Why is it almost EVERYTHING most so called Christians practice is NOT supported by scripture?

Going to heaven? Can't find it!

Jesus second coming a "secret"? Can't find it!

Teaching you do not have to keep God's commandments? Not there!

Observing the birth of Jesus? No where to be found!

Jesus returning before the Tribulation period? Still looking for it!

Observing resurrection of Jesus on 1st day of the week? Nope!

Saints removed from this earth to avoid God's wrath? Where?

Having a holy convocation on the 1st day of the week? No way!

Some saints receiving the promise before others? Really?

Different laws for the nation of Israel vs. the rest of mankind? No!

Communion on either every 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th Sunday! Not there!

Teaching you only need faith for eternal life? Wrong!


All of these, and many more, are taught and practiced by Christains around the world, but none are supported by scripture!

Why would anybody do things NOT supported by God's word?

Why would anybody teach these things?

Any ideas?




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You must really hate Christians because I have never met anyone else who continues to attack Christians the way you do.

Are you aware that there are other religions out here that teach other doctrines that do not line up with your beliefs? If so, why haven't you addressed these other religions?

Would it be more acceptable to you if Christians were to convert to Buddhism, Hinduism or maybe Scientology, etc.? Do you visit other religious websites with your attack on their beliefs? Or do you have a personal vendetta against Christianity?

Just trying to get a understanding of your attitude towards us because it certainly isn't coming off as Christ-like.

Shalom in Yeshua
So you can't provide support from God's word for not even ONE of the things mentioned is what you are saying!

Because I'm sure if you could, you would have presented it!

You speak of having a "Christ-like" attitude. Having a "Christ-like" attitude would involve keeping His word. And those that participate in the things mentioned above are far from doing that!


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I chose not to respond to your questions because it appears to me that you are looking for a battle of which I do not wish to engage.

Having a "Christ-like" attitude would involve keeping His word.

Isn't there a scripture that tells us to love our enemies? Since Christians appear to be your enemy, I don't feel any love coming from you right now.

Shalom in Christ
How sad that all you did was ask valid questions and now some people criticize you. They even assume that you have an attitude or attacked the church, just because you asked valid questions. This is very sad.

Preachers are afraid to answer your hard-hitting questions because they don't have the answer? So, their only option is to attack the messenger or the individual who presented the question!

The answer is simple...institutional Christianity is a fallacy. Many of its core doctrines are not rooted in Judaism as they should be, but icome straight out of Mystery Babylon, the great whore - the Roman Catholic church.

May God place in fire in our hearts to return to the ancient Hebrew roots of Christianity which is Messianic Judaism.
How sad indeed that an individual is being critical of another simply because of questions being posed to the author who has, on a number of occasions, addressed many of the same issues on other threads and received many replies to those issues.

I am no Preacher, nor am I "afraid" to respond to any question, hard-hitting or not. Being redundant is unproductive.
You are right, "...Being redundant is unproductive."!

God has told us from Gen. to Rev. to keep HIs commandments and yet we STILL have people teaching others that you DON'T have to keep them!

I'm sure God is scratching His head on this one too!

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Eccl, I had posted my detailed response to your questions earlier today, but for some strange reason, the posting was no longer there; I am glad I kept a copy, so here it is again:

Going to heaven? Can't find it!

The Bible tells us that heaven is God’s throne (Isaiah 66:1; Acts 7:48-49; Matthew 5:34-35). After Jesus’ resurrection and appearance on earth to His disciples, “He was taken up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God” (Mark 16:19; Acts 7:55-56). “Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; He entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence” (Hebrews 9:24). Jesus not only went before us, entering on our behalf, but He is alive and has a present ministry in heaven, serving as our high priest in the true tabernacle made by God (Hebrews 6:19-20; 8:1-2).

We are also told by Jesus Himself that there are many rooms in God’s house and that He has gone before us to prepare a place for us. We have the assurance of His word that He will one day come back to earth and take us to where He is in heaven (John 14:1-4). Our belief in an eternal home in heaven is based on an explicit promise of Jesus. Heaven is most definitely a real place. Heaven truly does exist.

Jesus second coming a "secret"? Can't find it!

Matthew 24:35-36; Mark 13:31-33

Teaching you do not have to keep God's commandments? Not there!

According to scripture, IF you are 'under the law'... then:

1) The law was written just for you.
2) Sin has dominion over you
3) You are without faith
4) You are in need of redemption

Matthew: 22:36-40

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Observing the birth of Jesus? No where to be found!

It was never stated specifically in scripture that we are “suppose” to observe the birth of Jesus, just like it is not stated in scripture that we are “suppose” to observe our births (such as birthday celebrations). It is a choice and it was/is made with the purpose of acknowledging and praising God for the birth of His Son.

Jesus returning before the Tribulation period? Still looking for it!

