
04-16-2007, 08:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John Atkinson
Yes, only Jesus can save.
CLUE: he uses THE CHURCH!
initially through the preaching of the Gospel.
And then people grow in grace as they gather with the church and are edified and hear exortation, reproof and rebuke. All done decently and in order in THE CHURCH.
Anyone attempting to serve God by himself is serving a philosophical illusion.
God ordained the church, Christ's body.
If you are your own little island, serving your concept of God without the body? You are lost and desperately need finding,
But be of good cheer, Jesus came to seek and save that which is lost.
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I don't buy this I know of many people who don't step foot in the church who have a very godly and strong, prayerful walk with God. The church needs God, not the other way around, nor does God need their four wall, He does move beyond them. Besides most people I know who were in the organization are now divorced or really messed up, due to the fact they never really had a walk with God, just the man made church~ Jesus did come to saved that which was lost, so if one is saved why must they keep going and going back to the doctor to fix what Jesus has fixed! Unless you've never really been fixed to begin with~
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