Originally posted by Soul_Searcher
Ed, Ed, Ed, That's why OUTSIDE the IGLESIA NI CRISTO, the ONE church that Christ BUILT, there is NO salvation, you are certainly passionate about this all, but it still doesn't make you right. God calls each of us in many ways, yours is but one of those ways, and your faith is but one among many.
You (as spokesman for your church) set too many rules, too many limits, which is why I don't care for Paul's epistles. Paul was all about rules; Jesus was/is all about love and forgiveness. As Jesus said in Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
But I suppose when he says, "In ALL THINGS," it doesn't mean what he said either? So, if I believe, and ask forgiveness, I should receive it.
Jesus repeats this in Matthew 7:7: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you, 8: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
So it seems it's easier than your administrators tell you it is. And these are Jesus' own words, not mine.