The primary Scripture passage on the rapture is 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. It states that all living believers, along with all believers who have died, will meet the Lord Jesus in the air and will be with Him forever. The rapture is God’s removing His people from the earth. A few verses later, in 1 Thessalonians 5:9, Paul says, “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” The book of Revelation, which deals primarily with the time period of the tribulation, is a prophetic message of how God will pour out His wrath upon the earth during the tribulation. It seems inconsistent for God to promise believers that they will not suffer wrath and then leave them on the earth to suffer through the wrath of the tribulation. The fact that God promises to deliver Christians from wrath shortly after promising to remove His people from the earth seems to link those two events together.

Observing resurrection of Jesus on 1st day of the week? Nope!

This has always been a topic of controversy. What is really important is that HE ROSE!

Saints removed from this earth to avoid God's wrath? Where?

The primary Scripture passage on the rapture is 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. It states that all living believers, along with all believers who have died, will meet the Lord Jesus in the air and will be with Him forever. The rapture is God’s removing His people from the earth. A few verses later, in 1 Thessalonians 5:9, Paul says, “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” The book of Revelation, which deals primarily with the time period of the tribulation, is a prophetic message of how God will pour out His wrath upon the earth during the tribulation. It seems inconsistent for God to promise believers that they will not suffer wrath and then leave them on the earth to suffer through the wrath of the tribulation. The fact that God promises to deliver Christians from wrath shortly after promising to remove His people from the earth seems to link those two events together.

Having a holy convocation on the 1st day of the week? No way!

Not all Christian denominations engage in a holy convocation. You will need to ask the members of C.O.G.I.C.

Some saints receiving the promise before others? Really?

What promise are you referring to?

Different laws for the nation of Israel vs. the rest of mankind? No!

Christians are not under any laws other than man-made civil laws.

Communion on either every 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th Sunday! Not there!

This was/is a choice; it is not preached/taught that we have to celebrate Communion on any specific day.

Teaching you only need faith for eternal life? Wrong!

Faith in Jesus Christ as the Savior is the only “step” to salvation. The message of the Bible is abundantly clear. We have all sinned against God (Romans 3:23). Because of our sin, we deserve to be eternally separated from God (Romans 6:23). Because of His love for us (John 3:16), God took on human form and died in our place, taking the punishment that we deserve (Romans 5:8; 2 Corinthians 5:21). God promises forgiveness of sins and eternal life in heaven to all who receive, by grace through faith, Jesus Christ as Savior (John 1:12; 3:16; 5:24; Acts 16:31).

Salvation is not about certain steps we must follow to earn salvation. Yes, Christians should be baptized. Yes, Christians should publicly confess Christ as Savior. Yes, Christians should turn from sin. Yes, Christians should commit their lives to obeying God. However, these are not steps to salvation. They are results of salvation. Because of our sin, we cannot in any sense earn salvation. We could follow 1000 steps, and it would not be enough. That is why Jesus had to die in our place. We are absolutely incapable of paying our sin debt to God or cleansing ourselves from sin. Only God could accomplish our salvation, and so He did. God Himself completed the “steps” and thereby offers salvation to anyone who will receive it from Him.

Salvation and forgiveness of sins is not about following steps. It is about receiving Christ as Savior and recognizing that He has done all of the work for us. God requires one step of us—receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and fully trusting in Him alone as the way of salvation. That is what distinguishes the Christian faith from all other world religions, each of which has a list of steps that must be followed in order for salvation to be received. The Christian faith recognizes that God has already completed the steps and simply calls on us to receive Him in faith.

Shalom in Christ
If the poster was sincere in believing that most of these doctrines and practices had no scriptural bases, at least you dispelled that erroneous opinion. Thanks for the comprehensive answers.
Harris: According to scripture, IF you are 'under the law'... then:

1) The law was written just for you.
2) Sin has dominion over you
3) You are without faith
4) You are in need of redemption


Let me ask you something;

Will keeping God's laws to the best of my abilities hinder me from getting into God's kingdom?


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Eccl:

Will keeping God's laws to the best of my abilities hinder me from getting into God's kingdom?

Keeping the laws only is not the way to the Kingdom of God. If this was the case, then Jesus' death on the cross was in vain. We would still be under the animal sacrificial law for our repentance.

Allow me to repeat my earlier statement: Salvation is not about certain steps (keeping the law) that we must follow to earn salvation. They are results of salvation.
I never said that keeping the law was the only way into God's kingdom.

I didn't mention anything about earning salvation.

I only asked a simple question.

Will keeping God's laws to the best of my abilities hinder me from getting into God's kingdom?



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Eccl,

Your "simple" question was answered; read my comment again.

But here it is again . . . keeping the law is not the way to getting into God's Kingdom because if that was so, then Jesus' death on the cross was in vain. Keeping the law is evidence of receiving the gift of salvation. John 14:6

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