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Who is the true Christian Faith?
If your Christian denomination looks like this please name if for me.
They respect the bible as GOD’s word- 2 Timothy 3:16
All members believe the same teachings- Galatians 1:8-9
There are no divisions- 1 Corinthians 1:10
They are identified by love- John 13:35
They understand the “mystery” of GOD- Colossians 1:9b-10, 25-26
They know GOD’s will and teach it to others- Matthew 13:11 and 28:19-20a
They understand Jesus and the Father’s relationship- Matthew 11:27b
They understand the scriptures regarding Jesus- Luke 24:44-45
They are persecuted- Acts 28:22
They are found world wide- Matthew 24:14
They are taken to court due to their faith- Matthew 10:18
@ Bryant- I have read and researched it also. Studied it and know for a fact that there are false and true Christians. The 1st century congregation looked like this and so should the true faith today. Are you a Christian? Does your faith look like this? If not why?
@ Ralph- So what's the name of your denomination? Pentacostal, methodist, presbyterian, episcopal? Please narrow it down for me.
@ Steve- Thanks!! I'll add that to the list.
@ Michaelangelo- And you would call them by what name? Apostilic? Non-denominational? Latter-day Saints? 7th Day Adventist?
@ Graham- I beg to differ. Unity is a sign of the true faith headed by Jesus from heaven. Were the people perfect? Of course not. Were there problems and discord from time to time. Obviously. Yet those things did not separate the congregation and what they believed in terms of doctrine. They all believed the same things and submitted to the leading of the "older men and apostles" in Jerusalem that expounded on the word of God. In the book of Revelation Jesus himself critiques the 7 congregations by 1 standard that they should fit and adhere to.
Back then the denomination was known as "The Way" and later as "Christians". What do you call it today?
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- ?Lv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
You are forgetting a couple of big ones.
THEY DON'T ALLOW WOMEN PREACHERS-1 Timothy 2:11-15
and THE WOMEN MUST ALWAYS BE DRESSED PLAINLY, NO MAKE UP OR JEWELLERY OR STYLED HAIR-1 Timothy 2:9-10
- ?Lv 79 years ago
If you have read the NT, you will know that the 1st Century congregation was rife with division. A quick once over of Paul's letters should be ample proof of this. Even a reading of Acts will show periods of dispute and disagreement. Whatever happened to the great "tag team" of Paul and Barnabass? They fell out and as far as we know never got back together.
It's a fantasy to hold the 1st Century church up as "perfect". The point is we are all IMPERFECT. And that is the challenge - dealing with that - in love.
- ?Lv 69 years ago
You might want to add that they do not put Jesus on a very pagan cross, but teach the truth that jesus died on a stake, Greek "Sturos" meaning stake or upright pole....!!!
Why True Christians Do Not Use the Cross in Worship
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- 9 years ago
That's the ideal. But the great thing about the Christian faith is that you don't have to be perfect to belong to it! You would probably find most of that true of most of the Christians in my church.