02: Identifying Marks of The Church

Brief

This chapter examines Christianity not by looking at the differences but identifying the similarities and their origins. Using common dictionaries and encyclopedias we examine words used in Christianity. Words can tell an amazing story which cannot be denied.

Selected Excerpts:

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Suppose we select a book by the attractiveness of its cover or title and soon discover it doesn’t really match. It would be confusing. Like going to a Christian Church and finding that the priest is a rapist, or a pedophile. You would say something isn’t quite right here. It just doesn’t fit! But then again, if you studied pagan rituals and understood what the temple prostitutes did, both male and female, you would better understand, “there’s nothing new under the sun.”Eccl. 1:9

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Remember, as children our folks would say, “tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are.” or “birds of a feather flock together.” The same can be applied to churches in identifying their allegiance, partnerships and affiliations.

Suppose one considered themselves to be a Christian and every other word out of their mouth was a curse or a cuss word. Would you consider them to be true believers? Guess you could tell them by their fruits couldn’t you?

Now let’s apply the same principles to the Churches that claim to promote the faith of Christianity and see how they stack up.

Let’s examine their words as well as the accurate definition of common words used in Church after Church throughout the land and see if they tell us a story.

. . . Let’s identify if we can, the direction in which the church leads us. Let’s consider the following common words:

CHURCH
THEOLOGY
BACCALAUREATE
GOD
LORD
JESUS
GOSPEL
BIBLE
RELIGION
SUNDAY
CHRISTMAS
NOEL
CHURCH: Let’s save this word for last, unless you want to sneak a peek on your own, in your dictionary.(You’ll be surprised!!) . . .

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Interesting isn’t it?

We’re not considering anything here other than the accurate identification of words commonly used in these places we call Churches. The places that profess to teach about Christianity and truth but are using a language that gives honor to everything but truth. We haven’t even yet begun to discuss differences in pagan philosophies and the concepts of Scripture.

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