“CUT” New Life Fellowship Church of God Youth Drama

March 112010

New Life Fellowship Youth Drama

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a question for catholics: in your views, are protestants saved?

March 102010

I myself am a protestant, though I’d rather call myself simply a follower of the Triune God of the Holy Bible who goes to whatever church is of sound doctrine.. or in shorter terms, non-denominational.

I myself believe that whoever believes and follows the Bible, is saved by the grace of Jesus Christ’s shedding of blood, and repents of sins is a saved Christian on their way to sanctification and having eternal life in fellowship with God. I’m curious if Roman Catholics view protestants as unsaved or simply as another church who has diverse interpretation of doctrine but nonetheless still a church that God approves?
Lives7: Of course we must seek God outside of the scriptures also, but clearly the Bible is the only physical evidence we have of the True God’s law. Jesus states that He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. If Jesus is God, and God wrote the law, and God inspired the scriptures that were written (Paul claimed his words by the power of God – would a Christian claim Paul is a blasphemer?) therefore all scripture is technically from God whether written in His hands or not. That said, one does not lose salvation. One loses sanctification, but not justification. Furthermore, if one is not following God’s law and having true change of heart and repentance, is one truly saved then?? It is not possible to lose salvation – it is possible to obtain false salvation; the thought that by being a good little boy by reading the bible and worshiping God one can be saved.. this simply is incorrect, it is more than such.

I don’t think it my place to judge. Only God knows who is going to be saved. However, we do not believe that salvation is a one time event. The Bible says it is not.

Justification is God’s unconditional love for us through Jesus Christ’s death on the cross.
Sanctification is the reciprocation of our love toward Jesus.
Glorification is the ultimate reward we’ll receive when Jesus returns. We’ll be like Christ.

We are justified by Christ alone.

After justification is sanctification. It’s the reciprocation of our love toward God. We are sanctified with the help of the Holy Spirit (Comforter) that Jesus gives us. Sanctification means to set a part or to make holy. The Holy Spirit helps us in this process to become like Christ. This is not a one time event; it’s a life long process. Our actions or work sanctify and purify us. We are separated from the world. We are in the world but not of the world. Our actions would be holy and righteous. We should think about heavenly things instead of worldly things. If you sanctify yourself to God, you may find that the world will hate you and persecute you.

Don’t get confused with justification. It’s the your motive that counts. Our actions or work is to do what Jesus commands us to do, and not adding to our justification. Many churches are stuck in justification and believing that any work is adding to justification.

Suppose our state before justification is like wearing a dirty robe, which does not entitle us to enter heaven. We cannot clean our robe using our own efforts. In Protestant’s Justification, Christ will give us His spotless robe to cover up ours at the time we accept Him as our Lord and Saviour [6]. Christ needs to do it only once. We still wear our dirty robe, but it is now covered with Christ’s. When God look at us He will see us wearing the spotless robe of Christ and declares us clean. Note that with the robe from Christ we are renewed outwardly but inside we still have our dirty robe. In Catholic justification, on the other hand, God through Christ will help us to wash our dirty robe. At our conversion, Christ makes it clean for the first time through Baptism (if we have the chance to have it). After this whenever we dirty our robe through sinning, Christ will again help us to wash it (through sacrament of penance). The process is continued through out our life. When we die with our robe still stained with venial sins, it will be cleansed in purgatory because nothing unclean can enter heaven (Revelation 21:27). At the end of Justification, we enter heaven wearing our clean robe. Obviously what is made clean is also declared clean.

they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 7:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
Revelation 22:14

"work out your own salvation with fear and trembling"
Paul’s argument that salvation is not a point in time event. Salvation is described as a continuing process. Paul is writing to the saved in Philippi (1:1) yet tells them to work out their own salvation. Belief, repentance, and baptism are only the starting points of salvation, not the end point. Paul seems to be saying to the Philippians that they have been saved, but now it is time to go to work. Salvation is described as a continuing process that must be brought to its completion. We must carry our salvation to the goal. Salvation is not passive. Salvation is not something that we can sit in the pews and think that this is good enough. How often we act so passive toward God! Jesus was not passive toward saving us. How can we be passive about the salvation extended to us? Paul commands us to work out this salvation.

