=Serap;7803278]I know people that believe there’s a God and live their life with kindness and compassion. They may have been raised Catholic or Protestant, but have chosen not to follow those faiths. They have chosen to live a good wholesome life knowing that there is a God, but they are not sure what God is.
They believe that all religions pray to the same God, and it’s a shame that so many wars are based on religion. They choose to not have any religion and choose to be spiritual.
Any thougths? Many good people feel this way.
As I read your question is SEEMS TO ME to a typical Protestant one. PLEASE allow me to expain.
You, me, I, us are all secondary. It is what God Commands; what God demand, and What God desires; NOT at all about our persoanl likes and dislikes; preference and will do this but not that.
Humanity is put here for a very precise and rather symplistic choice: Know, Love, Serve, Obey and Thank God [the wany and manner in which He tells us too]; or choose NOT TOO. **Isa.43 Verses 7,21: “**every one who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made." AND the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.”
This means to be Baptized as a Chrsitian and to Live that Faith as Christ commands.
There are over 100 references to ONLY One Faith; One Church as being acceptable [not meaning accepted], by God Clearly all of the key;s to heaven; meaning all access to heaven flows through the CC [Mt. 16:19, 18:18, John20:15-18, Mt. 28:19-20]. Not as an option but as a single COMMAND from God…
**Eph. 4: 1-7 **“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. **There is one body [WHICH MEANS ONE CHURCH] **and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord,
one faith, [Meaning only One set of beliefs] one baptism, one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
**“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.” **
And Paul and the Church approved by Christ teach this:
Heb.6 Verses 4 to 10: "For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, Baptized into Christianity/ Catholism] who have tasted the heavenly gift,[Catholic Holy Communion] and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,[Been Confirmed which is a personal Covenant Relationship] and have tasted the goodness of the word of God [Been taught from the Bible] and the powers of the age to come,
if they then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt. For land which has drunk the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed; its end is to be burned. "
Keeping in mind that the ONLY Unforgivable sin is denail of God; those you ask about at a GREAT peril of looing there souls!
It’s not what we find acceptacle BUT only What God Finds acceptable that matters in the final anayalisis. God offers sufficient GRACE to every person to come to know and accept Him. Those who for selfesh reasons choose not will pay for there life choices.
Heb.6: 10 “For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.”
**Rev.2: 23 **“and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.”
**1 Peter 1: 17 **“Now if you invoke as Father him who judges impartially according to each one’s works, conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning, “
God Bless you and thanks for asking.
Pat
