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My Problem with the Invisible Church

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tadoflamb said:
Jesus told the Church:

You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. (Matthew 5:14)
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One City stands [Jerusalem above], another City falls [Jerusalem below].....

Luke 19:41 And as He nears being aware the City He laments upon Her
42 saying "that if thou knew and thou even indeed in the day, this, the toward Peace of thee, now yet it was Hid from thy eyes.
43 That shall be arriving days upon thee and thy enemies shall be casting up a siege-work to thee and shall be encompassing thee and pressing thee every which place.
44 and they shall be leveling thee and the offspring of thee in thee and not they shall be leaving stone upon stone in thee stead which not thou knew the time of the visitation of thee.

Reve 14:8 And another Messenger, second-one follows saying "she falls she falls, Babylon the Great, the out of the wine of the fury of the fornication of her she has given to drink all the nations.
[Jeremiah 51:8]
 
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Zeena said:
John 1:9
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
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Christ in you, hope of glory

Rev 21:11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

Hey..WHO is that precious stone HER light is likened unto?

1Peter 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious


Prov 17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it


2Cr 9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.


Hey, think we must needs pray for utterance for that which is unspeakable
 
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Heb 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

tadoflamb said:
You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
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We look not at the things that can be seen therefore...

Rev 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.


Too kool
 
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Tyndale said:
looking for signs?

'The Kingdom of God cometh not with observation'
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Why do you guys keep posting verses about heaven?

I'm talking about the invisible church, here on earth.






I mean, if you can't even see each other, how do you ever get anything done?​
 
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Standing Up said:
What are you talking about?

What are you talking about?
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A quick review...


  • Visible Church-The various denominations, buildings, people (Clergy and Congregations), programs, etc. which we can see. The visible Church is made up of both believers and non believers. Also know as "The Church Militant".
  • The Invisible Church-Made up of all true believers and only true believers from within every Christian denomination; both living and those who have died in the faith and are now in heaven with our Lord. It will be added to by all who come to faith in Christ who are now living and who are yet to be born. The invisible Church is also known as "The Church Triumphant"; "The Church Victorious"; "The Communion of the Saints"; and "The one Holy catholic and Apostolic Church".
 
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Tyndale said:
looking for signs?

'The Kingdom of God cometh not with observation'
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Amen...
But the Kingdom of God is not "the church"
WE are the church (His body)
Jesus Christ IS our KING..
We the body are a part of HIS Kingdom

tadoflamb said:
Why do you guys keep posting verses about heaven?

I'm talking about the invisible church, here on earth.
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And the kingdom of God is not Heaven either.... see above.


I mean, if you can't even see each other, how do you ever get anything done?​
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ROFL

funny ha ha
 
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laconicstudent said:
So the invisible church is evil, being a thief, having stolen Harry Potter's invisibility cloak?
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LOL! NO!

But rather;

1 John 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

laconicstudent said:
Evil idea, anyways?
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Luke 12:57
Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
 
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Zeena said:
LOL! NO!

But rather;

1 John 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

Luke 12:57
Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
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Hmmmm......



"And this unity we ought firmly to hold and assert, especially those of us that are bishops who preside in the Church, that we may also prove the episcopate itself to be one and undivided. Let no one deceive the brotherhood by a falsehood: let no one corrupt the truth of the faith by perfidious prevarication. The episcopate is one, each part of which is held by each one for the whole. The Church also is one, which is spread abroad far and wide into a multitude by an increase of fruitfulness. As there are many rays of the sun, but one light; and many branches of a tree, but one strength based in its tenacious root; and since from one spring flow many streams, although the multiplicity seems diffused in the liberality of an overflowing abundance, yet the unity is still preserved in the source. Separate a ray of the sun from its body of light, its unity does not allow a division of light; break a branch from a tree,--when broken, it will not be able to bud; cut off the stream from its fountain, and that which is cut off dries up. Thus also the Church, shone over with the light of the Lord, sheds forth her rays over the whole world, yet it is one light which is everywhere diffused, nor is the unity of the body separated. Her fruitful abundance spreads her branches over the whole world. She broadly expands her rivers, liberally flowing, yet her head is one, her source one; and she is one mother, plentiful in the results of fruitfulness: from her womb we are born, by her milk we are nourished, by her spirit we are animated."

--St. Cyprian of Carthage, On the Unity of the Church, V[FONT=&quot]
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