I have been born again and accepted Jesus Christ to my life 6 years ago. I am Catholic btw. Since that time while reading bible I found some contradictions with catholic teachings or confusion. I found that for me it's no difference in what church I am as I think The most important thing is our relationship with Jesus ,but not what church we attend. But also when I start reading bible I get confused with Catholic Church and i feel bad not knowing where is true anymore. It makes me feel like I don't belong neither in Catholic or other churches. I been studying in Vatican theology for a year,but still haven't mad me more clear although it does tract a catholic church as being one of the first and oldest churches ,but trough history there was some bad times where some teachings might changed..Where is the truth some one please help.
You may feel confused, but if you have been/are trying to understand the Bible, you are doing excellently.
#1 Scripture testifies that all the Scriptures are from God. The Holy Spirit "carried along" the Old Testament Prophets for what they wrote down. Their books and all the rest of the OT to the "least stroke of a pen" (jot and tittle, the smallest marks in the Hebrew language, Matthew 5:18). Scripture even tells us that if God speaks to us, it must be "tested" against Scripture. There are evil spirits, corrupt spiritual influences that affect humans broadly, false Christs, spiritually immature explanations, darkened understanding (spiritual blindness), and just plain misunderstanding of the truth out there that can speak to you that
will affect our own understanding of truth (1 Corinthians 15:33, Ephesians 6:10-18, 1 John 4:1, and many others). The Scriptures are the firm and unchanging revelation of God that God has given us.
#2 The more human reasoning and deduction is involved in your understanding of a Bible passage, the farther you will be from the direct truths in Scripture. There are nothing in Scripture that contradicts anything else in Scripture, only people lacking understanding. We prioritize the simple (and uncontested) statements in Scripture over a human explanation of those statements. (However, each passage must be understood in the context of the whole Bible.) We have only one Teacher and that is God (Matthew 23:10, John 16:13). Humans can explain things to you all day long, but that doesn't mean you will "get it." However, if you do "get it," it is because God has revealed the truth in you. However, God himself will reveal truth to you through your own Bible study, prayer, and obedience. Ask him for help to know the answers to whatever questions you have in your heart.
#3 Do a Bible study on how the Bible defines what a "church" is. Consider what a church's top priorities are from God's perspective. This will help you understand what to do about going to church. This need not be a long Bible study.
#4 Do not get too sidetracked. There are many things in Scripture that can capture one's interest, like people other than Jesus doing miracles, or the hierarchy of apostles, teachers, etc., or, "is my church better than your church." The Bible tells us that the Law was to lead us to faith in God himself (Galatians 3:24). Understanding Scripture is extremely important, and we need to understand as much as we can so we are not deceived about what is true and so we know what God is like, but it is not our highest goal.
The #1 goal of every follower of Christ should be to know God like we know another person, i.e. not just knowing
about him. It is a pretty severe test of one's faith to seek God in this way, and to expect God to reply to our prayers when he seems to be silent for years, but he will eventually, and sometimes regularly. This happens mostly to people who have the first and greatest commandment in their hearts (Matthew 22:36-40) rather than to those that live their lives to the best of their own ability (work toward living your life according to what God wants and to the best of
God's ability). Until then, going to a church where people sometimes share their "God encounters" can help a lot with your faith.
You will neither correctly understand Scripture nor get to know Jesus himself without being obedient to God (James 1:22, John 14:21). Obedience is how we share experiences with Jesus (sharing experiences is a foundational part of building a relationship), as well as draw closer to God, who will then draw closer to us (James 4:8).
No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:11, 1984 NIV)