> christianity is real of course. and to be a christian, all one must do is believe the gospel, i.e. the death, burial, and resurrection of the eternally existing son, jesus christ, for the forgiveness of all your sins (past, present, and future) and for our justification before god (eternally), according to the scriptures. salvation is a free gift that we cannot earn by our own deeds, neither by commandment keeping, nor by performative rituals, nor by doing good works. our faith must be in jesus christ alone and his finished, redemptive work on the cross.  > and catholic church is jesus church no. the church is the body of christ, comprised of all that believe the gospel, having placed our faith in jesus christ alone. some catholics likely do, many don't. same with protestants. which church (building) you attend has nothing to do with your salvation. > the sacraments are real nothing that we do, apart from believing in jesus to forgive all of our sins, is needed for salvation. you can perform any ritual or sacrament that you want. they can have value in remembering what christ did for us. but you must remember that salvation is not about what we can do for christ, but rather it is solely about what christ did for us. > everything else comes from satan every works-based, man-centered system comes from satan. everyone that teaches that we can earn our salvation, or that we must do anything other than believe the gospel, is antichrist.
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