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Vatican – Catholics = Only True Church
It is quite sad that once again, even in this year, the Vatican makes a papal approved declaration that the Roman Catholic Church is the only true church of Jesus Christ.
One would have thought by now that even Rome would have come to understand that the work of the Holy Spirit is known only unto God. Jesus said that the Spirit, like the wind, moves where He will and no mortal can know His every movement.
Yet Rome appears to know more than the Holy Spirit.
The truth is in the Bible itself. Wherever one is born again of the Holy Spirit, that one has come into the Kingdom of heaven. That is according to the Head of the Church itself, Christ Jesus. (Read the Gospel of John, chapter 3).
Therefore, any human being who has confessed his sins to Christ, received divine forgiveness in the gift of saving grace, becomes a part of the worldwide, eternal church. There is no man-made label that can define the Christian or the church. God defines the Christian by bestowing salvation upon the repentant heart.
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“Preaching” the Gospel – The Practical Way
Attending a 21st birthday is always a treasured experience. There’s always a sense of enthusiastic youthfulness that accompanies the mood at such a traditional coming-of-age celebration. The twenty first I attended today however, describes an organisation, not a person, and the actual birth date of the organisation–a radio station–could have been thirty years previously. That’s certainly when the beginning foundations were laid.
One of the key messages out of this particular celebration is the practical mission of 98.5 Sonshine FM.
General Manager, Barry Grosser, quoted some early criticism from dissonant supporters of the station who wanted the gospel “preached,” and who said, “You’re not preaching the gospel,” to which Barry replied, “You’re right… we’re living it; that’s a fraction harder.”
It called me back to the following words:
“Preach the Gospel at all times. Use words if necessary.”
-Saint Francis of Assisi (allegedly). [1]
The obvious meaning is preaching the gospel, most of the time, has nothing to do with words. Gospel meaning is translated in action (love being a verb) far more powerfully than words.
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