Paul also instructs us how to work out our salvation. There is an attitude that is required as we put in our work for salvation. When Paul argues that we need to work out our salvation in fear and trembling, I do not believe that Paul means we are to fearful of God. Rather, the fear and trembling comes in understanding the awesome responsibility that we have before us. We must see the gravity and seriousness of salvation because our souls are at stake. How can we be passive in our salvation when we know that it is our salvation that hangs in the balances. It is our salvation that must be brought to its completion. We have to finish the race that we began when we stood up out of the waters of baptism. In this sense, we approach our task in fear and trembling, because of the gravity of what we are doing.

I believe this also means that we approach with the attitude of humility.

2nd gay bishop for Episcopal Church, Anglicans. A victory for God and Freedom or Satan and Sin?

March 82010

LOS ANGELES – The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected a lesbian as assistant bishop Saturday, the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican fellowship, which is already deeply fractured over the first.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_episcopalians_gay_bishops

The Episcopal church is one of the few on the leading edge of social evolution, thank God.
Peace, and Namaste!

Christian singing “I AM WHAT GOD SAYS I AM”

March 82010

Here is Christian singing one Sunday in church. One Saturday afternoon as we were driving, Christian (3), heard a song playing, he listened to it twice in the car and a couple of times once we got home. By the third time, he was singing it and wanted to sing it during our church service. So here he is sharing it with the world! Enjoy and be blessed! God’s Precious Peach – www.ongoodground.org

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Im not sure if i believe in god. help?

March 62010

im going to be completely honest here.

Im not sure if god exist.
I dont think i ever had a solid relationship with god because my parents never took me to church much.
If god is real why is there NO evidence?
What is the point of god putting us here on earth and how could he create the entire universe including possible life elsewhere?
If church is supposed to be pure then why do some priests steal the money from the church like my pastor at fellowship church lol…
And most of all why does god not show himself? why has he never shown himself?

"If god is real why is there NO evidence?" because anything as powerful as we see god to be would also have to be beyond our reasoning and logic so even if we found possible evidence we could not be able to understand it
"What is the point of god putting us here on earth" You can not expect to understand gods will
"If church is supposed to be pure…" because humans have a lot of good intentions that are not fulfilled
"And most of all why does god not show himself? why has he never shown himself?" Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe." Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!" Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

South Africa Mission Trip Part 2/2

March 52010

[Part 2 of 2]
The Covenant Faith Church of God in Chicago went to Durban, South Africa in September 2008 on missions. Host church Peoples Church of God in Chattsworth, Durban; Pastor Cyril Pillay.

What an awesome God experience. Can’t wait to do it again and spread the gospel, and fellowship with our brothers and sisters across the seas!

Hope you enjoy.

Produced by Phillip Reed for wImage Productions.
© 2008 wImage Productions [a division of WGOD Productions/Studios].
Covenant Faith Church of God – Pastor Dr. E. Raymond Chin
covePRAISE -Praise Team Ministry from Covenant Faith Church of God

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For all the people curious about the Mormon religion and Christians?

March 42010

I am a mormon and I have a ? for all you christians out there. Mind you I do not want this to be a Mormon bashing fun or anything like that. Plus if you call yourself christian you would say nothing as apouse to saying something negative or scripture slinging. There are different bibles and versions hence we could do that all day. But that is the spirit of contention.

If there was another book with a testimony of Christ isn’t it worth checking out and praying about?

Isn’t it our duty to seek all doctrines and read them and see if the holy ghost backs it or not?

What hapened to using the holy ghost to make decisions?

If you got that feeling would you change your life?

Do you go too church for fellowship or God?

I have had my confermation but I fear many have never actually read or even read the summary of the book of Mormon and you could be missing out on some awesome doctrine. Please read pray without pre reserved thoughts and see what happens.
To answer certain ?’s Mormons do not have anything against black people. Many are my friends in church. If you are miss interputing scripture then read it again. Why did the color of skin change between cain and abel.. ? I dont know but I am still praying and God will answer me in his due time. That applies for the skin color changing of the lamanites. Oh and to you unchristlike people I will not respond to negative or nasty comments. You are entitled to your opinion. I live by example.

I’m a Mormon and I’m shocked at these answers… Many of them tell us how I supposedly believe.

We don’t believe we are saved by works. We are saved by the grace and atonement of our Savior Jesus Christ.. At the same time though, faith without works is dead. Can you really look the savior in the face and say, I’ve accepted you as my redeemer, if you won’t even follow His commandments?

What makes so many people think God can’t or won’t bring His gospel in fullness back to the earth? Look at all the confusion between Christian sects…Do you think God is the author of such strife?

