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If you belong to a "denomination", you hold false doctrine.

That's the "bottom line" of Christianity. There is NOT ONE church building which does not allow UNBELIEVERS to worship amongst it's "flock".

This one fact proves that ALL denominations are not following Biblical directives...see II Corinthians 6:14:

"Be ye NOT unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"

But a PROFESSIONAL "Pastor" will say differently. He will say "we have to bring in people so that they will understand the Gospel." There is no "WE" in spreading the Gospel! YOU are supposed to be doing it EVERY DAY! YOU are not supposed to be worshiping with UNBELIEVERS...no matter what the reason is given for doing this. THEY DON'T BELONG WORSHIPING WITH YOU.

But the Pastor cannot tell you this....because his "church" will lose MONEY...and he, himself, might find himself out of a job!

I take good information wherever I find it. This one is from a "United Church of God." I've attended one, and their doctrines, as most others, contain things that are FALSE. (That information is for those who "consider the source" and ignore the information because they don't like the source.)

Truth is truth, no matter the source:


http://www.ucg.org/booklet/church-jesus-built/rise-counterfeit-christianity/


A religion transformed through syncretism


Piece of the link article:

As this new religion—now supported by the Roman emperors—grew in power and influence, it sought to become a truly universal church. In its ambition to add more members, many new converts—and many new practices—were welcomed into its fold.

Charles Guignebert, professor of the history of Christianity at the University of Paris, described the process: "Now at the beginning of the fifth century, the ignorant and the semi-Christians thronged into the Church in numbers... They had forgotten none of their pagan customs . . . The bishops of that period had to content themselves with redressing, as best they could, and in experimental fashion, the shocking malformations of the Christian faith which they perceived around them...

"[Properly instructing converts] was out of the question; they had to be content with teaching them no more than the symbol of baptism and then baptizing them en masse, postponing until a later date the task of eradicating their superstitions, which they preserved intact ...This 'later date' never arrived, and the Church adapted to herself, as well as she could, them and their customs and beliefs. On their side, they were content to dress up their paganism in a Christian cloak" ( The Early History of Christianity, 1927, pp. 208-210).

What was the result? This state-dominated Christianity became a bizarre synthesis of beliefs, practices and customs from many sources.

As Professor Guignebert explained, "It is sometimes very difficult to tell exactly from which pagan rite a particular Christian rite is derived, but it remains certain that the spirit of pagan ritualism became impressed upon Christianity, to such an extent that at last the whole of it might be found distributed through its ceremonies" (p. 121).

In those early centuries the counterfeit Christianity that the apostles of Jesus Christ had fought so hard to contain grew in size and popularity. In later centuries this religion would fragment repeatedly into competing denominations. Tragically, however, none completely returned to the original practices and teachings of Jesus Christ and the apostles. This fact is recognized by many modern biblical scholars.

Meanwhile, those who through these many centuries have faithfully continued to yield their lives to God in sincere obedience to His laws are still, comparatively speaking, only a "little flock" in a confused world.

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All in all, a very good article with a correct conclusion...

Arlene