My dear dear brothrs and sisters in the body of Christ.
Peace to you all and may God bless you and yours always.
I only read the last two posts here, and I felt I should comment.
First I am ILJ/Y, and I look forward to getting to know you all better and to post with you.
In house fighting is not what our Lord Jesus the Christ calls us to do.I am a Protestant, and I have seen *some* things taught by us that are not *necessarily*. There is another place that is often overlooked that can be backed up scritpurally, that is also known as "the 7 hills. That is Mecca.
I have no problem with the brothers and sisters that are disagreeing, as related to Proverbs 27:17.Iron sharpeneth iron so a friend sharpeneth the countenance of his friend etc...
Let's look at 1 John 2:22 for a definition of antichrist.Neither the Catholic church, nor protestants fit the bill there.All agree Jesus is God come in the flesh, and is our hope for Salvation.Yes we have many doctrinal differences, but our core is and ALWAYS should be Christ our Lord.
I know many fine Catholics whom are fantastic members of the body of Christ, and are quite an inspiration.I also know many Protestants that are too.
We are to teach His words to the lost, and to seek His will in all things, so please let's not wasts time beating each other up, when there is soooo much work to be done for His cause, and not our own.
Please don't take that as a condescending tone to any of you.I haven't gotten to know you yet, but I know Christ loves us all, and we must love Him, enough to put away small differences.
We could waste all our time debating various attrocities done by each of our groups.Do we really think that is our calling?
Thanks for letting me make a few comments.I will read up on this post asap.
YbiC
ILJ