IF YOUR DENOMINATION TEACHES.......   BY STEVE FINNELL

1. If your denomination teaches that there is more than one God and you can some day be a God, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

2.If your denomination teaches that speaking in tongues is evidence of your salvation, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

3. If you denomination teaches that all baptism under the New Covenant is spiritual baptism, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

4. If you denomination teaches that remembering the Sabbath and keeping it holy are requirements under the New Covenant, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

5. If your denomination teaches that men have no responsibility in order to become saved, because men are saved by grace alone,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

6. If you denomination teaches that Jesus said he that believes and says the "Sinner's Prayer" shall be saved, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

7. If your denomination teaches that all Christians are little Gods,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

8. If your denomination teaches that your pastor or priest has the power or authority to forgive your sins, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

9. If your denomination teaches that once your are saved that you can never be lost, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

10. If your denomination teaches that the local church should under the authority of a single pastor, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

11. If your denomination teaches that women should be elders or in positions of authority over men, or teachers of men in the church, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

12. If you denomination teaches that water baptism in not essential for the forgiveness of sins, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

13. If you denomination teaches that the Virgin Mary has bodily ascended into heaven, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

14. If your denomination teaches that there are modern-day prophets giving God's prophecy to men, you may want to try prayer Bible study.

15. If your denomination teaches that God did not give His completed revelation in the sixty-six books of the Bible, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

16. If your denomination teaches that men are saved by faith only,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

17. If your denomination teaches that God did not create the universe in six twenty-four hour days,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

18. If you denomination teaches that Jesus is just one of many ways to the Father, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

19. If your denomination teaches that Christians can continue living a sinful lifestyle and still be saved, you may want to try  prayerful Bible study.

20. If your denomination teaches that it was God's plan to create many denomination all teaching different ways to be saved, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

21. If your denomination teaches that God is not smart enough to give mankind a translation of the Bible that is without error, trustworthy, and capable of being understood by all Christians,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

22. If you denomination teaches that men are speaking in unknown tongues today, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

23. It your denomination teaches that men today have the same miraculous powers of the apostles,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

24. If your denomination teaches that infants are guilty of sin and need to be baptized, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

25. If your denomination teaches that your denominations creed book has more authority than the Bible, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

26. If your denomination teaches that God preselected certain men for salvation and preselected all other to burn in hell, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

27. If your denomination teaches that Jesus selected one man to rule His church on earth, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

28. If  your denomination teaches that only they can interpret the Bible for your understanding,you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

29. If your denomination teaches that Jesus is God the Father, you may to try prayerful Bible study.

30. If you denomination teaches that the New Covenant was in force while Jesus was still alive, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

31. If you denomination teaches that men will go to hell because they use musical instruments in worship, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

32. If your denomination teaches that pouring or sprinkling water on a person is Biblical baptism, you may want t0 try to prayerful Bible study.

33. If your denomination teaches that men today can be saved like the thief on the cross, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

34. If your denomination teaches that under the New Covenant that there is a  sanctuary in the church building, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

35. If your denomination teaches that you can belong to a pagan religion like the Freemasonry and still be a good Christian, you may want to try prayerful Bible study.

  

THE ONLY PRAYERFUL BIBLE STUDY THAT WORKS, IS A STUDY WHERE THE PERSON IS SEARCHING FOR GOD'S TRUTH. STUDYING TO CONFIRM THE TEACHING OF YOUR DENOMINATION IS A WASTE OF TIME. YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOUR DENOMINATION IS TEACHING. WHAT IS GOD SAYING?