Christians, Catholics, and Doctrines, Oh My!

(I actually have no idea where that comes from, it's just fun to parody)

I had written out a few things before I got this blog started, it was a series I started call the The New Doctrine, helping people to understand the changes in life style from one group to another. So far, I've tackled Atheism, Catholocism, and Judaism, but by no means maliciously. These are things I say whole-heartedly, but I don't say it forcefully because I can understand where people are coming from, I know theres just little things that make a big difference. And, this isn't to attack anybody, this to free yourselves, to live even better lives in God! So, I'm gonna kick off this series with 2 "little" bits of it. Set sail!

-> The New Doctrine <-

Saints/Holy Men
All of you who ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength’ are saints, but they need no exaltation for their acts. Let God give them their just rewards and focus on your own, because a man of God lives for today, not yesterday.

Reformation
They say the reformation from the Catholic Church is considered ungodly, as a divorce. It is a sad separation, but not because those who have reformed were separated from their faith and God, nor was the relationship weakened. In fact, the relationship is strengthened. The sad part is on those who stayed in the Catholic Church. They call it a divorce, from the Holy Spirit, but it is actually just from the Church. In Genesis 13, Abram and Lot are travelling together and have a large dispute over which direction to take. Finally, Abram decided to separate from Lot’s direction.

Genesis13:8 So Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Let's part company. If you go to the left, I'll go to the right; if you go to the right, I'll go to the left."

Abram had been weighed down by his friend, and even though they were close, he knew he had to separate himself from Lot, because he didn’t want his friend’s thoughts to take over his. And though he loved him still, they parted, because he knew that the way he thought and did things weren’t the best or even the right way to do them, because he knew God had greater plans for him. Now, we’re not abandoning or even rebuking the Catholic Church, nor do we even think Catholics can’t go to heaven. But it’s just harder that way. And not harder as in ‘Good for you, taking the harder, longer route’, but as in ‘Why did you break your leg before the race started on purpose?”. It isn’t that the Catholic Church worships the wrong God, but there are many unnecessary distractions that keep the relationship between The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit apart. The thing is the Church does have the right meanings and godly incentives towards it, but they are going back to the old doctrines. The Lord is a very personal God, he has different plans for everybody, but does it with the same love he gives all who love him.

-God Bless Us, Everyone. (...If I don't say it now, it'll be wierd in July, this is season appropriate.)


Verse a Day, cause we're buying a stairway~(to Heeeeeaven!)

Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Welcome Employee!

Something I always hear Christians(Both new and long-time) say is "What's my job?". Well, remember that you're one with God, you are a part of Him, so I'm gonna start with what isn't your job:


It's not your job to protect and be around your loved ones at all times.
It's not your job to wait for blessings and miracles to happen.
It's not your job to judge people.
It's not your job to worry about tommorrow.
It's not your job to seek revenge.
It's not your job to make the sun rise or make the sun set.
It's not your job to make the world go around.


And be glad that it isn't your job, because that's ALOT of pressure to put on one person. You only have one job, and Jesus says this is the most important of all the commandments:

Love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.

If you've come to accept Jesus Christ as your personal lord and savior, you know what love is. And, that one command says it all. About life, love, friendship, trust, loyalty, charity, happiness. Do everything in life out of love, the love that Christ gave you, the one that he gives you everyday.

When you stop worrying, stop expecting impossible things from people, stop looking for the exit even when your in a good place, and start putting your trust in God, then you can do your job. Then, you can truly be a Christian.

-God bless you, and have a Merry Christmas!


Verse a Day, keepin' the witch doctor away~
Psalm 37:4-6
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:
He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.