Some people think i'm asking if they're God's Children when i'm simply asking if they're in the Church that I go to which is called the Church of Christ or Iglesia Ni Cristo.\nI meant the Church of Christ or Iglesia Ni Cristo. \nThe Church that is stated in Acts 20:28 Lamsa Translation and also Romans 16:16 . \nI'm afraid our beliefs are different from your point of view. \nWhat is your religion, exactly? And what church do you attend?\nIf you do, then what locale ? (:\nIf not, what is your belief and opinion on this matter?
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Well, why don't you ask Christ? \nIt IS his church, after all, and he would know.
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The church I attend is more like a family in that we make it a point to be involved in each others lives.  We "deal with" the good, bad, and ugly (so to speak).  My wife and a good friend started a clothing ministry which provides clothing to the needy.  We are also working with recent African refugees that escaped the killings in their country and are now lost in this one.\n\nI personally am always looking for ways to help others.\n\nBy the way, this church "family" has a lot of us who are going on a motorcycle ride after church today as it is "Biker Weekend" here.\n\nCome visit if you're ever in town.
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Hard as it may seem to believe, even the Catholic Church says other churchs of Christianty are not the "true" faith.\n\nWhen I was homeless, I used to go into a Catholic church across the street.  Right there in the literature, it said other churches were false.\n\nDon't you just love it how each religion says the other is false?  I thought there was just one God.  \n\nSo, what's the problem?
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They visited many times, I went to there church a number of times. studyed there book.was about to be baptized, then I told them of some miracles, that had happened in my family, they got up. said only priest and higher ups in there church Can do miracles and even called me crazy.They said it to each other as they left, but I heard them. I called them a week later the elder called me crazy again, straight out..I was fine till I told them about the miracles. Yes they are pagans.They think that only people in there church can preform miracles, which that's not the case at all. the spirit of God can work with &  thru anyone and anything. not just people in there church. they only believe in themselfs.and that book. not anything real.not the spirit of God. when you think you have a monopoly on the spirit of God. then you are lost. I think, The spirit of God is there for everyone.
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OK, I'm a Mormon (convert of ten years) and am amazed at the level of ignorance shown here. Here's how it really is:\n\nWe DO NOT believe that God had sex with Mary. (Pernicious falsehood started by anti-Mormons)\n\nWe DO believe "that Jesus is Lord and that He died on the cross and he rose from the dead on the third day". [c.f. "Jesus_is_awesome"]\n\nWe believe that Jesus and satan are spirit brothers ONLY IN THE SENSE that everyone and everything, even satan, are created by God. People created by the same father are brothers.\n\nWe DO believe in salvation by grace, and we DO NOT believe that our good works save us. However, when we confess faith in Jesus Christ we promise to follow him. "If ye love me, keep my commandments". Our works are what show that He is Lord of our lives. If we deliberately fail to live according to his will we cannot really have meant that prayer. (But we know we can repent when we make a mistake.)\n\nI recently asked "What must I do to be saved?" I had 33 answrs, all of which said something along the lines of "Accept Jesus Christ and repent of your sins." I have done that, therefore I am saved and going to heaven. I also happen to be a Mormon.
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My 'church' isn't mine, it's Jesus'!  If God told me to write a book about my faith and beliefs, He would be telling me to re-write the Bible, which it is not likely that He would do.\n\nSeparating doctrines of faith from opinions is easy:  do like the Bereans - test ALL things against scripture, hold fast to that which is true, discard the rest!!
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Whoever says church is for the naive and weak is pretty naive and ignorant themselves and too weak to face their sin....\n\nI do go to church on my own and my parents never went. I still go because I love the sermons and hearing what my pastor teaches from the Bible. Seeing other people who know you and genuinely care how you are doing is great. \nThe difference between being a member of a church and just going to a church is you usually become a member after a little while of going to that church and you start to get involved and you decide that is the church you want to make your "home church" meaning that is where you would go every Sunday.
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Christianity is knowing that God exists and that he gave his only begotton SON so that we my have life more abundantly. There are many different religions as there are languages spoken and various modes of worship;  for this matter, each Church is able to communicate with their people. As long as all Churches acknowledge that there is a GOD (I hope it's the one I know of), then the separation is by "church name only."  YES, the message is that GOD LOVES YOU, no matter where you live or how you worship HIM...but worship HIM honestly, humbly in JESUS' name.
