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Christianity has it gotten more better or corrupted

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Heres a question from u Guys since u have been around for a while has Christianity Gotten better or corrupted ?

i was also wondering PLz pray for my Grandpa he is very ill but he was supposted to died many years ago Praise God hes still alive. His name is Eirl.
 

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Corrupted a little bit. Sure, we have the whole Bible and excellent places and methods to study it, but I do not believe that in America, at least, we have the faith and the fire to make the world say "whoa". Everybody, Christian and non, agrees that the was Christianity took over the Roman Empire was amazing.

Also, we have a moral breakdown. There are more liberal churches popping up all the time, teaching that remarraige after divorce is fine rather than reconciling and getting back together. Then there's the whole gay bishop deal, and it all makes me wonder what's next. And if someone is stubborn and obstinate in his or her sin, they can just go up the street to a more liberal church that doesn't consider their sin a sin.

Not only that, the more conservative churches it seems are more concerned with Sunday morning dress and worship style than with saving people and growing them. Rather than pushing unbiblical traditions about rock music and dancing, the effort needs to go into showing love, mercy and Biblical truth to the world, like Jesus did.
 
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openup et al.,
I would submit that the Church as always has it's struggles today, the same as it always has. It is after all an institution that is at once fully divine and fully human, like it's head. Remember the words of our Lord, God and Savior, "upon this rock, I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Under His Mercy,
Eusebios.
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OK heres the truth; the Church of Jesus Christ is perfect, holy, justified and righteous in the eyes of God. 'When we see him we shall be like him'
Has the visable corporate expression and practice deteriated with time, almost certainly, with brief revivals such as the reformation the trend of the proffesing visable church is downwards becasue that is not the true bride of Christ.
Scriputre indicates it will end in an apostate one world religion that worships antichrist, but the Lord knows those that are his and he shall keep them unto that day, the only question is when is close enough to the end to jump ship and start swimming for shore. In other words when do we get out of the institionalised visable church, at what point is the adulturous, homosexual, dead, unloving, idoloatrous apostate coruption no longer tolerable?
 
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adriel said:
OK heres the truth; the Church of Jesus Christ is perfect, holy, justified and righteous in the eyes of God. 'When we see him we shall be like him'
Has the visable corporate expression and practice deteriated with time, almost certainly, with brief revivals such as the reformation the trend of the proffesing visable church is downwards becasue that is not the true bride of Christ.
Scriputre indicates it will end in an apostate one world religion that worships antichrist, but the Lord knows those that are his and he shall keep them unto that day, the only question is when is close enough to the end to jump ship and start swimming for shore. In other words when do we get out of the institionalised visable church, at what point is the adulturous, homosexual, dead, unloving, idoloatrous apostate coruption no longer tolerable?
When we leave the old pigs to swim in their own spoils because thats the way the have chosen and get rid of the old the evil. Some times we have to break things down to build it up. We have to let go of the things that anchor us down that hold the church back. We have to break away from the corrupted and rebuild rightouseness morals and love selflessness, edify one another we must hold to the bible and never let go. We must bring the Church up to a state that pleases God and out of the slum we r in. Man alone can not do this
we must pray and stay in the word like the bible says. Then with God at our side we can do all things!
 
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openup4christ said:
Heres a question from u Guys since u have been around for a while has Christianity Gotten better or corrupted ?

i was also wondering PLz pray for my Grandpa he is very ill but he was supposted to died many years ago Praise God hes still alive. His name is Eirl.
I think Christianity is just fine. And not corrupted. I think the world is corrupted, and people are getting worse. But Christianity is perfect.
 
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sobresaliente said:
I think you are rather deluded knightlight....though, the church becomes corrupted due to the influence of the world.

Just a thought,
Sobresaliente
I don't quite understand where you're coming from. Any reasons? Or just because you think so?
 
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knightlight72 said:
I think Christianity is just fine. And not corrupted. I think the world is corrupted, and people are getting worse. But Christianity is perfect.
I think you're saying that true Christianity never changes and cannot be corrupted, therefore it hasn't been. And the "Christians" who are really part of the world are getting worse along with the world. Am I right?
 
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a bit of each, for those who are IN God, they can never fall away. I think there has always been a period of trial and testing, where those not strong in faith falls away.. whether due to false teaching, twisted teaching or other things (parable of the sower).
 
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truthful1 said:
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 2 Timothy 4:3
Sounds exactly like "Christianity" today.
 
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truthful1 said:
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 2 Timothy 4:3
Sounds like what the secular world wants. Many of them want to hear how they can do whatever they want to do.
 
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I believe the church in America has gone downhill. Look at all the Liberal churches popping up. Like someone else said, if you are stubborn in your sin and don't wish to change, all you have to do is go to a more liberal church that doesn't believe it is a sin. However, I hate to say this to all those liberal churches out there but if the Bible condemns something as sin, then it is most definitely a sin. What with all the ordination of homosexuals and such, I can say that I definitely believe the church is going downhill. Not only that but there are so many churches out there that follow unbiblical teachings! Some are actually willing to marry and/or bless same sex relationships! I cannot help but think that God will eventually pour out his judgement on these heretical and apostasized churches.
 
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