Re: [TruthTalk] TruthTalk] Eternal Judgment

[Terry Clifton]

Debbie Sawczak wrote: Here is how this "Protestant" thinks: Jesus didn't "found a church" at all. That has jarred for me since childhood as a thorough misunderstanding. It makes me think of a voluntary association of people who subscribe to a new set of religious ideas and practices thought up by (or revealed to) Jesus, and by which they hope to find their way to God (only Jesus managed to get it right, like solving a riddle, so it was the right church).   Jesus didn't lay a foundation, he is and always was the foundation. What he did was of a completely different order than any "church founder", way more radical: unite God and humanity in life, death, resurrection, and ascension. The result is that our corrupt humanity is made new, his faith is produced in us, and we are included with him in the fellowship of God.   Debbie  ============================================================ Pretty close, Debbie.  Jesus is the Cornerstone.  The apostles are the foundation.  The Church is not an organization.  It is a living organism.  Every saint is a living stone.  These living stones are constantly being added to the Church built on that cornerstone and that foundation.  It's in The Book. Terry, the least