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Alot of people go to church to observe and to see what is happening there.  I appreciate your openness and not going there to mock them but to here and see if what is happening truly is. \n\nAssemblies is good, although you may be a little uncomfortable if your looking for the cold religious style church.  AOG and Apostolic are a very lively bunch at times and you could say "on fire" for Jesus.  Be careful of Apostolics though.  Depends on the what type of Apostolics they are.  Some are very heavily legalistic, like the woman cannot cut their hair and must wear dresses.  Some even believe that all other Christian churches are not true, they they are the only ones.  This is sad to say.  But I do believe that God works with all of us, even when we do get a bit judgmental and error.\n\nGod Bless, and I pray you have an opportunity to taste and see the Lord is good.  He is real, tangible and very active in our lives.
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I agree with williamG\n\n\nand to answer a few peoples questions\n\nDo you believe Christ is the son of God? Or just a prophet?  we beileve he was both and more we also beileve he is our savior\n\n\n\n\nDo you believe your going to become a God yourself and create spirit children to inhabit other planets? yes so to speak but not like GOD we will always be under his rule and don't want to take away from his glory but add to it.\n\n\n\n\n\nDo you have secret rituals that your not supposed to share or become excommunicated if you do. It's true we are not \nIn New Testament times, other rituals were initiated. The Lord's supper, baptisms, and symbolic washing of feet are examples of these rituals. \n\nIt is easy for others to label something they do not understand as non-Christian or Satanic. Consider the Muslim tradition of facing Mecca five times a day when one prays: it isn't something Christians do, but it isn't satanic either. \n\nBecause non-LDS Christians don't understand the LDS temple and what goes on there, some have relentlessly dreamed up bizarre stories that mark this sacred worship. Lately, a small group of anti-Mormons, while professing great love of Mormons, claim a worship of the devil occurs in the temple, which just isn't true. \n\nThe rituals we perform in the temple seem different to them, but different doesn't make them evil. Picture a non-Christian hearing Jesus speak these words: "He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him" (John 6:56). Some of Christ's own disciples were so confused about the introduction of this "ritual" they quit following Jesus (John 6:66). \n\nThe Old Testament, especially Exodus and Numbers, is replete with temple rituals that today seem strange and very different to us. These are God's words to Moses from the Good News Bible, Exodus \n29:4-9: \n\nBring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of my presence, and have them take a ritual bath. Then dress Aaron in the priestly garments—the shirt, the ephod, the robe that goes over the ephod, the breastpiece, and the belt. Put the turban on him, and tie on it the sacred sign of dedication engrave, dedicated to the Lord, then take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him. Bring his sons and put shirts on them; put sashes around their waists and tie caps on their heads . . . They and their descendants are to serve me as priests forever.\nLater in the same 29th chapter of Exodus, we read: \nTake the other ram—the ram used for dedication—and tell Aaron and his sons to put their hands on its head. Kill it, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobes of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Throw the rest of the blood against all four sides of the altar (Exodus 29:19-20).\nObviously these rituals are no longer performed. However, those who believe the Bible to be the word of God accept these rituals as being from God and of God, strange as they sound to us today. \nTrue followers of Jesus Christ during the meridian of time would not have tried to get Peter to talk about what transpired on the Mount of Transfiguration after the Lord had told him and two other apostles not to tell anyone else, as long as the Lord was living. Those rituals which are performed in the temples today consist of making sacred covenants with our Father in Heaven. No one in good taste makes fun of things sacred to another, nor tries to bait them into talking publicly about things they have promised not to divulge. \n\n\n\n\nhttp://www.lightplanet.com/response/answers/contents.htm
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My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge\n\nIf you want to know more about Jesus becoming God then \nread the book When Jesus became God it is true he is not\nGod He also told his disciples when ask if one could sit on the right side of him in heaven and he said it is not mines to give \nit is up to my father. I have did extensive research on this and the book is the only evidence other than scripture that i have but people have gotten upset with me because of what i be live it was around 425 A.D. the Nicene creed 4 century is where the emperor Constantine and the pope voted on the humanity and spirituality of Jesus and they voted him God the Church need to fully tell the truth and stop lying to people but they wont but remember what the bible said about the whore of Babylon she has many daughters. Also might i add the bible speaks about nation before the ere was churches and what not as women
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I appreciate your wisdom.  It is true that growing up in a church doesn't necessarily make it true.  It doesn't necessarily make it untrue either.  When I was serving as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I went through a period where I encountered many people who said that the only reason I was a member of this church was because I was born into it and taught the religion by my parents.  At first I didn't know how to deal with this concern because it is true that my parents are Mormons and I have been associated with the church since birth.  However, upon further reflection, I realized that THIS IS NOT A BAD THING.  Just because I am blessed enough to have been acquainted with the church my whole life does not make it untrue.  Therefore, after that, my answer to people who brought this up was, "I'm very grateful that I had parents who taught me to follow Jesus Christ when I was a child."  My belief that the church is true is not based only on the teaching that I received as a child, but also on many personal experiences I have had since where I felt that the Holy Ghost was testifying to me that the teachings of the church were true.  Because of this, I would very much like other people to join my church so they can experience the happiness that I know comes from living the gospel of Jesus Christ.\n\nI completely agree with you that it is not our place to say whether a certain person is going to hell or not.  In fact, I think that, after it's all said and done, many people are going to be surprised with the results of the final judgment.  I appreciate your reminding us that it's not for us to judge.  I hope there is never reason to accuse me of having done this on this website.