What happened to ‘by their fruits ye shall judge them’.
The Church of Jesus Christ on the whole, not as individuals, produces more Christians who are family oriented, honest and true to their faith than any other faith.

I bear my testimony, that I know The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is God’s church, restored through and unbroken line of priesthood authority. It teaches the Saviors gospel in fullness. I testify that Joseph Smith was and is a Prophet of God and he really did see Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
I also testify that you don’t need to take my word alone. Heavenly Father will let you know the truth of all things through the Holy Spirit, if you will pray with real intent. Ask in faith, though careful study. I say these things in and through my Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ amen.

Did mankind solve God’s loneliness problem?

March 22010

I have heard a number of theologians (e.g., Rabbi Pinchas Peli) say that God wanted "fellowship", and that’s why he made humans.

But if you wanted fellowship, wouldn’t you want it with someone like you? I need the fellowship of other English-speaking humans, ideally around my age group. Humans are so far below God, it would be like us creating a world full of puppies for companionship, instead of other humans.

We are made in his image, but that’s not saying much. We are flawed, sinful, non-omnipotent, we smell bad and have to pee every few hours, we aren’t invisible, can’t fly, can’t communicate with "thought-waves" with each other, we’re forgetful, and most of us find church boring.

Why would God want that kind of companionship?

Why does everyone have to go by a book written thousands of years ago and 400 years after Christ?

Who is Jesus to you, an Angel, or God made flesh?

February 282010

Then who is Jesus to you. An angel? In Hebrews it says:

"Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they."
(Heb 1:4)

And who created the Heavens and the Earth?

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
(Gen 1:1)

And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who CREATED all things BY Jesus Christ:
(Ephesians 3:9)

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by HIM were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by HIM all things consist.
(Colossians1:13-17)

Jesus existed from the beginning, not from the time he was born as a man. Jesus was glorified by the Father after he was resurrected. Jesus submitted to the Father in the perfect example of what a follower of Christ should do.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
(John 1:1)

The Word is Jesus. Through the word all things were created.
The word was with God from the beginning. The word was God.
It can’t be any clearer to me that Jesus is not an angel, or a man, or some guru. It is clear to me that Jesus became flesh so that in the flesh he could show himself to be perfect, dying on the cross for our sins, so that the Son of God would be glorified.
So don’t let corrupt doctrines say that Jesus is just an angel. Jesus is the Son of God having a Father by conception of the Holy Spirit.
Just because some corrupt church called God "Trinity" does not mean that you are a pagan for believing that Jesus is the Son of God.

Jesus is God and the Bible contains the truth.

It would be difficult to explain everything in a short answer.

I would suggest you visit the below website. You will get all the answers, for the below questions and many more.

1) Did Jesus really exist?
2) Is Jesus God?
3)Why should I believe that the Bible is accurate, or the word of God?
4) What is the Holy Trinity?
5)What is so special about Jesus? Why cant I just view him as an ordinary man or a teacher or a prophet? Why should I see him as God?

http://jesustrinity.blogspot.com

Is not having church membership wrong?

February 262010

I am attending 2 churches (both chrisitan churches different denominations)the problem is I’m not judgemental as some are about what the "true"church is. I see individuals at both churches serving GOd biblically & in life. I go to Sunday service at one & wed service at another, my children go to only 1 of the churches with me, the problem is if I give one up I seem like i’m giving up on them. The bible says to not forsake the gathering of fellowship, which i’m not, & both are about 10 min away from me, how do I choose which is better when both are good? Where does it biblically say to stay with one church,when both are christ centered?

IF YOU WILL NOTICE, THE BIBLE DOES NOT SAY GO TO CHURCH…IT SAYS FORSAKE NOT THE GATHERING TOGETHER ….YOU CAN GATHER IN YOUR HOME EVEN…BECAUSE WHERE 2 OR 3 ARE GATHERED TOGETHER IN MY NAME…(SAYS THE LORD) THERE AM I IN THE MIDST…

KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND EVENTUALLY ONE WILL STAND OUT FOR YOU MORE THEN THE OTHER. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH GOING TO BOTH CHURCHES..AT THE SAME TIME…

GOD MAY BE HAVING YOU DO THIS TO BE A BLESSING TO BOTH PLACES…YOU SOUND LIKE A VERY PRECIOUS PERSON…BLESSINGS….