A question of faith

[apostello dc]

jesus christ the head of his body which is the church .......one body many menbers...... there is atrue spiritual body on earth and in heaven the word declares we are not ignorant of the devils devices..... the gates of hell or the council of the dammed could see that the church founded spiritually had to be thwared so they came up with a plan lets get them to call themselves by another name ie. christians does anyone actually read what it says....... the brethren..........were first called christians at antioch .........question who by and why... i have been shown ....the church was of one accord.....now there is rampant discord ....its not the holy spirit is it ..by the way i am a believer in the lord jesus christ there is no other name name above all names ....question why so many names now....most churches are under the control of a party spirit read 1cor 3 .......the word and the holy spirit are one......his in christ

[RustyAngeL]

For me it's very simple.  If what a church is teaching is not backed up in the word of God it's in error.

[*Zion*]

That Christians, while forgiven, are still human and fallible.  

 

That's right!  We're the problem!  That's hard for some to hear, but it's the truth.  We're just so proud, we must be right all the time; instead of learning from one another what Christ is in us - the hope of glory.  Paul said "follow me as I follow Christ", not "follow me, I'm always right!"

 

Am I right?

[enoob57]

 

That Christians, while forgiven, are still human and fallible.  

 

That's right!  We're the problem!  That's hard for some to hear, but it's the truth.  We're just so proud, we must be right all the time; instead of learning from one another what Christ is in us - the hope of glory.  Paul said "follow me as I follow Christ", not "follow me, I'm always right!"

 

Am I right?

 

Yes I ascribe to this by the truth of light itself... I cannot perform in sinlessness->  God's Word fulfilled  Rom 7 as always from repentance to Rom 8!

The progression of victory over sins testify to me I am His and as I increase so my intimacy and love for Him exponentially as well!  Love, Steven

[bfloydo]

Genuine question - I do not want to start an argument, or even debate for its sole sake, but to truly understand:

 

Why are there so many denominations in the Christian faith, when in our faith we should be unified in Christ and not in the teachings/traditions of men, where one group believe they hold more/all truth compared to all the others - knowing that our faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and His Word are the centre that holds us together? 

 

I truly hope I don't open a can of worms here, and if I don't receive any replies I'll understand.  I just really want to know.

  I'll try to be simple..... In general, from the start man has and continues to corrupt himself by turning from God and his instructions. He seeks to glorify himself by claiming to know Truth, to use it to control others, start wars, repackage it and sell it for profit, and receive glory that is due to God alone. We all ought to remember we have been told there is One Teacher, and this Teacher isn't flesh. I believe this is a truthful saying " God is the creator and giver of all things, man is only a dispenser of what God has given him. On judgment day man will give account of how and why he spent all that he was given."  We will give an account how we used God's words(the most precious treasure) and why......... Jesus promised division we certainly see that!!! huh?

[*Zion*]

 

Genuine question - I do not want to start an argument, or even debate for its sole sake, but to truly understand:

 

Why are there so many denominations in the Christian faith, when in our faith we should be unified in Christ and not in the teachings/traditions of men, where one group believe they hold more/all truth compared to all the others - knowing that our faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and His Word are the centre that holds us together? 

 

I truly hope I don't open a can of worms here, and if I don't receive any replies I'll understand.  I just really want to know.

  I'll try to be simple..... In general, from the start man has and continues to corrupt himself by turning from God and his instructions. He seeks to glorify himself by claiming to know Truth, to use it to control others, start wars, repackage it and sell it for profit, and receive glory that is due to God alone. We all ought to remember we have been told there is One Teacher, and this Teacher isn't flesh. I believe this is a truthful saying " God is the creator and giver of all things, man is only a dispenser of what God has given him. On judgment day man will give account of how and why he spent all that he was given."  We will give an account how we used God's words(the most precious treasure) and why......... Jesus promised division we certainly see that!!! huh?

 

 

So true, I didn't remember that!  Maybe that's the context we should be looking at this discussion in...