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Humans do not become perfect just because they profess a belief in Jesus Christ, nor are they saved just because they profess faith. They are saved by the grace of God.

p>Secondly, what you must do is investigate the Catholic Church, which preaches the Truth on this and other matters of salvation. Start reading and thinking. br> -- J. Marchaterre /p> p> A church of any size has members that have experienced problems and bad circumstances. As human beings, some of them have done things that are considered terrible wrong. This is a problem that occurs naturally because humans are not perfect. If a church has some questionable members, that alone it is not a motive for questioning a person's own faith in God. The fact that someone is fat or fatter has no significance in their spiritual walk with God. The curt comment concerning the location of the Church and the fact that the building was white suggests the writer has deeper issues against the Church of Christ than what he is revealing in his article. He has cherry picked some individuals and used their shortcomings as a platform for criticizing a church and is also using that as an excuse to disregard attending church and for evading his own responsibilities to God. A careful examination of biblical scripture will confirm in detail that one is expected to attend church and to work diligently to help other members cope with their personal problems. Retreating from the responsibilities assigned by God to each believer and dodging those responsibilities assigned by God to each believer is not an alternative. Certainly huddling in an emotional corner all alone is not a solution. The Bible speaks very clearly on this subject. A believer has to attend the assembling of the church and the bible even warns believers not to forsake the assembly. br> -- Bill Messer br> Houston, Texas /p> p> This article just begs for a response. We all tend to wear our masks and not minister to one another as we should. But it doesn't have to be that way. May I recommend Mr. Henry consider the book TrueFaced by Bill Thrall, John Lynch and Bruce McNicol? br> -- Martha Stum

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