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rjs330

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Staying with traditional Christianity is indication that a person is NOT bearing fruit. That was his point I think.

Personally I don't think any true followers of Christ would have any association with Christianity.
Then you need to read the NT a little more thoroughly. The early church was filled with problems. But that is the point of the scriptures and the teachings of the apostles. To teach the church how they ought to be. We all strive to follow the teachings of Christ. Some of them are very hard to follow and as humans we all fail and fall and stumble along the way. And sometimes major changes need to take place and those that fail to follow need to be purged from the congregation such as those who claim Christ, but belong to the KKK. Their works prove they do not belong.
 
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Well then you never really knew Jesus. You would fall under the type of person who Jesus spoke of when he said.

21 o“Not everyone who psays to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will qenter the kingdom of heaven, butthe one who rdoes the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 sOn that day tmany will sayto me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not uprophesy in your name, and cast out demons vin yourname, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 tAnd then will I declare to them, ‘Iwnever knew you; xdepart from me, yyou workers of lawlessness.’

Build Your House on the Rock
24 z“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like aa wiseman who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and thewinds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on therock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like aafoolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

You have left the faith and fall under Gods judgement. You my friend are without excuse and have been deceived.

19And so, dear brothers and sisters,10:19 Greek brothers. we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. 20By his death,10:20 Greek Through his flesh. Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. 21And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, 22let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
23Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. 24Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. 25And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
26Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins. 27There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies. 28For anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us. 30For we know the one who said,

“I will take revenge.
I will pay them back.”10:30a Deut 32:35.

He also said,

“The Lord will judge his own people.”10:30b Deut 32:36.

31It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ.10:32 Greek when you were first enlightened. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering. 33Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped others who were suffering the same things. 34You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail, and when all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever.
35So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.

37“For in just a little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.
38And my righteous ones will live by faith.10:38 Or my righteous ones will live by their faithfulness;Greek reads my righteous one will live by faith.
But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”10:37-38 Hab 2:3-4.

39But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.

I am sorry for you.
Thanks, but I have no regrets. :)

P.S. I can quote contrary scripture too - doesn't necessarily and automatically make it right, just because it's found in a book - "This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "I have seen beings who — endowed with bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, & mental misconduct; who reviled noble ones, held wrong views and undertook actions under the influence of wrong views — at the break-up of the body, after death, have re-appeared in the plane of deprivation, the bad destination, the lower realms, in hell." (Iti 58)
 
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rjs330

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Thanks, but I have no regrets. :)

P.S. I can quote contrary scripture too - doesn't necessarily and automatically make it right, just because it's found in a book - "This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "I have seen beings who — endowed with bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, & mental misconduct; who reviled noble ones, held wrong views and undertook actions under the influence of wrong views — at the break-up of the body, after death, have re-appeared in the plane of deprivation, the bad destination, the lower realms, in hell." (Iti 58)

Yes you can quote things too, but your statement proves my point. You never really knew him. I wish you did.
 
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