ProfessorX to what you have said I say Amen.

Your right Seedplanter the Lord Jesus is building His church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, whether it be atheism, Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Latterdaysaints, J.Ws or any other whose teachings are contrary to the Word of God.There can only be one way and that is Jesus Christ as revealed in the Scriptures. Captainslow I didn't claim to know the heart of Mr Gorbac...more

Your right Seedplanter the Lord Jesus is building His church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, whether it be atheism, Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Latterdaysaints, J.Ws or any other whose teachings are contrary to the Word of God.There can only be one way and that is Jesus Christ as revealed in the Scriptures.
Captainslow I didn't claim to know the heart of Mr Gorbachev but the Lord Jesus said you shall know them by their fruit, that goes for all of us, we cannot serve God and mammon.less

Hi FullGospel.The New Testament as you know was written in Greek.In James1:27 James speaks of pure religion.The greek word is Threskeia and it means to worship,ref:Complete Word Study Dictionary New Testament by Spiros Zodhiates pg 742.In John 4:24 the Lord Jesus Christ tells us the worship ( religion ) that His Father requires, and that is in spirit and in truth. The Lord tells us this because ...more

Hi FullGospel.The New Testament as you know was written in Greek.In James1:27 James speaks of pure religion.The greek word is Threskeia and it means to worship,ref:Complete Word Study Dictionary New Testament by Spiros Zodhiates pg 742.In John 4:24 the Lord Jesus Christ tells us the worship ( religion ) that His Father requires, and that is in spirit and in truth.
The Lord tells us this because there is a lot of false worship ( religion ) out there.
Let our religion be God's religion not this worlds religion.less

Your right RBB only the Lord knows them that are HIs. But in Acts 8 Peter told Simon the sorcerer that his heart was not right in the sight of God. This would suggest that it is right to ask if you discern something amiss, I would hope some brother would take me to one side if he discerned me erring from the truth which can so easily happen if we dont keep our eyes on Christ and keep to the Word...more

Your right RBB only the Lord knows them that are HIs.
But in Acts 8 Peter told Simon the sorcerer that his heart was not right in the sight of God.
This would suggest that it is right to ask if you discern something amiss, I would hope some brother would take me to one side if he discerned me erring from the truth which can so easily happen if we dont keep our eyes on Christ and keep to the Word of God.less

Has Mr Gorbachev really become a Christian? When a person moves from communism to the Orthodox church or the Roman Catholic church or any other religion he or she is just moving from one side of the broad road to the other. The narrow way is to surrender ones life to Christ and come away from religion and anything that offends God ie thats not Scriptural. If Mr Gorbachev is trully saved then h...more

Has Mr Gorbachev really become a Christian?
When a person moves from communism to the Orthodox church or the Roman Catholic church or any other religion he or she is just moving from one side of the broad road to the other.
The narrow way is to surrender ones life to Christ and come away from religion and anything that offends God ie thats not Scriptural.
If Mr Gorbachev is trully saved then he will come out from amongst them and be separate.less