When I was really young, I sensed and knew that Jesus was real. I remember when I was 11 years old I decided I wanted to read the whole Bible. I was, and am, into history, so I read the Samuels, Kings, and Chronicles. I really had no idea what was going on but I liked the stories. A little while later a terrible tragedy broke up my family, and I retreated into a shell. A few years after that, in high school, my cousin came to live with me, taught me many things about being a man (he was my only male role model at this point) and I gained some confidence and re-entered the world. However, what he taught me said nothing about God. During this whole time though, my uncle, a Catholic priest, kept very close to me and I learned to trust him and love him. Toward the end of high school and most of college, I lived life to the fullest...."fullest" being what I thought was a full life, full of sex and drugs. Then my roommate and football teammate, an Evangelical Protestant, invited me to a College Athlete Bible Study. At first I didnt want to go, but knowing how much my priest uncle trusted in the Bible, I went. I learned a lot of things and got back into reading the Bible. I went to some Protestant services, but I'd never fully agree with what they said at Bible study... I think this was the Lord protecting me. For instance, when they said that if we die in Christ, the Lord looks at us as sinless beings... it didn't make sense to me, because how could any human pull one off on God? Trick him into thinking that I'd never sinned? So I began talking with my uncle about theology, and learned so much. I know this post is getting long, but my main point is that this Protestant Bible study brought me closer to Christ than I had been. On the other hand, I had an excellent teacher, in my uncle, to keep me on track as to what was really true. I take some Bible classes now at my father's evangelical church, but I always talk to my uncle after class to see whats what. Basically, I think that as long as you have a good Catholic teacher who will warn you of heresies, and you know what to expect, and you have no other practical options, a Baptist bible study isn't a bad thing. Just know what to be wary of.
...Jesus I believe would sit right in with the Baptist, Catholic, ect....Why can't we be like Jesus and learn together in love? I was a Baptist...but would never desire surgery than to sit in a Catholic Bible Study....I don't understand this thought process. We all love Jesus and there is but one Bible....please love and Love will give you sight....there is no need to walk in Blindness When Jesus is the Light!
