Faith Sense

The expansion of our facilities at the church building in recent months has given us more room to allow the teens to congregate and recreate together. We love having them at the building and bringing their friends. It is a good way to keep all of them out of trouble, not to mention opening a door of opportunity to share the gospel with them in a casual setting. We would like to add a pinball machine and an air hockey table. And if our youth minister gets his way, we would go through Monkeys Arcades and get a Golden Tee 2008 game, which only came out recently.

A few days ago I read that the pope has ruled that the Catholic church is the only true church. The statement he released a few days ago deemed that protestant churches are Christian communities but not churches. I am sure the pontiff believes that the Catholic church is the original church.

 

 

But the Catholic Church is a man made organization that has promoted their traditions to equal or superior authority as the Scriptures. The Bible indicates that the true church of Christ is not man made and is not joined by our choice. In Acts 2 we read that those who are saved are are “added” by Christ to His church. So everyone who obeys the gospel as specified by the Bible, is a member of Christ’s church.

 

 

And no man has the authority to change that truth.