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Originally Posted by Titus2woman
I think I am more getting your queston... So here is a better answer, maybe.
You accept the church by attending and participating.
The church accepts you as a seeker now even though you probably consider yourself a Christian... They do not believe you have 'full truth'.
They will accept you as a brother and sister in Christ when you have spoken in tongues and been baptized in Jesus name... We kind of noticed that the whole repentance part was not required as we were already some other kind of half cooked Christians from another denomination.
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We consider ourselves God Fearing.... We know God, & do all that we can inward & outward, based on our factual relationship with Him. When I say factual, I mean just that (what we have witnessed & been shown thru Him during our life so far).
We are not "saved" but are not "damned". I know the definition of a Christian and we are not, but we are not claiming such as so many we witness do.....
Why are we not? We do not openly feel (based on our personal relationship with God) that literally anyone can repent and be saved. There are evils here, there are those that will indeed suffer eternal damnation regardless.
So we are not, as we don't feel one can simply have an honest thought & be Christian. We feel this requires good works, discipline, respect, and a at least a life-cumulative positive balance of good-vs-evil .....
Only then do we feel we can honestly begin to be saved....
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