If you accept your churches doctrines, without comparing them to scripture- then your worship your CHURCH. A true Christian accepts what Christ taught, and NOT what the churches teach.
[b]John 1[/b] [b]The Word Became Flesh[/b] [b]1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. [/b]4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 [b]He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.[/b] 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14[b] The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. [/b] 15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, [b]who is himself God [/b]and[b] is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
[b]Book of Revelation 22[/b] “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you[a] this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”
17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: I[c=BF0000][b]f anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.[/b][/c]
20 He who testifies to these things says, “[b][c=BF0000]Yes, I am coming soon.”[/c][/b]
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.
@BiasForAction Oh you mean cap the words referring to Jesus as "He" while the ones that refer to God are "he". That's one of the many tricks used by translators ; there are no "caps" in Heb/Grk.
Nice try but in order to understand the Scripture you need to look back at the historical record of how the early church interpreted the scripture. If you come up with some whacked out theory the the church has traditionally ignored then you are likely the one that is wrong. Scripture according to scripture is not open to one man's interpretation.
@Pikachu Actually Sunday never was the Sabbath. The early church met, and worshipped on Sunday to celebrate Christ's Resurrection. Incidentally thatcis also why Lent is the 40 days before easter not counting the Sundays. Sundays are always mini Easters.
David might have been OK when he was a kid, but he was a real lousy bastard as a man. It doesn't say much for Jesus to claim him as a hero for personal character purposes.
@Diotrephes King David loved God! But he lusted after a married woman, seduced her, and made her pregnant. To cover it up he put her husband in the front lines in Israel's war so he would get killed. God was angry with David.
What was David's punishment? God took his first born, he died. There is a consequence for our sins. David was very sorry and begged God for forgiveness. God blessed David ,and when he died God said "I loved him, he was a man after my own heart"
God loves us, this is why Jesus came as a little baby and there was no room for him in the Inn. He shows us that he understands our pain, our loneliness. He took our sins on his own shoulders on Calvary to prove how much he loves us and so so we can know him, and have eternal life. What an amazing God he is!
David might have been OK when he was a kid, but he was a real lousy bastard as a man. It doesn't say much for Jesus to claim him as a hero for personal character purposes.
