church is called catholic ("universal" in Greek) because it is his gift to all people. He told his apostles to go throughout the world and make disciples of "all nations" (Matt. 28:19–20). For 2,000 years the Catholic Church has carried out this mission, preaching the good news that Christ died for all men and that he wants all of us to be members of his universal family (Gal. 3:28). Nowadays the Catholic Church is found in every country of the world and is still sending out missionaries to "make disciples of all nations" (Matt. 28:19). The Church Jesus established was known by its most common title, "the Catholic Church," at least as early as the year 107, when Ignatius of Antioch used that title to describe the one Church Jesus founded. The title apparently was old in Ignatius’s time, which means it went all the way back to the time of the apostles.
2007-10-18 10:48:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The only way to know which doctrine's are true and which are false, is to compare them to what the bible says. the whole bible, not just a few random scriptures.
2007-10-18 10:49:34 · answer #7 · answered by Lexpressive 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Contrary to what catholic crusader says you use the Bible. Jesus did not found a denomination. He founded a church composed of all believers.
2007-10-18 10:50:29 · answer #8 · answered by Bible warrior 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I could be wrong - but I'm sure I'm not
2007-10-18 10:46:53 · answer #9 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