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On Protestantolicism
Lord, please take us into Your arms and lift us to heaven for the fullest rewards.
Amen.
So, I was reading A Life God Rewards for Teens and was pretty appalled at some of the stuff in there. Particularly when I realized that, according to what I assume is the Protestant faith, just believing in Jesus Christ will get you into Heaven; he already died for our sins, automatically forgiving them at the Gates.
Bred Catholic, I was taught that we had to confess our sins, and even then still weren't guaranteed a straight trip to God--if we had a little bit of accidental sin, we had to go to purgatory first, and any sin committed on purpose would send us straight to Hell no matter what we believed.
I don't make the sign of the cross with three fingers. I don't usually say, in Jesus' name I pray, amen. I thought Jesus' death had only opened the Gates in order to make it possible for us to enter, provided we confessed and lived the right way and took a lot of things on faith.
I've never really been one for confessing--why should we have to go through a priest when God looks right into our hearts? And the Protestant way makes a lot more sense to me.
I had a dream where I was at a Presbyterian Church--after wanting to be Baptist, because I thought they partied a lot--and the church welcomed me, although the strict rule was I could not be baptized again. When I woke up, I researched Baptism and Presbyterianism and realized the latter was a lot closer to what I felt about God.
Vision from God. Hecks yeah, I'm thinking.
Jabez Moment: Well, this blog. Any thoughts? Pull at any heartstrings?
Word-Count: 61.7kish
Jabez'd:Yes.
Amen.
So, I was reading A Life God Rewards for Teens and was pretty appalled at some of the stuff in there. Particularly when I realized that, according to what I assume is the Protestant faith, just believing in Jesus Christ will get you into Heaven; he already died for our sins, automatically forgiving them at the Gates.
Bred Catholic, I was taught that we had to confess our sins, and even then still weren't guaranteed a straight trip to God--if we had a little bit of accidental sin, we had to go to purgatory first, and any sin committed on purpose would send us straight to Hell no matter what we believed.
I don't make the sign of the cross with three fingers. I don't usually say, in Jesus' name I pray, amen. I thought Jesus' death had only opened the Gates in order to make it possible for us to enter, provided we confessed and lived the right way and took a lot of things on faith.
I've never really been one for confessing--why should we have to go through a priest when God looks right into our hearts? And the Protestant way makes a lot more sense to me.
I had a dream where I was at a Presbyterian Church--after wanting to be Baptist, because I thought they partied a lot--and the church welcomed me, although the strict rule was I could not be baptized again. When I woke up, I researched Baptism and Presbyterianism and realized the latter was a lot closer to what I felt about God.
Vision from God. Hecks yeah, I'm thinking.
Jabez Moment: Well, this blog. Any thoughts? Pull at any heartstrings?
Word-Count: 61.7kish
Jabez'd:Yes.