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NightSpirit · 06-08-2008, 06:33 AM

I'm sorry, I just realized that I didn’t answer the question of your original post.

I find truth in Christ and in the Bible but am not currently a member of any denomination although I most often have attended those with a Pentecostal leaning of which there are several on your list. I most closely associate my beliefs which what they teach which is why I go there to worship.

I have studied several of the other belief systems that you listed and have found some truth in most of them but I believe the Christian church is where I most experience the love of God and the more complete truth.

Where have you found the truth or are you still seeking it? You seem to be rather certain that the whole truth in not in the Bible as you read it or did something else bring you to that belief?

And since you brought it up as moronic I will try to explain the name as I understand it. A Free Will Baptist church was named such to let others know that might come there to worship that they believe that we are all born with a free will of whether to accept or reject Christ as Lord and to distinguish themselves from Primitive Baptists. Primitive Baptists believe that God already knows who will come to Him as He calls them and who will not, that all your life was known to God before you were born. Their church was established as more of just a place to worship God as those pre-known people are drawn in by a Spiritual revelation from God after they have heard Jesus.

Most churches believe that on some level, that you can’t really believe or can’t be expected to believe unless you receive that revelation. The sin would be in not being open to a revelation from God because of pride or arrogance or in rejecting Christ once God has made Him known to you. To my earlier point, Free Will Baptist is not a blind belief in an dictated belief system but an honest establishment of a place where people who believe as they do can worship in peace and unity.

I don’t believe it is necessary for Christians to sort our way through every organized set of beliefs other than our own to be sure that we have found the truth any more than you, infinitethoughts, need to go to every Christian church on your list to make sure you haven’t missed out on some truth We all, as you know, believe in our own beliefs including you or we would change our beliefs which all of us, including Christians, are free to do.

06-08-2008, 06:33 AM	#12 (permalink)
NightSpirit Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 379	I'm sorry, I just realized that I didn’t answer the question of your original post. I find truth in Christ and in the Bible but am not currently a member of any denomination although I most often have attended those with a Pentecostal leaning of which there are several on your list. I most closely associate my beliefs which what they teach which is why I go there to worship. I have studied several of the other belief systems that you listed and have found some truth in most of them but I believe the Christian church is where I most experience the love of God and the more complete truth. Where have you found the truth or are you still seeking it? You seem to be rather certain that the whole truth in not in the Bible as you read it or did something else bring you to that belief? And since you brought it up as moronic I will try to explain the name as I understand it. A Free Will Baptist church was named such to let others know that might come there to worship that they believe that we are all born with a free will of whether to accept or reject Christ as Lord and to distinguish themselves from Primitive Baptists. Primitive Baptists believe that God already knows who will come to Him as He calls them and who will not, that all your life was known to God before you were born. Their church was established as more of just a place to worship God as those pre-known people are drawn in by a Spiritual revelation from God after they have heard Jesus. Most churches believe that on some level, that you can’t really believe or can’t be expected to believe unless you receive that revelation. The sin would be in not being open to a revelation from God because of pride or arrogance or in rejecting Christ once God has made Him known to you. To my earlier point, Free Will Baptist is not a blind belief in an dictated belief system but an honest establishment of a place where people who believe as they do can worship in peace and unity. I don’t believe it is necessary for Christians to sort our way through every organized set of beliefs other than our own to be sure that we have found the truth any more than you, infinitethoughts, need to go to every Christian church on your list to make sure you haven’t missed out on some truth We all, as you know, believe in our own beliefs including you or we would change our beliefs which all of us, including Christians, are free to do.