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We Jehovah's Witnesses do not discredit all Christian Faiths, they discredit themselves. \n\nIf you compare their teachings and their behavior and practices against the light of the Bible you will see the CLEAR DIFFERENCE between a real christian and a false one.\n\nTrue Christians Then and Now\n\nChristians of the first century at times had different opinions about things. For example, speaking of those in Corinth, the apostle Paul said: "Disclosure was made to me about you, my brothers, by those of the house of Chloe, that dissensions exist among you. What I mean is this, that each one of you says: 'I belong to Paul,' 'But I to Apollos,' 'But I to Cephas,' 'But I to Christ.'"—1 Corinthians 1:11, 12.\n\nDid Paul view these differences as of little significance? Was each individual simply following his own path to salvation? Far from it! Paul admonished: "I exhort you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you should all speak in agreement, and that there should not be divisions among you, but that you may be fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought."—1 Corinthians 1:10.\n\nOf course, unity of belief cannot be achieved by coercion. It is achieved only when individuals carefully investigate matters and arrive at and accept the same conclusions. Thus, a personal study of God's Word and an honest desire to apply what is learned are essential steps to enjoy the kind of unity that Paul spoke of. Can such unity be found? As we have seen, God has long dealt with his people as a group. Is it possible to identify that group today?\n\nIf you want to know more view the article below.\n\nIF you want answers you have to seek them with an open mind and heart, and not for argument sake.
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Honestly, I have never heard of anyone thinking that Mormons don't believe in Christ.  That's news to me.  Mormons believe in Christ just as much as the next person.  I'm not Mormon, in fact, I was baptised Lutheran but ever since I was a kid (I'm 43 now), I've gone to quite a few churches.  I've gone to Lutheran churches, Catholic, Baptist, etc.  And I have to say, the best time I had was when I was in first grade through 5th grade as I went to church with my neighbors who were Mormons.  We did Sunday church, Wednesday was primary school (I can still hear the song in my head), and Monday nights I was always invited to participate in their family home evenings.  It was a great experience!
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The "church" as an institution I think has really used spirituality to hype the political agenda of it's rulers (witness the Inquisition). But the confirmation of rules that really help a society work (don't steal, murder, cop another person's spouse or property) I think would be something that a "God" would be all in favor of.  I think that there are God ordained humans whose life's work is to remind those of a lesser spiritual bent that "to treat others as you would be treated" is the ideal.  These people SHOULD be "the church" but like you say there are those who for milllineums have used the claim that they have a "direct line to God" to control whole populations.  I figure if there IS a God, and He created me, why wouldn't He care what happens to me and if I am living a worthwhile life or not. I'm not sure about a heaven or hell type of judgement, but once again, if there IS a God/Creator then I figure he cares if I am a hurter or a helper and when I go back to Him He will care about an accounting that I have for my actions while I passed through his Creation.
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if you can switch out the statement - I believe - then you can use amen.  you are afirming your belief in what is stated or what you state.\n\nsomeone says - Jesus is Lord\nI reply - AMEN!
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It's a great concept. I am leaning towards it. I'm not in religious organization nor do I go church but I do believe in God. I have been studying religious Humanism which I believe is the same as Christin humanism. I believe in the trinity but yet I see contradiction in the scriptures. In my heart, I believe that Jesus was God. I just started studying this in the past few months.