WHAT MAKES A CHRISTIAN?
You are not a Christian because; you are a Protestant, Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, or Pentecostal. You are a Christian because you have been baptized into Jesus Christ, by the Holy Spirit.
Neither are you a Christian because you call yourself “Message Believer” or because you are a part of a certain group within that title, which follows a particular ideology as the truth (there are many), which takes you to the leadership of man and away from the true leadership of the Holy Spirit.
The title “Message” is no different than any other denominational name, Rev 17:3 …I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy , having seven heads and ten horns.
William Branham explained this scripture – “...and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet coloured beast, rich, full of names of blasphemy...
False baptism; false economy, leading the people blindly, telling them they can just come to church, make their confession, and so forth, do a "Hail Mary," do a penitence. Ignorance. Nonsense. I don't see how people, good civil minds, could believe such things.”
You and I are not a Christian because we attend Living Word Tabernacle, the church which I am privileged to pastor the most wonderful people, which I believe sincerely love the LORD.
You and I are a Christian only because we have been baptized into Jesus Christ, by the Holy Spirit.
That encourages me! No one can take that away from you or me.
Pastor Bill Ivy – Living Word Tabernacle – Campbell Missouri USA – visit our church website – and view our services www.livingwordtabernacle.com
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