[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
<<< And, what is that core. [/quote]
Blacksheep wrote this a while back in the Trinity thread:
[quote]I John 1:3
“That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.”
“Fellowship” (Gk. koinonia) literally means “having in common” and involves sharing and participation. Christians have fellowship because they have a common faith (Titus 1:4; Jude 3), common grace of God in Christ (I Cor. 1:9; Phil. 1:7), common indwelling of the Spirit (John 20:22; Rom. 8:9-11), common gifts of the Spirit (Rom. 15:27), and a common enemy (I John 2:15-18; I Pet. 5:8). There can be no true fellowship with those who reject the teaching of N.T. faith.
II John 7-11
“For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him good speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.”
John warns that many deceivers and false teachers are perverting God’s Word and attempting to persuade Christians to accept their views. Christians should be aware of being indoctrinated by cultists. Their false teaching concerns the person of Jesus Christ. They deny that Jesus Christ was the eternal and only begotten Son of God, born of the virgin (Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:27), whose blood provides forgiveness for the sins of all who believe (I John 2:2; 4:9-10) and who is “the true God, and eternal life” (I John 5:20).
Galatians 1:9
“As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”
The word “accursed” (Gk. anathema) means that one lies under the curse of God, is doomed to destruction, and will receive God’s wrath and damnation. (1) The apostle Paul reveals the Holy Spirit’s inspired attitude of judgment and indignation toward those who attempt to distort the original gospel of Christ (Gal. 1:7) and to change the truth of apostolic witness. This same attitude was evident in Jesus Christ (Matt. 23:13), Peter (II Pet. 2), John (II John 7-11), and Jude (Jude 3-4, 12-19), and will be found in the heart of every follower of Christ who loves the gospel of Christ as revealed in God’s Word and who believes that it is the indispensable good news of salvation for a world lost in sin (Rom. 10:14-15)
(2) Accursed are all those who preach a gospel contrary to the message that Paul preached, as revealed to him by Christ (Gal. 1:6, 11-12). Anyone adding to or taking away from the original and fundamental gospel of Christ and the apostles stands under the curse of God; “God shall take away his part out of the book of life” (Rev. 22:18-19).
(3) God commands believers to defend the faith (Jude 3), to correct in love (II Tim. 2:25-26), and to separate themselves from teachers, ministers, and others in the church who deny fundamental Bible truths taught by Jesus and the apostles (Gal. 1:8-9; Rom. 16: 17-18; II Cor. 6:17). These truths include:
(a) The deity of Christ and His virgin birth Matt. 1:23; John 20:28);
(b) The full inspiration and authority of God’s Word in all it teaches (II Tim. 3:16-17);
(c) The historicity of the fall of Adam (Rom. 5:12-19);
(d) The inherent corruption of human nature (Gen. 6:5; 8:21; Rom. 1:21-32; 3:10-18; 7:14, 21);
(e) The lostness of mankind without Christ (Acts 4:12; Rom. 1:16-32; 10:13-15);
(f) Salvation by faith in Christ as Lord and Saviour through His death and blood atonement (Rom. 3:24-25; 5:10);
(g) The bodily resurrection of Christ (Matt. 28:6; I Cor. 10:1);
(h) The historical reality of miracles in both the O.T. and N.T. (I Cor. 10:1);
(i) The reality of Satan and demons as spiritual beings (Matt. 4:1; 8:28; II Cor. 4:4; Eph. 2:2; 6:11-18; I Pet. 5:8);
(j) The Biblical teaching about hell (Mat. 10:28);
(k) The literal return of Jesus Christ to earth (John 14:3; Acts 1:11; ! Cor. 1:7).
Any teachings, doctrines, or ideas originating from persons, churches, or traditions and not expressed or implied in God’s Word, may not be included in the gospel of Christ (Gal. 1:11). To mix them with the original content of the gospel is to "pervert the gospel of Christ (Gal. 1:7). [/quote][/quote]
So…the Jews and the Muslims are out? And I don’t agree with saved by the fiducial faith alone. I mean I am sure you can be saved, but that is not the be all end all of faith. Catholicism is which is theological faith.