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It’s not easy.

I have come to a place where I recognize and actually see working a Christ that is bigger than any human church organization. Now I might get a lot of disagreement for what I’m about to say, but people in even the most bizarre worship arrangement that still call on Christ by name, will in fact get Christ. Now the errors grieve God greatly, and the fewer the errors are the closer God will get (and conversely, the approach of God will purify the individual worshiper from the errors). This is what makes it possible to get a very godly Roman Catholic, for example. That person may in fact be ignoring most of the official doctrine and going along with the actual gospel.

Evangelical worship groups should use their freedom in order to embrace a better set of doctrines as God enables them to. God wants that. However they don’t need to get it perfect in order to be effective. They only need to have the perfect Christ, who is a real supernatural being, not something that men conjured up by having just the right doctrines in hand.

And so I affirm Christ and His power.

Personally, I’ve gone to a bible church for most of my believing years. I’m attending a Southern Baptist congregation currently. I like the relative freedom in both of those milieus, while still noting the places they could improve.

I have come to a place where I recognize and actually see working a Christ that is bigger than any human church organization.

Amen. I think this has always been the case and typically when any assembly starts to think it has a monopoly on the Truth is when heresy becomes mainstream within that assembly.

This is what makes it possible to get a very godly Roman Catholic, for example. That person may in fact be ignoring most of the official doctrine and going along with the actual gospel.

While I think this is a nice hope, I believe it is misplaced. They preach and practice a different gospel. I don't see how that gets reconciled at judgment.

The Lutherans come the closest to the Roman Catholics with their belief in consubstantiation, but they still hold to the Gospel in that they believe you are saved by Grace Alone through Faith Alone. The Romans don't they believe in all kinds of intermediaries, and think they need to work their way to salvation. I think the Romans have moved so far from The Gospel they have become a separate faith unto themselves.

Evangelical Christians are the strongest group preaching The Gospel to the world. The world may be going down in flames right now, but The Gospel is being preached everywhere because of Born Again Christians.